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  • Cover of Vitals
    VitalsNovel

    Greg Bear · standalone novel · 2002

    Science fiction, about immortality and genetic engineering.

    “Fueled by a wealth of research, an overdose of self-confidence, and the money of influential patrons to whom he makes outrageous promises, Hal experiments with organisms living in the hot thermal plumes in the ocean depths.”

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    Shane SchofieldSeries

    series · 5 books · 1998

    Adventurous in tone.

    “Ice Station is Australian thriller writer Matthew Reilly's second novel, released in 1998.”

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    Start with Ice Station →

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  • Cover of Doc Savage
    Doc SavageUniverse

    universe · 269 books · 1933

    Adventure.

    “On the eighty-sixth floor of a Manhattan skyscraper waits a man built for the impossible.”

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    Start with The Perfect Assassin →

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    Effective Engineering SolutionsSeries

    series · 37 books · 1995

    Mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in north america.

    “Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child wrote it as a standalone techno-thriller in 2000; it later fed into their separate Gideon Crew series rather than getting a direct sequel of its own.”

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    NightUniverse

    universe · 134 books · 2006

    Set in contemporary.

    “Jonathan Maberry's Night is one dark country stitched from horror and hard science, where a weaponized pathogen and an old nightmare called Doctor Nine turn out to haunt the same map.”

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    Start with Broken Lands →

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    Bad MonkeysNovel

    Matt Ruff · standalone novel · 2007

    Psychological thriller, mysterious in tone, about identity, set in north america.

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