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Fantasy Romance / RomantasyThe King Who Fell From Heaven
When a naked stranger falls from the sky, Idra Vell plans to sell him before anyone discovers what he is. Then he tells her his name. Oriel鈥攖he vanished King of Heaven. He knows the secrets of the world above, but almost nothing about surviving below. Idra knows exactly how cruel heaven can be: it took her sister and never gave her back. Their bargain should be simple. Idra will return the fallen king to the Stair. In exchange, Oriel will bring her sister home. But the closer they get to heaven, the uglier its miracles become. Every blessing has a price. Every year of immortality belonged to someone first. And the kingdom Oriel once ruled may have survived for centuries by consuming the lives of the people who worshipped it. Now heaven wants its king back. Idra wants her sister. And Oriel must decide whether to reclaim the throne he lost鈥攐r help the woman he loves bring heaven down.
New story 路 0 savedPolitical ThrillerTHE AI PRESIDENT CHOSE ME
In 2061 Nigeria, twenty-seven-year-old mathematics teacher Ndidi Obiora is chosen by Baba, the machine executive that has governed the country for eleven years, to become the twelfth Consent Citizen. Her job sounds simple: hear the government鈥檚 deadliest decisions, demand the working, understand the cost, and sign. But every correct decision leaves bodies behind. As Ndidi uncovers why Baba specifically chose her, she becomes trapped between a machine that never lies, a former president fighting to return power to human hands, and Sotonye Briggs鈥攖he Voice assigned to explain each deadly act, whose own carefully arranged truths may have shaped every signature before hers. Thirty-one acts are waiting. The final one could determine whether machine government survives at all.
New story 路 0 savedSci-Fi / Technology / FutureThe Girl Who Remembered the Future
Temi Balogun remembers disasters before they happen鈥攂ut every glimpse of the future erases a piece of her past. When she discovers that a citywide collapse will kill 11,400 people, she races to stop it while the memories of her family, her childhood, and the man she is falling for disappear one by one. The closer Temi gets to saving Lagos, the less of herself she has left to survive it.
New story 路 0 savedSci-FiEARTH HAS SEVEN DAYS LEFT
Earth has seven days left. Everyone knows exactly when the world will end, and humanity鈥檚 only hope is the Aubade鈥攁 massive ark built to carry forty thousand people to another world. Then Ada Wren鈥檚 nineteen-year-old son wins a berth. There is only one problem. Ada helped build the ship. And she knows it will never survive the journey. As the final countdown begins, Ada uncovers a truth far worse than a hidden defect: the ark was never simply built to save people. The lottery was never truly random. And the people in charge already know exactly what will happen after launch. With her son determined to board and the entire world clinging to the Aubade as its final symbol of hope, Ada must decide whether exposing the truth will save anyone鈥攐r destroy the last peaceful days humanity has left. The countdown is real. The ark is the lie.
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