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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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 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?
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.
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.
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...
Cosmic Roulette
FROM BIG BANG TO BIG SCRUNCH Two non-corporeal entities initiate the Big Bang, creating the Universe containing galaxies, stars and planets in which unicellular life and ultimately sentient life evolves... Unaware of their intricately woven destinies inexorably drawing them towards each other, sentient life-forms cope with their realities... From ruthless carnivores to teleporting sentients... From ancient gurus teaching astral travel to aquatic species travelling the stars... Who will emerge the victor in a Game conceived eons ago? The atoms comprising your body existed at the time of the Big Bang 15 billion years ago... Are there entities in the roles of Creator, Preserver and Destroyer? Does simultaneity exist? Are karma and entropy inevitable in a physical universe? What is the likelihood of a divine Creator controlling events ranging from the birth of a mosquito to colliding galaxies?
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.
EVILutionaries
Like most citizens in the year 2109, Professor Herbert Florance is trying to cope, trying to stay unnoticed, below the radar, of the excessively controlling, omnipresent MONDA regime, which has many dark, evil cracks beneath its seemingly utopian surface, including state-sanctioned cannibalism. Professor Florance is under constant MONDA observation due to his family's history, which is steeped in activism against this new world order - so he's saddened but not surprised when he is abruptly terminated from his teaching position without cause. However, his new joblessness proves short-lived when he's suddenly offered the 'job opportunity' to travel outside the new world's jurisdiction to the 'Abandoned Countries' to help a team of scientists trying to find a cure for a new strain of prion diseases, neuro and muscular degenerative diseases that could potentially wipe out Earth's entire population. But is his new job a MONDA trap - a potential death sentence? Or will he find a cure - and perhaps also discover the true reason behind 'accepted' cannibalism that drives the protein industry? Evilutionaries is the gripping story of an ordinary man's struggle against an unaccountable oppressive regime controlling a complicit society facing possible extinction - and it's the debut breakthrough novel of a remarkably talented writer, Jordan Koren. - Michael B. Davie, author The Late Man
The Birth of Paradise
"Be careful. If Felix finds you reading this, I can only imagine what might happen to you." As a mysterious plague threatens to end civilization, disgraced tech mogul Felix Craft claims he's conquered death itself. He's invited journalist Rohan Patel to tell the story of the century: the creation of Meru. A digital paradise to serve as humanity's final hope. Rohan arrives at Felix's estate, expecting either groundbreaking science or spectacular failure. What he discovers is far more terrifying. Now, he's smuggling out a secret, wrapped in the story of that fateful day. Paradise is not what it seems. Felix is not a savior. But Rohan knows how to stop him. The Birth of Paradise is a standalone technothriller novella in The Meru Initiative series.
Lighter Than You Think
SOME JOKER in the dear, dead days now virtually beyond recall won two-bit immortality by declaring that, "What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar."Which is, of course, Victorian malarkey. What this country really needs is a good five-cent nickel. Or perhaps a good cigar-shaped spaceship. There's a fortune waiting somewhere out in space for the man who can go out there and claim it. A fortune! And if you think I'm just talking through my hat, lend an ear ... Joyce started the whole thing. Or maybe I did when for the umpteenth time I suggested she should marry me. She smiled in a way that showed she didn't disapprove of my persistence, but loosed a salvo of devastating negatives.
Subisolation
The Recordkeeper has come to record the tale of the god of Ironblood.Set in the gritty, industrial dystopia, the Recordkeeper, is tasked with chronicling the lives of deities who rule over broken worlds. Her mission takes her to Ironblood, an oppressive metropolis built into a black iron mountain range, where Emperor Kyle McMillan, a self-proclaimed god, presides over a civilization forged in blood, sweat, and iron.From the fields of geysers that consume workers for precious resources to the enigmatic Underdark, where the Mountain's Blood flows, every aspect of Ironblood thrives on sacrifice. The Emperor's people are trapped in a brutal cycle of labour and death while the elite basks in their wealth. Yet, amidst the harsh realities of this city lie even darker truths.The Recordkeeper, shrouded in mystery and driven by her enigmatic ties to the gods, finds herself clashing with Kyle's philosophy of power. As she records his tale of ruthless ambition, betrayal, and the devastating cost of deification, she uncovers secrets that could unravel the emperor's carefully constructed empire.Tense, philosophical, and laced with visceral imagery, Ironblood is a tale of divine hubris, human suffering, and the thin line between strength and cruelty. With stakes that transcend Ironblood's iron-clad borders, the Recordkeeper must navigate a landscape of manipulation and rebellion to determine whether the price of progress is worth the weight of its chains-or if Ironblood's gods should fall, leaving a fractured world in their wake.
Into the Time Pool
When the news that a time machine has been invented, the maintenance workers of a spaceship risk their lives to escape through time, their last chance at freedom. This debut novel is a combination of historical and science-fiction to create an adventure where the main character feels that the modern world has enslaved life and is determined to go back and obtain his identity and freedom. Journey through pivotal points in history with the protagonist, X506 who looks to enjoy life and try to alter history so that humanity may never reach the stars and unleash the horrors of his existence.
Cheerleaders from Planet X
Aliens are among us. And humanity's only hope just happens to carry pom-poms.Laura Clark thought she was just your average college freshman-until the day she saw a cheerleader on a skateboard get into a superhuman brawl with a lightning-wielding stranger in a trenchcoat. And the weirdest thing of all? Nobody else saw it happen. Nobody, that is, except the beautiful but standoffish Shailene, one of the mysterious (and possibly super-powered) cheerleaders from Laura's rival school, Bayview University.When girls start disappearing all over the City, Laura suddenly realizes that she may have seen more than she should. And if she wants to keep from disappearing herself, she needs to find some answers. But though Laura can't shake the feeling that they're somehow connected, Shailene is more than a little reluctant to share her secrets. With strange, bug-like creatures and a sinister man in a dark coat stalking her every step, Laura will have to uncover the truth fast if she wants to survive.The fate of the planet just might hang in the balance.
EVILutionaries
Like most citizens in the year 2109, Professor Herbert Florance is trying to cope, trying to stay unnoticed, below the radar, of the excessively controlling, omnipresent MONDA regime, which has many dark, evil cracks beneath its seemingly utopian surface, including state-sanctioned cannibalism. Professor Florance is under constant MONDA observation due to his family's history, which is steeped in activism against this new world order - so he's saddened but not surprised when he is abruptly terminated from his teaching position without cause. However, his new joblessness proves short-lived when he's suddenly offered the 'job opportunity' to travel outside the new world's jurisdiction to the 'Abandoned Countries' to help a team of scientists trying to find a cure for a new strain of prion diseases, neuro and muscular degenerative diseases that could potentially wipe out Earth's entire population. But is his new job a MONDA trap - a potential death sentence? Or will he find a cure - and perhaps also discover the true reason behind 'accepted' cannibalism that drives the protein industry? Evilutionaries is the gripping story of an ordinary man's struggle against an unaccountable oppressive regime controlling a complicit society facing possible extinction - and it's the debut breakthrough novel of a remarkably talented writer, Jordan Koren. - Michael B. Davie, author The Late Man
Opturius
Beneath a crimson sky on a distant world, a broken man dares to climb toward the unknown...After a tragic accident leaves Adam Walker guilt-ridden and adrift, he wants nothing more than to disappear. But life has other plans. Abducted by an interstellar team and taken to the planet Opturius, Adam is asked to do the one thing he no longer believes he can.The jagged mountains of Opturius rise beneath an alien sky; its canyons veined with glowing moss, its deserts ringed by spires of crystalline stone. The planet is not lifeless-it's alive. And as Adam journeys across its strange and sacred terrain-scaling cliffs, weathering storms, and exploring ancient canyons-he encounters beings that defy every explanation.Guided by a machine that shows him glimpses of the future, Adam must face his fears and confront those who would enslave Opturius.Blending spiritual depth, poetic prose, and cosmic mystery, this is science fiction for seekers-for those who believe stories should move your heart as well as your mind.For fans of C.S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, Opturius is a lyrical, soul-stirring journey across an alien world-where the rain sings, the spires whisper, and a lone climber meets the divine.If Perelandra stirred your soul, Opturius will ignite it.If you loved the haunting atmosphere of Solaris, but longed for a thread of hope, Opturius offers a poetic, redemptive journey into alien mystery and spiritual awakening.
The Ordeal of Lancelot Biggs
Well, like it says in the old adage, "Things equal to the same thing gather no moss." When the Corporation that under-pays us snatched the Saturn off the freight shuttle and turned it into a trouble-shooter for special assignments, we thought we were getting a break. Huh! We were. "Break" is just another word for "bust." The result of our alleged "promotion" was that for a fractional increase in salary we worked twice as hard at jobs ten times nastier than any we had ever tackled before. Like for instance the night Cap Hanson and I-I'm Bert Donovan, bug-pounder of the Saturn-were at the home of Lt. and Mrs. Lancelot Biggs. Biggs is, of course, the First Mate of our void-mangling jalopy. A year ago he married the skipper's daughter, Diane.We were sitting around, chatting about this and that and the other inconsequential truffle, trying to look calmer than we actually felt, when the telephon
The Downfall Of Lancelot Biggs
We were about three hours out of Long Island Spaceport, and I had just finished swapping farewell insults with Joe Marlowe, head bug-pounder at Lunar III, when the door of my radio turret slid open and in slithered-if round things can slither-Cap Hanson, skipper of our gallant space-going scow, the Saturn. The Old Man's eyes were as wide as a lady bowler's beam, and his face, which boasts a pale mauve hue even under normal circumstances, was now a ripe, explosive fuchsia. He jammed a pudgy forefinger against his lips. "Shh!" he shhed. He squeezed in and closed the door behind him, shot a nervous glance about the room, then wheezed throatily, "Is there anybody here, Sparks?"
Lancelot Biggs, Master Navigator
Everything happens to me. We finished taking on cargo at 13:10, Solar Constant Time, and I went to my turret for firing orders from the Sun City spacedrome officer. I plugged in the audio and stared into the familiar pan of Commander Allonby. I said, "Freight lugger Saturn preparing to up gravs, Commander. Standing by for the O.Q." His jaw dropped like a barometer in a cyclone. He gasped, "You, Sparks? And the Saturn? What in blue space are you doing in port?" "Don't look now," I advised him, "but we've been here since day before yesterday. Matter of fact, you and me h'isted elbows together last night at the Cosmic Bar, remember?" "Remember?" he howled. "How could I? The last I heard of you, Cap Hanson was running the Saturn through the planetoids on some sort of cockeyed transmutation experiment![1] When did you get back? How did you-?"
Wrath Rising
When the war started, Jax was filled with hope, a belief that everything was possible... now he has only his rage and hatred to carry him forward.Himnel. Narkolt. Gaij. The cities that have stood against him have learned the cost, but now, as Jax is forced to stand alone, to stare into the abyss and see what his own mistakes have brought about, Kronk dares to raise its head and threaten him.They're about to find out why he's called the Godslayer.The gods have a plan-gather ten divine fragments, ascend to godhood, and face an evil that has survived for millennia. But divine fragments don't come gift-wrapped. They're held by demigods, tyrants, and things that make the Dark Legion look like amateurs.Every fragment Jax binds tears him apart and rebuilds him stronger. Every victory costs him a piece of his humanity. And every day that passes, the clock ticks down.The Continent of Carrmor is far larger and its civilization older than Dravith, but that just means there's more ruins to explore, more secrets to uncover, and more powerful enemies to crush beneath his boots.Kronk is only the beginning. Lembiq awaits. The Dark Legion regroups. And an ancient entity watches from the shadows, counting down the days.It's time to take the gloves off.
Descendant of Earth
The third in the Earth's Legends series, following after Earth's Guardian; Asja, the descendent of Gardien, has been displaced from the world she once called home, has lost her family, her friends, and has been recruited to fight in a centuries long war. Reality is slowly dying, and apparently it's her responsibility to bring an end to all the destruction and death. Can she do it? Or is she just one more chapter in a longer story?
Invasion
The good news: Tom and his guild won the war for Dallas.The bad news: Space pirates are still on their way-and they aren't bringing a gift basket.After blasting vending machine monsters, fighting in a Mexican standoff, and surviving the least user-friendly apocalypse imaginable, Tom thought he'd finally get a break. Instead, he's knee-deep in problems that can't be solved with sword swings or witty sarcasm.There's a city to rebuild, guild members to train, and a never-ending list of disasters to manage. With problems like a ghost in the Guild hall, a murder mystery unfolding in the middle of town, and someone, somehow, trying to organize a committee meeting about snack distribution, Tom must rely on his friends to help organize the Guild so they aren't destroyed from within.Worse, the pirates haven't given up. Their ships are getting closer, their tech is terrifying, and Tom's pretty sure a vending machine just called him expendable.With time running out and doomsday on the calendar-again-Tom and his friends must race to prepare for Earth's next unwanted DLC. Because when galactic war comes knocking, you don't get a patch. You get patch notes. On fire.The war for Earth isn't over. It's just changing terms and conditions.
G581
G581: Plague Tales II is the second gripping anthology of science fiction stories set in Christine Shuck's Gliese 581g universe. In the near future, devastated by a relentless virus and a planet-killing asteroid on a collision course with Earth, humanity teeters on the edge of extinction.Within these pages, you'll encounter scientists racing against time to find a cure, families torn apart by illness, and survivors facing impossible odds as they attempt to rebuild from the ashes. Each of the dozen short stories offers a unique lens into a fractured world, where resilience, love, and loss define the human experience.Packed with heart-pounding tension and unforgettable characters, G581: Plague Tales II is perfect for fans of apocalyptic fiction and thought-provoking sci-fi. Open the book-and prepare to journey into humanity's darkest hours... and its fiercest fight to survive.
House of Masks
The past is never truly buried. Not even on another world.The planet Thom?on was meant to be a paradise-a dazzling jewel of civilization among the stars. For centuries, its people have lived in decadence in the Silver City, where the elite gather to celebrate each Season in masked splendor. But beneath the city's glittering fa癟ade, secrets fester. The immortality-granting elixir that sustains the ruling class is running out. The powers behind the masks are faltering. And the ghosts of old Earth are beginning to stir.When Warden Marks Lemure returns to the city carrying a final, desperate cargo, he unknowingly sets in motion a chain of betrayals that will unravel Thom?on's fragile peace. His daughter, Ammaline, a gifted singer invited to perform at the legendary Op矇ra du Mendicant, is thrust into a dangerous world of intrigue, where every mask hides an agenda, and every whispered promise conceals a knife. As revolution looms and the foundations of power begin to shake, old alliances will be tested, new enemies will rise, and the fate of an entire world may rest on those willing to unmask the truth-before it's too late.For fans of gothic space opera, dystopian intrigue, and high-stakes court drama, House of Masks is a mesmerizing tale of power, deception, and the haunted legacy of a world on the brink.
House of Masks
The past is never truly buried. Not even on another world.The planet Thom?on was meant to be a paradise-a dazzling jewel of civilization among the stars. For centuries, its people have lived in decadence in the Silver City, where the elite gather to celebrate each Season in masked splendor. But beneath the city's glittering fa癟ade, secrets fester. The immortality-granting elixir that sustains the ruling class is running out. The powers behind the masks are faltering. And the ghosts of old Earth are beginning to stir.When Warden Marks Lemure returns to the city carrying a final, desperate cargo, he unknowingly sets in motion a chain of betrayals that will unravel Thom?on's fragile peace. His daughter, Ammaline, a gifted singer invited to perform at the legendary Op矇ra du Mendicant, is thrust into a dangerous world of intrigue, where every mask hides an agenda, and every whispered promise conceals a knife. As revolution looms and the foundations of power begin to shake, old alliances will be tested, new enemies will rise, and the fate of an entire world may rest on those willing to unmask the truth-before it's too late.For fans of gothic space opera, dystopian intrigue, and high-stakes court drama, House of Masks is a mesmerizing tale of power, deception, and the haunted legacy of a world on the brink.
2200
Jason Warner thought he understood danger... until the night he is abducted and thrust into The Farm, a covert network designed to reprogram young Black men. Here, discipline replaces freedom, labor replaces choice, and the old rules of survival no longer apply. Jason has no idea his arrival was orchestrated, or that the elders know exactly who he is. Beyond The Farm, America has entered a new era where constitutional protections have been dismantled and legalized slavery has returned under new names. Black and Brown men are once again disposable, executed without due process or condemned to lifetime labor for corporate profit. No trials. No mercy. No way out. But the future tells a different story. The year is 2200, and the world has transformed. In the Commune of African Descendants, Black people thrive. Crime is nearly nonexistent. Children learn from elders. Wealth is shared. Legacy is sacred. And the wounds of the past have been transformed into a blueprint for prosperity. It is a new world - bold, innovative, and self-sustaining. Yet beneath the brilliance, something unsettles the ground. Old grievances. Old ambitions. Old seeds sown long before the year 2200. Across time, two matriarchs, one who holds his past and another who shapes his future, share pieces of a truth that bind Jason to a destiny he never imagined. As he uncovers the devastating reason behind Ruby's desperate choice, Jason begins to unravel a conspiracy stretching from the generational scars of American history to the breathtaking world of 2200.
The Return of Lancelot Biggs
I guess it was about 7:58 Solar Constant Time-yes, it was exactly that, because I'd just received a clearance O.Q. for 8:00 from the Sun City portmaster-when the portal of my radio turret opened and in waddled Cap Hanson, skipper of our void-mangling freighter, the Saturn. The Old Man's optics were dancing like a nudist in a hailstorm, and he wore a grin on his lips that stretched from ear to there. "Guess what, Sparks?" he chortled. "I got a s'prise for you! Guess who just came aboard?" I said gloomily, "If it's anybody like that sourpuss encyclopedia-on-legs who came aboard at Luna, you can have my resignation right now, if not sooner. I've been hectored and bulldozed and criticised so much lately that I'm beginning to feel like one large apology with corpuscles." I wasn't joking, either. You know me-Bert Donovan-the easy-goingest bug-pounder who ever loused up the ether with Morse code. I don't get mad often, and my nerves are as steady as a forger's fingers, but this newest addition to the Saturn's personnel had me on the verge of babbling baby-talk.
Mr. Biggs Goes To Town
One thing is certain. When bigger and better shirts are made, the officials of the Corporation which underpays us will stuff 'em. We were squatting in a cradle on Earth, waiting for flight orders, when the control turret door swung open and in marched two owl-eyed zombies dressed in frowns and white mess jackets. One of these looked at us, then at a slip of paper. He said, "Donovan, Herbert J.?" "Present," I said, "but not accountable for. Otherwise known as 'Sparks.' What's the matter, Satyr? Who found out what about me?" "Come," ordered the stranger curtly, "with me!" And he jerked a thumb in the general direction of the doorway. Cap Hanson-he's the skipper of our space-shuttling freighter, the Saturn-bridled like a mick at an Orangeman's Ball. If there's one thing he cannot tolerate, it is hearing anyone else issue orders on his bridge. His brows congealed into fur-line cumulus clouds.
The Return
EARTH IS DYING!!! CAN WE SAVE IT It's the year 2147, and EARTH is no longer as we know it. Thanks to climatic changes, global warming and catastrophes, only the affluent people, staying in MEGACITIES 1000 feet above sea level are safe in a habitable environment. The rest are simply floundering on earth for dear life, struggling with depleting fossil fuels and poor living conditions.To combat the rapid depletion of fossil fuels, scientists on Earth discover HYDRAZ 2, a fuel rock found near the volcanoes of an interstellar planet CELESTE as a suitable replacement. However, the problem lies in travelling to CELESTE due to the wormholes and time warps in the path. The two astronauts-Mike and Kris along with Robbie, the super intelligent robot travel aboard, ODEXUS 711 a highly advanced spacecraft to CELESTE to procure the HYDRAZ 2 samples. With gravity-defying rain, beautiful rock formations and a mysterious sort of vibe awaiting the trio on the planet, will they RETURN back to EARTH in time and save the planet in time? P. S. Well, they are not alone EITHER!!! By alone, I mean there is so MUCH OUT THERE isn't it WHO and WHAT ALL, (sigh) TIME WILL REVEAL. Come. Embark alongside Kris and Mike as they prepare to unravel the secrets hidden in the folds of the huge galactic cosmos, saving EARTH as they do...
Double Portion Vol. IV
Enjoy the exciting life and times of Summer Leaves Stonnet. The team lead of Emergency One is no stranger to bluffing the criminals and rescuing lives. Stationed in Sector 25, the middle of nowhere, Summer creates an environment that changes the sector for the better ... one story at a time.The changes accelerate for Summer Leaves Stonnet as she walks away from the opportunity to work at the sector headquarters ...The Stabbing of City LightsSummer Leaves Stonnet starts her medical review of the hospital departments with emergency services. Running the overnight emergency medics should be a piece of cake for a veteran emergency team lead. In Summer's typical fashion, she completely rewrites how station personnel deal with the aftermath of a bar fight and spots a possible epidemic before it could be spread. All is going well as a typical emergency room until there is a reported stabbing. The victim was none other than City Lights and finally Summer finds out exactly why City was always so perfect.FallenBetween intense emergency team hot standby months, Director Lights holds a party to announce the new Resource Director for the hospital. Summer Leaves Stonnet decides to have fun with the suspense and tells everyone to be looking for a bureaucratic stranger. Right before the ceremonies are to begin, Summer overhears that Emergency Two is running hot and one of team is dead. With no message from Granite, she has no idea who on her old team was hurt or dead. Or could one of them be Granite himself?
Mentats of Dune
The second volume in the landmark Schools of Dune trilogy -- the inspiration for the HBO Original series DUNE: PROPHECY!In Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's New York Times bestseller, Mentats of Dune, the thinking machines have been defeated but the struggle for humanity's future continues. Gilbertus Albans has founded the Mentat School, a place where humans can learn the efficient techniques of thinking machines. But Gilbertus walks an uneasy line between his own convictions and compromises in order to survive the Butlerian fanatics, led by the madman Manford Torondo and his Swordmaster Anari Idaho. Mother Superior Raquella attempts to rebuild her Sisterhood School on Wallach IX, with her most talented and ambitious student, Valya Harkonnen, who also has another goal--to exact revenge on Vorian Atreides, the legendary hero of the Jihad, whom she blames for her family's downfall. Meanwhile, Josef Venport conducts his own war against the Butlerians. VenHold Spacing Fleet controls nearly all commerce thanks to the superior mutated Navigators that Venport has created, and he places a ruthless embargo on any planet that accepts Manford Torondo's anti-technology pledge, hoping to starve them into submission. But fanatics rarely surrender easily . . . The Mentats, the Navigators, and the Sisterhood all strive to improve the human race, but each group knows that as Butlerian fanaticism grows stronger, the battle will be to choose the path of humanity's future--whether to embrace civilization, or to plunge into an endless dark age.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
In 1879, Colt Arms Factory superintendent Hank Morgan gets a crowbar to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's England of AD 528, replete with steel-plated knights, hefty horses, blushing ladies, vast castles, and a great oaken table the shape and size of a circus ring. Under this charming veneer roils a seething cesspit of slavery, superstition, criminal injustices legally wrought by Church as well as State, and hopeless despair.Whatever is the epitome of Yankee practicality and American sensibilities to do? Why, civilize the barbarians, of course, and drag them kicking and screaming into the nineteenth century."If you only know the various comic-book and film adaptations of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, you're liable to imagine the book as a laugh riot, an exercise in anachronistic fun. Knights on bicycles! Knights in armor playing baseball! A newspaper named The Camelot Weekly Hosannah and Literary Volcano! In fact, Twain's 1889 novel is seldom what we'd call funny. Instead, it's more the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July-a farrago of politics, preaching, and fireworks." The Washington PostMark Twain began work on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1879-the same year the Yankee Hank Morgan departed for his sojourn in sixth-century Britain. The first edition was published in 1889 and features more than 200 illustrations by the man who later would become founder of the Boy Scouts of America, Daniel Carter Beard. These illustrations are now in the public domain, and more than half have been incorporated into this edition, as well as its sequel written by Kim Iverson Headlee, King Arthur's Sister in Washington's Court, as an artistic homage to the classic edition of the first time travel story in all literature.
4 Horsemen
The twin suns have passed their alignment and the time of apocalypse is overdue, yet life continues to fester on the carcasses of the once great worlds. Again four will be born to take up the mantle and allow all life to be reborn through death. Accept this fate... Let The Horsemen ride...
Dreams of Verdure
He reached for the stars. The jungle claimed him instead.Dashin grew up on a harsh desert world, always the youngest, always alone. When the chance for adventure finally came, he signed onto a mining ship to prospect uncharted space. But his search for freedom ends in disaster when he crash-lands on a lush jungle planet and wakes in a treetop village among a people unlike any he has ever known-some of whom wield gifts that defy logic.He is thrust into a series of ritual trials, deadly ones he's entirely untrained for, even before the attempts on his life begin.Alina grew up in a canopy village, yearning for something beyond the life she knew. That "something" may just have fallen from the sky. To follow that path, she must embrace the gift she's always feared and trust in impossible visions and an unlikely ally. And, she must do it before it all slips through her fingers.Perfect for fans of found-family stories, rich alien worlds, and YA fantasy with a sci-fi twist. Dreams of Verdure delivers high-stakes adventure, a touch of romance (without spice), and the timeless question: What does it mean to belong?
