Cathedral of the Drowned
The sequel to Crypt of the Moon Spider, Cathedral of the Drowned is a dripping, squirming, scuttling tale of altered bodies and minds. There are two halves of Charlie Duchamp. One is a brain in a jar, stranded on Jupiter's jungle moon, Io, who just wants to go home. The other is hanging on the wall of Barrowfield Home on Earth's own moon, host to the eggs of the Moon Spider and filled with a murderous rage. On Io, deep in the flooded remains of a crashed cathedral ship, lives a giant centipede called The Bishop, who has taken control of the drowned astronauts inside. Both Charlies converge here, stalking each other in the haunted ruins, while a new Moon Spider prepares to hatch.
Octavia E. Butler: Lilith's Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy (Loa #393)
For the first time in a deluxe, hardcover collector's edition, the landmark post-apocalyptic trilogy from the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning author of Kindred, the Parable novels, and "Bloodchild" From the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Award-winning author of Kindred, the Parable novels, and "Bloodchild," here in its spellbinding entirety is Octavia E. Butler's epic of human survival and transformation. Conceived against a backdrop of Reagan-era nuclear brinksmanship, Lilith's Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy--a classic of Afrofuturist speculative fiction--offers profound reflections on race, biology, colonialism, resistance, consent, sexuality, community, hybridity, technology, power, and the future of humankind. At the beginning of Dawn, Butler's heroine Lilith Iyapo is awakened in a white cell, after centuries of suspended animation. She is a survivor, as is gradually revealed, of a nuclear apocalypse--and is now being healed, aboard an alien spaceship, by the terrifying and yet awe-inspiring Oankali. Searching the galaxy for new combinations of genes and DNA to acquire and trade, these advanced, uncanny beings are drawn to Lilith's cancer, which will give them new powers: but should she, and the few of her kind that remain, agree to become one with their extraterrestrial saviors? Adulthood Rites tells the story of Lilith's son, Akin, as he comes of age on a newly repopulated Earth. A "construct"--part-human, and part-Oankali--he is raised among human "resisters," who live apart from Oankali technology. Negotiating the complexities of interspecies politics and his own hybrid identity, he emerges as a leader, forging a new path on Mars for the human/Oankali future. Imago follows another of Lilith's hybrid progeny, Jodahs, through the jungles of a regenerating Earth. Raised as a male child, he discovers in his adolescence that he is becoming the first part-human ooloi, a member of the Oankali's shapeshifting, astonishingly powerful and perceptive third sex--a discovery with intense personal and planetary consequences. Continuing the Library of America's definitive edition of Butler's works, this volume offers authoritative texts of the novels, helpful notes, and a chronology of Butler's life and career.
Who Will You Save?
Action-packed and thought-provoking stories ranging across the dead sands of Mars to the backstreets of Buenos Aires, from the febrile mind of BSFA Award-winning author Gareth L. Powell. 32 stories featuring the author's most celebrated tales alongside all new material, a thrilling experience for established fans and new readers alike. With settings ranging from the dead sands of Mars to the seedy backstreets of Amsterdam and Buenos Aires, these action-packed tales explore mind-bending ideas through the eyes of unforgettable and all-too-human characters. As their lives implode around them, will they use the moment to save their own skins, or to find a way to make up for past misdeeds? Who will they save? Who would you save? This entertaining and thought-provoking collection features work drawn from Powell's twenty-year career as a writer, including previously unpublished material alongside some of his best-loved stories
From Zone To Zone Or, The Wonderful Trip Of Frank Reade, Jr., With His Latest Air-Ship
The Revelation Space Collection Volume 1
This is volume 1 of the complete collection of tales set in the Revelation Space universe, by British Science Fiction Award-winner Alastair Reynolds. The 'mastersinger of Space Opera' (The Times) created the astonishing Revelation Space universe - one of the most vivid and original SF universes ever written. Alongside the award-winning novels is a galaxy of superb short fiction, collected and published here, in two volumes, in chronological order. This volume includes: Dilation SleepA Spy in EuropaGalactic NorthGreat Wall of MarsGlacialDiamond Dogs
The Revelation Space Collection Volume 2
This is volume 2 of the complete collection of tales set in the Revelation Space universe, by British Science Fiction Award-winner Alastair Reynolds. The 'mastersinger of Space Opera' (The Times) created the astonishing Revelation Space universe - one of the most vivid and original SF universes ever written. Alongside the award-winning novels is a galaxy of superb short fiction, collected and published here, in two volumes, in chronological order. This volume includes: Turquoise DaysWeatherGrafenwalder's BestiaryNightingaleMonkey SuitThe Last Log of the LachrimosaNight PassageOpen and ShutPlague Music
Fortress Sol
When Rab was a baby, his mother made a decision which would change his life. She feared he would be sent to work in the hellish mines of Mercury, to eke out his life until he was worn out, all in the name of maintaning the defense of the Solar Sytem. But when her desperate attempt to flee with her 2 year old failed, she took a desperate step to save him. She cut off his hand. Decades later, Rab has been spared the physical hardships he can no longer endure, and is now based on the Mask, the all-encompassing structure which hides the Solar Sytem from alien eyes. And it is during his watch that a spaceship arrives, one which has travelled for a hundred years from a long-forgotten colony planet. If they pierce the Mask, everything humanity has created will be left open to the alien threat. But this strange ship, bearing an offshoot of the species, may bring something else with them. Hope.
Shadows of Hyperion
The Bill is Coming Due... ... on Project Hyperion. Ariane Austin discovers she and her friends Marc, Simon, and Wu Kung are crippled after their battles in Challenges of the Deeps, unable to use their Arena-born powers. The newly-embodied Hyperion AI, Dr. Alexander Fairchild, is working with a Molothos officer to undermine the Faction of Humanity... while he also pulls deadly strings back home in the Solar System. The insane Hyperion Maria-Susanna is active at last, and someone has murdered one of the Champions of the Arena even as he was coming to meet with Marc DuQuesne. All of these events are related, and the collision of such forces will shake the entirety of the Arena, and beyond, as they find that everything, everything, is affected by the long, dark shadows of Hyperion.
Gold Dust
BORN TO RUN; BORN TO FIGHT A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED LOVERS COMPETE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES COMPETITORS IN THE INTERSTELLAR OLYMPICS MUST OVERCOME POVERTY AND INTRIGUE Three interstellar civilizations vie for honors in the Olympics, including the Skolian Imperialate. The thriving, populous worlds of humanity have always dominated the Games. The team from Raylicon, a dying world of scorching temperatures, has never won honors. IS CHANGE COMING? Mason, the coach for the Raylicon track and field team, makes a startling discovery: The Undercity, an ancient culture hidden in ruins beneath the desert, carries a secret. In a place where crushing poverty exists alongside a culture of dramatic beauty, a group of spectacular runners has existed for centuries, even millennia, unknown to the outside universe. The Dust Knights are the best of those marvels. With the help of Major Bhajaan, an Undercity native, he recruits the Knights. And so change sweeps their world. The Undercity faces a civilization they've never trusted, one that sees them as barely even human. Now, they must all learn to work together. THE KYLE UNIVERSE Skolia needs the Undercity to trust them--for hidden within its enigmatic population is one of humanity's greatest resources. Their inbred population has created a large concentration of Kyle operators, an otherwise almost extinct group of humans. Kyles can do more than run; only they have the neurological makeup needed to utilize a vital technology, one that gives Skolian its sole advantage over their conquering enemies. The army wants the Kyles to work for them, but after centuries of being despised and left to die by the rest of humanity, the Undercity wants nothing to do with them. Until Angel, one of the top runners among the Knights, joins the Kyle Corps--and dives into a world of neurological marvels, including star-spanning networks that access a dimension with dramatically different laws than our space-time universe. THE STAKES COULD NOT BE HIGHER AS THE DUST KNIGHTS COMPETE FOR THEIR WORLD--AND THE FREEDOM OF HUMANITY
Hole in the Sky
A Native American first contact story and gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse "Thrilling and personal... an important addition to the landscape of science fiction."--Pierce Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Rising "Hole in the Sky is mind-bending... indigenous knowledge collides with science fiction in a thrilling page-turner."--Sterlin Harjo, filmmaker and writer of Reservation Dogs On the Great Plains of Oklahoma, in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, a strange atmospheric disturbance is noticed by Jim Hardgray, a down-on-his-luck single father trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter, Tawny. At NASA's headquarters in Houston, Texas, astrophysicist Dr. Mikayla Johnson observes an interaction with the Voyager 1 spacecraft on the far side of the solar system, and she concludes that something enormous and unidentified is heading directly for Earth. And in an undisclosed bunker somewhere in the United States, an American threat forecaster known only as the Man Downstairs intercepts a cryptic communication and sends a message directly to the president and highest-ranking military brass: "First contact imminent." Daniel H. Wilson's Hole in the Sky is a riveting thriller in the most creative tradition of extraterrestrial fiction. Drawing on Wilson's unique background as both a threat forecaster for the United States Air Force and a Cherokee Nation citizen, this propulsive novel asks probing questions about nonhuman intelligence, the Western mindset, and humans' understanding of reality.
The San Francisco Affair
San Francisco, 1966. A city caught between peace and chaos, love and violence. Into this turbulent backdrop, Spencer Marlowe reappears-his latest mission to infiltrate The American Family, a commune led by the enigmatic Stanford Delaware. With fiery FBI agent Savannah Steele at his side, Spencer must disguise himself as one of the flower children and gain the trust of a community where ex-cons rub shoulders with drifters, dreamers, and zealots.Delaware's magnetic charisma has lured hundreds into his orbit, but beneath the surface of free love and harmony lies something far darker. His right-hand man, fallen football star Ronny Delgado, will stop at nothing-including murder-to ensure the Family's survival. And then there's the kool-aid: a chemical-laced "happy juice" that dulls suspicion and clouds judgment, leaving even Spencer and Savannah vulnerable to Delaware's grip.As the 1966 Candlestick Park concert draws near, Spencer realizes that Delaware's obsession with The Beatles is no harmless fixation. Something larger is brewing-and time is running out.Thus continues the time traveling escapades of Spencer Marlowe, a man of two centuries.
Morvenn Vahl: Spear of Faith
It's a story of doubt and faith. It's a story of the light of the God-Emperor against the darkness of the Night Lords. Can Morvenn Vahl lead the faithful to triumph, or will Ophelia VII fall to the traitors? When a monster from myth threatens the cardinal world of Ophelia VII, Morvenn Vahl defies the Senatorum Imperialis and heads to the planet's defence. There, she finds a world in terror - the warlord Kol Rakhul, known as the Death of Saints, has come for the faithful and, with his Heldrake and a host of Night Lords at his back, plans to enshroud the world in flame and blood. This is a reckoning. A holy world is being defiled, and in its defence, Morvenn Vahl must wield an army of Living Saints to stand a hope of survival, let alone victory.
Where We've Made It Dark
A work of sheer immediacy that realizes the zombie fantasy more fully than the fantasy itself.Imogen starts summer vacation to find her brother watching zombies on the news. Quips fly, but the catastrophe in Indonesia still rips the future from anything she loves. The world ends before undead reach her door, and what Imogen faces is unthinkable: to leave her family in the apocalypse.Containment slowly fails, and in an emptied out San Francisco, people have left for the hills, for survivorships, anywhere but cities. By the time the East Coast's plunged into extinction, SF's left one of the last places for the undead to touch. But that still doesn't mean its empty streets are safe.Boba scavenging with a neighboring group of ex-techies makes life almost normal again, but each outing means more than just posturing every time they run into someone else. When the group needs unity, she stands her ground-but she's risking them too.All her family wants is to keep safe, no matter what. But there's no more being yourself when everything about the world is gone. Whatever used to make sense, being brave or selfish, all that's there is life's end, violence the one thing that it brings.And the only way forward for Imogen is out there, waiting-they all are.
Lyssalmaria
The apocalypse rendered everything Meaghan had learned at university completely useless. Only three months later, she now lives by three rules: Travel alone. Don't stay anywhere longer than necessary. And trust absolutely no one. If she keeps to the rules, she may be able to not only survive, but make a good life for herself in the heavily dense and easily defendable forests of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Well, as good as you can in the aftermath of an infection ridden undead takeover of an apocalypse.But when an overly confident and far too optimistic Jessie Baker storms in and flips her world upside down...an unlikely arrangement forces them to travel the country together and fight for survival against the undead. Crazed lunatics, deadly scenarios and heightened emotions leave a storm brewing in Meghan unlike anything she's dealt with before. Jesse, on the other hand, welcomes the turmoil with open arms and one goal; either die for Meghan or at her hands. He's ready to tear down anyone in his way for her, but will that be what tears them apart? Or can they overcome all odds?
Elemental Council
Explore the inner workings, politics, and challenges facing members of the T'au as they face a full-scale planetary insurrection from within their own empire in this great Warhammer 40,000 novel from Black Library. In a moment of crisis for the T'au Empire, the enigmatic ethereal Yor'i assembles an elite Elemental Council - a veteran Fireblade, a water caste spy, a peerless air caste pilot, and a maverick earth caste engineer - in the hope of curtailing the growing insurgency on the planet Cao Quo. But as a full-scale planetary insurrection looms, enemies more cunning than Yor'i's council could have imagined begin to surface from both sides, and Cao Quo soon finds itself teetering on the brink of being plunged back into a dark age of ignorance, and all-out war.
A New Beginning
The stars are calling!Following Earth's surprising victory over an alien species that has dominated the galaxy, Captain Rena Sheets used all her resources and connections to create Excalibur II. It's the most advanced starship ever to strike out from human space, ready to chart the cosmos.But, for where the ship is headed, she'll need an intrepid crew of explorers. Secrets abound, and not everyone is settling in comfortably on the ship. From a former intelligence operative as first officer, to a cadet raised far above her station, to a stowaway, and even a secret AI, banned by humanity, Excalibur II has just as many conflicts inside its hull as with the new species they contact. How long do they have to stake their claim before their old enemies gather their forces?Climb aboard a brand-new vessel of exploration and seek out alien life and strange worlds in E.J. Isaacs' debut novel, A New Beginning!
Interface Book Two
With High Lord Boston Quinn still searching for them, Emerson Lloyde, Elli Rattlesnake Quinn, Anastacia Moon, and Elli Moon have settled peacefully with their children across the Inland Sea.Until Saą, a strange visitor from Crow City, a nearby settlement, warns the settlers of an impending earthquake that would not only destroy their home but cause a disastrous oil spill from an abandoned oil tanker. Do they trust Saą? Should they neutralize the toxic contents of the tanker before they leave?Meanwhile, Eric Eggert, Rosco, Grendel and Dr. Pamela are trying to maintain Terminus Station, the new refuge for the survivors of Blue Hole. When Boston Quinn threatens to attack them again in order to gain news of his daughter, his granddaughter, and Emerson, the man who destroyed his life, what choices do they have?Interface: Crow City, R.K. Hillhouse's sequel to Interface, presents a world in which new horizons of community, justice, spirituality and betrayals converge amidst twisted uses of technology, tyrannical civilizations and cultures that vehemently refuse to engage with technology for fear of repeating the mistakes of the past. Can a home ever be made in such a mess?
Melyndie
Humanity perfected itself-or so they believed. Emotion suppressed. Free will erased. Productivity made absolute. But even flawless designs fracture. When a new world order engineers its ultimate creation-Melyndie, a genetically enhanced girl built to preserve their future-something unintended awakens: curiosity, defiance...and the dangerous spark of feeling. As whispers of rebellion spread, the architects of this controlled society argue whether humanity deserves saving. Caught between those who would use her as a weapon and those who fear what she represents, Melyndie must decide if she is a tool to be wielded-or the catalyst of a destiny no one could predict.Set in a near-future world terrified of imperfection, Melyndie launches a gripping new sci-fi trilogy about choice, conscience, and the cost of being human. Fans of dystopian drama, high-stakes science, and fierce heroines will find their next obsession.
Dune: The Machine Crusade
Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, it is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope. More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in The Butlerian Jihad. The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years, but the forces led by Serena Butler and Iblis Ginjo have made only slight gains; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat. The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius--as their numbers dwindle and time begins to run out. The fighters of Ginaz, led by Jool Noret, forge themselves into an elite warrior class, a weapon against the machine--dominated worlds. Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva are on the verge of the most important discovery in human history--a way to "fold" space and travel instantaneously to any place in the galaxy. And on the faraway, nearly worthless planet of Arrakis, Selim Wormrider and his band of outlaws take the first steps to making themselves the feared fighters who will change the course of history: the Fremen. Here is the unrivaled imaginative power that has put Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson on bestseller lists everywhere and earned them the high regard of readers around the globe. The fantastic saga of Dune continues in Dune: The Machine Crusade.
A Punch from the Stars
A meteorite crashes near a remote Antarctic research base. The impact is silent, but something shifts: first in the local penguin population, then in the base crew.As isolation deepens and survival instincts clash with moral boundaries, team leader Katrina Ingledew, faces choices that will haunt her across continents.Stranded in Chile as a global pandemic takes hold, Katrina and her colleague Ben, navigate a world unravelling-where love flickers in the shadow of suspicion, and whispers of conspiracy threaten to rewrite everything they thought they knew about science, race and survival.Taut, atmospheric and emotionally charged, A Punch from the Stars is a haunting exploration of mystery, consequence, and the fragile line between humanity and instinct.Author BioA Punch from the Stars is Australian writer Graeme Goldsmith's fifth novel.
Into the Unknown
What lies beyond the known?An anomaly in space attracts the curious and the obsessive. An artificial intelligence expresses very real needs. A civilization lives out its last days on a doomed generation ship.From the recesses of a closet to the dark side of the Moon, from mysterious islands to alien worlds and the furthest reaches of unexplored space, join eleven authors as they explore the mysteries that lie within our technology, our universe, and ourselves.Embark on a science fiction expedition ... Into the Unknown.Edited by Emma Berglund, Jason Clor and Rohan O'Duill.Featuring stories by A. Raven Demory, Jason Clor, Rohan O'Duill, S. A. Sackinger, Briana Bedore, H. L. Hinkle, J. P. Reynolds, Duncan Ellis, T. E. LaMonte, Emma Berglund and Wendy Wee.All profits from the sale of this anthology are donated to The World Literacy Foundation."From distant galaxies to claustrophobic smart homes, Into the Unknown is a thrilling, thought-provoking sci-fi anthology by eleven fresh voices in the genre. These stories barrel headfirst into the mysteries, wonder, and horror that dwell just outside of the everyday. The authors' visions are grounded in universal human experiences-the frustrations of work, the pang of long-distance romance, and the struggles of coming of age-that bring these imaginative new worlds to life. Delve into the unknown, and you just may find your new favourite author!"- Rachel A. Rosen, author of Cascade, The Sleep Of Reason"A terrific collection of science fiction tales, modern in its approach with some beautifully fresh writing. Nicely put together, this was a pleasure to read and enjoy."- Jo Zebedee, author of Inish Carraig and The Abendau trilogy"Into the Unknown is a wildly imaginative journey through the far reaches of space and into realities that are disturbingly similar to our own. These 11 stories range from tales of spacefaring intrigue to steampunk adventure to AI-gone-wrong, and there's something exciting here for every fan of speculative fiction."- Jason Dorough, author of 'Akithar's Greatest Trick'
Endure
The Deus Molecule is a sci-fi horror novel I've been working on for roughly a decade. It's a story that has grown and evolved with me as a writer-originally written in third-person, then fully reimagined in first-person to bring readers even closer to the main character's unraveling reality. As Book 1 in a planned five-part series, this story explores grief, trauma, and the nature of consciousness, all within a terrifying framework that questions the boundary between imagination and reality.From the very beginning, my goal was simple: create something truly original. Every time I encountered a story that felt remotely similar to The Deus Molecule, I went back to the drawing board. I rewrote, reworked, and reshaped this novel through years of feedback, growth, and creative breakthroughs. The result is a story that blends psychological suspense with elements of dystopia, science fiction, and horror-all revolving around a broken protagonist waking from a coma into a world that may not be real.I'm proud to present a story unlike anything else I've read-one that pulls you in with its chilling atmosphere, keeps you questioning every character's motives, and leaves you wondering what's real right up to the final page. Whether you're a fan of fast-paced thrillers or thought-provoking science fiction, this book is for readers who crave originality, depth, and just the right dose of fear.
