SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Meet the contests for March! Poll will run today through 2/28/22 midnight est Red Rising by Pierce Brown Red Rising is a 2014 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Pierce Brown, and the first book and eponym of a series. The novel, set on a future planet Mars, follows lowborn miner Darrow as he infiltrates the ranks of the elite Golds. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King In the predawn hours, in a distressed American city, hundreds of unemployed men and women line up for the opening of a job fair. They are tired and cold and desperate. Emerging from the fog, invisible until it is too late, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. Months later, an ex-cop named bill Hodges, still haunted by the unsolved crime, contemplates suicide. When he gets a crazed letter from "the perk," claiming credit for the murders, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, fearing another even more diabolical attack and hell-bent on preventing it. Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of eccentric and mismatched allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands. Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable. --front flap Millennium by John Varley In the skies over Oakland, California, a DC-10 and a 747 are about to collide. But in the far distant future, a time travel team is preparing to snatch the passengers, leaving prefabricated smoking bodies behind for the rescue teams to find. And in Washington D.C., an air disaster investigator named Smith is about to get a phone call that will change his life...and end the world as we know it. Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics. But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will. Nobody fights the Epics...nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. And David wants in. He wants Steelheart — the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning — and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience. He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gloves | 11,778 Administrator · Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Interesting, no books I recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Just now, Gloves said: Interesting, no books I recognize. Thought I'd change it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,986 Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 I really enjoyed Mr Mercedes so voted for that one. Red Rising sounds like an interesting book, so I've added that to my to read list. Probably won't have a lot of time to read next month but if Mr Mercedes is the book I'll be able to participate in the discussion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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