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  The Alchemy of Murder

  by Carol McCleary

  With a feisty heroine at its heart, this novel is based on real-life character Nellie Bly, America's first female investigative reporter who became famous for her flamboyant style and her record-breaking trip around the world|Paris 1889. The Alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly -- reporter, feminist and... (more)
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  The Stand

  by Stephen King

  Arguably the greatest horror novel ever written by the greatest horror novelist, THE STAND is a truly terrifying reading experience, and became a four-part mini-series that memorably brought to life the cast of characters and layers of story from the novel. It is an apocalyptic vision of the world, when a deadly virus runs amok around the globe. But that lethal virus is almost benign compared to the satanic... (more)
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  Covert One: Book 7

  The Arctic Event

  by James H. Cobb

  On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, researchers discover the wreckage of a mysterious World War II-era aircraft, a discovery that forces the Russian Federation into a shocking admission. The unmarked plane is a Soviet strategic bomber that disappeared with its crew more than fifty years ago while carrying two metric tons of weaponized anthrax. Desperate to prevent a political and diplomatic firestorm, the... (more)
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  Plague Tales: Book 3

  The Physician's Tale

  by Ann Benson

  Sweeping us from plague-ravaged Europe to the terrifying near future, acclaimed author Ann Benson brings two eras brilliantly to life. The Physician’s Tale is a spellbinding saga of two healers separated by six centuries, both facing terror and trials, bound together by history, science, and destiny. In the near future, in the hills of the American Northeast, a group of men, women, and children band together for... (more)
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  The Sirens of Baghdad

  by Yasmina Khadra

  “Yasmina Khadra may well be the most powerful and serious writer in French since his Algerian compatriot Albert Camus.” — Philadelphia Inquirer The third novel in Yasmina Khadra’s bestselling trilogy about Islamic fundamentalism brings readers into Baghdad. Forced to leave the University of Baghdad when the Americans invade Iraq, a young man from a small desert village returns home, where he witnesses three... (more)
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  Uncertain Paradise: 1973: The Latter Days

  by John W. Cassell

  American foreign policy <the Nixon, Kissenger years> regarding emerging nations is part of this story of a newly independent caribbean nation coming of age politically and fighting enemies foreign and domestic militarily. Love, politics and adventure are all in this story by John W. Cassell.
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  The Stand

  by Stephen King

  The First Complete and Uncut Edition. Printed in the USA #5090. Jacket illustration by John Cayea.
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  The Andromeda Strain

  by Michael Crichton

  Five prominent biophysicists give the United States government an urgent warning by: sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, Project Scoop sends seventeen satellites into the fringes of space in order to 'collect organisms and dust for study.' Then a probe satellite falls to the earth,... (more)