Mike and his team of super-agents must stop an evil sewage overlord from unleashing a deadly plague.In this fourth story in the Puppeteer series, Mike and his band of dangerously incompetent secret agents uncover a plot to introduce a new "plague" on the Earth. The first plague was unleashed during the Puppeteer invasion and resulted in millions of deaths. If the new version hits the streets it will make the first one look like a bad case of the sniffles.Can Mike and his "team" stop the new plague? How is Alice adjusting to life back among the living? Who is the new exchange student that Mike's team has been saddled with?Find out in Puppet: Agent!

When the crew take a break on a shopping space station, Captain Wingclipper takes the place of a missing actor to film a commercial. Meanwhile, the other crew members follow a suspicious runaway thespian who could leave them all stranded.WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The bed" description:A man is attended that delivering him his new bed. The time passes but nobody introduces him to effect the delivery. When two men finally transport it thin in his room, the man realizes that the bed is wrong. A model has been delivered for another. The two calls the shop but the salesclerk it informs them that it materially is not possible to effect the delivery. It happened something to his bed. It will need that the man brings him in the shop to discover what is happened.

‘A Story Untold’ is the tale of four young children who share in an incredible adventure. Taken against their will on a ride through the stars, the children all process the experience rather differently, and as the full weight of their situation dawns on them, it is up to each to find the meaning and sense behind it in their own individual way.‘A Story Untold’ is the tale of four young children who share in an incredible adventure. Taken against their will on a ride through the stars, the children all process the experience rather differently, and as the full weight of their situation dawns on them, it is up to each to find the meaning and sense behind it in their own individual way.This short story was written as a quick foray into the sci-fi genre, and may mark the first of several to come. We certainly hope you enjoy this new style as much as we enjoyed creating it.

A collection of short stories about the digital afterlife.Have you ever wondered what was going to happen to your digital self when you pass away?Your 'likes', your connections with friends and family, your photos, your purchases, the web sites you visited, your tax return, your curriculum vitae and job applications, the films you watched, the music you listened to, the books you read and rated, the meals you ate, the events you attended and (almost) everything else you experienced. There are few aspects of our lives that aren't stored as binary digits on a server somewhere in the web.Whether or not you believe in life after death, the fate of your digital self is a mystery.Does it die like you do, or does it take on a life of its own? Has heaven kept up with technology to offer its inhabitants their own social network?Jason, Vince and Stephanie, the characters of the short stories in this collection are confronted with these questions, and the answers will change the way they use their connected devices forever.*** BONUS MATERIAL: First chapter of Pascal Inard's novel The Memory Snatcher ***

No one believed it when the world fell apart, not even Angelina. Years later, surviving alone in the harsh Australian outback, she's haunted by the past she worked so hard to bury in the new Dark Age. Can her former self accept what she has become?Hope Winter is a freshman in high school, new to the entire ordeal she is invited to join Bree, Liz, and Ally, the most popular and feared girls in school. Once she gets in, she slowly realizes her mental health is taking a sudden decline. Told through her Happiness and more prominent Depression, Hope's journey is a long and hard one. Filled with love, hate and friendship, Hope Winter's life is in for a crazy journey.

“Told with a true storyteller’s voice: clear, singing, persuasive, and wonderfully moving . . . a truly wonderful book.”—Jane Yolen From #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Lisa Tuttle comes a timeless tale that brilliantly renders the struggle between the ironbound world of tradition and a rebellious soul seeking to prove the power of a dream.   Among the scattered islands that make up the water world of Windhaven, no one holds more prestige than the silver-winged flyers, romantic figures who cross treacherous oceans, braving shifting winds and sudden storms, to bring news, gossip, songs, and stories to a waiting populace. Maris of Amberly, a fisherman’s daughter, wants nothing more than to soar on the currents high above Windhaven. So she challenges tradition, demanding that flyers be chosen by merit rather than inheritance. But even after winning that bitter battle, Maris finds that her troubles are only beginning. Now a revolution threatens to destroy the world she fought so hard to join—and force her to make the ultimate sacrifice. “Martin and Tuttle make wonderful professional music together . . . shifting easily from moments of almost unbearable tension to others of sheer poetry and exhilaration.”—*Fort Worth Star-Telegram *  “A powerful flight of the imagination . . . an entirely enjoyable reading experience, wrought by a pair of writers noted for excellence.”—Roger Zelazny   “It’s romance. It’s science fiction. It’s beautiful.”—A. E. van Vogt   “I didn’t mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!”—Anne McCaffrey**

Players must complete sexual challenges to win an erotic virtual reality game in this fantasy from New York Times–bestselling author Piers Anthony. In Eroma—the futuristic, multiplayer virtual reality game of erotic romance—participants can touch, taste, feel, hear, and see everything. Each male and female avatar, from fairy to elf to human, is naked and gorgeous, and sexual climaxes are immediate and mutual. Weekly, millions tune in on 3-D television to watch every intimate, passionate encounter. To win the game—and a large prize—the players must conquer difficult, arousing tests. But some challenges push the gamers beyond their comfort zones and into a whole new world of erotic possibility. How far will they go in order to win? Not for the sexually faint of heart, Eroma is an erotic fantasy novel about testing limits, exploring desire, and, surprisingly, falling in love.

From the Five-Time Nebula Award-Winner""Seven thousand centuries ago, falling death stars unleashed fiery apocalyptic destruction on Earth and inaugurated the Long Winter. One small band of People took refuge in an underground cocoon where they and their descendants waited for the time of ice to end. Now their long winter is over. Prophecy and circumstance urge the tribe out into the half-forgotten world beyond their safe cocoon. Led by their chieftain Koshmar, the tribe journeys to the city of Vengiboneeza, where the prophecy of the gods says they are to rule. On their way the tribe discovers the dangers and wonders of life in the New Springtime. In the face of new temptations and peril, Koshmar and her lover, the priestess Torlyri, struggle to keep the People united and fulfill the prophecy. For soon they will be beset by other trials, as other beings seek to fulfill their own prophecies.Robert Silverberg provides an introduction exclusive to this Bison Books edition.

As our heroes get closer to the truth behind the conspiracy, they storm a vast underground lab in the desert, hoping to find a way to stop the experiments of the Umbrella Corporation -- and their latest living weapons -- once and for all. Beneath the deserts of the American Southwest, one of the Umbrella Corporation's most elaborate facilities is about to go online. Somewhere inside may also be the key to stopping Umbrella once and for all... can Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Rebecca Chambers, and their friends can get past a strike team of corrupt S.T.A.R.S., and survive the genetically engineered horrors awaiting them?

Classic Science Fiction! Septimus Spink didn't need to read Jules Verne's "Journey To The Center Of The Earth". He had more amazing ideas of his own. Interplanetary Press, Circa 2022-Septimus Spink, the first Earthman to reach and return from New Mu in a flying saucer, threw a hydroactive bombshell into the meeting of the leading cosmogonists at the University of Cincinnatus today. The amazing Spink, uninvited, crashed this august body of scientists and laughed at a statement made by Professor Apsox Zalpha as to the origin of Earth and other planets.

The question is, how can you tell the President's brain is missing? And are we sure we need it back?

Karl Hoffman has an adopted son like no other. Colin's mind is six years old, while his body is six feet underground. The child now exists in the electrical conduits of computers, cables and power lines. How do you raise a child who can only communicate via digital media? What kind of great service can such an intelligence render humanity? What kind of damage is he capable of?Switch Child 2 takes up the story of Colin Craft, a six year old child who suffered a catastrophic head trauma in the same boating accident that claimed both his parents. Karl Hoffman wants to live up to being Colin's adoptive father, but there are problems. Colin managed to extend his awareness into the city's electrical infrastructure at first, and became so adept at it that, when his body gave out, Colin became a permanent resident of computers, digital communication devices, and connecting conduits. Karl Hoffman is his only connection to the world he left behind, and Colin is the son he never had. Both realize that secrecy is paramount, for if the child's existence was ever revealed, there would be a world wide controversy. When the world learned of what Colin is capable of, controversy would escalate to a firestorm. Karl needs guidance and help, but who could he possibly turn to? The answer might be found in a most upsetting text message resulting from his interview with Detective Alice Roland.

As the Majipoor Cycle continues, Prestimion, the new Coronal Lord of Majipoor, has finally earned the Starburst Crown, after a bloody civil war no one remembers. In his hour of triumph, Pestimion will face a threat to his kingdom far more insidious than war--a twisted madness that cannot be controlled.

In this exciting thriller, Tempest Eugene Nesbit (T.E.N.) runs from the government—the government that ordered his wife to be killed and is now hunting him down. The top secret project he worked on was shut down, but why? His bodyguard and friend may have the answers, and hands Ten a list of who made the final decision about the project and his life sentence. Now, it's his turn to act.Description: In this exciting thriller (series), Tempest Eugene Nesbit (T.E.N.) runs from the government, the same government that ordered his wife to be killed and is now hunting him down. The top secret project he worked on was shut down, but why? His bodyguard and friend may have the answers, and hands Ten a list of who made the final decision about the project and his life sentence. Also on the list are the names of six other scientists about to be eliminated. What government project could be this important? When Ten realizes that his project could essentially kill millions, he must find a way to stop it…and get back at those who destroyed his life. If you like fast action thrillers, you’ll love this series. “Couldn’t put this series down.” —Jim Russell “If you enjoy James Rollins and Steve Berry, you’ll love Terry Persun.” —Gerry Parsons “As exciting as Brad Thor and as interesting as Brad Meltzer.” —Kevin Jacobs For fans of thrillers, adventure novels, men’s adventure, government conspiracy, top secret plans, top secret science, sci-fi thrillers, suspense, mystery/suspense, science fiction thrillers, sci-fi suspense, sci-fi mystery, science fiction suspense, science fiction mystery, sci-fi detective, science fiction detective, near future thrillers, near future suspense, near future detective, near future sci-fi thrillers, near future science fiction thrillers, near future sci-fi suspense, near future science fiction suspense, political thrillers, political suspense, political mystery, political mystery/suspense, political detective, political secret agent, secret agent thrillers, secret agent, suspense, secret agent mystery, sci-fi series, science fiction series, thriller series, suspense series, mystery/suspense series, sci-fi thriller series, science fiction thriller series, political thriller series, hard sci-fi, hard science fiction, and more.

On the morning of June 15th, Guy Burckhardt woke up screaming. He sat up convulsively and stared, not believing. This is the way this book starts out and only gets stranger. What you learn at the end of the book will BLOW your mind!!!