The Sword and the Atopen is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Taylor H. Greenfield is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Taylor H. Greenfield then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Views: 251
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.
Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end? Views: 251
A Sunstrike spin-off story. Clint behaves like a movie hero. He drives like Jason Statham, rides like John Wayne, and would fly like Top Gun if he ever tried. When he’s thrust into a major disaster, he reacts with confidence and style, leading others from danger and caring for the helpless. But despite his bravery, he can’t protect his family when a solar storm knocks out all technology.Sunstrike - what happens when a massive solar storm knocks out the world's electronic technology. Starstruck Hero follows one of the minor characters from the novel Sunstrike as he deals with the sudden absence of transport, communication and electricity. Clint lives his life as if he's the hero of every movie he's ever seen. He drives like Jason Statham in The Transporter, rides like John Wayne, and would fly like Top Gun if he ever got the chance. When he’s thrust into a major disaster, he reacts with confidence and style, leading others from danger and caring for the helpless. But despite his bravery, he can’t protect his family from the terrible repercussions when sunstrike hits and the solar storm knocks out technology right across the planet. This is a relatively gentle post-apocalyptic story, free from zombies or aliens, but dealing with the end of the world as we know it.This is a spin-off story from Sunstrike, a novel featuring Averie Brown as she learns to survive in a post-technology world. In suburban Auckland, she finds the disaster shakes her out of her rut as she learns new skills to survive. After her previous uneventful life, still mourning the loss of her husband and missing her absent son, she finds the new challenge a welcome adventure as members of her neighbourhood rally to support each other against the fear of a cold and hungry winter. But the teenage waif she takes under her wing is not all he seems. Scientific research on the effects of solar flares on earth is worryingly inconclusive. It’s agreed a big eruption on the sun’s surface would send large quantities of electro-magnetic energy streaming past the earth causing severe damage to high-voltage transmission lines, and that alone would stop the provision of electricity for months if not years. The Sunstrike stories explore what might happen next. Views: 250
Training to follow in her father's footsteps goes well until she gets to the training center. Then, it all hits the fan.Kabyl has wanted to take peacekeeper training since she was six. Her dad had always tried to temper her expectations. Women didn't usually have the physical skills required for the job. She worked hard, got strong, fast, and resilient, and then... she turned into a dragon.Everything got a little confused at that point.The application had been sent, received, and accepted. Kabyl had been assigned a trainer by the diamond dragon, and he had been accepted as her partner by the peacekeepers.She isn't sure what being his partner will entail, but as long as she has a shot at her dreams, he could call himself a forest-running elf if he wanted. Oh, wait, that is what he is.First, they need official training, and then, they can work on keeping the peace. Views: 250
Kaela has escaped the pursuing Temple Guard and now enters the caverns beneath the mountains, the next step in her quest to reach the hidden staircase leading down to the Ethereal Plains. As she journeys through the dark using the instructions she found hidden in the abandoned structure, she finds more signs that her world is, or at least was, filled with more life than she ever thought possible.Kaela has escaped the pursuing Temple Guard and now enters the caverns beneath the mountains, the next step in her quest to reach the hidden staircase leading down to the Ethereal Plains. As she journeys through the darkness using the instructions she found hidden in the abandoned structure, she finds more signs that her world is, or at least was, filled with more life than she ever thought possible.The Outcast and the Survivor is a chapter-series that follows Kaela, a princess of the mythical kingdom of Kalepo. After her father's sudden death, Kaela is exiled from the kingdom by her older sister Mariam, who claims their father's throne within moments of his passing. By being made an outcast, Kaela is forced not only to say goodbye to her homeland, but also to all of civilization. Kalepo is known only to itself, meaning that Kaela should expect to find a world devoid of humanity beyond the kingdom's borders, but because of something her father whispered to her on his deathbed, she knows that there is more out there, a world of dark secrets for her to discover. The Outcast and the Survivor is released one chapter at a time at the start of each month. There were times in the past when writers would release stories as a series, often for newspapers or magazines. It's not much different from TV series in that each chapter often has its own sort of conclusion, though the larger story is not completed until the end. The series is being written with the intent of ending it at chapter 36, which is scheduled for December of 2017, though this could change as the story develops. Views: 250
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND HUGO AWARD WINNER FOR BEST SERIES
The stunning finale to the award-winning Wayfarers series by Becky Chambers, author of the beloved The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.
When a freak technological failure halts traffic to and from the planet Gora, three strangers are thrown together unexpectedly, with seemingly nothing to do but wait.
Pei is a cargo runner at a personal crossroads, torn between her duty to her people, and her duty to herself.
Roveg is an exiled artist, with a deeply urgent, and longed for, family appointment to keep.
Speaker has never been far from her twin but now must endure the unendurable: separation.
Under the care of Ouloo, an enterprising alien, and Tupo, her occasionally helpful child, the trio are compelled to confront where they've been, where they might go, and what they might be to one another.
Together they will discover that even in the vastness of space, they're not alone.
PRAISE FOR THE WAYFARERS
'Becky Chambers is a wonder, and I feel better for having her books in my life' JOHN CONNOLLY
'In a word, brilliant' ANDREW CALDECOTT
'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' GUARDIAN
'Chambers is simply an exceptional talent' TOR.COM
'Becky Chambers takes space opera in a whole new and unexpected direction' BEN AARONOVITCH Views: 250
Sometimes a gal's gotta do what a gal's gotta do... even if that involves big girl panties and a very sexy dragon-man. A bounty hunter with her eyes on the prize, Jenna's to-do list includes making crazy amounts of money, ice-cream and retail therapy when she's not working. It does not include sabotage by space rat, or any kind of black hole. It most certainly doesn't include crash landing on a planet in the back end of beyond where everything is out to eat her.... But, she's a big girl. She can deal. What she didn't count on was him... Left for dead on a backwater planet, he's given up on rescue. All he has left is prayers to the gods who have forsaken him. He doesn't expect the answer to those prayers to be a tiny, soft alien with curves that make his mouth water... Former favourite of a dead tyrant, Ranaar has been left out to die on a planet so far from the space lanes he... Views: 250
Army helicopter pilot Anton Bowman could always see more than everyone else. Even as a kid, he could send his vision out to look around in places his body hadn't actually gone. Katie Whitfield embraces her lonely status as an outsider. Her livelihood as a wildlife tracker across the English countryside keeps her content and well clear of her uncaring family. Both their lives change when the gifted members of the Shadow Force: Psi team travel to England as part of a security test. A test that uncovers unexpected dangers to both the UK's network of undersea cables and to their hearts. Views: 250
Angels start to appear at random funerals, eulogizing the deceased for 10 years after millions disappeared from across the earth. During one funeral, an angel is the cause of a fatal event investigated by a priest, nun and former seminarian. Their investigation leads to a test of each of their beliefs, and answers to questions they never anticipated.Who would even begin to think that angels would indiscriminately present eulogies at random funeral services immediately after millions mysteriously disappear across the entire world? Funerals become must go to events; T.V, radio stations, and families, hold contests to fill guest seats for those wanting to attend the ceremonies of the deceased, hoping to catch a glimpse of a heavenly creature. Seats at county and city services for unidentified John and Jane Does are now full. For ten years this occurs. No one knew where or when one would appear, only that no one is able to take any photographs or video recordings when an angel does show; hand drawings, once completed, fade or disappear .Our story begins where an angel is the suspect of a fatal event during one such funeral In Los Angeles, killing all of the attendees, minus one survivor. Why? The Catholic Church dispatches a priest to work with a nun and a former seminary student who have extensive knowledge of angels try to determine what happened. The investigation will lead to a test of each of their beliefs, and answers to questions they never anticipated."Not all angels are the same." Views: 250
The Culture - a human/machine symbiotic society - has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game...a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life - and very possibly his death.
Praise for Iain M. Banks:
"Poetic, humorous, baffling, terrifying, sexy -- the books of Iain M. Banks are all these things and more" -- NME
"An exquisitely riotous tour de force of the imagination which writes its own rules simply for the pleasure of breaking them." -- Time Out Views: 250
