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When Dirk t'Larien is beckoned across space to the distant world of Worlorn by his lost love, Gwen Delvano, a wild hope flares inside him. However, the rogue planet and his long awaited reunion with Gwen are nothing like Dirk ever imagined. Gwen is radically changed from the girl Dirk first fell in love with, and appears to be irrevocably bound to a violent alien savage and his barbaric culture. Worlorn is a desolate ruin of a planet, steadily hurtling through space away from the star system it relies on to support life - each dawn its seven red suns shine a little dimmer.

After holding off the New Watchers at the tomb of a fallen angel, Rafe and Alec are back with a new adventure. The Praesidium has gotten a tip that the New Watchers are on the hunt for the legendary ring of King Solomon. Traveling the globe on a continent-spanning adventure, Alec, Clemy, and Enoch the misanthropic computer have to unravel the mysteries of conflicting information.

For decades, George R. R. Martin - best-selling author of A Song of Ice and Fire - has collaborated with an ever-shifting ensemble of science fiction and fantasy icons to create the amazing Wild Cards universe. In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth’s population was devastated by a terrifying alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as Jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical deformities; others, granted superhuman abilities, are known as Aces.

Sometimes, the pursuit of finding the truth in a secret is not worth the pain from the answer. Henry Hall's life was on the fast track to success until his employer moved his job to another country. Now he's working two jobs to pay bills and take care of his ailing wife who is need of a new Kidney. He hates his life but pushes through until some good news and the hint of a secret come his way. Now his journey to find the truth behind the secret causes a decent into a personal nightmare and a result that will change his life forever. Repeat Offender is the personal narrative of Henry Hall ...

Peter Valois is about to make history. A scientist on a hot project, his days consist of recording brains and sending the files into robots for "conditioning". His plan is to use the results to fix their behavior, and then use the same method with humans. Peter's been on the straight and narrow and everything is going well, until problems with his teenage son force Peter out of his comfort zone. His scheme to save his son backfires when his cutting-edge research attracts the interest of someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

In the far future humanity is in a paradox. The discovery of a dynamic ore has allowed humans to prevent their own extinction by saving their dying world. However, Terra Prime is ultimately consigned to oblivion in an unforeseen cataclysm. A cataclysm which has created the Void. Rather than be curious or fearful of unexplored space, most humans simply perceive the Void at the center of the known universe as the single greatest mystery of the cosmos. While the human race is preserved, living on colonized planets in outer space, mankind has lost the sense of who they really are.

THE WIZARD SCROLL is a sword & sorcery sci-fi narrative the likes of which will make yo' momma say 'Dang son/daughter/offspring, where'd you find this?' Tales of high fantasy, of trials and triumph, of quests both epic and mundane, as well as the occasional musical number. The realm of Yyrgsland is filled to the brim with all manner of folk, and boy let me tell you, the escapades that these crazy characters get themselves into would perhaps have made even the late and great Tolkien himself snicker in delight.

Mild-mannered Xenoarcheologist Dr. Alec Coimhead and his best friend, Dr. Clemy Armistead, are certain that they have just found the ancient location of an apocryphal battle between demons and angels. Whisked away on a rollicking adventure, Alec finds himself under the watchful eye of Rafe, a taciturn mountain of a man with a mysterious past.

The Power of Pessimism, with GQ & Sweet D. Lower your expectations.

Mia Templeton is dying. Or was dying. After receiving a heart transplant, her world is forever altered. Before her eyes open, she overhears her donor was a murdered girl of the same age. Whispers invade Mia's head before she's even left the recovery room. She develops tastes for foods she once hated, and dreams so vivid, she feels they're someone else's memories.

On the stormy planet of Windhaven, flyers are idolised as the vital link between its disparate islands. The common people rely on this elite class to support their way of life. These 'land-bound' can only dream of what it must be like to take to the skies. For Maris, dreams are not enough, and through an unlikely twist of fate, she has a taste of what life as a flyer is like. However, just as it seems that she has found her true calling, the hereditary dogma which rules the skies sets out to strip Maris of her wings.

The year is 2368, and a gang of privateers led by Amanda Callin is routinely savaging the fleet of interstellar cargo ships that carry freight between Earth's 12 colonies. The raiders attack without mercy, leaving death and destruction in their wake as they disappear back into uncharted space. The best efforts of the authorities to track down the marauders and bring them to justice have been ineffective.

En la inmensidad del espacio y el tiempo, existen infinitas realidades, cada una con sus propias leyes y misterios. Es en este vasto multiverso donde nuestra historia comienza, en una realidad muy similar a la nuestra, pero con una diferencia crucial: un grupo de valientes científicos y guerreros han descubierto la existencia de un arma capaz de destruir no solo su propia realidad, sino también las realidades paralelas.

Carlos Viruesa aparece muerto en el salón de su casa. Su propia pluma bañada en oro atraviesa su propio glóbulo ocular. Todas las pruebas apuntan al jardinero exconvicto, lo que induce a la policía a eludir la labor de investigación. El hombre insiste en su inocencia y recurre a su anterior abogada, Olvido Medina, sabiendo que ella es la persona que debe defenderlo. La letrada es consciente de que investigar no es su competencia, pero el intrusismo laboral al que se afianza, la lleva a descubrir que tras el asesinato hay una compleja trama cargada de mentiras y negocios ocultos. Ni el ...

Homer was a shy Faderfield bachelor; his visitor was a beautiful Pleiades girl. At any rate, she was a girl, and Homer had a problem. The fly rod, the letter, and the small jar of paint were half of the problem Homer Hopkins had to solve. The other half rested in his complex mind. Fader's Fadeless Formulae had offered him a position, not a job, to take charge of its research department, at 10,000 a year, twice what he was paid at Faderfield Junior College to teach chemistry. All this was in the letter.

After years of abuse, Juniper Hawthorne's mind dealt with the pain the best way it knew how--by becoming a hive of different personalities. She has overcome the trials of living on the streets, fighting in underground battles, and escaping from a demented cult. Now she handles the trials of an abusive ex-boyfriend, a psychotic past enemy, an overpowering boss, and even the divisions within herself. June must face her past and make the most powerful decision of her life. Will she execute her father, the man she believed she killed once already or give in to the new love of her life who is on...

The saying goes, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.For Henry Hall, this all becomes true upon his release from prison. After serving a decade for vehicular manslaughter and drunken menace, Henry is bent on making amends. It’s New Year’s Eve, and there is a strong pull to start 2020 by cleaning out the shambles of his past and creating a new life. While Henry is on his journey, he can’t shake the feeling that someone follows him with ill intent. He has his suspicions and tries to push through. Despite Henry’s actions, a dark presence obsessively pursues him. They want to ensure their ...

Die Erde ist zerstört. Millionen Überlebende gleiten in einer gigantischen Flotte von Raumschiffen durchs All, auf der Suche nach neuem Lebensraum. Unter ihnen der nerdige Einzelgänger Sam Gablinski. Die Langeweile an Bord des Weltschiffs Humility bekämpft er mit dem Hacken von Werbehologrammen - bis ihm Yassy begegnet. Er bewahrt die fingerfertige Ladendiebin mit einem Hack davor aufzufliegen. Schnell wird ihm klar: vor ihren Diebeskünsten ist so gar nichts sicher, nicht einmal sein Herz.

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