Big Brother is always watching Winston Smith, and with each passing day, he grows more and more angry with The Party. His job is to re-write history, and with each lie written in Newspeakhe is driven further and further toward committing thoughtcrimes. Continue reading 1984 by George Orwell
A Game of Thrones is the first novel in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, and is the perfect set up for the major characters we will see throughout the series. Enter Westeros, a land where summers and winters come and go for years at a time and a claim to the throne lurks around every corner. Continue reading A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Logan-3 is a trained killer living in the 23rd century, where no one lives over the age of 21. He is known to be one of the best assassins, and is determined to destroy sanctuary (a safe haven for those who want to defy the system). However, when he meets Jessica, he realizes that there may be life worth living after his palm flower turns, signifying he has reached his Lastday. Now, that sanctuary may be his only chance at survival—if it even exists at all. Continue reading Logan’s Run by William F. Nolan
It’s been 25 years since the heroes of Vos defeated Eklor and his army of bone soldiers, but, for Bone Maker Kreya, life has never been the same. With the loss of her lover, Jentt, on that fabled day, Kreya has spent her years trying—and failing—to revive him from the dead. When time runs short, Kreya calls on her old friend in arms, Zera, to help her retrieve enough bones to bring him back for good. Together, they brave the forbidden site of their legendary battle and save Jentt from death. But, it isn’t just bones they find on their journey. Eklor, the evil magician who nearly destroyed all of Vos decades before, has returned. Now, with the future of the world at stake, these three heroes must gather their former comrades and defeat Eklor one more time—before it’s too late. Continue reading The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst
When Reynard, the only survivor of a devastated English fleet, finds himself taken prisoner by a Spanish galleon, it would appear that the end of his story is in sight. But when his captor’s ship is propelled to a strange island in the mist—a cryptic land home to sea dragons, time vampires, and mythical, god-like creatures—it would appear that Raynard’s tale is only just beginning. Continue reading The Unfinished Land by Greg Bear
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