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Time Slice
by Kerry DowningA time-travel fantasy adventure that takes a man out of his world—and almost out of his mind—as he tries to fix the past, present, and future . . . Newly retired workaholic Roy Washburn isn’t ready for a life of leisure. Then, on a trip to the mall with his wife, he finds a small metal cylinder with odd markings—and soon Roy finds himself embarking on an exciting new adventure in the Time Stream. There he meets The Traveler—a being who shows Roy how to use the cylinder to visit other civilizations that co-exist on “his” Earth, each occupying a different, thin Time Slice. But the Traveler needs Roy’s help as well, asking him to recover a vital object beyond his own reach . . . Assisting the Traveler proves more difficult than Roy initially thinks. As he faces trials in his family life, he can no longer “travel” at a moment’s notice. And he discovers the very real physical and mental risks involved in his new adventurous life. Still, Roy is determined to help the Traveler. He just can’t do it alone. Now he must convince his wife and friends—and most of all his daughter—that he really isn’t crazy . . .
Things to Do in Denver When You're Un-Dead (From the Files of the BSI #1)
by Mark Everett StoneWhen Denver is plagued with zombies and stalked by a serial killer, it’s the toughest case yet for Kal Hakal of the Bureau of Supernatural Investigations. Kal Hakala is the Bureau of Supernatural Investigation's top man, the longest surviving agent in its blood-soaked history. A childhood encounter with a legendary monster left him with endless hatred for all things Supernatural, a sentiment he puts to use in his work. There has never been a case Kal couldn’t crack, or a monster he couldn’t kill. But no winning streak can go on forever . . . When a plague of zombies comes to Denver, along with a vicious serial killer known as The Organ Donor, Kal once again goes on the job. But now the target is on his forehead. The World Under has gotten wise to Kal’s tricks, and the Un-Dead are proving especially hard to kill. The Bureau has a few aces up its sleeve, including a few magicians and a cyber-ghost. Now Kal, the perpetual loner, may have to learn to play nice if he wants to live long enough to see these monsters die.
What Happens in Vegas, Dies in Vegas (From the Files of the BSI #2)
by Mark Everett StoneAfter faking his own death, Kal Hakala is free of the Bureau of Supernatural Investigation and can finally focus his energy on destroying the monster that murdered his sister. With the help of trusted former teammates, he embarks on a quest to find an artifact to activate a magical Tesla Coil, the only device powerful enough to kill a legend. But wherever Kal goes, trouble isn't far behind. It's not easy to locate an artifact without alerting the BSI. Kal narrows his search to Las Vegas, where he and his friends encounter the greatest peril ever to threaten our world—a threat found only in Sin City but rooted in World War II Germany, site of the past's most heinous crimes. Can Kal overcome an enemy so diabolical, so evil, that annihilating millions is merely one phase of its master plan? The task seems impossible, but for Kal Hakala, the best agent in the BSI's history, the impossible only requires patience and careful planning. Patience is not Kal's strong suit.
The Judas Line: Born to Be Evil, Trying to Be Good (The Judas Line Chronicles #1)
by Mark Everett StoneScion of assassins Jude Oliver seeks to end his evil family’s reign of terror in this “delightful Catholicism-infused quest fantasy” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Jude Oliver hails from a long line of assassins. But he rebels against their treachery by escaping with their secret weapon, The Silver—an ancient artifact of catastrophically evil powers. His quest is to find another artifact powerful enough to destroy The Silver before it destroys the world. His unlikely companion is Mike Engle, and Iraq war vet turned Catholic priest. On their journey, they clash with evil in many forms—from Norse Gods to a Valkyrie and Mephistopheles himself. Jude discovers the power of love and friendship while Mike learns the disturbing truth about Jude's family: a shocking secret that reaches back two thousand years. But will these revelations be enough to save Jude from his family and his destiny?
The Infinity Program: A Novel
by Richard H. HardyIn this “fantastic and captivating” science fiction tale, the limits of mankind’s ambition and greed are pushed into dangerous territory (The Librarian Fatale). Jon Graeme and Harry Sale are unlikely friends. Harry is a world-class programmer whose abrasive personality alienates co-workers. In contrast, Jon is an easy-going technical writer. Sharing a love of nature, they set out together before separating for solo excursions—Jon goes hiking while Harry goes fly fishing. But neither man realized how far Harry’s expedition was about to go . . . Days later, Jon finds Harry unconscious on the floor of a cave. What Jon doesn’t know is that Harry fell into an underground cavern where he came into contact with an alien quantum computer. Obsessed with his discovery, Harry drops his regular work to focus on inventing new operating language to access the alien system—until his experiment crashes his office supercomputer and he is fired. But when Jon convinces the company to give Harry a second chance, he has no idea of the havoc Harry is about to unleash . . .
City of Tigers (Under the Sunstone #1)
by L. Chappelle“A dark and moody journey through an alternate Earth” where light and music are the stuff of magic—from an award-winning video game composer (John Patrick Lowrie). In the cold, dark winters of a land without sun, the projektors practice an ancient craft, carry flame in their palms without pain to keep the town lit and warm. Their communion with the elements is as old as the world itself, but their duties are slowly being taken over by inanimate objects—the machinae—and the people they serve are fleeing their homes in droves for the cities. Labeled conspirators against the Crown, they are now punished for practicing the art of projeksjon. After his mother dies, young Sigurd joins the exodus from his small town to Tigrebyn, the City of Tigers, where he must fend for himself among petty thieves and heartless merchants. There, he meets Ragna, who has taken it upon herself to track and protect the remaining projektors.But Sigurd’s powers are nothing as mundane as bringing forth light and warmth. He can command the very air to transform the sounds in his head into musical compositions, conducting an invisible orchestra of instruments and effects. The professors at the University wish to use Sigurd’s gift to invent the greatest machina yet—but first they must bend him to their will. “L. Chappelle has crafted a dark and moody journey through an alternate Earth filled with interesting characters, intriguing magic, and creative alternative technology.” —John Patrick Lowrie, author of Dancing with Eternity
The Ant Men
by Eric North"A well worked fantasy in which suspense and logical scientific conclusions create a sense of reality."—Kirkus Reviews.American geologist Silas Orcutt and his intrepid crew had fully expected to encounter vestiges of prehistoric life in the central Australian desert. But they were hardly prepared for armies of super-intelligent, exceptionally strong insects. A warning shot of formic acid is succeeded by the appearance of six-foot-tall ants that walk upright, communicate by telepathy, and dwell in a sophisticated underground culture.Their advanced society is nonetheless crippled by prejudice—green ants, black ants, and red ants are all sworn foes. In addition to battling each other, the Ant Men are at constant war with their neighbors, a colony of giant mantises. When one of the fossil hunters is taken captive by the Ant Men, Professor Orcutt must lead a dangerous rescue mission. This gripping adventure, reminiscent of tales by H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, builds on a basis of scientific fact to create an authentic background for its pulp-fiction thrills.
Anthem
by Ayn RandHailed by The New York Times as "a compelling dystopian look at paranoia from one of the most unique and perceptive writers of our time," this brief, captivating novel offers a cautionary tale. The story unfolds within a society in which all traces of individualism have been eliminated from every aspect of life — use of the word "I" is a capital offense. The hero, a rebel who discovers that man's greatest moral duty is the pursuit of his own happiness, embodies the values the author embraced in her personal philosophy of objectivism: reason, ethics, volition, and individualism.Anthem anticipates the themes Ayn Rand explored in her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Publisher's Weekly acclaimed it as "a diamond in the rough, often dwarfed by the superstar company it keeps with the author's more popular work, but every bit as gripping, daring, and powerful."
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
by Arthur Hughes George MacDonald Greville MacDonaldGood and evil fairies abound in this rich collection of compelling tales by one of the foremost fantasy writers of the nineteenth century. So do magical lands, sinister monsters, giants, ogres, and other creatures from the realm of the imagination.In "The Light Princess," a young royal, bewitched at birth by her spiteful aunt, is cursed with uncontrollable bouts of lightness. (Gravity, it seems, doesn't affect her!) A little boy in "The Golden Key" is told he can find a magical key at the end of the rainbow. What the key will open, though, is part of its mystery. And in "The Giant's Heart," the monster in question is truly heartless, for he's hidden his heart, and it's up to two determined children to find the awful thing and put an end to the colossal ogre. These and five other beguiling tales, all delightfully illustrated by famed pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes, are sure to charm readers of all ages -- those already familiar with MacDonald and those about to meet him for the first time.
Armageddon--2419 A.D. and The Airlords of Han
by Philip Francis NowlanMeet fiction's great pioneer of space exploration in his very first adventures. The swashbuckling character who ultimately became world-famous as Buck Rogers made his debut in the 1920s in these two tales from the legendary pulp magazine Amazing Stories. The intrepid voyager, who emerged from a state of suspended animation into the twenty-fifth century, became a star of movies, radio, television, and video games and inspired a host of imitators. Armageddon — 2419 A.D introduces World War I veteran Anthony Rogers and the peculiar circumstances under which he awakens, like Rip Van Winkle, to a strange new world. North America has been overrun by invaders from the East who imposed their own civilization, condemning the natives to a furtive existence in the forests and hills. Rogers encounters a rebel unit of Americans and readily joins their attempts to rebuild their society, using his wartime experience to help mount a revolt against their oppressors. This futuristic fantasy — accompanied by its sequel, The Airlords of Han — offers rollicking adventures and remarkably prescient predictions of later technological advances.
A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice BurroughsCivil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.Published in 1911, A Princess of Mars introduced a popular series of novels recounting John Carter's Martian exploits. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of Tarzan, employed a new style of writing that combined the genres of fantasy, adventure, and science fiction. His imaginative setting -- an advanced but decaying civilization, where Olympian heroics play out against malevolent forces and ever-changing fortunes -- endures as a timeless world, in which love, honor, and loyalty form the basis for fast-paced romantic adventures.Generations of readers have thrilled to Burroughs' Martian tales, including writers of science fiction and fact, such as Ray Bradbury and Carl Sagan. "I stood on the lawns of summer, raised my hands, and cried for Mars, like John Carter, to take me home," remembered Ray Bradbury, "I flew to the red planet and never returned."
Lilith: A Romance
by George MacDonald"Lilith is equal if not superior to the best of Poe," raved poet W. H. Auden about this classic Victorian novel. Known as the father of fantasy literature, George MacDonald was a Scottish minister who later turned to writing poetry and novels, gaining acclaim for his children's books and influencing J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Lilith is considered to be one of the most important visionary novels of the nineteenth century. Written in 1895, Lilith is a fantasy novel for adults that's rich with symbolism and suspense. A recent heir to his parents' English country manor, Mr. Vane has been troubled by visions of an elderly gentleman in his library. Curious, he follows the old man through a passageway and discovers a dusty mirror that leads him on a spiritual journey into another world. As he travels through time in scenes that range from the beautiful to the grotesque, he encounters a series of mysteries that reveal a deeper reality. Is Vane dreaming . . . or going mad? With classic themes of good and evil, identity and free will, suffering and salvation, Lilith is a thought-provoking, sometimes puzzling, allegory that will challenge your intellect and stay with you long after the last page is turned.
Falling Apart (Otherworlders #2)
by Jane LoveringLove is at stake in this bitingly funny and sexy vampire romance from an award-winning author. Jessica Grant is a tracker—and a liaison between the Otherworlders and the more human population of York. Her job is to keep the lively undead in their place. She knows all too well that falling in love with a vampire takes a leap of faith. But honestly, who can resist Sil? The leader of the Others has spent lifetimes perfecting the art of charm and seduction. Surely, she can trust him, can’t she? He’d never let his demon get the best of him. Would he? And if he promised never to leave her, then where in the Otherworld is he? Sil is at the top of the food chain—envied by men, desire by women, and as honorable as a vampire can be. So how is it that he’s on the run, hunted like invaluable prey, and leaving a trail of bleeding humans in his wake? Sil can’t remember for the life of him. Now Jess must choose which side she’s on, either find her lover and help him, or turn him in. Whatever she decides, there’s a high price to pay. And something to lose.
Revenge is Sweet (Immortals of London #2)
by Berni StevensThe author of Dance Until Dawn continues the Immortals of London series with a novel of one vampire’s unquenchable thirst for revenge. Life hasn’t been exactly normal for Ellie since she became a vampire. Although joining the legion of the undead was always going to take some getting used to, even if you are the partner of Will Austen, the Elder of London. But when Daniel, a fifteen-year-old fledgling vampire, unexpectedly turns up at Ellie and Will’s Highgate home, things start getting very strange—and more than a little scary. A mystery troublemaker leaves behind a trail of carnage, and it soon becomes clear they will stop at nothing to get the Elder’s attention, even if it involves hurting the person he cherishes the most . . . But when it comes to Ellie, Will Austen is the wrong vampire to mess with.
Living in the Past
by Jane LoveringA wish to turn back time comes true for two archaeologists in the Yorkshire moors in this time-slip romance by the award-winning author of Hubble Bubble. The loss of the love her life is just one reason that history teacher Grace Nicholls would love to turn back the clock. It’s just that an archaeological dig at a Bronze Age settlement isn’t what she had in mind. But, encouraged by her best friend Tabitha, that’s exactly where she finds herself—in the wind, rain, and sleet of the muddy moors. Professor Duncan McDonald is the site director, and his earnest pursuit of ancient artifacts makes him appear single-minded and unreachable. He has his reasons. But when a woman on the site goes missing, it seems that Duncan’s own distant history might be coming back to haunt him. As they dig deeper, Duncan and Grace get more than they bargained for—and come to realize that the past is much closer than either of them ever imagined. Now they may have to live in it if they want to uncover all of its secrets.
Lincoln's Dreams: A Novel (Spectra Ser.)
by Connie Willis"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."-The Washington Post Book World"A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all. It was only toward the end of the book that I realized how much tension had been generated, how engrossed I was in the characters, how much I cared about their fates."-The New York Times Book ReviewFor Jeff Johnston, a young historical reseacher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms-two obsessed lovers linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling, Lincoln's Dreams is a novel of rare imaginative power.From the Paperback edition.
Half the World: Half A King, Half The World, Half A War (Shattered Sea #2)
by Joe AbercrombieSometimes a girl is touched by Mother War.<P><P> Thorn is such a girl. Desperate to avenge her dead father, she lives to fight. But she has been named a murderer by the very man who trained her to kill.<P> Sometimes a woman becomes a warrior.<P> She finds herself caught up in the schemes of Father Yarvi, Gettland’s deeply cunning minister. Crossing half the world to find allies against the ruthless High King, she learns harsh lessons of blood and deceit.<P> Sometimes a warrior becomes a weapon.<P> Beside her on the journey is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill, a failure in his eyes and hers, but with one chance at redemption.<P> And weapons are made for one purpose.<P> Will Thorn forever be a pawn in the hands of the powerful, or can she carve her own path? <br> <b>Winner of the 2016 Alex Award (10 best adult books that appeal to teen audiences)</b>
Heavy Planet: The Classic Mesklin Stories
by Hal ClementDiscover MESKLIN - Gravity: 3g at the equator, 700g at the poles! Hal Clement is a Grand Master of SF, and the one most associated with the subgenre of hard SF. From his classic stories in Astounding in the 1940s through his novels of the 1950s and on to the recent Half Life, he has made a lasting impression on SF readers, and on writers, too. For many of them, Clement's work is the model of how to write hard SF, and this book contains the reasons why. Here are all the tales of bizarre, unforgettable Mesklin: the classic novel Mission of Gravity and its sequel, Star Light, as well as the short stories "Under"and "Lecture Demonstration." Also included is "Whirligig World," the famous essay Clement published in Astounding in 1953. It describes the rigorous process he used to create his intriguingly plausible high-gravity planet, with its odd flattened shape, its day less than eighteen minutes long, and its many-limbed, noble natives. Come to Mesklin and learn why The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction called Mission of Gravity "one of the best loved novels in SF."
Wanderlust (A Sirantha Jax Novel #2)
by Ann AguirreBroke and unemployed, ?Jumper? Sirantha Jax accepts a diplomatic mission for the government? only to find herself up against Syndicate criminals, man-eating aliens, and her own grimspaceweakened body.
Redemoinho
by Emma RavelingDescrição Magia. Segredos. Destino Kendra Irisavie sempre teve às mãos as rédeas de sua própria vida. Ela é uma ondina, um elemento da água dotado com a magia poderosa da Virtude Empatia e treinada para ser uma guerreira. Capturadas em uma guerra antiga com demônios Aquidae, ela e sua mãe mantêm-se Desgarradas, escondendo-se entre os humanos para evitar tornarem-se novas baixas. Tudo muda quando irrompe a violência, em seu aniversário de dezessete anos. Um estranho aparece, prometendo respostas sobre o seu misterioso passado, e causando sentimentos inesperados em seu adormecido coração. Mas, ao descobrir as verdades sobre seu passado e futuro, percebe a que ponto podem chegar as mentiras e decepções. Agora, desafiando todas as probabilidades, precisará reunir toda a determinação, habilidade e magia possíveis para cumprir uma extraordinária profecia. Primeiro livro de uma arrebatadora série de fantasia, Redemoinho é o início da emocionante busca de uma jovem por sobrevivência, amor e esperança, ao mesmo tempo em que luta por seu espaço em um mundo que não é o seu. Uma Guerra Impossível. Uma Magia Explosiva. Um Destino Inevitável. REDEMOINHO: Livro Um do Quarteto de Ondina
Moth; or how I came to be with you again: Or, How I Came To Be With You Again
by Thomas Heise"A deeply melancholic and moving work of art."-Carole MasoEvery writer is a man or woman resuscitated, brought back for a little while before being dismissed. While I was hovering in bed barely asleep, my father would sneak in to check on me. Sometimes he came in the shape of a stranger, but his black eyes with a mark of sorrow never changed. When I was younger I could run so fast my shadow would fly off me. I would leave it behind in the city where I was born. There was no city, only my mother's arms. Dear grief, hermetic as a goat's skull. The future where you are, but how to get there except waiting another year.The narrator in Thomas Heise's adventurous novel tries to fuse together his present and past, abandonment by his parents, childhood in an orphanage, and a strong sense of disconnection from his adult life. The story is written in columnar, densely lyrical sections, looping and vertiginously dropping into the speaker's past, across several cities in Europe. W.G. Sebald, Samuel Beckett, and Michelangelo Antonioni's films come to mind, especially L'Avventura and Red Desert. Heise's language is precise (dirigibles "no larger than a fennel seed") and his lush, unfolding sentences offer a great, gorgeous pleasure. Moth is a haunting, one-of-a-kind novel that will stay with the reader for a long, long time.Thomas Heise is the author of Horror Vacui: Poems and Urban Underworlds: A Geography of Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture. He teaches at McGill University.
Elegy on Kinderklavier (Linda Bruckheimer Series In Kentucky Literature Ser.)
by Arna Bontemps Hemenway<P>The stories in Elegy on Kinderklavier explore the profound loss and intricate effects of war on lives that have been suddenly misaligned. <P>A diplomat navigates a hostile political climate and an arranged marriage in an Israeli settlement on a newly discovered planet; a small town in Kansas shuns the army recruiter who signed up its boys as troops are deployed to Iraq, falling in helicopters and on grenades; a family dissolves around mental illness and a child's body overtaken by cancer. <P>The moment a soldier steps on an explosive device is painfully reproduced, nanosecond by nanosecond. <P> Arna Bontemps Hemenway's stories feel pulled out of time and place, and the suffering of his characters seem at once otherworldly and stunningly familiar. <P>Elegy on Kinderklavier is a disquieting exploration of what it is to lose and be lost.Arna Bontemps Hemenway's fiction has appeared in The Missouri Review, A Public Space, the Seattle Review, and Ecotone. Originally from Kentucky, he holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has received scholarships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference and Truman Capote Literary Trust.
If a Stranger Approaches You
by Laura KasischkeLaura Kasischke's stories are populated by people coming to terms with a life that is just a little bit off--there's a cooler of eyeballs in the backseat and a tiny mummified heart in the dresser drawer. Lucid and unsparing, Kasischke offers no detours around the mysteries of our own minds and motives. We're right to be spooked. Laura Kasischke is the author of seven collections of poetry and seven novels. Her work has received many honors, including the Pushcart Prize and the Juniper Poetry Prize. Her latest, Space in Chains, is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry.
Hurry Please I Want to Know
by Paul Griner"Paul Griner's Hurry Please I Want to Know takes the reader on a sweeping tour of America--from Iraqi soldiers to prison telemarketers, from famous cartoonists to bone procurers, from missing persons to the resurrected dead--the real, the surreal, and everything in-between. Griner seems to know everybody's secrets, and this astonishing collection sets out to reveal them."--Dan Chaon, author of Await Your Reply and Stay Awake"Paul Griner finds surprising and inventive ways to write about a wide range of sometimes uncomfortable--but always interesting--situations. The writing is careful, precise, shocking--stylistically brilliant. The stories are sometimes surreal, but convincing all the same. They take your breath away!"--Bobbie Ann Mason, author of The Girl in the Blue Beret and In CountryA stylized and otherworldly short story collection filled with sidelined characters placed at center stage. A low-ranking soldier is forced to milk a cow within enemy range. A cartoonist's daughter waits each morning to see how her father's mood dictates how he will draw her face. Grieving siblings wait to inherit one of their father's physical features after his death.Paul Griner's first book, the story collection Follow Me, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. His next two books, the novels Collectors and The German Woman, have been published in half a dozen languages. His work has appeared in Ploughshares, Playboy, One Story, Tin House, Narrative, and Zoetrope, among others. He teaches at the University of Louisville.
Kingdom of the Young: Stories
by Edie MeidavAmbitious, original, deliciously philosophical. Kingdom of the Young invites comparison to the crônicas of Clarice Lispector and the fabulas of Italo Calvino. —Carolyn Cooke, author of Daughters of the RevolutionThe dynamic characters in Kingdom of the Young are searching: for adventure, work, love, absolution, better chances elsewhere. In a symphonic stream of consciousness, a fanatical child army loses faith in its commander as he ages unforgivably into his thirties. A woman possessed with wanderlust and a small inheritance seeks love among the cave-dwelling Roma in Granada. Traumatized war veterans run local rackets; smarmy bureaucrats rise through the ranks of repressive regimes; civilians attempt to escape the stranglehold of life under dictatorships. From the honeycombed caves outside the Alhambra to the streets of Havana, from hospital wards to quinceañera parties, these stories—along with the collection's illuminating nonfiction coda—testify to Meidav’s vast imaginative range.