The Secret Hour
A new girl in small-town Oklahoma discovers a secret 25th hour, where only certain teens can move—and monsters hunt them.
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The Nebula Secret
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The Journal of Curious Letters
A bullied, puzzle-loving 13-year-old gets cryptic letters that pull him into a multiverse-saving quest.
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Anne McCaffrey's Dragonflight #1
A young noblewoman and dragon riders face a planetary threat as hidden bonds, lore, and time travel reshape Pern.
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A photographer with panic attacks discovers hidden beings around her and is pulled into a secret, dangerous world.
Trail of Lightning
A traumatized Diné monster hunter takes on a missing-child case in a flooded, myth-warped post-apocalyptic world.
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The Sand Warrior
Three unlikely kids must light ancient beacons across five worlds before invasion and extinction claim them all.
Citadel
A nonverbal autistic outcast in a walled theocracy discovers the “demons” beyond the forest may be people.
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Steamborn
A teen tinker’s apprentice survives a monster assault on his walled city and uncovers a dark secret beneath it.
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Lost Contact
An anthropology professor hunts a vanished father’s clues to a hidden alien bridge while a cult races him to it.
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The Collapsing Empire
When faster-than-light travel starts failing, a fragile human empire must race to survive collapse and power grabs.
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