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From the creators of the wildly popular and seriously scientific YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE comes entertaining, irreverent, and totally accessible answers to the questions you never got to ask in science class.

Mysterious emanations originating in the Intergalactic void... Suspicious deaths near the galactic rim… An Armada recalled… Another goes missing… While the Confederations Central Council and High Command face the consequences of the inspector's treachery, Michael and his team continue to raise Earth's profile among its neighbors. A trade deal is started. Numerous new Transluminide claims are filed. The Space Force fleet grows.

In the violent aftermath of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a photojournalist arrives to learn the fate of the Witch Doctors, a fabled Army occult warfare unit. Holly believes her father, reported missing in action, ran this mysterious outfit that sought to weaponize black magic to win the War on Terror.

A fired weatherman is asked to debug an old abandoned satellite left over from the collapse of the Soviet Union. Considered a dead-end project, Aber Trendel is thrown on the project with a team of rejects from the University of Ohio. When they discover the satellite's metaphysical properties and a mysterious signal that showers down on humans below, they find themselves in a race against other world governments who try to hack into it for control.

When Lyle Jeremy Rubin first arrived at Marine Officer Candidates School, he was convinced that the “war on terror” was necessary to national security. He also subscribed to a strict code of manhood that military service conjured and perpetuated. Then he began to train and his worldview shattered. Honorably discharged five years later, Rubin returned to the United States with none of his beliefs, about himself or his country, intact.

Technical Specialist Simon Brooks was no soldier. More suited for the academy than combat, his assignment to a rear echelon support squadron seemed a good fit. Everything changed when the Sleer attacked Earth’s newly salvaged spacecraft, UEF Ascension. In a flash, Brooks goes from fleeing a burning transport plane to piloting a broken mech and learning the habits of a fighter pilot from Lt. Sara Rosenski, the terror of Nightmare Squadron. But his rising star takes a hit when he learns to talk to the Sleer AI, Genukh...and suddenly the UEF doesn’t know whose side he’s on.

It's 1969. Molly is a girl who's not sure she can feel anything anymore, because life sometimes hurts way too much. Her brother Barry ran away after having a fight with their father over the war in Vietnam. Now Barry's been drafted into that war - and Molly's mother tells her she has to travel across the country in an old schoolbus to find Barry and bring him home.

You will not believe what you are reading - even though it all feels so real. Only a man like Smilin’ Jack could monetize civil war. After the infamous business tycoon launches a hit TV show that pits American and Confederate gladiators in brutal battles, his grisly spectacle draws the attention of psychopaths across the nation.

Sera Varse thought she left the worst behind, but new dangers await. Stranded on a distant planet, Sera navigates treacherous terrain and confronts formidable foes while uncovering secrets of Quantum. Her quest to find her brother becomes a mission to secure humanity’s future. Trouble continues back home, where Gloria’s nephew Riddan Morell attempts to regain his family’s honor, Federation PI Touma Kudo pursues justice against a man who wronged him years ago who proves to be connected to the recent trouble, and Montez Lycanis fights to earn a new life for his Crimson Wolves.

In the newly revised third edition of Demise of the Dollar: From the Bailouts to the Pandemic and Beyond, Addison Wiggin delivers yet another timely and insightful account of the devaluation of the American dollar. Fully updated to consider the events of the last ten years—including the COVID-19 pandemic—the book contains nuanced discussions of historic inflation, interest rates and the Federal Reserve, the impact the Euro has had since its introduction, the rise of China prior to the pandemic, cryptocurrencies, and the United States' consumer debt addiction.

A century after the Break destroyed much of the world, the wealthy island nation of Dios stands alone as a paradise for those who remain...so long as they aren’t poor and homeless. For street orphan Grant Riven, life is a series of kicks to the face. Until exposure to a powerful mutating agent gives him super strength, passive-regeneration, and the ability to use powerful weapons.

Being Godchosen isn’t easy. The woman he wants doesn’t want him, the man who should be his best friend thinks him laughable, and everyone ridicules his youth, to say nothing of his glyndweller accent. Slaying a dragon and defending the country from invaders changes their minds, and things are going nicely, but then the gods interfere...Tragedy strikes, sending Trygare to a foreign land where his true destiny lies...to become the ancestor of a dynasty that will rule his planet for three thousand years.

Over 500 years have passed since the destruction of our Solar system, and in spite of humanity's expansion into space in search of answers, no explanation has surfaced. Three Factions, each with their own mysterious artifact granting them unique benefits, struggle to maintain peace. However, the arrival of a fourth artifact throws this balance into chaos as communications shut off and ships go missing. Worse, this artifact brings with it an all-consuming force that has begun to expand.

Grant Masterson has spent his whole life putting criminals behind bars, but after shattering every law to save the life of the woman he loves, he finds himself in the harshest prison in the galaxy, surrounded by hardened killers. He needs all his wits and skills just to survive...and when the sentient AI known as The Oracle, the head of the criminal network called Nautilus, infiltrates the prison and puts a price on his head, even the best bounty hunter in the galaxy may not be tough enough to live through it.

From witches and demons to haunted circuses and deals made with hidden consequences to ghosts and secrets buried in the past, Autumn Nights: 12 Chilling Tales for Midnight brings together the very best of spooky tales to tell under a harvest moon.

It's hard not to like Joey Jackson. He oozes charm to go with his good looks. Young women are especially taken by him. Right up until he kills them. Ex-CIA officer Mason Ray plans to find him and stop him. For good. In his debut novel, Wiley Brooks weaves a character-rich story through exotic locals in Malaysia. The year is 1987. It's prime time for young backpackers from around the world to discover the beauties and mysteries of the long-time British colony.

Destota Valentine is not a normal kid, and Vandor is not a normal planet. A haven for scientists founded 6,000 years ago, when a civil war forced them off Earth. The population of Vandor just wants to be left alone. But the Legion of the Phelb, a religion founded in the late 21st century, wants total galactic dominance.

Gloria Jennings is a strikingly beautiful woman. She went on the run when she was accused of murdering her wealthy husband back east. Luke Jensen tracks her down to a ranch in West Texas, only to discover that she has re-married, and is a widow once again; and once again her rancher husband was a victim of murder! Despite appearances, Luke begins to doubt her guilt...and surprises himself by not bringing her in - and actually helping her face down rival ranchers.

In Egypt’s Western desert lies the tomb of an unnamed pharaoh that hides a secret so powerful, it could destroy the world as we know it. Archaeologist and adventurer Matthew Connor has made a career of finding legends the world has all but forgotten. Though there’s one in particular that has fascinated him for years - the Emerald Tablets. Myth says that they possess the knowledge of the universe, allowing humankind to traverse Heaven and Earth, and have the power to bestow wealth and wisdom upon whoever possesses them.

Vandorian and Phelb have united under one flag once more, and peace now rules the human empire. But ancient enemies still exist in the galaxy, and they are unhappy about the new peace. Buoyed by victories against the Gilbaglians, humans boldly assault their new foes while seeking out more knowledge about the mysterious Cetoplin race that appears to have inadvertently created humanity.