A price he paid from his soul. A love she must save with hers. A rogue member of Team Bolt controlled by the Consortium has destroyed half the City of Angels. To save the metropolis he calls home, Reece Richards puts on the Bolt battle leathers once more and confronts the adversary he once called friend in a battle that tests much more than his superpowers—and exacts a price from his soul that might be unrecoverable. When Reece returns home with his spirit drained, his soul exposed, and his powers out of control, Emma must see through the darkness to the man beneath the pain—and the love in which she still believes. Desire guides Reece back to Emma, and their union helps him recharge the part of himself he thought died in the battle against evil. But what they share may not be powerful enough to stave off the clutches of the Consortium. He may have won the battle, but the war for control over Reece takes a critical hit by a... Views: 683
A year has passed since the fall of Lightspire. The Inquisitor Miles Hampstedt has usurped the throne and rules Noveris with a blood-soaked iron fist. Tilla and her friends have become hardened rebels in the Unbroken, a band of guerilla fighters hiding out in the fringes of the Kingdom. Tilla is plagued with doubt and regret; Lyriana struggles with the burdens of being a fugitive Queen; Zell atones for his guilt by killing for the cause. And even as they all fight, they know their cause is doomed, that with very passing day Miles' power grows, his army of Bloodmages spreading to cover the continent. Then a raid on an outpost produces two unexpected prisoners: Lord Elric Kent himself, now a prisoner obsessed with revenge, and Syan See, a strange girl from the Red Wastes. Tilla struggles with the emotional weight of confronting her father, but it's Syan that offers the true revelation. She demonstrates a new incredible kind of magic, and speaks of a secret civilization hidden in... Views: 683
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns with a wildly inventive and entertaining science fiction thriller—Paradise Lost by way of Phillip K. Dick—that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds.In his youth, Richard "Dodge" Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo... Views: 683
Z's day begins with sadnessA phone call from a dying friend leaves psychologist Zachary Grayson determined to fulfill the old survivalist's request—a send-off that will comfort his grieving sons.And then turns deadlyThe death threat is only the beginning…because the letter isn't a hoax. Z walks out of his office into a barrage of bullets. He can take being shot at, but when the second shot splinters the empty child-seat in his car, he's shaken to the core. The horror of what would have happened if his little girl had been there spurs him to action.Master Z is a Dom, a husband, a father—every instinct drives him to protect those under his care. When the police can't catch his stalker, he must take matters into his own hands.He must keep danger far from those he loves.Secrecy and distance is the key. The funeral in Alaska is the perfect location, especially since Z won't be... Views: 683
Raina is a bear shifter on a mission. Logan is contributing to the cause she hates, but she can’t deny her carnal attraction to him.Raina Delaney, a two-hundred-and-fifty-year-old bear shifter, has left her pack to hunt down unscrupulous Matchmakers who sell unwitting female humans to immortals to become their mates.Raina finds herself in New York on the trail of a fearsome Matchmaker. There, she meets Logan Prince, a gorgeous alpha bear shifter whom she feels an instant attraction to.When Raina discovers Logan is in the city to do a deal with a Matchmaker, she befriends him to get inside information on the Matchmaker’s location. But can she fight her innate attraction to Logan, even though his business deal is against everything she stands for? Views: 683
When Steve Nakamura is dared to seduce a vampire in return for his birthday present, he thinks it will be easy. Scrub up, find a hot undead girl, kiss her, earn enough money for a new car stereo. Simple. Abe Browning, however, is surely undead and just as surely not a girl, but that’s the last thing Steve needs to worry about when it comes to hooking up with vampires…Welcome to Port Carmila, population 15, 725. Half that count isn’t even human, and that’s not including feral zombies, ghouls and ghosts, mostly because they don’t stand still long enough for counting. It’s a melting pot of the living, the immortal, and the dead … where death means you still have to pay the rent, the merfolk are experts in tax evasion, everybody hates the corny Dead Centre of Australia T-shirts sold at the tourist information centre, and the local police encourage you to carry a weapon at all times, regardless of legality. Sometimes the zombies aren’t your much-loved next-door neighbours…When Steve Nakamura is dared—after a long-standing Port Carmila tradition—to seduce a vampire in return for his birthday present, he thinks it will be easy. Scrub up, find a hot undead girl who won’t care that he’ll start shambling the moment he stops breathing, kiss her, earn enough money for a new car stereo. Simple, if he doesn’t mind losing a little blood in the process. The cute and anxious Abe Browning, however, is surely undead and just as surely not a girl, and, as it turns out, that’s the last thing Steve needs to worry about when it comes to hooking up with vampires… Views: 683
I honestly thought that being forced to go to the ballet with my Gran was the worst thing I’d ever had to do and that was BEFORE I knew that the dancers on stage were a bunch of reanimated corpses controlled by a psychotic necromancer named Albertino.I honestly thought that being forced to go to the ballet with my Gran was the worst thing I’d ever had to do and that was BEFORE I knew that the dancers on stage were a bunch of reanimated corpses controlled by a psychotic necromancer named Albertino.THEN I had to go to his studio to find and destroy his talisman to save the trapped souls all by myself – since Gran is the only other medium I know and apparently she’s “too old to run around all day chasing talismans.” And the talisman in question? Sitting right on Albertino’s big fat finger.I haven’t even gotten to the worst part yet. What’s worse than a bunch of people watching dead ballerinas dance on stage and having no idea that anything is wrong?The fact that dancing is not the only thing they can do. Views: 683
In this stunning new book in the Chosen Storm series, Riley Storm must face a deadly enemy while coping with the loss of her soul mate. Riley Storm is Chosen by the gods. Elemental. Powerful. Abandoned. After a lifetime of being unloved and uncared for, Riley finally found someone to believe in and love. A soul mate. The one destined to be with her forever. So when Caleb rejects her right as she needs him most, Riley's left with a shattered heart, questioning where she went wrong. Now she must find a way to pick up the pieces and keep pushing forward with her training because Samael is still out to get her, and he's growing impatient. His army of Fallen grows by the day, poised to take down the Elemental world, and he plans to start with Riley and her family. Can Riley reclaim the confidence she lost, and find a way to trust in herself before it's too late? Or will evil triumph? Views: 683
Stephen Baxter's The Martian in the Wood, a Tor.com OriginalIn the aftermath of the First Martian War, in the interim between it and what was to come later, England seemed to once again become a green and peaceful place, if one haunted by the terrible events in Surrey that had happened in those early years of the century. Although people hoped and prayed peace had come, they were wrong. Across the gulf of space, plans were being drawn for a return, but before they could bear fruit a terrible discovery was made deep in Holmburgh Wood, one that would tear a family apart and shock the world.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. Views: 682
