Luke Daniels
61) Brilliance
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p2013
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A little girl reads people's darkest secrets by body language. A man who sees patterns in the stock market racks up billions. A woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They're called "brilliants," and Nick Cooper is one of them; a federal agent, Cooper's gifts make him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target is a dangerous brilliant intent on provoking civil war. To catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he...
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Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In "Autofac," Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. "Exhibit Piece" and "The Commuter" feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes:...
63) Sunburn
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c2009
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On Spain's Costa Brava, passion and intrigue are everywhere, especially in the hearts of those who dwell there. As the dictator Franco teeters on the edge of overthrow, two couples are entwined. One is a husband and wife bored with the existence they have drifted into, the other a passionate, combative pair who relish every moment of life. Into this potent mix comes a young American seeking his missing lover, bringing a shadow of danger into the machinations...
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Foreworld saga volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
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The shadow of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II hangs over the shattered Holy Roman Church as the cardinals remain deadlocked, unable to choose a new pope. Only the Binders and a mad priest have a hope of uniting the Church against the invading Mongol host. An untested band of young warriors stands against the dissolute Khan, Onghwe, fighting for glory and freedom in the Khan's sadistic circus of swords, and the brave band of Shield-Brethren who set...
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Foreworld saga volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
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Fusing historical events with a gripping fictional narrative, this first book in the Mongoliad trilogy reveals a secret history of Europe in the thirteenth century. As the Mongols swept across Asia and were poised to invade Europe in 1241, a small band of warriors, inheritors of an ancient secret tradition, conceived a desperate plan to stop the attack. They must kill the Khan of Khans; if they fail, all of Christendom will be destroyed. In the late...
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2011
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When a corpse is found swinging from the marble angel in her family's cemetery, heiress Ashley Donegal turns to an elite team of paranormal investigators to find the truth and must risk everything to unravel family secrets with the help of Jack Mallory, a gifted New Orleans musician with a special ability.
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[2016]
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For seasoned outlaw Henry and his gang of bandits, a high-stakes bank heist turns bloody when they kill a U.S. Marshal in the process. With one of the largest bounties in the history of the American West on their heads, they make their way south and invade the home of a seemingly innocent and unsuspecting frontier family for refuge. As an unexpected game of cat and mouse ensues, this twisted tale leads to seduction, role reversal, and ultimately revenge....
68) Unwound
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[2014]
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When sensei Ronin Black first encounters Amery Hardwick, the fire in her eyes ignites a spark a thousand times better than the primal rush he used to get from mixed martial arts matches. She accepts his darker edges and admits to him that her desires aren't as wholesome as he believed. Yet despite demanding Amery bare her body and soul to him, Ronin holds a part of himself back. When she learns Ronin's secret and walks out, his life begins to unravel....
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Rise of the warlords volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
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After the fall of the zombies, the balance of power between the monsters of the Far Lands of Minecraft is disrupted. The skeleton warlord Rakar grows stronger, and his skeleton army is leaving a terrible path of destruction in their wake. Watcher and his friends, determined to stop the violence, realize the warlord's power lives in the magical Fossil Bow of Destruction. The mysterious weapon is locked away in the skeletons' subterranean kingdom, but...
70) Zombies attack!
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Rise of the warlords volume Book 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
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The Far Lands is a hidden area located at the very edge of Minecraft's outer borders, unknown to normal users. There, the life of a young boy named Watcher is suddenly turned upside down when his village is destroyed by the vile zombie warlord Tu-Kar. Watcher and a handful of his friends vow to save those who were captured during the devastating battle and bring the zombie leader to justice. But along the way, they'll uncover a terrifying secret about...
71) DeathDay
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Sauron Duology volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
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Jack Manning must choose between safety and the resistance movement that works against the Sauron, an alien race that enslaved humans.
72) The rising
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"Twenty-four hours. That's all it takes for the lives of two young people to be changed forever. Alex Chin has the world on a plate. A football hero and homecoming king with plenty of scholarship offers, his future looks bright. His tutor, Samantha Dixon, is preparing to graduate high school at the top of her class. She plans to turn her NASA internship into a career. When a football accident lands Alex in the hospital, his world is turned upside...
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p2009
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Not long ago, Scott Bryant would have described himself as an ordinary guy. But one act of heroism has changed his life forever, or at least until the apocalypse occurs. Inexplicably possessed with superhuman strength, Scott finds himself allied with the enigmatic and alluring Melanie Regan in a quest to find the mysterious Oracle.
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2013.
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Cassandra Clare's Mortal instruments series, epic urban fantasy set in a richly imagined world of shadowhunters, vampires, werewolves, fairies and more, has captured the imaginations and loyalty of hundreds of thousands of young adult readers. Shadowhunters and Downworlders, edited by Clare (who provides an introduction to the book and each piece), is a collection of young adult authors writing about the series and its world.
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2016.
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Dr. Caleb Maddox is a San Francisco toxicologist studying the chemical effects of pain. After a bruising breakup with his girlfriend, he is drinking whiskey at the speakeasy House of Shields when a hauntingly seductive woman appears by his side. Emmeline whispers to Caleb over absinthe, gets his blood on her fingers, and then brushes his ear with her lips as she says goodbye. He must find her. As his search begins, Caleb becomes entangled in a serial...
76) Alida's song
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Pub. Date
[2013]
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A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers.
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2014.
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After graduating from Yale, William Baker, scion of an old line patrician family, goes to work in presidential politics. But when the campaign into which he's poured his heart ends in disappointment, he decides to leave New York behind, along with the devoted, ambitious and well-connected woman he's been in love with for the last four years. Will expects nothing more than a year off in Oxford before resuming the comfortable life he's always known...
79) The good boy
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c2013.
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"Edgar award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with The Good Boy, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city. For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a recent scandal and triggers a multimillion-dollar lawsuit,...