cyborgs

"Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her "glamour" to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told . . . until now"--.

"Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they are plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who has only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she is being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she has just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice"--Provided by publisher.

The author argues that humans, by their development of medical and mind-extending technologies, are natural born cyborgs, discussing the use of computers, cell phones, pacemakers, and other devices, and looking at possible future advances.

In this futuristic take on the fairy tale "Rapunzel," Cinder and her friends are fugitives trying to overthrow Queen Levana. They turn to Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite, for help. However, Cress, an excellent hacker, has been ordered by Levana to track down Cinder. As the clock ticks down to Queen Levana's marriage to Emperor Kai, Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress must join together to stop the wedding and save the world.

"Investigating strange signals from a warehouse, Max finds himself transported to a parallel world inhabited entirely by futuristic robots. The sinister cyborgs are preparing to wage war on humans using their deadly state-of-the-art new weapon. Is there anything Max can do to stop them?"--Provided by publisher.

Hired killer and professional criminal Avery Cates faces a group of cyborgs with human brains and advanced weaponry, and must stop them before they succeed in converting everyone to the controlling Electric Church.

When Mendoza is sent back from the twenty-fourth century to recover things from the past that would otherwise be lost, she finds herself falling in love with men from different centuries and making her own mark on history.

Presents the adventures of Botanist Mendoza as she attempts to thwart "The Company's" promises to render humans immortal in this twenty-fourth-century adventure.