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System

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Time 5h 50m

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In a tall fortress surrounded by desert sands, six powerful rulers gather for a meeting... 

A stranger is washed up on an empty beach. He doesn't know who he is or how got there...

On a huge white ship a cat-faced woman heads out for a card game...

Welcome to the System, where a million worlds are intertwined. 

System is set in a utopian future where science and technology have transformed the way that human beings live their lives. 'The Culture' meets 'The Matrix' and 'Blade Runner' in a sci-fi crime mystery with a difference.

Swan and Watcher have both lost their memories. As they uncover the truth they discover that being human isn't what it used to be...

If you enjoy this, there is a second book on the way...All Rights Reserved

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Zoe lands in the walking city of Archigram for her last assassination as an apprentice. Her mission, kill a millennia-old immortal who founded the city. Simple except another assassin turns up for the same target. A tall blonde muscular rival, with the manners of a gentleman, and the soul of a rock hearted butcher. Unfortunately, there is only one target they have both sworn the kill so and only one can leave Archigram alive. Soon lives will change. Hearts will meet. Secrets will be exposed. Treachery will be uncovered. Plots will be disrupted. Fights had. Tears will be shed. Chases will happen. She doesn't know the biggest danger on this mission isn't for once her. Violence, Action, Danger from the out. Scenes of passionate frank unapologetic romance. Dialogue of sassy, cruel and sarcastic nature which may peeve. Some scenes containing gigantic machinery, megastructures and hard SciFi. Transgendered characters. Occasionally scientifically accurate descriptions which should be read at the reader's discretion. Other Stuff. No Harry Styles was harmed in the writing of this novel. May contain nuts. An unsuitable plot for those doing Algebra homework. I saw the lint of danger in his black eyes and knew he wasn't kidding. Time for a new heroin - Feisty, sexy, confident. New Chapters Every Thursday - Trust us, We Deliver. we defy you to find someone who says we ever missed a deadline or dropped a book halfway. Cover by the excellent -Ghost_Writer- Think "Grosse pointe blank meets Dune". Reb

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Loaded Secrets (ONC 2023) by AngryEasternReads

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Tide of Traitors by 10-III0

It's the near future, and an AI has been put in charge of society in order to eliminate inequality and bring about perfect justice. However, this has resulted in mass imprisonment as each and every person is made to pay for the collective imperfections of mankind. Except for those outside of the system. Some survive on offshore platforms and converted ships, away from the watchful eye of the android forces. But life on the waves is often dangerous, and not everyone is as they seem...

SandBoxed Paradise...or is it a Prison by YvonneDeBandi

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