Violent Science Fiction

Eleven short stories from award-winning author Joe Hill, building on the success of his blockbuster novels. Some new, some previously published, all terrifying. Includes 'Full Throttle' and 'In the Tall Grass', both collaborations with Stephen King and both being filmed at the time of writing.

Pax is discovering that the smallest mistakes can have the deadliest impact. To protect her city, she's uncovered monstrous truths and involved terrible people. The consequences are coming for her. The Sunken City is unstable. The Fae are armed for war. Can Pax stop the coming disaster?

Adam Smith has a tent, blankets, a water bottle, friends, and a school voucher. What more could he need? He’s doing great overall, but winter is coming fast, the gangs know his face, and he is failing cooking class! Choices have to be made. Stay and fight, or run? But if he stays, how will he survive? And if he runs, will she come with him?

Set thought she found a new life, a new family, and a new home on planet Earth... until her former captors reappear. Set is hunted by the fearsome Mal'moa, a notorious alien slaver. Her human family is captured, forced apart, and sold to the highest bidder. The slavers are cruelest to Rain, who is forced to participate in an intergalatic tournament. Mal'moa develops an obsession with Annalise, Rain's sweetheart. Determined to win her over, Mal'moa treats her like a queen... but could she ever care for such a terrifying man?

A major new collection of essays by Ramachandra Guha, Democrats and Dissenters is a work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest, written with elegance and wit. The audiobook covers a wide range of themes: from the varying national projects of India's neighbors to political debates within India itself, from the responsibilities of writers to the complex relationship between democracy and violence.