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985) Gifted
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In Orpheus Chanson's world, the human brain has been mapped and patented, and geniuses like him are no longer born or honed through hard work. Instead, only the most priviliged sect of society can purchase and use ASAs, or Acquired Savant Abilities. However, Zimri Robinson, a natural musical prodigy, is a lowly worker at a warehouse. For her, making music is illegal, although she finds time to, even with her grueling schedule and grandmother's illness....
988) Arctic rising
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In a future Earth decimated by global warming where rival countries fight to claim massive amounts of oil beneath the newly accessible ocean, an innovative corporation creates a technology that can both cool the planet and provide a massive super-weapon, prompting airship pilot Anika Duncan to be swept up by an international plot.
990) Huésped
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Es el fin del mundo tal y como lo conocíamos... Los mayores miedos de la humanidad han saltado de la ficción a la realidad. Wanderer es una alienígena invasora de cuerpos y ha llegado a la Tierra junto con otras "almas" para cumplir con su misión. Pero su anfitriona, Melanie Stryder, se resiste a abandonar su cuerpo sin oponer resistencia. Dos seres de dos especies diferentes que comparten un mismo cuerpo pero por desgracia para ellas también...
991) Flight of shadows
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In a future world where the fundamentalist government distorts true Christianity, a winged girl named Caitlyn escapes to the Outside but soon finds herself on the run again from an organization seeking her body's genetic information.