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Sharp and incisive, this deliciously smart revenge thriller examines identity, love, and the lengths to which one girl is willing to go when she thinks she has nothing to lose. “A glamorous and compelling tale of deceit and revenge.”—Melissa de la Cruz, bestselling author of the Heart of...

Seventeen-year-old Lake spends her days searching a strange, post-apocalyptic landscape for people who have forgotten one very important thing: This isn’t reality. Everyone she meets is a passenger aboard a ship that’s been orbiting Earth since a nuclear event. The simulation that was supposed to prepare them all for life after the apocalypse has trapped their minds in a shared virtual reality and their bodies in stasis chambers.

The rain took everything—now the sun will test what's left. From New York Times bestselling author Matt Eicheldinger comes the pulse-pounding sequel to When the Rain Came: a gripping survival story of truth, hunger, and the desperate will to live. “Like Dry by Neal and Jordan Shusterman and...

Paul Greci's The Wild Lands is a pulse-pounding YA thriller full of shocking plot twists. It’s the ultimate survival tale of humanity’s fight against society’s collapse. Natural disasters and a breakdown of civilization have cut off Alaska from the world and destroyed its landscape. Now...

In the mid-21st century, dogs are all but extinct. An experiment gone awry caused every canine on Earth to become hyperintelligent. When as a species they stopped wagging their tails, hysteria ensued - followed by a program of mass euthanasia. Now the only surviving dogs are relegated to a sanctuary off the coast of Florida: Dog Island. There, they are studied in a wild, feral, and protected state. And there, too, their robot replacements are tested before being sold for mass consumption. Seventeen-year-old Nano Miller was born and bred on Dog Island, as were her two best friends, Jack and Wolf.

Adam's muscular dystrophy has stolen his mobility, his friends, and in less than a year, it will take his life. Virtual reality games are Adam's only escape from his wheelchair. In his alternate world, he can defeat anyone. Running, jumping, scoring touchdowns: Adam is always the hero. Then, an artificial intelligence program hacks into Adam's game. Created by Adam's computer-genius father, Sigma has gone rogue, threatening to kill Adam - and the entire human race. Their one chance to stop Sigma is using the technology Adam's dad developed to digitally preserve the mind of his son.

In the tradition of Ready Player One and The Matrix, New York Times bestseller Andrew Klavan's MindWar is a complex thriller about a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers a hidden gift--a gift that could make him a hero . . . or cost him everything. New High Score! New Record Time! Rick...

Most people want to save the world; 17-year-old Tora Reynolds just wants to get the hell off of it. One of the last survivors in Earth's final years, Tora yearns to escape the wasteland her planet has become after the sun turns "red giant," but discovers her fellow survivors are even more deadly than the hostile environment. Holed up in an underground shelter, Tora is alone - her brilliant scientist father murdered, her mother and sister burned to death. She dreams of living on a planet with oceans, plants, and animals.

Lost meets Stranger Things in this eerie, immersive YA thriller, thrusting seventeen-year-old Sia into a reality where the waters in front of her and the jungle behind her are as dangerous as the survivors alongside her. Audiofile said of the audio edition, "Dolandis's subtle performance creates...

This sequel to The Pioneer is perfect for fans of the Illuminae Series and Skyward! Earth is uninhabitable. Tau is our home now. With that terrifying message, Jo and her family learned the truth: They are trapped forever on Tau Ceti e. But the planet’s current occupants—the Sorrow—are not...

Despite their best efforts, fallen angel Gladriel, her new fallen friends, and her former squadron mates have had limited success shifting the world ending prophecy and they feel increasingly helpless as war, famine, plague, and hyperinflation rage, killing millions of the humans they are committed to protecting. With conditions worsening on Earth, celestial warriors are kept increasingly busy aiding humans, making Kessien less and less available.

tormentada por los secretos del Gobernador de Apolo, Khalani y su banda de criminales se embarcan en un nuevo y peligroso viaje. Ahora, la verdadera prueba comienza mientras Khalani se aventura a través de la traicionera Zona Mortal hacia Hermes, la ciudad subterránea más cercana. Los restos de lo que una vez fue una gran nación no son las únicas amenazas en la tierra baldía.

Anchor's Mercy is locked down, overrun with weepers. The USNS Embrace sits in the harbor, full of survivors, but no one is safe. A horrific fate awaits all aboard while something lurks, eager and hungry, in the waters below. And now, one key survivor is missing. The world watches in horror as the government considers annihilation the only option. Until a dossier of confidential files leaks to the public and a resistance begins to rise . . .

Im atemberaubenden Finale der »The Inheritance Games«-Reihe werden die Antworten auf lang gehütete Geheimnisse enthüllt, Rätsel gelöst und unerwartete Entdeckungen gemacht. Im letzten Teil der Bestsellerreihe findet das größte aller Spiele sein Ende. Der Gewinner bekommt alles: Geld, Liebe, Macht, Rache – aber um welchen Preis ...

In the pulse-pounding sequel to New York Times bestselling Nemesis, can the Fire Lake sophomore class survive in a world without consequences? “Reads like a technological retelling of Lord of the Flies.”—VOYA “Reichs knows exactly how to mix action, suspense, and characters into a...

Imagine, if you will, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others would use a compass. Our hero, Jimmy Hamilton, loses his fort on three separate occasions all in the span of one summer. He must battle both his wits and unwanted squatters. He comes to discover each new unwanted tenant proves more difficult to evict than the last. His plans have a modicum of success but each come with unintended consequences.

Professor Gordon Porter und seine Tochter Jane unternehmen eine Expedition in die Dschungel Afrikas, um die Menschenaffen zu erforschen. Als es zu Konflikten mit dem Stamm der Eingeborenen Baka kommt, erhalten sie Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite: Tarzan, ein junger Mann, offenbar europäischer Herkunft, der bei den Affen aufgewachsen zu sein scheint. Im Jahr 1912 erschuf Edgar Rice Burroughs den berühmten Helden Tarzan, der bis heute als Herr des Urwaldes bekannt ist.

Plagued by a strange recurring dream that reveals a secret gift, 12-year-old Sammy Greene sets off to save the little white dog from his dream and fulfill his destiny. But when the dog leads Sammy to an animal-testing operation deep in the woods, Sammy unwittingly discovers Max and Bets, two rookie criminals, and their harebrained internet scam to make millions. Kidnapped and tied to a chair—surrounded by suffering animals—Sammy is armed with only a pet mouse, a nearly dead cell phone, a hoodie, and his dead grandmother's cryptic advice.

London, 1820: Isambard is just like any other 16-year-old engineering genius, until he stumbles across a radical plot to kill the Prime Minister. Things get complicated when he discovers that the conspiracy is being led a French revolutionary supposedly executed 25 years earlier.

Debut author Jessica Rubinkowski delivers the thrilling first book in an epic Russian folklore–inspired fantasy duology filled with page-turning romance, tragedy, magic, and monsters. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sara Raasch! Seventeen-year-old Valeria is one of the only survivors of...