After her mother's death, a seventeen-year-old girl must disguise herself as a man and flee to the gold-rich hills of mid-1800s California to evade her evil stepfather. Views: 39
Table of ContentsFinisterra - DAVID MOLESLighting Out - KEN MACLEODAn Ocean is a Snowflake, Four Billion Miles Away - JOHN BARNESSaving Tiamaat - GWYNETH JONESOf Late I Dreamt of Venus - JAMES VAN PELTVerthandi’s Ring - IAN MCDONALDSea Change - UNA MCCORMACKThe Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small - CHRIS ROBERSONWATER-DRAGON YEAR, TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR OF THE KANGXI EMPERORGlory - GREG EGANAgainst the Current - ROBERT SILVERBERGAlien Archeology - NEAL ASHERThe Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate - TED CHIANGBeyond the Wall - JUSTIN STANCHFIELDKiosk - BRUCE STERLINGLast Contact - STEPHEN BAXTERThe Sledge-Maker’s Daughter - ALASTAIR REYNOLDSSanjeev and Robotwallah - IAN MCDONALDThe Skysailor’s Tale - MICHAEL SWANWICKOf Love and Other Monsters - VANDANA SINGHSteve Fever - GREG EGANHellfire at Twilight - KAGE BAKERThe Immortals of Atlantis - BRIAN STABLEFORDNothing Personal - PAT CADIGANTideline - ELIZABETH BEARThe Accord - KEITH BROOKELaws of Survival - NANCY KRESSThe Mists of Time - TOM PURDOMCraters - KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCHThe Prophet of Flores - TED KOSMATKAStray - BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM DAVID ACKERTRoxie - ROBERT REEDDark Heaven - GREGORY BENFORDSummation: 2007 Views: 39
Sequel to A Father for Christmas. Kelly Kennedy and Tyler Manning have a baby on the way, but PTSD and Afghanistan haunts Tyler and he returns to run a children's charity. Meanwhile, Kelly's daughter Bree misses Tyler and wants a pet for Christmas. When Tyler is captured by terrorists and goes missing, Kelly and Bree hold onto hope while Tyler fights to survive and return home for Christmas. Views: 39
Briarcliff: A Reawakening: Gargoyle is the second book in the Briarcliff series. It is a New Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal Romance with a dark side.#Gargoyle #yum Views: 39
This very short (2,500 word) compilation of edgy, erotic flash fiction features explicit sexual encounters that turn strange, dark, or even supernatural. Each story is 500 words long. Warning: Some stories blend sex and death, endings may be ambiguous, and not everyone makes it out alive. Views: 39
Potshot, the fourth McMorrow mystery, delves deep into backwoods pot-growing and drug-dealing and the damage that comes when big, urban traffickers enter the picture. Jack alternates between the back-to-landers living communally on the outskirts of Florence, Maine, and confrontations with urban gangsters moving in on the product—and the people who Jack comes to know. Cronies at a county fair, an assassination attempt, and hostages are only a few of the challenges McMorrow has to face in this fast-paced addition to the McMorrow legacy. Library Journal says, "Along with snappy dialog that propels the story, Boyle presents an ensemble of likable characters. A sure thing for anyone who has enjoyed Robert Parker's Spenser." Views: 39
The Firstborn — the mysterious race of aliens who first became known to science fiction fans as the builders of the iconic black monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey — have inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s writing for decades. With Time’s Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization by employing a technology indistinguishable from magic.
Their first act was the Discontinuity, in which Earth was carved into sections from different eras of history, restitched into a patchwork world, and renamed Mir. Mir’s inhabitants included such notables as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and United Nations peacekeeper Bisesa Dutt. For reasons unknown to her, Bisesa entered into communication with an alien artifact of inscrutable purpose and godlike power — a power that eventually returned her to Earth. There, she played an instrumental role in humanity’s race against time to stop a doomsday event: a massive solar storm triggered by the alien Firstborn designed to eradicate all life from the planet. That fate was averted at an inconceivable price. Now, twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back.
This time, they are pulling no punches: They have sent a “quantum bomb.” Speeding toward Earth, it is a device that human scientists can barely comprehend, that cannot be stopped or destroyed — and one that will obliterate Earth.
Bisesa’s desperate quest for answers sends her first to Mars and then to Mir, which is itself threatened with extinction. The end seems inevitable. But as shocking new insights emerge into the nature of the Firstborn and their chilling plans for mankind, an unexpected ally appears from light-years away.
From the Hardcover edition. Views: 39
A moray eel diagnosed with anorexia...A herd of bison whose only hope is a crusading female doctor from Paris...A vet desperately trying to save an orphaned whale by unraveling the mystery of her mother's death...This fascinating book offers a rare glimpse into the world of exotic animals and the doctors who care for them. Here pioneering zoological veterinarians--men and women on the cutting edge of a new medical frontier--tell real-life tales of daring procedures for patients weighing tons or ounces, treating symptoms ranging from broken bones to a broken heart, and life-and-death dramas that will forever change the way you think about wild animals and the bonds we share with them.From a root canal on a three-thousand pound hippo to one doctor's heartbreaking effort to save a critically ill lemur, here are acts of rescue, kindness, and cross-disciplinary cooperation between zoo vets and other top scientists. We meet highly trained specialists racing against... Views: 39
