Flood
A near-future global flood forces four freed hostages to navigate a drowning world and humanity’s scramble to survive.
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The Brothers' War
A long-gestating rivalry between two brothers ignites a continent-wide war in a lore-rich fantasy prequel.
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Time's Mouth
A memory-traveling woman builds a secluded California commune, and her family must confront its haunted legacy.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna
A stranded clone-heavy colony on an alien world must survive, adapt, and learn to read the planet’s truly alien natives.
The Alien Years
An extended family fights to preserve human freedom across decades after inscrutable aliens conquer Earth.
The Terraformers
A far-future terraforming team uncovers hidden people, corporate corruption, and a struggle over who counts as a person.
All We Have Is Time
An immortal woman and a time traveler keep finding each other across centuries, risking love, grief, and time itself.
Soft Apocalypse
In a near-future America, one homeless man and his tribe try to survive a slow, believable collapse of society.
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Helliconia Spring
On a planet of centuries-long seasons, humans and alien rivals struggle to survive, rebuild, and rediscover knowledge.
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Predator versus Wolverine
A Predator stalks Wolverine across his entire life, forcing a brutal, decades-spanning hunter-vs-hunter showdown.
Lost Stars
Two childhood friends become Imperial cadets, then lovers on opposite sides of the Galactic Civil War.
The Black Tides of Heaven
Twin heirs of an authoritarian realm grow up under prophecy, rebellion, and a radical system of chosen gender.
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