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From the author of The Sandcastle Empire comes a sci-fi thriller that’s equal parts Illuminae and One of Us Is Lying. Lindley Hamilton has been the leader of the space station Lusca since every first generation crew member on board, including her mother, the commander, was killed by a deadly...

Having just survived a plane crash, Samantha Mishra finds herself isolated and injured in the thick of the jungle. She has no idea where she is or where anybody else is - she doesn't even know if anybody else is alive. Once Sam connects with her best friend, Mel, and they locate the others, they set up camp and hope for rescue. But as the days pass, the survivors, all teammates on the Drake Rosemont fencing team, realize that they're on their own - with the exception of a mysterious presence who taunts and threatens them.

“Have we really come so far, when a tour of the Continent is so desirable a thing? We’ve traded our swords for treaties, our daggers for promises—but our thirst for violence has never been quelled. And that’s the crux of it—it can’t be quelled. It’s human nature.” For her...

From the author of the multimillion-copy bestseller The Face on the Milk Carton, comes a new riveting page-turner. Murder. One of the Allerdon sisters has been charged with a pre-meditated killing and taken to jail. It doesn't seem possible--but it's happening. What was supposed to be a typical...

The Handmaid's Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the world Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse. Agnes loves her home of Red Creek—its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. There, she cares...

Using a portal-jumping device called the Tillastrion, Archie and a stone-headed creature named Zeno are transported to Jarr-Wya, a magnificent yet terrifying island in a connected realm—along with Ella and her strong-willed mother, Tessa, who accidentally stow away on this not-so-secret quest. What they find on Jarr-Wya is an island tortured by a wicked Star anchored in the sea, and a raging three-way battle for dominion between the stone-wielding Bangols, the fiery Olearons, and the evil Millia sands.

Grayson fue criado como el heredero de la fortuna de su abuelo, poniendo a su familia ante todo. Cuando parte de ella se meten en problemas, Grayson aparece para hacer lo que mejor se le da: ocuparse de ellos de manera rápida, sencilla y sin sentimentalismos por medio. A Jameson, en cambio, es un hombre de riesgos, de sensaciones fuertes, de juegosl. Cuando su misterioso padre aparece para pedirle unfavor, Jameson no puede resistirse a aceptar. Se infiltrará en el exclusivo y oscuro mundo londinense de las apuestas millonarias para ganar una inalcanzable.

Tous les cinq ans, le peuple de Kathalea attend qu'un volontaire se sacrifie pour le bien de la communauté au cours de la grande fête de l'éclipse. Dans un clivage entre violence et paix, Noa de Kathalea doit décider comment elle peut faire sortir son pays d'une tradition sanglante et le ramener à la raison. Cependant, une personne fera tout pour que cette année, un sacrifice bien particulier soit demandé. Entre peur et aventure, haine et amour, chasser et être chassée, elle doit découvrir la vérité. Dans cette vie ou la suivante.

When the flu struck it wasn't like any before it. It carried such force that no one could have been ready for it. The CDC had predicted it to be one of the worst. However, what we expected and what was delivered were completely opposite. Unfortunately, it was not the same for everyone. There were three types of people. The first had no disease and remained able to care for loved ones and the ill. The second had the flu and felt like hell but the majority would recover. The Third and the worst were fostering a zombie virus that was going to bring the nation to its knees.

An airplane pilot gets stranded on a previously undiscovered Pacific Island, and is later joined by two shipwrecked women. Talk about a twist of fate.

The colony of Tellus was meant to be a beacon of progress on the rugged world of Val 4, a testament to humanity's ability to tame the wilds of space. Built on the bones of an abandoned settlement, it is a place of ambition and opportunity, where scientists, corporate interests, and frontier settlers carve out a living against an unforgiving landscape. But something is wrong beneath the surface.

When the human race faces extinction, the scarecrows will rise. Erin loved to build scarecrows. She made a dozen in all. Her Pa showed her how. But he’s dead now. Everyone is dead. Well... almost. The Many Years Storm flooded the world, swept Erin’s brother out to sea, and turned her hilltop farm into a rapidly shrinking island. While hope remains, she must take her chances on the open ocean and find her brother. But Erin doesn’t have the knowledge to build a raft and there’s no one to ask except the last and most terrifying of all her scarecrows—Number Twelve!

The new, edge-of-your-seat adventure series, based in East Africa. Kicked out from their pride, two lion brothers arrive on the farmed flood plain of the Rufiji River. Half-starved, they must carve out a new hunting ground before the next big rains ... or it will be the birds who feast. 500 miles north, four teenage trainees leave their film base in the Serengeti and head to the headwaters of the Rufiji. Their search for bush pig sites will cross an invisible boundary into a new kingdom where the law of nature still applies...

Two months since the A-Virus hit. Since all but the last few survivors of the human race fell victim to the apocalypse. Now, Will might just have the slimmest of chances at finding out why the A-Virus really happened. Why they are being kept in the Society against their will. Why all the guards and people of Project Beta survived, when the rest of the world did not. Their plan is desperate, and their ally unlikely, but, together with Ellie, Will must break into the forbidden mansion at the heart of the society.

High-school senior Riley Ozment is desperate to change her reality after making a fool of herself on social media. She needs to do something drastic to repair her social standing - like trying out for a Survivor-style reality TV show. Suddenly, Riley's dropped onto a deserted tropical island with 19 other teens competing for a million dollars and a rumored treasure lost on the island. But that treasure has a history: A local curse says that seven people need to die before the treasure can be found.

When Adam joined the Pioneer program, he became one of six teens to forfeit their bodies for a new, digital existence. Together, the Six were unstoppable, protecting the world from artificial-intelligence systems that threatened the human race. But they were more than a team, they were family. Until now. Adam has a complex power within his circuitry that defies the very laws of physics. He wasn't programmed to have this power, and he can barely control it or its consequences. Adam's never felt more alone. Amber, the newest Pioneer, knows what it is like to be an outsider.

Gary thought he had a plan: survive, head north, find his dad’s cabin. What he didn’t count on was having to lead a group made up of a bat-wielding brawler, a girl with sharper instincts than her blade, and a sugar-fuelled joker who wouldn’t shut up. They’re not exactly a dream team — but they’re all he’s got. The Gone are relentless. And staying human might be the biggest challenge of all. Now What?

Thirteen-year-old Grace Cruz's life is changing. Or, at least, her friends are. She used to be so close to her friends, but ever since the summer before middle school started, they started forming their own little groups and leaving her out of their lives. What will this mean for Grace when middle school actually started? Would she be alone in school the whole year? For eighteen-year-old Sam White, life couldn't be any more uncertain. Having recently graduated high school, she has no idea what she wants to do with her life.

The Strand: A disused, broken red telephone box inexplicably starts to ring. A voice, a small girl, cries out for help. “He is coming…” Whitechapel: A dark stranger approaches an elderly tour guide enjoying a post-show drink. He places a child’s necklace, twisted and broken, alongside the pint glass. “We have your granddaughter. You will do exactly as I command.”

"Full of compelling twists and high-stakes magic . . . a captivating romantic fantasy that had me rooting for the protagonists from the very first page." —Kelly Andrew, New York Times-bestselling author of Your Blood, My Bones on The Beasts We Bury Marry her enemy. Save her realm. Forsake her...