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Two FBI agents investigating a murder discover someone is twisting a vast virtual reality into an instrument for possession. Partners Washington and Deane form a motley crew to stop a psychopath who could be hiding behind any face. They race across enchanted villages and impossible planets, hoping to find a lost creator protecting a secret that could save the world or destroy it forever…

Branded a hero after the victory on Atlas, Jake Adlar is honored with a personal introduction to the Legion's Legate. Easy. What could possibly go wrong? Then he'd be free to confront the deranged, body-snatching Centurion in league with the Synths and save some lives. Meanwhile, the sleeks, who showed up as Earth's saviors only to make humanity their slaves, have enlisted the Legion's services in a mercenary gig.

In 1960, mankind pushed out into space. Sixty years later, space is pushing back! Mankind had been looking to the stars for centuries, first for its gods, then for its neighbors. What will the humans do when the neighbors finally arrive? Before the Commonwealth and the Regent, Earth teeters on the brink of disaster … in more ways than humanity even knows.

In Marbella, Spain, Dr. Kate Warner awakens to a horrifying reality: the human race stands on the brink of extinction. A pandemic unlike any before it has swept the globe. Nearly a billion people are dead—and those the Atlantis Plague doesn't kill, it transforms at the genetic level. A few rapidly evolve. The remainder devolve. As the world slips into chaos, radical solutions emerge. Industrialized nations offer a miracle drug, Orchid, which they mass produce and distribute to refugee camps around the world.

When Randall Morgan returned to East Alin and found a dead man hanging from a lamppost in the first Strung book, he had been away for two weeks, and the world he came back to had already gone to hell. Rose Lavine, on the other hand, was there when it all began. She saw it happen. This is her story. Rose’s story is a prequel to Per Jacobsen's Strung trilogy. It tells the story of Rose Lavine's personal tragedy while also offering insight into what happened during the fourteen terrible days leading up to the events in Strung.

Auf der vom Krieg heimgesuchten Welt Croatoas kämpfen die Armeen des Astra Militarum gegen die widerwärtigen Diener der Verderbten Mächte. Vor dem Hintergrund eines zunehmend hoffnungslosen Krieges wird Panzersoldatin Hadeya Etsul einem cadianischen Regiment zugeteilt, um das Kommando über den Leman-Russ-Belagerer Eisenbock zu übernehmen. Geplagt von Albträumen und mit einer zerstrittenen Mannschaft muss sich Etsul nicht nur in einem stolzen und engstirnigen Regiment beweisen und mit den Sitten einer unvertrauten Kultur zurechtkommen, sondern ihre Soldaten auch zum Sieg führen.

Unlock the secrets of the mind with Psycorp's cutting-edge military program, Hummingbird. Experience the intensity of unstoppable bloodlust in combat. Dive into the world of Kym Fenton, a fearless CIA operative on a mission to bring down a human trafficking capo. But when Psycorp's plans are stolen and threatened to be sold on the black market, Kym must abandon her mission and race against time to prevent the catastrophic consequences of Hummingbird falling into the wrong hands.

Impulsado por la sed de justicia y el deseo de ver a su tierra libre, el joven Judas, hijo de Simón de Queriot, sostiene una lucha interna y con su entorno a fin de encontrar el propósito de su vida que ha sido marcada por la opresión, el abuso de poder, el desamor y el rechazo de su padre.

World-walking young surgeon Ryn Wilkie is trying to finish her residency here on Earth while also bringing modern medicine and antibiotics to a parallel but somewhat primitive Earth. She wants to improve the plight of women on that world - where they‘re treated as if they're property. It’s a world at about the technological level of our late 1800s. But she can find gold there in the same locations that history tells her they found it on Earth. It’s also a place where a roll of aluminum foil is worth a small fortune! Meanwhile, back on Earth, the men who tried to rape her and her ...

In this fast-paced science fiction interplanetary mystery thriller, FBI Special Agent Sharpe is one of the best in his field at tracking down outlaws. In pursuit of a female bank robber on the run, what should have been a simple arrest turns Sharpe’s world upside down when he realizes she has lured him through a space portal – and he’s not on Earth anymore.

Barwell Hollings presents seven fantasy short stories in a variety of settings and genres. Each story contains compelling characters, humor and unexpected plot twists. Meet a space-traveling cat and a very complicated dragon. Have you ever wondered what you would do if you could predict stock prices? What are they really hiding at Area 51? What do hackers have to do with addictive video games?What do certain aliens eat for lunch? Finally, have you ever wanted to interview a zombie? Find the answers of these questions in Twisted Fantasy Stories.

When calamity befalls their home, Gunnar Brand must step up to lead his tribe, embarking on a grim and perilous exodus through a Realm of Fire ravaged by war. Haunted by an unfulfilled oath, his duties as chieftain soon conflict with his deep-rooted sense of destiny, and he discovers that the attentions of the Dark Gods are not so easily ignored.

Levi Walker died by Truck-Kun and found himself reincarnated on the magical world of Taryl. With a new body comes a whole new curriculum as he's expected to enroll in the Otherworld Academy, a prestigious institute that trains magi to hone their magical prowess. If that's not enough, Levi's been sorted into the smallest house in the school, told he's a Demon Lord, and his dominant magic is beast taming. But Levi's never been one to focus on the negative. With beautiful classmates, entrancing faculty, and a very sassy squirrel at his side, he's ready to make Taryl his new home.

The Commonwealth now has outposts days or weeks from Earth. When problems arise at the outpost in the distant Epsilon Indi system, no one knows what is happening. Everyone has a theory. And some are taking action. Admiral Ngene is caught off guard and needs to act fast before someone crosses a line that could lead the Commonwealth to disaster.

The lethal vigilante returns, with an even deadlier partner. Jamal Weathers, a Black FBI agent was captured by America’s most notorious and killer, Kifo, a man who targeted cops as revenge for police murders of unarmed black citizens, a man who could not be seen by the human eye thanks to a cloaking suit called the 119. Jamal took up the mantle of Kifo after the original was gunned down by the FBI in an attempt to kill them both. Jamal reveals himself and his plan to bring America to racial justice-- one death at a time. The government panics, pulling out all the stops to find Jamal and ...

The former space janitor returns to her mother's estate on Kaku to plan her wedding. Or, as she soon discovers, to be ignored while the SK'Corp public relations machine plans the event of the galaxy. Overruled at every turn and stalked by CelebVid--a viral video outlet--Triana does what she does best and goes underground. When she befriends the son of a deposed dictator, everything goes sideways. On the run from rogue secret police, things start to get sticky--Space Janitor style. Will Triana escape and figure out what the heck is going on? Of course she will! She might even save the day.

At first, it appears to be a terrorist attack — a mysterious sound decimates society’s sense of hearing, leaving the world deaf. But as this extraordinary event unfolds, it becomes clear that something of an unknown magnitude is at work, with a purpose to destroy the human race. Hours away from transferring custody, divorced mother Jules finds herself trapped in a remote farmhouse with her daughter, miles from help and without communication. Stranded and facing an unseen threat, Jules must use her remaining senses to keep her child safe. But how do you survive what you can’t hear or see coming?

In the fifth millennium, Humanity has made it... ... they have settled the galaxy! This feat was only possible through the help of the Kantaki, insectoid aliens who possess the technology of faster-than-light space travel. Two superpowers, the Consortium and the Alliance, rule over the vast human empire. In the year 421 of the new era, the leader of the Consortium, Rungard Valdorian, wants only one thing: to become immortal, as the biological treatments that prolong his life no longer have an effect. Though he's wealthy beyond imagination, it isn't enough to buy more time.

Those who trusted in the government’s promised oasis from the zombie apocalypse found only death and want. Can Anna find hope in a hopeless world? In this post-apocalyptic world, Anna, a twelve-year-old orphan, has lost everything she once knew. She struggles to stay alive amidst a landscape overrun by zombies and other survivors, where death and destruction are the norm. Every choice Anna makes could be the difference between survival and succumbing to the surrounding dangers. Dead Autumn is a zombie story written in the Operation Z world, continuing the story of the apocalypse after ...

Unreal, a word often used to imply the opposite of its definition, makes a fitting title for this collection of short stories. The stories are fictional allegories of real events and explorations into the mind’s misinterpretations, save for one. One story is real. The listener journeys through dystopian societies, psychological tumult, and introspective discovery from varying perspectives, all the while unsure wherein reality lies.