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One hundred years ago a deadly super-virus infected all of humanity—and killed all the men—making it impossible for boys to be born alive. Women, alone, have been ruling the world ever since.When a cure for the super-virus is eventually discovered—men are able to be born again—and the women begin reintroducing boys back into society. However, there are some who are not happy about the return of men to civilization. A secret cult of man-killers, called the Sicarii, plot to make sure...

Over a hundred years ago, a super-virus killed all the men in the world and prevented them from being born. Women ruled alone since then. A powerful bureaucracy called the Department of Safety was created to ensure the safety of the surviving women—and when a cure was eventually found—to protect the new men. Federal agents, nicknamed safety maids, enforced the department's rules. Jean-Paris Foxglove was once a safety maid.In the aftermath of the events at Magnolia Tower, Agent Foxg...

Selected as one of the great must-read mysteries of the summer by Canada's national book show, CBC Radio's The Next ChapterA dead man in the snow shatters Dr. Hope Sze’s peaceful month of research at an Ottawa stem cell lab.Hope discovers that one man’s body leads to a series of corpses, both at home and around the globe.This time, the killer knows no borders and no conscience.Hope must extricate them all, while caught betwe...

When Amy Lewis prays for a savior, Loki Norse God of Mischief and Chaos isn’t who she has in mind. Loki can’t resist Amy’s summons, but he can insist she help him outwit Odin, ruler of the Nine Realms.This box set contains the first three installments of I Bring the Fire plus In the Balance. It is perfect for fans of The Dresden Files and Terry Pratchett.***Wolves: I Bring the Fire Part II...

Ozone and burnt plastic. That’s how Nova’s Monday starts.Sure, her grimy reflection says heart-of-steel but sometimes it’d be nice to test that. Sabotaged in the outer reaches of space, Nova is put blaster-to-blaster with the Confederacy. Her plans for early retirement left on the last starliner, and now she’s got to deal with ancient aliens and government overlords.All she wanted was enough money to keep her ship flying, but the Confederacy want her dead and buried.

Requiem. A forbidden word. The name of a lost kingdom, the homeland of dragons. Yet there are some who remember Requiem, who will fight to see it rise again . . .This bundle includes all three novels in Requiem for Dragons, an epic fantasy trilogy about myth, memory, and dragonfire.BOOK 1: DRAGONS LOST -- The kingdom of dragons is all but forgotten. The Cured Temple now rules over the ashes of that lost realm. Yet some still carry the dragon magic....

Combined for the first time in one volume are the first three books of the internationally bestselling GHOST EXILE saga - GHOST IN THE COWL, GHOST IN THE MAZE, GHOST IN THE HUNT, and the bonus short story GHOST RELICS.Caina Amalas was a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through her boldness and cunning saved the Empire and the world from sorcerous annihilation.But the victory cost her everything.Now she is exiled and ...

Got trouble with aliens? Call the Alien Hunters. This bundle includes all three novels in this fast-paced, sci-fi adventure.BOOK 1: Alien Hunters -- The skelkrins. Predators from deep space. Creatures of claws, fangs, and malice. Riff and his crew are the Alien Hunters, ragtag mercenaries who travel the galaxy, trapping and removing cosmic critters. They're just galactic pest controllers, not an army. When the skelkrins attack, will the Alien Hunters be the ones hu...

Combined for the first time in one volume, here are the first three books in the internationally bestselling CLOAK GAMES series - CLOAK GAMES: THIEF TRAP, CLOAK GAMES: FROST FEVER, and CLOAK GAMES: REBEL FIST, and the bonus short story WRAITH WOLF.The High Queen of the Elves has conquered Earth, but I don't care about that.I don't care about the High Queen, or the Rebels seeking to overthrow her. All I care about is getting my baby brother the treatments he needs to recover...

"Love the writing, characters and story." --Kevin AndersonThe complete series.Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will.For fifty years, the ruling Eagle Knights, who fly on the back of giant birds, have killed these Imperfects, fearing the return ...

An epic tale of war between dragons and mankind!When the mysterious dragon slayer Bitterwood murders the son of the Dragon-King, the dragons respond with a campaign of genocide against their human slaves. Amid the chaos of war, a band of rebel humans risk everything to fight for freedom, and an end to the Dragon Age. Read the saga that Orson Scott Card called “a magnificent hero story.” Bitterwood, the Complete Collection gathers together all four...

The first three books in the worldwide bestselling Knight & Culverhouse crime fiction series: Too Close for Comfort, Guilty as Sin and Jack Be Nimble.BONUS: Also includes two free short stories, Six Feet Under and No Rest for the Wicked.“Incredible” — BBC NewsWelcome to Mildenheath. A small town with big problems.The town’s major crimes unit faces a unique set of challenges. Staff numbers are falling. Budgets are be...