The fourth novel in James S.A. Corey’s New York Times bestselling Expanse series
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush has begun. Settlers stream out from humanity's home planets in a vast, poorly controlled flood, landing on a new world. Among them, the Rocinante, haunted by the vast, posthuman network of the protomolecule as they investigate what destroyed the great intergalactic society that built the gates and the protomolecule.
But Holden and his crew must also contend with the growing tensions between the settlers and the company which owns the official claim to the planet. Both sides will stop at nothing to defend what's theirs, but soon a terrible disease strikes and only Holden - with help from the ghostly Detective Miller - can find the cure. Views: 542
CHAPTER I TOM HOPES FOR A PRIZE "Father," exclaimed Tom Swift, looking up from a paper he was reading, "I think I can win that prize!" "What prize is that?" inquired the aged inventor, gazing away from a drawing of a complicated machine, and pausing in his task of making some intricate calculations. "You don\'t mean to say, Tom, that you\'re going to have a try for a government prize for a submarine, after all." "No, not a submarine prize, dad," and the youth laughed. "Though our Advance would take the prize away from almost any other under-water boat, I imagine. No, it\'s another prize I\'m thinking about." "What do you mean?" "Well, I see by this paper that the Touring Club of America has offered three thousand dollars for the speediest electric car. The tests are to come off this fall, on a new and specially built track on Long Island, and it\'s to be an endurance contest for twenty-four hours, or a race for distance, they haven\'t yet decided. But I\'m going to have a try for it, dad, and, besides winning the prize, I think I\'ll take Andy Foger down a peg. "What\'s Andy been doing now?" "Oh, nothing more than usual. He\'s always mean, and looking for a chance to make trouble for me, but I didn\'t refer to anything special He has a new auto, you know, and he boasts that it\'s the fastest one in this country. I\'ll show him that it isn\'t, for I\'m going to win this prize with the speediest car on the road." "But, Tom, you haven\'t any automobile, you know," and Mr. Swift looked anxiously at his son, who was smiling confidently. "You can\'t be going to make your motor-cycle into an auto; are you?" "No, dad." "Then how are you going to take part in the prize contest? Besides, electric cars, as far as I know, aren\'t specially speedy." "I know it, and one reason why this club has arranged the contest is to improve the quality of electric automobiles. I\'m going to build an electric runabout, dad." "An electric runabout? But it will have to be operated with a storage battery, Tom, and you haven\'t—" "I guess you\'re going to say I haven\'t any storage battery, dad," interrupted Mr. Swift\'s son. "Well, I haven\'t yet, but I\'m going to have one. I\'ve been working on—" "Oh, ho!" exclaimed the aged inventor with a laugh. "So that\'s what you\'ve been tinkering over these last few weeks, eh, Tom? I suspected it was some new invention, but I didn\'t suppose it was that. Well, how are you coming on with it?" "Pretty good, I think. I\'ve got a new idea for a battery, and I made an experimental one. I gave it some pretty severe tests, and it worked fine." "But you haven\'t tried it out in a car yet, over rough roads, and under severe conditions have you?" "No, I haven\'t had a chance. In fact, when I invented the battery I had no idea of using it on a car I thought it might answer for commercial purposes, or for storing a current generated by windmills. But when I read that account in the papers of the Touring Club, offering a prize for the best electric car, it occurred to me that I might put my battery into an auto, and win." "Hum," remarked Mr.... Views: 542
The most dangerous part of this battle between love and darkness has begun...
Cayden and I are closer than ever to stopping the Savage King and his cult for good. We only have to convince two newly turned, former cult members to lead us to the place where we can end this nightmare: the site where the Wolf twins fought to the death hundreds of years ago. But Cayden fears for me, and rightly so, because I'll die for him. I'm alpha.
But a trip across the world gets Cayden captured by the cult, who are determined to use him as bait to draw me in. I can't resist for long. Falling into their plan means the Savage King takes over...forever.
I may have to make a choice no alpha should ever have to make. Choose Cayden, or choose saving the Wolves from darkness. Views: 542
At the height of the Cold War, two men have invented a special kind of television technology. A signal that produces strange and unusual side-effects in those who watch it. But as these men try to bring their invention to market, a mysterious corporation conspires to develop the technology not as an extension of television, but as a weapon that can eliminate nations.At the height of the Cold War, two men have invented a special kind of television technology. A signal that produces strange and unusual side-effects in those who watch it. But as these men try to bring their invention to market, a mysterious corporation conspires to develop the technology not as an extension of television, but as a weapon that can eliminate nations.In this fast and ingenious thriller, Lee McGeorge delves into the background of David Cronenberg’s horror classic, examining not only how and why Videodrome came to exist, but exploring the ideology that would make it priceless.“Highly recommended for sci-fi and horror lovers alike, Lee McGeorge’s new novel is topical, cerebral and, at times, terrifying.” - HorrorNovelReviews.com"Days of O'Blivion is a quick and haunting read that captures the intelligence and quality of Cronenberg's original." - Codices“A fast read but with serious themes, Days of O’Blivion reaches its pinnacle with a satisfying climax that will resonate with anyone who views the rise of new technology as more than a harmless distraction.” - HorrorNovelReviews.com Views: 542
The epic conclusion to The Dagger and The Coin series, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin. Views: 541
Isobel Yates is a single mom with no time for romance, but the Goddess has other plans for her.
Hail is a Dark Kindred. Since emotions are outlawed on his home world, he is learning to feel now that he lives on the Mother Ship. Strong emotions are bad news, though--they bring out the part of his DNA that is Bolaxian Beast, a race of beings known for their fierce breeding lust.
Isobel is afraid to trust the huge Kindred warrior with her heart and the safety of her young son but when fate throws them together, she has no choice. When Hail's beast comes out, will Isobel run from him… or bond with him?
You'll have to read Bonding with the Beast to find out… Views: 541
This second volume of The Collected Poems of Edward M Robertson has been produced so that additional material, discovered while sorting through his papers, can be made available.This second volume of The Collected Poems of Edward M Robertson has been produced so that additional material, discovered while sorting through his papers, can be made available. Those who knew Edward will, no doubt, be able to identify with many of the images and emotions he expresses and will hopefully take pleasure in exploring these additional poems.For those who did not know Edward personally, we hope that reading this small volume of poetry proves to be a rewarding experience. Views: 541
Experience New York Times best-selling author Richard Baker's classic novel set in the high fantasy world of the Forgotten Realms. Accosted by bullies on a forest trail, Aeron had no way of knowing that the confrontation would change his life forever. Accused of a crime for which he bears no blame, he is pursued deep into the forests of the Maerchwood. First rescued, and then tutored, by the mysterious Storm Walker, he discovers a previously undreamed-of talent for magic, and his life is swept up in the study of the arcane arts, until the very principles of magic, and indeed the future of Faerûn, come under attack from the unspeakably evil influences of the Shadow Stone. Views: 541
A gifted young woman with the ability to see and speak with spirits crosses paths with the Devil one night. A secret order known as the Gatekeepers reaches out to her, promising answers. The Gatekeepers give her a choice: go back to her 'normal' life where nobody understands her or her visions... or join the order, learn to control her gifts, and go in search of the Devil himself.April Frausini can see ghosts. When she was younger, her parents had treated her like a child with a broken brain. They took April to doctors. The doctors sent her to specialists. The specialists put her on drugs. And when the drugs failed to stop the visions, the specialists zapped her brain.After that, April told them that the ghosts had gone.She lied.Now she’s in college and trying to forge a future for herself, but a chance encounter with a dark spirit in a bar puts a bit of a hold on things.A man named Jameson Talbot reaches out to her, explaining that there are worse things than ghosts to be afraid of. The spirit she saw the other night was no mere ghost, but the Devil himself in spectral form. If she chooses, Talbot promises to teach her to control her gift of sight, so that they may help others who have been tormented by these spirits, and potentially put a stop to whatever the Devil has planned.April must choose. Go back to a life where nobody understands her or her visions? Or follow Talbot, find a purpose, and walk down a dangerous path in search of the Devil himself? Views: 541
Ellilah is a priestess...but not a very good one. She doesn't seem to have the right temperament for quiet meditation. And even worse, she broke her vow of chastity at the Christmas party after a dark stranger drugged her punch. Now she's being sent to the Priory of Extreme Atonement—an ominous place with no windows and daily beatings.But Elli has always had a mind of her own. Instead of handing herself over for punishment, she goes on a quest to find a cure for the old Priestess Superior who is dying.Elli's quest will take her to the Tenebrian Court and put her in great danger...which is why the Goddess sends her some help in the form of the very same dark stranger who drugged her punch in the first place.Roke is half Havoc—a Kindred-like race of males who refuse to bond with females. He is none too pleased at being sent to protect the little priestess, but he doesn't dare disobey the Goddess. Once he meets Elli again, however, he feels an... Views: 541
