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Miru scales a vat. Perching on the edge of the lidless rim, Miru plunges a dirty rebar into the mash digging for a bite to eat.The wind picks up. The tang of rot and trash slap Miru in the face. Miru slips, scrambles, nearly falls into the vat's gaping mouth. Catching the rim, Miru dangles.A scream pierces the air.The sound of a beast.Miru slithers down and chooses to go hunting. Real meat over artificial vat proteins. Killing over starving to death....

A joyous class reunion is interrupted by an earth-shaking catastrophic event trapping its 53 guests in the sub-basement of their old high school. This raises concerns by three members who now wonder if this is the "Big One" predicted by an old Indian Shaman as the one that shall change their world and lives forever. But, what exactly will they find on the surface if and when they are finally able to free themselves? Find out in 'Hurrah for...

Climate change is an inherent condition to the development of life as we know it.This is precisely what has to a great extend contributed to our world and why our world is our world… that of man… Yet if man persists in his endeavours to use and abuse it he can be sure that one day he will have to facts the facts…Modern man wears and tears the resources of our planet where his forefathers had merely gleaned…For the Cathars,It is the Devil who...

Can a Glitch ever overcome her programming?Escaping the AI's clutches came with a heavy price, but Lib is about the find out the worst is yet to come. While Lib is desperately searching for answers in her mother's former home, the abandoned Empties, an earthquake engineered by the AI drives her and her friends underground, forcing them to decide their course of action once and for all: keep hiding forever or face the AI head on. Lib knows remaining...

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Now a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Brenton Thwaites This first-ever Lois Lowry single-volume collection includes unabridged editions of the Newbery Medal—winning The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son. Lois Lowry's groundbreaking dystopian series comes alive in a single volume. An affordable addition to the shelves of teen fans and collectors alike.

It only takes a crack to shatter a world of glass.Ivan is a Red, a slave on the lowest level of the Prism's color-coded class system. In the day, he works endless hours for minimal rations. At night, he is an infamous rebel, fighting to destroy the system that put him in chains.For years, nothing changed. But when he saves the life of a princess, nothing will be the same.Thrown into the heart of the monarchy, Ivan finds himself trapped between the...

Micayta's world has long been gripped in the thrall of an endless winter that grows worse with the passing of time. Life is a constant struggle. Then catastrophe strikes the small town in which she lives, thrusting Micayta and her brother Pytaki alone into the snow laden countryside. To keep herself and her brother alive will take all the strength that she has. Then a mysterious stranger appears to complicate matters. Tech has an amazing story to...

Globally bestselling author Veronica Roth returns to the world of Divergent in this revealing short-story epilogue that takes place five years after the stunning events of Allegiant. As Tobias struggles to understand and move past his fears, the world he once knew has changed beyond recognition. Fringe-dwellers, ex-faction members, Bureau dropouts, and migrants now coexist in the rebuilt streets of Chicago. It's a new, better world-one where he...

Traston has a theory about the world that no one is ready to accept. Seven years ago, the world of Revere was all but destroyed by a mysterious apocalypse that left its surface decimated and teeming with monsters. The few who survived were gifted with extraordinary abilities, seemingly designed so that they might contest with their new, harrowing home. But Traston sees things differently. He sees the new Revere as a world where everyone--and everything--got...