Better than Life
Trapped in an addictive virtual-reality game, a misfit space crew must escape before their fantasies turn fatal.
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
A bewildered man is swept into an absurd galaxy-spanning saga after Earth is destroyed for a cosmic bypass.
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Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
The Seventh Doctor returns to 1963 London to recover a dangerous Time Lord device before rival Dalek factions do.
Reincarnation Blues
A man racing toward oblivion must use his final reincarnations to reach perfection and stay with Death, his true love.
Four: A Divergent Story Collection
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Flux
A young man’s life unravels across timelines as a tech company, a TV obsession, and a buried trauma collide.
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers
A drunken slacker awakens millions of years from home and must trek back with a dead man, a computer, and an evolved cat.
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Dragonquest
Old rival dragon riders and shifting factions race to protect Pern from Thread while uncovering ancient tech and new dragon lore.
The Green Pearl
A new king battles rival realms and meddling wizards while a cursed green pearl spreads misfortune across the Elder Isles.
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Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars
Deadpool is retroactively inserted into Marvel’s 1984 Secret Wars, turning a classic crossover into meta-comic chaos.
Noumenon Infinity
Split across eras and convoys, a far-future fleet races to unravel an alien megastructure before the mystery turns dangerous.
The Dolphins of Pern
A Pern boy and a dragonrider help rediscover the planet’s forgotten, speaking dolphins and rebuild an ancient bond.