Metaphysical Science

Missing and presumed dead, Nick awakes in his bed, bloodied and bruised with no memory of where he has been or what happened to him. As Nick’s friends gather around him to help discover the source of his lost memories, they begin to understand that Nick did not return alone. Something dark is growing inside him. After the darkness forces Nick to go on the run, a stranger appears, knowing more about their situation than they themselves do. The stranger also gives a thin hope of stopping the darkness and its plan.

Three-year-old Vangie is mute and unresponsive. She shows no interest in the people or world around her, much to the frustration of her callous foster parents. Little do they know, Vangie is otherwise occupied observing “ghosts”—an infinite number of versions of herself, in an infinite number of parallel universes. When a tornado hits their trailer and Vangie is severely injured, she makes a desperate leap into another timeline where she survives the tornado, but her foster parents do not.

Every survivor dreams of one day making it to the City. Humanity's last hope, it boasts the best resources and the greatest minds, bringing together the creme de la creme of the surviving civilization. Behind its unassailable walls and impregnable protection dome, the City bustles with life almost indistinguishable from the state-of-the-art culture of the fabled Utopian era. Grey sets off on a journey to the City in order to solve the mystery of his past.

Liz Kendall wouldn't hurt a fly. Even when times get tough, she's devoted to bringing up her kids in a loving home. But there's another side to Liz, one that's dark and malicious. A version of her that will do anything to get her way - no matter how extreme. And when this other side of her takes control, the consequences are devastating. From the author of the million-copy best seller The Girl with All the Gifts comes an utterly unique thriller with a twist....

Tarot reader Sara Wilde has spent her whole life finding the lost with the use of her trusty cards. But when her newest assignment sends her straight to Hell, she discovers more than she bargained for. The journey through Dante's playground forces Sara to endure a client's bitter loss, fall victim to a vicious betrayal by her own kind, and come face-to-face with the woman she might have been. Not even Sara's blossoming love for the darkly sensual Magician is safe in the underworld. She's tested in ways she never fathomed, ways that could drive her mad or utterly destroy her.

Sam Sharp has never been what people would call sociable. Affected profoundly by his father's death when Sam was very young, he developed into a solitary and self-sufficient person. When he finds himself transported to Gythe, a world that is completely different from his home, yet strangely familiar, he is forced to seek help. Sam's nature wars with his need to rely on the strangers he meets - a warrior, a scholar, a monk, and a telepathic creature - to help him find a way back to his own world.

Artifact At last, Casey’s fortune changes for the better. A timely inheritance gives him a home and even a mine, but instead of wealth, he uncovers something so controversial it would surely put his life at risk and throw the world into turmoil. Perfect Escape After years of pain from a horrifying and cruel attack, Alice is left scarred and without a voice. She focuses her life of scientific research into developing a way to travel through time to a future where she can be healed. But the lure of revenge is strong, too strong for her to ignore. The Ship Grace felt privileged to be chosen ...

The New Atlantis (1627) is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon in which he describes a vision of the future of human discovery, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humanity. The novel portrays a utopian world where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the dominant qualities of the inhabitants.

Presence, the Play offers a penetrating perspective on the vital role personal presence plays in the essence of life. This timely, captivating novel speaks to a growing hunger for a way of life that’s real and tangible, the opposite of an artificial existence lived in a realm of mediated connectivity.

Booklist calls the world of Hugo Award winner Elizabeth Bear’s spellbinding Jacob’s Ladder series “magnificently populated, well worth visiting.” Here the trilogy that began with Dust and Chill draws to its stunning conclusion. The passengers of the generation spaceship Jacob’s Ladder have found a new home at last. But the planet Grail is already inhabited - and its population of genetically engineered humans has no intention of sharing the world.

Gaia's New DreamCoat opens us to a story that unfolds simply by asking those wise shepherds of the Earth in the Devic and Faerie Realms to assist us in learning how to transform Earth and ourselves. In the process, we will have to ask ourselves what will happen if we don't act in a timely way to support Gaia's greening. The Light Loom weaving that is being made by the various characters from the subtle realms must be complete and activated before Gaia can no longer sustain human life.

Elana has taken something that didn’t belong to her. Or at least she tried to, someone beat her to it. Whoever the thief is, it makes no difference to the Japanese storm god Susano-o and his eight headed snake monster, Yamata no Orochi.

For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed her across the years, and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear her story, in her own words. And, in doing so, to hear the whole history of Turtle Island anew.

In a time when prisons no longer contain inmates behind concrete and steel, the convicted serve their time while asleep, rehabilitating in virtual reality while blissfully unaware of their crimes. Roger Parker is a professional prison breaker, skilled at navigating these strange penal dream worlds and extracting those imprisoned there - for a price. Parker wants out of the game, but a powerful senator, desperate to save his son, convinces Parker to pull one last job.

Maria is an American graduate student lured to the planet of Olrona by the naverkoo, a mysterious entity with a nearly limitless power to create and transform life. In what she believes to be a dream, she walks onto an interplanetary transport ship and is taken to the secluded mountain city of Pegasea on the planet of Olrona.

Months have passed since the incident on Titan. For Emile and the Formists, life is returning to normal now that their enemies have been dealt with. Or so they thought. On the Jovian world of Europa, a mysterious document has been released that threatens to reveal everything. The Jovian Manifesto, as it’s called, has the Outer Worlds up in arms and the Inner Worlds fearing a civil war.

Wherever he goes, the Dreamseller enchants, stirs up trouble, and inspires his listeners to search for the most important thing: the heart of the human soul. Every person he meets is someone who has abandoned their dreams and is struggling through life: a professor who has stopped pursuing his passions; a lonely alcoholic with no family; the elderly who have lost their zest for life. Through his wisdom, the Dreamseller helps them to look into their silent hearts and get to the root of their unhappiness.

Deep within the mysterious depths of South America lies Metria, a hidden and majestic city shrouded in secrecy. This enigmatic city serves as a haven for elite warriors, tirelessly trained to combat the ultimate evils that threaten the world in its final days. At the heart of this tale is Damascus Albinus, a seemingly ordinary infant left abandoned on the doorstep of the Palace of Holy Offices, a sanctuary located just beyond the confines of Vatican Square. As Damascus grows into a man, he unknowingly becomes the key-holder to the fate of the world, possessing a power that could bring about...

In the year 2129, a storm of meteorites unleashes strongzine, stradamine, and starlox, poisoning Earth's atmosphere. Acid rain decimates life, sparing only a handful of humans. This disaster, known as the Ruin, shapes a world where survival is brutal. Five centuries later, humanity persists. Conn Brataich, a noble Cloudwalker, navigates the treacherous New York Skylands above the cloudbank. Misty Casper, a Grounder, endures the harsh life in the remnants of Manhattan's subway tunnels below.

Amidst the whispers of the ancients, their souls found solace in each other, a bond forged in the fires of love and destiny. In the timeless realm of Tzang Yi, where the veil between reality and hidden secrets is thin, Jordan and Li Wan are destined to find each other across the expanse of eternity. Whether amidst the golden waves of a wheat field, aboard a ship that sails the endless seas, or within the sacred walls of an ashram, their souls are bound by a love that transcends the boundaries of time and space. Amidst the whispers of the ancients, their souls found solace in each other, a ...