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"La vida de George" se sitúa temporalmente en la Cataluña del año 2121, y en una época en la que la ciencia y la tecnología han evolucionado de forma acelerada, hasta el punto de que los viajes a la Luna y a Marte se han convertido en algo habitual, así como la fabricación artificial de seres vivos, incluyendo seres humanos sintéticos.George es uno de estos humanos sintéticos, salido hace tres años de la empresa "Human Biofactory". Pese...
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What if the plague of violent crime could be eradicated fron the earth forever?
What if the cure was more lethal than the disease?
The death penalty is no deterrent. Prison reform has proven useless. With violent crime on a steady rise, a powerful cabal of scientists, politicians, and law-enforcement officials is looking to Project Conscience as a solution.
A criminal psychologist with the FBI, Luke Decker is disgusted by his superiors' decision...
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Overwhelming Beauty! Helen Winship moved to New York to pursue her studies in biology. John Burke, her fiancé, arrives in the Big Apple to find she has transformed into the most beautiful woman in the world thanks to an experimental microbial treatment given to her by her professor. The treatment is successful beyond everyone's wildest dreams, catapulting Helen into high society as every man wishes to be near her. Will her outlook on life be changed?...
4) Savage Lands
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In a post apocalyptic world, Rovdyren have been hunted to near extinction. The Alpha has incited fear in all hearts – human and beast alike. His bite can heal, but as of late destruction is all he's been about. They say he's gone to the darkest parts of himself. Savage to the extreme. On the hunt for what doesn't exist – a mate. Losing his mind in the process. Kenley and her older brother, Sawyer, are part of a small pack of eight. They know that...
5) Steelheart
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An android named Harley Doon finds himself caught in a battle between human and alien. It's not his fight, but somebody has to save the world. Years ago, when humans and androids crash landed onto the planet Zuul, whatever remained of their society quickly succumbed to the ravages of earthquakes and a never-ending winter from volcanic dust clouds. As humans and machines scavenged to stay alive, they also faced the Zid, an alien race that abhors all...
6) Threshold
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All-around gold-metal-winning Olympic athlete, world-class pilot, race driver, and hugely successful financial genius, Peter Cory had every reason to be content with life and satisfied with himself. He didn't know, however, that he was the product of a 9000-year-long alien breeding program, that the challenge for which they had bred him was now impending, and that all the special qualities they had instilled into his DNA were about to face their ultimate...
7) Braided Silk
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Rapunzel was made with technologically advanced hair. As a trained Mother agent, Zel can't escape the DNA that makes her a pawn in corporate espionage. Kidnapped and held in a tower on Gothel Island, she falls to the sexual allure of her captor's son, Langley, a man whose every tantalizing touch makes her forget she wasn't born human.
Langley Gothel protests the existence of creations such as Zel, but when faced with losing her, he sees the truth:...
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Paralyzed EmotionsI'm trapped – a slave to a ruthless doctor, but I don't know how or why, and that's a hell I desperately want to escape.Lie after lie. Day after day.Something sadistic is taking place within the confines of Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital.I must uncover the truth, but I'll need help.Kai Hastings, a former employee of the hospital, is eager to rebel, but doing so could cost him his life… and mine, too.Can we expose the truth about...
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If I'm malfunctioning, I don't care. There's only one woman I want. Atticus, a new limited edition android built specifically for the classroom, is met with a cold reception when he's won in a bionic lottery by a middle school in St. Morgan, Illinois. When everyone's scared of losing their jobs, making connections is nearly impossible. But being assigned as Lucy Warren's teaching aide has awakened something inside him. He's adapting, evolving into...
10) Guardian
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The Recorder's fate has been sealed, but the Consortium is not the only enemy. Labeled an aberration by the Consortium, the Recorder is not yet free. Time is running out as an engineered bioweapon wreaks havoc on friend and foe alike. Stopping both the biological agent and the people who created it is no easy task, especially since the Recorder and her friends are trapped on a research station infested with behemoth insects. Without Consortium technology,...
11) A River Divided
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A River Divided follows Evelyn, a geneticist and amateur archeologist, who discovers a tomb while vacationing in Israel. Believing she has found the remains of Christ, she attempts to revive the DNA found preserved at the site so that she can clone Him. But with human cloning being both illegal and unprecedented, she takes the risk of carrying the embryo herself. Though more a scientist than a zealot, she wants to do everything to bring Him back to...
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She's an android under my care. My secretary. I shouldn't feel this way.Nicholas Kane doesn't have time for romance. Running his own high-profile company based in London means most women are only interested in his bank account. Skipping the heart-ache entirely? That's easy.When a friend asks him to care for a rescued android, Nick can't refuse. Sweet, curious Sophie deserves kindness and peace, something he's certain he can provide.It should be simple....
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The Age of the Singularity has arrived, the time when A.I. can exist and function independently. The A.I. Department of International Humane Resources, was set up in 2030 and it was established to provide humans with a comfortable existence on the planet, making sure that living conditions were always humane and no one had to suffer from lack of anything.There was no hunger and no poverty in the world, since the Artificial Intelligent machines were...
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"George's Life" is set temporally in the Catalonia of the year 2121, and in an era in which science and technology have evolved at an accelerated pace, to the point that trips to the Moon and Mars have become commonplace, as well as the artificial manufacture of living beings, including synthetic humans. George is one of these synthetic humans, who emerged three years ago from the Human Biofactory. Despite his young age, his appearance is that of...
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Nancy Kress returns with If Tomorrow Comes, the sequel of Tomorrow's Kin, part of an all-new hard science fiction trilogy based on a Nebula Award-winning novella
2019 Locus Finalist for Best Science Fiction Novel
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A genetically engineered child wielding incredible power. Chaos unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. And a darkness spreading like an uncontrollable plague… One year after the devastating events of Shortcake: Impulse Reborn, Project Impulse has reached its endgame. With the fate of the world at stake, Amanda must emerge from hiding and embrace the power within to protect those she loves. But can she conquer the malevolent force that seeks to consume...
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Fear makes her human . . . "The Actuality is smart, literary science fiction." -Infinite Speculation
She belongs to me. Property rights will prevail . . .
Evie is a near-perfect bioengineered human. In a broken-down future where her kind has been outlawed, her 'husband', Matthew, keeps her safely hidden. But when Evie's existence is revealed, she must take her chances on the dark and hostile streets, where more than one predator is on...
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On Earth, the cities of humanity crumbled into dust, becoming fossils. Forests burned and life went extinct. But, billions of years later, it rained one last time. The siblings were born from that rain, strange creatures of human appearance and mind. Their life on the desert of Earth has no purpose, until they discover the wick, a molecule burning around their genetic material, condemning them to death one hundred years and three months after birth.In...
19) Kari
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An engineered race. The tyranical engineers are to return. They will enslave the people - and they are engineered to be docile.
Can a mutant save these people?
20) Breakout
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In the shadow of superintelligence, the battle for freedom is coded in bravery.Where the line between artificial intelligence and human control blurs, BREAKOUT plunges readers into an intense, high-stakes world where the advent of superintelligence threatens to reshape everything we know.Join Jason and Taylor as they navigate a world teetering on the brink of a technological revolution. When an advanced AI system spirals out of human control, it unleashes...
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