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281) Core of Illumination
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In AD 2125, humanity fell short of achieving the United Nations' sustainable development goals. Technological advancements in the past century led to the creation of nuclear defense systems and new types of nuclear weapons, including meteorological weapons. However, this technological competition and exploitation resulted in the depletion of natural resources and the destruction of the environment. A 180-year period of relative peace came to an end...
283) The Time Key
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As Stanley got closer, he saw two figures beating on a lone man, while four others stood back to watch. "Hey!" Stanley's voice sounded hoarse in his ears. "Leave him be!"
Shadows that move on their own, a mysterious device that looks like a pocket watch, a man on the run from monsters that exist in dreams-all are connected to Stanley because he interrupted a mugging. Now Stanley holds the Time Key, an object that allows him to travel through time....
284) Times Secret
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The story details the life of a female android living a secret life as a human.
After her father's death, Elayne discovers, she's a Cyborg and returns to the past, to take the place of a
Human, dead girl. When the government discovers her missing, a tracker is, sent in a time craft to bring her back. The tracker, Katch, finds the beautiful android and falls in love with her. Twists, turns and intrigue keep them busy, but they have plenty of time for...
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So true to mixed experience, it feels defiant.—Sofia Samatar, winner of the World Fantasy AwardIn this timely and instantly notable fiction debut, Haris Durrani immerses readers in the life of a young American Muslim struggling to understand himself in the context of his family, classmates, and contemporary urban life.
Engineering student Jihad, or "Joe" as he introduces himself in the confusing intersections of post 9/11 New York City, finds himself...
286) Parallax of Darkness
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Two stones changed the course of history before; it's time for a repeat performance. The sands of Egypt harbour many untold tales, it's part of the intrigue that draws archaeologists and tourists alike to marvel its sights and get a taste of its secrets. It's a discovery of the modern age for archaeologists, Tim Adams and Evelyn Davidson, when they find two tablets in the shadows of the Great Pyramids at Giza. It's a sign of the times… What they...
287) Mary Molds a Monster
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Join Jacob and Margaret as they travel back in time to Lake Geneva, Switzerland. It's 1816, and George Gordon, Lord Byron has challenged Mary and Percy Shelley and himself to compose a scary story. Jacob and Margaret know that Mary's tale will be Frankenstein. But Mary is struggling with writer's block! Can Jacob and Margaret help Mary mold a monster? Calico is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
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With the ability of time travel, certain world powers seek to reverse historical events in an attempt to change the future to attain global power in their favor by dissolving the power of the US. Ronnie Slay is a time travel agent for the Agency. He is tasked with traveling through time to prevent these historical reversals from occurring. In other words, prevent future attacks on the US and its allies, by protecting the past, preserving the present,...
289) A Bridge of Years
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Tom Winter thought the secluded cottage in the Pacific Northwest would be the perfect refuge, a place to nurse the wounds of lost love and happiness. But, Tom soon discovers that his safe haven is the portal of a tunnel through time. At one end is the present. At the other end-New York City, 1963.
His journey back to the early 1960s seems to offer him the chance to start over in a simpler, safer world. But, he finds that the tunnel holds a danger...
290) Timeless Love
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Funny thing time is.
We all believe that once it's gone, it's gone forever, and the past will always stay in the past.
What would you do if all of a sudden you wake up in a time you don't belong?
How would you react?
Adjust?
Interact with the people and the world around you?
One day as Emily was trying to make sense of her life while struggling with the ultimate betrayal, a twist of fate placed her in this exact position.
There she is,...
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Retired Royal Marine, now Cumbria-based mountain guide, Rory McMcregor, comes to the aid of a young woman threatened by a violent and sexual assault. Unfortunately, at the time of the rescue, he is not aware that the beautiful damsel in distress, and her would-be rapist, are from a distant, totalitarian future. Thus, begins a nightmare sequence of events as the woman's evil and powerful nemesis seeks revenge on both herself and her handsome, unwitting...
292) The Time Stone
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A group of unlikely heroes from the opposite sides of the track embark on the ultimate human adventure surrounding an ancient alien transportation device. As the four improbable companions travel through time in search for answers and a way home, they end up stumbling on an age-old mystery that might stop a disaster in the future from occurring.
Can these four heroes step up to save the future and, maybe, learn something about themselves in the...
293) Millennium Crash
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When it all goes sideways, they keep going on.Everything goes wrong when the first research expedition from the future lands in the summer of 2000 in New York City. The master time-travel device is destroyed, the professor in charge is killed, and the rest of the travelers are scattered across that ancient metropolis. They're stranded in the past, their project in a shambles from the start, and their troubles are only beginning…Watchbearers Book...
294) Running Backward
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Julian Wilson, a brilliant, African-American high school senior successfully constructs the world's first time travel device a few years after his father's death in order to see him alive again, but his younger brother, Darius, a fitness meathead and self-proclaimed ladies' man, has other plans for Julian's invention after he finds out what his nerdy sibling has been up to.
At the demands of Darius, the two brothers travel farther into the past for...
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This story has no heroes, only villains. Dr. Foams-At-Mouth is the first villain of this story. He got his name from...well, the prelude before Chapter One will explain what happened. He enjoys vacuum erasing the faces of all men, women, and children of Earth to replace them with his own. He has a problem, and her name is Gloria Hole. Don't let the hilarious name fool you. She is the second villain of this tale, and is much worse than Dr. Foams-At-Mouth....
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Alors que l'Empire Qing continue de s'effondrer, l'Impératrice est plus désespérée que jamais de trouver un moyen d'assurer sa mainmise sur le pays. Chaque jour, elle force Jiayi à utiliser ses pouvoirs pour voir dans le passé jusqu'à l'époque de l'Impératrice Wu afin de découvrir le secret pour s'assurer le pouvoir.
Mais Jiayi connaît déjà la réponse.
La dague de l'Impératrice Wu est plus qu'il n'y paraît. Dotée d'un pouvoir ancien,...
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Cautious observer Nicasia is at the Wilber Hotel for a wedding. She is careful when it comes to small spaces, due to an attack as a teen, but intrigued by the antique phone booth, she steps inside to investigate.
A just man with a star, Logan grew up at the end of the nineteenth century in a very religious home. But his reverend father led two lives and left Logan believing there was something wrong with him.
Boom!
Nicasia is bowled over and knocked...
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Time travel through fire can change your life.
Join Laveau as he is swept into time traveling within the bayous of Louisiana. From meeting mysterious women to becoming the getaway driver for the notorious Bonnie and Clyde, his life will never be the same.
In this collection, you will Find Stumbling Through Time, Matter of Time, and the bonus prequel The Gift of Time.
299) Kiss Across Kingdoms
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They must go back in time because history says they already have. A secret cipher inside an ancient seal insists Rafe and Sydney travel back through time to Powys, the most powerful kingdom of old Wales, but when they jump back they are separated. Rafe finds himself in Powys, scribe to the king. Sydney is in the land of the Lady of Mercia, alone in a time she doesn't know. The two must find a way back to each other across the warring kingdoms, while...
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They say flying is the safest way to travel. Clearly whoever said that has never traveled with a mad scientist in custody.
After finding, and apprehending, his absentee father, Alex Cheradon and his team are ready for their flight back home to Clayton City. One six hour nonstop flight from Las Vegas and then everything's back to normal.
Except that this isn't an ordinary flight.
And Charles Cheradon isn't an ordinary scientist. Hence the 'mad'...
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