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Railhead (FIC Reeve)

    The Great Network is an ancient web of routes and gates, where trains can take you anywhere in the galaxy in the blink of an eye.

  Zen Starling is a nobody. A petty thief from the filthy streets of Thunder City who aimlessly rides the rails of the Network.

  So when the mysterious stranger Raven offers Zen a chance to escape the squalor of the city and live the rest of his days in luxury, Zen can't believe his luck. All he has to do is steal one small box from the Emperors train. But the Great Network is a hazardous mess of twists and turns, and that little box just might bring everything in this galaxy and the next to the end of the line. The highly anticipated novel from Carnegie-medal-winning author Philip Reeve, Railhead is a fast, immersive, and heart-pounding ride perfect for any sci-fi fan.

  Step aboard -- the universe is waiting.

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Gutless (FIC Deuker)

 

 I don’t know what it is, but I do know that Hunter Gates had it. Not just because he was bigger and stronger than everybody else. He had it in the way he cocked his head, the way he looked at you, the way he didn’t look at you. He let you know that he came first, and everyone else followed, and that was how it was meant to be. It’s why I never liked him, not in middle school, not in high school. And it’s also why I wanted to be his friend. . . .


In science class, my teacher once emptied a bottle of iron filings on a piece of paper and drew a magnet back and forth above them. The filings danced around the paper, drawn to that magnet wherever it went. That’s how it was with Hunter Gates. He drew people to him, even if what he was doing made your insides churn.

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