In this science-fiction / fantasy adventure, Cosamian Dastou is the last living being known as a Saint. Immune to a system of mass-hypnotism that controls modern life, he is worshipped and reviled in equal measure. When an attempt to kill him fails, the resulting devastation sets up an action-packed story in which Dastou and his friends fight off enemies whose skills match or exceed their own.In this genre-melding science-fiction / fantasy adventure, Cosamian Dastou is the last living Saint. In a world where modern life is controlled by a system of mass-hypnotism known as the Social Cypher, he is immune to it, free in a way that very few can say they are. His abilities cause some people to think of him as a god, while many others believe he is a monster, a danger to all.Dastou has decided that, with no more Saints, it is his final duty to free the world from the Social Cypher. He has collected those who apprenticed under his people in the past, who share a similar but weaker immunity, and they now teach others, helping to make them immune and skilled in ways beyond what they may have ever imagined. Everything is going shockingly well, with Dastou’s school prospering and his student body powerful and talented. When all is seemingly too easy, someone tries to kill him with an attack that instead hurts or kills dozens of innocents.The resulting devastation sets up an action-packed adventure in which Dastou and his friends go to strange, secret places, fight terrifying new enemies, and try to survive against a guardian whose skills match or exceed their own.

This collection of Clarke's work was originally published in 1953, when it was selected as one of the best Science Fiction books of the year by Boucher and McComas. It contains many short stories that would later become classics, including "The Sentinel"-the basis for the later classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. These stories present a brilliant showcase of Clarke's many-layered approach to the moral dilemmas of scientific advancement-from the thrilling and brutal "Breaking Strain" to the more poetic and thoughtful "Second Dawn." This collection represents a tour-de-force of Science Fiction storytelling sure to delight fans of Clarke's work and the SF genre.

“Tad Williams’ work is an essential part of any science fiction and fantasy library” – Christopher PaoliniTad Williams’ second collection of short fiction showcases the great range of this uniquely talented writer, containing many permutations of fantastic fiction, from high fantasy, to searing, sci-fi thriller, to zombie horror, to comic-book script, to horror-movie film script, and much, much more. Pure entertainment from the hand of a master. Also featuring a new introduction.

In the mid-23rd century, Darwin, Australia, stands as the last human city on Earth. The world has succumbed to an alien plague, with most of the population transformed into mindless, savage creatures. The planet’s refugees flock to Darwin, where a space elevator—created by the architects of this apocalypse, the Builders—emits a plague-suppressing aura. Skyler Luiken has a rare immunity to the plague. Backed by an international crew of fellow “immunes,” he leads missions into the dangerous wasteland beyond the aura’s edge to find the resources Darwin needs to stave off collapse. But when the Elevator starts to malfunction, Skyler is tapped—along with the brilliant scientist, Dr. Tania Sharma—to solve the mystery of the failing alien technology and save the ragged remnants of humanity.

Published February 1930. Contains the stories: "Old Crompton's Secret", by Harl Vincent "Spawn of the Stars", by Charles Willard Diffin "The Corpse on the Grating", by Hugh B. Cave "Creatures of the Light", by Sophie Wenzel Ellis "Into Space", by Sterner St. Paul "The Beetle Horde", by Victor Rousseau (part 2 of 2) "Mad Music", by Anthony Pelcher "The Thief of Time", by Captain S. P. Meek

The Good Neighbors is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Edgar Pangborn is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Edgar Pangborn then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

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A World by the Tale is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Randall Garrett is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Randall Garrett then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Strange and surreal, "And That's How It Was, Officer!" is an overlooked gem - a must for fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...a rollicking good wild ride of a story which involves gangsters, a mad scientist and....murder? (cover image courtesy of Martine Lemmens)

Hell comes home to Jersey.Seven ancient demons known as the Fallen have awakened in New Jersey. Fortunately for Mike and Ann, so has the one man who can stop them, Joseph Miller. Trapped in a hospital filled with mythical monsters, only together can they unravel the mystery of the Cursed and escape with not only their lives but their very humanity.Hell comes home to Jersey.Seven ancient demons known as the Fallen have awakened in New Jersey after a hundred years. Fortunately for Mike and Ann, so has the one man who can stop them, Joseph Miller. Trapped in a hospital filled with mythical monsters, only together can they unravel the mystery of the Cursed and escape with not only their lives but their very humanity.Ancient Awakening is a Horror/Action novel with just the right touch of comedy. It is the first book in the series "The Ancient" which follows the adventures of eccentric demon hunter Joseph Miller. His job is to defend the human race against seven mythical demons and their offspring. Unfortunately for us, he has been dead for the last hundred years. Ancient Awakening will be followed by Ancient Enemies in 2010 and Ancient Revelations in 2011 and is written by Matthew Bryan Laube.The second edition of Ancient Awakening is re-edited and re-cut for maximum monster hunter action. It includes a free preview chapter of Ancient Enemies.

Join an adventure through time and space! Go with androids, humans and their alien friends, to find adventure and companionship in the cosmic realms of the imagination. There's more to deep-space than meets the eye! So, come along with the interstellar gang of misfits, as they explore their worlds, and the universe around them.Oberon Prime and Titania Alpha, are perfect android and human breeding grounds! Not too cold, not too hot, and the gravity is just right, even if a little weaker than here. Doctor Maxwell Sohn, of 'Sohn, Space Industries', found two planets with favorable conditions for human life to prosper. He made it his mission in life, to create a second chance for humanity to make things right. With earthlings destroying their biosphere, and impact threats from above, he knows time grows short for those on a once hospitable Earth. The welcome-mat growths thin.... Expansion and diversity off planet, is the only way to win! After creating an army of sentient androids, and getting enough of them to volunteer for a dangerous space adventure, his mission to the stars takes shape (book one: Android Lives Matter). He sends androids to the stars with biologic materials, and the necessary equipment to artificially grow humans. Nyla and Wilber Sohn, (Dr. Sohn's adopted android companions) become the proud parents of a bakers-dozen of human infants on a far off world. Nyla thinks of them as her dirty-dozen, who are always in need of a bath. And, for the most part, she's right. Even though she does her best! They grow like alien weeds! Providing great challenges for the two androids. Along the way, they meet with what earthling would consider extra-terrestrial life-forms. Some friendly .... some not so much! An alien headband obtained during a pirate raid on their spacecraft during the long flight to Oberon Prime, teaches the ways of advanced technologies. As desperate gray's, make peace with their own fate. A multi-verse of cosmic domains, and a slipstream running throughout, creates an endless source of adventure. Nyla and Wil, raise a brood of human children on an alien world, far from home. But, to the young humans, Oberon Prime and Titania Alpha are not strange planets at all! They are home! And, they wouldn't have it any other way!

Watching Anna die was horrifying. But Eric can change it.Again and again, he goes back in time to stop her from dying... and yet she keeps dying. It's as if fate wants her dead.But fate has nothing to do with it. The government that oppresses the people know if Anna lives, they can never exist. As they try to kill her, Eric tries to save her, because a world without her is unthinkable.Anna sings like an angel, and it moves Eric in ways he can’t describe. Watching her die is an agony he cannot bear. So he goes back and prevents her death.It isn’t be the first time he changed history to save her, and it won’t be the last. Eric continually goes back through time to alter whatever may harm her, but it’s a full time job. No matter how many times he goes back through time to prevent her death, some new tragedy arises to end her life. Whether a lighting rig that falls on her during a concert or a train that crushes her—it’s as if fate wants her dead.But fate has nothing to do with it. The tyrannical government of Eric’s timeline knows this talented young singer’s very existence is a threat to their power. Something she does changes the awful future that is Eric’s present, and only with her death can their “perfect” society prevail. With access to Eric’s machine, they’ll stop at nothing to end her life for good.Ironically, Eric is running out of time. His machine is breaking down. Soon he won’t be able to undo the damage done by the leaders of his world. His choices narrow, and he knows even if he can save her she may never remember he existed.Eric has to try, for a world without her is unthinkable.

In the series debut The Testing, sixteen-year-old Cia Vale was chosen by the United Commonwealth government as one of the best and brightest graduates of all the colonies . . . a promising leader in the effort to revitalize postwar civilization. In Independent Study, Cia is a freshman at the University in Tosu City with her hometown sweetheart, Tomas—and though the government has tried to erase her memory of the brutal horrors of The Testing, Cia remembers. Her attempts to expose the ugly truth behind the government’s murderous programs put her—and her loved ones—in a world of danger. But the future of the Commonwealth depends on her.

In the year 2051, Earth stood on the brink of acceptance as full member of the Galactic Milieu, a confederation of worlds spread across the galaxy. Leading humanity was the powerful Remillard family, but somebody--or something--known only as "Fury" wanted them out of the way. Only Rogi Remillard, the chosen tool of the most powerful alien being in the Milieu, and his nephew Marc, the greatest metapsychic yet born on Earth, knew about Fury. But even they were powerless to stop it when it began to kill off Remillards and other metapsychic operants--and all the suspects were Remillards themselves. Meanwhile, a Remillard son was born, a boy who could represent the future of all humanity. His incredible mind was more powerful even than his brother Marc's--but he was destined to be desroyed by his own DNA...unless Fury got to him first! From the Paperback edition.