System Fiction

They couldn’t afford a ship or a fleet...and now they have a whole system to defend! Harmon Tomeral, along with friends Clip, Zerith, and the artificial intelligence Jayneen, were heroes. They’d brought back the battlecruiser Salvage Title from an unknown system and had defeated the alien Squilla and saved their home system of Tretrayon, not once, but twice. But now they have a system of their own, and the Bith are about to open it up to the galaxy at large.

Diagnosed as severely autistic at the age of three, Tito, nearly nonverbal, was brought up by his loving mother Soma, who taught him to read English and challenged him to write his own stories. The initial result was The Mind Tree, published in 2003, which Tito wrote between the ages of eight and 11. The Gold of the Sunbeams is an equally impressive, beautiful collection of stories, each prefaced by a charming note from Tito explaining how the story came into being.

With the System States Union now crushed and Trojan's new Empire on the rise, former foes become allies in a desperate attempt to prevent not only the collapse of human civilization but also the complete extermination of humanity at the hands of a diabolical new power player. Is salvation really possible, or was it all just rumors?

The battle for Sar rages on. The Alliance offensive has failed, ammunition is running out, and only nuclear weapons have saved the players from utter obliteration. Ivan Susanin, also known as Vasily, found himself in a Lich trap and escaped by a miracle. Yet the mission continues as long as the return card has not been used. He can still return and find a way to reverse this seemingly hopeless situation. Retreat is not an option—the fate of two worlds rests in his hands. Victory or death!

As a half Scourge/half Kindred warrior, Sirex has a savage side that he fears cannot be contained. Does his desire to dominate make him a Broken One—a male who takes pleasure in hurting women? He doesn’t know and refuses to find out. For years he has avoided falling in love…until Phoebe enters his life.

With Princess Selfia suddenly missing, it is now up to Jack to plan and organize his team for the academy mid-term. The next task, a low altitude airdrop into the Frelia Mountain range where Almus cadets will put their landnav, survival, and teamwork skills to the test. The criteria for passing? Survival, simple enough. However what was supposed to be a simple test of preparedness becomes far more as Jack and his squad become victims to events that forever change the trajectory of their lives and the world as they know it.

Having fled his home country, Jack finds himself in a foreign land surrounded on all sides by people who hate his existence, even those that claim to support him seem to have some ulterior motive. Be it because of his eye color, or the shadow of his parent's sins cast over him, Jack finds himself having to strike deals and play a part with the Princess of the Empire if he wishes to protect his sister.

Two weeks into the System Apocalypse, and the transformations are just beginning. Mutated insects, carnivorous toads, and angry drop bears were not on the school curriculum, but when the apocalypse hits, you roll with it. Parenting a teenager has prepared Kira for the worst; she just didn’t expect that to include the end of the world. A menacing conglomerate of alien hunters is breathing down their necks, and new threats lurk just over the hills. Kira and the rest of the Australian survivors of Brisbane must level up, bolster defenses, and prepare for an incoming invasion.

Log in. Lock in. Never log out. Morgan Reid is a combat vet and ex-security consultant with one goal—understand Nexus Dynamics’ neural tech and save his comatose brother. But when he enters Netherworld, the most advanced VRMMORPG ever created, he discovers a terrifying truth: no one can log out. Fifty thousand players are trapped. A rogue AI called The Architect controls the code. And one failed escape attempt has already left a girl brain-dead in the real world. Now, Morgan must level up, decode a world built on twisted logic, and survive deadly digital realms with real-life ...

Discover the eerie brilliance of "And the Gods Laughed" by Fredric Brown, a classic science fiction novella from the Golden Age of sci-fi. Set in a future of interplanetary exploration, this suspenseful tale follows space miners who encounter a mysterious race on Ganymede—only to uncover a chilling secret about possession, identity, and alien intelligence. Blending dark humor, paranoia, and psychological intrigue, Brown crafts a compact yet powerful story that questions what it truly means to be human.

The Most Feared Prison in the Solar System. Ephraim Simpsons has been on the run for the better part of two weeks- since his underground church had been raided. Not wanting to put his family or friends in danger, he plans to keep to the streets as he tries to make it across North America to a space port on the east coast and potentially freedom on Mars or the Asteroid Belt. Detective Joe Lancaster has a different plan in mind: he wants to send Ephraim to the asteroid prison of Vesta, where lifespans average five months. Along with his two officers, Amy Jennigan and Cayman Morgan, he is ...

It’s been three months since the Patriarche was beheaded, leaving behind no known heir. Now, the planet of Laterre is unrecognizable. General Bonnefaçon has cleaned up the streets, fed the hungry, and restored peace while the next leader is decided upon. From the outside, Laterre seems to be flourishing. But dangerous rifts threaten to shatter the planet from within.

For Chris Mason, working construction at the pinnacle of New York's skyline feels like being on top of the world—until that world is shattered when an otherworldly portal transforms Manhattan into a deadly fantasy realm. Chosen as a "salvager" by a mysterious System that has plagued humanity throughout history, Chris must now scavenge the ruins of his city for materials to craft weapons, armor, and shelter while the city continues to transform around him.

Hidden in the basement of the Los Angeles Times, there Melvin will learn wonderful things like interdimensional astronomy, mana fencing, and how to get a girlfriend. Dragons, Gods, and bullies thrive in the Magical World hidden right beneath our eyes. Does Melvin have what it takes to pass?

How much will you sacrifice to survive in a world turned game? When friends and family fall to monsters and aliens everyday, will you choose safety over freedom? These are the questions the survivors in the Yukon must ask themselves. New alien masters arrive, offering safety from ever stronger monsters in return for their freedom and future potential. Thrust into a position of power and influence by dint of his Levels, John must choose—not just for himself but Whitehorse itself. The price, however, might be more than he is willing to pay.

Andi Peterson is an Agent in the Warrior Location Agency—a special unit created to locate and bring back Kindred warriors who have been enslaved or kidnapped. Her partner, Thrax, is a seven-foot tall Pitch-Blood/Dae’mon Kindred Hybrid who is growly and brooding and completely Alpha. Andi never guesses that her partner has a Shadowed Past until the two of them are sent to the Twisted System—a trio of planets where extreme sexual practices are the norm.

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The return to the city of goblins draws ever closer but Ivan Susanin's survival hangs in the balance. It is more than just the monsters. The capture of the Dungeon, creation of the Minor Altar and growth of the Cult of Heresy has attracted the attention of the Earth gods. The number of contenders for the grand prize is growing, hostile gods are joining the race, and the existence of an independent candidate is unacceptable. Nevertheless, the gods cannot sentence one of the Alliance leaders and the strongest player on Earth to death.

Bounty hunter Hal Mason is doing well for himself, a year after the System converted Earth into a lawless, apocalyptic Dungeon World. Now, though, old friends have come calling with a new opportunity and with it, the murky politics of Galactic interests and overlapping contracts. Hal must protect the first train to cross the new wildlands of the American Midwest.

Peter Kraemer, a physics teacher with a passion for astronomy, makes a discovery that he himself can hardly believe: Stars disappear from one day to the next, with nothing left of them. The researchers he contacts provide reassuring and logical explanations for every single case. But when Peter determines that the mysterious process is approaching our home system, he becomes more and more anxious. He alone perceives the looming catastrophe. When he believes he has found a way to avert the impending disaster, he chooses to pull out all the stops.