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Octavian Nothing is raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers. He and his mother are the only people in their household assigned names. Young Octavian begins to question the purpose behind his guardians' fanatical studies, only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments.

In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with this wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal Indian raid upon the Johnsons' settlement while Britt is away establishing a business. Returning to find his friends and neighbors slain or captured, his eldest...

Fourteen-year-old Mirabelle's life changes when she befriends Catherine, a confident free-spirited girl who is able to bring Mirabelle out of her shy demeanor, but Mira discovers that there are still things that can destroy her newfound confidence.

John, a rancher next to White Sands Missile Range, refuses to budge when the Air Force tries to expand. Aided only by his grandson, he shows what one individual can do against overwhelming legal and military power.

A tale spanning 150 years and two continents reimagines the peace efforts of democracy champion Frederick Douglass, Senator George Mitchell and World War I airmen John Alcock and Teddy Brown through the experiences of four generations of women from a matriarchal clan.

After being captured by men, Blue the Appaloosa grabs a chance at freedom and tries to find her way home.

"Seventeen-year-old Jeth Seagrave, the leader of a ragtag team of teenage mercenaries, skirts the line between honor and the law in an attempt to win freedom for his sister and himself in the form of their parents' old spaceship, Avalon."--

"Indentured servant Fanny Beck has been forced to sing for riverboat passengers since she was a girl. All she wants is to live a quiet, humble life with her family as soon as her seven-year contract is over. However, when she discovers that the captain has no intention of releasing her, she seizes a sudden opportunity to escape-an impulse that leads Fanny to a group of enslaved people who are on their own dangerous quest for liberty. . . . Widower...

On the twin planets of Werel and Yeowe, society is divided into owners and assets, and freedom is cherished above all else.

Once Seyonne's people were the guardians of magic. But the Derzhi came and enslaved them. years of misery has drained his strength and blurred his memory. Till he finds hope in an unlikely place.