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Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role, every singers chance at immortality. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past. Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her, one wants to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all. As she mines her memories for clues, she recalls...
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"A master storyteller." — A. S. Byatt
The nineteenth installment in Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld series — which has sold more than 23 million copies worldwide.
There's a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .
The Ghost in the bone-white mask who haunts the Ankh-Morpork Opera
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"The New York Times bestselling author of the Inspector Montalbano series brings us back to Vigàta in the nineteenth century for a rip-roaring comic novel. 1870s Sicily. Much to the displeasure of Vigàta's stubborn populace, the town has just been unified under the Kingdom of Italy. They're now in the hands of a new government they don't understand, and they definitely don't like. Eugenio Bortuzzi has been named Prefect for Vigàta, a regional representative...
8) Bel canto
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Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked,...
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After their archaeologist mother fails to return from Mexico and they discover that someone is stalking their Albuquerque house, twelve-year-old Kevin and his opera-singing older sister flee to Venice, California, where they hope that new identities will keep them safe.
10) Cassidy's Fleet
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They ripped her binary-code baby out of her hands. Now, she's the only one who can protect them all from its fatal flaw.
Cassidy Delgado's anger burns with the fire of a thousand virtual suns. Forced out of her dream job, the architect of Interstellar Online resorts to sneaking into her own gaming software to find her old crewmates. But when a crucial millionaire investor at her new gig goes missing in-game, she launches after him to save her own...
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The Galactic Empire disappeared a lifetime ago. Jake Stewart doesn't care, he needs to earn a living.
He fled his station in the outer Belt, enrolled in the merchant academy, and snagged a scholarship. The future looks bright. But a crooked boss, some paperwork shenanigans, and a freeloading best friend put him in a bind.
When he's accused of a murder he didn't commit he goes on the run from the Planetary Militia. There's only his wits and a suspiciously...
12) Insurrection
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Five military officers wake up from stasis 200 years into their future to discover that the human race has been enslaved. They soon set out to free humanity from their alien oppressors, finding danger and resistance at every turn.
13) Rocket Repo
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All Geddy Starheart wanted was a fresh start. But after causing the industrial accident that forced the evacuation of Earth 2, he started to question his life choices. That's when he met Eli, an ancient alien of mysterious origins who sets up shop in Geddy's head and says he wants to go home. Gee, where have we heard that before?
When the ship they built together disappears, Geddy and Eli join forces with the crew of the For Sale Make Offer, a salvage...
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Several months after Aurik and his team freed a prison camp, enlisting its occupants into their cause, the battle escalates into an all-out war for dominion over the planet. Losses are heavy, morale is low, and the revolution is on the brink of falling. What happens next will change the fate of the galaxy forever.
A fast-paced, action-packed book series originally published in serial format will take you on an intense journey as you follow humanity's...
15) On Stormy Seas
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All good things must end, and a reluctant Siobhan Dunmoore trades command of her battle group for a staff job ashore.
Yet her appointment to the headquarters of the 3rd Fleet, responsible for humanity's most restive frontier, is no accident. Things aren't quite right in what was once the most ferocious and effective formation in the Navy, and its control over the Rim Sector's outer edges is failing.
When Dunmoore investigates, she finds herself adrift...
16) Etrusca's Vow
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Etrusca was a warrior woman in the distant past of Nisandros, who defied the clan heads and fought to turn her world from the worship of the Ancestors and back to worshipping and serving Enlo.
For that she nearly died.
Many times.
Blue tattoo lines marked the scars around her eyes and mouth where her enemies tried to blind her and silence her forever. Women of Nisandros tattooed their eyes with blue lines to honor Etrusca and to vow service to Enlo.
M'kar...
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Dekker Knight has a secret past.
Vivian "Vesuvius" Briggs has a sword and a chip on her shoulder.
Together they run a crew of sanctioned space mercenaries: the Dozen.
During an operation gone wrong, an alien spy steals a seemingly insignificant item: a benign seed found on Ganymede. A secret cult believes it has immense power, perhaps coming from the Garden of Eden itself. If it falls into enemy hands, it could wreak unspeakable evil across the galaxy.
The...
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Die young, or become the eternal incarnation of Justice. What would you choose?
Bethany Anne Reynolds is a government cold case investigator who wouldn't back down even if she knew how. Her temper is short, her command of creative cursing is enough to make the battle-hardened blush, and her devotion to getting justice borders on the obsessive.
Even her impending death doesn't slow her down.
Bethany Anne has the rare blood disorder that killed her...
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A spectacular space opera from the golden age of science fiction. The inhabitants of Earth are invaded from outer space whom then they attempt to conquer from within. Stellar Downing, the precise and calculating flight commander of mars is a bitter rival of Clifford Lane, quick and impulsive flight commander of Venus and their rivalry is known to all three worlds of the solar combine. A classic from one of the best writers of the genre.
20) Changing Fate
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Fifty thousand years ago, a meteorite hit the planet Asto, giving its Aghyrian inhabitants mere days of notice. Three ships escaped the Armageddon. Two went to the neighbouring planet. The third, a massive generation ship, refused to take on refugees, and then vanished without a trace.
It's coming back.
Its initial burst of communication caused the outage of the Exchange, the FTL network for transport and communication, but since then the ship has...