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Ranger's Apprentice

The story follows an orphan who becomes the apprentice of a man as they battle to keep the fantastical kingdom of Araluen safe from a multitude of threats.

Rules of Civility

Set in New York City in 1938, a 25-year old named Katey Kontent attempts to rise above the Wall Street secretarial pool into the upper echelons of New York society at the end of the Depression. As much as anything, her challenge is to not lose herself in the romance in Gotham’s high society.

River Town

A celebrated American writer journeys to China for the long-awaited Chinese publication of his first book, triggering memories from twenty years earlier when he taught English literature to Chinese college students while on the brink of a nation's unprecedented change.

Robopocalypse

A journey of human resistance and survival when a powerful new artificial intelligence initiates a globally synchronized uprising of robots and our every-day technology that threatens to wipe out mankind.
Location: CA - Quebec

Rainbowfish

Set in a borderless future, the oceans have all but disappeared and the elusive Global Police enforce tyrannical laws. Their lives and that of a young water scavenger and a rebellious orphan collide in the most unexpected way.

Reboot

Set in a futuristic world where the population is afflicted by a deadly virus and teenagers are "rebooted" after death to become vicious soldiers, an unlikely pair use their new found powers to join forces and overthrow the organization that has corrupted their world.

Remainder

A young man tries to reconstruct his past out of fragmented memories. His obsessive efforts are funded by a large financial settlement for an accident he cannot remember, but neither his friends nor he can anticipate the extremes he will go to in realizing his quest.

Rendezvous with Rama

Two centuries from now, scientists detect a 10 trillion ton object, nicknamed "Rama," hurtling through Earth's solar system at an unfathomable speed. After deploying a space probe, it turns out: Rama is an extra-terrestrial spacecraft. The Spaceship Endeavor commander leads a team of astronauts discover a self-contained world of alien wonders and unknown purpose.

Residue

A Wall Street firm's token Jewish lawyer finds himself in the middle of a chain reaction of international intrigue and bloody violence after the firebombing of a black church in Brooklyn that was once a synagogue.

Red Queen

Set in a world where society is divided by the color of blood, a 17 year old girl must assume the role of a long-lost princess to save her family, while secretly aiding a revolution; her actions put into motion a deadly and violent dance, pitting prince against prince and her against her own heart.

Rogue Male

A hunter attempts to assassinate a dictator but is caught, tortured and left for dead. When he escapes back home to England, he must hide out in a harsh countryside with the enemy agents as well as the police in hot pursuit.

Romeo and Juliet: The War

Two groups of superhuman soldiers (Montagues and Capulets) have turned the Empire of Verona into the most powerful territory on earth. A young Montague boy and Capulet girl fall in love. They secretly plan to marry, hoping their union can be what brings peace between the warring factions.

Railhead

Set in a futuristic world where trains run through space via portals, a petty thief is hired to steal an object that happens to be more important than he was led to believe, setting off an adventure that could change the course of the galaxy.

Reborn

An 80 year-old woman, Bonnie Black, dies in a Manhattan hospital only to find herself reborn in the prime of life in the afterlife world of Adystria, a magical land of monsters and dragons where good and evil are waging an eternal war.