Child Zero
In a near-future New York ravaged by antibiotic resistance, a detective hunts a mystery tied to a boy everyone wants.
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Shadowfires
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Darknet
A stockbroker and a data scientist race to stop an AI-driven corporate conspiracy before it destroys their families and the world economy.
Tarkin
A Star Wars villain origin story follows Grand Moff Tarkin and Vader on a mission while flashbacks reveal his rise.
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An escaped predator forces a hardened homicide lieutenant to confront the city and childhood she tried to leave behind.
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A fugitive Jedi PI on Coruscant takes a murder case while a deadly hunter closes in from the Empire.
A Time Traveler's Theory of Relativity
A science-minded boy learns his family can travel through time and must race to save his missing mother.
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Spark of Pursuit
A secretive vigilante heiress and the detective hunting her discover they’re fated mates amid stolen weapons and citywide unrest.
Ancestral Night
A salvage engineer uncovers ancient alien tech and a conspiracy, forcing a run through deep space and into her own past.
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Phoenix
A boy who wakes with strange powers must flee across a war-torn galaxy to uncover his identity and save everything.
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