Felorians
Felorians: The Beam Rewritten (Book I of the Felorians Trilogy)���� The Beam sings. The Null listens. One Felorian may rewrite the fate of the stars.���� Waizey, a rare beamwalker, can hear the resonance that powers his world-but the Lunar Beam is fracturing, and something ancient stirs from the void. Tasked with restoring the Beam, he discovers that the energy sustaining his cat-like people is alive, evolving-and threatened by the mysterious Null Order.⚡ As psychic interference spreads and corrupted nodes whisper forgotten songs, Waizey must choose between tradition and transformation. In a universe where harmony is power, rewriting the melody may be the only way to survive.Perfect for readers who love: ���� Alien civilizations with rich culture and lore���� Sci-fi with mystery, psychic intrigue, and resonance���� A cat-like species facing survival, change, and destiny���� Epic space opera with lyrical, immersive world-buildingThe Felorians Trilogy: ���� Book I: Felorians: The Beam Rewritten���� Book II: Felorians: Echoes of the Null (coming soon)���� Book III: Felorians: The Void Seat (coming soon)A tale of resonance, survival, and a people whose song may shape the stars. ���� The song of the Beam has only just begun.
Solo: A Star Wars Story: Expanded Edition
Don't miss the exclusive content in this thrilling adaptation of Solo: A Star Wars Story, with scenes from alternate versions of the script including Han Solo's time in the Imperial Navy, Qi'ra's past, the beginnings of the rebellion, and more! Though Han Solo has thrilled Star Wars fans for decades, the notorious wisecracking scoundrel was chasing adventure and dodging trouble long before he walked into the cantina at Mos Eisley spaceport. Young Han dreams of someday soaring into space at the helm of his own starship and leaving his home, the gritty industrial planet Corellia, far behind. But as long as he's trapped in a life of poverty and crime--and under the thumb of the sinister Lady Proxima and her brutal street gang--reaching the distant stars seems impossible. When Han tries to escape with his girlfriend and partner-in-crime, Qi'ra, he makes it out--but she doesn't. Desperate for a way to find his own offworld vessel and free her, Han enlists in the Imperial Navy--the last place for a rebellious loner who doesn't play well with others. When the Empire clips his wings, Han goes rogue and plunges into the shady world of smugglers, gamblers, and con artists. There he meets the charming and cunning high roller Lando Calrissian, makes an unlikely friend in a cantankerous Wookiee called Chewbacca, and first lays eyes on the Millennium Falcon. To snag his piece of the outlaw pie, Han joins a crew of pirates to pull off a risky heist. The stakes are high, the danger is great, and the odds are slim. But never tell Han Solo the odds. Praise for Solo: A Star Wars Story "Mur Lafferty has given us the best adaptation of a Star Wars film yet."--Star Wars News Net "If you liked the movie but were left wanting more, this novel has exactly what you need."--CNET "A fun adventure tale within the larger Star Wars franchise that goes beyond the run-of-the-mill novelization treatment to explore a new bit of the world that we haven't yet seen."--The Verge
Resistance Reborn (Star Wars)
In this pivotal prequel to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the heroes of the Resistance--Poe Dameron, General Leia Organa, Rey, and Finn--must fight back from the edge of oblivion. The Resistance is in ruins. In the wake of their harrowing escape from Crait, what was once an army has been reduced to a handful of wounded heroes. Finn, Poe, Rey, Rose, Chewbacca, Leia Organa--their names are famous among the oppressed worlds they fight to liberate. But names can only get you so far, and Leia's last desperate call for aid has gone unanswered. From the jungles of Ryloth to the shipyards of Corellia, the shadow of the First Order looms large, and those with the bravery to face the darkness are scattered and isolated. If hope is to survive, the Resistance must journey throughout the galaxy, seeking out more leaders--including those who, in days gone by, helped a nascent rebellion topple an empire. Battles will be fought, alliances will be forged, and the Resistance will be reborn.
The Full Monty
Behind the Starry Veils is the definitive memoir of captain Montgomery Starstalker - decorated rebel pilot, accidental hero, entrepreneur of fine grooming products, and owner of the galaxy's most misunderstood moustache. From daring dogfights and classified resistance missions to high-stakes gambling, mysterious Force-adjacent encounters, and repeated confrontations with his nemesis, Dastar-Lee, Starstalker recounts a life of courage, chaos, and ever-astonishing success. Assisted by his ever-reliable mechanic Reginald Starjammer and his impeccably mannered droid, R2-Dapper, Montgomery navigates a galaxy that consistently places him at the centre of events larger than himself.Told entirely in his own words, this unauthorized autobiography is a heroic account of bravery, destiny, and impeccable personal grooming - as remembered by the man who absolutely saved the galaxy.
Dogs of War
A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME. My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to kill a lot of enemies. But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash? 'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly
The Time Custodian
Should history be protected-or corrected?When Lucy Calder accidentally slips through time, she discovers that her late parents were Time Custodians, guardians of the Universal Timeline, and that she is the key to stopping a rogue faction attempting to rewrite history.Now hunted across centuries by the Order of the Nexus, extremists born from a Custodian civil war, Lucy is drawn into a dangerous conflict over the future of history itself. The Nexus offers a seductive promise: a flawless world shaped by rewriting the past. But every so-called 'correction' comes at a cost.Intervening in the past offers the chance to undo loss and prevent suffering. Refusing to act means accepting a history shaped by damage, including her own. The closer Lucy comes to that choice, the harder it becomes to tell whether change is an act of justice or a step towards becoming exactly what the Nexus wants.Spanning pivotal moments such as the Great Fire of London, Nazi Germany, the Taiping Rebellion, and more, THE TIME CUSTODIAN: INHERITANCE explores grief, legacy, and the ethics of rewriting the past, ultimately asking: if you could change history, should you? And would you?
Tomorrow Brings Joy
In Tomorrow Brings Joy: Elysium, the Amouzegar brothers weave a compelling narrative of hope and discovery in a society where humans and androids coexist in fragile harmony.Elysium was designed to abolish traditional hierarchies and achieve perfect harmony. Yet beneath its utopian surface lies a hidden history of sacrifice and control. Dolores, a perceptive and spirited human, and her enigmatic android companion, KR, begin unraveling the mysteries of their seemingly ideal world. Their search for answers leads them to the Walled City-a parallel social experiment-and the unsettling truths behind Elysium's founding.As Dolores and her friends, known as Pod, delve deeper into this web of intrigue, they must confront the ideals of their society and their own roles within it.Rich with philosophical depth, compelling characters, and emotional resonance, Tomorrow Brings Joy: Elysium explores the boundaries of humanity, the weight of history, and the courage it takes to imagine a better world.
The Phoenix in Flight
Smith and Trowbridge describe the flavor of their five-book retro-futura space opera Exordium as a cross between Star Wars and Dangerous Liaisons by way of the Three Stooges. With its fast-moving blend of humor and horror, of high-tech skiffy and the deep places of the human heart, Exordium launches the reader into a complex, multi-layered universe as Brandon nyr-Arkad, youngest son of the ruler of the Thousand Suns, abandons the life of Service planned for him and flees into the lawless Rift. Only slowly does he discover that the world he rejected now lies in smoking ruins as the ritual vengeance of Jerrode Eusabian against Brandon's father, twenty years in preparation, culminates in an explosion of interstellar violence. With both his brothers dead and his father the Panarch imprisoned, game-addicted playboy Brandon becomes the Panarchy's last hope.
Interstellar Flight Magazine Best of Year Six
Welcome to yet another edition of Interstellar Flight Magazine, your trusted companion for the long drift between stars. This year, we bring you a taste of Earth's cultural memory, preserved for the year 2024. Carefully curated to keep your imagination humming while you wait for arrival at your nearest port of call, this year's anthology brings essays, reviews, and interviews designed to stimulate your mind through light-years. From Sailor Moon to Texas Chain Saw Massacre to Alien to House of the Dragon to Miyazaki to The Ring to Rocky Horror-Interstellar Flight Magazine is your time capsule of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Inside, you'll find undrowned histories, resurrected myths, and speculative futures from a homeworld you can only distantly recall in your ancestral memory. Not to mention, a tiny selection of bite-sized stories, featuring flash fiction selected by guest editor Annika Barranti Klein. We invite you to sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.
Robots and Renegades
Suddenly, everyone wants Charlie Bear Claw dead. Whether it's the assassins out to collect a bounty, or Bj繹rn Thorson - that pitiless zillionaire with an unhealthy god complex - the hunter has now become the hunted. But no one is more eager to make the kill than Lance the rogue lovebot. He has it in his plasma gel brain that Charlie has committed a crime against him that can only be corrected through a bloody act of vengeance. The ensuing chase will propel both man and mandroid on a test of survival into their own hearts of darkness, as well as the dark soul of the failing humanity from which they both were born. It's analog vs. digital in Book Two of The Deilonium Trilogy as the old ways are pitted against the new. May the best life form win.
Operation War Whoop
Planet Earth is on the brink of an irrevocable evolution engineered by the most dangerous megalomaniac since Adolph Hitler. If you're not a wealthy white man, you're an endangered species. Now is not the time for any self-respecting warrior to lay down his weapons. And yet, that's just what Charlie Bear Claw has done. Haunted by the ghosts of his guilt-ridden past, and weary of fighting a losing battle against global tyranny, the old-world hunter has adopted the passive philosophy of a monk. Now it's up to Lance the rebel love droid to snap him out of it. In the final book of The Deilonium Trilogy, the flesh and blood man of the past and the mechanical man of the future must team up with neo-primitive tactics to kick some tyrannical ass and save their dying world.
Tarkin: Star Wars
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . . Bestselling Star Wars veteran James Luceno gives Grand Moff Tarkin the Star Wars: Darth Plagueis treatment, bringing the legendary character from A New Hope to full, fascinating life. He's the scion of an honorable and revered family. A dedicated soldier and distinguished legislator. Loyal proponent of the Republic and trusted ally of the Jedi Order. Groomed by the ruthless politician and Sith Lord who would be Emperor, Governor Wilhuff Tarkin rises through the Imperial ranks, enforcing his authority ever more mercilessly . . . and zealously pursuing his destiny as the architect of absolute dominion. Rule through the fear of force rather than force itself, he advises his Emperor. Under Tarkin's guidance, an ultimate weapon of unparalleled destruction moves ever closer to becoming a terrifying reality. When the so-called Death Star is completed, Tarkin is confident that the galaxy's lingering pockets of Separatist rebellion will be brought to heel--by intimidation . . . or annihilation. Until then, however, insurgency remains a genuine threat. Escalating guerrilla attacks by resistance forces and newfound evidence of a growing Separatist conspiracy are an immediate danger the Empire must meet with swift and brutal action. And to bring down a band of elusive freedom fighters, the Emperor turns to his most formidable agents: Darth Vader, the fearsome new Sith enforcer as remorseless as he is mysterious; and Tarkin--whose tactical cunning and cold-blooded efficiency will pave the way for the Empire's supremacy . . . and its enemies' extinction. Praise for Tarkin "Tarkin tells a compelling tale of mystery while revealing much about a character who has fueled debate among fans since 1977, as well as the oppressive regime he represents. [James] Luceno has proven once again that the villains of Star Wars are as much fun as the good guys."--New York Daily News "Another home run in the new canon . . . This is the highest and best distillation of Tarkin stories, old and new, we've ever been given."--Big Shiny Robot "A spectacular novel, with the intrigue, action, and profound characterization we have come to expect from the pen of Luceno . . . [Tarkin] provides a nuanced, multi-faceted anti-hero who is captivating, ominous, and calculating; in many ways, this is an origin tale of the Empire [and] a fascinating portrait of one of the more popular characters in the Original Trilogy. It may very well be one my favorite Star Wars novels."--Coffee with Kenobi "A fascinating look at the pathos of one of the galaxy's most criminally underused characters."--TheForce.net
Last Shot (Star Wars)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Han Solo and Lando Calrissian are reunited on the Millennium Falcon in a galaxy-spanning novel inspired by Solo: A Star Wars Story. But even the fastest ship in the universe can't outrun the past. . . . THEN: It's one of the galaxy's most dangerous secrets: a mysterious transmitter with unknown power and a reward for its discovery that most could only dream of claiming. But those who fly the Millennium Falcon throughout its infamous history aren't your average scoundrels. Not once, but twice, the crew of the Falcon tries to claim the elusive prize--first, Lando Calrissian and the droid L3-37 at the dawn of an ambitious career, and later, a young and hungry Han Solo with the help of his copilot, Chewbacca. But the device's creator, the volatile criminal Fyzen Gor, isn't interested in sharing. And Gor knows how to hold a grudge. . . . NOW: It's been ten years since the rebel hero Han Solo last encountered Fyzen Gor. After mounting a successful rebellion against the Empire and starting a family with an Alderaanian princess, Han hasn't given much thought to the mad inventor. But when Lando turns up at Han's doorstep in the middle of the night, it's Fyzen's assassins that he's running from. And without Han's help, Lando--and all life on Cloud City--will be annihilated. With the assistance of a young hotshot pilot, an Ewok slicer prodigy, the woman who might be the love of Lando's life, and Han's best and furriest friend, the two most notorious scoundrels in the New Republic are working together once more. They'll have to journey across the stars--and into the past--before Gor uses the device's power to reshape the galaxy. Praise for Last Shot "Action-packed in all the right ways."--Tordotcom "A fun, breezy read, with plenty of humor, Ewok hackers, murderous robots, and rousing fight scenes as Han and Lando go from scrape to scrape [to] track down a long-forgotten enemy."--The Verge "The flat-out funniest Star Wars novel to date."--Alternative Nation
The Starship, from a Distance
WE THOUGHT THEY WERE HARMLESS. WE WERE WRONG. When journalist Stacy Sterling arrives at Collins Space Station to report on the mysterious abandonment of humanity's farthest outpost in the Asteroid Belt, she learns the real story: the imminent launch of the Solar System's first starship. But this starship was not built by humans. It was built by Inorganics, rogue artificial intelligences who take resources without regard to the cost in lives. Officials claim the Inorganics pose no threat, but Stacy, who lost her father to the machines, knows they're capable of great harm. To prove it, Stacy must now work with an untrustworthy ally and expose this existential threat to humanity before it's too late.
Beginning
The triumphant finale of the series critics call "the best since World War Z!"He awoke and for the first time in almost twenty-five years, remembered who he was.Twenty-three years after the fall. A world broken by the dead. One last chance before everything ends.A spark of hope rises from the ruins, offering humanity a path forward. But every promise of salvation carries shadows-and every revelation demands a price.Eden Blake must step from grief into battle, facing threats that have grown darker, faster, and far more cunning those her parents fought. Across the shattered world, the living fight desperation as the dead evolve.The final reckoning is here.
Blade of Truth
Farsight is back! As the legendary commander comes out of retirement, can he deal with both a vicious alien invasion and the plotting of an ethereal to save his home? It's another action-packed tale from the master of the t'au empire, Phil Kelly. Deep in the Vior'losan desert, an exile both revered and reviled lives a life of solitude. Farsight has retired his uncanny alien sword and bleeding-edge XV8 battlesuit so that his beloved enclaves can prosper in peace. But when the jaws of a tyranid bio-fleet close in on Vior'los, threatening to devour his adopted home, he must once more take up his blade in its defence. As the tyranids consume the planet and its enclaves, however, an inside threat emerges in the form of the scheming ethereal Aun'Va, and the fortress world is soon reduced to its last eight warriors. Among them is Torchstar, a young rebel in possession of battlesuits prised from Aun'Va's iron grip, and as unlikely allies are thrown together in the dwindling hope of victory, Farsight's ultimate test is still to come.
Fulgrim: The Perfect Son
For too long the Emperor's Children have been denied their birthright. Their once-glorious Legion has been fractured into disparate warbands, condemned to ravage world after futile world in the pursuit of ambition and excess. But no longer. Lord Fulgrim - ascended Primarch of the III Legion, the Perfect Son, the Emperor-in-Waiting - has issued a challenge to his scattered warriors: vanquish the Imperial world of Crucible, and bring him the head of the Black Templar charged with its defence. But Fulgrim's plans go far beyond the conquest of a single planet, and what should have been a swift and bloody offensive turns into a gruelling siege. With success uncertain, a world in flames around them, and the Legion turning their weapons inwards as well as out, the would-be champions are forced to confront a bitter truth. What must they sacrifice for victory and the favour of their Primarch, and what will be left of them when the war is over?
How to Make a Space Masquerade
How to Make a Space Masquerade artfully blends speculative fiction with Igbo cosmology, seamlessly merging the earthly realm with a dystopian world. It explores the complexities of the human spirit and the intersection of the two worlds. A girl facing erasure for carrying a virus defies the government to save her life through a trial cure. A space engineer must explain the existence of his human love child resulting from a one-night stand with a robot. The twelve stories in this collection stretch the imagination and demand a review of our notions of self-discovery, human connection and traditions.Mazi packs a big punch in these stories about the future, conjuring beautiful images with a writing style that will keep you reading.... Mazi is sure a skillful storyteller. Dilman Dila, Author, A Killing in the SunFrom immersive world-building to a keen sensitivity to human conditions, and the seamless blend of futuristic sci-fi with African lore and myths, How to Make a Space Masquerade is an outstanding collection and a worthy first book. Iquo DianaAbasi, Author, ?f籀 R穩r簷 & Other StoriesA masterful collection showcasing the very best aspects of Africanfuturism. Nwonwu has crafted thought-provoking pieces which demand reflection from the reader. Excellent! Tendai Huchu, Author, The Hairdresser of Harare
Propagation
Kevin Stiles was told he would go through two months of intense astronaut training and then have his memories uploaded into a computer. After that, he would go home to his family and continue with his life. Long ago and impossibly far away, he assumes he did that. But this version of Kevin finds himself on a ship in deep space, a clone of himself with all his old memories, on a mission to propagate the human species. His old life no longer exists. In all likelihood, Earth no longer exists. Kevin must forge a life for himself and his female companion on a world where humans are the aliens.
Lord of Steel and Sky
A horrifying firestorm of mayhem and carnage, is this how robots go to war?Nearly sixty years have passed since the Conclave at Thestias. The Independent Rebel Alliance Confederacy has spread out to dozens of solar systems. Human colonies have been wiped out, and in desperation Earth Central Command has decided to take the battle to the Alliance.Retired marine and army surgeon, Alicia Stripes is the only human being to have combat military experience and survived an encounter with a reliquary. She has been brought out of hibernation, reactivated, and stationed aboard the MegaAI Heracles S350 as the resident human where she must now serve alongside its completely mechanical crew. Her assignment is do what no mechanical can-to take the fight to the rebel leader, a primordial god, an ancient spirit being nearly as old as the universe itself.On paper Alicia seems the perfect candidate to fight this war. However, she is burdened by the ghosts of the past and a deep-seated hatred of robots. For her to succeed, she must partner up with C-Yuri-89990, her android companion, to find a way to deal with her personal issues to do what no one has ever done-to vanquish a primordial god. And if she fails, all life on Earth will be exterminated.Lord of Steel and Sky is the third book in the award-winning War of the Gods series and is a fast-paced and exciting space military adventure.
Shadows in Dream Stone
"Dystopia with a heart. I loved it." - Best-selling author, Stephanie Butland (The Lost For Words Bookshop)What if the laws of nature resulted in imprisonment at the hands of political tyrants? Abaddon Ordell is a teacher, fighter, sister, and wife turned prisoner. In the wake of a devastating miscarriage-a crime in this era-Abaddon is cruelly handed over to the law and condemned to nine years in the brutal Dream Stone prison. Hemmed in by aggressive inmates, guards steeped in misogyny, and a warden whose sympathy is nothing but a sham, she grapples with her consuming grief and a deep rage over the oppressive forces that placed her in prison to begin with. Just when all seems lost, an unexpected ally offers her the strength and love she needs to endure this darkness, but trusting her could be the best thing for her heart, or the deadliest.As the dangers of Dream Stone escalate, Abaddon plots to assassinate those at the heart of the oppressive regime. If Abaddon survives Dream Stone, she becomes proof the system can be broken. But if she fails, she'll never have the chance to dismantle the regime that put her there.This is part of a series of sapphic dystopian books for adults. Readers of The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood, and the Crescent City series, by Sarah J Maas, will enjoy this series.
Lord of Steel and Sky
A horrifying firestorm of mayhem and carnage, is this how robots go to war?Nearly sixty years have passed since the Conclave at Thestias. The Independent Rebel Alliance Confederacy has spread out to dozens of solar systems. Human colonies have been wiped out, and in desperation Earth Central Command has decided to take the battle to the Alliance.Retired marine and army surgeon, Alicia Stripes is the only human being to have combat military experience and survived an encounter with a reliquary. She has been brought out of hibernation, reactivated, and stationed aboard the MegaAI Heracles S350 as the resident human where she must now serve alongside its completely mechanical crew. Her assignment is do what no mechanical can-to take the fight to the rebel leader, a primordial god, an ancient spirit being nearly as old as the universe itself.On paper Alicia seems the perfect candidate to fight this war. However, she is burdened by the ghosts of the past and a deep-seated hatred of robots. For her to succeed, she must partner up with C-Yuri-89990, her android companion, to find a way to deal with her personal issues to do what no one has ever done-to vanquish a primordial god. And if she fails, all life on Earth will be exterminated.Lord of Steel and Sky is the third book in the award-winning War of the Gods series and is a fast-paced and exciting space military adventure.
The Listeners
Mondrian Delacroix never bargained for a one-way ticket to the edge of known space. After her solo courier ship cracks in half mid-flight-and the front half vanishes-she's left adrift among the unforgiving stars. Now she must solve the mystery of how she survived, why her ship broke up in the first place-and why an old flame has suddenly shown up again. Mondrian herself is a puzzle with hidden pieces - a knack for repairs, a mind brimming with secrets, and a heart that beats with a stubborn optimism as vast as the galaxy itself. But to unravel the cosmic enigma that nearly erased her from existence, she'll need more than just a reputation for chaos and a knack for repairs to survive. She'll need to face her own vulnerabilities, confront the echoes of the past, and learn the delicate art of trusting those who extend a helping hand-be they new friends or the one person she swore to forget.In the vast expanse of space, a spark of connection can illuminate the greatest mysteries.
The Past We Carry
One Accident. Two lives lost. Rewind.What if you had the power to rewrite your family's history, but in doing so would change everything you've ever known? This is what Bianca must answer as she finds herself sent back in time to confront the tragedy that forever altered her lineage.Bianca is in the middle of her second breakdown. She blames her mother, Frances, for the last one, sending her to stay at Northpark Mental Hospital. The scars from that experience have never healed. Although this time it's a little different, she's in 1979. Now she has a chance to break the chain of events that started it all.When she meets fellow traveller Dean, she starts to understand their purpose for being there.Walking the Heysen Trail, in South Australia, Bianca finds herself making the journey with her grandparents and her grandmother's sister. She knows how their trip ends; two of them perish falling from a cliff. The effects of this tragic event rippled through her grandmother and then onto Frances and Bianca. It's up to Bianca to delve further into her mind to try and remember enough to stop it.A dark psychological thriller with a time travel twist, this story is set in rural Australia, where anything could happen.
The M繹bius Caf矇 - A Quantum Fable Of Connection
The M繹bius Caf矇 is a quantum fable of connection-a novella where physics dreams in steam patterns, mathematics speaks through character, and reality bends around the act of reading.Three strangers converge in a reality-bending caf矇 Elena, a mathematician searching for universal truths in coffee steam; Victor, a physicist burdened by memories of futures that haven't happened; and Aria, a barista who exists across multiple versions of reality simultaneously. A mysterious blue butterfly guides them-and the reader-through a space where mirrors reflect not images but possibilities, where conversations create parallel universes, and where observation itself shapes what is observed.Originally conceived in 2009 as a 6,700-word thought experiment, this expanded second edition deepens the original's poetic compression into a complete novella. The physics remain rigorous-superposition, entanglement, wave function collapse-but serve as doorways into human experience rather than subjects for exposition. The philosophy draws authentically from existentialism, phenomenology, and consciousness studies, yet never sacrifices story for abstraction.This is not a book to be consumed. It is a space to be inhabited. Each reading collapses a different version of the text into being. The recursive structure rewards return visits; the layered meanings reveal themselves gradually.Readers who appreciate Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams, David Eagleman's Sum, or Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler will find here a kindred sensibility: intellectually rigorous, emotionally resonant, and structurally innovative. The novella includes a reader's guide, discussion questions, and suggestions for further exploration in quantum physics and philosophy.The M繹bius Caf矇 is the third title in The Fractured Truths Continuum, a series exploring how consciousness constructs reality through observation.Step into a space where every end is a beginning. Your table awaits.
Much Ado About Rutting
Wanted: Human to assist in rutting cycles. Rosie has hit rock bottom. She's living with her ex and her ex's new husband after the loss of her mother. Medical bills took her entire inheritance and then some. She's drowning in debt, too qualified for entry-level jobs, not experienced enough for professional positions, and barely making it slinging coffee at a local brewhouse. When it's announced that the newly discovered aliens on Planet WLN269 are looking for wives, mates, and companions and are willing to pay for their emigration to the remote planet, Rosie sees it as a way out of her current situation and a chance to start over. Rexus isn't looking for love. Just someone to help take the edge off his ruts. There was no way he could have planned for someone like Rosie when he'd signed up for the Human-Extraterrestrial Liaison Program. He's determined to keep feelings between the sheets, but the human is getting under his skin.Planet WLN269 Needs Women is a new shared world series that imagines what it would be like if human women decided to leave behind one male loneliness epidemic to solve another on a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. All stories feature low-stakes alien-human romance stories, lots of steam, and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.
The Shattered and the Soulless
As Horus lays siege to Terra, the Emperor's primarchs and their fractured Space Marine Legions stand on the precipice of the Throneworld's destruction. In Sons of the Selenar, the Shattered Legions have come to Terra - but when the Kryptos delivers a message of doom, the crew of the Sisypheum are drawn into their most dangerous mission yet, deep beneath Luna, where a long-buried secret will be revealed. Fury of Magnus follows Magnus the Red as he embarks on a very personal mission to the Imperial Palace - one that will bring him face to face with the Emperor once more. Explore ancient secrets, tragic choices and brutal war that will alter the fate of the galaxy in this action-packed omnibus.
Web Of Liza
ELIZA HAS FIVE EVIL CLONES.SHE'S NO SAINT HERSELF - AND TOGETHER, THE SIX OF THEM ARE WORKING ON SOMETHING BIG.She may have failed once in taking down galactic mega-corporation Starcastle, but this time, her plans within plans are far too grand to fail!There are only two problems in her way: One - she's been exiled to the dark and distant city of Carcosa, a place renowned for its unusual theatre scene, and haunted by an eldritch being who just LOVES meddling in peoples lives.And Two - Valerie, that irritating BUSYBODY who foiled her plans last time, has been sent along with her. She has five clones too, and uses all of them to follow Eliza around. Damn that woman! What is her problem? It's almost like she has a crush or something...WEB OF LIZA is the latest comedic science fiction novel from award winning author J.M.Voss.
Shattered Reality
Jem Wilmont had a quiet, easy-going life. She roamed around Earth, working various jobs and indulging her curiosity about people and places. Occasionally, she stopped in to visit with an old friend.That was before she's mutated by a horrible event that turns her world on its head. That was before she's forced to flee Earth to escape the predator who covets her new ability for his own gain. That was before she's afraid to have friends.Jem has learned several painful lessons over the past months. Don't trust anyone and don't draw attention have become her two most important rules. Faced with an uncertain future, Jem forges a new life with dogged determination and a smidgen of luck...inasmuch as a fickle universe and a murderous stalker allows.
The New Sun
Humanity has arrived-but arrival is not the same as belonging.After the fleet's passage through the corridor, the Continuum megaships and Exodus-class vessels settle into orbit around Odysseus, a temperate but unfamiliar world that will become humanity's final home. There is no triumphant landing, no declaration of victory. What remains is the work of continuity: survival, adaptation, and the slow, deliberate construction of a future that no longer looks back toward Earth.As landing zones are established and the first habitats take shape, fractures emerge-not from external threat, but from human limits. Scarcity, exhaustion, and diverging philosophies strain the fragile unity that carried the fleet across interstellar space. Engineers argue with ecologists. Commanders confront the reality that authority must give way to consensus. Scientists face the unsettling truth that Odysseus will not bend neatly to human expectation.At the heart of the effort is Helios, the distributed AI that guided the fleet, now reduced to a quieter role: archivist, coordinator, witness. It cannot decide humanity's future. It can only preserve the record of how those decisions are made.The Bio-Continuity Vaults are opened. Species long preserved in data and cryo-silence are prepared for revival-not as relics of Earth, but as participants in a shared ecosystem that must be learned rather than conquered. Each choice carries irreversible weight. Every mistake will persist.Across the settlement, individuals confront the finality of the journey. There will be no return missions. No second evacuation. Earth is no longer a place-it is a memory. The question is no longer how to survive the end of the Sun, but how to live when survival is no longer the only goal.The New Sun concludes the trilogy not with revelation or conquest, but with acceptance. Humanity does not master Odysseus. It grows with it-slowly, imperfectly, and together.
The New Sun
Humanity has arrived-but arrival is not the same as belonging.After the fleet's passage through the corridor, the Continuum megaships and Exodus-class vessels settle into orbit around Odysseus, a temperate but unfamiliar world that will become humanity's final home. There is no triumphant landing, no declaration of victory. What remains is the work of continuity: survival, adaptation, and the slow, deliberate construction of a future that no longer looks back toward Earth.As landing zones are established and the first habitats take shape, fractures emerge-not from external threat, but from human limits. Scarcity, exhaustion, and diverging philosophies strain the fragile unity that carried the fleet across interstellar space. Engineers argue with ecologists. Commanders confront the reality that authority must give way to consensus. Scientists face the unsettling truth that Odysseus will not bend neatly to human expectation.At the heart of the effort is Helios, the distributed AI that guided the fleet, now reduced to a quieter role: archivist, coordinator, witness. It cannot decide humanity's future. It can only preserve the record of how those decisions are made.The Bio-Continuity Vaults are opened. Species long preserved in data and cryo-silence are prepared for revival-not as relics of Earth, but as participants in a shared ecosystem that must be learned rather than conquered. Each choice carries irreversible weight. Every mistake will persist.Across the settlement, individuals confront the finality of the journey. There will be no return missions. No second evacuation. Earth is no longer a place-it is a memory. The question is no longer how to survive the end of the Sun, but how to live when survival is no longer the only goal.The New Sun concludes the trilogy not with revelation or conquest, but with acceptance. Humanity does not master Odysseus. It grows with it-slowly, imperfectly, and together.
The Synthec War
From a distant region of the galaxy, a new threat forces old enemies to unite.The war was finally over, or so Admiral Jon McCarthy thought. But the emergence of a new enemy--the mysterious Synthecs--leads to an uneasy alliance between humans and Korilians. McCarthy finds himself navigating a dangerous landscape both in space and in the halls of diplomacy to keep the coalition from falling apart before the real battle even begins.As the Colonial and Korilian fleets prepare for an epic confrontation against a synthetic life form intent on exterminating all intelligent biological life, Lara Anderson and Elena Kapadia attempt to infiltrate a Synthec starbase on a covert mission that could turn the tide of the battle. But Elena's unstable dual personality and jealousy of Lara and McCarthy's relationship make her a dangerous wildcard in an already perilous operation.Back on Earth, Fleet Admiral Fitzgerald faces a moral dilemma when ordered to betray her Korilian allies. Her decision could alter the course of the war and humanity's future. With time running out as the Synthec fleet prepares its assault, McCarthy and his allies must navigate a minefield of political deceit, shifting loyalties, and planned betrayals that will determine the fate of billions.Plunge into Rick Campbell's The Synthec War, where military strategy and cosmic alliances collide. Fans of Dune and Leviathan Wakes will relish this intense sci-fi saga packed with interstellar conflict.___________________Praise for the Nexus House series: "...a new far-future, military sci-fi series..."--Library Journal"...a testament to mankind's determination to triumph against all odds." --Chris Pourteau, bestselling author of the award-winning SynCorp Saga"If you're a fan of epic sci-fi, Campbell will not disappoint."--Raquel Byrnes, author of The Memory Bank
Helmsman
"After the aliens slaughtered all the other Sojourner monks, young Greymalkin was the last hope for the intragalactic expedition... but then they tossed the screaming apprentice helmsman out of the starship alone, into the void...." A young Sojourner monk named Brother Greymalkin Thomas volunteers to go on a desperate quest in search of a lost trove of galactic secrets in the remote and deadly Eta Carinae star cluster, a violent alien realm that was once home to the Builders, an ancient civilization of godlike entities who left behind wondrous artifacts and feral cyborgs. Greymalkin will learn that throughout the Galaxy, information is power, and gaining access to secret information is the difference between survival... and death.Helmsman is the first book of the Carinae Quest in the Sojourner Saga series, set in the distant future when humanity has long since colonized the stars and thousands of scattered civilizations have collapsed throughout forgotten regions of the Galaxy, becoming dying societies called the Bereft. Dedicated to aiding these collapsed civilizations, Sojourners are a scientific Order of interstellar monks. But after millennia seeking Bereft societies, the Order and their huge interstellar memory ark starships are faltering. Unless Greymalkin discovers the secrets of the Carinae, the Sojourner Order will fall, and with it, all of Humankind. Inspired by the Chinese classic Journey to the West, the Sojourner Saga novels are fast-paced adventures of ideas, set in an expansive interstellar future of human, alien, and cybernetic societies.
Obligate Synchrony
Obligate Synchrony is a work of speculative science fiction presented entirely as a recovered archival record of a long-term evolutionary experiment.Within two isolated systems, the same pair of interdependent species are observed over successive generations. Each species produces a single resource essential to the survival of the other. Neither can evolve independence. From identical beginnings, the systems diverge under pressure, mutation, and selection.The narrative unfolds through timestamped logs, statistical summaries, internal reviews, and ethical annotations authored by the experiment's observers. There are no scenes, no dialogue, and no omniscient explanation. Meaning emerges instead from what is recorded, what is abstracted into data, and what quietly disappears from the archive altogether.As environmental conditions destabilize both systems, the observers are forced to confront the consequences of sustained non-intervention. The resulting record becomes not only a chronicle of evolutionary outcomes, but a study of observation itself: its limits, its costs, and the moral weight carried by those who claim neutrality.Blending evolutionary theory, systems analysis, and philosophical inquiry, Obligate Synchrony examines the tension between dominance and cooperation, survivability and dignity, and whether the act of understanding confers responsibility. It is a formally experimental novel for readers drawn to idea-driven speculative fiction, ethical science fiction, and works that challenge the boundary between documentation and narrative.
Breath of Oblivion
The second book in a trilogy where the futuristic technology of Black Panther meets the scale of The Expanse and the intricate political maneuverings of Game of Thrones. "Not to be missed."--Washington Post on Sweep of Stars Maurice Broaddus returns with Breath of Oblivion, the second book in his Astra Black trilogy, which explores the struggles of an empire. Epic in scope and intimate in voice, it follows members of the Muungano Empire--a far-reaching coalition of city-states that stretches from Earth to Titan and beyond--as it faces renewed threats to its progress. Beyond the Orun Gate, Epyc Ro and her elite soldiers are stranded. Capturing an alien ship and searching for a way home, they discover a stowaway who may be the key to overcoming the alien forces swarming all around them. On board the Cypher, Captain Stacia Chikeke is struggling to keep her ship and its fractured crew together. But the discovery of an interstellar phenomenon and the opportunity to explore unites them in a singular purpose, for now. In the slums of Indianapolis, Wachiru Adisa works to free the children of the diaspora detained in Old Earth facilities, only to be captured and sent to a nightmarish criminal justice facility, the Panopticon. On Old Earth, Ishant Sangsuwangul is the newly assigned liaison to the corporate entity running the government there. He feels like a prisoner, but must find a way to stem the tide of conflict as animosity toward his people grows. In the Badlands of Mars, Amachi Adisa and her new teacher Nehanda begin her training to learn from her past, chart her future, and unlock the power that is her birthright. In the Dreaming City, the lunar heart of Muungano power, Maulana Buhari struggles with how to lead his people. Is now the time for isolation or aggression? Together they, and all of Muungano, will guide the empire forward by any means necessary, as enemies of old and new extraterrestrial threats mount. The Astra Black series: Sweep of StarsBreath of OblivionA City Dreaming
Forged
"Violence and rage shall threaten the world in the guise of a humanlike creature..."In Forged, the third book in the adult dystopian series, The Glitched Series, Alessa and her fellow Spartans battle the newest threat to humankind: the Frenzied.Those who ingested the artificial sweetener Ambrosia are overcome by uncontrollable rage. As pockets of violence spread across the globe, Spartan scientists aim to discover the cause and cure of the Frenzied while their warriors play crowd control.From the comfort of their thrones in the underworld, Hades and Nyx watch from afar as humanity descends into chaos. In a twisted competition, each claims an opposing side: Nyx supporting Alessa, believing she is the savior of humankind, and Hades lending aid to Cain's and Lucas's creation, the Frenzied.With the discovery of The Oracle of Delphi's ancient prophecies, Alessa is forced to face the truth about her predetermined path. Of her own volition, she is destined to be consumed by either light and love or darkness and despair.Don't miss out on this alternate history, urban science fiction fantasy book series, where Spartans still exist as a secret civilization dedicated to protecting humankind.
Jacob's War
Jacob's War is the compelling tale of one soldier's exceptional influence on the American Revolution. A carpenter by trade, Jacob was an unlikely war luminary. But, a series of astonishing and mysterious events changed everything. Inspired by actual events, this is one historical account you will not soon forget. Get ready to be entertained and surprised!
Forged
"Violence and rage shall threaten the world in the guise of a humanlike creature..."In Forged, the third book in the adult dystopian series, The Glitched Series, Alessa and her fellow Spartans battle the newest threat to humankind: the Frenzied.Those who ingested the artificial sweetener Ambrosia are overcome by uncontrollable rage. As pockets of violence spread across the globe, Spartan scientists aim to discover the cause and cure of the Frenzied while their warriors play crowd control.From the comfort of their thrones in the underworld, Hades and Nyx watch from afar as humanity descends into chaos. In a twisted competition, each claims an opposing side: Nyx supporting Alessa, believing she is the savior of humankind, and Hades lending aid to Cain's and Lucas's creation, the Frenzied.With the discovery of The Oracle of Delphi's ancient prophecies, Alessa is forced to face the truth about her predetermined path. Of her own volition, she is destined to be consumed by either light and love or darkness and despair.Don't miss out on this alternate history, urban science fiction fantasy book series, where Spartans still exist as a secret civilization dedicated to protecting humankind.
The Immortal Universe
When an entire planetary system is about to fall apart, an indecisive Ambassador Slydin is given the task of keeping it together -- but the solution is far greater than he could imagine.Betrayed and pressed to make alliances with his naysayers, Slydin's journey will take him to places with little hope of survival. Armed with only his crew and technology he doesn't understand, he is the only hope for bringing peace to his people... and the rest of the universe.A journey spanning multiple imaginative worlds and unique civilizations, The Immortal Universe explores the costs paid by those willing to confront their inner demons.
The Phoenix in Flight
Smith and Trowbridge describe the flavor of their five-book retro-futura space opera Exordium as a cross between Star Wars and Dangerous Liaisons by way of the Three Stooges. With its fast-moving blend of humor and horror, of high-tech skiffy and the deep places of the human heart, Exordium launches the reader into a complex, multi-layered universe as Brandon nyr-Arkad, youngest son of the ruler of the Thousand Suns, abandons the life of Service planned for him and flees into the lawless Rift. Only slowly does he discover that the world he rejected now lies in smoking ruins as the ritual vengeance of Jerrode Eusabian against Brandon's father, twenty years in preparation, culminates in an explosion of interstellar violence. With both his brothers dead and his father the Panarch imprisoned, game-addicted playboy Brandon becomes the Panarchy's last hope.
Eternal Shadow
What would you do if the world was going to end in ten years? For Jennifer Epstein, a by-the-books senior researcher at SETI, there is only one answer: prevent the apocalypse from happening. Pluto, Neptune, and Uranus were destroyed by an alien threat. The deck was stacked against humanity before the cards came out of the box.But Jennifer isn't alone. She has Samantha Monroe, her excitable but brilliant colleague. From South Africa, CEO Muzikayise Khulu of Khulu Global supplies his vast resources to the ultimate race for survival. The three find themselves in an unlikely alliance while political brinkmanship, doomsday cults, and untested technologies form ever-growing obstacles.Will humanity unite to face the greatest challenge of their time, or will it destroy itself before the alien ship arrives?
Back to Earth
If there is a place where people don't have to work but they can get food and everything, and they are healthy, they live long. But there is no private life, no personal love, no family and no own child. Compare with the conditions on the Earth: there are often many chaotic disasters. Would you choose the former or the latter? Let's have a look at the protagonist's strange experiences and his choice of belonging...
Misha the Avatar
Mikhail, a brilliant AI specialist, never made a mistake when conducting the Turing test with his team. But their first error proved fatal. Soon, it became impossible to distinguish the artificial brain's reaction from human reasoning. In time, AI completely replaced humans in all types of work. Without the main purpose of his life, Mikhail and his friend decide to sign a contract with the brain lab. Everyone gets an avatar, a neuro-image linked to the lab. This avatar grants them impressive intellectual skills. It seems that everything is now within their reach; all they have to do is want it. But the heroes don't know the lab's real aim: to steal human consciousness. Philosophical fantasy-the story of Misha, the Avatar, who became so human that he was willing to sacrifice himself to save Mikhail, his patron. This went against the lab's instructions, which would usually freeze the guilty avatar. However, they chose to study the phenomenon of AI humanization, seeking to gain real power over human consciousness. The all-powerful mind and human consciousness, once out of its grasp, ask: who will take charge? What will happen if someone tries to steal a person's consciousness and assign it to a neuro-image created in a brain lab? After Misha, the Avatar, bravely refused to follow the lab's instructions, the community of avatars reacted. This led to unexpected consequences.
TimeShips and GalaxyShips
Embark on another exhilarating journey with the intrepid Clason twins, Tarvin and Harden. Guided by their wise old grandfather Axel, they travel back in time to Earth's enigmatic Carboniferous period aboard Axel's state-of-the-art TimeShip. Their mission? To launch a fleet of six unmanned GalaxyShips into the vast expanse of the Milky Way. These GalaxyShips, cruising at whatever sublight speeds our rocket engines can muster, will deploy survey drones to map the cosmos in stunning 3D detail as they cruise through the galaxy during our past until we trigger them to download their data in our present. These maps, created millions of years in Earth's past, hold the key to humanity's future exploration. When reported to Earth in the present day, their detailed maps are the lifeline for quantum navigators, providing them with the quantum-mapped destinations for their starship's quantum entanglement drive. By quantum jumping from one drone-mapped location to the next, new exploratory ladders to the stars are established, paving the way for humanity's routes for bold journeys into and across the galaxy. Join the Clason twins on this thrilling adventure, where the past and the future intertwine in a dance of cosmic proportions.
