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1) The Plague
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Discovering there had once been life on Mars was an historic revelation, but Mars held an even more shocking revelation. The Martian life was indeed ancient, but not just some microbial bug. It was far more complex. But who were these aliens? What happened to them? The answers were shocking. Increasingly self absorbed, was humanity prepared to accept what they find?
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El Tribunal Mundial o el gobierno más poderoso del universo inicia un juicio inédito y controversial contra Poncio Pilato, por haber autorizado y ordenado la ejecución de Jesús.Utilizando la tecnología para viajar a través del tiempo, lo traen a su mundo, antes que él fallezca. Sin embargo, este juicio es un arma política de los conspiradores para deslegitimar al Sistema de Justicia Universal. En un ambiente en el cual prevalecen los conflictos...
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Second part of The Trial of Pontius Pilate:The authoritarian magistrates are politically cornered. They face protests and threats due to the arbitrary detention of rulers and the absence of information in other serious cases. The World Court executes several extraordinary measures, crossing definitively the red line between democracy and dictatorship. Without recognizing the existence of the Global Alliance, the magistrates declare the war to Hagmog's...
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Segunda parte de El Juicio a Poncio Pilato:Acorralados políticamente, los magistrados autoritarios enfrentan protestas y amenazas por la detención arbitraria de los gobernantes y la ausencia de información en otros casos delicados. El Tribunal Mundial ejecuta varias medidas extraordinarias, cruzando definitivamente la línea roja entre democracia y dictadura. Sin reconocer la existencia de la Alianza Global, le declara la guerra al gobierno de...
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The World Court or the most powerful government of the universe initiates an unprecedented and controversial trial against Pontius Pilate, for authorizing and ordering the execution of Jesus.Using the technology to travel throughout time, the rulers of the universe bring Pontius Pilate to their world, before he dies. However, this trial is a political weapon of the conspirators to delegitimize the Universal Justice System. In this regard, the prefect...
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Chef Lukas Larsgaard is feeling very nervous today. Seventy-eight guests and a twelve-course tasting menu await him today - a serious professional challenge for him personally and his entire restaurant team. Every dish has been carefully thought out and honed down to the finest detail, every wine has been selected with exceptional care to create an unforgettable range of gourmet sensations. The dinner as a whole should be a masterpiece and mark the...
7) Aries 181
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A crime spree to steal aerospace technology. An intern with the brains to stop it.When Jess uncovers evidence that her boss is stealing technology to build his company, her coveted internship at Aries turns from dream job to catastrophe. Worse, her boss cons another young woman into becoming his accomplice, and the duo's chemically enhanced skills and weapons help them become the most infamous supercriminals to sweep the tech world. Before they pilfer...
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The Vanguard- Exploits in the Solar System is a thrilling science fiction novel that offers a unique perspective on the day-to-day challenges faced by the crew of the starship Vanguard as they journey through the solar system. With its vividly imagined world-building, complex characters, and gripping action, this book is a must-read for space exploration and science fiction fans. As the Vanguard and its crew navigate the dangers of deep space, they...
9) The Ark
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Jake removed the mysterious silver cloth from the chest. Unfolding it carefully and placing it on the table. Without thinking, he removed the crystal skull from the chest and placed it on top of the silver cloth, a simple gesture that would change his and Bill's lives forever. What amazing secret have they uncovered? Have they found the answer to unlocking the mystery of The Ark?
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On a quiet space station far from the events and concerns near Earth, Kristy announced her intent to have the child of Pyossel. He handled it with the maturity of his years, in a manner befitting his position as the oldest on Whelan's asteroid mining crew. He choked on his drink and sent the droplets scattering in low gravity to the far corners of the cabin. It was fortunate that Orbital-2 was well set up for similar accidents at mealtimes.' Humans...
11) Jacker's Exploit
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WHAT IF THE ONLY WAY TO CHEAT IS TO WIN? With a hard deadline to leave the island now in play, Jessie and the remaining survivors of this deadly twist on The Game must find a way to escape, even if it means playing dirty. And with so much at stake and outside forces doing everything they can to prevent them from leaving, they may not have a choice.Episode 08 in this relaunch of Saul Tanpepper's popular cyberpunk zombie apocalypse series GAMELAND is...
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The Pegasus is a unique spacecraft that has been built by a consortium of nations. With it, the hopes of humanity may be realized. If the scientists are right, it should be able to distort space and time and overcome the speed of light barrier.The technology has not been tested. The Pegasus and her crew are out in space on what might be a suicide mission to test a theory that most scientists do not believe possible.The uncertainty about the mission...
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As part of a biodiversity project in the Appalachians Eric is hoping to discover new species of life on the forest floor, but his cousin, Danny, at whose home Eric is staying, is acting strangely. As a matter of fact, Danny's whole family seems to be getting more strange by the day. And what is that thing Eric has spotted lurking in the forest at night? Worse yet, Eric is beginning to feel something strange happening to himself. Has Eric discovered...
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The universe can give and take away the thing that tantalizes your soul. This ebook tells the story of a man that finds himself marooned on a planet half way across the galaxy. A series of poems and male light painting photography create the plot of this science fiction narrative. Indentured Male Hero: Light Painting Nudes asserts that the greatest struggle is to hold on to what matters most.
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For fans of Star Trek's exploration of alien cultures and Star Wars' focus on mysticism, the Gifts & Rifts Series follows the interactions and changes brought about by those interactions upon the very different alien races.Dorn Heirs: Marens Rising, the first Book of the Series, follows a remnant of the Dorn species as they search for worthy successors to their technological advancements and spiritual insights.After finding the Thorens, who had certain...
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Lenore is not the obvious choice for a protagonist, but reluctant heroine is still an understatement. She runs at the first signs of trouble. Mistaking her natural instincts for cowardice, her mentor, August, recruits her brother to train Lenore. With enthusiasm that is no less than abusive, Garrett forces Lenore to face the real world of guns, fists, and pointy things. Meanwhile the rest of her team August, Devin, and Haden, disappear to let him.When...
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We follow Wally and his girlfriend Rangi in New Zealand as they try to stay alive in the post apocolyptic world brought on by the earth being hit by a large meteorite.Then we fast forward to the year 400, 1000 years into the future and find a very different world.This novel is based in part on some of the authors adventures on his travels back in the late 1950's up through to the present day.
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This work is a science fiction short story (7,777 words). It also appears in Mindscapes: Ten Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Short Stories (C) 2014 by Victor D. López.In the year 2020, astronomers discover a previously unknown asteroid that will strike Earth in exactly 666 days. Because of its massive size, it is impossible to deflect or destroy it with the available technology, and it is clear that the impending impact will be an extinction...
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Spaceports & Spidersilk features some of the best science fiction and fantasy fiction and poetry for kids of all ages. The April 2016 issue will take you to places you might never have imagined. It will appeal to your inner child, and hopefully take you back to the places you loved as a child…and if you're still a child, it will open your imagination to all kinds of new worlds.
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