My Pretties

My Pretties
Author: Jeff Strand
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781072097778

A novel of terror from the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of PRESSURE. A serial kidnapper is preying upon women. He abducts them, then locks them in one of the cages dangling from the ceiling in a soundproofed basement. There, he sits quietly and just watches them, returning night after night, hoping he'll be in the room at the moment his beautiful captives finally starve to death.Charlene and Gertie have become fast friends at the restaurant where they work. But Charlene is concerned when she hears how her co-worker spends her evenings: Gertie's cousin is one of the missing, and Gertie wanders the city streets where many of the abductions took place, using herself as bait with a high-voltage stun gun in her pocket. Charlene reluctantly offers to trail her in a car, just in case she does lure the kidnapper and things go wrong.Unfortunately, the women find themselves the source of unwanted fame. And now they're on the radar of a very, very dangerous man...

Pretties

Pretties
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2008-11-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1416987347

The second installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend. Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she’s completely popular. It’s everything she’s ever wanted. But beneath all the fun—the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom—is a nagging sense that something’s wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally’s ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what’s wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life—because the authorities don’t intend to let anyone with this information survive.

Specials

Specials
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2010-03-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1847389112

"Special Circumstances" - These words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a rebellious Ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumour - frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary… Now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the Uglies down and the Pretties stupid. The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember… most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more. Still, it's easy to tune that out - until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: carry out the mission she's programmed to complete, or listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat telling her that something's wrong… Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.

Circle

Circle
Author: Ismael Flint
Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2002-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781589392977

Alexander Li thought he was ready for college. He expected to encounter difficult classes, new and interesting people, and even a few wild parties. What he encountered went beyond his wildest dreams, and worst nightmares. He quickly finds himself drawn to the unusual group of students hanging out in the lobby of his dorm, who soon show him things are seldom as they appear. Balancing this increasingly fantastical life is his relationship with the beautiful young science student that has won his heart. Alexander's balance of reality is threatened when one of his new friends wakens an ancient evil, an evil with which his family has an ancient history. Now with their fate, and perhaps the fate of the world in their hands Alexander must face the battle of his lifetime. It's too bad saving the world doesn't count for extra credit. With a Freshman Orientation like this nothing will ever be the same.

Uglies & Pretties

Uglies & Pretties
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481455184

The first two novels of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend—now available in one edition. Tally can’t wait to turn sixteen. Only then will she be able to have an operation to turn her from a repellant ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and live in New Pretty Town—a high-tech paradise where her only job will be to have fun. But when Tally finally becomes pretty, everything isn’t as perfect as it seems. Underneath all the beauty and luxury is a nagging sense that something is wrong. Very wrong. Searching for the truth, Tally discovers a whole new side of the pretty world—and it isn’t very pretty. Now Tally has a choice to make: fight to forget what she knows or fight for her life.

Prom-Wrecked

Prom-Wrecked
Author: T.H. Hernandez
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2019-05-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1640638121

Their prom night ended in a jail cell with forty of their closest friends. But that’s hardly the worst thing that happened to them... When the principal announces prom is canceled this year, senior Riley Hart is determined to save it. Armed with little more than her own enthusiasm, she ends up working closely with Owen Locklear, who is more than completely off-limits. Because he’s the boyfriend of her ex-BFF, Catherine Reed. Still, Owen knows Riley better than almost anyone, and his charming ideas for turning the prom upside-down and backward win Riley over. Catherine is willing to join Owen and Riley on the prom committee, but only because her legacy as prom queen is at stake. She’s already suffocating under the weight of her parents’ expectations for after senior year, and compared to that, ensuring prom happens should be easy. At least until everything starts to go wrong. First they lose their deposit. Then they book a band full of octogenarians. And lose their venue... Twice. Riley will have an unforgettable teenage experience, damn it, if it’s the last thing she does...

Diseased, Not I

Diseased, Not I
Author: c21 Anon
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2023-08-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1805146335

First Contact. The Next Visitation. A conduit to The Divine, in the advent of ‘His’ return. Whether Alien or God, the History and purpose of The Pyramids is rewritten. Or dare I say, explained; and the mystery of UFO’s unraveled. No stone is left unturned. Nothing is as it seems. Must we now unlearn all that we have been taught. I think we might. This book is persuasive. Often biblical, as though ‘The Proclamation of John’, you can trudge through this intelligent and treacle rich literary style, and enjoy it for that alone. Or enjoy the vistas of a new perspective, and walk away from it profoundly changed, with a collection of unique gems of knowledge and fresh ideas. This book is thought provoking. It will make you wonder. You won’t read it as Science Fiction: it reads as ‘The One Truth’ awaiting rediscovery. Quote: “This is the trough where Great Leaders of The Future will drink”. & “ ~ as they lift the words from the pages of this humble binding, to gain their inspiration”. This book is raw, with a palatable sprinkling of social engineering. Books such as this are rare, and when they do happen along, and manage to avoid being ignored and undiscovered; or simply discarded into the annals of literature to be forgotten, they form the very backbone of a cult following, political movement or religion, that have, have had, or will have, an impact upon Our World. Reading this book has been an education.