In 1969, the Soviet Union lands a probe on the Moon to gather a soil sample. However, before the probe's return vehicle returns to Earth, the mission is hastily shut down and the return vehicle is programmed to burn up in Earth's atmosphere.In the present, Ryan Mitchell and his team of former special operations soldiers are hired to find the missing probe, which is believed to have come down on a barren, ice-covered island in the South Atlantic. However, someone else wants what is hidden away deep inside the return vehicle and will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. From the South Atlantic, to Russia, to Venezuela to a secret installation in the mountains of Albania, the race to discover the truth is on.This time, however, the fate of billions hangs in the balance. Views: 227
Andie Marks, known as “Party Girl” in her college days, is now a whip-smart lawyer on the fast track to success. Determined to move on from a bad break-up, she joins her girlfriends for a wild bachelorette weekend in Las Vegas, promising to let her hair down just this once.
Vegas is a blur of cocktails and blackjack, and in the middle of it all she meets Mack, a real-life cowboy with a winning hand and an irresistible body. They get lucky in the casino and luckier back at the hotel, a hot night of passion that was definitely not part of Andie’s life plan.
By dawn Mack is gone and all she has to remember their one-night romance is a hangover and a pile of casino chips. Or so she thinks…
Revised edition: This edition of Shine Not Burn includes editorial revisions. Views: 227
A cyberpunk space opera about Xolo, a man who replaced his conscience with a machine.A routine assassination on a synthetic planet gets complicated when Xolo stupidly rescues some kids, gets a bomb in his head (that falls in love with him) and then winds up on the world of kings, brainslaves and electric zombies known as ‘Earth,’ where he is mistaken for a cosmic messiah.A cyberpunk space opera about Xolo, a man who replaced his conscience with a machine.A routine assassination on a synthetic planet gets complicated when Xolo stupidly rescues some kids, gets a bomb in his head (that falls in love with him) and then winds up on the world of kings, brainslaves and electric zombies known as ‘Earth,’ where he is mistaken for a cosmic messiah.The author of the cult hit ‘Tokyo Zero’ returns to science-fiction territory in an outrageously stylish and hilariously satirical journey to the kind of future we are going to end up in if we are not careful.“Twisted sci-fi and black comedy, like imagine if Douglas Adams were a violent sociopath” — Moxie Mezcal, author of ‘Concrete Underground’ Views: 227
Inspired by a series of whistleblowers over the last few years, Scott and Jennifer decide the work they've been doing for their nefarious employers needs to be brought into the light. But the company is far more prepared, and willing to go further than either of them could have ever expected, to make sure the whistle stays silent.Fourth book in series of five: The Anti-Christ gathers his massive Chinese-Korean, Dragon armies to attack the United States. The Dragon armies also join with the Arab League and the Muslim Brotherhood to attack Israel in the Battle of Armageddon. The Anti-Christ partners to deceive the world with the help of the False Prophet and the Harlot of Babylon. They all gather in one final effort to turn the tables against the Lord of Host with the help of hell itself and all their dark angels against heaven and its angels. This dynamic book tells the story how God intervenes to deliver His people while the angels of heaven take personal interest to protect and defend believers. Views: 227
After her narrow escape from the first vampire, Janine is beginning to realize that Turning isn't the greatest thing ever. She's still making dumb mistakes, her relationship with her mom is at risk more than ever, and the cute, awkward boy she rescued, Brendan, is sending her mixed signals. In short, she doesn't feel any better than the useless human she once was.
But when an error she makes gets her werewolf cousin captured by the ATC and dragged to the facility that Bathory is planning to attack in a few days, Janine has no choice but to try the dumbest thing yet: the only way inside is to turn herself in. Janine's the only one for the job with her enhanced senses and strength. And it's the only hope of stopping Bathory from building a powerful army and turning the city of Cumberland into a blood farm.
Secrets will be revealed. Pain will be unmasked. And the danger will be higher than ever.
This is the second book of Janine's Story and the seventh book of the Abnormals Underground series. This is a teen urban fantasy series/dark fantasy series with a touch of horror, drama, and romance. Views: 227
After the destruction of the City of Fireme by the Dark One, the sorceress Evina and her warrior partner Helm escape to the City of Begmire, where they face down a sinister creature that is intent on destroying the city.After the destruction of the City of Fireme by the Dark One, the sorceress Evina and her warrior partner Helm escape to the City of Begmire, where they face down a sinister creature that is intent on destroying the city. In dire need of rest after the battle of Fireme, Helm must face the beast alone, realizing that his actions might call down the Dark One to Begmire, leaving Evina completely helpless to defend against him while still trying to recover her power. This is a stand-alone novella from The Tales of Reagul series. Views: 226
1823. Thanks to the technique discovered by Victor Frankenstein, it is now possible to resurrect the dead. Many competing factions now plans to use such technology to reshape the world. Scotland Yard Superintendent Gregory Temple is forced to team up with Victor Frankenstein and the vampire Count Szandor against a secret cabal of Illuminati led by Joseph Balsamo. Meanwhile, in Haiti, a resurrected Napoleon faces the zombie armies of Marie Laveau... Frankenstein in London is the third volume in a prodigious Alternate History saga which embraces the works of Mary Shelley, Paul Féval, Alexandre Dumas and others, written by Brian M. Stableford, an acknowledged master of the genre, author of the critically acclaimed The Plurality of Worlds. Views: 226
It's 2097 and teens can fledge and grow wings. Fifteen year old Prissi Langue loves flying, school and her friends. However, after Prissi finds pictures of her dead mother with the man who invented fledging, she begins an investigation that uncovers long hidden secrets. Suddenly, it seems like everyone wants Prissi dead. Can Prissi fly far enough and fast enough to escape her enemies?Why is everyone trying to kill Prissi Langue? It's 2097 and teens can fledge and grow wings as they go through puberty. Fifteen year old Prissi has been having fun flying, goofing with her BFF Nancy, and stirring up arguments with her NQB (not quite boyfriend) Joe Fflowers. Despite her mother's death three years before, her dad's unending and very depressing grief, and Joe's threats to run away from school to avoid fledging, Prissi's life is pretty good.That is, until Prissi meets Joshua Fflowers, the man who invented fledging and one of the world's richest men. Intrigued with Joshua Fflowers, Prissi does some research and finds a picture of him with someone who looks just like her mother--except that her name is different and her dad professes to know nothing about it. As Prissi investigates, she meets a man who worked with her mother on some radical meta-mutational research a half-century before. Intrigued, Prissi keeps investigating and before she knows it her good life is gone. The chase is on. Over the skies of Manhattan, into the bowels of the drowned subway system, across the wasteland of eastern Long Island, the question becomes can Prissi fly fast enough and far enough to elude all the people who are trying to kill her? Views: 226
In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. In a world that's conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created?Citra and Rowan have disappeared. Endura is gone. It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder. Views: 226
A novella set in the universe of James S. A. Corey's NYT-bestselling Expanse series, Auberon explores a new and alien world and the age-old dangers that humanity has carried with it to the stars. Now a Prime Original series.Auberon is one of the first and most important colony worlds in humanity's reach, and the new conquering faction has come to claim it. Governor Rittenaur has come to bring civilization and order to the far outpost and guarantee the wealth and power of the Empire.But Auberon already has its own history, a complex culture, and a criminal kingpin named Erich with very different plans. In a world of deceit, violence, and corruption, the greatest danger Rittenaur faces is love.The ExpanseLeviathan WakesCaliban's WarAbaddon's GateCibola BurnNemesis GamesBabylon's AshesPersepolis RisingTiamat's WrathThe Expanse Short FictionThe Butcher of... Views: 226
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, an enthralling story about desire, new love and the mysteries of scienceStuart Ressler, a brilliant biologist, sets out in 1957 to crack the genetic code. His efforts are sidetracked by other, more intractable codes – social, moral, musical, spiritual – and he falls in love with a member of his research team.Years later, another young man and woman team up to investigate a different mystery – why did the eminently promising Ressler suddenly disappear from the world of science?Strand by strand, these two love stories twist about each other in a double helix of desire.'A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth' Sunday Telegraph Views: 226
