First of My Kind
A Missouri farm boy is swept into deep space, where alien tech and an AI push him toward a galaxy-sized war.
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Death Becomes Her
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Flow
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Distant Thunders
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Pheromone
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Nemesis
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Invasion
A wealthy prepper races his fractured family to a Colorado bunker as alien ships approach and society unravels.
Three Miles Down
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