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Central Heat    by David Dvorkin
Price: $2.99 USD. 109580 words. Published on May 5, 2010. .

When aliens remove the sun, life survives in military bunkers under the earth and in lunar bases. Underground America devolves into a religious-military dictatorship. Jonathan Holroyd escapes to the surface and finds a new world warmed by an artificial sun, and only slightly more freedom than in the dying world he left behind. He rises to a position of power. But now the aliens are coming back.
21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: North Korea Country Handbook - DPRK Political and Economic Overview, Transportation, Geography, Climate and Weather, Military Forces and Doctrine    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 24090 words. Published on December 3, 2010. .

A superb and timely Department of Defense publication, the Marine Corps Handbook entitled North Korea Country Handbook. The handbook is described as "providing essential information on North Korea, intended to provide Marines and other U.S. military personnel with a base of information for conducting effective operations in the Korean Peninsula."
North Korea: Federal Research Study with Comprehensive Information and Analysis - Political, Economic, Social, and National Security Systems and Institutions, Nuclear Programs, Cult of Kim Il Sung    by Progressive Management
Price: $9.99 USD. 114110 words. Published on December 3, 2010. .

Comprehensive, unique, and up-to-date information and professional analysis of North Korean political, economic, social, military, and national security systems and institutions, written by the experts at the Federal Research Division.
An Enlightening Lie About the Lucidity of Bees    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 60270 words. Published on January 18, 2011. .

Crofton Eer, a member of a militaristic society set in a canyon that knows only war, seeks an escape from the troubled canyon in which he lives, guided by the embodiment of the lone star that is visible from the canyon depths. His escape takes him on a journey in which he discovers that there are a great many more stars (gods) in the sky, which leads to a search for truth in the valley of life.
The Far Side of Evil    by Sylvia Engdahl
Price: $2.99 USD. 93320 words. Published by Ad Stellae Books  on February 1, 2011. .

Assigned as a observer to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization, Anthropological Service agent Elana expects merely to gain knowledge that may save other planets. When a young, inexperienced agent unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene, Elana finds that only she--at great cost--can prevent an immediate war of annihilation.
Stone Moon, Silk Scarves    by M.C.A. Hogarth
Price: $1.99 USD. 9840 words. Published on May 19, 2011. .

"Evaluate the new head of House Laisira, and if he seems unsuitable, deal with it." Such was Pathen Ures-emodo's unpalatable assignment. When he begins his investigation, he suspects nothing more than incompetence. But could House Laisira be hiding a far greater sin? And what will he do about it? A Jokka story set in the time of Roika's empire, after the novel The Worth of a Shell.
Scars of Defiance    by Lorena Angell
Price: Free! 64710 words. Published on May 27, 2011. .

When Paul pulls a frozen border-crosser from the icy lake, he has no idea he's just saved Princess Sierra nor that she will change his life forever. Paul Bronson's family operates a covert half-way house helping hide and relocate defectors from the merciless Gen. Reginald Rawlings. Sierra's battered condition pulls at Paul's heartstrings and escalates his determination to defy the dictator.
The Dictator's Daughter    by Lorena Angell
Price: $2.99 USD. 79430 words. Published on July 13, 2011. .

Book 2 in the 'Scars of Defiance' series. Sean Cutler's parents taught him how to defy the ruthless dictatorial ruler of Rendier; by helping and hiding defectors. The latest refugee in Sean's care is an abused teenage boy running for his life. Eliwese Rawlings has an agenda and it includes taking her father down. Disguised as a teen boy she enters the underground and is floored by who she finds.
Three Rare Views Of The Great Dictator    by Brendan Mackie
Price: $3.99 USD. 147280 words. Published on November 12, 2011. .

In the country of Europia one man has become the state. He is history. He is law. He is Constantus, the founder of the Second Republic. Constantus is made into a statue, a name, without flesh and history and dreams. He is powerful. But what of his soul? Three stories show the secret heart of the great dictator, the crooked, human parts of him that can be seen only when nobody is looking.
Kea's Flight    by Erika Hammerschmidt
Price: $3.89 USD. 170620 words. Published on December 6, 2011. .

It's the 25th century, and humans have learned to end unwanted pregnancies by cryogenically freezing embryos to save for later. Kea was an exile before she was born. Grown from an embryo that was rejected for having autism-spectrum genes, she's been raised on a starship of unwanted children. When corrupt bureaucracy threatens their quest for a home, Kea joins with other rejects to save the ship.