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Shepherd Moon

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Reads 54,892
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Parts 46
Time 8h 24m

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On the run from the Earth government and military forces, wanted former terrorist Maddy Hawthorn seeks a new life on Mars. When she discovers plans for another terrorist attack, her only hope to prevent a global catastrophe is to seek the help of other insurgents.
  
  But everyone wants her dead, including the people she is trying to save.
  
  With the help of a runaway Elite teenager and a band of renegade slaves, Maddy fights to save the very government system she despises.
  
  Nothing lasts forever. 
  
  Although it alludes to events in the previous Maddy Hawthorn book, "Days of Iron", this is a separate story and is designed to be read and understood independently.

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The Versions That Shouldn't Exist by Lolo_The_Author23

They survived the tests. They escaped the levels. But the system never let go-it evolved. After barely making it out alive, Alyssa, Ezra, and Oliver crash into Level Four-an unstable, corrupted realm made of shattered simulations and discarded clones. Here, every room holds a memory that shouldn't exist, and every shadow could be another version of them... more broken, more dangerous, and more desperate to survive. When Alyssa comes face-to-face with a twisted version of herself-one who knows things she hasn't even begun to understand-she's forced to ask the question she's never dared to face: What if I'm not the original? As loyalties crack and reality begins to fold, they'll have to fight more than the system. They'll have to fight themselves. Because the most dangerous enemy isn't what's outside the door. It's what you see when you open it... and it looks just like you.

The Last 0-Day by ThatBRRussell

The cybernetics revolution knows no compromise. Luciana Gutierrez, a police officer, works ninety-six-hour shifts with a eugeroic hangover around the corner. Her investigation into those who stole her life is sidelined as a crime syndicate turns her precinct into a war-zone. Sent for backup, she's offered experimental technology that could turn the tide, if she's willing to risk mind, body, and soul. Anton Grissom's birth was a crime, and his sentence is military service. Molded into an elite soldier, his path of atonement falls away when he's caught on the losing side of a massacre. In the aftermath, he's offered a second chance at life-if he's prepared to pay. Weaver heals the broken and disposable, and in the process makes cybernetics a reality. Superhuman strength, intelligence, and connections to one another, it could solve humanity's problems or tear society apart. But those concerns are secondary to Weaver, who just wants to see the next sunrise. All three are augmented for their own personal crusade and are on a collision course that will change the world. The Last 0-Day is an action-packed adventure about the start of the cybernetics revolution. It's Black Mirror meets Malazan Book of the Fallen with a dash of cli-fi. Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZK3KBZJ Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-0-day-b-r-russell/1142550466?ean=2940185738108

THE REASONS || Bellamy Blake ~ the 100 by KylieRutledge17

BOOK I: The Reasons - the ground is unforgiving. So is survival. Madison Cameron was born in space, a child of the Ark, never feeling the sun on her skin or breathing the fresh, unfiltered air of Earth. She's never experienced the sensation of water, the way it would flow against her or lap around her as she swam. For three generations, humanity has clung to the Ark, floating in the cold vacuum of space, its fragile walls the only barrier between them and extinction. The Ark was all they knew-sterile, artificial, far from the dangers and beauty of Earth below. But now, the Ark is dying. It can't sustain them much longer. They are the last hope of mankind, a fragile chance for survival. The Earth they land on, however, is nothing like they imagined. It's not a fresh start or paradise - it's a nightmare. The air is toxic, wildlife monstrous, and every step is a battle for survival. The Earth is alive, but it's unforgiving. Amidst this chaos, Madison and Bellamy Blake find themselves at the forefront, taking on the roles of leaders. Both carry the heavy weight of responsibility, knowing that the survival of the remaining human race rests in their hands. They both strive to protect their people, to do whatever it takes to ensure their survival. But where Madison is focused on the harsh reality of survival-pragmatic, calculating, determined to keep them alive - Bellamy's vision is driven by something more abstract: freedom. They clash over their ideals - her need for structure, his thirst for freedom - and every time their paths cross, the tension between them makes their already perilous situation even more volatile. Yet, the Earth continues to test them. It doesn't care about their petty squabbles or their hopes for a better future. The planet doesn't care about Madison's desire for control or Bellamy's lust for freedom. It only cares about one thing: survival. ((Enemies to lovers with Bellamy Blake)) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

THE REASONS // Bellamy Blake - The 100 [book 3; inproces] by KylieRutledge17

Book III: The Reasons - when the world ends, what's left to live for Three months have passed since the tragedy at Mount Weather, but the scars it left behind are still raw, still bleeding beneath the surface. The cost of survival is no longer measured in lives lost - but in souls shattered. Peace was promised, yet all they've found is silence where laughter used to be, tension where unity once stood. And for Madison, the silence has become deafening. The abuse she thought she left behind has only grown darker, more consuming. Every bruise hidden beneath layers of clothing, every glance over her shoulder, is a reminder that her war never really ended. She's been forced to run. Alone in the wilderness, hunted by those who want to take her power, she must find a way to survive with nothing but her instincts, her pain, and the crushing weight of guilt. All around her, the world teeters on the edge of collapse. A.L.I.E has risen from the shadows of the old world, a digital ghost with a god complex, whispering promises of peace through control, order through annihilation. The lines between right and wrong blur as survival grows more brutal, and each of them must face their own demons while trying to hold onto the last pieces of their humanity. Loyalties will be tested. Friendships will fracture. And love, in the face of such relentless loss, will be both a refuge and a battlefield. For Madison, the journey ahead is not just a fight for survival - it's a reckoning. Her addiction claws at her like a second skin, her guilt threatens to consume her from within. She is broken. But the fate of the human race may rest in her hands. And in the end, she must answer the hardest question of all: Can someone so damaged be the one to save them all?

The Commander of Death by azulacankillme

After Mount Weather, Clarke Griffin can't bring herself to walk through the gates of Arkadia. For months, she wanders through the wilderness, tortured by the repercussions of the decisions she has made and haunted by the lives she has taken, and, in her final form of penance, she takes her own. Greeted by Death himself, he informs her of a soon to occur extinction-level event, one he calls Praimfaya, and he tells her that she is the only one who can save humanity. Long after she has taken her final breath, he returns her to life so she may serve her daunting purpose, and the aftermath of unnaturally crossing back through the veil that separates life and death manifests in powerful abilities beyond comprehension. A relationship that began as enemies, progressed to allies, and culminated in betrayal, grows into something much deeper, and, even in the face of imminent death, the love between two leaders grows stronger than ever. After vowing to remain by Clarke's side no matter the danger, with only five months to prepare for the end of the world, Lexa and Clarke search for solutions to save it together. Not even conflict pauses in the face of extinction, however, and with a terrifying creature wanting Clarke's soul, the queen of Azgeda wanting Clarke's head, and war brewing on the horizon, the task of stopping Praimfaya seems exponentially more impossible. Clarke's title of Wanheda, the Commander of Death, has never been more literal, and, with this new purpose of saving humanity, she can't help but wonder if the Commander of Death is capable of bringing anything other than that. [Slightly extended description in the book] COMPLETED

Deep Orbit: Edge of the Void by Akakaze22

High above the skies of the Earth, the glittering orbital colony of Utopia promises paradise to those who seek it. But for Lynx, it's nothing more than a prison with a view. A skilled mercenary haunted by bad decisions while battling a drug dependency she can't quite shake, Lynx is barely holding her life together as it is. Especially among the neon-lit corridors and synthetic smiles of the colony's residents. When she's offered a job to steal some secret documents from a powerful businessman, it seems like just another high-risk payday. However, nothing in Utopia is ever that simple. Before she even realizes it, Lynx is dragged into the brutal world of corporate secrets, plots, and nefarious agendas. All while her mind begins to fracture under the weight of the consequences of her own making. Including a battle against the ghosts of her past that she thought were long buried. For Lynx, this is more than just a simple job, it's a way out. Out of the addiction. Out of the colony. And out of the life that's been slowly killing her for the better part of a decade. However, Utopia doesn't let its people go that easily. And if Lynx wants her freedom, she'll have to fight harder than she ever has before against her enemies, her past, and herself. (Book Three of the "Deep Orbit" Trilogy)

Seventeen Crimes by TaraRafacz

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Ghosts of a Dying Dawn (4) by Robin_RockinRobin

Warning ⚠️⚠️This book contains mentions of mental abuse, depression, physical abuse, drugs, alcohol, murder, underage drinking, suicide, discussions of suicide, torture, strong language, and explicit sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. Humanity faces extinction once again. A coming nuclear apocalypse, known as Praimfaya, threatens to annihilate all life. Lexa discovers this impending disaster at the end of the previous book, and the stakes have never been higher. Two children, Nora and Aden...absent from Lexa and Skyla's lives...suddenly return, forcing the pair to confront both past and present in a fight for survival. Clans are fractured and tensions run high, and Lexa and Skyla must unite everyone under a single banner and secure a safe bunker to endure the coming devastation. Before the bunker and the crucial conclave, Skyla faces a dangerous attack that sets off a chain of events neither she nor Lexa could foresee. The aftermath changes the course of their lives forever, challenging their trust, strength, and bond. After a series of devastating events, including the conclave where Lexa declares unity for all clans, the bunker becomes a stronghold for Skyla and Lexa. Eventually, Lexa entrusts Octavia to watch over the clans while she, Skyla, Clarke, and thirteen others escape to an island. On the island, Skyla uncovers the truth that will alter Lexa and her future. Clarke and eleven others escape into space, believing Skyla sacrificed herself to save them. Skyla, in turn, believes Lexa and the children abandoned her. Yet Lexa and the two children remain on Earth, their fates uncertain. Weeks later, a six-year-old Nightblood named Madi is found by Skyla, Lexa, and the reunited children, surviving the fallout of Praimfaya. But the six years of peace shatters when a space prison transport unexpectedly lands on Earth. Loyalties shift, survival is threatened, and strangers bring new dangers, placing humanity's future on a knife's edge again.

Thrive - Remastered by Jonathan-Yanez

Mankind's fate will not be one of simplicity and luxury. Instead it will be an unprecedented experiment of survival played on a communal level. Only those in power will know the truth. Everyone else will be manipulated through a façade of rule and order. Jordan Shepherd has been given the opportunity of a lifetime. This opportunity will allow her to assume a position of leadership within her city. However, the more she learns, the more questions she will have. The city's policy of releasing agitators to the unknown beyond the Wall is a false front. It is nothing more than an opportunity to silence the voices seeking to penetrate the veil of lies. Soon Jordan finds her own voice counted among these and she will be forced to make a decision to stand for truth or bend to lies. Humanity will be led toward division and chaos through influence and control. Jordan's peers, blinded by deception, will desire nothing more than compliance. Freedom in truth is what she will bring them.

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The Versions That Shouldn't Exist

They survived the tests. They escaped the levels. But the system never let go-it evolved. After barely making it out alive, Alyssa, Ezra, and Oliver crash into Level Four-an unstable, corrupted realm made of shattered simulations and discarded clones. Here, every room holds a memory that shouldn't exist, and every shadow could be another version of them... more broken, more dangerous, and more desperate to survive. When Alyssa comes face-to-face with a twisted version of herself-one who knows things she hasn't even begun to understand-she's forced to ask the question she's never dared to face: What if I'm not the original? As loyalties crack and reality begins to fold, they'll have to fight more than the system. They'll have to fight themselves. Because the most dangerous enemy isn't what's outside the door. It's what you see when you open it... and it looks just like you.