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A familiar face becomes the most frightening thing in the world when something inhuman begins taking over a quiet California town.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Horror · Sci-Fi · Alien Invasion · First Contact
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A familiar face becomes the most frightening thing in the world when something inhuman begins taking over a quiet California town. Dr. Miles Bennell uncovers an alien invasion that spreads through neighbors, friends, and loved ones, turning intimacy into paranoia. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is classic sci-fi horror built on dread, suspicion, and the fear that the people you know are already gone.
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Celebrate one of the earliest science fiction horror novels by rediscovering Jack Finney’s internationally acclaimed Invasion of the Body Snatchers—which Stephen King calls a story “to be read and savored for its own satisfactions,” now repackaged with a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.
On a quiet fall evening in the peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. Subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, friends, family, the woman he loves, and the entire world as he knows it.
First published in 1955, this classic alien invasion novel and science fiction thriller about the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible enemy has inspired multiple film adaptations and entertained readers for decades. This repackaged edition features a new cover by Hugo award–winning illustrator, John Picacio and a foreword by New York Times bestselling author, Dean Koontz.
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In Ambergris, where elegance meets danger, a suitor, an artist, and a mental patient each face the city’s strange and deadly mysteries.
City of Saints and Madmen
Sci-Fi · Steampunk
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In Ambergris, where elegance meets danger, a suitor, an artist, and a mental patient each face the city’s strange and deadly mysteries. From sudden violence to haunting invitations, Ambergris unravels reality itself, blurring the lines between imagination and truth in a world where survival is never guaranteed.
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In the city of Ambergris, beauty and terror intertwine.
A suitor learns a sunlit street can turn deadly in moments. An artist is drawn to a beheading, entranced by its strange allure. A mental patient believes he's conjured Ambergris entirely, convinced he's from Chicago.
As tensions rise, Ambergris becomes more than a city—it’s a maze of intrigue, danger, and surreal revelations. With every corner offering the unexpected, each character faces a truth stranger than fiction. Reality bends, and survival depends on navigating a place where nothing is as it seems.
Will Ambergris consume them, or is escape still possible?
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Murder Theory
Sci-Fi
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Dr. Theo Cray faces his most chilling case yet—a forensic technician who committed murder but has no memory of it. As Cray uncovers abnormal MRI scans and a shadowy figure tampering with crime scenes, he realizes someone is using science to create killers, pushing him toward a terrifying discovery.
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Dr. Theo Cray, a brilliant computational biologist turned serial-killer hunter, is drawn into a chilling new mystery. When the FBI calls him to investigate a forensic technician who committed a brutal murder but remembers nothing, Cray uncovers something far more disturbing—an abnormal MRI scan and a stalker lurking at crime scenes.
As Cray digs deeper, he discovers a terrifying theory: someone is manipulating others into murder, using science to create killers. With time running out, Cray must confront a darker version of himself—an elusive scientist obsessed with pathological behavior, not to catch killers, but to make them.
Will Cray stop him before more lives are destroyed?
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Two months after an EMP attack plunges the nation into darkness, John McGregor’s daughter is trapped in a lawless New York City.
The Lone Prepper
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Two months after an EMP attack plunges the nation into darkness, John McGregor’s daughter is trapped in a lawless New York City. As chaos reigns, John, a former special forces operative, must journey through a collapsing world to rescue her before it’s too late. Can he bring her home before the city consumes them both?
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Two months without power, and the nation is falling apart. Brutal gangs reign while starvation spreads, and John McGregor’s daughter is trapped in a city turned fortress of fear.
John, a former US special forces operative, prepared for this collapse, turning his home into a sanctuary for survival. But Emily, his daughter, is stuck in New York City, now a dystopian nightmare under martial law.
Determined to bring her home, John sets off on a dangerous journey up the East Coast, battling through chaos to rescue her before it’s too late.
Can he reach her in time, or will the darkness consume them both?
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Disorientation turns to terror when a man wakes with no memory inside a starship that feels more like a living nightmare.
Hull Zero Three
Horror · Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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Disorientation turns to terror when a man wakes with no memory inside a starship that feels more like a living nightmare. In Hull Zero Three, Greg Bear follows an amnesiac survivor navigating a labyrinth of shifting dangers, where monsters stalk the corridors and other humans may be just as lethal. This is science fiction driven by isolation, identity, and the unraveling mystery of a doomed voyage.
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An amnesiac man awakens on board a mysterious starship full of monsters in this terrifying sci-fi adventure by a New York Times–bestselling author.
"A lean, mean, supercharged sense-of-wonder engine." —Alastair Reynolds
A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination, unknown. Its purpose, a mystery.
Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from a dream of a new home—a new planet and the woman he was meant to love in his arms—he finds himself wet, naked, and freezing to death. The dark halls are full of monsters but trusting other survivors he meets might be the greater danger.
All he has are questions—Who is he? Where are they going? What happened to the dream of a new life? What happened to Hull three?
All will be answered, if he can survive the ship.
Hull Zero Three is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride through the darkest reaches of space.
"This beautifully written tale where nothing is as it seems will please readers with a well-developed sense of wonder." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Never one to play it safe in his consistently inventive fiction, Bear takes the reader for a harrowing ride on a labyrinthine starship. . . . Bear's pithy, occasionally cryptic writing style perfectly captures the chaotic experiences and unsettling revelations the team endures, while putting an intriguing spin on the timeworn SF theme of interstellar planet hunting. One of Bear's most thought-provoking and well-crafted novels to date." —Booklist
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Shaun Mason thought the conspiracy that shattered his life was over—until a CDC researcher fakes her death and shows up with zombies in tow.
Deadline
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Shaun Mason thought the conspiracy that shattered his life was over—until a CDC researcher fakes her death and shows up with zombies in tow. Now, with new enemies on the rise and old secrets resurfacing, Shaun sets out to uncover the truth, armed with a shotgun and a thirst for answers.
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Shaun Mason has lost his spark. Even running the news organization he built with his sister no longer holds its old thrill. After all, playing with the undead loses its appeal when you’ve lost so much yourself.
But when a CDC researcher fakes her death and shows up on Shaun’s doorstep—zombies in tow—his interest in life is suddenly reignited. The conspiracy Shaun thought he’d buried is very much alive, and it’s bigger than he imagined.
Now, armed with nothing but his wits and a shotgun, Shaun is back on the road, determined to find the truth. But will it be enough to stop the real monsters behind the chaos?
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Holly wakes up on a mysterious beach, far from her struggling family and everything she knows.
The Island
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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Holly wakes up on a mysterious beach, far from her struggling family and everything she knows. Surrounded by strangers, she’s desperate to find answers and a way home. But as time runs out, Holly realizes she’ll need to make impossible choices to survive—and save the family she left behind.
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Holly’s world is bleak, filled with hardship, but she refuses to give up—her family depends on her. Every day is a fight for survival in a place that’s been left to decay.
But everything changes when Holly wakes up on a mysterious beach surrounded by strangers. She has no idea where she is, only that it’s far from home. Desperate to return to her family, Holly must navigate this strange, dangerous place and uncover its secrets.
Time is running out, and she’ll have to make impossible choices to survive. Can Holly find her way home, or will this new world trap her forever?
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In a world where eating human meat is the new normal, Marcos is numb to the horrors around him—until he’s given a living specimen.
Tender Is the Flesh
Dystopian · Sci-Fi · Psychological Fiction
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In a world where eating human meat is the new normal, Marcos is numb to the horrors around him—until he’s given a living specimen. As his moral boundaries blur, he’s forced to confront what’s been lost and what’s still worth saving. How much humanity remains when survival comes first?
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Working at a processing plant, Marcos deals in human meat—“special meat”—a chilling new normal. It’s the only way to survive after a virus made all animal meat deadly.
His personal life is crumbling. His wife has left him, his father’s dementia worsens daily, and Marcos does his best to avoid confronting the horrors of his work. It’s just numbers and shipments—until it isn’t.
One day, Marcos receives a rare gift: a living specimen, untouched. Despite strict laws, he begins to treat her like a person. But every kindness draws him closer to a forbidden line, one that could end in disaster.
As Marcos grapples with the cost of survival, he must face a harrowing question: Can anything human be saved in this new world—or is it already too late?
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In The World Inside, humanity has solved overpopulation by stacking nearly a million people into a single towering urban monad where peace, procreation, and obedience are treated like…
The World Inside
Dystopian · Sci-Fi
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In The World Inside, humanity has solved overpopulation by stacking nearly a million people into a single towering urban monad where peace, procreation, and obedience are treated like sacred law. But beneath the order, cracks are forming. As several residents begin to question the system, this dystopian sci-fi classic turns into a sharp, unsettling look at control, conformity, and what people sacrifice to survive inside a perfect society.
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Earth is home to seventy-five billion souls in this Hugo Award–nominated novel: "A major work of contemporary science fiction." —Locus
Welcome to Urban Monad 116. Reaching nearly two miles into the sky, the one thousand stories of this building are home to over eight hundred thousand people living in peace and harmony. In the year 2381 with a world population of over seventy-five billion souls, the massive Urbmon system is humanity's salvation.
Life in Urbmon 116 is cherished—and highly regulated. The culture of procreation is seen as the highest pinnacle of god's plan. Conflict is abhorred, and any who disturb the peace face harsh punishment—even being sent "down the chute" to be recycled as fertilizer.
But not everyone has fallen completely in line. Jason Quevedo, a historian, searches records of the twentieth century hoping to find the root of his discontent with the perfection of Urbmon life. Siegmund Kluver, a young. ambitious administrator, strives to reach the top levels of the Urbmon's government and discovers the civilization's dark truths. Michael Statler, a computer engineer, harbors a forbidden desire to leave the building—to walk in the open air and visit the far-off sea. This is a dream he must keep secret. If anyone were to find out, he'd face the worst punishment imaginable . . .
The World Inside is a fascinating exploration of society and what makes us human, told by a master of speculative fiction and winner of numerous Nebula and Hugo Awards.
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Jinny Ambrosa holds a secret that could change the fate of humanity, but ruthless forces are hunting her down.
The Four Worlds
Sci-Fi
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Jinny Ambrosa holds a secret that could change the fate of humanity, but ruthless forces are hunting her down. Fleeing to the forgotten planet Earth, she must evade a deadly assassin and a hidden navy, or risk losing everything. Humanity’s future hangs in the balance, and time is running out.
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The truth in Jinny Ambrosa’s mind could reshape humanity—if she survives long enough to reveal it.
Born with extraordinary abilities, Jinny is hunted across the galaxy by a deadly assassin and a secretive navy. Her only hope? Reaching Earth, a place believed to be nothing more than a graveyard. But with enemies closing in and the body count rising, every step brings new danger.
If Jinny fails, the galaxy’s future could be lost, and humanity will remain under control. With time running out and nowhere left to turn, she faces impossible odds.
Can she outrun her enemies and unlock Earth’s hidden secrets before it’s too late?
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A golden age of human expansion fractures when something ancient and hostile slips back into the living universe.
The Reality Dysfunction
Sci-Fi · Space Opera
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A golden age of human expansion fractures when something ancient and hostile slips back into the living universe. In a far-future civilization built on genetic mastery, sentient starships, and interstellar order, a single encounter ignites a threat that spreads through minds and societies alike. The Reality Dysfunction delivers large-scale space opera driven by existential horror, moral collapse, and the fragility of control.
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The Reality Dysfunction is a modern classic of science fiction from Peter F. Hamilton, an extraordinary feat of storytelling on a truly epic scale.
"A space opera that is big, boisterous, and has something for everyone." —Science Fiction Weekly
Space is not the only void. . .
In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Huge fleets of sentient trader starships thrive on the wealth created by the industrialization of entire star systems. And throughout inhabited space the Confederation Navy keeps the peace. A true golden age is within our grasp.
But on a primitive colony planet, a renegade criminal's chance encounter with an utterly alien entity unleashes the most primal of humanity’s fears. An extinct race which inhabited the galaxy aeons ago called it "The Reality Dysfunction." It is the nightmare which has prowled beside us since the beginning of history.
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Three strangers survive impossible strokes after a meteor lights the Edinburgh sky.
The Space Between Us
Sci-Fi · First Contact
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Three strangers survive impossible strokes after a meteor lights the Edinburgh sky. When an alien creature appears, they are forced together in a desperate flight from authority and fear. This humane first-contact thriller blends suspense with empathy and hope. Rated 4.2 stars on Amazon and selected for BBC Two’s Between the Covers.
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When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh, then awake completely recovered, they're convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach … an adrenaline-soaked, deeply humane, life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland's most revered authors…
**Selected for BBC 2 Between the Covers 2023**
'All the drive, curiosity and wonder of his crime and mystery novels … science fiction gains a new author' Derek B Miller
If you read one life-affirming book this year, make sure it's this one' Nina Pottell, Prima
'The main characters, their lives and their struggles, are portrayed very vividly. I was straight into this, just like a thriller' Ivo Graham on Between the Covers
Connecting will change everything…
Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other, but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh, all three suffer instant, catastrophic strokes...
...only to wake up the following day in hospital, miraculously recovered.
When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth, Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava, Heather and a journalist, Ewan, he rescues the creature they call 'Sandy' and goes on the run.
But they aren't the only ones with an interest in the alien … close behind are Ava's husband, the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature, at all costs. And Sandy's arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine…
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