Book 1 - When a lone soldier, Cole, arrives with news of Lachlan Agatta's death, all hope seems lost for Catarina. Her father was the world's leading geneticist, and humanity's best hope of beating a devastating virus. Then, hidden beneath Cole's genehacked enhancements she finds a message of hope: Lachlan created a vaccine.
Only she can find and decrypt it, if she can unravel the clues he left for her. The closer she gets, the more she finds herself at risk from Cartaxus, a shadowy organization with a stranglehold on the world's genetic tech. But it's too late to turn back.
There are three billion lives at stake, two people who can save them, and one final secret that Cat must unlock. A secret that will change everything. - Goodreads
Read MoreA group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost. - IMDB
Read MoreTold in Kvothe's own voice, this is the tale of the magically gifted young man who grows to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen.
The intimate narrative of his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, his years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, and his life as a fugitive after the murder of a king form a gripping coming-of-age story unrivaled in recent literature.
A high-action story written with a poet's hand, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that will transport readers into the body and mind of a wizard. - Goodreads
Read MoreWriter Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. - IMDB
Read MoreEsha is a legend, but no one knows. It’s only in the shadows that she moonlights as the Viper, the rebels’ highly skilled assassin. She’s devoted her life to avenging what she lost in the royal coup, and now she’s been tasked with her most important mission to date: taking down the ruthless General Hotha. Kunal has been a soldier since childhood, training morning and night to uphold the power of King Vardaan. His uncle, the general, has ensured that Kunal never strays from the path—even as a part of Kunal longs to join the outside world, which has been growing only more volatile. Then Esha’s and Kunal’s paths cross—and an unimaginable chain of events unfolds. Both the Viper and the soldier think they’re calling the shots, but they’re not the only players moving the pieces. As the bonds that hold their land in order break down and the sins of the past meet the promise of a new future, both rebel and soldier must make unforgivable choices. - Goodreads
Read MoreA figure skating Olympic hopeful's struggle to balance love, family and fragile mental health as her dream of winning takes a dizzying hold. - IMDB
Read MoreAnna thought her new job in the Hamptons was a chance at a fresh start. She could get away from it all before starting college in the fall, but her nanny job soon comes with its own haunting details. Like the fact that she resembles a local girl, Zoe, that went missing New Year’s Eve. Details about Zoe surface in Anna’s mind. Details that a stranger shouldn’t know, making those around Anna worried that she might have played a part in Zoe’s disappearance. Especially, when Anna starts to believe that she came out to the Hamptons that same New Year’s Eve.
Read MoreAfter years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three wives have been dumped for newer, curvier models. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts, in the wallet. Sit back and watch the sparks fly as The Wives get mad, get even, and get it all. Justice has seldom been so sweet. Or so much fun. - IMDB
Read MoreMiko is a shrine maiden who has never had much success at seeing or banishing spirits. Then she meets Kagura, a sexy demon who feeds off women’s feelings of passion and love. Kagura’s insatiable appetite has left many girls at school brokenhearted, so Miko casts a spell to seal his powers. Surprisingly the spell works—sort of—but now Kagura is after her! - Goodreads
Read MoreAnd just like that, Globodyne Corporation--the big media institution where the affluent suburbanite and the company's Vice President, Dick Harper, works--collapses in a grand scandal, Enron-style. To make matters worse, in the worst possible time, Dick's stressed-out travel agent wife, Jane, decides to quit her job--and if this isn't enough--their savings are gone, and nothing can stop Dick and Jane's downward spiral. Now, after a series of failed attempts to keep a job, the desperate and impoverished couple has only one method to stay afloat: to summon up the nerve and steal their way out of misery. However, are Dick and Jane cut out for a life of crime? -IMDB
Read MoreThis isn’t a story just rooted in science fiction. It’s a story about the anger of an entire race. About how they’ve been mistreated and used. It’s about one young boy’s struggle with falling into the system, never to know if he’ll really make it out. It’s a narrative of emotions beautifully written as a way to see the world through a black person’s eyes.
Read MoreIt’s time to admit to the world my dirty little secret. I watch Reality TV. There, I said it. But my reasons behind Reality TV may just be what every writer needs to know.
Read MoreIt’s been two years since Liv’s dad disappeared. He didn’t just walk out of the door, leaving her and her mom to try and survive. He disappeared after being abducted by aliens. At least, that's what he said during the year he was back. A year he spent building the crazy traps that Liv and her friend Doug still check every Sunday. Liv just wants to survive her last year of high school in a town where everyone knows the story. Where she walks a thin line as a normal girl. A thin line that’s cut when she finds an alien in the traps that her dad built. Her dad was right all along. But what does one do with the alien? How does one use it to help her find her lost father? How does she finally prove that her dad was right this whole time?
Read MoreA middle-aged couple's career and marriage are overturned when a disarming young couple enters their lives. -IMDB
Read MoreTempe’s world consists of nothing but water. Water that took her entire family from her. As humanity tries to survive on floating islands, diving for treasures from the old world, Tempe turns to one of the last pieces of land - Palindromena. This is where technology exists to bring back your loved one for 24 hours. Using her life savings, Tempe goes for answers, wanting to know why her sister is said to have a hand in their parents’ deaths. Sometimes answers aren’t easy and when Tempe’s sister realizes that she’s been brought back, she doesn’t want to stay locked inside four walls. She wants out. She wants to search for their parents.
Read MoreChris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined. - IMDB
Read MoreThe classic Little Women is retold in this contemporary version, bringing those timeless characters to the modern day and age. Which means that they also deal with the modern issues of our time. When her mother gets sick, Meg’s world flips on its head as she’s forced to balance motherhood, her sulking husband, and the need to take care of her mother. Especially as her father flits in and out of the picture, spending his time taking care of the local veterans. Jo, struggling to keep her head above water after getting laid off from her writing job, works long hours in a kitchen. Her time gains her insights to the world of food for her blog. But not everyone approves of food blogs. In the end, the two girls must find their way back to their roots to see the way home.
Read MoreThe film begins with the idea that 25 percent of the people in the world who are incarcerated are incarcerated in the U.S. Although the U.S. has just 5% of the world's population. "13th" charts the explosive growth in America's prison population; in 1970, there were about 200,000 prisoners; today, the prison population is more than 2 million. The documentary touches on chattel slavery; D. W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation"; Emmett Till; the civil rights movement; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Richard M. Nixon; and Ronald Reagan's declaration of the war on drugs and much more. - IMDB
Read MoreInstead of recapping my top reads for the second quarter or 2020, I’ve decided to put together a list of some of my favorite diverse and queer books.
Read MoreMolly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe. - IMDB
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