"Introducing the Human-Kalos Interface (HKI)! No longer will you need a computer to access the world's most popular and immersive social network: The Kalos. The HKI, once installed in your cerebral cortex, uses the latest in brainwave processing technology to connect your thoughts, emotions, memories--essentially, YOU-- to everyone around the world. You will never be lonely again."Short Story"Introducing the Human-Kalos Interface (HKI)! No longer will you need a computer to access the world's most popular and immersive social network: The Kalos. The HKI, once installed in your cerebral cortex, uses the latest in brainwave processing technology to connect your thoughts, emotions, memories--essentially, YOU-- to everyone around the world. Imagine the the people you will meet. Imagine the number of friends you will have, the reognition, the appreciation, that sense of belonging. You will never be lonely again."

A man in he year 2250 remembers the pastThis past will become our futureand millions will die.**Short Story Prequel to Betrayals of the HeartRobert Shaw lost his precious wife, unborn child and almost his own life protecting the innocent. Now he fights to make sense out of the chaos that is his life. A new identity means cutting all ties to his past and focusing on the future. As Ryan Carter, he can move on, start living again. A task that seems impossible--until Makayla Prichard enters the picture.The FBI is set on bringing her down. They believe she is working alongside her husband, committing the most horrendous crimes imaginable. But Ryan Carter realizes Makayla is not the monster the FBI profiler has made her out to be. She's a victim. A prisoner in her own home with a young son she is determined to protect. Ryan Carter has found his new purpose--to help them escape or die trying.

Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

That mores is strictly a matter of local custom cannot be denied. But that ethics is pure opinion also...? Maybe there are times for murder, and theft and slavery Show Excerpt is hands at the controls were the browned talons of some bird. A hard finger pressed the switch that actuated the jump control, and he turned away from the board to face Jason. "I see you are awake. It was a mild drug. I did not enjoy using it, but it was the safest way." When he talked his jaw opened and shut with the seriousness of a bank vault. The deep-set and cold blue eyes stared fixedly from under dark brows. Jason stared back just as steadily and chuckled. "I suppose you didn't enjoy using the maser-projector either, nor threatening to cook holes in me. For a cop you seem to be very tender hearted." "I did it only to save your friends. I did not want them to get hurt." "Get hurt!" Jason roared with laughter. "Space-cop, don't you have any idea what Pyrrans are like, or what kind of a setup you were walking into? Don't you realize that I saved your life--though I really don't know why. Call me a natural humanitarian. You may have a swollen head and a ready trigger-fin

Destiny reached out a hand to Algernon Weaver-but he was a timid man, at first. But on the strange world of Terranova, there was much to be learned-of destiny, and other things....

A young man must find a way to free the people from the rich rulers controlling them.A collection of 19 short stories spanning 40+ years of the author's career as an independent author. The stories are divided into three groups: Tales for Young Adults, Oddities, and Tales for Adults, and center on eerie Ridgewood, Pennsylvania and some of the characters who live there.

Alice Green is a little girl with a big problem. Everyone is ignoring her, and the Pastor is claiming she'd dead. Only Uncle Patrick seems to react to her presence. Maybe... just maybe... Uncle can see her?This is a short story prequel to After Life.Meet Nevermore and the Ravens, a progressive concept rock band! They've just released their second hit album, "Paranormal is Relative." Told from the perspective of an interview in a leading national radio show, the novel-length collection of short stories follows the supernaturally-themed misadventures of the band that were the inspiration for their album (song lyrics included!).

The Plan, tells the story of one successful entrepreneurs plan for his children and what happens when he gets the shaft.X Plan, Not Enough Wars, Camping in the Swamp, The Harappan Seal, and The Ship fill out the volume.The Plan, tells the story of one successful entrepreneurs plan for his children and what happens when he gets the shaft.X Plan, is about what an alien civilization might do if it discovers less advanced civilizations and evaluates them to determine if they are or will be a threat to their civilization. Not Enough Wars, is my try at showing were events have consequences and a vague statement by a politician allow the military to do what it does best. Camping in the Swamp, is fun, right?The Harappan Seal, explores one of the possibilities of mis-catalogued archaeological object (OOPArts). The Ship, is a story about a pilot that does everything right, yet gets caught between the proverbial rock and a hard spot.

Step into the boots of Narrator: a fearless and wizened hunter-mercenary as he embarks on the hunt of his life.A 10ish page short story for free to you, forever.Violence is at a fever pitch in Ben's city. Angels are being hunted, and authorities kept at bay. Innocent people are caught up in what seems to be an endless onslaught, a panicked fray. These dark times bring together old allies in new bodies. Would you like to play a game? Heads will roll. Tails will turn. Call it in the air.

When Ethan Allen was first drawn into the world of The Elementals, he had no idea of the importance he played in their existence, now how different he truly was. Thrown in the middle of a civil war, a vital key to the stability and freedom of his kind, he fights not only for his survival, but for the survival of a world that has been seeking peace for thousands of years.Call them dysfunctional, crazy, rednecks or trash - they're the only family I've got. I'd wager that the reader also knows all too well people just like them, and for that and many other things, we can be thankful.

Transition is the second volume in the Nexus Odyssey series. A fragile foothold was established on Mars during the first volume. The sequel takes up the story of how humanity deals with the discovery of another life form and the schism which develops between the two planets. A second discovery on Mars throws the relationship into potential meltdown, sending a very a sobering message to Earth.Coming out of her recent rumpus with Sheik Hari Al-Najib in the British Virgin Islands, teleoperator Clarity Nice flies out of BVI to Florida, in order to stay in Miami, and to avoid taking another plane back to Macau. Awaiting for her there in Asia, are those who purchased the ring by Mauboussin that Clarity received in Singapore, a ring kept by videographer Plum Bailey in BVI, which shows a symbol in one of the baguettes, known as the 'incomplete triangle'.While in transit in Florida, she is arrested by Customs and Border Immigration at Miami International Airport, after showing up in a list of people to watch, involved with the theft of federal bonds, previously held by the shady Cayman Islands banking agent Buddha Talk. To avoid going to a local detention center, Clarity is hired by Lloyd, a representative of the shady banking agent, who tells her that his boss wants a beachhead in South Florida, in the fast food beef and burger market. The market for burgers in the region, is dominated by rivals Moe Alamy, and by her protege, Gavino di Laure, the owners of the Mclannan's burger franchise, and of its mascot, Ollie the clown.Clarity reaches the lavish home of Buddha Talk in the Florida Keys, Swankeye, to help him out with 'business'. The banking agent, whose real name is Joe Mannen, has been having some problems with Cayman authorities. Inspectors Taylor and Marville are inquiring in his home in Florida, about the renewal license of Mannen's main business in the Cayman Islands, Lofty Bank. Mannen's reputation as a mobster has been dented with local Cappi of South Florida, by the disappearance of one million in stolen bonds, formerly held in his home in Cayman, now under Federal custody, after a whistle blower in a strip club called Milton's, told di Laure about the stolen bonds held by Mannen's pilot.In a meeting involving the various mobsters who rule the meat packing, distribution, and retail segments in South Florida, Mannen is left without a share of the meat business, and with the swamped Everglades territory of Monroe as the only turf to establish any burger related business. The only real business di Laure allows for Mannen is a small pawnshop in Miami, called the Gladeview pawnshop.Mannen knows that di Laure wants him out of South Florida, without any business at all. To restablish credibility with Cappi, using a manual called Cocoanomics found in a liquidation notice listed in the Cayman Islands Gazette, Mannen sends off Clarity to learn of di Laure's plans. She becomes a regular employee of Mclannan's, attending the rigorous training program of Ollie Burger University at the Mclannan's training center in Boynton, Florida. Dodging the henchman of Di Laure, Ambrosio, she will have to find a way to alter the Ollie burger of the franchise, to elicit a sale by Di Laure to Mannen of some of the locations of the profitable burger restaurants.

Dark Light Present Today: Book Two of Forever Tomorrow picks up where Book One left off with the aftermath of the explosive ending now shining a dark light on those closest to the heir of The Prophet Warrior. Forced to defend his friends from those opposed to change, the heir has to find a way to prove their innocence, while preventing others from discovering his own fateful destiny.Dark Light Present Today is the second book of Forever Tomorrow, Volume One of the epic futuristic trilogy within a trilogy that The Book of Tomorrows has become. It follows the thrilling action tale of high adventure and true romance found in the pages of Book One: Bright Night Past Yesterday, while holding back Book Three: Evening Dawn Future Tomorrow until after Volume Two: I, Messiah & Volume Three: The Prophet Warrior of the main trilogy reveal how it got that way. Picking up where the first book left off, a Special Investigator arrives at the scene of the bomb blast that took place after the wedding ceremony for the unknown heir to the Prophet Warrior. Saddled with a feisty, new female partner, the Special Investigator is instantly suspicious of a piece of conveniently found evidence at the horrific crime. He also has some serious doubts about the efficiency expert who claimed to find it, especially after it implicates two of heir’s ex-roommates. The heir’s best friend and the country’s number one celebrity defends their old roommates, who stand accused of being terrorist bombers as well as lovers, while the efficiency expert prosecutes the case with the Guardian Administrator sitting in judgment. The Prosecution blames the defendant’s crimes on their alleged homosexuality, which he insists led to the downfall of the old world. As court adjourns for lunch, the heir arrives and points out an overlook resource only an old recluse with worldwide satellite surveillance has the ability to access. Back in court, the defense proves his clients’ are innocent, but unwittingly sets forth a series of events that snowballs into dark storm surrounding lives of those closest to the mysterious heir of The Prophet Warrior. As time passes, an upheaval in the power structure forces the heir and his very pregnant bride to undertake a dangerous journey that could spell disaster for all if they should fail. Their hurried flight sets them on a course through the past to seek out ancient truths dating back before the founding of New America. Except now, the stakes are raised even greater than anyone ever imagined possible.

Trained from birth in swordplay and combat, a young knight named Siris has journeyed to the Dark Citadel with a single purpose: fight through the army of Titans to face the tyrannical God King in one-on-one combat. This was his father’s sacred mission, and his father’s before him, going back countless generations in an effort to free their people from enslavement. But when Siris somehow succeeds where all those from his bloodline previously have failed, he finds himself cast into a much larger world, filled with warriors and thieves, ancient feuds and shifting alliances, Deathless immortals and would-be kings. His quest for freedom will take him on an epic journey in search of the mythical figure known as the Worker of Secrets—the one being in the world who can unravel the secrets of the Infinity Blade. Based on the bestselling video game from ChAIR Entertainment and Epic Games, this all-new adventure from acclaimed fantasy author Brandon Sanderson digs deeper into the fantastical world of Infinity Blade, a world of mystery and intrigue where magic and technology are indistinguishable, and even life and death are not what they seem.

"David Gemmell tells a tale of very real adventure, the stuff of true epic fantasy." --R.A. Salvatore, New York Times Bestselling author While the Earth quaked, a deadly power burst forth from ancient Atlantis. For the gate of time had been torn open, freeing a cataclysmic evil. Only the last guardian, Jon Shannow, the legendary pistoleer, could shut the deadly portal. But to accomplish this he would have to find the shining Sword of God, said to be floating among the clouds in the perilous lands beyond the wall, where beasts walked like men and worship a dark goddess.  As Shannow embarked on his impossible quest, demons gathered in wait. And--somewhere--a golden-haired woman was dreaming of blood . . .   From the Paperback edition.