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Xi Chen can see beyond the surface level of the work-sleep cycle and the shackles imposed on its population by the city of Neon. He's joined a group of like-minded individuals seeking to force change from the ground up. Only, when change comes, it's not exactly what they had in mind.

The city is divided; which side do you stand on? The authority’s? Or the lowcases? Across Neon, the elite and the protesters are rising to battle for their future; for their children and the generations to come. To keep down the boot, or to rise from the darkness. Just what is freedom anyway when the walls of your oppression are everywhere you look?

Zac was a straight A student, class president, most likely to succeed, but by the age of 25, he was a college drop out. Zac peaked too soon.... He was once the golden child who was ever blindly falling forward. That is until tragedy stops him short. Now, failing out of college, he begrudgingly moves back home, with frazzled over protective parents and an older sister who can no longer stand him. Lost, he finds solace in old acquaintances and new friends that causes ripples of change in all of their lives.

It was ash on fingertips and vast. Stepping upon it gave the impression that it had come not from below, buffed by millions of years of wind slicing against rock, but rather from above; that, perhaps, it had drifted down and settled here. This is the post-apocalyptic sandscape that Calix and Annora must navigate - when they're old enough to join the scavenger crews outside of the domes, that is.

Far beneath the city’s depths burns far more than the fuel that feeds it. Stuck in the same dead-end job as his father, Rylan drinks himself into oblivion most nights. Better than the oblivion of the Link, everyone around him a slave to virtual reality. At least that’s what he tells himself. His ex, Clarisse, has found herself a new lover, someone with more than a passing interest in him. They have a job for him, and it involves explosives. Best just to drink this one off. Wait it out, until everyone has regained their senses....

Three years have passed since the horrors of Moorehead Manor almost took the lives of Emily, Adam, and Jimmy. Now the legacy of Moorehead is pulling our heroes back into an even deadlier encounter of black magic and betrayal that they may not be able to survive.

Poor Piper Sweet! She owns Sweetie Pie's Bakery and Cafe. The curvaceous woman thinks she's going out of her mind! She's having weird dreams of soft fur and slashing claws, deep growls of lust, and cream puffs! She fears a break-in when she finds muddy prints on her bakery floor, but bear prints? She's afraid to tell a soul but needs to confide in someone when she finds herself naked in the woods on a frosty morning.

Search for memory over 50 years, within the inner conscious and subconscious decisions made in this story-line - all of which encompass the clinical worlds of psychology and psychiatry. With twisting turns of fact finding and exploring both Dissociative Systematized Amnesia and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder over 50 years - the protagonist must deal with successes and failures.

Life on the plains is tough, dangerous, and just plain boring. Elissa dreams of breaking the monotony and winning the Liberty Trials: a hoverbike race around the perimeter of the plains with entry to Neon City at stake. Her town sits in the shadow of the enormous blister of Neon’s dome, within reach and yet forbidden. If she could only win…everything would change. If only the stranger hadn’t appeared. If only she could get Quintessa, one of the three Queens, off her back. If only the murderous Rohen could get exactly what he deserved. So many questions. So many variants.

It’s hard to keep secrets in a small town...It’s even harder to keep a secret that could expose not only your family but an entire species. That’s what Frankie Cavanaugh must do. As the daughter of the leader of the Wisdom Counsel, it’s up to her to step into her father’s shoes until another leader is chosen. It’s also up to her to continue her lineage within the species. She wants to do neither. She considers the shifter gene a curse rather than a gift, robbing her of a normal life.

Three teenagers stumble into a haunted mansion that traps them in a deadly nightmare. In order to escape alive, they must uncover the house's dark secrets of murder and prejudice.

It's the year 2074 and Earth has suffered greatly because of the Great Demise. Food shortages, starvation, and lawlessness engulf the planet. Police and the armed forces are now a force for hire for the wealthy few. Multitrillionaires, they have acquired the assets sold by countries all over the world. Dr.Stone owns Space Explorations Inc. and Dr. Thompson owns Interstellar Solutions Inc. In a joint effort, the two cousins discover two Earth like planets. Twin planets situated perfectly in the goldilocks zone of their Star Procyon, in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Retired FBI agent Kyle Tremont reluctantly agreed to one last job as a favor to his former boss. The mission was to extract an agent by the code name "Phantom" from a deep undercover assignment. The plan went smoothly until their identities were compromised. On the run with a sexy yet mysteriously innocent operative, he found her more intriguing by the minute. Which meant the sooner he delivered her to safety and made his way home to Texas, the better!

This is a romantic novel that also covers different aspects of family affairs, and the main characters travel through different countries. Very entertaining.

Mitchell P. Jones’ Scientific Figures and Tables: Quick Tips is a must-have for anyone wanting to improve the aesthetics, impact, clarity and interpretability of their figures and tables. In clear, concise and precise language, Jones lays out recommendations on setting up effective micrographs, graphs, tables and schematics including points on selection, layout and content formatting. Comprehensive and firmly instructional, this guide features step-by-step directions with useful examples in addition to tips on captions, equations and unit formatting.

In Antarctica, a massive column made of an unknown composite rises from the ice. It’s a gateway to a world beneath the ice where an ancient city of incredible technology exists. It is also the final arena where three elite combat units seek out the holy grail of global power. With global tensions rising, mankind races to gain the scepter of rule by attaining a weapon of mass destruction so great, it could cause an extinction event.

If You’re Ready to Rewrite the Narrative of Aging, and Embark on a Transformative Journey, Then This is for You! There’s no doubt that everyone wants to stay young forever. From beauty treatments, ‘anti-aging’ skincare products, to expensive procedures, there’s always something out there for people that want to stop the clock. But aging isn’t something that you should be afraid of. Instead, it should be something you embrace and look forward to!

Before you come with me, away from Silver Hollow, away from The Union, and away from all that is safe and comfortable, take a moment to look around you. Know that just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not there.

Annabel is an unmarried, childless thirty-five-year-old self-made billionaire based in Monaco. Robert is a renowned heart surgeon based in Ireland, aged forty. LiChan is Vietnamese and she is Annabel's personal assistant. Simon Beauvoir is Annabel's uncle and he runs her bank. Charlotte Rossi is Psychiatrist to both Annabel and LiChan. Barty is Robert's friend, convalescing in Italy after a heart operation, with his wife, Mona.

I look back on my childhood with a mixture of emotions. They were the best and worst years of my life. My friends Chris Lester, Charlie Beaumont and Louis Johnson would probably agree. We were the best of friends, always together and there for each other. Our bond would be tested one dismal October morning, when we'd commit a murder in the woods around our hometown. What followed was a cover-up whilst trying to pretend nothing had happened.