Book description
'Card has exceeded his own high standards ... The man's versatility makes him unique.' - Anne McCaffrey
For Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children, the move to tiny Steuben, North Carolina, offers new hope and a new beginning. But from the first, eight-year-old Stevie's life there…
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1 author picked Lost Boys as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book crawled under my skin and stayed there.
It starts off ordinary, familiar, even as the unease builds slowly. The fear isn’t loud or in-your-face; it’s quiet, creeping, and emotional.
I found myself questioning what was real, what was imagined, and whether it even mattered once the darkness started closing in. What really got me was the sense of something just out of sight, something you can’t quite explain, but you know it’s coming.
Grief and fear twist together in a way that feels inescapable. You try to run, to reason, to fight, but in this story, none of…
From S.M.'s list on horror and dark fantasy about being hunted: run, scream, bleed.
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Why: Earth 2278 is a passionate book about enduring human emotional limits. A futuristic thriller with compassion, gallows humor, a love story, high-stakes battles, and a tight bond of camaraderie. In this futuristic adventure, it blends a creative science of a new world-building, set upon a tyrannical leader who runs…
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