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Looking Glass (Darkest Secrets Volume 2)

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Time 1h 17m

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Falco never had an easy life - and he's the fastest human alive.

After stealing, hiding, and all-around scoundrel-ing his way through the world, he'd finally found his way out of the seedy underground of Vigilantes and onto the proper track of a Sentinel. 

Then the Blitz smushed Neo Paolo and the Sentinels got defunded. Now he has to choose between being the Republic's bulldog or going back to a life of running from the cops every time he saves someone.

Things couldn't get any worse. Except his friends are about to stumble upon his deepest, darkest secret...

*A Darkest Secrets Novellette*All Rights Reserved

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Star Kissed by LizzyFord

When Mandy loses her job, she thinks she’s hit rock bottom – until her plane is swallowed by a strange storm that sends her and everyone else on board 10,000 years into the future. At first, she thinks the scary world is nothing more than a bad dream. The war-torn Earth is unrecognizable. Black fog blocks the sun, and the oceans are dry. Even worse: the planet is inhabited by half-human, half-alien creatures dying from a mysterious disease. Horrified at the thought of spending her life here, she clings to the knowledge that there’s one man who can open the star gate to send her home. As the Naki prince who controls the star gate, Akkadi gets first choice of any human female that makes her way through the star gate. Only by breeding with purebred humans from the past can his race hope to remain immune to the disease and hopefully, develop an eventual cure. With shrinking resources and a raging battle for the human planet, dutiful, commanding Akkadi is less than thrilled at the idea of trying to figure out Mandy, a woman he views as wild with neither discipline nor respect for someone in his position. He’s ready to write her off, when she offers him something too tempting to resist: her body for the chance to convince him by any means possible to send her home. Neither intends for the arrangement to be permanent or to fall for the other. Only when Mandy learns Akkadi’s secret and walks away does he realize he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her – even if it means losing his war.

The Juggernaut (Juggernaut #1) by PeterADixon

Tales from the Juggernaut #1. Complete. Wattys 2018 shortlist. WHAT IS THE SECRET OF THE JUGGERNAUT? *PRAISE FOR THE JUGGERNAUT* *** Good story, great setting, and well fleshed characters. *** Gripping from the beginning...cannot wait for the next one... *** ...a hint of John Scalzi... *** I really enjoyed this book *** I love the characters *** ...brilliantly captures my curiosity. *** captures your imagination right from the start *** Unique and really drags you in.... I can't wait to see what comes next. *** A great, exciting, fast paced read *** Can't wait for the second installment! *** The Juggernaut A city in space built from the twisted wreck of a thousand ships, in a decaying orbit around a dying star. The last refuge of the dispossessed. The place Tila Vasquez now calls home. When a distant colony of stars lost contact with earth, they descended into the fires of a civil war. From the ashes rose the Commonwealth - Eleven systems struggling to survive the aftermath and rebuild civilisation with the remnants of the technology they once had. The mission to colonise Baru was to be the first step forward in a hundred years. Three colony ships set out to discover a new star and build the first hyperspace beacon in three generations. But the mission failed. The Far Horizon vanished through the unstable wormhole. The Rising Star and New Dawn were destroyed. Tila's parents were among the thousands lost. Now she has joined the ranks of the dispossessed. So when Tila finds the impossible - a shuttle from the Far Horizon buried deep within the Juggernaut - she sets out with her friends Ellie and Malachi to uncover the truth behind the colony mission. But some things are buried for a reason, and some secrets should never be revealed... **The Juggernaut is part one of an exciting space action-adventure mystery series.**

Lunar Virus ✔️ by its_really_not

Elodie's life changes at the turn of a doorknob when she is forced into joining a secret organization that claims to be protecting the Earth from aliens. But with every step she takes, she finds the organization, or the facility, as they call it, becoming more and more suspicious. When a mysterious death occurs, revealing a well-concealed secret, things quickly go downhill as humanity's future is placed on the shoulders of a single gaggle of teenagers. *** I hear a sigh from the other side of the door, "Miss. Chaucer, you have a wonderful opportunity here, are you going to take it or not?" Now, I am seriously confused, "Opportunity?" She takes advantage of my befuddled state and shoves the door open. Shit. The corners of her mouth pull up, and it's so unnatural, it takes me a moment to realize she's smiling. Major plastic surgery? Probably. Click. Did she just lock the door? She locked the door! I spring towards the house phone, dusty from years of doing absolutely nothing, so I can call the police. I don't make it. Halfway there, I trip on my own pant-leg and face plant on the floor. The woman steps over me and retrieves the phone. She looks at it as if it's a foreign object, "This won't be necessary. All I want to do is talk to you." For some reason, instead of screaming, I stay silent. She smiles and pulls out a chair from the kitchen table for me to sit on. When I don't sit, she says, "If you want to know what's going on, then sit." I think about it for a moment. She hasn't hurt me yet, and I have to admit, I am quite curious as to what's going on. So, call me stupid, but I sit down. "I am from a space organization that protects civilians from . . . outside threats." *** Beautiful cover made by @mahana258! HR: 203 in science fiction (5/8/18) Completed on August 15th, 2018 (Indian independence day!) *******This is not a zombie novel

Runaway Train (Preview) by LiAWake

It's easy to run from your problems, but they inevitably catch up. Freedom. Adventure. No Restrictions. From birth, the human mind is tethered to these ideals. Threatening to run away as a kid to wanting to travel the world as an adult. It takes years to get a taste of these things, and when it finally comes, it's short-lived. Hayden, a fresh high school graduate with an itch for photography, something that wasn't mutually accepted by his mother. She always compared him to his military-serving older brother, Jack, who had set the standards of what was to be expected. In a last resort attempt, Hayden has to make the most significant choice of his life and does what he always threatened to do as a kid. Run away. With the help of a misfit-like individual, Hayden goes on an adventure of a lifetime. While unaware that his past is catching up to him. He'd inevitably have to decide how he wanted to live out the rest of his days, either as an office prisoner or a runaway.

BLUEFLAME (Book One) by Laba140299

Having lost his childhood sweetheart and saviour for years inspite of his fervent searches, Michael turns rebellious and gets sent hours away from the capital and home to complete his high school education. Unexpectedly meeting his maltreated and barely managing to survive now - orphaned childhood sweetheart - Stella, battling a partial amnesia and the clear memories she has of the torment she had been through that has left her trusting almost no one, the journey to obtaining her trust and love begins. How is Michael going to deal with the truth of his family having a hand in her family's death and their insistence on him staying away from her and keeping them apart? Is he going to continue with his rebellion and keep protecting her from his family and other enemies that keep rising along the journey? Or will he give up on their friendship that he greatly wish would lead to more in the near future? How will he keep Stella when she regains her memories and remembers he had ignored her pleas for help when her mother had been lying in her own blood, dying from when she had been knocked over by his older brother's car? And with the rivals in love that kept rising of various statuses and back - grounds, how will he keep his place when his status as a best friend is even at stake? With the final blow of the unexpected truth of his biological family and inheritance rights, how will he be able to find his real family and help them get their rightful place and justice before his 'parents' find out they are still alive? With the grounded support of priceless friends, talents and skills, as well as the late-in-believing mystical divine gifts and knowledge of a friend and his family, as well as his little twin sisters, will he and Stella be able to get justice for themselves and their families alive? Let's journey together! 😊 All the best! 🙏 Love! 💜💙💖💋

Impetus System: The power of chaos by JesTanis

In a world where magic erupted through an interdimensional portal, transforming reality into a battleground between humans and chaotic creatures, Satsu Arashi is a young man shunned as an outcast. Branded Rank F the lowest tier of power- he shoulders the burden of supporting his family amid poverty and societal scorn. But when he joins the Phoenix Brotherhood, an organization of adventurers tasked with protecting humanity, Satsu discovers his true strength lies not in mana, but in his unyielding resilience. Recruited by the Ebony Wings, a guild of underdogs as rejected as he is, Satsu finds unlikely allies: a warrior haunted by loss, a healer pushing her limits, a rebellious sorceress, and a summoner with a trickster ferret. Together, they take on missions scorned by the powerful, defending the forgotten. However, when they investigate the Terror's Lair, an ancient portal that never closed, they unleash a primordial entity-and awaken something within Satsu: the Impetus System, an ancestral power poised to rewrite the world's rules. As Satsu struggles to master this new level-up system, unlocking abilities that defy his lowly rank, he faces a dire trade-off: the Impetus System consumes not just mana, but fragments of his humanity. Satsu to question who truly controls this magic-drenched world. In a universe where magic enforces hierarchy and the strong prey on the weak, Satsu must choose: ascend as a Precursor capable of reshaping reality... or be consumed by the same darkness threatening to tear the world apart. What to Expect: - Unique Evolution System: Discover how the Impetus System defies traditional ranks, offering unpredictable powers at a moral cost. - Epic Battles: From goblin hordes in forgotten villages to cosmic horrors that test sanity. - social inequality - Inner Struggles: How far would you go to protect those you love? The chaos began with a portal. It will end with a choice.

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Why Is There An Alien Princess In My Room? (ONC 2023 - Alien Romance - Complete) by lisa_london_

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Whispers of the Crimson Shadow by that_wittywriter

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Star Kissed

When Mandy loses her job, she thinks she’s hit rock bottom – until her plane is swallowed by a strange storm that sends her and everyone else on board 10,000 years into the future. At first, she thinks the scary world is nothing more than a bad dream. The war-torn Earth is unrecognizable. Black fog blocks the sun, and the oceans are dry. Even worse: the planet is inhabited by half-human, half-alien creatures dying from a mysterious disease. Horrified at the thought of spending her life here, she clings to the knowledge that there’s one man who can open the star gate to send her home. As the Naki prince who controls the star gate, Akkadi gets first choice of any human female that makes her way through the star gate. Only by breeding with purebred humans from the past can his race hope to remain immune to the disease and hopefully, develop an eventual cure. With shrinking resources and a raging battle for the human planet, dutiful, commanding Akkadi is less than thrilled at the idea of trying to figure out Mandy, a woman he views as wild with neither discipline nor respect for someone in his position. He’s ready to write her off, when she offers him something too tempting to resist: her body for the chance to convince him by any means possible to send her home. Neither intends for the arrangement to be permanent or to fall for the other. Only when Mandy learns Akkadi’s secret and walks away does he realize he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her – even if it means losing his war.