R is recovering from death. He’s learning how to breathe, how to speak, how to be human, one clumsy step at a time. He doesn’t remember his old life and he doesn’t want to. He’s building a new one with Julie. But his old life remembers him. The plague has another host far more dangerous than the Dead. It’s coming to return the world to the good old days of stability and control and the strong eating the weak, and stopping it will require a frightening journey into the surreal wastelands of America—and the shadowy basement of R’s mind.

Qui-Gon Jinn is a man on the edge. His heart has been shattered. His beliefs have been destroyed. And now he is dangerously close to stepping over a line that no Jedi dares to cross. He wants revenge. His fellow Jedi--his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Jedi Council member Mace Windu--will try to stop him. But when Qui-Gon strikes out on his own, anything can happen. Revenge is not a Jedi trait . . . but it is a human one. Can Qui-Gon separate his personal feelings from his Jedi training.

Jean le Flambeur gets up in the morning and has to kill himself before his other self can kill him first. Just another day in the Dilemma Prison. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is a currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turned-singularity lights the night. Meanwhile, investigator Isidore Beautrelet, called in to investigate the murder of a chocolatier, finds himself on the trail of an arch-criminal, a man named le Flambeur... Indeed, in his many lives, the entity called Jean le Flambeur has been a thief, a confidence artist, a posthuman mind-burgler, and more. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his deeds are known throughout the Heterarchy, from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. In his last exploit, he managed the supreme feat of hiding the truth about himself from the one person in the solar system hardest to hide from: himself. Now he has the chance to regain himself in all his power—in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed. The Quantum Thief is a breathtaking joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people who communicate via shared memory, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as an MMORPG guild. But for all its wonders, The Quantum Thief is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, jealousy, and revenge.

John W. Campbell was a man who really knew what makes SF the appealing thing it is; it's no wonder that he published the story. Also included in this volume are "The Mercenaries" (Astounding Science Fiction, March, 1950), "He Walked Around the Horses" (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1948), "The Return" (Astounding Science Fiction, January, 1954 -- a collaboration with John J. McGuire), and "Temple Trouble" (Astounding Science Fiction, April, 1951).

A Jack Scarlet adventure! A respected Russian ecologist is murdered. His beautiful young widow ask Jack to investigate. The trail leads to a Russian black ops unit, a power-mad general, and an illegal biological weapons program. No time for a 300 page thriller? Jack Scarlet concentrates all the thrills into a few short pages! Skip the setup! Join Jack for a showdown in Siberia starting: Now!Logan Tanner shook the red dust of West Texas off his boots at the age of eighteen and hasn't looked back. When his father has a stroke, Logan is temporarily forced to return home and take over the family ranch. He still feels responsible for his mother's death when he was twelve, and has never gotten over the guilt. Now he's faced with having to protect his twelve year old daughter Katie and his sister and her friend Megan Flynn. It's nearly more than one man can handle. He can't wait to get back to Dallas.Megan Flynn immediately falls in love with Morris Springs, Texas, population 976, when she delivers Logan's runaway daughter to his doorstep. Raised as a city girl, Megan has a dream of a few acres, a few champion Blue Heelers, and a small-town veterinary practice. The only thing standing between her and her dream is one stubborn, reluctant cowboy with an overprotective streak as wide as the West Texas prairie. But her stubborn streak is a match for his any day. And she's determined to prove it.Blame it on Texas is a story of the power of love to overcome any adversity, the strength of family and friendship, and the joy that comes with being part of something bigger than yourself.

(Part 3) Susan and her assistant, Denesh, have succeeded in their quest to create a sentient computer...(Part 3) Dr Susan Davies and her young assistant, Denesh Praasad, experience "some problems" with their super computer, known as Alpha.

Dr. Fox holds the world in his hands, but can't communicate with his daughter. When he's killed by corrupt government rivals, his children face a future alone and hunted by the most ruthless contractors in Angel City. Ashley must protect her younger brother and their father's legacy - a neural computer interface called The Micronix - while evading the weight and wrath of the ravenous Republic.Three hundred years into the future, man has mastered gravity and cities float among the clouds, but chains of greed and violence still shackle mankind.At thirteen years old, Dr. Andrew Fox invented a healing gel that revolutionized medicine. As an adult, he drives the leading edge of scientific discovery, inspiring fear and jealousy among his peers.Realizing the true nature of the powers arrayed against him, Fox focused the bulk of his energies into the design and cultivation of his children. Ashley; the lethal protector of her younger brother. Geoffrey, perfectly suited intellect to connect and interact with the artificial intelligence calling itself The Micronix.When Fox stumbles upon the secrets of spontaneous combustion and subsequently refuses to share them; The Republic charges him with treason and issues warrants against the family, sending Ashley and Geoff on the run, alone and scared. Ash, however, doesn't stay frighted long; realizing quite clearly that those who would hunt and kill children - don't deserve to live.

The invading Martian armies were ready. Their leaders thought they would win without trying. That is until their advance robotic scouts met Mom.Blake hates the world. He failed miserably in life, and has broken up with his girlfriend, Gillian, whom he claims to love and now he doesn't know what to do. He then meets Serena--seemingly crazy, big lover of life but deep Serena who changes his world for good. But there's a catch. Of course there is. Serena is leaving.In this tale of love found, lost, and everything else in between, Blake and Serena find out what love really is about and what it means to come home.

What we do for one another is a mystery. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

4 men present themselves before Yvonne to invite her to a casting. Minutes later she is escaping from 5 other strangers who pursue her frantically through the streets of the city. Luckily Yvonne meets a young woman who offered to help, not knowing that destiny has prepared a surprise that will take them to walk wearing the same pair of shoes.4 men present themselves before YVONNE saying that the company they work for recently discovered her beauty and invites her to do a casting. Minutes later YVONNE find herself in another city escaping from the members of a cult who pursue her frantically through the streets. When the situation worsened YVONNE meets a young woman who after seeing her emotional state, offered to take her to her home thinking that her parents could help her to solve her problem.This is the story of YVONNE, a woman like any other to whom fate has prepared a series of surprises, and the only thing she can do with so many changes happening in her life is to run like she had never run before. What do these people want from me? Do my organs perhaps? Are some of the questions that go through her head, and on her way to find an answer she will meet a series of characters that hide in their interactions an explanation to her current situation.She cannot sleep; they might go get her at any time. She hears noises, and her mind fills with memories. What does that mysterious man meant to say when he said: From the union of the moon and the sun something beautiful will be born? YVONNE needs all the help she can get; fortunately she has the support of a young woman, though neither of the two is aware that the destiny has prepared a surprise that will take them to walk "literally" in the shoes of the other.The answer lies within the pages of Dead End.

Part 5 of the sci-fi series by Daniel Hansen.Sorry for the wait, readers. I'm writing whenever I can!I'll keep them coming. Thanks for the support.Shoot me an email on [email protected] if you have any feedback. Cheers!Part 5 of the sci-fi series by Daniel Hansen.Sorry for the wait, readers. I'm writing whenever I can!I'll keep them coming. Thanks for the support.Shoot me an email on [email protected] if you have any feedback. I plan on keeping this entire series free for those of you who are worried about me putting a price half way through. Although I would like to make a career of writing one day if anyone out there is interested in my stories. Keep reading!Cheers!

A troubled family on vacation sees their problems escalate from the routine family drama to something much worse as they cross paths with scientists working on a secret time warping experiment on a nearby island. Tension and excitement build as the family's desperate plight leads them into a world where the scientists are deeply involved in solving a mystery of their own.James Grady just wanted to bring his family back together, years after he made a mistake that sent them into a slow drift. When he takes his troubled family on vacation in the Puerto Rican Caribbean, they see their problems escalate from the routine family drama to something much worse as they cross paths with scientists working on a secret time warping experiment on a nearby island. Tension and excitement build as the family's desperate plight leads them into a world where the scientists are deeply involved in solving a mystery of their own.

This collection of twelve short stories, with subjects ranging from sci-fi to spy thriller, from humour to history and from family to finance is written by the author of the trilogy of novels 'Cashback', 'Their Own Game' and 'Motorbike Men'. An entertaining anthology of easy reading.This collection of twelve short stories, with subjects ranging from sci-fi to spy thriller, from humour to history and from family to finance is written by the author of the trilogy of novels 'Cashback', 'Their Own Game' and 'Motorbike Men', also published by Smashwords. An entertaining anthology of easy reading, four of this omnibus of stories have already been published separately by Smashwords, and widely read.

When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short. It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance...

International bestselling author Douglas Coupland delivers a real-time, five-hour story set in an airport cocktail lounge during a global disaster. Five disparate people are trapped inside: Karen, a single mother waiting for her online date; Rick, the down-on-his-luck airport lounge bartender; Luke, a pastor on the run; Rachel, a cool Hitchcock blonde incapable of true human contact; and finally a mysterious voice known as Player One. Slowly, each reveals the truth about themselves while the world as they know it comes to an end. In the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and J. G. Ballard, Coupland explores the modern crises of time, human identity, society, religion, and the afterlife. The book asks as many questions as it answers, and readers will leave the story with no doubt that we are in a new phase of existence as a species — and that there is no turning back.