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They found the universe’s greatest secret. They should have left it buried.

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It’s 7:48 in the morning, I haven’t even had my coffee yet, and I’m watching as they’re hauling my body out of the river. I’m an Upload, a clone. They’ve mapped my genes, replicated my DNA, made a copy, and now I need to solve my own murder.

Can a reckless secret agent and a time-displaced scientist from the sixties stop a fanatical empire from toppling humanity’s fledgling utopia?

A female Archaeologist and an expat Seaplane Pilot deal with Air Pirates while hunting treasure in the South Pacific after WWII.

The first crewed mission to Mars starts off in 2031 with sabotage, but no one really knows why. The team of seven needs to work together to survive the unforgiving surface of Mars, but a lack of honesty threatens to tear them apart.

When the world’s best online gamer turns out to be an octopus, it’s not long before he goes missing...

When the lines between virtual reality and real life blur, who’s the player and who’s the played? Beware the singularity.