Future World War

The stories you’ve dreamed of; the people you crave to meet; or would love to be. The aliens who’d make you shiver, or laugh. The huge risks of guiding your spacecraft here, or there. The adventures you’d have if only you had the nerve… Or the utter romance of doing that… The humour of orbital disasters and alien conflicts; the perils of ill-advised time-interference; the sheer romance of null-gravity love; the terrors of a leaky hull; the fear of a bullying boss when you’re a thousand light years beyond.; the choices you face in the big, black Vac. Mostly a laugh or a satisfied...

What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. With the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen

TEP (Time Enforcement Patrol) assassin Nisha Paquet is on another mission. She travels back to 1930's Shanghai on a mission to kill a Japanese mastermind and alter the course of World War II. There, she meets Yulia Menshikov who is a taxi dance struggling to survive the political intrigues of the dangerous city. Will Nisha's mission be a success? What will happen to Yulia? This is Book #3 in the TEP series but can be read as a stand-alone. Other books in the series are When Birds Sing Again and Golden Opportunities.

April 13, 2006. A Jerusalem Post headline reads: "Jericho man murdered over home sale." The 42 year-old father of eight was kidnapped, shot seven times, thrown into his car, and set on fire, because he had sold his Jerusalem apartment to Jews. Radical Islam has long desired to seize Jerusalem and make it off limits to Christian and Jewish believers. In this revealing book, Dore Gold, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, reminds us that the war on terror is also a war on faith.

In this groundbreaking exploration of humanity's future, "The 5 New Wars" takes readers on a thrilling journey through the next 250 years of human evolution. From ideological battles to the integration of technology into our very beings, this book charts the course of five monumental conflicts that will reshape the essence of human existence.Beginning with a war of ideologies that blends religious extremism with advanced technology, the narrative unfolds to reveal the struggles of early adopters of transhuman enhancements and the societal rifts they create. As artificial intelligence gains ...

What are the possibilities—and hazards—facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both of these countries? What does the immediate future hold, and what are America’s choices going forward? These are some of the crucial questions that Ahmed Rashid—Pakistan’s preeminent journalist—takes on in this follow-up to his acclaimed Descent into Chaos.

Out in the Pacific Ocean, there is a war taking place. It is a "warm war", a shoving match between the United States, since World War II the uncontested ruler of the seas, and China, which now possesses the world's largest navy. The Chinese regard the Pacific, and especially the South China Sea, as their ocean, and they're ready to defend it. Each day the heat between the two countries increases as the Chinese try to claim the South China Sea for their own, and the United States insists on asserting freedom of navigation.

Savage Battle for A New Star System by Anna Patterson This epic drama takes place when two Worlds collide in all out warfare and battles of cities and people. Many tired of the awful life and daily strife flee the bombing and shelling only to find peril up ahead and heartbreak and treachery in this new and to the death conflict for a new star system. This new star system is much desired like a fantasy land of enchantment.

In a world that is doomed to cycles of war, three rulers (A Tribal Chief, A Modern Dictator, and a Post-Apocalyptic and Self-Appointed King) grapple with their inner demons, as the seasons shift and power corrupts them. Each faces the same quandary: can destruction give rise to salvation? From blood-soaked battles to nuclear annihilation, identical choices ripple through time, shaping empires and bringing about destruction. Seed is a haunting saga of ambition, betrayal, and the primal urge to conquer. And with each victory comes the burden of despair. Perfect for fans of dark, introspective...

After a day at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, time-traveler Ariel returns to her 2015 Vermont rental cabin only to discover an intruder from her future has captured two of her friends. The ransom he demands is that she plays a temporal game of cat and mouse with him. If SHE wins, he returns her friends and departs for the 24th Century. If HE wins, she must return as his Queen to his corrupted future where he rules the world. Ariel has only two weeks to defeat her stalker from the future.

This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century - a science fiction classic for all time." It was made famous by Orson Welles Mercury Theatre mid 20th Century adaptation that literally had thousands of people running for their lives at the time in the Northeast U.S. H. G.

In the year 2045, Earth teeters on the brink of destruction, facing a deadly invasion from the Void Reapers, a terrifying alien force. Amidst the chaos, an unexpected ally emerges—an advanced alien race known as the Luminians. Enter Dr. Zara Chen, a brilliant astrophysicist who volunteers to represent humanity and bridge the gap between Earth and its mysterious new allies. As Earth’s survival hangs in the balance, Zara must work alongside Arxon, the Luminians’ lead strategist, to unlock the ultimate planetary defense system. But as the clock ticks, their partnership evolves into a ...

In the early years of the twentieth century, the most famous Americans on the national stage were Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Jane Addams: two presidents and a social worker. Each took a different path to prominence, yet the three progressives believed the United States must assume a more dynamic role in confronting the growing domestic and international problems of an exciting new age.

In the future, men are forced to bend to the will of women in order to pay for their crimes of the past. Can one short conversation with a man change Rain's world forever? After the Third World War, women seized the opportunity to overcome the surviving men, creating a new nation in part of what used to be the United States ruled by the Motherhood. From that day forward, all women are raised never to question the new order of things where women have all the power and men are used and discarded like animals. Rain knows in the back of her mind that this way is wrong, but she’s been ...

When Dr. Monica Gray’s unrivaled robotic surgery skills thrust her into the midst of a bitter war, she finds herself fighting for more than just her patients’ lives. As the leading telesurgeon in the world, Monica is persuaded to lend her cutting-edge talents to NATO’s war effort against Russia’s invasion of Finland. But what begins as a call to serve those in need quickly escalates into a high-stakes game of global espionage. Soon Monica and her uncannily adept AI surgical partner, Adam Two, become targets of the ruthless Russian Intelligence apparatus. Determined to prevent Monica...

Essex, 1916. Lily is a housemaid up at St Clere's Hall. But times are changing with the outbreak of war. With a husband bent on signing up for the trenches and a lecherous master of the house, Lily is forced to leave. Doing her bit for the war effort - and bringing in more money for the family - Lily goes to work in a factory making explosives to send to the trenches. It's a hard job. The munitionettes must face terrible working conditions, the constant danger of accidents and air strikes and a patronising, self-serving boss.

Life has never been easier thanks to the advancement of technology. However, with all new technological advancements also come new risks. The most drastically increasing issue in the world today is not biological warfare, but cyber warfare. Data has become the single most valuable commodity in today’s world, and, of course, there are always people lurking around the corner, trying to get their hands on it.

1944, England. Calum Auger can see 10 seconds into the future. Desperate not to die in the air over Germany, the Lancaster bombardier uses his unique gift to drop his payload more accurately and help the pilot avoid enemy fire. But when he can’t find a way through the flak and the damaged plane crash-lands in England, he’s stunned to discover two government agents waiting to recruit him. Drafted into a top-secret team of psychics, Calum and his new unit are tasked with tracking down spies who stole sensitive documents—papers containing information on how to build an atom bomb.

In a near-future America on the brink of chaos, the President declares World War III—not against nations, but against an escalating wave of terrorism. As tensions rise and a new military draft looms, Bob Phelps, a recently unemployed computer scientist in Michigan, takes an unassuming night job teaching Critical Thinking and the Influence of Artificial Intelligence. What begins as a routine gig quickly spirals into an extraordinary journey. Together with a quirky group of students and a mysterious AI computer, Bob and his wife, Darlene, find themselves at the center of a high-stakes ...

Come si combatte e come si muore nella Grande Guerra? Artiglierie micidiali, mitragliatrici sterminatrici, bombardamenti aerei futuribili; ma anche trincee di fango, doline allagate, il secco terreno carsico appena scalfito. Ogni battaglia ha significato per decine di milioni di europei essere esposti al rischio di morire in modi opposti, ora modernissimi ora arcaici; colpiti da lontano e dall'alto da granate e bombe devastanti o in attacchi corpo a corpo, alla baionetta, al pugnale, con mazze quasi medievali.