Set a course for intercourse with this raucous space opera from Yoss, "Cuba's premiere science-fiction writer" (VICE), where humans explore the limits of the Milky Way—and their libidos. In the 24th century, Josué Valdés' rise from an orphan in the slums of Rubble City, Cuba to one of the galaxy's most accomplished explorers was nothing short of meteoric. Josué used to race cockroaches for cash on the streets until he discovered his true-calling: as a sexual ambassador for humanity and the Nu Barsa colony. Every so-called "condomnaut" knows that trade deals in the galactic community depend on sexual pacts, which makes every encounter a close encounter. While some condomnauts have been trained and genetically enhanced to meet the needs of any tentacled insectoid in the galaxy, Josué is a natural whose ego could eclipse the big dipper. Josué and his fellow intrepid condomnauts travel light years across the galaxy and discover that old... Views: 25
You can't trust your own memories.You can't trust other people's.So how do you know what really happened that night? One rainy night in New York, psychologist James Cobb gives a talk on the art of recovering lost memories. Afterwards, he's approached by a stranger: a dying man who, forty years ago, woke up in a hotel room with a murdered woman, and no memory at all of what happened. Now, he needs to know whether he was an innocent bystander - or a killer. Intrigued, James begins to unpick the tangled threads of this decades-old mystery. But everyone involved has a different story to tell, and every fact he uncovers has another interpretation. As his interest becomes an obsession, and secrets from his own past start to surface, he begins to suspect that someone has buried the truth deep enough to hide it forever.For fans of Joel Dicker, Peter Swanson and SJ Watson, Bad Blood tells a gripping story of memory, motives, and how little... Views: 25
Trapped on an Alaskan cruise line, P.I. Cecil Younger must expose a killer—and fast—or he may just find himself sleeping with the fishes.Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: running surveillance on a chicken coopthat's being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately forthe Alaskan P.I. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course.Well, it's not exactly a vacation. Cecil has been paid to investigate a doctor aboard a cruiseship up the Alaskan coast following some complaints from his patients . . . that is, thepatients who are still alive to complain. Worst of all, someone is leaving evidence pointingan accusing finger at Cecil! By the time the S.S. Westward makes landfall, Cecil will bewishing he was back guarding chickens. Views: 25
'Her softness took my breath away. Deadly beauty. She turned her face towards me. The owl's massive facial disc produces a funnel for sound that is the most effective in the animal kingdom'Owls have captivated the human imagination for millennia. We have fixated on this night hunter as predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, something pretty to print on a tote bag or portent of doom. Darlington sets out to tell a new story. Her fieldwork begins with wild encounters in the British Isles and takes her to the frosted borders of the Arctic. In her watching and deep listening to the natural world, she cleaves myth from reality and will change the way you think of this magnificent creature. Views: 25
Bound & Determined: Texas Cowboys, Book 4 Views: 25
The rise of gang warfare. A deadly encounter. Dreams shattered.Mitch has big plans and high hopes. A star football linebacker, Mitch has the confidence and the strength to tackle the world after graduation, but the city is in serious trouble. The economy is dying, the environment is suffering, and people are abandoning the once prosperous town.Crime is on the rise and now, the government is building a top-secret facility on the edge of town. What does it all mean? Young Mitch wants nothing more than to escape his rising hopelessness and dead-end opportunities. But catastrophic losses, betrayals and a heartbreaking tragedy strike him hard, threatening to end his plans, and his future.Mitch has two choices: abandon the desperate, dying city, or take a stand and make a difference in the only home he has ever known. The world is fraying on the sharp edge of terrifying change.Dive into Mitch’s story, a prequel in this gripping dystopian fantasy! Views: 25
