The Enigma Cube
An alien artifact and a dangerous time-travel crisis force a scientist and an enhanced commando to fight for humanity.
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Moonfall
When a fast-moving comet threatens the Moon and Earth, a crowded ensemble races to evacuate Moonbase and avert disaster.
Darwin's Cipher: A Medical Thriller
A cancer researcher’s gene-discovery is stolen and weaponized, triggering an FBI investigation and a race to stop disaster.
Stealing Time
A teen girl time-travels to 1980 NYC, meets her father as a teen, and races to stop a diamond heist.
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
A cursed smart-toy and collapsing timelines drag a monster-hunting trio toward an apocalypse in a weird, funny nightmare.
Until We Meet Again
A bored teen and a boy from 1925 meet on one beach, uncover a mystery, and race to save their impossible love.
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Dominion
In 1952 Nazi-dominated Britain, a civil servant spy must help an imprisoned scientist flee before the Gestapo catch him.
Das Labyrinth erwacht
Seven memory-wiped teens wake in a hostile maze of worlds and must race through portals before one is left behind.
The Strain, Volume 1
A CDC doctor investigates a dead-flight mystery at JFK and uncovers an ancient, fast-spreading vampiric outbreak.
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Radiant Exception
In space, a revenge-driven engineer must fake-marry a guarded captain to catch a criminal mastermind aboard his ship.
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The Walled City
Three teens trapped in a gang-run walled city race a countdown to escape, rescue family, and survive.
The Line Between
After a cult exile, a sheltered young woman must carry disease samples across a collapsing America to stop an epidemic.