The discovery of a new planet, a paradise among the stars, is supposed to provide war-torn humanity with its last chance for survival. Unfortunately, it’s anything but the savior mankind so desperately needs. It’s the human race’s nemesis, an alien threat unleashed, one that has the power to harvest humanity when the collaboration of a sinister global sect tears down Earth’s defenses at the critical moment. The fate of mankind rests in the hands of two broken men who must overcome their own inner demons before they can take on the implacable force that lies in wait at the heart of Eden to destroy everything humans have ever known Views: 52
The Greatest Western Writer Of The 21st CenturyFor the first time, an epic account of a boy born into a struggle for survival on the harsh and unforgiving American frontier, the story behind the legend of Smoke Jensen. . .On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861, shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Smoke Jensen The Beginning follows the Jensen clan during these volatile years, from Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood. William W. Johnstone chronicles the early years of Kirby Jensen--soon to be nicknamed Smoke-- as he journeys from boyhood innocence into a manhood shaped by violence and a young man's thirst for justice. Filled with actual historical events and legendary characters, the story of Smoke Jensen's early years is a... Views: 52
Based on the blockbuster 1991 film "Terminator II, " created by James Cameron and William Wisher, this is the first officially authorized novel and the first book in a trilogy. Hiding out in Paraguay, Sarah and John Conner must confront a new, more terrifying Terminator unit--one that can actually pass as human. Views: 52
A heartbreaking debut YA romance featuring a neuroatypical girl with a tragic history and the chronically ill boy trying to break the vault encasing her heart.Alvie Fitz doesn't fit in, and she doesn't care. She's spent years swallowing meds and bad advice from doctors and social workers. Adjust, adapt. Pretend to be normal. It sounds so easy. If she can make it to her eighteenth birthday without any major mishaps, she'll be legally emancipated. Free. But if she fails, she'll become a ward of the state and be sent back to the group home. All she wants is to be left alone to spend time with her friend, Chance, the one-winged hawk at the zoo where she works. She can bide her time with him until her emancipation. Humans are overrated anyway.Then she meets Stanley, a boy who might be even stranger than she is—a boy who walks with a cane, who turns up every day with a new injury, whose body seems as fragile as glass. Without even... Views: 52
Magnus is a broken-down veteran of the Basilisk war, running a bar on the Möbius Strip. Most of his customers are trying to forget their pasts. He spends his time trying to remember his.
A woman he once knew comes seeking his help on a dangerous mission. When Magnus finds out who is really involved it's time to reach for his blaster. But then he begins to discover just how unreliable his memories of the war actually are...
A science fiction short story set on the lawless Möbius Station.
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For fans of Anthony Marra and Lauren Beukes, #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth tells the story of a woman's desperate search for a missing girl after the collapse of the oppressive dystopian regime—and the dark secrets about her family and community she uncovers along the wayWHAT'S RIGHT IS RIGHT.Sonya Kantor knows this slogan—she lived by it for most of her life. For decades, everyone in the Seattle-Portland megalopolis lived under it, as well as constant surveillance in the form of the Insight, an ocular implant that tracked every word and every action, rewarding or punishing by a rigid moral code set forth by the Delegation.Then there was a revolution. The Delegation fell. Its most valuable members were locked in the Aperture, a prison on the outskirts of the city. And everyone else, now free from the Insight's monitoring, went on with their lives.Sonya, former poster girl for the Delegation, has been... Views: 52
