Tak! quoted Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
War machines and AI gods run amok in The Archive Undying, national bestseller Emma Mieko …
You are alone when you die.
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Tak! quoted Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Save one world. Doom her own.
From the acclaimed author of The Deep Sky comes …
The largest private collection of rare artifacts from other worlds could be found in central New Jersey at Princeton University, and if anyone knew Maya Hoshimoto was a thief, they wouldn’t have let her anywhere near there.
Tak! quoted Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Professor Arton Daghdev has always wanted to study alien life in person. But when his …
They say never start a story with a waking, but when you’ve been hard asleep for thirty years it’s difficult to know where else to begin.
Tak! quoted Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew by Veo Corva
Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.
Since ancient times, dragons …
‘Humans are a necessary annoyance,’ my mother had said to me.
Tak! quoted Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor
When twelve-year-old Esther disappears on the way home from school in a small town in …
We were waiting for things to converge.
Tak! quoted Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
"You must be as sharp as a stilettotore’s dagger and as subtle as a fish …
My father kept a dragon eye upon his desk.
— Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
Tak! quoted Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft
The first book in a wildly entertaining new fantasy series from acclaimed author Josiah Bancroft …
"The king wishes to be cooked alive," the royal secretary said, accepting the proffered saucer and cup and immediately setting both aside.
Tak! quoted Counterweight by Anton Hur
On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean …
“Your mother is going to be a star,” said the man in the gray uniform.
— Counterweight by Anton Hur, Djuna
Tak! quoted The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #4)
As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew …
Captain Darian Frey was accustomed to long odds; his whole life, he’d been an outside chance. Lacking the ability to win in a fair fight, he survived instead by guile and the illogical optimism favoured by gamblers and drunks, which made the riskiest of plans seem like a good idea at the time.
— The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #4)
Tak! quoted The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #3)
Things are finally looking good for Captain Frey and his crew. The Ketty Jay has …
‘On reflection,’ Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, ‘this wasn’t one of your better plans.’
— The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #3)
Tak! quoted The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2)
Darian Frey is down on his luck. He can barely keep his squabbling crew fed …
Darian Frey was a man who understood the value of a tactical retreat.
— The Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding (Tales of the Ketty Jay, #2)
Tak! quoted Retribution Falls by Chris Wooding
The smuggler held the bullet between thumb and forefinger, studying it in the weak light of the store room.
Tak! quoted Cascade Failure by L. M. Sagas
Somewhere in Jal’s file was a note from an old crewmate that read, Jalsen Red will either be the reason you die, or the reason you live. Good fucking luck.
Tak! quoted The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend …
Standing next to his step box, Baxter hovers: immobile and elastic, ready to spring forward to lift a suitcase, dissect a timetable, point to the conductor, nod, lift more suitcases, now hat boxes, answer more questions, and nod, nod, nod.
Tak! quoted Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky
o fix the world they first must break it further.
Humanity is a dying breed, …
On activation each morning Charles’ first duty was to check his master’s travel arrangements for the day.