Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

In 2059, two vastly different groups of people portrayed by the compelling trio of Brendan Fraser (Academy Award winner), Luke Kirby (Emmy Award winner), and Vanessa Sears (Dora Award winner) undergo cryonic suspension. While their bodies are frozen, their minds, still active and awake, are uploaded into a massive quantum computer. The first group are all astronauts, about to leave Earth on a one-way interstellar colonization mission. The second group consists of convicted murderers and volunteers who elect to serve their sentences in a virtual-reality prison.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

Find an exploit; hack the universe. Chief Engineer Roz Mendez pilots a ship with a revolutionary star drive that could travel ten times as fast as current technology. The job has given her a chance to find riches, romance, and earn a reputation that will counter the discrimination she’s felt her entire life. All the ship needs to make history is a few repairs and a renowned physicist who can adjust the jump equations. The trick is finding the professor without tipping off the Bankers, the species with a monopoly on faster-than-light communications. Just making a profit at each port ...

The finale of the Gigaparsec space adventure. A fleet of cold-bloods has been in cryo-sleep for 125 years. Their goal is to take over the Banker homeworld. Reuben Black Ram finds out that the invasion could trigger the collapse of the Union and the deaths of billions of his people. Now, he and the other members of his crew must stop the fleet before it's too late. If they can convince the Magi to let them borrow the only ship fast enough, and if they knew where the phantom fleet was. Their only clue is a cryptic reference to a place they call Glory Point.

Batwoman meets Altered Carbon. The FBI gets a tip about the sale of quantum computers to criminals and spies. Due to a freak accident, Maia Long is forced undercover to catch the culprits. Then she stumbles upon the cornerstone of a new technology. Disruptive changes are coming, threatening the US economy and national security. The first thing her instructor taught her in quantum physics was that everything they’ve taught you before was a lie. As she follows the clues, nobody turns out to be who she expects them to be, not even herself. Fans of Dan Simmons, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson...

Max Culp escaped his low-tech home world by serving in the marines as a medic. Unable to adapt to civilian life as a medical intern, he joined Special Forces to track down the Phib war criminals who caused his recurring nightmares. By the time the final Phib is captured, Max has become an urban legend among the aliens. He isn't sure how to apply those skills to a new life until someone kidnaps his last surviving friend.

As a mercenary with no Divine Core, Xin Sang is resigned to a life of grunt work, fighting the lesser fiends like wyrmspawn that are far beneath the notice of the mighty Ascendants. But when an Archfiend—an Ebon Wyrm—appears and threatens to annihilate his mercenary crew, Xin must rise above his limitations and show them why he's the best. And why he's been running and hiding for so long.

Into the Storm - The Thunderbird Chronicles Book 2 cranks up the adventure as Janey Santiago dives back into action, this time with a mission that's personal: find her missing mom. But there's a twist—Janey's rocking some new, super intense powers that she's still trying to get a handle on. And let's just say, they're kind of a game-changer. As Janey treks through the desert, piecing together clues, she stumbles upon secrets that have been buried in her family's past for way too long. Oh, and her relationship with Augusto? It's about to hit some major turbulence thanks to revelations ...

These are the events following the demise of civilization. A self-inflicted cataclysm known as the Fall. In a world on the brink of annihilation, one man must rise from the ashes of his shattered life to lead a ragtag team of advanced super soldiers in a desperate battle against the merciless machines threatening to eradicate humanity. Jamie awakens after a rogue mission gone horribly wrong to find himself rebuilt with cybernetic steel and forcibly inducted into the ranks of an army of super soldiers known as the Borgers. With his family murdered, he and his newborn twins are the only ...

After a tragic plane crash claims his parents, seventeen-year-old Tom Harrison finds himself adrift in the chaotic life of his unconventional aunt and uncle in the coastal enclave of Cameron Cove. Here, amid the surf and sand, he confronts a new reality of bullies, orgies, forbidden erotic temptations, and a mysterious woman whose ethereal beauty is as haunting as the ocean. But this woman, with her odd mix of sweet innocence and shocking clairvoyance, harbors secrets of her own. Amnesia has swept away her past, leaving only fleeting shadows and questions. All You See is Light invites ...

When the waters rose, first came the plagues, then came the demons, and finally came the angels. But not everything that comes from the sky is heaven-sent. Camila López is determined to hold back the rising tide. But with demons crawling out of the murky waters surrounding Old Nueva York, being half-angel doesn't feel like enough. She battles the darkness alongside her best friends, and finds a powerful ally in a man who tempts her with the safety she’s always craved.

In the vast nation of Sol Galnese, where legends are forged through fire and steel, two lives on a collision course with destiny intertwine. Uzoma and Ru, brothers bound by fate and ambition, find themselves at the gates of Shujaa Pit, the famed training grounds of the Askari—the order of warriors tasked with protecting the kingdoms and their populations. Uzoma’s heart seethes vengeance, fueled by memories that haunt his every step.

An exhilarating sci-fi saga that follows one badass space assassin on his adventures across the galaxy. The Chronicles of Jason Rokku is a pulse-pounding read that serves up no shortage of high-octane action and nail-biting suspense. Scroll up and grab your copy today. When the expert assassin Jason "Key" Rokku is roped into an assignment that seems too good to be true, it will kick off an explosive chain of events that will force him into a deadly cat-and-mouse game that spans the entire galaxy. From infamous mercenaries and shady contract killers to mysterious uncharted planets, Key will ...

The Will of Fire Trilogy Volume 1: The Legend of Sonja Volume 2: The Eye of Erik Volume 3: The Will of Fire

This is the second edition of the book; the cover has been changed, the book has been turned from script to narrative form while ensuring that the grammar, punctuation, and coherence are fully fixed, an area map has been added, the first edition has been moved to the back, and pronunciations were assigned to characters as they were introduced. The story starts with the prologue to the journey of a brother and sister, who must make their way as Oni Slayers. Hikaru and Hibana are twins who must deal with the loss of a loved one at the hands of monsters known only as Onimon. Each one has their...

In a single ruthless blow, Commander Lorraine Adamant’s favorite uncle murders everyone ahead of him in the succession for the Star Kingdom of Adamant. Only luck and the paranoia of her bodyguard, Vigo Jarret, saves Lorraine’s life. On the run in a single starship Lorraine should never have commanded, with a crew she can not trust, she swiftly learns her uncle’s hounds are hot on her heels. She must gather every skill, every trick, she has ever learned if she is to survive—and pray the uncle who taught her those tricks is a step behind.

Kileean O’Tamman has long believed a long and brutal war, one which will involve and engulf all the Twelve Nations, is inevitable. As a high-ranking leader within the mercenary guild the Brotherhood of Freeswords, he should be eagerly anticipating the commencement of hostilities. Such a conflict would be highly profitable for the organization to which he has sworn his loyalty on binding soul-oath. He would be expected to lead armies into combat, the Brotherhood as a whole and those under his command standing to enrich themselves mightily from lucrative contracts and the spoils conquering ...