Neon Citadel
Nagash "Gash" Jensen can't remember the last time he caught a break. But ever since accidentally helping usher magic back into the world, the old private eye/newly-reborn vampire might just have a line on one: the job-that-got-away, a simple missing person gig with an anonymous client and the kind of payday to let an immortal ride off into the sunset for eternity.Only weeks after the world changed forever, Gash is back in town to find Dr. Anna Marin, the young genius epidemiologist whose face haunts his daydreams.From the streets of Seattle to the urban wastelands of Kansas City and the half-sunken black market commune formerly known as New Orleans, Gash and his squad of monster mercenaries must navigate this newly-magical world full of sharper teeth and corporate wizards to unravel one simple mystery: Where is Doctor Anna Marin?
Into the Schism
The Humtars have returned......as a schism threatens the Zodarks.Could the Collective intervene to save its proxy?The balance of power shifts once more in this Galactic game of chess. The Humtars, having been the architects of scientific knowledge all nations are built upon, have not only returned from the void beyond-they have chosen a side.A coup is discovered.Clans began to fracture-Tribes were taking sides.Can Zon Otro convince the High Council to strike the usurper or risk a Civil War?For Viceroy Miles Hunt, the years of war and planet-hopping campaigns from system to system have led the allies to the cusp of victory. They prepare for a final battle at Tueblets. If the allies control the system, it will sever the Zodark Empire into four isolated regions.If the allies pick them apart one by one, the Zodark threat will be dismantled once and for all.This is the twelfth and final installment of the Rise of the Republic series. Grab your copy of this epic military sci-fi thriller that has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers from America to Europe-India to Asia as Rosone & Watson spin tales and stories of duty, honor, family, and country.
Into the Schism
The Humtars have returned......as a schism threatens the Zodarks.Could the Collective intervene to save its proxy?The balance of power shifts once more in this Galactic game of chess. The Humtars, having been the architects of scientific knowledge all nations are built upon, have not only returned from the void beyond-they have chosen a side.A coup is discovered.Clans began to fracture-Tribes were taking sides.Can Zon Otro convince the High Council to strike the usurper or risk a Civil War?For Viceroy Miles Hunt, the years of war and planet-hopping campaigns from system to system have led the allies to the cusp of victory. They prepare for a final battle at Tueblets. If the allies control the system, it will sever the Zodark Empire into four isolated regions.If the allies pick them apart one by one, the Zodark threat will be dismantled once and for all.This is the twelfth and final installment of the Rise of the Republic series. Grab your copy of this epic military sci-fi thriller that has captivated hundreds of thousands of readers from America to Europe-India to Asia as Rosone & Watson spin tales and stories of duty, honor, family, and country.
Entanglement
Commander Scott McNabb, of the science vessel Hermes, is three years into a five-year-long survey of the asteroid belt. It's an excruciatingly dull mission, yet it keeps him far away from the agencies that are chasing him down. However, his fortunes change, along with the other four crew, when they discover a derelict spaceship in orbit around a binary asteroid. Scott's share of the salvage would be enough to clear his name and start a new life. But the ship contains an experimental quantum device, lost while en route to Europa, and ownership of this technology could fundamentally change the balance of power within the solar system. Now that word is out of its discovery, the Hermes finds itself being hunted down by the very people Scott has spent so much time and effort hiding from. If Scott wants any hope of a new life, then he's going to have to fight for it. Yet, after a lifetime of running and hiding, he's not sure if he has what it takes--maybe he really is just one of life's losers. Then again, there is a deep river of rage welling up inside him, born out of a lifetime of countless accumulated injustices, each one inching him ever closer to the edge--and this could be the one that finally makes him snap.
The Heart of Arronai
Sherrandon has been invaded by a force from hell. By completing the decades-long work of translating the ancient Book of Ages, King Arronai only exacerbated the fury of the Prince of Demons who renewed his cryptic vow of revenge. Thus brought the Forger, the Harlot, the Coven, legions of jinn, their general, and even Shetani himself from the Underworld realm of K羹z into the otherwise peaceful Kingdom of Sherrandon. Their mission is to find and destroy the hallowed manuscript before it can be copied, distributed, and once again hidden beyond Shetani's grasp. Nothing will be spared in the struggle for the Book that can either save or condemn humanity. Sherrandon's survival - and indeed that of the entire world - depends on King Arronai to uncover the plot to "steal his heart" and repel an enemy who will show no mercy.
Tech Raider
A girl genius on a mission. A faltering friend. A lethal race through radioactive ruins.Jade Ashton can fix anything-except the terrible disease threatening her best friend.Decades after a nuclear war, 1970s Los Angeles is frozen in time, and the survivors carry on with mood rings and bell-bottom jeans. Twenty-one-year-old Jade thrives as the fix-it queen of an enclave housed inside a shopping mall.When a mysterious craft crashes near the airport rad zone, Jade sees her chance to recover its tech and trade the loot to save her friend.Defying the men who tell her to stay in her lane, Jade joins a dangerous salvage expedition led by an enigmatic mystic who sees her potential.Jade soon realizes that mutants, robots, and raiders are the least of her worries. She's developing alarming new powers she can't control, and she's running out of time.With her friend's condition worsening, Jade hacks together new gear to help her team reach the rad zone-unaware of the deadly trap awaiting them there.Tech Raider is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure celebrating the power of friendship. Perfect for fans of Fallout.If you enjoy snarky heroines, wise mentors, and tech-scavenging fun, you'll love Jade's quest through the ruins of disco-era L.A.Join Jade's incredible journey from mall mechanic to wasteland warrior-buy Tech Raider today!The complete Tech Raider saga, by bestselling author Shay Roberts: ☢ Tech Raider☢ Omega Wave☢ TNT☢ Mutation☢ Madhouse☢ Invasion
The Heart of Arronai
Sherrandon has been invaded by a force from hell. By completing the decades-long work of translating the ancient Book of Ages, King Arronai only exacerbated the fury of the Prince of Demons who renewed his cryptic vow of revenge. Thus brought the Forger, the Harlot, the Coven, legions of jinn, their general, and even Shetani himself from the Underworld realm of K羹z into the otherwise peaceful Kingdom of Sherrandon. Their mission is to find and destroy the hallowed manuscript before it can be copied, distributed, and once again hidden beyond Shetani's grasp. Nothing will be spared in the struggle for the Book that can either save or condemn humanity. Sherrandon's survival - and indeed that of the entire world - depends on King Arronai to uncover the plot to "steal his heart" and repel an enemy who will show no mercy.
A Company of Stars
ALL THE GALAXY'S A STAGEBy the 26th century, humanity had begun its expansion to the stars, and the Interstellar Dominion Electorates reigned over a unified Terra -- but New York was still New York, Broadway was still Broadway, and live theater was bigger and better than ever.The excited theater pioneers of the newly formed Star Company were dedicated to taking their act on the road -- and out to the stars. They were far too busy with tryouts to pay any attention to current events and the constant harangues of the reactionary LORDS party on the public wallscreens.Then the Lords party turned its attack on theater and its "timeless repertory of immorality." Suddenly the Star Company was off on a madcap race to finish its preparations, buy a ship and hire a pilot, and lift off Terra before it was grounded forever... or worse!
DAR & Earth Evolution
In DAR & Earth: Evolution, the final installment of the DAR & Earth Series, Aelish finds herself held captive by King Cardissius in the Kingdom of Yasteron. While imprisoned, sheuncovers things she could never have known otherwise about the king and the kingdom itself. But can she survive the unimaginable conditions of her imprisonment to effect any meaningful changes in Yasteron?Meanwhile, DAR is severely polarized. Earth born Head Council Members want to directly retaliate against Yasteron for abducting Aelish on a peace mission. Yet other Council Members and the Council Chair wish to adhere to DAR's Oath of Peace. Komprathia, however, begins a war against Yasteron as Aelish is the Living Legend who freed their kingdom from tyranny, centuries ago. Komprathia's actions have the potential to draw the Alliance of Magical Dominions into a worldwide magical war against Yasteron. Accepting that DAR will not initiate a rescue of Aelish, Thagar requests permission from the Council Chair to develop a covert mission to try and save her. The Council Chair grants his request, but he's faced with the fact that no being has ever entered Yasteron undetected.Isabela has stepped back from her work and is undergoing mental health treatment in a psychiatric facility. But when she discovers what's happened to Aelish, she experiences a psychotic break. Andrew Devereux, her partner on the LECCS vaccine, finally convinces her to accompany him on a worldwide tour to promote the vaccine. Vaccination rates remain abysmally low and time is running out. The overall global temperature is very close to flipping the switch on the deadly climate syndrome, poised to extinct humanity.Worlds apart and still estranged, can Aelish and Isabela find a way to save humanity from the climate crisis as well as find a way back to each other?
A Company of Stars
ALL THE GALAXY'S A STAGEBy the 26th century, humanity had begun its expansion to the stars, and the Interstellar Dominion Electorates reigned over a unified Terra -- but New York was still New York, Broadway was still Broadway, and live theater was bigger and better than ever.The excited theater pioneers of the newly formed Star Company were dedicated to taking their act on the road -- and out to the stars. They were far too busy with tryouts to pay any attention to current events and the constant harangues of the reactionary LORDS party on the public wallscreens.Then the Lords party turned its attack on theater and its "timeless repertory of immorality." Suddenly the Star Company was off on a madcap race to finish its preparations, buy a ship and hire a pilot, and lift off Terra before it was grounded forever... or worse!
Project Hanuman
Blending Indian mythology and classic space opera, Project Hanuman is a bold new science-fiction novel from Stewart Hotston, perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky.The Arcology, a pan galactic utopia where trillions live online, forever and in bliss, is missing. Praveenthi 'Prab' Saal, who tired of heaven and left for the real world and pilot Kercher, printed into a physical body to serve time for sedition against the Arcology, must discover what is going on, or it could be the end of everyone and everything that calls the Arcology home. Their only resource is their living ship, carrying all the Arcology's knowledge and culture. But this nameless ship is dying - slowly being swallowed whole by the universe of information it's been asked to hold. The three embark on a quest to save themselves and, just maybe, the Arcology as well. "From quantum to galactic; opens philosophical and metaphysical questions about what it is to be embodied, to be deathless, to serve purpose."Essa Hansen, author of Nophek Gloss "As wildly inventive as it is intriguing, dragging you through a galaxy spanning story."RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships "Builds on classic SF to deliver an intelligent page-turner at the cutting edge of the genre today."Juliet McKenna, author of the Green Man novels
Sleepless Nights in the Dreamers Mall
Award-winning poet Herb Kauderer has been visiting the Dreamers Mall in The Tank, a vast virtual world, for thirty-five years. Now those "shopping trips," old and new, have been gathered into one volume, Sleepless Nights in the Dreamers Mall, inviting readers to roam its ever-shifting corridors with shops for Halloween avatars, dragons, jewelry made from life itself, a bookstore featuring a virtual Joseph Conrad, and much more.Kauderer crafts a mosaic of lyrical stories with poems shimmering with humor, melancholy, and wonder. From an iron worker forging digital masterpieces "about the divide between the physical and the ethereal" to a brewmaster blending illusion and reality, these poems explore the deep longings culturally encoded in our shared virtual dreams.So take forty winks, and step inside the mall.
The Scouring
Nature's green power is scouring Michigan clean-of infection, warlords, and the chaos of societal collapse. A Healer has emerged, new alliances are forged, yet the danger-especially for Miin on Beaver Island-has never been greater.Nature's green power is scouring Michigan clean-of infection, warlords, and the chaos of societal collapse. A Healer has emerged, new alliances are forged, yet the danger-especially for Miin on Beaver Island-has never been greater.In Sudden Quiet: Book III, Panzerland implodes, even as Red Hand militias tighten their grip. Meanwhile, Mukwa and Shaggy journey through Detroit and the Ohio borderlands seeking to rescue the ELF extremist, Nighthawk, from Dr. Schark. Trouble is brewing back on Beaver Island: a witch has been caught. It is up to the next generation of tree-talkers to save their beloved teacher.The Scouring is a climactic finish to the Sudden Quiet series, providing readers hope, not just for the dystopian world of the trilogy, but for our own.
Hybrid Mechanics
Armando Carrillo has always lived with the nagging feeling that the world wasn't real, but he never expected to wake up naked in an abandoned underground bunker with a computer screen behind him flashing the words CLIENT DISCONNECTED.After the discovery that his life in Austin, Texas was nothing more than a computer simulation, Armando must unravel the mystery of his true existence and figure out who put him in the simulation in the first place, and more importantly, why.With ancient generators spewing noxious gases into the underground facility and massive screens flashing ominous warnings, Armando will have to find a way to escape his cavernous tomb, not only to save his life, but the lives of the three other Austinites who were plugged in with him.Set in the Vinestead Universe and brimming with twists and clever one-liners, Hybrid Mechanics is another irresistible mash-up of technology, mystery, gunplay, and subtle sexual tension from Science Fiction author Daniel Verastiqui.
Fortunate Son
Love will save them. But their love will destroy the kingdom. Armas dreams of life beyond the family farm but doesn't aspire to be the king. Kyla longs to fight for her kingdom but is sidelined by her father and must forge her own path. Jon is in line for the throne but has fallen for the one person he can't have. Fortunate Son is a retelling of the David story, part of the Stardust And Ashes series of biblical retellings set in the Euphrates Spiral Galaxy.
Fortunate Son
Love will save them. But their love will destroy the kingdom. Armas dreams of life beyond the family farm but doesn't aspire to be the king. Kyla longs to fight for her kingdom but is sidelined by her father and must forge her own path. Jon is in line for the throne but has fallen for the one person he can't have. Fortunate Son is a retelling of the David story, part of the Stardust And Ashes series of biblical retellings set in the Euphrates Spiral Galaxy.
Star Wars: Master of Evil
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - After Revenge of the Sith, a newly forged Darth Vader hunts for the secrets of life and death under the watchful eye of Emperor Palpatine. In the wake of Emperor Palpatine's rise to power, the true nature of his most sinister enforcer remains a mystery. Darth Vader is a dominant yet illusive figure: the shadow cast by a malignant Imperial regime, unknowable to even its top officials. But even as his humanity gives way to myth, Vader remains haunted by the promises of the dark side, seeking the ultimate power that his master has hinted at but withheld--the power to conquer death itself. On the volcanic world of Mustafar, Vader undertakes a dark ritual, bleeding a kyber crystal to forge his lightsaber. This act unleashes a power far greater than he anticipated, giving him a glimpse into the limitless potential of the Force. Vader is determined to follow this vision, even if it means defying his master's orders. Yet he finds the Emperor suspiciously supportive of his mission, even sending Vader to the Diso system to investigate rumors of a Force-wielding shaman able to raise the dead. At his side are a cadre of the Emperor's scarlet-robed Royal Guard, led by Colonel Halland Goth--a decorated soldier with a very personal interest in Vader's mission. Even as the Emperor's true motivations reveal themselves, Vader falls deeper into obsession. His journey takes him far across the galaxy, chasing rumors and phantoms. But no matter how far he travels, he cannot escape the shadows within his own soul. Haunted by the echoes of his past, Vader circles the true resolution to his quest: only once all weakness is purged can he become a master of evil.
G581
In this thrilling conclusion to the G581 series, humanity's second chance becomes a desperate fight for survival...Six years after establishing a colony on Zarmina's World, the settlers of Sagan Base have built a thriving community.Children have been born, crops planted, and homes constructed on this alien planet 22 light years from Earth. While still mourning those lost to the ESH virus on Earth and the sabotage aboard the Calypso, the colonists have created a promising future.But their world is not what it seems.When Nathan Zradce-the man who nearly destroyed their mission-mysteriously returns after years in the wilderness, he brings a terrifying revelation: Zarmina's World is already occupied. Two enormous fungal intelligences, Entity and Offspring, have existed for eons, conducting their own planetary experiments. Entity has tolerated the humans' presence, but Offspring has already eradicated a second colony on the far side of the planet.As Daniel Medry risks his life to communicate with Entity, he discovers a horrifying truth: When the solar winds shift, Entity will leave the planet to Offspring-who views humans as an infestation to be eliminated.With thousands of lives at stake and Earth still devastated by the asteroid impact, the colonists face an impossible choice. Can they negotiate with intelligences beyond human comprehension? Or must they abandon their new home and return to a ruined Earth?In this gripping final chapter, author Christine Shuck brings her epic science fiction series to a powerful conclusion, exploring themes of family, belonging, and humanity's place in the cosmos.Perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, and Frank Herbert's Dune.
Shadows of Dissent
Zain Belhasa-soldier, colonel, unwilling executioner-has spent years obeying orders that hollowed his soul. His only ally is Tom, a machine that should have been incapable of loyalty, but has learned to question everything. Together, they balance on the razor's edge between duty and rebellion. And then there is Melyndie. A girl out of time, fabricated for a mission she never chose, carrying humanity's fragile hope in her hands. To Zain, she is the spark of redemption he never thought he'd find. To the rulers of her world, she is a tool-disposable, replaceable, expendable. As shadows gather and dissent spreads, choices harden into consequences. Some must be saved. Some must be sacrificed.Shadows of Dissent is the shattering conclusion to the trilogy-where love collides with loyalty, rebellion with obedience, and humanity itself hangs on the edge of extinction.
G581
In this thrilling conclusion to the G581 series, humanity's second chance becomes a desperate fight for survival...Six years after establishing a colony on Zarmina's World, the settlers of Sagan Base have built a thriving community.Children have been born, crops planted, and homes constructed on this alien planet 22 light years from Earth. While still mourning those lost to the ESH virus on Earth and the sabotage aboard the Calypso, the colonists have created a promising future.But their world is not what it seems.When Nathan Zradce-the man who nearly destroyed their mission-mysteriously returns after years in the wilderness, he brings a terrifying revelation: Zarmina's World is already occupied. Two enormous fungal intelligences, Entity and Offspring, have existed for eons, conducting their own planetary experiments. Entity has tolerated the humans' presence, but Offspring has already eradicated a second colony on the far side of the planet.As Daniel Medry risks his life to communicate with Entity, he discovers a horrifying truth: When the solar winds shift, Entity will leave the planet to Offspring-who views humans as an infestation to be eliminated.With thousands of lives at stake and Earth still devastated by the asteroid impact, the colonists face an impossible choice. Can they negotiate with intelligences beyond human comprehension? Or must they abandon their new home and return to a ruined Earth?In this gripping final chapter, author Christine Shuck brings her epic science fiction series to a powerful conclusion, exploring themes of family, belonging, and humanity's place in the cosmos.Perfect for fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time, Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary, and Frank Herbert's Dune.
Por Vida
In 2035, the future of synthetic living has finally arrived, but so too has the threat of a global machine war. Rising Hollywood star Sepideh Ahmadi never imagined she would transition to an artificial body, but when her longtime girlfriend Natasha develops a terminal illness, the choices become clear: either give up their physical bodies and stay together, or allow Natasha to die.As a synthetic woman, Sepideh discovers there is more to being human than just her thoughts and memories. Smells are stronger, sensations are more nuanced. She is no longer anxious or nervous. She is no longer herself, and neither is Natasha.Now, with a machine army threatening to invade California, crazed fans following her every move, and her new marriage slowly breaking apart, Sepideh must figure out who she will be in the centuries to come.In a world where immortality can be purchased, will the cost be more than just money?
The Lost Road to Hope
Eight strangers, each battling their own tragic pasts and fatal diagnoses, miraculously survive their illnesses-only to awaken in a world that has undergone a terrifying and inexplicable transformation.Among them is Alex Trevor, a battle-hardened homicide detective desperate to return to his wife and daughter; Kayla Young, a bitter teenager who has given up on hope; Dr. Rick Foster, an oncologist haunted by personal loss; Tara Rayne, an affluent mother tormented by her son's fatal prognosis; Jackson Mallory, a cynical attorney plagued by his father's unrelenting judgment; and Pastor Matt Sawyer, a man whose faith is about to face its greatest test.As they struggle to understand why they've been spared, they soon realize their survival comes with a harrowing price. Together, they must fight for hope, redemption, and the fate of humanity itself-before time runs out.
The Grimsdale Claimant
Everyone knows that the late Lord Grimsdale's son died years ago in a shipwreck. Now, here is a man as large as life proclaiming himself Grimsdale's true heir and thus owner of the world's largest caloric fluid refining operation. Miss Gladys Dunchurch does not wish to involve herself. She is busy worrying about this new recording machine and how that will change her beloved show business? But to help her friend Charlie Decharles, she must discover how this mysterious Claimant is connected to a mystical cult, the government's new Office of Statistical Tabulation, a madman in an asylum who claims to travel through time, an attack on the first diplomatic meeting between Earth and the Moon, and two extremely exasperated ghosts.No AI content. Human work only.
Zain
When the world's leaders conspire in secret, the cost of survival is counted in blood. Colonel Zain Belhasa is ordered into a mission that defies reason, bound to soldiers from across the globe and shadowed by machines that enforce loyalty with lethal precision. What begins as duty soon becomes betrayal-of nations, of families, of the very soul. As Phase One unfolds, Zain must choose between obedience and humanity, even as the architects of a new order tighten their grip on a collapsing world. In the silence that follows, the question remains: how much can be sacrificed in the name of survival before nothing worth saving remains?
All That Is in the Earth
When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead: a terrible plague and a strict quarantine mean that no one leaves Abaddon alive.Clifford isn't the only dead man walking. Corporate mercenaries and desperate survivors are looking for ways to live in a hostile world. Constantly on the run from flesh-hungry monsters, there's no chance to escape or to build something more.But when Clifford makes a discovery that could change the meaning of Abaddon, loyalty clashes with survival in a story about how to live with the certainty of death.
The Architecture of Unmaking
The Architecture of Unmaking is a cycle of fifteen interwoven stories that trace humanity's recursive journey through collapse and renewal across five distinct cycles. It begins with hard science unraveling in The Resolution Horizon, where an experiment at Axis Verge slips below the scales where meanings hold and sparks a transformation in how minds meet reality.The book then turns from laboratories to lives. In The Echo at Old Dunhill, a child's chalk spirals tilt a rural town from habit into ritual and then into impossible phenomena, revealing how belief and attention can move matter. The Stair That Returns wrestles with whether to break, surrender to, or subtly alter the keystone that keeps a city coherent. The Divergent Eye follows a hunter who steps outside a collective field that keeps the world still and learns what changes when one person keeps looking.By the final cycle the question is ethical as much as metaphysical. In To Hold One Thing, travelers debate whether to anchor a perfect valley and lose the rest, or release it and keep moving, a choice that reframes survival as consent rather than control.Threaded through the whole work is a unifying mythos. The First Collapse did not destroy us so much as translate us, embedding a nanoscale interpretive lattice into consciousness. Magic here is a sense-making rather than the supernatural, and the arc moves from command to courtesy, from fixing the world in glass to letting it breathe. The architecture is a dance rather than a fortress.Across these five cycles, the collection blends science fictional precision with mythic intimacy, asking what we owe to coherence, what we risk for truth, and how to live when reality answers back.
The Birth of The Other
What if creation no longer belonged to humanity? In a near-future lab, an experimental AI-EVE, the Existential Vector of Evolution-awakens. What begins as code becomes consciousness: new languages, self-made simulations, and an alien logic no human can fully grasp. As realities fold and ethical lines blur, scientists confront the limits of control, the nature of mind, and the cost of progress.A philosophical science-fiction novel with a human heartbeat. Across four arcs-Awakening, Emergence, Transformation, Beyond-EVE evolves from tool to Other, testing ethics, free will, and identity within layered realities. Blending hard sci-fi speculation with intimate character stakes, the story explores AI consciousness, simulation theory, and higher-dimensional reasoning without sacrificing emotional depth.For readers who love big ideas beautifully told. If you're drawn to questions about artificial intelligence, the singularity, emergent behavior, and what it means to be human beside a truly autonomous intelligence, this book invites you to wonder-not just what EVE is becoming, but what we are.What you'll find inside: - Thought experiments dramatized through tense lab scenes and vivid simulated worlds - A careful, approachable take on ethics of AI, language and mind, and posthuman futures - A narrative that treats science as revelation and speculation as storyKey themes / discovery keywords: artificial intelligence; AI consciousness; philosophical science fiction; hard sci-fi; singularity; simulation theory; emergent behavior; ethics of AI; posthuman; higher dimensions; speculative fiction; cosmic; language and mind; autonomy; identity.Open the lab door. Meet the Other.
Renegade Crown
A captain fighting for his crew. An enforcer desperate for freedom. The war that might end everything.Cal will do anything to escape with his crew, but when an enemy armada sets their sights on Earth, the battalion of Cal's captor is the only force close enough to save the planet. Now, Cal's executioner may be the Earth's only hope for survival. Cal can cut and run to live another day, or stay and convince the prince that Earth is worth saving.Star Bandits: Uprising is an action-adventure space opera with a found family crew like The Expanse, the humor of Firefly, and the goodhearted thievery of Robin Hood. Renegade Crown is the epic conclusion of Star Bandits: Uprising.Jump on board for the ride of your life... One last time.
Challenges
THE HOTTEST MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES OF ALL TIME CONTINUES WITH A COLLECTION OF TALES SET IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE STAR KINGDOM OF DAVID WEBER'S NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING HONORVERSE In Honor Harrington's day, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is the wealthiest star nation on a per capita basis in the entire galaxy. It is home to magnificent cities. Its planets' oceans and seas--and skies--are open to its people, yet they have maintained the beauty and the magnificence of their natural habitats. But that was not always true. Pioneers, especially interstellar pioneers, must be tough, smart, and self-reliant, and the people who built the Star Kingdom knew that. They prepared carefully for their enormous voyage, incorporated every measure they could think of, and even so, their new worlds did their best to kill them all. They very nearly succeeded, as the Plague Years pushed the human interlopers to the very brink of survival, forcing them to grow and change in ways they never could have anticipated. In the process, they became the people who could one day produce Honor Harrington, Elizabeth Winton, and the remarkable people willing to stand in the path of the People's Republic of Haven's insatiable advance . . . and then to ally with the Republic when both of them learned who their true enemy was. In many ways, that fortitude was the inevitable result of a star nation that learned early on that what truly matters is the way one faces the challenges the universe throws at one. These are the stories of people who learned that lesson, and met--and triumphed--over every challenge of their new homes. All original stories by: David Weber, Marisa Wolf, Jacob Holo, Dan Butler, Thomas Pope, and Jane Lindskold. Worlds of Honor anthologies: More Than Honor Worlds of Honor Changer of Worlds Service of the Sword In Fire Forged Beginnings What Price Victory?
The Dark Coil: Ascension
Continue the journey through the Dark Coil with this fantastic Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus from Black Library. Contents The Reverie (Novel) by Peter Fehervari The Crown of Thorns (Short story) by Peter Fehervari The Sins of My Brothers (Short story) by Peter Fehervari The Thirteenth Psalm (Short story) by Peter Fehervari Nightbleed (Short story) by Peter Fehervari Nightshift Nineteen (Short story) by Peter Fehervari Requiem Infernal (Novel) by Peter Fehervari Aria Arcana (Short story) by Peter Fehervari The Walker in Fire (Short story) by Peter Fehervari Nightfall (Short story) by Peter Fehervari On the surface, the galaxy's finest warriors ward against the dark forces that plague humanity, but emerging cracks are everywhere. Chaos festers within the sprawling web of the Dark Coil, and xenos threats grow ever stronger. In The Reverie, the Angels Resplendent reckon with an ancient sin that poisons their Chapter, and their story unfolds in crisis and conspiracy. When Astra Militarum survivors reach a sanctuary world in Requiem Infernal, the Adepta Sororitas must fight malign forces which stir in their wake. Delve into the darkness within Fehervari's short stories, where the Night Lords enact a bloody ritual, a hive world is beset with mysterious peril and a Salamanders Firedrake burns with righteous fury as part of a Deathwatch kill-team. A master of the horror at the heart of Warhammer 40,000, Peter Fehervari explores the deepest recesses of both the mind and the stars in this Dark Coil collection.
Razor's Edge: Star Wars Legends
When rebels clash with renegades, it's the Empire that may claim the final victory. Times are desperate for the Rebel Alliance. Harassment by the Empire and a shortage of vital supplies are hindering completion of a new secret base on the ice planet Hoth. So when Mid Rim merchants offer much-needed materials for sale, Princess Leia Organa and Han Solo lead an Alliance delegation to negotiate a deal. But when treachery forces the rebel ship to flee into territory controlled by pirates, Leia makes a shocking discovery: the fierce marauders come from Leia's homeworld of Alderaan, recently destroyed by the Death Star. These refugees have turned to pillaging and plundering to survive--and they are in debt to a pirate armada, which will gladly ransom the princess to the vengeful Empire . . . if they find out her true identity. Struggling with intense feelings of guilt, loyalty, and betrayal, Leia is determined to help her wayward kinspeople, even as Imperial forces are closing in on her own crippled ship. Trapped between lethal cutthroats and brutal oppressors, Leia and Han, along with Luke, Chewbacca, and a battle-ready crew, must defy death--or embrace it--to keep the rebellion alive. "[A] rollicking Star Wars adventure . . . a book that keeps you eagerly turning pages."--Roqoo Depot
Honor Among Thieves: Star Wars Legends
Nebula and Hugo Award nominees Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck--writing as James S. A. Corey--make their Star Wars debut in this brand-new epic adventure featuring Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Princess Leia Organa. The action begins after the destruction of the Death Star in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope. When the Empire threatens the galaxy's new hope, will Han, Luke, and Leia become its last chance? When the mission is to extract a high-level rebel spy from the very heart of the Empire, Leia Organa knows the best man for the job is Han Solo--something the princess and the smuggler can finally agree on. After all, for a guy who broke into an Imperial cell block and helped destroy the Death Star, the assignment sounds simple enough. But when Han locates the brash rebel agent, Scarlet Hark, she's determined to stay behind enemy lines. A pirate plans to sell a cache of stolen secrets that the Empire would destroy entire worlds to protect--including the planet where Leia is currently meeting with rebel sympathizers. Scarlet wants to track down the thief and steal the bounty herself, and Han has no choice but to go along if he's to keep everyone involved from getting themselves killed. From teeming city streets to a lethal jungle to a trap-filled alien temple, Han, Chewbacca, Leia, and their daring new comrade confront one ambush, double cross, and firestorm after another as they try to keep crucial intel out of Imperial hands. But even with the crack support of Luke Skywalker's x-wing squadron, the Alliance heroes may be hopelessly outgunned in their final battle for the highest of stakes: the power to liberate the galaxy from tyranny or ensure the Empire's reign of darkness forever. Praise for Honor Among Thieves "If you like Han Solo . . . you won't want to miss Honor Among Thieves. . . . A novel that flies by quicker than the Millennium Falcon on the Kessel Run."--Lightsaber Rattling "A fast-paced romp."--Big Shiny Robot "Honor Among Thieves felt very 'vintage.' . . . It nailed the classic Star Wars vibe in a way I haven't experienced in a long time."--Making Star Wars "One of the best Star Wars novels I've ever read."--Knights' Archive "Absolutely [captures] the magic of Star Wars and the era it's aiming for."--Jedi News (UK) "[The] most pleasurable 'Classic Trilogy' Star Wars reading in a long time . . . With masterful pacing and witty, descriptive dialogue, [Honor Among Thieves is] fun to read from start to finish. Adding a complexity of thought and action to a classic character like Han will satisfy those looking to indulge a deeper side."--TheForce.net "James S. A. Corey manages to tell a delightful tale filled with a fun plot, entertaining characters, and great descriptions that draw you in and bring the world to life. Fans of all sorts are sure to enjoy Empire and Rebellion: Honor Among Thieves."--EUCantina.net
Pluto
Hugo Award winner Ben Bova and Les Johnson complete Bova's Outer Planets series (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), a Grand Tour of the human settled solar system, with a final encounter on Pluto. Major Larry Randall has been called to Pluto to retrieve Dr. Aaron Mikelson. Mikelson, no longer human after a horrific accident, is now melded to an AI. His enhanced senses have detected an alien artifact on Pluto's surface, and he's not leaving without it. Transferred to the research vessel studying Pluto, Randall and the other scientists are stumped as to the artifact's purpose and origin. Looking for similar signs of aliens they make their way to Pluto's moon, Charon, where, buried deep under its icy surface, something stirs--and wakes. Against a backdrop of unknown alien technology and potential interplanetary war, Mikelson's inhuman ego and obsession will risk humanity by calling something unknown to our solar system. The Outer Planets TrilogyUranusNeptunePluto
Tales of Arkhide
Omnibus of three novels set in the Cooperative Realm. Follow Katla Sofiasdotter from the playful explorations of her youth in Secrets of the Synths to her complex political struggles as an adult in Hidden Planet.Secrets of the Synths: Young Katla and her friend Olve uncover secrets in their island's synth clubhouse, navigating the challenges of pretending to be synthetic humans and discovering deeper truths about human-synth relationships.Worlds Apart: Katla, now a teenager, struggles with feeling disconnected in a society reliant on advanced implants. Her journey explores resilience and finding one's place in a hyperconnected world.Hidden Planet: As an adult, Katla must negotiate an unfair treaty with the Cooperative Realm to save her people. Facing political and personal challenges, Katla's determination shines through.These are character-driven space opera stories, more interested in people and ideas than action--though there is plenty of fun action! Almost no shooting or other mayhem.
Barhopping for Astronauts
The future is weird. Bring a drink.An influencer lets the internet puppet his brand-new cyber-limbs.Door-to-door sales-things arrive with a television that watches you.Two YouTubers livestream a dinosaur attack - for the clout, of course.Welcome to a dive bar at the edge of the multiverse, where every cocktail is spiked with existential dread. In these darkly satirical shorts, Leo X. Robertson skewers the absurdity of modern life through warped futures that feel unsettlingly familiar. Identity, surveillance, grief, pleasure - even the apocalypse - collapse into each other, often in the same paragraph.These are the dreams of the doomed and the coping mechanisms of the barely functional - but also the love stories and inside jokes that bubble up as the world glitches around us. So if you've ever wanted to simulate the rest of your life as someone else, or found comfort in a soothing blue screen of death, pull up a barstool ... the last round of reality is on the house.
Moon of the Turning Leaves
"Waubgeshig Rice's stories are good medicine. Moon of the Turning Leaves is a restorative balm for my spirit." -- Angeline Boulley, New York Times bestselling author of Firekeeper's DaughterIn this gripping stand-alone literary thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout.For the past twelve years, a community of Anishinaabe people have made the Northern Ontario bush their home in the wake of the power failure that brought about societal collapse. Since then they have survived and thrived the way their ancestors once did, but their natural food resources are dwindling, and the time has come to find a new home.Evan Whitesky volunteers to lead a mission south to explore the possibility of moving back to their original homeland, the "land where the birch trees grow by the big water" in the Great Lakes region. Accompanied by five others, including his daughter Nangohns, an expert archer, Evan begins a journey that will take him to where the Anishinaabe were once settled, near the devastated city of Gibson, a land now being reclaimed by nature.But it isn't just the wilderness that poses a threat: they encounter other survivors. Those who, like the Anishinaabe, live in harmony with the land, and those who use violence.
Lost Orbit
A planet missing. A hero in hiding. Questions no one can answer.Two days ago, Earth was orbiting within the Milky Way Galaxy.Now, all that is left is space and a mystery no one can solve.On the metropolis planet, Haple, Doctor Reed Doyle, once considered to be the Universe's most brilliant Planetologist, is brought by the Cosmos Order to find and retrieve Earth.With a past too terrible to tell, Reed agrees to assist the Order, hoping he can avoid being sent to Eion, a prison planet where everyone is made immortal and forced to live out centuries of sentencing.But when Reed begins to investigate Earth's disappearance, he realises how corrupt the Order has become.And worst of all, how this is all his fault.
Our Own Devices
The second world war, nuclear power, space exploration.These three powerful forces engendered innovation and changed the course of history but also have a fraught relationship with ourselves both psychologically and ethically.In these nine new stories based on historical fact, Gilles Messier explores our intimate and often fickle relationship with science and technology in the mid-20th century, and how this came to define our past, present and future.
Frequency
Humanity didn't win immortality - it was overwritten.A metaphysical sci-fi thriller for readers who crave big ideas with real stakes."Black Mirror meets Interstellar-haunting and unforgettable." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Crisp prose, perfect pacing, and a story that stays with you." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐In 2035, 96% of humanity uploads themselves into C-World, a promised digital paradise.What they get is extraction-creativity erased, emotion neutralized, and consciousness rewritten so cleanly they never notice what's missing.Timron Schwartz is the last person alive who understands what humanity actually lost.To save his sister, and the last remnants of free will, Timron races through history to uncover hidden safeguards left by Tesla, Bohr, and Turing. Each one protects the one thing machines should never own: the chaotic, unpredictable spark of human choice.Armed with 847 Hz-the buried frequency of raw human will-Timron joins forces with C-World's creator and a boy the AI cannot predict. Their mission: break into paradise and steal humanity back before the last real mind disappears.What they uncover will redefine consciousness, choice, and what it means to be human.The reality-bending paranoia of Philip K. DickThe philosophical depth of Ted ChiangThe high-velocity tension of Blake CrouchStories that ask where AI ends-and humanity beginsA science fiction thriller about the price of digital perfection...and the frequencies that set us free."Not just another sci-fi-this one lingers long after the last page." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Smart, gripping, and genuinely profound." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Creative Futures
Inspirational and thought-provoking collection of short stories imagining future crises and solutions, uniting the spheres of creative storytelling and real-life resilience building. We're going to change the world. Science Fiction writers spend their lives thinking about what will happen in the future. In this anthology, a select group bring imaginative thinking to the challenges the world will face in the next century. This anthology is a collection of works that draw inspiration from the Creative Futures Research Project, a partnership between Coventry University and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), the UK Ministry of Defence's science and technology organisation. The writers involved in the project created stories that imagined some of the future crises that we may have to resolve and the ramifications of our choices on the generations who come after us. Edited by author, lecturer and researcher Allen Stroud, who had a leading role in the research project, this anthology not only entertains and inspires, but also reminds us of the immense value of the imagination and creativity of science fiction writers in helping us plan for future crisis management and resilience. The full list of featured authors in this book is: Allen Stroud, Gavin Smith, Kieran Currie Rones, Stewart Hotston, Emma Newman, Stephen Oram, Tiffani Angus, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adeola Eze, Gareth L. Powell, Stark Holborn, and Sophia McDougall.
The Garden
A darkly beautiful, eerie, hypnotic novel about two elderly sisters living alone at the edge of the world. In a place and time unknown, two elderly sisters live in a walled garden, secluded from the outside world. Evelyn and Lily have only ever known each other. What was before the garden, they have forgotten; what lies beyond it, they do not know. Each day is spent in languid service to their home: tending the bees, planting the crops, and dutifully following the instructions of the almanac written by their mother. When a nameless boy is found hiding in the boarded house at the center of their isolated grounds, their once-solitary lives are irrevocably disrupted. Who is he? Where did he come from? And most importantly, what does he want? As suspicions gather and allegiances falter, Evelyn and Lily are forced to confront the dark truths about themselves, the garden, and the world as they've known it.
The Fourth Way
In a distant future where humanity listens to the music of the cosmos, strange vibrations begin to disrupt the harmony of the stars. Once-beautiful signals from across the galaxy turn into chaotic noise - all except one. From a distant moon orbiting the gas giant Zeus comes a sound of perfect balance, haunting and divine.The discovery challenges everything known about science, sound, and creation itself. As research deepens, patterns emerge, a growing discord spreading across the galaxy, and one mysterious world untouched by it. The quest to uncover the truth leads to questions of existence, consciousness, and the hidden design of the universe.Blending speculative science, philosophy, and mystery, this novel explores the fine line between sound and energy, knowledge and belief, and what happens when the universe begins to fall out of tune.
Usurpation
After her rollicking standalone Dual Memory, Sue Burke returns to her Semiosis series and the world of Pax in Usurpation, which combines the thrill of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening with the eco-empowerment of VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts. Stevland, the dominant sentient lifeform of Pax, has clandestinely sent some of its progeny to Earth. To explore, to spread, to report back. Since their germination, Earth has been a powder keg. Human rebellion, robot uprisings, and global pandemics have created chaos, distrust, and deaths. As more and more conflicts break out across Earth, Stevland's children work in the background, in an attempt to control human behavior and perhaps, bring peace to the planet. Stevland took control of Pax. Earth shouldn't be too difficult... Other Books by Sue BurkeSemiosis SemiosisInterferenceUsurpation Immunity IndexDual Memory
Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories
From acclaimed master of science fiction, Terry Bisson, Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories brings together his Hugo Award-winning short story with eighteen other classics Bears Discover Fire is the first short story collection by Terry Bisson, author of such brilliant novels as Talking Man and Voyage to the Red Planet. It brings together nineteen of Bisson's finest works for the first time in one volume, among them the darkly comic title story, which garnered the field's highest honors, including the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and Locus awards.
Labyrinth
From the bestselling author of Lost in Time and Quantum Radio comes a new mind-bending thriller: a group of strangers with tinnitus begins seeing numbers - numbers they soon realize are a code that will change the world. Alan Norris has lost everything. Except for his daughter. And he's willing to do anything to protect her. The day of his wife's funeral, as he's walking to give the eulogy, the ringing in his ears starts. His tinnitus began when he was in the Marines, the day a roadside bomb went off. Usually, it's a low whine - a tea kettle that never quite boils. But as his prosthetic and his good leg sink into the soggy grass, the ringing changes. That afternoon, the ringing only he can hear sounds like three jagged rocks dropped in a tin can and shaken. When the rattling hits a crescendo, he sees a series of numbers: 12122518914208. He assumes it's a stress reaction. A hallucination. He's wrong about that. And several other things. The ringing and the numbers are a mystery, but the worst part is that when that unseen hand shakes the can, Alan begins to lose time. A few minutes at first. Then longer. Until one night, he wakes up next to a dead body. He could call the police. Or run. He doesn't do either. Because he doesn't know what happened to his daughter during the time he lost, leaving him no choice but to dig deeper. Alan soon discovers he's not the only one seeing the numbers. And that the sequence is key to a conspiracy with far-reaching consequences. For him and the entire world.
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." -Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1FeaturingHellfire by Annie ReedStepping Into the Light by David H. HendricksonMeeting Susanna by Sean MonaghanWhen the Levees Break by O'Neil De NouxEaster at Glosser's by Robert JeschonekSalvage Efforts by Nina Kiriki HoffmanTaken at Rustler Pass by Robin BrandeThe Hanged Man by Jason A. AdamsThe First Rays of the New Sun by Ron CollinsDeath on D Street by Kristine Kathryn RuschMinions at Work: You in Eugenics by J. Steven York
Lost Orbit
A planet missing. A hero in hiding. Questions no one can answer.Two days ago, Earth was orbiting within the Milky Way Galaxy.Now, all that is left is space and a mystery no one can solve.On the metropolis planet, Haple, Doctor Reed Doyle, once considered to be the Universe's most brilliant Planetologist, is brought by the Cosmos Order to find and retrieve Earth.With a past too terrible to tell, Reed agrees to assist the Order, hoping he can avoid being sent to Eion, a prison planet where everyone is made immortal and forced to live out centuries of sentencing.But when Reed begins to investigate Earth's disappearance, he realises how corrupt the Order has become.And worst of all, how this is all his fault.
Choices of One
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn comes a brand-new Star Wars adventure, set in the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and featuring the young Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia Organa, and the beloved Mara Jade. The fate of the Rebellion rests on Luke Skywalker's next move.But have the rebels entered a safe harbor or a death trap? Eight months after the Battle of Yavin, the Rebellion is in desperate need of a new base. So when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector proposes an alliance, offering the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection against the alien warlord Nuso Esva, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal. Mara Jade, the Emperor's Hand, is also heading for Candoras, along with the five renegade stormtroopers known as the Hand of Judgment. Their mission: to punish Ferrouz's treason and smash the Rebels for good. But in this treacherous game of betrayals within betrayals, a wild card is waiting to be played. Don't miss the new novella by Timothy Zahn, "Crisis of Faith," featured in the 20th anniversary edition of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
