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Wyatt by Michelle Horst (Tainted Ink #2) English | September 30th 2015  | Romance | EPUB | 0.21 Mb All my life I’ve been living in the shadows. First it was in the shadows of my brother and sister, the wonder twins. Then it was in the shadow of Laurie’s death. No matter what I do in life, Aiden’s success will always overshadow mine. I’ll never be Aiden. The opportunity of being my own person comes in the form of Scarlett Grayson. She’s the female version of me. I don’t know what I’m letting myself in for. I just know it’s time for me to step out of the shadows. Authors Note and WARNING: Wyatt is a work of fiction intended for adult readers above 18. It contains dark and sensitive subject matter that may make readers uncomfortable. Contains explicit language and descriptions of sexual situations. Free Download: https://userscloud.com/pdctln4pyqzb https://uploadex.com/6yzx3nliy3o

Frost Fever by Jonathan Moeller (Cloak Games #2) English | September 29th 2015 | Fantasy | EPUB | 0.18 Mb In 2013, a gate to another world opened, and Elves used their magic to conquer Earth, crushing all resistance before them. Three hundred years after the Conquest, the exiled Elven High Queen rules an orderly but stagnant Earth, with humanity forced to fight in the High Queen’s war against the traitors on the Elven homeworld. Nadia Moran doesn’t care about that. She wants freedom, and she wants power. Unfortunately for her, she has little enough of either. To make matters worse, her baby brother Russell is dying of a rare magical disease, and the only one who can cure him is the cruel Elven archmage Morvilind. If that were not enough, Morvilind demands a steep price for his cures. Specifically, he wants Nadia to use her skill and magic to steal treasures for him, and this time he’s sent Nadia to steal a priceless relic from the ambassador of the frost giants. And...

  The House by Christina Lauren   English | 384 pages | Horror | EPUB, MOBI | 1.4 Mb Gavin tells Delilah he’s hers—completely—but whatever lives inside that house with him disagrees.  After seven years tucked away at an East coast boarding school, Delilah Blue returns to her small Kansas hometown to find that not much has changed. Her parents are still uptight and disinterested, her bedroom is exactly the way she left it, and the outcast Gavin Timothy still looks like he’s crawled out of one of her dark, twisted drawings.  Delilah is instantly smitten.  Gavin has always lived in the strange house: an odd building isolated in a stand of trees where the town gives in to mild wilderness. The house is an irresistible lure for Delilah, but the tall fence surrounding it exists for good reason, and Gavin urges Delilah to be careful. Whatever lives with him there isn’t human, and isn’t afraid of hurting her to keep her away. Free Download:  https://userscl...

  Fairy Tale Confessions by Various Authors   English | October 1st 2015 | Fantasy & Fairy Tales | EPUB, MOBI | 2.1 Mb Fourteen bestselling authors twist up your favorite tales. Will your favorite have a happily-ever-after?  Get ready to meet some sexy, not-so-valiant princes, punk-rock princesses, villains turned heroes, and truly vile monsters wreaking havoc within our favorite tales.  Read about Dancing Princesses getting their groove on in a disco club, a seriously sexy Rumpelstiltskin, and one alluring Puss-in-Boots, plus many, many more captivating characters in these fourteen all new short-stories.  (This collection and its authors are being featured at RT 2016 at the Fairy Tale Costume Party in Vegas, hosted by Sarah J. Pepper and Tish Thawer. Be sure to get your copy and stop by if you’re attending the event.) Free Download:   https://userscloud.com/uzfscdgha76e   https://uploadex.com/724atsftmvhk

  The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1)   English | 528 pages | Fantasy, Mythology | EPUB, MOBI | 2.5 Mb Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.  One day, he’s tracked down by a man he’s never met—a man his mother claimed was dangerous. The man tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god.  The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.  When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision.  Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die ....

  Claimed by Elle Kennedy (Outlaws #1) English | 368 pages | Paranormal Romance | EPUB | 446 Kb After a devastating war decimated most of the world, Hudson Lane has only known the oppressive life under her own father’s tyranny. She finally escapes, branding herself an outlaw and hunted by the Enforcers. Her best chance at survival is Connor Mackenzie, an aggressively sensual fugitive who opens her eyes to the wicked possibilities of a world without rules. As the leader of a band of outlaw fighters, Connor can’t resist the beautiful stranger who asks for his protection. Despite his reservations, he agrees to introduce her to a whole new way of life. But when Connor discovers Hudson’s connection to the enemies of liberty, he wonders how far he can trust the woman who has abandoned all inhibitions to challenge every forbidden desire. Free Download: https://uploadex.com/fv6tklaodkx1

  Storm’s Soldiers MC by Paige Notaro   English | 297 pages | Romance | EPUB, MOBI | 1.5 Mb MEAGAN:   I wasn’t looking for a man. The last one in my life nearly tore down everything I’d built up. But that biker had a pull I couldn’t escape. He was rugged and fierce, decked in dark leather and even darker ink.  It was supposed to be just one night. Then just one week. Then, I couldn’t get enough.  Until the day I found out what those tattoos meant: they’re symbols – racist ones.  There’s no future for us.  So why aren’t I walking away? VAUGHN:   She had me from the first gaze, her dark eyes staring me down like headlights.  I knew I had to have her. I knew I couldn’t.  Our first time should have been the last. Every moment together is a risk I cannot bear. But when she’s in my arms, nothing else matters.  Then reality cuts in. She finds out I ride with the Storm’s Soldiers, the roughest white biker gang in Atlanta, and well… ...

Exercise Every Day: 32 Tactics for Building the Exercise Habit (Even If You Hate Working Out) by S.J. Scott English | Non-Fiction, Self-Help | EPUB & AZW3 | 1.4 Mb EARN:: How to Build a Powerful Daily Workout Routine Wish you had time to exercise? Turned off by the "meat market" scene at most gyms? Or are you simply unsure about how to get started with a daily workout? The good news is that you don’t have to follow extreme exercise programs like Insanity and P90X, or spend every free moment in the gym, to experience the health benefits exercise has to offer. All you need to do is make a simple goal to "Exercise Every Day" in a way that fits your already busy schedule. The Truth?? You Struggle with Exercising Because of Specific Workout Obstacles Here’s the thing…most people have both the desire and capacity to exercise, but they never get started because they allow obstacles to get in their way. For instance, you might feel exhausted when your a...

Fire in a Haystack by Erez Aharoni (Legal Mystery Book #1) English | Thriller & Suspense | EPUB & MOBI | 1.5 Mb What would you do if you discovered that a lethal virus is incubating in your body and would kill you within a week? Unless an antidote is somehow found. Ofer Angel’s life has never been simple. When he was a teenager – his father committed suicide after being rumored to be involved in shady business deals. When he became a man – he had to deal with difficulties at home, but thanks to his determination, he managed to finish law school and was admitted as an intern at a renowned law firm. Ofer is sent to spend the night with an expert witness for the firm’s most important case. The following morning, he finds the witness dead in his hotel room, a flask from which they had both drunk whiskey on the previous night by his side, infected with the smallpox virus, supposedly eradicated from the world. Before long, Ofer discovers that a certain unknown eleme...

The Ark by Patrick S. Tomlinson (Children of a Dead Earth #1) English | Science Fiction | EPUB | 1.2 Mb Humankind has escaped a dying Earth and set out to find a new home among the stars aboard an immense generation ship — the Ark. Bryan Benson is the Ark’s greatest living sports hero, enjoying retirement working as a detective in Avalon, his home module. The hours are good, the work is easy, and the perks can’t be beat. But when a crewmember goes missing, Bryan is thrust into the centre of an ever-expanding web of deception, secrets, and violence that overturns everything he knows about living on the Ark and threatens everyone aboard. Free Download: https://userscloud.com/rxlu18lk5anr

Not If I See You First by Eric Lindstrom English | Young Adult, Contemporary | EPUB & AZW3 | 1.2 Mb Parker Grant doesn’t need 20/20 vision to see right through you. That’s why she created the Rules: Don’t treat her any differently just because she’s blind, and never take advantage. There will be no second chances. Just ask Scott Kilpatrick, the boy who broke her heart. When Scott suddenly reappears in her life after being gone for years, Parker knows there’s only one way to react-shun him so hard it hurts. She has enough on her mind already, like trying out for the track team (that’s right, her eyes don’t work but her legs still do), doling out tough-love advice to her painfully naive classmates, and giving herself gold stars for every day she hasn’t cried since her dad’s death three months ago. But avoiding her past quickly proves impossible, and the more Parker learns about what really happened–both with Scott, and her dad–the more she starts to question if th...

Psychology 101: How To Control, Influence, Manipulate and Persuade Anyone by Anthony Kane English | Non-Fiction, Self-Help, Psychology  | EPUB | 124 Kb In the world of psychology there are many fascinating topics however there are a few topics that seem to instantly enthrall and captivate people’s attention. Those topics deal with the following subjects influence, persuasion, how to control other human beings and manipulation. In regards to the latter what fascinates us most about manipulation is that we have all used it in our lives at one time or another. The same can be also said about persuasion which is defined as the ability to convince a person or group of people to change their beliefs strong enough to act on them. When people use persuasion or manipulation as a tactic they seek to influence people to get what they want or to achieve their objectives. This is why the topic of influence is a fascinating topic to most because it involves power. The power to...

The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future by Steve Case English | 2016 | Non-Fiction, General | 2.1 MB One of America’s most accomplished entrepreneurs—a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life and orchestrated the largest merger in the history of business—shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. Steve Case’s career began when he cofounded America Online (AOL) in 1985. At the time, only three percent of Americans were online. It took a decade for AOL to achieve mainstream success, and there were many near-death experiences and back-to-the-wall pivots. AOL became the top performing company of the 1990s, and at its peak more than half of all consumer Internet traffic in the United States ran through the service. After Case engineered AOL’s merger with Time Warner and he became Chairman of the combined business, Case oversaw the biggest media and communications empire in the world. In The Third Wave, which pays h...

  Nation of Enemies by H.A. Raynes English | 2016 | Science Fiction, Thriller | 2.1 MB A decade ago the US government mandated that all citizens be issued biochips containing all of their medical information and an id number indicating a person’s health. Then they made the information public—the implications of which are wide-spread and devastating. Now on the eve of the 2032 presidential election, the country is deeply divided and on the brink of civil war. But as the two major political parties face off, innocent Americans are dying at the hands of masked terrorists. When the Liberty Party’s presidential nominee is assassinated in a highly-coordinated, masterful attack, it sets off a chain of events that will change the course of history and leave America’s inalienable rights—life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness—dangling on the precipice of extinction. Download from FilesCDN

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight English | 2016 | Non-Fiction, Memoir | 1.3 MB In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. Young, searching, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: Import high-quality, low-cost running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed eight thousand dollars that first year, 1963. Today, Nike’s annual sales top $30 billion. In this age of start-ups, Knight’s Nike is the gold standard, and its swoosh is more than a logo. A symbol of grace and greatness, it’s one of the few icons instantly recognized in every corner of the world. Download from FilesCDN

  The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander English | 2016 | Mystery, Young Adult | 2.8 MB Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets in her favorite boathouse hangout. When Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea. Download from FilesCDN

Abigale Hall by Lauren A. Forry English | 2016 | Mystery & Thriller | 1.2 MB Amidst the terror of the Second World War, seventeen-year-old Eliza and her troubled little sister Rebecca have had their share of tragedy, losing their mother to the Blitz and their father to suicide. But when they are forced to leave London to work for the mysterious Mr Brownawell at Abigale Hall, they find that the worst is yet to come… There are tales that the ghost of Mr Brownawell’s bride-to-be haunts the desolate mansion, and in the village there are shocking rumours of maidservants meeting a terrible fate within its walls. But is it superstition that Eliza should be afraid of or is there something real and deadly lurking in the dark, dusty rooms of Abigale Hall? Yet vicious, cold-hearted housekeeper Mrs Pollard will stop at nothing to keep the mansion’s terrible secrets, and she exerts a twisted hold over Rebecca. To save herself and her sister descending into madness, Eliza must wage a despe...

The Inquisition by Taran Matharu (Summoner #2) English | 2016 | Young Adult, Fantasy | 1.8 MB More demons, epic battles, and fights to the death: introducing the unmissable next installment in the Summoner Trilogy… On trial for a crime he did not commit, Fletcher must face the Inquisition who will decide his future – the process is gruelling, lead by those who will do anything to see him suffer and haunted by ghosts from the past with clues to Fletcher’s tragic origins. But Fletcher has little time to dwell on these new revelations when the king announces a deadly challenge to the graduating students at Vocans. One that involves entering Orc territory to complete a risky mission. With loyal demons by their sides, commoners and nobles, dwarves and elves must overcome barriers of class and race and work together to triumph. The reward: a fortune in gold, the safety of an empire and PEACE. With the entire empire watching, Fletcher has much to prove, but there are those out to get hi...

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson English | 2015 | Mystery & Thriller | 1.4 MB A dark and devious literary suspense novel about a random encounter, sex, and a conversation that quickly turns to murder–a modern reimagining of Patricia Highsmith’s classic Strangers on a Train–from the author of the acclaimed The Girl with a Clock for a Heart On a late flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Over one too many martinis, the two strangers play a game, one in which they begin revealing more and more intimate details about themselves. Ted talks about his wife, Miranda–how his marriage has gone stale, how a week ago he caught her in a serious betrayal. . . . Maybe they were a mismatch from the start, he the rich businessman, she the beautiful artist. But what begins as playful banter between Ted and Lily takes a swift turn when Ted claims, half-seriously, that he would like to kill his wife for what she’s done. Then Lily surpri...

  Thirst by Benjamin Warner English | 2016 | Science Fiction | 1.5 MB On a searing summer Friday, Eddie Chapman has been stuck for hours in a traffic jam. There are accidents along the highway, but ambulances and police are conspicuously absent. When he decides to abandon his car and run home, he sees that the trees along the edge of a stream have been burnt, and the water in the streambed is gone. Something is very wrong. When he arrives home, the power is out and there is no running water. The pipes everywhere, it seems, have gone dry. Eddie and his wife, Laura, find themselves thrust together with their neighbors while a sense of unease thickens in the stifling night air. Thirst takes place in the immediate aftermath of a mysterious disaster–the Chapmans and their neighbors suffer the effects of the heat, their thirst, and the terrifying realization that no one is coming to help. As violence rips through the community, Eddie and Laura are forced to recall ...

  Sherlock Holmes: The Patchwork Devil by Cavan Scott English | 2016 | Historical Mystery | 1.7 MB London, 1919. While the world awaits the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Holmes and Watson are called to a singular mystery. A severed hand has been found on the banks of the Thames, a hand belonging to a soldier who supposedly died in the trenches two years previously. But the hand is fresh, and show signs that it was recently amputated. So how has it ended up back in London two years after its owner was killed? The mystery puts Homes and Watson on the trail of a descent of Victor Frankenstein, via a terrifying genetic disease, government-sanctioned grave robbing and an encounter with a… creature. Download from FilesCDN

  Goodreads Best Books of the Month: June 2016 English | 6 Books | Various Genre | 6.6 MB These titles have been racing to the top of goodreads popularity charts! 1. The Girls by Emma Cline 2. Grunt by Mary Roach 3. Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley 4. Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 5. My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand 6. Here’s to Us by Elin Hilderbrand Download from FilesCDN   Download from ByteWhale

  The Perdition Score by Richard Kadrey (Sandman Slim #8) English | 2016 | Urban Fantasy | 1.5 MB Sandman Slim returns in a stunning, high-octane thriller filled with the intense kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. The request from Thomas Abbot, the Augur of the Sub Rosa council, couldn’t come at a better time for James Stark, aka Sandman Slim. For a man who’s most recently met Death—and death’s killer—a few months of normal life is more than he can handle. He needs a little action, and now Abbott wants Stark and Candy to investigate the disappearance of a young boy—and help uncover council members who might be tied to Wormwood’s power brokers. Stark’s plans change when he meets a dying angel who gives him a vial of a mysterious black liquid that could be a secret weapon in the ongoing war between angels who want to allow human souls into Heaven and rebel angels willing to die to keep them ...

  The Darkest Magic by Morgan Rhodes (Spirits and Thieves #2) English | 2016 | High Fantasy | 1.4 MB In the second installment of New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes’s highly acclaimed Falling Kingdoms spin-off series, danger looms and the mystery deepens as two warring evils vie for possession of one elusive, powerful book. Modern-day Toronto: Sisters Crystal and Becca Hatcher are reunited after reclaiming the Bronze Codex and narrowly escaping death. They have no one to trust but each other, and the only thing keeping them safe is the book that sent Becca’s spirit to Ancient Mytica–the same book that their enemies would kill them for. Ancient Mytica: Maddox grapples to keep his newly discovered powers under control, while the ruthless goddess Valoria hunts him down. Modern-day Toronto: Farrell embraces his dark side as he unwittingly falls further under the spell of Markus, the mastermind leader of the nefarious Hawkspear Society, who will stop at noth...

  The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech by Kimberley Strassel English | 2016 | Non-Fiction, Politics | 1.2 MB From Kim Strassel-one of the preeminent political columnists writing today and member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board-comes an insightful, alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free speech. For nearly 40 years, Washington and much of the American public have held up disclosure and campaign finance laws as ideals, and the path to cleaner and freer elections. This book will show, through first-hand accounts, how both have been hijacked by the Left as weapons against free speech and free association, becoming the most powerful tools of those intent on silencing their political opposition. THE INTIMIDATION GAME provides a chilling expose of political scare tactics and overreach, including: How Citizens United set off a wave of l...

Lost Dog by Alan Russell (Gideon and Sirius #3) English | 2016 | Mystery, Thriller | 1 MB Detective Michael Gideon is used to being handed L.A.’s oddest cases, but his newest one assigned itself. When Gideon’s K-9 partner, Sirius, rescues a lost dog from a pack of coyotes, the duo tries to return her home—only to discover her owner is missing. Heather Moreland has clearly disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and the more Gideon digs into her past, the more he’s convinced of her abduction. As Gideon strives to help the missing woman, he is also troubled by the suspicious death of Detective Langston Walker, the leader of a support group for families of murder victims. The last time they’d met, Walker told Gideon about a cold case he had reopened, making Gideon wonder if the detective’s demise is the accident everyone believes. Download from FilesCDN   Download from ByteWhale

Blood Secrets by Gretta Mulrooney (Tyrone Swift #2) English | 2016 | Crime, Thriller & Mystery | 1.4 MB Fifteen years ago a teenage boy went to a woods on the outskirts of London and was beaten to a pulp and left damaged for life. The police never found who did it or why it happened. Now, the boy’s father, recently returned from Australia, wants to find out what really happened to his son. He hires private detective Tyrone Swift to investigate the tragedy. Swift comes across a family full of secrets and lies. Swift himself is faced with his own family issues, and someone who is out to get him. Could it be a disgruntled client or someone he came across in his days a police inspector? Download from FilesCDN   Download from ByteWhale

  Breaking Cover by Stella Rimington (Liz Carlyle #9) English | 2016 | Spy Thriller, Espionage | 1.3 MB A new Cold War is coming, and Liz Carlyle is about to find herself on very thin ice. Still reeling from the loss of the man she loved in a botched antiterrorist operation in Paris, Carlyle has been posted to MI5’s counter-espionage desk, where her bosses hope the relative quiet might give her the chance to find her feet again. But they hadn’t counted on the aftershocks of Russia’s incursions into the Crimea and President Putin’s determination to silence those who would oppose him, wherever they may be living in the world. So it is not long before Liz finds herself on the hunt for a Russian spy on British soil–a spy whose intentions are unknown, and whose presence is a threat not only to Russian dissidents living in England but also to the security of the nation itself. And with MI5 and MI6 coming under painful public scrutiny in the post-Snowden world, for Liz and h...

  The Dark Side by Anthony O’Neill English | 2016 | Science Fiction, Mystery | 2.6 MB In this dark and gripping sci-fi noir, an exiled police detective arrives at a lunar penal colony just as a psychotic android begins a murderous odyssey across the far side of the moon. Purgatory is the lawless moon colony of eccentric billionaire, Fletcher Brass: a mecca for war criminals, murderers, sex fiends, and adventurous tourists. You can’t find better drugs, cheaper plastic surgery, or a more ominous travel advisory anywhere in the universe. But trouble is brewing in Brass’s black-market heaven. When an exiled cop arrives in this wild new frontier, he immediately finds himself investigating a string of ruthless assassinations in which Brass himself—and his equally ambitious daughter—are the chief suspects. Meanwhile, two-thousand kilometers away, an amnesiac android, Leonardo Black, rampages across the lunar surface. Programmed with only the notorious “Brass Code”—a compen...

The Cairo Code by Glenn Meade English | 2016 | Thriller & Suspense | 3.35 MB The international bestseller takes you on a fast-paced, nail-biting thrill ride from the Great Pyramids in Cairo, to behind the Nazi lines in Berlin, to the very seat of democracy as our hero tries to unravel a plot that could kill FDR and Winston Churchill. To save the Western Allies, he must kill the woman he loves… November 1943: Adolf Hitler sanctioned his most audacious mission ever—to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany. Only one man is capable of leading the defiant Nazi mission—Major Johann Halder, one of the Abwehr’s most brilliant and daring agents. He is a man with a tortured soul and a talent for the impossible. Accompanied by an expert undercover team and Rachael Stern, the young and beautiful Egy...

The Interminables by Paige Orwin English | 2016 | Science Fiction, Dystopia | 1.2 MB It’s 2020, and a magical cataclysm has shattered reality as we know it. Now a wizard’s cabal is running the East Coast of the US, keeping a semblance of peace. Their most powerful agents, Edmund and Istvan — the former a nearly immortal 1940s-era mystery man, the latter, well, a ghost — have been assigned to hunt down an arms smuggling ring that could blow up Massachusetts. Turns out the mission’s more complicated than it seemed. They discover a shadow war that’s been waged since the world ended, and, even worse, they find out that their own friendship has always been more complicated than they thought. To get out of this alive, they’ll need to get over their feelings, their memories, and the threat of a monstrous foe who’s getting ready to commit mass murder… Download from DailyUploads   Download from ByteWhale

  The Year’s Best Science Fiction 33 by Gardner Dozois (Editor) English | 2016 | Science Fiction | 1.5 MB In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation of short stories has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre. Download from FilesCDN   Download from ByteWhale

  The Prisoner of Hell Gate by Dana I. Wolff English | 2016 | Horror | 1.4 MB In the Hell Gate section of New York’s East River lie the sad islands where, for centuries, people locked away what they most feared: the contagious, the disfigured, the addicted, the criminally insane. Here infection slowly consumed the stricken. Here a desperate captain ran his doomed steamship aground and watched flames devour 1500 souls. Here George A. Soper imprisoned the infamous Typhoid Mary after she spread sickness and death in Manhattan’s most privileged quarters. George’s great-granddaughter, Karalee, and her fellow graduate students in public health know that story. But as they poke in and out of the macabre hospital rooms of abandoned North Brother Island—bantering, taking pictures, recalling history—they are missing something: Hidden evil watches over them—and plots against them. Death doesn’t only visit Hell Gate. It comes to stay. As darkness falls, the students find thems...

  The Jealous Kind by James Lee Burke (Holland Family Saga #2) English | 2016 | Historical Mystery | 1.6 MB From New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke—an atmospheric, coming-of-age story set in 1952 Texas, as the Korea War rages. On its surface, life in Houston is as you would expect: drive-in restaurants, souped-up cars, jukeboxes, teenagers discovering their sexuality. But beneath the glitz and superficial normalcy, a class war has begun, and it is nothing like the conventional portrayal of the decade. Against this backdrop Aaron Holland Broussard discovers the poignancy of first novel and a world of violence he did not know existed. When Aaron spots the beautiful and gifted Valerie Epstein fighting with her boyfriend, Grady Harrelson, at a Galveston drive-in, he inadvertently challenges the power of the Mob and one of the richest families in Texas. He also discovers he must find the courage his father had found as an American soldier in the Great War....

  The Bronze Key by Holly Black, Cassandra Clare (Magisterium #3) English | 2016 | Childrens Fantasy | 2 MB Magic can save you. Magic can kill you. Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world. But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop quizzes and magic contests. Instead, after the shocking death of one of their classmates, they must track down a sinister killer… and risk their own lives in the process. As Call, Tamara, and Aaron disocver, magic can only be as good as the person who wields it. In evil hands, it has the capacity to do immesasurable harm, unless it is stopped in time. In this striking third book of Magisterium, bestelling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare present us with a school where anythin, good or evil, can happen, and the only way to unlock the truth is to risk everything ...

  A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #12) English | 2016 | Mystery & Detectives | 1.3 MB “Superb” – People #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny pulls back the layers to reveal a brilliant and emotionally powerful truth in her latest spellbinding novel. When an intricate old map is found stuffed into the walls of the bistro in Three Pines, it at first seems no more than a curiosity. But the closer the villagers look, the stranger it becomes. Given to Armand Gamache as a gift the first day of his new job, the map eventually leads him to shattering secrets. To an old friend and older adversary. It leads the former Chief of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec to places even he is afraid to go. But must. And there he finds four young cadets in the Sûreté academy, and a dead professor. And, with the body, a copy of the old, odd map. Everywhere Gamache turns, he sees Amelia Choquet, one of the cadets. Tattooed and pierced. Gua...

  Unraveled by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin #15) English | 2016 | Fantasy | 2 MB What could go wrong when you’re trying to unravel a decades-old conspiracy? As the current queen of the Ashland underworld, you would think that I, Gin Blanco, would know all about some secret society controlling things from behind the scenes. I might be the Spider, the city’s most fearsome assassin, but all my Ice and Stone elemental magic hasn’t done me a lick of good in learning more about “the Circle”. Despite my continued investigations, the trail’s gone as cold as the coming winter. So when Finnegan Lane, my foster brother, gets word of a surprising inheritance, we figure why not skip town for someplace less dangerous for a few days? That place: Bullet Pointe, a fancy hotel resort complex plus Old West theme park that Finn now owns lock, stock, and barrel. At first, all the struttin’ cowboys and sassy saloon girls are just hokey fun. But add in some shady coincidences and Circ...

  Locker Nine by Franklin Horton English | 2016 | Science Fiction | 1.13 MB Grace Hardwick’s dad is a science fiction writer who makes his living destroying the world. When Grace decides to go away for her first year of college her dad, Robert, can’t help but think of all of the potential ways that society could collapse and strand his daughter hundreds of miles from home. Then, near the end of her freshman year, it happens. Like a scene from one of Robert’s books, coordinated terror attacks take place at dozens of locations around the country – including on the campus of Grace’s university. Grace and her father barely have time for a single rushed phone call before they lose signal. In that call, Robert reminds his daughter of the key he gave her when she left for school – the key that she constantly wears around her neck. She doesn’t know what it opens. She doesn’t know where the engraved numbers will lead her. All she knows is that her dad is not the type to let h...

  Measureless Night by Chris Culver (Detective Ash Rashid #4) English | 2016 | Mystery & Thriller | 1.18 MB Detective Sergeant Ash Rashid wants little out of life: a steady job, a quiet place to call home, and a healthy family. Now three hundred days sober, for the first time he can see his happy ending forming on the horizon. Then patrol officers find the body. The victim has chemical burns on her arms, two broken legs, and a gash on her throat so deep it exposes the vertebrae of her neck. Then they find a second body and then two more. The killings aren’t random, far from it. Each victim testified in a murder trial ten years ago, one that launched Ash’s career. Each of them helped put a very dangerous man in prison, and now each of them has paid the price. Ready or not, Ash will soon learn the true cost of his happy ending. Because very dangerous men have a knack for reaching through walls. Ten years ago, Ash helped send a predator to death row. Now someone pla...

  High Stakes: A Wild Cards Novel by George R. R. Martin (Wild Cards #23) English | 2016 | Fantasy | 1.56 MB After the concluding events of Lowball, Officer Francis Black of Fort Freak, vigilante joker Marcus “The Infamous Black Tongue” Morgan, and ace thief Mollie “Tesseract” Steunenberg get stuck in Talas, Kazakhstan. There, the coldblooded Baba Yaga forces jokers into an illegal fighting ring, but her hidden agenda is much darker: her fighters’ deaths serve to placate a vicious monster from another dimension. When the last line of defense against this world weakens, all hell breaks loose, literally…. The Committee in New York sends a team of aces to investigate. One by one, each falls victim to evil forces–including the dark impulses within themselves. Only the perseverance of the most unlikely of heroes has a chance of saving the world before utter chaos erupts on Earth. Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, High Stakes features the ...