From the Hugo-winning author of Spin , an exuberant adventure in a post-climate-change America. In the reign of President Deklan Comstock, a reborn United States is struggling back to prosperity. Over a century after the Efflorescence of Oil, after the Fall of the Cities, after the Plague of Infertility, after the False Tribulation, after the days of the Pious Presidents, the sixty stars and thirteen stripes wave from the plains of Athabaska to the national capital in New York City. In Colorado Springs, the Dominion sees to the nation’s spiritual needs. In Labrador, the Army wages war on the Dutch. America, unified, is rising once again. Then out of Labrador come tales of a new Ajax—Captain Commongold, the Youthful Hero of the Saguenay. The ordinary people follow his adventures in the popular press. The Army adores him. The President is troubled. Especially when the dashing Captain turns out to be his nephew Julian, son of the falsely accused and executed Bryce. Treachery and intrigue dog Julian’s footsteps. Hairsbreadth escapes and daring rescues fill his days. Stern resolve and tender sentiment dice for Julian’s soul, while his admiration for the works of the Secular Ancients, and his adherence to the evolutionary doctrines of the heretical Darwin, set him at fatal odds with the hierarchy of the Dominion. Plague and fire swirl around the Presidential palace when at last he arrives with the acclamation of the mob. As told by Julian’s best friend and faithful companion, a rustic yet observant lad from the west, this tale of the 22nd Century asks—and answers—the age-old question: “Do you want to tell the truth, or do you want to tell a story?”
Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2010. Views: 63
Cheradenine is an ex-"special circumstance" agent who had been raised to eminence by a woman named Diziet. Skaffen-Amtskaw, the drone, had saved her life and it believes Cheradenine to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence can see the horrors in his past. Views: 63
An open mind
is a terrible thing to waste, so armour it up and send it to the Citadel with a
fanged shape-shifter watching her every move.
Veera’s mind broke wide open during a
tragedy. A telepathic call for help sent her into a coma where every mind
around her was open to hers.
A stint on an island where no one spoke or
thought a harsh word was just what she needed, but when she was offered a chance
to live a life out in the open, she agreed to everything that the shape-shifter
asked. Life was something that she needed to find.
Stanik trained to be Veera’s link for
eighteen months. When he finally met her, her physical presence sent his senses
reeling. The reality was much better than the images her family had sent him to
entice him into agreeing to share his mind with hers.
He gives her stability, and she gives him
attitude, a challenge and someone to protect. It is a fairly even swap.
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[Book Seven of Dray Prescot series] Never a man to leave something half done, Dray Prescot knew his task on the mysterious continent of Havilfar was far from completed. There were cruel conquerors to be overthrown, there was pursuit of the manhounds and their masters, and there was the dreaded arena. Could he survive the life of a gladiator against the killers and monsters of a spoiled queen -- while the Star Lords waited for his mission to continue? Views: 63
When Dazz's sister is abducted in the dark of night, he pledges to do whatever it takes to get her back, embarking on a quest through ice country that threatens to rip apart the very fabric that's barely holding his shattered family together. Views: 63
Michael Andrews is the last of his brothers to find his mate. He's played it tough, trying to convince his family that a mate is the last thing he wants, that he enjoys having a different woman every week. But when Michael does find his mate, he manages to screw up one time after another, driving her away. Chloe is strong, independent, and very pregnant! Believing that Michael is far from father material, she hasn't told him about the baby. But now, penniless and homeless, she has no choice. When Michael treats Chloe horribly, she finds friendship and what she believes is love in the arms of another werewolf. But in the end, she has to figure out exactly who it is that would be best for her and her baby. Which one makes her life complete - Michael or Ramsey? Views: 63
