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Matthew Barash
Science Fiction / Fantasy 
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THE NARA EFFECT
The human genetic code is the single most powerful discovery in the history of technology. We have uncovered the ability to reengineer ourselves.

Will it be our damnation, our survival, or our salvation?
Ri is the sole survivor of the Japanese race. She grew up fighting for her life on the ruined streets of Nara. Now she must fight for humanity's survival. Bryce is the clone of the most brutal world dictator and struggles with implanted memories to find a corner of peace in his own mind.

The first colony ship to the stars becomes the last survivors of the human race when the earth's biosphere is destroyed. Can the last 10,000 people overcome their own shortcomings to survive? Or can they be reengineered in time? Before they fall into the black pit of The Nara Effect.

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MONK'S MAZE
LADY'S LABYRINTH
Technology and spirit each have their own power. But the power isn't always where you expect it to be.

At the end of the Second Dark Ages, a lone monk brings technology back to Earth. Where he expects need, he discovers magic. A woman, set to guard against his return, becomes his only ally.


Before the Second Renaissance can begin, the political and spiritual shape of the present must be resolved by the woman who inherited the power of the Druid priestesses.
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SAVIORS 101: Her Second Coming -the first book of the unwilling Messiah
Salvation may only be a pastrami sandwich away when the software that runs the universe launches the Armageddon subroutine.<
What makes religions different: The myths of the gods and the stories of man.

What makes religions the same: The teachings.

The problem: No one seems to remember which are more important. Especially not the bickering Gods.
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