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War Lord
War Lord Bernard Cornwell · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of ThronesThe final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales series, chronicling the epic story of the making of England—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit Netflix series.THE FINAL BATTLE AWAITS…The epic… Shares Great Britain, English literature
The Evening and the Morning
The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett · 2020 · ★ 4.4 · 876p · ≈ 29h · Moderate Shares Great Britain, English literature with this book.
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City
Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City K. J. Parker · 2019 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares English literature, Fantasy with this book.
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The man who ended war Hollis Godfrey · 1908 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The Secretary of War of the United States receives a letter sent to his and all other nations, declaring that war has too long devastated the earth and the time has come for peace. It orders them to destroy their weapons of warfare and disband their militaries. The letter ends: "One year from this date will I allow for disarmament and no more. At the end of that time, if no heed has been paid to… Shares Utopias, Science Fiction
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The Night Land Volume 1 William Hope Hodgson · 1976 · ★ 3.4 · 390p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Described by H. P. Lovecraft as being "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written", The Night Land is a classic horror fantasy novel by William Hope Hodgson published in 1912. Telling the story of a dying earth, The Night Land starts with a man from the 17th century who, mourning the death of his true love, is given a vision through the eyes his future incarnation. In that… Shares Utopias, Classic Literature, Fantasy
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A Prisoner in Fairyland Algernon Blackwood · 1913 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In the train, even before St. John's was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental journey was hardly in his line, it seemed. But no satisfactory answer was forthcoming — none, at least, that a Board or a Shareholders' Meeting would have considered satisfactory. The old vicar spoke to him strangely. "We've not forgotten you as… Shares English literature, Classic Literature, Fantasy
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Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux · 1921 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." Shares English literature, Classic Literature
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The Monikins James Fenimore Cooper · 1835 · ★ 3.1 · 361p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Described in the introduction as a manuscript sent to the author in Geneva, Switzerland, by a Viscount Householder in gratitude for the author's having saved the Viscount's beautiful wife from accidental death, this novel uses the framework of a south-polar voyage to two unknown countries, Leaphigh [markedly similar in its institutions to England] and Leaplow [singularly like the United States in… Shares Utopias, Classic Literature
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In the days of the comet H. G. Wells · 1906 · ★ 3.3 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under. He also falls in love with a middle-class girl named Nettie. But when he discovers that Nettie has… Shares Utopias, Classic Literature, Science Fiction
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The Iron Heel Jack London · 1907 · ★ 3.8 · 373p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display. A forerunner of soft science fiction novels and stories of the 1960s and 1970s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying much less… Shares Socialism, Utopias, Classic Literature, Science Fiction
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The house of the Wolfings William Morris · 1889 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The House of the Wolfings tells the tale of a band of German Goths living in a wood they call the Mark. Their lives are idyllic until the long shadow of the Roman Empire threatens the peace in their land. Thiodolf, the leader of the Wolfings and a descendant of the ancient gods, must rally the surrounding tribes to defend their home and way of life. Like much of Morris’s work, The House of the… Shares Classic Literature, Fantasy
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Rinkitink in Oz L. Frank Baum · 1916 · ★ 3.8 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Moderate When all the inhabitants of Pingaree are kidnapped by the mongrel hordes of twin island kingdoms, Prince Inga and his friend King Rinkitink decide to go to the rescue. Shares Classic Literature, Fantasy
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Jack Four Neal Asher · 2021 · ★ 4.2 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Jack Four is one of twenty human clones, sold to the alien prador's king for warfare. However, no clone should possess the secrets in Jack's head - and they could help him escape. The prador king has been horribly mutated by the Spatterjay virus. But the prador will use any weapon against humanity, so they've infected a human. Now this experiment has broken free to rampage through the king's… Shares English literature, Science Fiction
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War Bodies Neal Asher · 2023 · ★ 4.0 Rebellion will be their salvation or their doom. Long ago, the Cyberat faction left Earth to co-evolve with machines. Now, led by the powerful dictator Castron on a distant colony world, they believe machines should replace the physical body. But these beliefs are challenged when emissaries from Earth's Polity civilization arrive, igniting rebellion. Piper was raised as a covert weapon against… Shares English literature, Science Fiction
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Bone Silence Alastair Reynolds · 2020 · ★ 4.0 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Sequel to Shadow Captain. Shares English literature, Science Fiction
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The Human Neal L. Asher · 2020 · ★ 4.3 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate A Jain warship has risen from an ancient prison, wielding lethal technology. The ship's goal is to catch its old adversary, the Client, and to destroy all who stand in its path. Humanity and the prador thought the Jain were long extinct. But their nemesis is back, and Orlandine must prepare humanity's defence. She'll need the Client's knowledge to do this - but is the enemy of your enemy a friend? Shares English literature, Science Fiction
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Salvation Lost Peter F. Hamilton · 2019 · ★ 4.3 · 736p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20840033W/Salvation_Lost?edition= Shares English literature, Science Fiction
War Bodies
War Bodies Neal Asher Duplicate of https://openlibrary.org/works/OL29326678W/War_Bodies Shares English literature, Science Fiction

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