1.
Greylorn
kieth Laumer Space
Commander Greylorn leads humanity's last
hope, one spaceship racing through the voids of the universe. The Red Tide has
all but engulfed the Earth, just enough time to find planet Omega, colonized
long ago and vanished. After four years, food stores are destroyed by meteor,
crew set to mutiny, and alien ship with cargo of human bodies.
Greylorn • (1959) • novella
Greylorn • (1959) • novella
1.
The First Light Chronicles Omnibus
Sci Fi Space Operaby Randolph Lalonde
In the darkest region of
explored space sits one bright beacon; Freeground Station. Serving as a supply
and trading post it is home to a select number of human beings that will take
an unlikely chance to make a difference in their end of the galaxy.
Jonas and his friends
spent their spare time in tactical simulations and drew the attention of
Freeground Fleet Command when they hacked into restricted combat scenarios for
elite trainees and defeated all comers. Instead of punishing Jonas and his
friends they offered them an opportunity to undertake a dangerous and exciting
mission. They were to go out into the Galaxy and acquire any advantages that
would improve life for Freegrounders.
This series is about
their first voyage together, the challenges they face, and the relationships
they forge with each other and the beings they meet along the way.
The First Light
Chronicles Omnibus contains the entire First Light Chronicles Trilogy.
Freeground, Limbo and Starfree Port.
2.
After the Coup
John Scalzi
In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes means taking a fall. Literally.
In a universe of harsh interstellar conflict, the practice of interspecies diplomacy—when possible—is important. So being a Colonial Union officer attached to an interplanetary diplomatic mission sometimes means taking a fall. Literally.
John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War was one of the most
popular SF debut novels of the last decade; its sequels areThe Ghost
Brigades, The Last Colony,and Zoe’s Tale. Other novels include The Android’s Dream and Agent to the Stars. His collection of material from his weblog The Whatever, Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded, won the Hugo Award in 2009. He won the John W. Campbell Award for
Best New Writer in 2006, and was elected President of the Science Fiction
Writers of America in 2010.
3. Galaxy of Heroes
Space Opera
A conspiracy against
humanity. A breathtakingly beautiful cyborg. A battle like no other. An
adventure you won't forget!
The lives of four space drifters intersect on a planet of hope as the most powerful war machine in the galaxy approaches, threatening to consume them all in a storm of metal and fire.
Capt. Jace Spade is a fighter pilot from the Roga System. He is determined to find his maker—the enigmatic Dr. Zander—even if his search means risking all in the conflagrations of the Inner Galaxy.
Capt. Mina Casey is also a fighter pilot, but from an advanced human civilization that arose in the Heliac System. Capt. Casey has drifted through the void for eons as visions of a warm planet where she can sink her feet in the sand and watch the sunset filled her dreams.
Sgt. Joe Grimes—a Heliac Ranger who once lived for the thrill of the fight—is now disillusioned after the total defeat and destruction of his home world. He would leave all humanity behind if he could only get away.
Genie is a beautiful and indestructible cyborg constructed by a technologically advanced civilization for the purpose of interacting with humans. Genie is programmed to love Joe Grimes, but she longs to be free.
The lives of four space drifters intersect on a planet of hope as the most powerful war machine in the galaxy approaches, threatening to consume them all in a storm of metal and fire.
Capt. Jace Spade is a fighter pilot from the Roga System. He is determined to find his maker—the enigmatic Dr. Zander—even if his search means risking all in the conflagrations of the Inner Galaxy.
Capt. Mina Casey is also a fighter pilot, but from an advanced human civilization that arose in the Heliac System. Capt. Casey has drifted through the void for eons as visions of a warm planet where she can sink her feet in the sand and watch the sunset filled her dreams.
Sgt. Joe Grimes—a Heliac Ranger who once lived for the thrill of the fight—is now disillusioned after the total defeat and destruction of his home world. He would leave all humanity behind if he could only get away.
Genie is a beautiful and indestructible cyborg constructed by a technologically advanced civilization for the purpose of interacting with humans. Genie is programmed to love Joe Grimes, but she longs to be free.
4. The Scent of Shadows
Good Shitkicker future
The
First Sign of the Zodiac
When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and
left to die in the Nevada desert.
By rights, she
should be dead.
Now a photographer
by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset – a grim, secret Sin City
where Light battles Shadow – seeking answers to whom or what she really is …
and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.
But the nightmare
is just beginning – for the demons are hunting Joanna, and the powerful Shadows
want her for their own
5.
Space prison
Space Opera
AFTER TWO CENTURIES….The
sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it
broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly — the Gern
battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside
the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for
the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire … with bows and arrows against
blasters and bombs! (Summary from the Gutenberg text)
6.
SuperVirus
Future
In the first book of the
Supervirus series, a youth with a powerful mind amazes and terrifies the stock
market and the National Security Agency. A group of elite operatives is
dispatched to locate him and it stumbles across his monumental creation.
Through a few bizarre twists of fate, an unlikely hero emerges in a struggle
that could mark the beginning of a new era.
"An important moment in history is like a beam of light. Some people see it and rush to it like moths. Other people just happen to discover that the beam of light is shining upon them."
"An important moment in history is like a beam of light. Some people see it and rush to it like moths. Other people just happen to discover that the beam of light is shining upon them."
7.
Mankinds
worst Fear
Space
time
On Mars, Air Force Colonel Kaider O’Brien leads
scientists to a subterranean site containing an artifact of alien creation. On
Earth, Professor George Schumer guides his experimental submarine through
sudden, intense turbulence off the coast of Oregon. Through a twist of quantum
physics, both men meet 300 years in the future on Earth, devastated by nuclear
winter, to save mankind from extinction at the hands of an alien race fearful
of the technological advancement of other worlds.
1. The New World
SS
In this dramatic short
story -- a prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy --
author Patrick Ness gives us the story of Viola's journey to the New
World. Whether you're new to Chaos Walking or an established fan, this prequel
serves as a fascinating introduction to the series that Publishers Weekly
called "one of the most important works of young adult science fiction in
recent years."
1. Shatter (the children of
man)
SciFi
Growing up during the
chaos of the Nabosian War, Faela Durante and her entire generation never knew
what it meant to live in a time of peace. Though the war ended years ago, the
devastation has not. Every decision, no matter how seemingly insignificant, has
a consequence and some consequences can never be predicted. But some are
foretold.
Less than a year ago, Faela, the first Tereskan mind healer in generations, disappeared from her family home in Finalaran scared and pregnant. Hunted and living as an outcast, Faela searches for a legend that might be her only hope of gaining atonement and returning to her son. When her journey collides with two strangers and a prophecy, she must choose between trusting those around her or accomplishing her mission. Haunted by her past, the consequences of Faela's choices will endanger more than her own fate.
Less than a year ago, Faela, the first Tereskan mind healer in generations, disappeared from her family home in Finalaran scared and pregnant. Hunted and living as an outcast, Faela searches for a legend that might be her only hope of gaining atonement and returning to her son. When her journey collides with two strangers and a prophecy, she must choose between trusting those around her or accomplishing her mission. Haunted by her past, the consequences of Faela's choices will endanger more than her own fate.
1.
No man’s Land
Anthology,
war ss
Same War, Different Perspective!
With a clap of thunder from above, the Aerospace fighters tear through the sky, while below, our women warriors cross the hell of No Man's Land, to close with the enemy; in fourteen all-new military science fiction stories; with an introduction by David Weber, bestselling author of the Honor Harrington novels.
Contains stories by: Brenda Cooper, Nancy Jane Moore, Maria V. Snyder, Danielle Ackley-Mcphail, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Ann Wilkes, Laurie Gailunas, S.A. Bolich, Lee C. Hillman, Deborah Teramis Christian, Lisanne Norman, Judi Fleming, Jennifer Brozek, Phoebe Wray.
"There's not a single piece here that isn't well worth reading." –David Weber, bestselling author of the Honorverse series.
Table of Contents (In order of appearance)
David Weber - Introduction
Brenda Cooper - Cracking the Sky
Nancy Jane Moore - Gambit
Maria V. Snyder - Godzilla Warfare
Danielle Ackley-McPhail - Ghosts on the Battlefield
Kimberly Long-Ewing - Come Like A Tailor
Ann Wilkes - Immunity Project
Laurie Gailunas - In The Middle of Nowhere
S.A. Bolich - Fallling to Eternity
Lee C. Hillman - Under Pressure
Deborah Teramis Christian - Live Fire
Lisanne Norman - Valkyries
Judi Fleming - Endings
Jennifer Brozek - M.O.V.E.
Phoebe Wray - Trashing
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brenda Cooper
CRACKING THE SKY
Brenda Cooper has published fiction in Analog, Asimov’s, Nature, Daybreak, Strange Horizons, and in multiple other magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the Endeavor award winner for 2008: The Silver Ship and the Sea, and of the sequels, Reading the Wind and Wings of Creation. She co-authored Building Harlequin’s Moon with Larry Niven. Watch for Mayan December, coming soon from Prime Books. By day, Brenda is the City of Kirkland’s CIO, and at night and in early morning hours, she’s a futurist and writer.
Nancy Jane Moore
GAMBIT
Nancy Jane Moore writes everything from flash fiction to novels. Her novella, Changeling, is available as an ebook from Book View Café and in print from Aqueduct Press. Her collection, Conscientious Inconsistencies, is published by PS Publishing. She is a founding members of Book View Café, where she published a series of 51 flash fictions in the first year of operation. Her fiction has appeared in magazines ranging from the National Law Journal to Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, various online venues, numerous print anthologies, and several ebook anthologies.
Maria V. Snyder
GODZILLA WARFARE
Maria V. Snyder switched careers from meteorologist to fantasy novelist when she began writing the NYT best-selling Study Series about a young woman who becomes a poison taster. Maria dreamed of chasing tornados and even earned a BS degree in Meteorology from Penn State University. Unfortunately, she lacked the necessary forecasting skills. Writing, however, lets Maria control the weather, which she gleefully does in her Glass Series. Maria’s published science fiction novels include Inside Out, and its sequel, Outside In, both are about the dystopian and fully-contained world of Inside.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
GHOSTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Award-winning author Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for over fifteen years. She has published three novels, edits the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series,and has contributed to numerous other collections, including all four of the Defending the Future anthologies.
Kimberly Long-Ewing
COME LIKE A TAILOR
Kimberley Long-Ewing is a writer and photographer. Her work focuses on fantasy themes and finding the unusual in ordinary objects. She is the author of the graphic novel series Urban Fey and Revenge of the Nature Imps.
With a clap of thunder from above, the Aerospace fighters tear through the sky, while below, our women warriors cross the hell of No Man's Land, to close with the enemy; in fourteen all-new military science fiction stories; with an introduction by David Weber, bestselling author of the Honor Harrington novels.
Contains stories by: Brenda Cooper, Nancy Jane Moore, Maria V. Snyder, Danielle Ackley-Mcphail, Kimberley Long-Ewing, Ann Wilkes, Laurie Gailunas, S.A. Bolich, Lee C. Hillman, Deborah Teramis Christian, Lisanne Norman, Judi Fleming, Jennifer Brozek, Phoebe Wray.
"There's not a single piece here that isn't well worth reading." –David Weber, bestselling author of the Honorverse series.
Table of Contents (In order of appearance)
David Weber - Introduction
Brenda Cooper - Cracking the Sky
Nancy Jane Moore - Gambit
Maria V. Snyder - Godzilla Warfare
Danielle Ackley-McPhail - Ghosts on the Battlefield
Kimberly Long-Ewing - Come Like A Tailor
Ann Wilkes - Immunity Project
Laurie Gailunas - In The Middle of Nowhere
S.A. Bolich - Fallling to Eternity
Lee C. Hillman - Under Pressure
Deborah Teramis Christian - Live Fire
Lisanne Norman - Valkyries
Judi Fleming - Endings
Jennifer Brozek - M.O.V.E.
Phoebe Wray - Trashing
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brenda Cooper
CRACKING THE SKY
Brenda Cooper has published fiction in Analog, Asimov’s, Nature, Daybreak, Strange Horizons, and in multiple other magazines and anthologies. She is the author of the Endeavor award winner for 2008: The Silver Ship and the Sea, and of the sequels, Reading the Wind and Wings of Creation. She co-authored Building Harlequin’s Moon with Larry Niven. Watch for Mayan December, coming soon from Prime Books. By day, Brenda is the City of Kirkland’s CIO, and at night and in early morning hours, she’s a futurist and writer.
Nancy Jane Moore
GAMBIT
Nancy Jane Moore writes everything from flash fiction to novels. Her novella, Changeling, is available as an ebook from Book View Café and in print from Aqueduct Press. Her collection, Conscientious Inconsistencies, is published by PS Publishing. She is a founding members of Book View Café, where she published a series of 51 flash fictions in the first year of operation. Her fiction has appeared in magazines ranging from the National Law Journal to Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, various online venues, numerous print anthologies, and several ebook anthologies.
Maria V. Snyder
GODZILLA WARFARE
Maria V. Snyder switched careers from meteorologist to fantasy novelist when she began writing the NYT best-selling Study Series about a young woman who becomes a poison taster. Maria dreamed of chasing tornados and even earned a BS degree in Meteorology from Penn State University. Unfortunately, she lacked the necessary forecasting skills. Writing, however, lets Maria control the weather, which she gleefully does in her Glass Series. Maria’s published science fiction novels include Inside Out, and its sequel, Outside In, both are about the dystopian and fully-contained world of Inside.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail
GHOSTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Award-winning author Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for over fifteen years. She has published three novels, edits the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series,and has contributed to numerous other collections, including all four of the Defending the Future anthologies.
Kimberly Long-Ewing
COME LIKE A TAILOR
Kimberley Long-Ewing is a writer and photographer. Her work focuses on fantasy themes and finding the unusual in ordinary objects. She is the author of the graphic novel series Urban Fey and Revenge of the Nature Imps.
1.
Fight Club XX
Sci Fi
The first rule about
fight club is you don't talk about fight club.
Chuck Palahniuk's outrageous and startling debut novel that
exploded American literature and spawned a movement. Every weekend, in the
basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with
white-collar jobs and failed lives take off their shoes and shirts and fight
each other barehanded just as long as they have to. Then they go back to those
jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle
anything. Fight club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter,
and dark, anarchic genius, and it's only the beginning of his plans for violent
revenge on an empty consumer-culture world.
1.
Phoenix –
Spy SciFi
a.
Calvin, an intelligence operative, is sent to eliminate a
dangerous traitor. But, as he chases his prey across the stars, he realizes
they are both pawns in a shadowy chess game. One that threatens humankind
everywhere.
If he is to uncover the conspiracy he must confront--and embrace--the darkest elements of the galaxy. And throw himself, his career, and everyone he loves into the line of fire.
The Phoenix Conspiracy is the first of a series.
If he is to uncover the conspiracy he must confront--and embrace--the darkest elements of the galaxy. And throw himself, his career, and everyone he loves into the line of fire.
The Phoenix Conspiracy is the first of a series.
2.
The folks at 58th
st
Spy
(I
may have read it)
Gerald Hammond is the exception to the rule; an honourable spy,
whose lofty principles have brought him nothing but loneliness and isolation.
Catherine Schmidt is the stunning young daughter of an assassinated spymaster,
whose murderous quest for vengeance has left her at the mercy of the infamous
Head of Soviet State Security.
On a covert operation, in Soviet-occupied Germany, Hammond has no knowledge of the unseen forces that sponsor and oppose his mission. He only knows that he must somehow save her to save himself, but, as ever-more disturbing revelations come to light, begins to wonder which poses the greater threat; the enemy he runs from, or the friend he runs to?
Set against a factual background of government conspiracy, and one of the most audacious espionage coups in history, the Folks at Fifty-Eight is a beautifully-paced tale of seduction, betrayal, blackmail, and murder that blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction.
On a covert operation, in Soviet-occupied Germany, Hammond has no knowledge of the unseen forces that sponsor and oppose his mission. He only knows that he must somehow save her to save himself, but, as ever-more disturbing revelations come to light, begins to wonder which poses the greater threat; the enemy he runs from, or the friend he runs to?
Set against a factual background of government conspiracy, and one of the most audacious espionage coups in history, the Folks at Fifty-Eight is a beautifully-paced tale of seduction, betrayal, blackmail, and murder that blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction.
3.
Serengeti
Sci Fi
b.
Serengeti is the first in a series of stand-alone novellas
exploring alternatives to the Rare Earth Hypothesis in the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence.
The Serengeti is a generation star-ship, venturing out above the Milky Way, searching for signs of alien intelligence. The crew discover far more about the nature of sentient life than they imagined possible.
All four novellas in this series can be found in the book GALACTIC EXPLORATION
The Serengeti is a generation star-ship, venturing out above the Milky Way, searching for signs of alien intelligence. The crew discover far more about the nature of sentient life than they imagined possible.
All four novellas in this series can be found in the book GALACTIC EXPLORATION
4.
The Spider by tidels
Could find nothing on it
5.
Primal origins
Spy shitkicker
PRIMAL is a team of elite
operatives, hell bent on fighting for the downtrodden and oppressed. A renegade
agency waging a secret war against the untouchables; powerful criminals, greed
driven corporations, and twisted politicians. With cutting-edge technology and
tactics they strike across the globe with impunity, stepping in where
government agencies fail.
PRIMAL Origin is the first short story in the PRIMAL series. It is a prequel to the full-length PRIMAL Unleashed novel and reveals the origins of PRIMAL.
Abu Dhabi is a city that dazzles with the trappings of wealth. Beneath this thin veneer lurks a sinister threat. A rich and powerful supporter of terrorism who will stop at nothing to rid the Emirates of Western influence.
Two CIA operatives are given the mission to track down an unknown terrorist group. Forced to question the morality of their government, they take matters into their own hands.
The head of counter-terrorism operations in the Emirates is a man trapped between honor and morality. Surrounded by enemies, he must look for new allies to bring justice to the untouchable.
In this world of turmoil and intrigue, a new organization is formed, a group of men willing to bring justice to a world filled with evil. Who are they?
They are PRIMAL.
PRIMAL Origin is the first short story in the PRIMAL series. It is a prequel to the full-length PRIMAL Unleashed novel and reveals the origins of PRIMAL.
Abu Dhabi is a city that dazzles with the trappings of wealth. Beneath this thin veneer lurks a sinister threat. A rich and powerful supporter of terrorism who will stop at nothing to rid the Emirates of Western influence.
Two CIA operatives are given the mission to track down an unknown terrorist group. Forced to question the morality of their government, they take matters into their own hands.
The head of counter-terrorism operations in the Emirates is a man trapped between honor and morality. Surrounded by enemies, he must look for new allies to bring justice to the untouchable.
In this world of turmoil and intrigue, a new organization is formed, a group of men willing to bring justice to a world filled with evil. Who are they?
They are PRIMAL.
1.
Metropolis
by Von Harbou
SciFi Wierd
"To-night," he said, "I shall be with you. I shall be
entirely enwrapped by you. I shall pour out my life into you and shall fathom
whether or not I can bring you to life. I shall, perhaps, feel your throb and
the commencement of movement in your controlled body. I shall, perhaps, feel
the giddiness with which you throw yourself out into your boundless element,
carrying me-me, the man who made-through the huge sea of midnight. The seven
stars will be above us and the sad beauty of the moon. Mount Everest will
remain, a hill, below us. You shall carry me and I shall know: You carry me as
high as I wish..."
He stopped, closing his eyes. The shudder which ran through him was
imparted, a thrill, to the silent machine.
"But perhaps," he continued, without raising his voice,
"perhaps you notice, you, my beloved creation, that you are no longer my
only love. Nothing on earth is more vengeful than the jealousy of a machine
which believes it
Fortunately, Ken
Applebaum's comment is no longer really true. Missing footage from Metropolis
was discovered in a film museum in Argentina, and Kino has a newly restored
version in circulation that is nearly complete. (Lang was reportedly inspired
by a visit to New York City in the 1930's.)
The print verion of Metropolis with the Kaluta illistrations is hard to find. But Mike put the illustrations online on his website, at http://www.kaluta.com/pages/metropolis/metbook.html
I created a custom Mobipocket ebook version with the illustrations starting with the HTML version here.
I've read the book a number of times over the years, and get a different take each time. In part, these days, I see it as a story of redemption.
Yoh Frederson is Master of Metropolis. His beloved wife Hel died giving birth to his son Eric. Yoh has sealed himself off from feelings since, seeking to become a precise, efficient machine like those that power his city. Machines don't feel. Machines don't hurt. In the process, he has divorced himself from empathy and the ability to understand the plight of the workers who keep things going.
His chief scientist, Rotwang, has created a robot that can replace the fallible workers. Rotwang too loved Hel, and was a rival for her affections before she married Yoh, so the relationship between the men is complex.
Eric becomes involved with Maria, daughter of a worker and leader of a worker religious sect, and discovers the worker's plight and resolves to help, setting in motion the events of the film.
See the film. Read the book. They complement and illuminate each
The print verion of Metropolis with the Kaluta illistrations is hard to find. But Mike put the illustrations online on his website, at http://www.kaluta.com/pages/metropolis/metbook.html
I created a custom Mobipocket ebook version with the illustrations starting with the HTML version here.
I've read the book a number of times over the years, and get a different take each time. In part, these days, I see it as a story of redemption.
Yoh Frederson is Master of Metropolis. His beloved wife Hel died giving birth to his son Eric. Yoh has sealed himself off from feelings since, seeking to become a precise, efficient machine like those that power his city. Machines don't feel. Machines don't hurt. In the process, he has divorced himself from empathy and the ability to understand the plight of the workers who keep things going.
His chief scientist, Rotwang, has created a robot that can replace the fallible workers. Rotwang too loved Hel, and was a rival for her affections before she married Yoh, so the relationship between the men is complex.
Eric becomes involved with Maria, daughter of a worker and leader of a worker religious sect, and discovers the worker's plight and resolves to help, setting in motion the events of the film.
See the film. Read the book. They complement and illuminate each
1. Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles) Spc Opera
When
John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he's hardly ready for the
storm of chaos that's about to blow through his life. The alien quarx that soon
inhabits his mind is humanity's first contact with an alien life. The quarx,
part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to
predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could
destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the
quarx, he must break all the rules--indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows
it--to prevent humanity's greatest cataclysm. Leaving friends and lover behind,
hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray
that his actions will save the Earth--even if he doesn't live to see it again.
From the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.
1.
Empire in her name
Sci Fi
EMPIRE is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the
Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien
Kreelan Empire. Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor
sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the
Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and
dying to honor their god-like Empress.
Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born.
Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born.
1. Re-union
SciFI
I was born twice, but the first time wasn’t my choice. In fact I
don’t remember anything about it. The second time, now that's a different
story. It began with a game.
Re:union is a previously unreleased science fiction short story by Eric Liu, author of the science fiction novel "Terrene: the hidden valley." Part disaster story and part romance, Re:union is a thrilling and touching exploration, delving into the very meaning of humanity.
Re:union is a previously unreleased science fiction short story by Eric Liu, author of the science fiction novel "Terrene: the hidden valley." Part disaster story and part romance, Re:union is a thrilling and touching exploration, delving into the very meaning of humanity.
1. The Variant Effect ? might have read this look
SciFi
???
was a
popular medication that could cure anything from Anxiety and Depression to
Schizophrenia and Zoophagia. Everybody took it back in the day, because there
were no side effects... ...AT FIRST. By the time they learned about the Variant
Effect it was too late.
The old building in a rundown part of Metro was a perfect place to find a body, but they wouldn't have dragged Joe Borland out of retirement if it still had its skin. It's been 20 years since Borland battled the Variant Effect, and 20 since he let his partner get skinned alive. Now both of them are ordered back into action to meet a terrifying new threat.
This eBook is also available in the Official Variant Effect Collector Pack
The old building in a rundown part of Metro was a perfect place to find a body, but they wouldn't have dragged Joe Borland out of retirement if it still had its skin. It's been 20 years since Borland battled the Variant Effect, and 20 since he let his partner get skinned alive. Now both of them are ordered back into action to meet a terrifying new threat.
This eBook is also available in the Official Variant Effect Collector Pack
1. Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles) Spc Opera
When
John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he's hardly ready for the
storm of chaos that's about to blow through his life. The alien quarx that soon
inhabits his mind is humanity's first contact with an alien life. The quarx,
part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to
predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could
destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the
quarx, he must break all the rules--indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows
it--to prevent humanity's greatest cataclysm. Leaving friends and lover behind,
hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray
that his actions will save the Earth--even if he doesn't live to see it again.
From the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.
2. Demon's Mist (Peoples of the Arden) V0l II
Book 2
of Peoples of the Arden series.
A year after the the Flemmings were brought to the Arden Marin and Avery are learning how to use their magic and about the world of Lindmeara. TJ and Suzi are making friends their own age and Avery and Petra are learning to track. All of them are now in danger because someone or something has attacked the Elves of Lindmear and freed the Dragon. King Talon is under threat and another Guild is threatening the people of the Arden. It's now up to Marin and the other wizards of the Arden to save all the world of Lindmeara.
A year after the the Flemmings were brought to the Arden Marin and Avery are learning how to use their magic and about the world of Lindmeara. TJ and Suzi are making friends their own age and Avery and Petra are learning to track. All of them are now in danger because someone or something has attacked the Elves of Lindmear and freed the Dragon. King Talon is under threat and another Guild is threatening the people of the Arden. It's now up to Marin and the other wizards of the Arden to save all the world of Lindmeara.
1. A thousand points of light
SciFi War
After two years, the war between the American-led Allies and the
Chinese-led United Nations has settled into a bloody stalemate. China has
defeated Russia and driven India to the brink, while the United States and the
rest of the Grand Alliance has swept China from the seas and gained superiority
in the air. The war has now become a test of Chinese material endurance versus
American moral will.
President Alexander Harris will never accept anything less than total victory: but can he maintain the support of the American people long enough to attain it?
China’s leaders know that defeat will mean the end of their power and, quite probably, their lives: but can they convince their enemies to quit the fight now instead of waiting for the completion of next-generation weapons systems that will ensure the defeat of the Chinese?
In A Thousand Points of Light, the war that began in The Blast of War and continued in A Land War in Asia comes to an astonishing conclusion as both sides fight on through almost unimaginable horror in the pursuit of victory.
About the Author:
Adam Teiichi Yoshida is a columnist and blogger whose work has been published in multiple forums, including the National Post, Washington Times, Insight Magazine, and The American Thinker.
President Alexander Harris will never accept anything less than total victory: but can he maintain the support of the American people long enough to attain it?
China’s leaders know that defeat will mean the end of their power and, quite probably, their lives: but can they convince their enemies to quit the fight now instead of waiting for the completion of next-generation weapons systems that will ensure the defeat of the Chinese?
In A Thousand Points of Light, the war that began in The Blast of War and continued in A Land War in Asia comes to an astonishing conclusion as both sides fight on through almost unimaginable horror in the pursuit of victory.
About the Author:
Adam Teiichi Yoshida is a columnist and blogger whose work has been published in multiple forums, including the National Post, Washington Times, Insight Magazine, and The American Thinker.
1. Season of the Harvest
"This novel is a
delicious treat for those who like action and adventure. It is
a science fiction novel
that is at once contemporary and reminiscent of the great novels that have
bejeweled the genre through the years. It is a cautionary tale that will haunt
the reader, and invite us all to think twice about the simple decisions we make
every day." - Author Dan
Moore
"Season of the Harvest was smart, entertaining, and believable. If you enjoy your Sci-fi novels and/or thrillers check this book out and then hang on to the edge of your seat, because that is where you will be perched until you hit the last page!" - Moonlit Dreams
If you enjoy stories by James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, get ready to strap yourself in for a roller coaster ride of terrifying adventure...
You Are What You Eat
At a genetics lab where a revolutionary strain of corn is being developed, FBI Special Agent Jack Dawson's best friend and fellow agent is brutally murdered, his body torn apart.
Jack is convinced that Naomi Perrault, a beautiful geneticist and suspected terrorist, is behind the murder. But when Jack is framed for setting off a bomb that devastates the FBI lab in Quantico, Naomi becomes Jack's only hope of survival.
Confronted by the terrifying truth of what the genetically engineered seeds stolen by his friend are truly for and who is really behind them, Jack joins Naomi in a desperate fight across half the globe to save humanity from extermination...
"Season of the Harvest was smart, entertaining, and believable. If you enjoy your Sci-fi novels and/or thrillers check this book out and then hang on to the edge of your seat, because that is where you will be perched until you hit the last page!" - Moonlit Dreams
If you enjoy stories by James Rollins, Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, get ready to strap yourself in for a roller coaster ride of terrifying adventure...
You Are What You Eat
At a genetics lab where a revolutionary strain of corn is being developed, FBI Special Agent Jack Dawson's best friend and fellow agent is brutally murdered, his body torn apart.
Jack is convinced that Naomi Perrault, a beautiful geneticist and suspected terrorist, is behind the murder. But when Jack is framed for setting off a bomb that devastates the FBI lab in Quantico, Naomi becomes Jack's only hope of survival.
Confronted by the terrifying truth of what the genetically engineered seeds stolen by his friend are truly for and who is really behind them, Jack joins Naomi in a desperate fight across half the globe to save humanity from extermination...
2.
Call of
the Herald
SciFi
Fantasy ???
"...kind of like a cross between The Lord of the Rings
and Harry Potter...I honestly could not stop reading this book. I
completed it in two days, it was that good." Cheryl's Book Nook - March
2009 review of The Dawning of Power trilogy
"...a bit like
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Terry Brooks' Shannara series, and
Paolini's Eragon saga rolled into one." Melissa's Bookshelf April, 2009
review of The Dawning of Power trilogy
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book for all ages."
Linda Weaver Clarke, author of the new mystery series "The Adventures of John and Julia Evans."
Product Description
"...kind of like a cross between The Lord of the Rings
and Harry Potter...I honestly could not stop reading this book. I
completed it in two days, it was that good." Cheryl's Book Nook - March
2009 review of The Dawning of Power trilogy
"...a bit like
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Terry Brooks' Shannara series, and
Paolini's Eragon saga rolled into one." Melissa's Bookshelf April, 2009
review of The Dawning of Power trilogy
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I would recommend this book for all ages."
Linda Weaver Clarke, author of the new mystery series "The Adventures of John and Julia Evans."
Product Description
Book
One of The Dawning of Power trilogy. Echoes of the ancients' power are
distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is
about to change. A new dawn has arrived. Latent abilities, harbored in
mankind's deepest fibers, wait to be unleashed. Ancient evils awaken,
and old fears ignite the fires of war.
One of The Dawning of Power trilogy. Echoes of the ancients' power are
distant memories, tattered and faded by the passage of eons, but that is
about to change. A new dawn has arrived. Latent abilities, harbored in
mankind's deepest fibers, wait to be unleashed. Ancient evils awaken,
and old fears ignite the fires of war.
1.Continuance agency
SciFi
Daniel Sharpe survived the
end of the world. Now he lives alone, fearful that he may be the last living
person on earth. It is too dangerous for him to venture outside - to try and
find other survivors - with that ominous black cloud of death still looming in
the sky above.
When a manila envelope mysteriously arrives with an invitation to join "The Continuance Agency", an organization on a mission to save mankind, Daniel has to decide if it's worth the risk to try to join up, to see if he can help to save whatever's left of the world. But deep inside he wonders: is "The Continuance Agency" really what it claims to be?
Find out in this exciting first volume of "The Continuance Saga".
When a manila envelope mysteriously arrives with an invitation to join "The Continuance Agency", an organization on a mission to save mankind, Daniel has to decide if it's worth the risk to try to join up, to see if he can help to save whatever's left of the world. But deep inside he wonders: is "The Continuance Agency" really what it claims to be?
Find out in this exciting first volume of "The Continuance Saga".
1. The Way
Life Was Forever
short story SciFi Fantasy Dark?
Sun-dwellers are foul monsters
that eat a human’s flesh from their bones…or so sixteen-year-old Lyra has
always been taught. To keep their citizens safe, her colony seals itself into
the vaults by day.
Moonwalkers are horrible beasts that feed on the blood of men…at least, that is what Perseus was told. The only sure survival for his people is to lock themselves into their repositories each night.
Both labeled as undesirable by their respective kinds, a fated meeting in the forbidden forest offers Lyra and Perseus an unexpected chance at happiness. If they can overcome their own prejudices and discover the truth about one another before time runs out.
Can the sun-dweller and the moonwalker learn that when reality is distorted by hate and terror sometimes the only thing to truly fear is fear itself?
THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER – a YA short story from award-winning author, Carey Corp.
Moonwalkers are horrible beasts that feed on the blood of men…at least, that is what Perseus was told. The only sure survival for his people is to lock themselves into their repositories each night.
Both labeled as undesirable by their respective kinds, a fated meeting in the forbidden forest offers Lyra and Perseus an unexpected chance at happiness. If they can overcome their own prejudices and discover the truth about one another before time runs out.
Can the sun-dweller and the moonwalker learn that when reality is distorted by hate and terror sometimes the only thing to truly fear is fear itself?
THE WAY LIFE WAS FOREVER – a YA short story from award-winning author, Carey Corp.
1.
The Stars,
My Brothers
SciFi
He was afraid -- not of
the present or the future, but of the past. He was afraid of the thing tagged
Reed Kieran, that stiff blind voiceless thing wheeling its slow orbit around
the Moon, companion to dead worlds and silent space. . . .
Hamilton was a
thoughtful SF writer, and you can surely see that here: this is the tale of a
man dead in space for centuries -- and revived by folks who approach an alien
world a lot the way out nuttier environmentalists approach the defense of
trees. There are creatures on this alien world, see, that look like people --
and act like chimpanzees. But chimps are animals, aren't they? Aren't they. . . ?
1.
Starlight City cybpunk
When Black and his team
are sent to investigate a foreign ship orbiting near the Harmonica space port,
they're killed onboard by a humanoid weapon built in the image of a beautiful
woman. Several years later, Black is reborn through a miracle of science on an
unfamiliar planet called Neon. He's mysteriously set free and flees to
Starlight City..
1.ReEarth
Nothing on the Rhealian
network is private. A few reckless comments online can do a great deal of
damage to a person's reputation. When Detective Joseph Pimm is placed in charge
of a murder investigation, where the chief suspect is an Earth women, uncovering
the truth risks putting him out of step with Rhealian society.
Born on an isolated planet, the people of Rhea have a tough life. Heavy gravity and humid conditions cause many to question humanity's place on that world. The people glorify and vilify aspects of Earth culture, as they compete for their own vision of Rhea’s future.
Pimm’s investigation takes him through a world he’s known his whole life, and in doing so, faces familiar social pressures, obstructing him from uncovering the true corruption beneath the surface.
Pimm has to decide for himself, not only where he stands politically, but how far he’s prepared to go.
Born on an isolated planet, the people of Rhea have a tough life. Heavy gravity and humid conditions cause many to question humanity's place on that world. The people glorify and vilify aspects of Earth culture, as they compete for their own vision of Rhea’s future.
Pimm’s investigation takes him through a world he’s known his whole life, and in doing so, faces familiar social pressures, obstructing him from uncovering the true corruption beneath the surface.
Pimm has to decide for himself, not only where he stands politically, but how far he’s prepared to go.
1.
Crown
of Thorns-The race to clone Jesus Christ : A Genetic Conspiracy Thriller (Book
Two) fUTURE
A young student at Oxford
University has an idea for his doctor’s thesis (Ph.D.), which fulfils not only
the criteria for ‘originality’, but goes far beyond it. For if Jason Dyke is
right, his idea will soon change the world and shift the delicate balance of
power from one nation to another.
Jason’s idea is simple: In the genetics laboratory at Oxford University, he will clone Jesus Christ.
But when the CIA finds out about his plan, the President of America realises that if the UK succeeds, the balance of power will shift from the USA to Europe. And he realises that the only way to stop this happening is for America to create its very own clone of Jesus Christ.
The race is on...
Genetics is the future. In the coming years, or maybe even months, the single most important scientific development in the history of mankind will be the development of human cloning. This book is based upon a simple idea, which takes the inevitable science of human cloning, one step further.
What makes this book stand out from other novels that deal with a similar concept is the way the author makes the science seem plausible, by explaining simply what genetics is and how cloning works. By leading the reader through the latest advances in cloning techniques until even the impossible seems possible, the reader cannot help but get sucked into the story. Right to the very end the author successfully maintains the thrill of the ride, and manages to keep a surprise up his sleeve…
Whoever reads this book will never forget it. And they will ask….one of two questions:-
Jason’s idea is simple: In the genetics laboratory at Oxford University, he will clone Jesus Christ.
But when the CIA finds out about his plan, the President of America realises that if the UK succeeds, the balance of power will shift from the USA to Europe. And he realises that the only way to stop this happening is for America to create its very own clone of Jesus Christ.
The race is on...
Genetics is the future. In the coming years, or maybe even months, the single most important scientific development in the history of mankind will be the development of human cloning. This book is based upon a simple idea, which takes the inevitable science of human cloning, one step further.
What makes this book stand out from other novels that deal with a similar concept is the way the author makes the science seem plausible, by explaining simply what genetics is and how cloning works. By leading the reader through the latest advances in cloning techniques until even the impossible seems possible, the reader cannot help but get sucked into the story. Right to the very end the author successfully maintains the thrill of the ride, and manages to keep a surprise up his sleeve…
Whoever reads this book will never forget it. And they will ask….one of two questions:-
1. Tunnels: A Story of War
Sci Fi
The captain is a sell-sword, a mercenary who’s survived
battle after battle, and his men would follow him to Hell itself. They just
might. They’re in the midst of a mission that sends them underground in a bold
attempt on an enemy city that will leave them stranded below and fighting the
earth itself instead of enemy soldiers.
1.
The Grush: Drums of War
Part 1
Sci Fi
The citizens of Iggy's Bend welcome our hero, Nathal on the
eve of an expected Grushling attack. The plant like enemy has terrorized the
town for an age. Will the new stranger's presence be enough to turn the tide?
Or does Nathal's secrets bring their own set of risks to the village?
1. Sholpan (Gaia Nova)%%%
Sci Fi May have read
HE'D RATHER DIE THAN BE A SLAVE TO THE CONQUERORS OF HER HOME
WORLD.
Stella McCoy never thought she'd fall prisoner to the barbarian Hameji. The oldest daughter of a working class family, all she wanted was to finish her apprenticeship and start a career an astrogator. But when the Hameji conquer her home world with their starfaring battle fleets, she is forced against her will to become a concubine to one of their highest ranking warlords.
Stella would rather die than spend the rest of her life as a concubine. Fortunately, as she looks for a chance to escape, she starts to make friends in high places. But in the dangerous world of harem politics, with new friends come new enemies—ones that have the power to destroy her.
SHOLPAN is a 35,000 word (80-120 page) companion novella to BRINGING STELLA HOME, and follows Stella's storyline through the first half of the full length novel. About 25% of the novella contains new material not included in BRINGING STELLA HOME.
Stella McCoy never thought she'd fall prisoner to the barbarian Hameji. The oldest daughter of a working class family, all she wanted was to finish her apprenticeship and start a career an astrogator. But when the Hameji conquer her home world with their starfaring battle fleets, she is forced against her will to become a concubine to one of their highest ranking warlords.
Stella would rather die than spend the rest of her life as a concubine. Fortunately, as she looks for a chance to escape, she starts to make friends in high places. But in the dangerous world of harem politics, with new friends come new enemies—ones that have the power to destroy her.
SHOLPAN is a 35,000 word (80-120 page) companion novella to BRINGING STELLA HOME, and follows Stella's storyline through the first half of the full length novel. About 25% of the novella contains new material not included in BRINGING STELLA HOME.
2. The Never Born: 1 (Locus Origin)
Space Opera
Over a century after the seedship Lazarus completed its near
1,200 year journey, the Terran colonies found themselves in conflict with a
hostile alien race.
In a world decimated by a long, drawn-out war where a never-ending stream of fresh clones are fed to the Terran war machine, a genetically engineered squad of soldiers must fight to survive against all odds.
When society is ruled from behind the scenes by massive corporate conglomerates that control powerful secret organizations and even the very Republic itself, the clones will come to question the world they live in, their fellow soldiers, and even the very nature of their existence. What’s more, they must struggle to establish their own identities in a world that has little respect for human life, and even less for that of a clone.
In a world decimated by a long, drawn-out war where a never-ending stream of fresh clones are fed to the Terran war machine, a genetically engineered squad of soldiers must fight to survive against all odds.
When society is ruled from behind the scenes by massive corporate conglomerates that control powerful secret organizations and even the very Republic itself, the clones will come to question the world they live in, their fellow soldiers, and even the very nature of their existence. What’s more, they must struggle to establish their own identities in a world that has little respect for human life, and even less for that of a clone.
3. Forbidden The Stars (The Interstellar Age Book 1)
Space opera
shitkicker
At the end of the 21st century, a catastrophic accident in
the asteroid belt has left two surveyors dead. There is no trace of their young
son, Alex Manez, or of the asteroid itself.
On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find. We are not alone!
While studying the alien marker, it begins to react and, four hours later, the missing asteroid appears in a Plutonian orbit, along with young Alex Manez, who has developed some alarming side-effects from his exposure to the kinetic element they call Kinemet.
From the depths of a criminal empire based on Luna, an expatriate seizes the opportunity to wrest control of outer space, and takes swift action.
The secret to faster-than-light speed is up for grabs, and the race for interstellar space begins!
On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find. We are not alone!
While studying the alien marker, it begins to react and, four hours later, the missing asteroid appears in a Plutonian orbit, along with young Alex Manez, who has developed some alarming side-effects from his exposure to the kinetic element they call Kinemet.
From the depths of a criminal empire based on Luna, an expatriate seizes the opportunity to wrest control of outer space, and takes swift action.
The secret to faster-than-light speed is up for grabs, and the race for interstellar space begins!
1. The Last Praetorian%%%
Science Fiction adventure/romance,
Commander Jonathan Radec is a man desperately trying to
escape from the mistakes of his past.
Now the owner of Vanguard Shipping, his primary concerns are trying to keep his ships flying and his crew alive. However, the shadowy Syndicate organisation has set their sights on the Commander and his business, having sent a beautiful assassin to kill him. To make matters worse, she’s become the target of his infatuation, much to the dismay of his ex-girlfriend. Recently elevated to President of the Confederation, she’s still very much in love with him and capable of making his life a living hell.
Surrounded by a galaxy beginning to tear itself apart, with enemies on all sides, he’s now also unwillingly tasked with trying to save the Confederation – for which he has little regard. Jon has little going in his favour, except a crew consisting of the elite of the old Imperial Navy, all of whom would fight to the death for him, and a past that possibly makes him one of the most dangerous men alive.
The Last Praetorian is a Science Fiction adventure/romance, which tries to answer the question: “Can you ever find redemption for the mistakes of your past?”
Now the owner of Vanguard Shipping, his primary concerns are trying to keep his ships flying and his crew alive. However, the shadowy Syndicate organisation has set their sights on the Commander and his business, having sent a beautiful assassin to kill him. To make matters worse, she’s become the target of his infatuation, much to the dismay of his ex-girlfriend. Recently elevated to President of the Confederation, she’s still very much in love with him and capable of making his life a living hell.
Surrounded by a galaxy beginning to tear itself apart, with enemies on all sides, he’s now also unwillingly tasked with trying to save the Confederation – for which he has little regard. Jon has little going in his favour, except a crew consisting of the elite of the old Imperial Navy, all of whom would fight to the death for him, and a past that possibly makes him one of the most dangerous men alive.
The Last Praetorian is a Science Fiction adventure/romance, which tries to answer the question: “Can you ever find redemption for the mistakes of your past?”
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