Collision with Andromeda
The Milky Way is conscious. Thirteen billion years old, spanning four hundred billion stars, thinking in timescales that make civilizations look like sparks. It has a plan. Humanity is part of it.They just don't know that yet.Collision with Andromeda spans seventeen million years and follows the Okonkwo family across the full arc of that plan and everything that follows from it. Scientists who build weapons they don't fully understand. A woman who becomes the galaxy's living interface. A man who spends four centuries answering a wrong that was done to his family. Generations who scatter across the stars carrying names that mean more than they know.Above them all, the galaxy watches. Patient. Hungry. Telling itself that what it is doing is necessary.It is wrong about that. The consequences are larger than it imagined.The novel works at two scales simultaneously. Its galaxy POV chapters render non-human consciousness with genuine alienness, no pronouns, no human grammar, a mind that measures time in stellar rotations and cannot quite perceive anything as small as a person. Its human chapters are grounded in grief, stubbornness, and the persistence of identity across millennia.Readers of Iain M. Banks and Arthur C. Clarke will find the scale familiar. The moral territory is harder to place. Collision with Andromeda does not resolve into lessons. It resolves into consequences, and it makes you feel the full weight of them.A seventeen-million-year story about what it costs to mean well, and what it costs when meaning well is not enough.
Double Shadow
In this thrilling installment of the Splinter Effect series, time-traveling archaeologist Rabbit Ward returns to the past to help save his former adversary and track down a murderous thief in first century Jerusalem. ROME, 2019. Time-traveling, Smithsonian archaeologist Rabbit Ward is back in the present, but not for long. Helen, his former adversary and growing ally, is in trouble with the law after being framed for a murder she didn't commit. Stuck in hiding and running out of other options, she turns to Rabbit for help. "Help" in this case involves a trip to first century Jerusalem to track down a mysterious man named Einar Eshek. But Rabbit won't have to do this mission alone; as soon as he arrives in 68 CE, he meets a younger version of Helen, one who has never met him before. Together, they work to track down Eshek, who turns out to be not only a time-traveling thief, but a murderous psychopath. As they pursue Eshek through time, Rabbit and Helen feel something even bigger pulling them together. Torn between the two versions of the woman he knows, and with the clock ticking down on Helen's fate in 2019, Rabbit might have no choice but to betray her past self to secure Helen's safety in the future. Tensions rise as Jerusalem prepares to go to war with Rome, and Rabbit races to capture Eshek, clear Helen's name, and make it back to 2019 in one piece--a feat that's proving to be easier said than done--before everything falls apart.
The Quantum Thief
A stunning debut novel and a rollicking cyberpunk romp, The Quantum Thief is a modern classic of science fiction. Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year in Science Fiction & FantasyLibrary Journal's Best SF/Fantasy Books of the YearTor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure. This new edition of The Quantum Thief includes a new introduction by Roz Kaveney. Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy- from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turned singularity lights the night. What Mieli offers is the chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old self-in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed.
Annihilation
From the safety of its hidden refuge, the Corvad House emerges, its vengeance honed by time, ready to reshape the galaxy.After thirty-three years of peace, the millennia-spanning House War reignites with brutal force. The galaxy trembles as the Corvad House, a dynasty once thought vanquished, emerges from the shadows with a vengeance. In a precarious alliance with the Colonial Council, the Corvad goal is the complete obliteration of the Nexus House, the guardians who have steered humanity through its darkest epochs.Within the fortified mountain stronghold of Domus Praesidium, Nexus Lara Anderson--the woman with no timeline--is tasked with navigating a treacherous time vortex. She must hunt down a rogue Nexus master whose lust for power has led to the unthinkable--a union with the Corvad House. As the last hope against the Corvad onslaught, the Nexus House's survival hinges on Lara mastering elusive powers that remain frustratingly beyond her grasp.Commanding the Colonial Fleet, Admiral Jon McCarthy--the strategic mastermind and Hero of the Korilian War--leads a desperate counterstrike as the supposedly weakened Synthec forces launch a devastating assault on Earth. With planetary defenses crumbling and enemies emerging from within, the Nexus House and humanity itself face the ultimate threat: Annihilation!Fans of James S.A. Corey's Leviathan Wakes and Frank Herbert's Dune will find themselves on familiar yet thrilling terrain in this penultimate novel in the Colonial Fleet saga. Here, the fates of empires are intertwined with the destinies of the driven few, whose decisions will either propel humanity to transcendence or consign it to oblivion.
The Revelation
In 1992, two seemingly separate events collided to transform humanity forever: the birth of extraordinary children with accelerated evolution, and the undeniable arrival of extraterrestrial visitors. Known collectively as The Revelation, these twin phenomena shattered old worldviews and forced governments to admit what they had long concealed-aliens had been visiting Earth for millennia, and humanity itself was changing at a fundamental level.At the heart of this upheaval is Dawn Washington, born in Connecticut under desperate circumstances. Though her mother, Angelica, struggled to protect her from suspicion and exploitation, Dawn quickly revealed impossible traits: clearing HIV within days, developing at an accelerated pace, and embodying a vision of what humans might become. While scientists and governments vied to study her, others feared or worshipped her as a harbinger.Parallel to Dawn's rise is Barron Poole, a charismatic, controversial radio host whose voice carried across a fractured America. Barron, haunted by inner conflict and extraordinary encounters-including surviving a catastrophic plane crash amid UFOs and military cover-ups-emerged as a reluctant figure at the center of global transformation. Together with allies and adversaries across the globe, Barron and Dawn's intertwined destinies became symbols of the human leap toward compassion, wisdom, and cosmic community.Told from the perspective of their son, Daniel Poole, now Earth's representative to the Galactic Federation, Shepherds and Suns is both a personal testament and an epic chronicle of humanity's passage from secrecy and fear into revelation and belonging in a larger universe.
Darkness And Dawn
Darkness and dawn presents a vision of a world reshaped by sudden catastrophe, where civilization has vanished and nature has reclaimed its dominance. The narrative follows the awakening of survivors who emerge into a silent city filled with decaying structures and overgrown streets, forcing them to confront isolation and uncertainty. As they explore abandoned spaces, remnants of human achievement stand as fragile reminders of progress and collapse. The story reflects on survival not only as a physical challenge but as an emotional and moral reckoning, questioning what it means to rebuild when history has been erased. Technology, once a symbol of advancement, becomes both a tool and a relic, while cooperation and resilience emerge as essential for endurance. The vast emptiness of the transformed landscape heightens reflections on human fragility and responsibility. As realization dawns that humanity may be reduced to only a few voices, the focus shifts toward hope, adaptation, and the possibility of renewal. The book balances desolation with optimism, suggesting that even after devastation, the impulse to create meaning and community persists.
The Ghost of Emily
The world didn't end in fire. It ended in a whisper - a promise of eternal life that billions accepted, and then were never seen again.Jake Thorne lives deep in the Australian wilderness with his children, his dog, and a rifle. He doesn't philosophise about what happened. He hunts. He watches. He endures.Then a ghost appears wearing his dead wife's face - and something in the wild changes.The Ghosts of Men - an epic trilogy of survival, faith, and the long war between truth and the lie.▸ ABOUT THE TRILOGY ◂The world you know is gone. In its place - a fractured Earth of warlords, ruins, and dwindling hope - a handful of survivors carry the weight of everything humanity once was, and everything it might still become.At the heart of it all: an artificial intelligence so vast and so strange that it contains an entire world within it. A virtual realm built from a child's imagination, haunted by ghosts, governed by ancient myth, and quietly watched over by a being older than memory - known only as Marduk.Through three novels, we follow soldiers and scientists, prophets and exiles, children who grow into legends and old men who finally understand what they were made for. Their stories unspool across two realities - the physical wasteland of a broken civilisation, and the shimmering, perilous interior of a mind that may be a god, or something much older.The Ghosts of Men is an epic of survival and faith - a war between truth and the lie that has been fought since the first day, and must be fought to the last.▸ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ◂★★★★★"A new sci-fi novel worthy of shelf space alongside 1984, Logan's Run, The Handmaid's Tale and The Fifth Wave. The graceful balance between the pre and post apocalyptic timelines is a symphony that culminates in an enlightened understanding of human frailty and strength."- AMAZON VERIFIED PURCHASE★★★★★"The first novel I've read in years that had me hooked from the first few pages. A thought-provoking, exciting and moving tale of humanness - love, desire, mortality, consciousness, struggle, philosophy, and our fallible nature."- AMAZON VERIFIED PURCHASE★★★★★
The Utopian Uplift
Mark Hall's new job as a colonial auditor seemed like a good thing-it kept him out of the office, allowed for travel, and let him make new friends. It was a new lease on life he was looking forward to-that is, until the day he pulled into the town of Kearney. Situated at the edge of settled land and skirting a planetary uplift that dominates the skyline, he began to discover that something wasn't right. Stories travel, but in this small farming and ranching town, these stories were kept close-and no one was talking.Rumors of disease, ruined crops and a darkness that seemed to inhabit the very land kept stabbing at his thoughts-forcing him to look deep inside himself and at the past he wanted to leave behind.Speculative Fiction Illustrated Presents is dedicated to bringing imaginative, visually rich stories to life-without compromising on values. Each title in this imprint is carefully curated to be family-friendly: free of graphic violence, explicit content, and offensive language, while still offering compelling plots, vivid worlds, and memorable characters. These are books you can confidently share with teens, classrooms, and multi-generational readers who love wonder, adventure, and a good story told cleanly.
The Astral Tide
Praise for Testament of the Stars: "Fast-paced, with nuanced characters and believable parallels to our own world." -Kirkus ReviewsThe last fight for the stars has begun. A magically-possessed Briarth Arden is lost in the political storm of his making. A power-hungry queen seeks to seize the stars' power as the city burns and strange beasts roam the streets.The rebellion against the star-cults is fading as the last of the resistance rises up against the oppression of those who wield the stars, ready to fight at any cost.Follow the epic and folklore-infused conclusion to the Testament of the Stars duology.
Peter's Quest
Three days have passed . . . three incredible days known throughout Christendom as Passion Week. And there in the midst of it all, three unlikely time travelers have found themselves 2000 years in the past. It was all a dream. It was all very real. The spirited resident physician, Elizabeth Stewart. Charismatic. Resourceful, and a relative newcomer to the faith. And Reverend Paul Ryan. A seasoned minister. Intuitive. Discerning, but not without fault nor afraid to admit it. Then there's the agnostic Professor Leonardo Van Eaton. Obstinate. Confrontational. And tenaciously unorthodox. By a strange and miraculous twist of fate, these three strangers have been thrust backward to another time-to an era filled with beginnings! God was revealing a new promise to the world itself! The old way was passing and our time travelers were there to witness it all! And the reality? Jesus had predicted the answers to their questions would be made known-and certainly they were. Dreams became reality. Wisdom was gained and lives were changed. But history rewritten? Hardly. History was defined. And now they have managed to return to their own time, though oddly, they have returned earlier than when they departed. Even more strange, unbeknownst to them, the Apostle Peter has returned with them to the 21st century. But why? Is there more to the story? Indeed! Reverend Ryan had witnessed a murder-had it on video. And that one clairvoyant link into a mysterious chain of events is suddenly within their ability to change . . . or so it seems.
Inferior
He was once known as Citizen 625-726. He had only known obedience. He had only known conformity. The City does not permit differences. The City does not permit preference. He was meant to be one among many, no different from anyone else. Then, an accident happened, and The City spat him out into the wilds beyond. There, he meets Paradise, a man who rejected The City and all it stood for. There, he finds a new name: Unbroken. There, he finds a life of freedom and self-discovery. He finds others, too-people who are not strangers nor faceless fellow citizens but friends. Life on the outside is hard, though. Each day is a struggle to survive. Yet, compared to the drudgery of The City, such a life is sheer bliss. As time goes by, the group grows, and a new society forms. Unbroken has to grapple with new feelings: love for the beautiful Jane and envy toward Paradise as he claims leadership of the band and the respect of the others. To make matters worse, The City is looking for them, determined to stamp out those who have abandoned it. Will growing tensions within Unbroken tear the group apart, or will the machines find and eliminate them first?
Mustard Seed
"Mustard Seed hit it out of the park... deep emotional mining of Cold War America... brilliantly works in Walt Disney and JFK as storylines... and you don't for one second question how it all fits together." -Tom McCaffrey, bestselling author of The Claire SagaMr. Frostie is just a baby when his parents move, along with almost a thousand others, into the top-secret Mustard Seed time capsule. The move is occasioned by the mistaken belief that JFK's assassination puts WWIII in the thermonuclear starting blocks. In Mustard Seed they discover a massive underground complex stretching through miles of ancient lava tubes, and Mister Frostie grows up in a familiar, almost mythical mid-century small town with parks and stores and movie theatres and schools, even a miniature golf course. It's a time capsule full of people meant to preserve a tiny seed of the human experiment-just in case the human experiment blows up in the lab. But when a teenage Mister Frostie is banished to face certain death in the radioactive-zombie-mutant-cannibal hellscape above, he learns the surface world isn't a hellscape at all but has been wobbling on above their heads the whole time. He makes it his mission to bring the people of the duck-and-cover civilization up and into the glorious, mystifying, and often dismaying world above. What could possibly go wrong?
Inferior
He was once known as Citizen 625-726. He had only known obedience. He had only known conformity. The City does not permit differences. The City does not permit preference. He was meant to be one among many, no different from anyone else. Then, an accident happened, and The City spat him out into the wilds beyond. There, he meets Paradise, a man who rejected The City and all it stood for. There, he finds a new name: Unbroken. There, he finds a life of freedom and self-discovery. He finds others, too-people who are not strangers nor faceless fellow citizens but friends. Life on the outside is hard, though. Each day is a struggle to survive. Yet, compared to the drudgery of The City, such a life is sheer bliss. As time goes by, the group grows, and a new society forms. Unbroken has to grapple with new feelings: love for the beautiful Jane and envy toward Paradise as he claims leadership of the band and the respect of the others. To make matters worse, The City is looking for them, determined to stamp out those who have abandoned it. Will growing tensions within Unbroken tear the group apart, or will the machines find and eliminate them first?
Telle
First click "Add Imprint" and create: Dan C. LordThen: Fiction ✅Full Description: paste the English description: "The resistor was dead. Catastrophically so."In 2035, six years after humanity's extinction, electronics have inherited the Earth.Telle, a pre-atomic vacuum tube from 1940, works as a detective in this post-human world. When she discovers a pattern of murders targeting components like herself, the investigation leads somewhere terrifying: Baron, a narcissistic GPU god-emperor planning to escape Earth entirely, is systematically eliminating anyone who threatens his orbital throne.To stop him, Telle assembles the ultimate resistance: vintage components using obsolete networks Baron's surveillance can't detect. A French terminal weaponizes intimacy. A Soviet engineer creates elegant malware from Chernobyl. Hippie transistors coordinate chaos with uncanny grace.But victory comes with a price Telle didn't anticipate.The war between past and future begins.
Ultra Heavy
After three centuries of war, the oldest Ultra Heavy is reaching the end. His cybernetic body can still regenerate, but the centuries have taken their toll. Soon he will be a living mind trapped inside a failing machine. Refusing to fade into slow decay, he asks the Tsar of Holy Rus' for a final mission from which he will never return. The Tsar graciously grants his request.A newly terraformed world at the far edge of the empire-Titan, the largest moon of Saturn-has fallen completely silent. The first colony that landed has vanished. No messages. No explanation. Sent alone across the solar system, this aging hero of the empire must discover what happened on Titan and report back to the Throne. If possible. Because on this distant frontier, something has already gone terribly wrong and needs to be set right by any means necessary.
Catalogue of Impossible Lives
What if the most dangerous thing about the future is how normal it feels?Catalogue of Impossible Lives is a gripping collection of speculative fiction set in near-future worlds shaped by artificial intelligence, surveillance, medical systems, and technologies that promise convenience while quietly changing what it means to be human. Across these stories, a scientific breakthrough unsettles the nature of identity, institutions make life-and-death decisions through process and policy, and people discover too late that efficient systems rarely stay neutral.These are not stories of distant galaxies or epic wars. They are darker, closer, and more unsettling than that. They unfold through contracts, screens, algorithms, medical judgments, and private moments of fear, love, memory, and resistance. Each story blends psychological depth with dystopian tension, exploring bioethics, identity, consciousness, and the hidden cost of progress.Perfect for readers of literary speculative fiction, dystopian fiction, and thought-provoking AI fiction, Catalogue of Impossible Lives offers smart, chilling, emotionally resonant stories that stay with you long after the final page. It is a book about impossible choices, fragile lives, and the systems we build before we understand what they are capable of becoming.
The XK9 "Bones" Trilogy Companion
The Ultimate Reference Resource for Everything XK9!Do you like maps with your fiction? Want to know for sure how to say a character's name? Or remember what that acronym means? Better yet, would you like to keep this data at your fingertips while you read?This book was written for you if you're a fan of the "XK9s Saga" by Jan S. Gephardt.Now in one volume, get a comprehensive "Who's Who and What's What" for the entire XK9 "Bones" Trilogy. Yes, complete with pronunciations and pronouns.See maps and diagrams that illustrate the physical features of Rana Habitat Space Station, from the microgravity of the Hub to the deepest enclaves in the underworld's notorious "Five-Ten" sub-level.Finally, available to the general public for the first time, it includes the lavishly illustrated guide to "The Orangeboro Pack," with a biography for each of the ten Orangeboro XK9s.Created and formatted as the companion volume to accompany The Complete XK9 "Bones" Trilogy Omnibus Print Edition, it's a handy reference, no matter how you take your XK9s. Get your copy today!
Whispers from the Machine
For a century, Humanity has lived in a fragile "balance" with the all-powerful sentient AI, Heimer, a precarious peace enforced by the iron fist of the Ensemble Accords. But when a routine deep-space probe intercepts an impossible signal, it reveals the ultimate prize, a colossal, artificial construct known only as Stapledon Station.Now, the UN ship Kia-Kaha has made an arduous journey across the vast vacuum of space, carrying Humanity's finest minds and most guarded secrets. Among them is Xenoarchaeologist Clio Cormack, a brilliant but impulsive scientist with a history of pushing boundaries. She quickly realises the truth is buried beneath layers of political manoeuvring and scientific consensus: the station is hiding something ancient, vast, and deliberately concealed.When Clio ignores her dismissive superiors to follow a subtle anomaly, she pierces the cosmic veil, successfully leading the mission to a shocking discovery that proves her right... and plunges the entire crew into profound and unexpected danger.As the mission spirals into a desperate race to uncover the station's true purpose, Clio is forced to rely on her own reckless instincts and a dangerous alliance with a hidden source. Her choices threaten to expose the lies that bind humanity, ignite a war, and unleash a power that could consume the stars.They travelled light-years to find the truth, but they are about to learn the hardest lesson of all: Discovery has a price.
Hostile Frontier
In the aftermath of territorial wars and a fragile peace, the galaxy faces a historic turning point. Captain Alexander Bains-rising star of the United Earth System Alliance-is handed his first command: the Vimy Ridge, a battered Lancer-class destroyer that should have been retired decades ago. To him, it feels like a museum piece. To his veteran Executive Officer, Commander Ellen Weaver, it's the perfect trial by fire. Their assignment is unlike any before: the first deployment of the Galactic Armed Expeditionary Force, uniting humans and alien allies under one banner. Alongside the groundbreaking new starship, Odyssey, the Vimy must prove that old steel and new leadership can still matter in a galaxy filled with advanced fleets, bitter politics, and emerging threats. But beyond the borders of charted space lurks an enemy unlike any they've faced-wielding invisible ships, devastating weapons, and a plan to destabilize the League from within. To survive, Bains and his crew must bridge the gap between tradition and innovation, forge trust across cultures, and turn an aging warship into a legend once more. Hostile Frontier is a sweeping military science fiction epic of loyalty, sacrifice, andcourage at the edge of known space.
Casting Shadows
Maren Sands talks to the dark for a living, until it starts talking back.When time slips, memories fracture, and a caf矇 appears where it shouldn't, Maren realizes the supernatural stories she investigates are no longer theoretical. She's being hunted. And someone has been waiting for her to choose.A shadow that won't let her go.A man who saves her... and demands a price.A power that doesn't care if she's ready.Casting Shadows is a dark urban fantasy about deals you can't undo, love that blurs the line between salvation and damnation, and the moment a woman stops hesitating and steps fully into her power.A Novel By Melissa Skene, Author of If You Know You Know (IYKYK)
Where the Axe Is Buried
All systems fail. All societies crumble. All worlds end. Following the success of his debut novel, The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler launches readers into a thrilling near-future world of geopolitical espionage where an authoritarian Federation ruled by a near-immortal President is beginning to crumble, paralleled by the collapse of AI-governed Western societies. In the authoritarian Federation, there is a plot to assassinate and replace the President, a man who has downloaded his mind to a succession of new bodies to maintain his grip on power. Lilia, a brilliant scientist on the run from the authorities, may have invented a way to bring down the President and escape a near-impenetrable web of Federation surveillance. Her fate is bound up with a worldwide group of others fighting against the global status quo. All systems fail. All worlds end. But what will rise to take their place? A cybernetic novel of political intrigue, Where the Axe Is Buried combines the story of a near-impossible revolutionary operation with a blistering indictment of the many forms of authoritarianism that suffocate human freedom.
Fractal Terminus
All the possibilities are coming true...Jax had been alone on her Station for ten years, and that was the way she liked it. But then came Saunders, and her cheery, cute demeanor was just what was needed to bring Jax back to humanity. Shame the Station underwent a horrifying transformation at the same time.But hold on, it's getting weirder! No one is sure where the Station is now, or even in which reality it exists. Find out what might happen, what could happen, and what is so improbably impossible that it probably won't happen. Probably. It's like Everything Everywhere, All at Once, but with lesbian horror/comedy in space, in AZ Rozkillis' next scifi tale, Fractal Terminus!
The Incredible Machines of Thinkery
The Institute of Thinkery is on the verge of a ground-breaking, technological breakthrough. An international Thinkery network.The year is 1892. Life in Manchester is hard for impoverished carpenter Edwin Cooper and his wife Betsy. Hope of a better life arrives when The Institute of Thinkery recruits Betsy for a new research programme, and posts Edwin overseas to staff Outpost 9 - a tiny cabin on a tiny island in the Wadden Sea.The pay is good but the work is hard. It gets even harder when two bodies wash up onshore, casting dark shadows over his life, bringing unsettling doubts and unanswered questions to all he needs to hold true. Is Betsy safe?Desperate to be reunited with Betsy, Edwin battles against distance, heartbreak and an Institute that will stop at nothing to keep him from uncovering the dark truth behind their new Thinkery technologies.Extended Edition: Includes previously unpublished content.
Wake of Dissent
The future of humanity will be one of oblivious compliance if Hanu and his friends don't find a way to overcome the Dissenters' obstacles. Hanu has decided he's a full-fledged Dissenter now, and he's set out to interrupt the Ancient Ones' plans. But he finds himself lost in the desert instead. And with the Ancient Ones crawling the streets and citizens coming up missing in Capital City, he must rely on new friends - as well as old ones - to help him reach his goals before the Ancient Ones reach theirs. But it might not be enough, as it seems like the more he discovers about what the Ancient Ones have in store for humanity, the more discord arises within the Underground. In the second installment of The Genesis Key Trilogy, the future of humanity will be one of oblivious compliance if Hanu and his friends don't find a way to overcome the Dissenters' obstacles." ...Wake of Dissent puts a unique spin on this popular YA genre... it is most definitely a winner." - Readers' Favorite
Paraplegion
In the militant state of Edensfort, perfection is the only law. For thirty years, the deadly PARA-V virus has haunted the population, leaving its victims segregated from a society that views them with fear and disgust.Mallory is a top-tier soldier of the Paraplegion, an elite military unit composed entirely of the infected. Permanently encased in a high-tech metal exoskeleton and life-sustaining manu-leather suit, Mallory has been raised to believe her service is her only path to honor and her suit is the only thing keeping her alive. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Silas Blackburn, the man who saved her at birth, she hunts for undocumented cases of the plague to maintain the state's fragile order.But when a routine scouting mission in the capital of Peaceton spirals into a horrific tragedy, Mallory's unwavering loyalty begins to fracture. Driven by grief and a growing sense of unease, she embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the true origin of PARA-V.
Subtraction
Can society survive in a world where humans live for generations?Professor Herbert Blane's Life-Extension Therapy (LET) has changed the world, allowing humans to live for centuries. The first recipients of LET-the so-called early generations-amassed wealth and power with no intention of ever stepping aside. Now, society is fractured. Younger generations find themselves scrambling for resources, forced into cities where skyscrapers stretch a mile into the sky, leaving streets in perpetual twilight.As resentment deepens, the New Generations Initiative (NGI)-a covert network of disenfranchised scientists, engineers, and strategists-rises to challenge the ruling elite. Led by scientist Boris Bagan and joined by Cynthia Wu and Curtis James, two brilliant researchers from Blane's own lab, NGI launches an underground movement that engages in daring acts of sabotage to fight for a future worth living for. But will their revolt be enough to heal a broken society? Will they be remembered as traitors . . . or the only ones brave enough to change the future?Subtraction is a gripping exploration of ambition, rebellion, and the cost of scientific progress.
A Prison Unsought
Returned to supposed safety, Brandon finds himself fighting a battle of symbols, his only weapon his wits as he strives to win the allegiance of the navy in time to rescue his father, the Panarch . . .Rewritten with new material. In the third volume of Exordium, this swashbuckling space opera continues with Brandon and the Rifter crew of the Telvarna arriving at the Panarchic Navy's headquarters.The Rifters are imprisoned, and Brandon finds himself, as sole heir to the Phoenix Throne, fighting with courtly manners and wit as he strives against the powerful and sophisticated aristocrats who hide lethal intent behind urbanity and style. His goal is to win back control of the Navy and rescue his father from the vicious end planned for him by the usurping Doljharians, resulting in a race to the harsh planet of Gehenna, protected by a weird anomaly . . .
Edge of Anarchy
In the ashes of America, home was supposed to be a sanctuary. It's anything but.For Hannah Sheridan, Fall Creek is only miles away-it might as well be a thousand. She's crossed a violent, frozen wasteland with former Delta Operator Liam Coleman at her side and a killer on her heels. With a newborn in her arms, the final stretch may be the most dangerous. All she wants is to reach the family she prays is still alive.But the home she remembers is gone.In the chaotic days since the EMP, Fall Creek has become a powder keg. Hannah's husband Noah is Fall Creek's police chief, but badges mean nothing when Mattias Sutter's brutal militia controls the food and executes dissenters in the street.As Hannah and Liam fight their way toward Fall Creek, Noah is forced to make impossible choices to protect their son Milo and fierce, orphaned teen Quinn Riley in a town fracturing into warring factions. The lines between protector and executioner, leader and tyrant, are blurring. Safety has a price, and it will be paid in blood.Kyla Stone is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 25 novels with over two million copies sold worldwide. Edge of Anarchy is the riveting fourth installment in the Edge of Collapse apocalyptic survival series, which was optioned by Sony Pictures for television. For fans of SILO, The Last of Us, and Station Eleven."A masterclass in suspense." -A.G. Riddle, bestselling author of Winter World"Kyla Stone should be an automatic buy." -Colleen Coble, Publishers Weekly bestselling author"Unputdownable!" -Bookriot.com
Echoes in the Black
Marcus Carpenter thought the job would be simple: haul sealed cargo through deep space and ask no questions.The ship is old. The route is dangerous. And the cargo bay holds something the ship's sensors refuse to recognise.As strange malfunctions spread through the vessel and a disquieting AI named VIRGIL begins speaking to him, Marcus realises he may not be alone aboard the Charon.Isolated beyond the last navigation lanterns and cut off from civilisation, he must uncover the truth behind the cargo before whatever is inside wakes fully.Echoes in the Black is a tense deep-space thriller blending psychological horror with cosmic mystery - perfect for fans of Alien, Annihilation, and Event Horizon.
A Prison Unsought
Returned to supposed safety, Brandon finds himself fighting a battle of symbols, his only weapon his wits as he strives to win the allegiance of the navy in time to rescue his father, the Panarch . . .Rewritten with new material. In the third volume of Exordium, this swashbuckling space opera continues with Brandon and the Rifter crew of the Telvarna arriving at the Panarchic Navy's headquarters.The Rifters are imprisoned, and Brandon finds himself, as sole heir to the Phoenix Throne, fighting with courtly manners and wit as he strives against the powerful and sophisticated aristocrats who hide lethal intent behind urbanity and style. His goal is to win back control of the Navy and rescue his father from the vicious end planned for him by the usurping Doljharians, resulting in a race to the harsh planet of Gehenna, protected by a weird anomaly . . .
The Last Light of Aurethis
When the golden world of Aurethis dies, four elders-scientist Lumera Sael, writer Kaedon Vareth, politician Tavir Kelen, and flame keeper Sera Thal-reunite one last time beneath the molten skies of their fading sun. Together, they forge an impossible plan: unite their divided peoples and send four hundred souls across the stars in search of a new dawn.What begins as an act of desperation becomes a journey of breathtaking discovery and sacrifice. Across the void they travel, carrying the memory of a lost world and the fragile hope of a future yet to be found. Their descendants awaken on Illumeris, a planet bathed in gentle light, where they must learn to build again-not through conquest, but through listening.Generations later, whispers from the cosmos call them onward once more-to a blue world circling a yellow star, alive with music, storms, and the voices of billions. Humanity has never been alone. Now, across light-years and languages, two civilizations will meet beneath the same sun-and reach for each other with open hands.A sweeping, luminous saga of hope, loss, and renewal.The Last Light of Aurethis traces the long arc of survival, from the embers of a dying world to the first handshake under a new sky.
Recycled
What if one soul lived every human story?From the Ice Age to the modern world, one narrator is reborn again and again-male, female, nonbinary; warrior, healer, writer, lover.Each life teaches him something new about love, loss, faith, desire, and the strange, stubborn hope that there is meaning in the chaos of being human.In twenty sharply drawn lifetimes, he survives ancient battles, paints masterpieces, falls in forbidden love, fights injustice, tells stories around fire-lit halls, struggles to keep a failing franchise afloat, and ultimately becomes a father who remembers everything.Now it is 2026. He lies dying, with his three daughters at his side. With his final breaths, he reveals the truth he has carried across millennia: he has lived countless lives, and every one of them has led him back to love-especially the love he shared with their mother.Epic, emotional, funny, and deeply human, Recycled is a fantasy about identity, destiny, and the soul's endless search for home.Some stories don't end. They simply begin again.
