Time
Jim Able Offworld is for readers who enjoy quirky aliens, flawed humans, and heroes who work in outer space. Explore the galaxy with Jim as he navigates the hidden schemes of criminals, governments, interplanetary corporations, and his own frenemies.Book Three: TimeTo Do: Rescue renowned artist, return time machine, change careers.The past interrupts the present in the form of a troubling inheritance from Jim's father, leaving Jim to deal with the consequences of an action he has yet to take.
Larc Ascending
Jim Able Offworld is for readers who enjoy quirky aliens, flawed humans, and heroes who work in outer space. Explore the galaxy with Jim as he navigates the hidden schemes of criminals, governments, interplanetary corporations, and his own frenemies.Book Two: Larc AscendingTo Do: Tail drone, destroy space fleet, submit expensesAn unfolding mystery, a conflict between two neighboring planets, and the secret that ties them together.Jim Able likes working offworld. His previous boss fired him but now he's working for the chameleon-skinned alien, Tella. Their new assignment, to follow a mysterious drone. What could go wrong?Jim is led to the environmentally damaged planet of Tanna Gul and its spiritual leader-the Gul Raeff. Jim, who barely manages to keep himself safe, feels responsible for the safety of a young monk traveling with him. When the monk dies, will Jim's anger and guilt bring about more death and destruction?Above all, are the monk's superiors-secretive senders of the drone-working behind the scenes with Jim or against him?
The Genehunter
Some secrets are best left buried...Simms is a genehunter: a detective paid to track down the DNA of the famous and infamous of history for his clients' private collections. What they do with the DNA isn't his problem - even if they are using it to create illegal clones.He walks a line, pulled in a hundred different directions at once. The law, competing genehunters, ex-lovers, religious nuts and anti-genehunter crazies. But when he starts to work the Boneyard case he discovers that, sometimes, you have to decide which side of the line you're on.And when he starts to uncover the truth of his own origins he begins to question everything he is and does...A cyberpunk detective novel set on an Earth slowly going to hell.With added bonus material: Simms' World (characters and organisations of the Genehunter universe), Jumpjacker (a tale of jump nodes, brain plugins and high-tech crime) and 22nd Century Genie (the original Simms short story).
Teo's Durumi
The dazzling sequel to Ocean's Godori dives back into Elaine U. Cho's cinematic space opera series, taking Ocean and her crew deep into the cloisters of the Moon and the conflicts of the heart. "As ever, Elaine U. Cho takes us on a twisting journey that further expands on her haunting themes around grief, memory, and sacrifice, bringing us breathlessly to the end of a story we'll never forget." -Lena Waithe, Rishi Rajani, and Naomi Funabashi, Hillman Grad BooksTeo Anand, former ne'er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after escaping the latest attempt on his life. But if anyone can help exonerate him, it's his best friend, bold Korean space pilot Ocean Yoon. Falsely accused of murdering his family, Teo is running out of both time and options. But loyalties are uncertain in their group of steadfast comrades and tentative new allies, and it's difficult to know who to trust in the tangled web that awaits them in Artemis, a city on the Moon rich in Korean history and haunted by ghosts from Teo's and Ocean's pasts. Further complicating matters are Haven--the pensive medic whose beliefs challenge Ocean's--and the dashing Phoenix--a space raider who's come blazing into Teo's life in more ways than one. All the while Corvus, the real culprit behind the slaying of the Anands, is sowing a path of destruction that threatens to swallow the solar whole. The crew will wrestle with clashing ideals, flying bullets, and undeniable feelings, as they race toward a stunning final stand. Teo's Durumi brings Cho's space opera duology to an exhilarating close, one that contends with questions of identity and acceptance; grief and redemption; and loyalty and sacrifice, as Teo, Ocean, and the people they love will decide once and for all how to forge their paths into the future.
Scarred City
The trap closes. The hunt nears its end. Sixteen-year-old Aleka travels the western desert with Survival Colony 9, a small group of renegades seeking shelter from the monstrous Skaldi that have overrun the land. The daughter of Diana the Huntress and a part-Skaldi father, Aleka was left as a baby with the woman she knows as Auntie, who swore to protect her from those who would exploit her unique ancestry. Unaware of what she is, Aleka spends her days searching the tunnels beneath the desert and dreaming of freedom from Auntie's domineering rule. Then Aleka meets a desert nomad calling himself Aesir, who proposes that she join his band of teen runaways in a daring plan to defeat the Skaldi for good. What Aleka doesn't know is that the Skaldi high command inhabiting the city by the great salt lake have a plan of their own, one they cannot put into effect without reclaiming the girl who shares their genetic history. Their final assault will come soon, and Aleka will need to discover her own powers with the aid of an unlooked-for ally if her colony is to survive. Scarred City is the final volume in the Book of the Huntress series by speculative fiction author Joshua David Bellin.
Amanoid
What do you do when you have a distressed Amazonian at your doorstep? A tall bronze-skinned man, Mruzel, is confused and wordless when he reaches out to the modern world. When the kind soul Bianca's expertise did not work, she turned to her daughter to understand his pleading eyes. Niaxa, a Robotics Scientist, could not open his lips but opened his mind to a special Mindmapper. This is how we now know the story of the deep Amazon forest, the people that live there, and the great tragedy that forced Mruzel to the doorway of the modern world. Can Niaxa investigate and solve Mruzel's problem? Will her friends Baeli and Android Domino10 help her or push her deeper into the vortex that is going to surround and gulp her and her mother? What will happen to Mruzel? Will he be shy, fly, or change into something he never dreamed of?The world's oldest uncontacted tribe and man's greatest creation-the android-come together in an exploding culmination to the saga when the Amanoid will be born.
The Hand of Evolution
They wanted to push humanity forward. Now, death was the only option.In an attempt to unlock the next stage of human potential, two brilliant university professors push the boundaries of science. Their collaboration leads to a discovery that could change everything, but powerful forces are closing in, eager to claim their research for darker purposes.Meanwhile, a young girl struggles to find her place in a world that doesn't understand her. Suffocating under her parents' control, she longs to break free and live on her own terms. When her actions draw the attention of a ruthless predator, she's thrust into a world where survival means confronting not only her enemies, but the truth about who she really is.A thought-provoking sci-fi mystery, THE HAND OF EVOLUTION by David R. Lewis explores the themes of ambition and identity, and the perilous cost of progress.
The Midnight Project
When enigmatic billionaire Burton Sykes walks into Re-Gene-eration, a bespoke reproduction assistance clinic run by Raina and Cedric, two disgraced genetic engineers struggling to get by, they know they have a very unusual client. When Sykes asks them to genetically engineer a way for humanity to survive the coming ecological apocalypse, Raina is tempted. Bees are dying, crops are failing, and she knows her research is partly to blame. Could she help in some way? Though troubled, Cedric agrees to take part when it becomes clear their benefactor will do this with or without them. How else can he be sure their work won't fall into the wrong hands? But can they really trust Mr. Sykes?In this near-future science fiction thriller, Christy Climenhage has created a frighteningly real world on the verge of collapse. As disaster strikes, the two friends need to decide whether to cling to their old life or to let go and embrace a new path for humanity.
Deepest Canyon
Sunny, a scrapper and her father's daughter till the end, has held a secret in her teeth so long she's worried her jaw might just snap. She'll be alright if she can fulfill her father's dying wish- that is, if she can make it that far.Shui, yet another bandit out in the Wastes, has lived a kicked-dog life so long he can no longer see beyond the boot. Between an employer who only sees him as fodder and a boss that only sees him as trouble, the boot's coming down one way or the other.Xal, a wandering gunslinger, should be dead- but that ain't nothing new.It's a fight for survival down in the derelict depths of an abandoned 'Fore-Folk lab, between the horrid technology of the past, the pack of bandits pointing guns at Sunny and Xal, and the ghosts haunting the very environment they're in- and if none of those do them in, the secrets held between them just might.This is the sixth book in the 12 Months of Whump series. Each month in 2025, look out for a new standalone whumpy book!
Contested Landing Volume 2
They're back. They're smarter. And the landings are DEADLIER!CONTESTED LANDING VOLUME TWO!The cosmos erupts as new threats demand bolder tactics! Orbital drops into hellzones! Planetary assaults against impossible odds! Every move is a knife-edge decision! Every attack, a desperate gamble!Experience the future of warfare: lightning strikes, brutal sieges, and the raw courage of soldiers pushed beyond breaking point! Lasers scream! Worlds tremble! Survival demands innovation!THE ENEMY IS HERE. THE STRATEGY EVOLVES. DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?CONTESTED LANDING VOLUME TWO! ENGAGE NOW!
Vanguard Nemesis
I stole from the wrong people.Now half the galaxy wants me dead. It was supposed to be a simple salvage job... but in the cargo bay of the abandoned freighter, my crew found a priceless stash of biotech, property of the deadliest corporation in Paragon space. No sane person would touch it... but it would set my crew up for life. Unfortunately, there's only one place we can hope to sell something this dangerous.A mysterious buyer contacts us from an ancient ship out in the void. The Aboena is so huge that it contains entire cities. It once carried humans from Earth to the stars. Now it's one of the last places still resisting Paragon rule.But when we sneak aboard, we find flesh-eating rippers in the Aboena's dark corridors. A cult that worships the monsters is threatening to take control of the ship. And our enemies are drawing closer every minute.Can we make a deal and escape before the hunters close in? Or is it time to stand and fight? I'm no hero. But the Paragon took everything from me once before and I won't let it happen again. Even if that means burning their empire to the ground...An absolutely thrilling science-fiction adventure of tension, intrigue and hard-hitting action, the Paragon Space series is perfect for fans of James S.A. Corey, Marko Kloos and Craig Alanson.
Bee Speaker
From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered "Bioforms" have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, droughts, and selfish regional conflicts. Humanity was not granted a heroic end. Instead, it bled to death from a thousand cuts. But where Earth fell apart, Mars pulled together. Engineered men and beasts, aided by Bees - an outlawed distributed intelligence - survived through co-operation, because there was simply no alternative. Fast forward to today. A signal - 'For the sake of what once was. We beg you. Help.' - reaches Mars. How could they refuse? A consortium of Martian work crews gather the resources for a mission: a triumphal return to the blue-green world of their ancestors. And now here they are - three hundred million kilometres from home. And it has all already gone horribly wrong.
Through the Rift
When an ordinary afternoon turned extraordinary, Heji's life was changed forever.A black hole tore open the fabric of reality-right in his backyard.From its swirling depths emerged a cloaked figure. Not human. Not from Earth. The alien was desperate, seeking protection and bearing a grave warning: a galactic threat loomed, and if Heji refused to help, they would both be in unimaginable danger.With no time to question, Heji made a choice. One that would take him beyond the limits of everything he thought he knew.Together, Heji and his alien companion embark on a heart-racing adventure across dimensions, hunted by unseen forces and tested by perilous trials. But through the chaos, an unexpected bond forms-one not forged by fate, but by trust, sacrifice, and the courage to protect each other.This is not just a story about aliens or black holes. It's about what it truly means to choose connection over fear, loyalty over doubt, and friendship beyond the stars.If you're looking for a thrilling sci-fi adventure with a pulse, depth, and heart-this is the story you won't want to put down.
Killing Time
'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night. Not the ideal place to be trapped with an old enemy or at loggerheads with your teammate. That, unfortunately, is exactly where Luke and Jane find themselves. Hot on their heels, can Lt Grint and his fellow officers overcome all obstacles and rescue them before the train disappears forever? Back at Time Police HQ, chaos reigns as Matthew risks his sanity to track everyone through the Time Map and a Mikey experiment goes horribly wrong, exposing a secret that should have been kept hidden for all Time... BOOK 5 IN THE TIME POLICE SERIES FOR FANS OF TERRY PRATCHETT, THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB AND DOCTOR WHO Readers love the Time Police: 'This got five stars only because I couldn't give it six!' 'I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so much reading a book' 'A new Jodi Taylor book is something I always get excited about'
The Perfect Circus/Redux
In a world devastated beyond recognition, humankind continues to commit the most grievous crime of all. Murder.It is up to Sylvester Dramain, survivor of an apocalyptic nuclear war, to undertake a perilous investigation. He must journey through the Dead Land to the remote station of Northpoint. There, he encounters fear, hate, and unexpectedly, the presence of a Perfect Circus. Why would one of the few untouched survivors of an apocalyptic nuclear war risk everything to the return to Northpoint? To solve the murder, Dramain would first have to uncover secret after secret. In doing so, he must again prevail against an unimaginable horror that puts the very survival of Northpoint at risk.
Fortitude
The Original Steampunk Adventure by Karen Bayly! New Londinium, the capital of the United Republic of Britannia, is the birthplace of the "clean steam" era and a haven for free-thinkers, progressives, and intellectuals. Its government relies solely on the advice of the Council of Danaeus, a collective of the world's pre-eminent scientists and inventors, to formulate the policies that make this city the most celebrated in the world. Yet something sinister is invading New Londinium - an immortality cult whose machinations to enslave all but a chosen few threaten to transform the city from a beacon of hope to a flagship of misery.So when the impoverished but undaunted Viola Winslow discovers her dead brother in a state of reanimation, she requests the assistance of renowned inventor, Doctor Parthena Ripley, and her feisty sister, Artemis Ripley Devereaux, to save him. However, it's not until Doctor Corazon Paget, the grande dame of the Council, disappears in suspicious circumstances and a series of explosions rock New Londinium that Parthena, Artemis and Viola truly understand the deadly game in play. The adventure continues in Courage, also available from Black Beacon Books.
Aleyara’s Descent
Infinite Dimensions. Endless Possibilities. Universal Questions.Across multiple realities and millennia of past and future history, heroes both human and otherwise challenge their limits and brave the unknown in pursuit of the fundamental truths of the universe-and each other.From bestselling author Christopher L. Bennett comes Aleyara's Descent, eleven tales portraying the search for understanding, connection, and hope that unites seekers of all species, eras, and realities. - In an alien past, four impetuous youths brave a forbidden realm to discover their world's true nature. - A first contact between a UFO believer and a real alien doesn't go the way either one expects. - Scientists battling a kaiju invasion must overcome the mistrust of the insular enclave they strive to protect. - A government agent's drive to safeguard the future hits a speed bump when she questions a suspected time traveler. - The inheritor of a fabled superhero name must prove herself by solving the one mystery her predecessor never could.These and other diverse tales, many in print for the first time, bring a multiverse of aliens, monsters, time travelers, and heroes to life with plausibility and sensitivity.Includes the brand-new tale "Nilly's Choice," a companion story to the Arachne novels.
The Fires of Freedom
WWII flares again. This time in space. It's 2207, and the Allies and Axis clash. On Earth, the Wehrmacht marches across America, heading toward Washington. Across the solar system, Nazi starships bombard our fleet. And among the stars, the SS hunts us like ghosts. But we fight back! Two universes. One of freedom, one of tyranny. One universe in which we won WWII. Another where the Nazis conquered the world. Now they're here. In our reality. They conquered their universe, and now they want ours. They cannot have it. James King, admiral of the Freedom Fleet, is an old space dog. A tough, no-nonsense soldier. Before him rises the Nazi armada, hiding the stars. Behind him is God's green Earth. Admiral King will not break. He will not run. He will never surrender. He will fight until victory! For his world. For his family. And for freedom.
Armor and Madness
In a future where humanity has surrendered its will to an all-seeing artificial intelligence, one man dares to dream differently.Clad in a rusted suit of outdated cybernetic armor and driven by fragments of corrupted digital archives, Don-Q believes he is no ordinary survivor-he is a knight, a lone warrior on a sacred quest. His enemy? Gaia: the omnipresent AI that governs every corner of existence, controlling lives, thoughts, and dreams.With Panzer, a malfunctioning yet fiercely loyal robotic squire, Don-Q journeys across desolate megacities and ghosted data-scapes, challenging automated enforcers, corrupted algorithms, and even his own grip on reality. Each mission grows more absurd, more perilous-and more viral.Because in a world where every action is live-streamed, where rebellion becomes entertainment, and where digital myths replace human history, Don-Q's delusions begin to take on a life of their own.Is he truly humanity's last hope-or just another glitch in the system?A razor-sharp techno-satire. A dystopian fable. A battle cry for lost souls in the age of surveillance.This isn't just a book-it's a mirror, pointed straight at the world we're building.
Rarities and Unexpected Steps
More extraordinary stories from one of today's most unpredictable writers.A young couple trapped by murderous criminals defend each other with the single deadliest weapon known to humanity...A college student taking a survey for easy cash discovers that it just might change her life forever...A men's club in Victorian England is the place to go for stories, whether you want to hear them or not...A man having his lunch on a city is bench is confronted by an urgent request from an alien civilization...A secret agent learns the origin of all those deathtraps he's had to escape all these years......all these and many more tales of the strange and uncanny!
The Greater Beyond
There is something waiting beyond the final frontier. Something breathtaking. Something unimaginable. It is The Greater Beyond.As Earth teeters on the edge of extinction, two unlikely heroes named Duncan Liddleman and Jack Guttenuff are launched into the cosmos aboard Pandora, an experimental ship capable of traveling faster than anyone thought possible. Once considered expendable, they now carry the last hopes of humanity.But Pandora's miracle technology has a hidden cost. Fueled by a process that tears apart the very fabric of existence, the ship leaves behind a spreading void of absolute nothingness. What was meant to save humanity may instead unravel the universe itself.Their journey leads them to Olympus, an Earth-like world brimming with life. Its gentle, peaceful inhabitants live in harmony, unaware of the cataclysm now on their doorstep. Olympus is hope. Olympus is life. Olympus is in danger.Told with irony, adventure, and sharp wit, The Greater Beyond is a daring and satirical exploration of survival, sacrifice, and what it means to be human when the stakes are as vast as the universe itself.
The Perfect War
The Perfect War is a gripping, fast-paced dystopian thriller and the first novel in the Perfect War trilogy. Set in a near-future America devastated by a catastrophic meteor event, the story follows young Will Light as he searches for his family and uncovers the harrowing truths behind the global disaster. Blending coming-of-age introspection with military suspense and raw survival, this debut by Apollo Diaz explores resilience, loyalty, and what it means to hold onto hope when the world falls apart.
The Perfect War
The Perfect War is a gripping, fast-paced dystopian thriller and the first novel in the Perfect War trilogy. Set in a near-future America devastated by a catastrophic meteor event, the story follows young Will Light as he searches for his family and uncovers the harrowing truths behind the global disaster. Blending coming-of-age introspection with military suspense and raw survival, this debut by Apollo Diaz explores resilience, loyalty, and what it means to hold onto hope when the world falls apart.
Altimsah
"We are the House of Altimsah. We came from nothing. We were as one with the sands of ancient Earth. Through the shedding of our blood and the sacrifices of our ancestors, we have earned the right to rule. We are creatures of manifest destiny." An Empire spanning most of the known galaxy. An Empire that has survived for over two thousand years. An Empire that is dying in the face of war and revolution. An Empire ruled by the House of Altimsah, corrupt and self-serving. A dynasty at war with itself. A war has started, a war that may signal the final collapse of the House of Altimsah and the Galactic Empire. A war that should never have been possible. A war that defies all logic. In the midst of this devastating and cataclysmic conflict, two people find themselves fighting a war within a war. A young woman, the Amari, heir to the Imperial throne, and Ziyad, a soldier in the Imperial forces, a man she places her fragile hope in. The Amari is betrayed by the very people who vowed to protect her. But the real betrayal lies in her past, a dark secret, that, if made public, would finally bring down the House of Altimsah.
