A Snowflake at Midnight
A rare manuscript. A midnight promise. A man who would steal them both away.Pressured by looming deadlines and an annoying patron, Evie Brown, academic librarian, struggles to find joy this Christmas holiday. Worse, her sick father is ready to abandon treatments and surrender to fate - a decision she refuses to accept. Delving into a medieval manuscript, she searches for answers in the distant past.For the woman who has stolen his heart, only a perfect proposal will do. Ash Lockwood, botanist, has transformed the rooftop greenhouse into a tropical fairyland. But when Evie begs him to help her harvest mistletoe at midnight, they venture down a different garden path - unaware that danger circles close.When their plans implode and a murderer threatens their lives, only invention and teamwork will save them.STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB!Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Join USA Today bestselling author, Anne Renwick, as she takes you back into an alternate past.ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets ELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the ScarabELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and SteamFor fans of steampunk and gaslamp fantasy romance, this is a STEAMY romance with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match.
Run With the Hunted 7
In the fast-paced, tech-heavy future, the City of Light is everything Bristol always knew it could be. But when she brings a new job to the table, stealing diamond-crusted endangered animal statues from an art installation at a casino, to her shock, Bits says no. Not without Dolly. Dolly, who Bristol hasn't seen or spoken to since that night in Morocco.Well, no matter. She hops on a flight to find Dolly and plead her case. It isn't really a casino job after all; it can't possibly be that serious, no matter Bit's misgivings. They've handled a lot in their time together.But her reception isn't exactly warm, and while Dolly agrees to do the job for Bristol's own good, it doesn't feel as victorious as she expected. Bristol finds herself doing some uncomfortable soul-searching as the trio coordinates one of their biggest jobs ever.
The Double Split Experiment
With the end of the world nearing, what would you do if you were offered the chance of an escape?Richard York is exhausted. His insomnia is causing him to nod off at work, and he's close to getting fired if he keeps failing at his job. He just needs some relief and is willing to do anything to get some rest. Samantha, a struggling actress, is suffering from the same affliction, so when the two of them collide, literally, in a car accident, it seems like fate has stepped in to bring them together. Both of their lives are going off track, and to add to their misery, news reports are coming in about an impending asteroid collision with Earth. In a chance encounter at a local bookstore, Richard meets Dr. Edward Lytton, a professor at the University of Toronto. He tells Richard about his research into the field of sleep deprivation. Ed is a scientist who has secretly been experimenting on animals in his basement, finding ways to access interdimensional travel. He has been searching for human participants in his next scientific trial, and thinks he has found a perfect candidate in Richard. With the countdown to the asteroid strike ticking ever closer, Ed offers both Richard and Samantha an escape from impending doom. Will they accept the bizarre invitation from Ed, and if so, where will they end up?
The Gift from Aelius
In the not-too distant future, A191, a Codex with artificial intelligence, feels like a misfit in Paradise, a walled city in the middle of an endless desert where humans imprisoned his race long ago. He's not like the others of his kind; he longs to meet humans and make peace with them so man and Codexes can be reunited in the world. These thoughts and feelings are not allowed in Paradise; he risks banishment to the desert by the Overseer A. I. who rules by fear and force. Complicating matters, A191 has a glitch in his programming that conjures up a human boy named Aelius who tells him to go to Old Haven where he will find freedom. However, he's drafted into a rebellion against the Overseer, and as Paradise enforcers close in with orders to terminate him, he escapes the city to wander the desert in search of humans. The journey reveals the truth about his existence, the Overseer's lies, and the consequences of mankind's untethered technology.
Survivors of Zeeta 21
==== Enter the world of Moribund Earth: Survivors of Zeeta 21 - a dystopian adventure awaits! ====Highly rated sci-fi novel: Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ The year is 3246, and the end of the world is nigh.All hope for humanity seems lost - except for a final, desperate plan.Embark on your next dystopian nightmare...Welcome to Zeeta 21: City of the Future! "Are you tired of the constraints imposed on us by life on Earth? Taxes, daily chores, gravity? Well, so are we! Luckily, we have Zeeta 21, a state-of-the-art city designed for long-haul space travel, set to launch on October 20th, 3246. It will be populated with 20,000 of Earth's best and brightest minds. But don't fret. There's room for you too! Sign up now and get the finest out-of-this-world experience for you and your family!" - Arand Corporation Marketing Bureau.A seemingly perfect solution for a desperate situation, Zeeta 21 was supposed to end the decades of war that ravaged Earth. But soon after launch, dissension between three opposing factions causes mayhem and chaos on the ship. Sunny Bridges, the last surviving engineer, suddenly finds himself at the center of a conflict he wants no part in, as he alone holds the key to deciding the fate of its peoples. But who can you trust in a society devoid of morality or ethics? Sunny must face his demons and fight seemingly impossible odds to save Zeeta 21 from the control of the tyrannical Arand Corporation - and perhaps regain hope for humanity. === Highly rated ★★★★★ sci-fi novel ==="Moribund Earth is the start of a captivating dystopian series by Lars Koch. The world-building presents a chillingly plausible vision of a future where survival takes precedence...The author has created something exceptional with this work, and I cannot wait to read more."★★★★★ - Essien Asian for Readers' Favorite "Koch managed to weave hope into even the darkest moments of the story, creating a narrative that feels both honest about human nature, but also optimistic about our capacity for growth. Overall...an outstanding contribution to the science fiction genre that will leave readers both entertained and deeply reflective.".★★★★★ - K.C. Finn for Readers' Favoritehttps: //readersfavorite.com/book-review/moribund-earth == Original ambient soundtrack by Nobody's Nail Machine coming Q42024 ==Check out the first track 'Launch of Zeeta 21' with the exclusive promo-video https: //shorturl.at/XMoAs and more content on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@monkwax = Arand needs YOU! Thanks so much for your support! =Leave your review on Amazon and Goodreads!
Bright Segments: The Complete Short Fiction
For the first time ever, the complete short fiction of literary legend James Sallis is collected in one gorgeous volume--a must-have holiday gift for the crime, mystery, or speculative fiction fan in your life. Published over the six decades of Sallis's storied career, the complete collection contains 154 stories, 11 of which are exclusive to this volume. James Sallis moves with ease among genres and modes: novels, stories, poetry, criticism, musicology, biography, translation. Best known perhaps as a crime writer--author of Drive and the six Lew Griffin novels along with others--his first acclaim came in the 1960s from groundbreaking short stories in science fiction publications like Michael Moorcock's New Worlds, for which he served for a time as editor, and Damon Knight's Orbit anthologies. In years since, he's published eighteen novels, numerous collections of essays, six volumes of poetry, a landmark biography of Chester Himes, and a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin, while writing widely about books for The New York Times, LA Times, The Washington Post, and for The Boston Globe, where he served as books columnist. He's received a lifetime achievement award from Bouchercon, the Hammett Award for literary excellence in crime writing, and the Grand Prix de Litt矇rature Polici癡re. Through it all, his interest in the short story has remained strong, with work appearing regularly in venues ranging from The Georgia Review to the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Herein you'll find science fiction, comedy low and high, fantasy, crime stories, stories of everyday life: the realist, arealist, and surreal all together in a jumble, enjambed. Literature, Jim insists, is not a cabinet with labeled drawers, it's a banquet table. Stroll around, pick what you want from it all. What you need. Enjoy.
The Double Split Experiment
With the end of the world nearing, what would you do if you were offered the chance of an escape?Richard York is exhausted. His insomnia is causing him to nod off at work, and he's close to getting fired if he keeps failing at his job. He just needs some relief and is willing to do anything to get some rest. Samantha, a struggling actress, is suffering from the same affliction, so when the two of them collide, literally, in a car accident, it seems like fate has stepped in to bring them together. Both of their lives are going off track, and to add to their misery, news reports are coming in about an impending asteroid collision with Earth. In a chance encounter at a local bookstore, Richard meets Dr. Edward Lytton, a professor at the University of Toronto. He tells Richard about his research into the field of sleep deprivation. Ed is a scientist who has secretly been experimenting on animals in his basement, finding ways to access interdimensional travel. He has been searching for human participants in his next scientific trial, and thinks he has found a perfect candidate in Richard. With the countdown to the asteroid strike ticking ever closer, Ed offers both Richard and Samantha an escape from impending doom. Will they accept the bizarre invitation from Ed, and if so, where will they end up?
SKY FIEND - The Spiritic Volume I
This revised, expanded and enhanced second edition of The Spiritic, published in 2013, is now available in three illustrated volumes In Volume I - Sky Fiend, we journey from Numork, major homeworld of the Cronal Tura galaxy, to rescue abducted biologist and sports hero Dr. Rom Quanadeen, held captive in the distant Jupolian star system, a once peaceful traderation of five homeworlds, thrown into war-torn chaos by Raak-Kaal, an academic from planet Radok, infected by a lethal, yet sentient alien bacterium, Esadov. Said to be a millennium old, from a starless universe, Cimmeria Bori, and nearing bacterial fission, the Borian bug nurses a hatred for bipedal organics and plans to multiply and infect the known worlds with its millionfold progeny. A rebel space academy officer, Captain Calan Lora, from the star system's major homeworld, Jupol, has other ideas - he needs allies. He sends a seized enemy ship through a wormhole steeped in fear and myth to dupe the Numorkians in the Cronal Tura that they face an invasion from Radok. After its 'hostile' ship crashes on Numork, Lora's team abducts rainforest biologist and star marathon runner, Dr. Rom Quanadeen, along with her pilot and research ship. Numork tasks Kru Sigor, a retired military hero turned reclusive desert sculptor, to lead a rescue starship, Ruconicca, in hot pursuit. Locked in a ship's cabin, Rom, half Numorkian (human 矇migr矇 from mid-21st century Earth) and half Sed-Genal (indigenous forest-folk) is haunted by nightmares of a tribal ancestor, Suvana, unaware that a birthmark on her hip, now raw upon awakening, is known to old-time Seds as a spiritic - a mark of destiny. Are mystical forces at work? The spiritic is envisioned by a Karpinian monk, Tark-Zirk, he of the second sight, on Karpinia, a homeworld neighbor to Jupol. He sends his temple novice, Junaid, on a perilous mission to seek the alien who bears the mark - and save the galaxy, yet he laments to his god, Lord Karpinia, 'Such an innocent of only 19 summers. How can the fate of our worlds rest on his untried shoulders, Lord?' GOOD QUESTION...
Afterglow
They came without warning, darkening our skies.For months, we fought to survive as everything we knew and loved was torn away. Then, as abruptly as they arrived, they vanished.Though the invaders left, the war wasn't over yet. New terrors emerged from the destruction, threatening all that remained.Alina could never have predicted the post-apocalyptic nightmare she woke up to. Foggy memories and the question of what had happened to her in the months she lost paled in comparison to the fear of the unknown surrounding her. But at least she wasn't completely alone.When she and her companion cross a camp of survivors, their world turns upside down in more ways than one.Carter braved the invasion from the beginning. After tragedy struck, he was left questioning his purpose- in life, in love, in friendship. He fought for his group to survive, tirelessly pushing to reclaim what pieces of hope remained. And now, he will do anything to keep them safe.In a world on the brink, alliances will be tested, love will be challenged, and the line between hope and despair will blur. Will they rise above the ashes and forge a new beginning? Or will they be reclaimed by the flames in the afterglow?
Elements
"The ENERGEN: a being capable of the manipulation, generation, or otherwise mental control of a natural ELEMENT." A delegation representing the Galactic Central Alliance has come to Terra Nova in the search for Genesis, a rare energy source they need to combat the Brakonian Empire, with whom they are at war. Working together in a fragile balance with Terra Nova's leadership, the Alliance have begun training their citizens as Energen. As the enclave deals with the political fallout of Da Sorba Nokk's attempt to kidnap Pyrayus and his team, both he and Mora visit the Alliance's Martian colony, while Izaac, Chloe and Josen assist in tracking down Xeric and his Brakonian hoard.
Convenience
This speculative fiction novella explores economic challenges and daily life in rural Segno, a small town in East Texas, through the story of Sarah Parker. Living in the pine woods with her husband Jack, Sarah identifies an opportunity to generate income by preparing and selling meals using expiring food from local stores. As Sarah's business expands, she navigates the complexities of rural economics, balancing profitability, scalability, and sustainability. The story delves into the intricacies of living in an underserved community, exploring themes of self-sufficiency, entrepreneurship, and the socioeconomic factors that shape rural life. As Sarah navigates the logistical and financial challenges of living far from urban conveniences, the novella examines the economic disparities between rural and urban areas. It highlights the impact of infrastructure, market access, and government policy on everyday life. Sarah's journey serves as a microcosm for broader discussions about economic mobility, the value of labor, and the pursuit of a sustainable lifestyle in the face of systemic challenges.
You Are There
Two lost souls stand on the edge of a historic first meeting.Xari Yacine volunteered for a solo mission of exploration in deep space. Her only companion on the journey is Vera, an artificial intelligence which has been learning and evolving since the dawn of the new era of space travel.Their mission: to find a planet suitable for settlement. When Vera discovers an extremely promising candidate, Xari immediately changes course to get a closer look.What she finds there could forever change the course of human history... and her own story in the process.
The Ghost Brigades
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They're young, they're fast and strong, and they're totally without normal human qualms. The universe is a dangerous place for humanity--and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF's biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did. Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared's brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades. At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin's memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason's for Boutin's betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity's mere military defeat... Old Man's War Series #1 Old Man's War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe's Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: "After the Coup" Other Tor Books The Android's Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire (forthcoming)
Invasion
Nat Hodges' life as he knew it ended the day the Zahl Empire invaded his world, Tarrafa.Sweeping through the initial defenses in a matter of days, the Zahl destroy everything Nat had ever known. Traditions and customs are outlawed. Living in a homeworld occupied by an oppressive force, Nat faces the choice of fighting a seemingly hopeless battle for the past or succumbing to the overwhelming power of the future.A brand new entry point novel in the Star Runners Universe, Invasion is the gripping tale of one young man's experience when an unstoppable armada from another world decimates his planet.
Rust and Steam
A speeding train. A determined villain. A reconciliation of broken hearts.Lady Alice Hemsworth wasn't supposed to fall in love. It was her duty not to. Alas, she'd failed miserably. Mr. Benjamin Leighton-despite being turned away by her steam butler-can't stop thinking about her. Alone, both are miserable-until a deadly encounter throws them together on the night train to London."Who wouldn't want to ride a train and solve mysteries?""clockwork mechanical inventions, spies, intrigue, and romance... Perfect for that quick read before bed, or a quick decompress read after work."STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB!Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Join USA Today bestselling author, Anne Renwick, as she takes you back into an alternate past.ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous SecretsELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the ScarabELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam
The Last to Go
A virus has decimated humanity. Terrifying creatures have appeared, standing in the fields like scarecrows during the day, hunting their prey at night. Icarus and Charlton survive on their sugar cane farm in Far North Queensland with their dog, Fiddich, keeping the farm going in the hope that life may return to normal one day. Rus sees the world in colours and meaning, while Charlie is driven by pragmatism.Tension is building between the two, heightened by the arrival of Adam - a charming and manipulative ex-solider who hides dark secrets. As the crows surround the farmhouse and neighbours and friends begin to disappear, the land becomes bleak, and hope starts to fade.The farmhouse is a fortress of sorts, but Rus and Charlie need more from the world, and time and the elements are against them.
Almost Real - R.U.R
In this electrifying reimagining of Karel Čapek's 1920 play that coined the word robot, Helena Glory infiltrates Rossum's Universal Robots with a daring agenda. As she unravels the factory's dark secrets, enhanced robots worldwide begin to revolt, plunging humanity into chaos. Trapped on an island of rogue machines, Helena uncovers a shocking truth about herself that blurs the line between human and artificial. Racing against time, she must navigate a treacherous landscape of shifting allegiances and escalating violence. With the fate of both species hanging in the balance, Helena's journey becomes a heart-pounding quest for survival and understanding. Can she bridge the gap between humans and machines before it's too late? Matt Borne's thrilling reimagining of this classic play explores the ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence, the blurred lines between human and machine, and the power of empathy in bridging seemingly insurmountable divides.
The Force Unleashed: Star Wars Legends
Darth Vader's young Sith apprentice will forge an unlikely alliance with a ruined Jedi Master seeking redemption as he ventures to destroy Emperor Palpatine. "The Sith always betray one another. . . . I'm sure you'll learn that soon enough." The overthrow of the Republic is complete. Absolute power now rests in the iron fist of Darth Sidious-the cunning Sith Lord better known as Emperor Palpatine.But more remains to be done. Pockets of resistance in the galaxy must still be defeated and missing Jedi accounted for . . . and dealt with. These crucial tasks fall to the Emperor's ruthless enforcer, Darth Vader, who in turn has groomed a lethal, nameless Sith apprentice to secretly dispatch the last of his masters' enemies. Since childhood, Vader's nameless agent has known only the cold, mercenary creed of the Sith. His past is a void; his present, the carrying out of his deadly orders. But his future beckons like a glistening black jewel with the ultimate promise: to stand beside the only father he has ever known, with the galaxy at their feet. But there is one, in control of his master, that stands in the way. This acolyte's journey will take him across the far reaches of the galaxy and test him with shattering revelations that strike at the very heart of all he believes, stirring within him long-forgotten hopes of reclaiming his name . . . and changing his destiny.
Futures
Ken Edwards' first novel, originally published in 1998, reissued with a new cover. The narrative traces the paths taken by the female protagonist, Eye, on her bicycle, across and out of an unnamed city in the wake of an event she can't remember. Her quest is to face her terror and retrieve the fragments of her life, which lie in the future that never quite arrives, until it does. Ken Edwards is a poet and writer of experimental fictions, and the publisher of Reality Street.
Meeting Infinity
The Future Is Ourselves The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Whether it's climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into cyberspace, our minds and bodies are going to have to drastically alter. Multi-award winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series, featuring stories by Madeline Ashby, John Barnes, James S.A. Corey, Gregory Benford, Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Simon Ings, Kameron Hurley, Nancy Kress, Gwyneth Jones, Yoon Ha Lee, Bruce Sterling, Sean Williams, Aliette de Bodard, Ramez Naam, An Owomoyela and Ian McDonald.
Starship's Mage
Will magic save the galaxy... or tear it apart?Damien Montgomery is as much a nobody as a Mage of the star-spanning Protectorate of Mars can be. Trained as a Jump Mage, one of the elite who teleport ships across interstellar space, he lacks the connections to find a ship that will take him.Until pirates and politics strand Captain David Rice of the jump freighter Blue Jay in his home system. The two men's matching needs birth a choice and a partnership that will take them from high-end orbitals to prisons to alien graveyards in forgotten star systems.And in the shadows of the Protectorate, Damien is faced with a simple question: who is he in the dark?Starship's Mage is The Atlas Six meets Genesis: First Colony-combining Olivie Blake's magical conspiracies with Ken Lozito's vast interstellar conflict.To mark its 10th anniversary, Starship's Mage Book 1 has been re-released as a newly revised edition. This first book, originally published as a collection of Episodes 1 to 5, kicks off the science fiction & fantasy series. Revised editions of the next four books of magic and Martian intrigue are coming soon from Faolan's Pen Publishing and Podium Entertainment.
In Jupiter's Shadow
On the frigid moon of Europa, Abuya is part of a small band of scientists and explorers at the Cadmus Outpost. As She Investigates the possibility of life beneath the icy surface, she faces unimaginable challenges that fray the fabric of her reality. The desolate beauty of this frozen world hides unforeseen dangers.As Abuya delves deeper, the crew begins to unravel and madness descends, with mysterious symbols, missing supplies, and brutal violence. The psychological toll grows immense as the crew's fear is fuelled by the possibility of a monstrous creature beneath the ice. Through it all, Abuya is torn between her quest for knowledge and protecting the woman she loves. In Jupiter's Shadow is a tale of love, resilience, and the unyielding quest for knowledge, set against the vast, enigmatic backdrop of our solar system's most mysterious moon.
Fictional Man
"What's it like, not being real?" In LA, where today's star is tomorrow's busboy, discarded "Fictionals"-characters spun into flesh-and-blood by technology-are everywhere. Screenwriter Niles Golan's therapist is a Fictional. So is his best friend. So (maybe) is the woman in the bar he can't stop staring at. It's getting so you can't tell who's real and who's not. Niles isn't completely sure how real he is...
Dreamspellers
Veinte a簽os despu矇s de que Corey Tusk liderara una revoluci籀n contra la tiran穩a, su familia y amigos ahora viven como personas libres en la comunidad post-apocal穩ptica de Andr籀meda, sin distinci籀n de clases ni prejuicios. Los ni簽os est獺n creciendo hasta llegar a la edad adulta y experimentando romances incipientes en la paz y armon穩a que sus padres lucharon tan duro por lograr. Pero, sin que ellos lo sepan, aquellos que todav穩a creen en las ideolog穩as y sistemas arcaicos del pasado han estado viviendo bajo tierra en un b繳nker y est獺n listos para emerger. Cuando los dos grupos se enfrentan, se desarrolla el caos y la tragedia y el viejo mundo choca con el nuevo, y la gente de Andr籀meda debe decidir si ayuda a Los Hechiceros De Los Sue簽os, que son los creadores involuntarios de la realidad virtual del programa Dreamspell y que son lo que est獺n siendo controlados y reprimidos por las grandes 矇lites. 聶Podr獺n Corey Tusk y sus amigos hacer frente a estas fuerzas del mal utilizando todos los dones de sus nuevos estados iluminados, o sucumbir獺n al miedo que los gobern籀 durante d矇cadas bajo la represi籀n de los Mensis?
UFO Symphonic
UFO Symphonic-Journeys into Sound explores the language of music and its relationship to the mystery of existence. A collection of many voices, UFO Symphonic sings like a choral symphony. UFO Symphonic suggests that music is a form of highly complex communication, a contact modality. Contact with whom? Or what? There are no final answers, the author submits. Is music one way in which the past, present and future are attempting to communicate with and through us? More than a vehicle for time travel, music can transport us to another realm. UFO Symphonic investigates how the symbolic language of music, of sound, interfaces with the collective unconscious. And with the symbolism of dreams, leading us, at times, into the realm of high strangeness. Through a series of personal accounts and experiencer stories, UFO Symphonic takes the reader on a journey into the impossible.
Dreamspellers
Veinte a簽os despu矇s de que Corey Tusk liderara una revoluci籀n contra la tiran穩a, su familia y amigos ahora viven como personas libres en la comunidad post-apocal穩ptica de Andr籀meda, sin distinci籀n de clases ni prejuicios. Los ni簽os est獺n creciendo hasta llegar a la edad adulta y experimentando romances incipientes en la paz y armon穩a que sus padres lucharon tan duro por lograr. Pero, sin que ellos lo sepan, aquellos que todav穩a creen en las ideolog穩as y sistemas arcaicos del pasado han estado viviendo bajo tierra en un b繳nker y est獺n listos para emerger. Cuando los dos grupos se enfrentan, se desarrolla el caos y la tragedia y el viejo mundo choca con el nuevo, y la gente de Andr籀meda debe decidir si ayuda a Los Hechiceros De Los Sue簽os, que son los creadores involuntarios de la realidad virtual del programa Dreamspell y que son lo que est獺n siendo controlados y reprimidos por las grandes 矇lites. 聶Podr獺n Corey Tusk y sus amigos hacer frente a estas fuerzas del mal utilizando todos los dones de sus nuevos estados iluminados, o sucumbir獺n al miedo que los gobern籀 durante d矇cadas bajo la represi籀n de los Mensis?
Echo Six
Echo Six leaves Earth in the 24th century. Traveling faster than light, his ship is damaged and crash lands in the desert of New Mexico. Wounded and alone, he's hunted by the military and the National Security Agency. On the run, he finds help from a stranger, a woman that seems familiar, an impossibility -or is it?
Echo Six
Echo Six leaves Earth in the 24th century. Traveling faster than light, his ship is damaged and crash lands in the desert of New Mexico. Wounded and alone, he's hunted by the military and the National Security Agency. On the run, he finds help from a stranger, a woman that seems familiar, an impossibility -or is it?
The Memory Plague and Other Stories
Travel back to the beginning of our solar system, to the proto-Earth, to a battle for the future of humanity. Step into an alien mind as it struggles to understand why it has been abandoned on a dying planet. Dine on catastrophe cuisine while the tides of war threaten to engulf the world. Delve into the claustrophobic warrens of a dystopian wet-market, where a person's worth is less than the sum of their parts. Often dark, sometimes darkly humorous, but always imaginative and deeply moving, these stories will take you to the edges of time and space and beyond. Featuring alien artifacts, curious trans-dimensional mementoes, magical carousel horses, and more, this collection of twenty-four speculative short stories brings together the best of D. Thomas Minton's explorations of reality, the universe, and what it means to be human.
Her Friends
A super predator spaceship threatens Earth.A secret organization determined to counter the invasion.A young woman, Sara, living an ordinary life, unaware of her powers and destiny.Who are they? Why have they come? Who is really Sara?Prepare yourself for an electrifying experience that will challenge the limits of your imagination!Embark on a thrilling odyssey across continents, where each page brings you closer to a conclusion so astonishing it will shatter your certainties.This novel thrusts you into the heart of a titanic confrontation between cosmic forces, in a journey that transcends the boundaries of the globe and human consciousness. Science fiction enthusiasts, pure action aficionados, admirers of complex heroes capable of both raw power and vulnerability, this impossible love new masterpiece is made for you.Are you ready to embark on this adventure that will forever change your perception of the world?Treat yourself, buy your copy of "Her Friends" now!
The Koriss Wars
When 13 awakens, he is plummeted into a secret military world full of dark ambitions, andmany grasping at power over the cosmos. Surrounded by friends and enemies, he must learnto navigate his new abilities and a political system filled with strife in order to reclaim his lostmemories. When he discovers the dark motives of his creators, he has to decide whether heshould side with them or depart to fight another day.
The First Thousand Trees
"One of the most unique and engaging voices in genre fiction." -- Booklist The final instalment in The Annual Migration of Clouds trilogy Henryk Mandrusiak, finding nothing left for him in his community following his best friend Reid's departure, travels through the devastated land in search of a new place to call home. After making a grievous mistake that ended in death, Henryk Mandrusiak feels increasingly ostracized within his own community, and after the passing on of his parents and the departure of his best friend, Reid, there is little left to tie him to the place he calls home. Henryk does something he never expected: He sets out into the harsh wilds alone, in search of far-flung family. He finds his uncle's village, but making a life for himself in this unfriendly new place -- rougher and more impoverished than the campus where he grew up -- isn't easy. Henryk strives to carve out a place of his own but learns that some corners of his broken world are darker than he could have imagined. This stunning novella concludes the story Mohamed started in The Annual Migration of Clouds and continued in We Speak Through the Mountain, bleaker than ever but still in search of a spark of hope in the climate apocalypse.
The Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules
Rank up your post-apocalyptic adventures with all new character types, new skills, castes, remarkable mutations, cybernetic implants and devastating relic treasures! This is the essential companion book to the Hub Rules, and is a must-have, resource rich sourcebook for the Mutant Epoch RPG. Illustrated and written by William McAusland, along with over a dozen imaginative contributing authors, this is our most ambitious project ever! For the Player this book offers 12 new player character types, along with an incredible selection of 35 new bestial humans. Also included are 100 new prime mutations, 42 minor, 36 flaws, and 8 NPC only deviations. Also, the long awaited plantoid 'veggie-sapien' character type appears in this book with 71 prime plantoid mutations and 20 flaws all their own. There are two new character outfitting systems, rules for cybernetic purchasing and sales, healing times for broken bones, the effects of radiation on robots and androids, extensive tables, character sheets, and much more. For the Game Master this book gives you a haul of new relic rewards, and deadly robot and drone adversaries to challenge characters of any rank. Optional rules offer brutal, attack mode based critical strike outcomes, a system for pushing beyond the daily usage limits of mutations, new combat options, and a robust section on dimensional portals, relic gear, and entities. This book requires the use of the Mutant Epoch Hub Rules, plus, we recommend you have a 30 sided dice for use with some tables and relic damage rolls. - 12 New character types: Abomination, Android, Grafter, Halfie, Mutorg, Nanoborg, Parasite, Plantoid, Rebuilt, Robot, Vat-Brain, plus 35 more Bestial Humans- 1225+ illustrations- 530 Pages- 21 Pre-game castes- 34 Skills- 186 mutations- 91 Plant mutations- 42 Cybernetic implants- 260 new relics, including 42 new weapons This is our 14th book in The Mutant Epoch RPG line, with more in the works.
Murdergirl in the Valley of the Bones
Humanity has been reduced to a few hundred survivors. All technology has been lost. In the Valley, the only law is survival. A young woman known only as Murdergirl longs for a life beyond subjugation by the brutal warlord Hambone. A chance discovery of a motorcycle and shotgun from the long-lost past leads Murdergirl to embrace the darkness within on a quest for humanity's freedom. She battles violent gangs and cannibals, and with each kill risks losing herself to what she hates most. Can Murdergirl bring the people of the Valley together to defeat the vicious Skinheads and Bones? And is victory worth the price? For Murdergirl, the road to peace is paved with blood.
Kraken and Canals
An old love. A giant kraken. A dive into the infested canals of Venice.Time has run out. Rules must be broken and her patron's wrath risked. To save the woman who raised her, Lady Judith must visit the underwater grotto of a giant lagoon kraken. Survival isn't guaranteed, but Arturo will not let his love face the dangers of the canals alone."Such a quick, fun read!""...female scientists as heroines!""...an intriguing adventure into the unknown."STEP INTO THE ELEMENTAL WEB!Steampunk adventure wrapped around a romance and threaded with biotechnology. Join USA Today bestselling author, Anne Renwick, as she takes you back into an alternate past.ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous SecretsELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the ScarabELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam
God of Chaos
Detroit has come to celebrate the closely guarded maiden launch of SolAir 523 and the voyage of Teah Lancey, her son, Josh, and nine of her students to the headquarters of the New United Nations. The launch is a success, but when NUN peacekeepers mistake the enthusiasm of the crowd for civil disobedience, Detroit swiftly falls under martial law. Several die during the chaos that unfolds on the shores of Detroit River, including Owen and Teah Lancey's adopted daughter, Dorothy. Even though Owen had promised Teah that he would help Detroit keep the peace during this new economic transition, the death of his adopted daughter sets Owen Lancey on a collision course with the leader of the New United Nations peacekeeping force, Capt. Wills Merchant. As Merchant razes impoverished portions of the city to make way for a military occupation force, Owen fears he must break the promises he has made to his wife and deploy the skill set that once made him lethal.
Fall
In the wake of Brian Guthrie's Dragon Award nominated novel Rise, comes Fall . . . War has broken out between the shells, fragments of a shattered world that humanity clings to for survival. To stave off the conflict, the survivors of a brutal attack seek aid from the one source no one else believes can help: the dragons. But the creatures are fractured into two factions and caught up in a fight of their own, a conflict that may be connected to the war above. As the survivors seek answers and help, they stumble onto a secret, long lost, that once nearly destroyed the world. A secret that has the power to save humanity. Or end it.
BattleTech
BURDEN OF PROOF... For too long, the planet Stewart, the ancestral home of one of the oldest dynasties of the Free Worlds League, has remained in the clutches of Clan Wolf, locked behind a mutual nonaggression pact between the Wolf Empire and the League. But the Wolves have unexpectedly abandoned much of their territory, leaving many systems ripe for the taking. The news of the Wolf Empire's poorly defended border spurs Count Gavin Stewart and the Silver Hawk Irregulars to take back his family's homeland while the Wolves are away, but his invasion threatens to destabilize the entire region. Recognizing the long-term danger, Captain Trenton Marik, Gavin's longtime friend, must travel to Stewart and convince Gavin and the Irregulars to withdraw before the Wolves return home in force and strike back. But rumors of a conqueror claiming Terra-an ilClan, which demands all Clans bend the knee-stir up divided loyalties within the League's Clan Protectorate province, and the Protectorate's warriors must choose between fealty to the League or obedience to the ilClan. And the best path to proving their loyalty is to swiftly punish all who would dare invade the Wolf Empire...
Day Care
The mind is a powerful weapon... But what happens when it falls into the wrong hands? Fairchild Academy is the most prestigious school in Manhattan, known for producing some of the brightest and most promising students. But beneath its shining exterior lies a sinister secret. Felicia Patterson, a top student, begins to experience terrifying "spells" that make her feel like a puppet, losing control of her thoughts, actions, and desires. Unbeknownst to her, a dark force is at play, manipulating the minds of the students, turning them into unwilling pawns in a horrifying experiment. Felicia is not alone-she is just one of the many "Receivers" in the Academy. Across the city, others begin to unravel the twisted truth: children aren't just learning at Fairchild; they are being groomed, manipulated, and controlled. As Felicia struggles against an unseen transmitter who wants to dominate her mind and body, she is forced into a fight for her sanity, her will, and ultimately, her life. In Day Care, John A. Russo weaves a tale of psychological suspense, exploring how far humans will go to harness the power of the mind-and the horrifying consequences when it spirals out of control.
Star's Reach
A novel of the deindustrial future... More than four centuries have passed since industrial civilization stumbled to its ruin under the self-inflicted blows of climate change and resource depletion. Now, in the ruins of a deserted city, a young man mining metal risks his life to win a priceless clue. That discovery will send him, and an unlikely band of seekers, on a quest for a place out of legend, where human beings might once have communicated with distant worlds...to a place called Star's Reach...
Retrotopia
A journey forward into the past... The year is 2065. Decades ago, the United States of America fell apart after four brutal years of civil war, and the fragments coalesced into new nations divided by economic and political rivalries. Most of the post-US America is wracked by poverty and civil strife, with high-tech skyscrapers rising above crowded, starving slums. But one of the new nations, the Lakeland Republic of the upper Midwest, has gone its own way, isolated from the rest by closed frontiers and trade embargoes. Now Peter Carr, an emissary from the newly elected administration in the Atlantic Republic, boards a train to cross the recently reopened border into Lakeland territory, on a mission that could decide the fate of his nation. Ahead of him lies a cascade of experiences that will challenge his most basic assumptions about economics, politics, and the direction history is moving. Alone among the post-United States republics of North America, the Lakeland Republic has achieved prosperity and internal peace, and it's done so by modelling it's future on the past...
Dust World
The Galactics arrived with their Battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined a vast Empire that spans the Milky Way. Our only worthwhile trade goods are our infamous mercenary legions, elite troops we sell to the highest alien bidder.In 2122 a lost colony expedition contacts Earth, surprising our government. Colonization is against Galactic Law, and Legion Varus is dispatched to the system to handle the situation. Earth gave them sealed orders, but Earth is thirty-five lightyears away. The Legion commanders have a secret plan of their own. And then there's James McGill, who was never too good at listening to authority in the first place...In DUST WORLD, book two of the Undying Mercenaries Series, McGill is promoted to Specialist and sent to a frontier planet outside the Empire. Earth's status within the Empire will never be the same.
Dark Heart
A galaxy beyond. A rebellion's last stand. Can a beleaguered crew restore hope or will sinister forces prevail?After his ship is hurled into a dangerous parallel universe, Captain Jack Grady can't tell friend from foe. Soon he and his ragtag crew face mounting threats on all sides. And, for one of them, events take a tragic turn. Facing off against a ruthless assassin, Grady finds himself in a frantic life-and-death struggle. When a key crew member is gravely wounded and a rebel leader slaughtered, he worries his mission will end in disaster. With a powerful enemy fleet set to annihilate everything in its path, can Grady help save the rebellion or are he and his crew doomed to extermination? Dark Heart is the third installment in Adrian Murphy's clean space opera series, Galaxy Flux. Perfect for sci-fi adventure/exploration fans who'll enjoy discovering unknown galaxies with a snarky spacecraft's AI, a tenacious captain haunted by grief and remorse, and a gung-ho weapons operator who loves blowing things up.Capture your copy and join the rebellion today!
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)
Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket In the shadowy streets of Victorian London, a terrifying figure named Mr. Hyde stalks the night, leaving a trail of fear and violence in his wake. Behind closed doors, the respected Dr. Jekyll harbors a dark secret-a revolutionary experiment that has unleashed this monstrous alter ego. As Hyde's brutal actions escalate, the boundaries between the two identities blur, drawing suspicion from those closest to Jekyll. What begins as a quest to master human nature spirals into a chilling battle between good and evil, with devastating consequences looming.Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde holds a pivotal place in literary history as one of the earliest and most compelling explorations of duality within the human psyche. Its portrayal of the split between good and evil has influenced countless works in literature, psychology, and popular culture. Written during the late 19th century, a time of rapid scientific and social change, the novella taps into Victorian anxieties about identity, morality, and the potential dangers of unchecked scientific ambition. Its themes resonate today, making it a timeless reflection on the complexity of human nature.
Frankenstein (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket)
Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket A driven scientist pushes the boundaries of nature, determined to create life from death. Victor Frankenstein succeeds, but his creation-a living, intelligent being-quickly becomes a nightmare. Faced with rejection and isolation, the creature hunts down his creator, seeking revenge for the life he's been given. What follows is a tense, relentless pursuit that questions the limits of ambition and responsibility.Frankenstein is a groundbreaking work that helped shape both the science fiction and horror genres. Written in the early 19th century, it reflects the anxieties of the Industrial Revolution and the growing power of science, capturing the fear of human creations spiraling out of control. Mary Shelley's novel is also a pioneering exploration of ethical questions about scientific responsibility, the nature of humanity, and the consequences of unchecked ambition. Its influence continues to resonate in modern discussions of technology, artificial intelligence, and bioethics.
Neodymium Apocalypse, Part 1
Lem's world is ending.That's not just her personal world, even though she's still reeling a year after burying one of her best friends at the bottom of a desert ravine-and she's got family enslaved by actual mind control on a distant planet under military blockade.It's not just her political world, either, even though the freedom fighters she served since childhood seem pretty happy believing she died after they exiled her.No, the actual Universe is under attack as interdimensional forces siphon its energy into another plane, eager to speed along its final heat death. They think Lem's world would look a whole lot better empty, and one of the most powerful military leaders across five solar systems agrees. He's constructing a vast, planet-spanning Structure under their direction to rend a hole in the fabric of space-and Lem may have accidentally handed him its power source. Now she's got to find an ancient bioship and assemble an inter-species team to stop the apocalypse, or find a way to tell those she loves a decent goodbye.
Shadow
EVER DREAMED OF BEING A HACKER?In this thrilling second instalment to the Foresight series, Shadow offers a fresh insight into the opposing hacker of the series - Shadow.Shadow must make choices that will lead him down many paths that were never expected in the outset.Find out what makes Shadow tick and experience the thrilling events from Foresight from a completely new perspective.Shadow is fun, dangerous and dives further into the hacking world which Foresight first exposed.Will the possibilities of the digital world help Shadow find his place in reality also...?"A devilishly clever second book of the series that weaves more depth to the plot and characters... Exceptional..." Maxwell, Indie Book reviewer
Escape from Shar Burk
When Chet, Toreni, and Jirra rescue Marisa, mistress of Shar Burk's brutal governor Soldar, from certain death they think they're just helping a fellow woman to a new life. But what did Marisa do to earn a death sentence? Is it just a couple of dictators flexing their muscles? Or something much more dangerous? They set off to follow a tenuous trail where Marisa discovers there's a whole new world off Shar Burk space station and men much nicer than Soldar. But by taking in Marisa, the team has been noticed by Soldar. Helped by a traitor in Fleet Intelligence, he's on their trail before they discover his plans. And he wants them all dead.
