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On the Run
by Gordon R DicksonOne day Kil Bruner was a solid Class A engineer in a society of World Police and citizen Files, jet-set migrants and status-ranking Stability keys. But the Police ordered Kil to forget about his missing wife Ellen - and that was a mistake.Because Kil would move Heaven and Earth to find the woman he loved.Even when the search leads to slums filled with blade-wielding thugs and criminal Ace Kings . . . to secret societies and vast, interlocked, warring conspiracies - each out to rule the Earth or destroy it. Even when the search costs Kil his freedom, his sanity, the core of his soul - and reality itself . . .Because to find Ellen, Kil will have to move Heaven and Earth. Literally.
On the Run
by Gordon R. DicksonOne day Kil Bruner was a solid Class A engineer in a society of World Police and citizen Files, jet-set migrants and status-ranking Stability keys. But the Police ordered Kil to forget about his missing wife Ellen - and that was a mistake. Because Kil would move Heaven and Earth to find the woman he loved. Even when the search leads to slums filled with blade-wielding thugs and criminal Ace Kings . . . to secret societies and vast, interlocked, warring conspiracies - each out to rule the Earth or destroy it. Even when the search costs Kil his freedom, his sanity, the core of his soul - and reality itself . . . Because to find Ellen, Kil will have to move Heaven and Earth. Literally.
On the Run with Mary
by Jonathan Barrow&“One of the most extraordinary, original—and funniest—books I have ever read. Subversive, satirical, like a farcical, erotic, animal-human animated film&” (Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, author of Kinsey: Sex the Measure of All Things). Shining moments of tender beauty punctuate this story of a youth on the run after escaping from an elite English boarding school. At London&’s Euston Station, the narrator meets a talking dachshund named Mary and together they&’re off on escapades through posh Mayfair streets and jaunts in a Rolls-Royce. But the youth soon realizes the seemingly sweet dog is a handful; an alcoholic, nymphomaniac, drug-addicted mess who can&’t stay out of pubs or off the dance floor. In a world of abusive headmasters and other predators, the sexually omnivorous youth discovers that true friends are never needed more than on the mean streets of 1960s London, as he tries to save his beloved Mary from herself. On the Run with Mary mirrors the horrors and the joys of the terrible twentieth century. Jonathan Barrow&’s original drawings accompany the text. &“A masterpiece by a young genius, fated to die shortly after he had completed it.&” —A. N. Wilson, author of Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy &“A unique masterpiece from a bizarre mind. To say it&’s Lewis Carroll meets Jean Genet . . . would be to belittle its farcically-filthy originality.&” —Nicholas Haslam, author of Redeeming Features &“Dementedly cheerful . . . A rollicking catalogue of sex, violence, and acts of cartoonish cruelty, Barrow&’s novel is a schoolboy&’s happy nightmare writ large; readers may find it impossible to look away.&” —Publishers Weekly
On the Seas of Destiny (Tale of the Nedao #3)
by Ru EmersonThe cat-kind familiar of the warrior queen Ylia spins a tale of sacrifice and war in the third and final Tale of Nedao. In this, the third tale of the Nedao people, Nisana the AEldra of the cat-kind narrates her experience among the beleaguered humans. She wishes that there were others left to speak of such a story, yet she is the only witness able to tell of it. Sharing both the agonies and the victories of her companion, the warrior queen Ylia, Nisana is determined to see things through to their conclusion. As Ylia faces insurmountable odds while trying to survive, it is up to Nisana to nurture the magical powers within the young queen and teach her how to lead her people. Nisana the AEldra does not leave her side, even when the terrifying army of seemings marches on her people, even when the very air hangs heavy with the blood of the Nedao.
On the Seven Seas
by Steve Noon Chris PeersOn the Seven Seas is a set of wargames rules covering the high adventure and low morals of the world of the pirate. From Drake and his sea-rovers to Blackbeard, the Barbary Corsairs and the Wo-k'ou of the Far East, pirates have haunted seas across the globe, preying on port and vessel alike. Now you too can recreate the exploits of pirate captains or the naval commanders that hunted them. Whether you want skirmishes between crews on uncharted islands and in the alleyways of Caribbean ports or ship-to-ship duels that culminate in bloodthirsty boarding actions, the rules offer a quick-to-learn basic game. These small forces of buccaneers, commanded by captains and kept in line by trusted lieutenants, can also be scaled up with ease for larger engagements. Gameplay centers on two driving motivations that epitomize the pirate life - Fear and Greed. Cunning captains will have to balance these two elements, instilling fear in their opponents with bloodthirsty reputations, while keeping their own crews in line with the promise of loot and wealth.
On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea
by Michael CarrollTitan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot and ethane seas. All of the most detailed knowledge on the moon's geology, volcanology, meteorology, marine sciences and chemistry are gathered together here to paint a factually accurate hypothetical future of early human colonization on this strange world. The views from Titan's Mayda Outpost are spectacular, but all is not well at the moon's remote science base. On the shore of a methane sea beneath glowering skies, atmospherics researcher Abigail Marco finds herself in the middle of murder, piracy and colleagues who seem to be seeing sea monsters and dead people from the past. On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea provides thrills, excitement and mystery - couched in the latest science - on one of the Solar System's most bizarre worlds, Saturn's huge moon Titan. "This riveting story, set against a plausibly well integrated interplanetary space, carries us along with its bright and interesting characters. We feel absolutely transported to a hauntingly beautiful and alien Titan through Carroll's masterful weaving of art and science. " - Jani Radebaugh, Professor of Planetary Sciences, Titan dune expert, BYU "It's a fun read! Really makes Titan come alive, literally. . . " - Astrophysicist and author Ralph Lorenz "Michael Carroll's new novel "On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea" (Springer) is a gripping, good-vs-evil tale that sparkles with imagination. It's set on the shores of Kraken Mare, the vast methane sea found high in the northern latitudes of Saturn's moon, Titan, in a future when humanity has spread throughout the solar system. The villains are wicked, the heroes are scientists (Thanks, Mike!), the story is convincing, the dialogue snappy, and the scenery is right out of our catalog of findings on this cold, hazy and alien world. If you fancy skipping forward 250 years and checking out how humankind might be navigating the very geography and landforms we have uncovered in our years touring Saturn, this book is for you!" --Carolyn Porco, leader of the Cassini Imaging Science team and the Director of the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for Operations (CICLOPS) at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado
On the Steel Breeze
by Alastair ReynoldsThe award-winning author of Blue Remembered Earth continues his saga as the next generation of the Akinya family crosses interstellar space seeking humanity's future... Chiku Akinya, great granddaughter of the legendary space explorer Eunice and heir to the family empire, is just one among millions on a long one way journey towards a planet they hope to call their new home. For Chiku, the journey is a personal one, undertaken to ensure that the Akinya family achieves its destiny among the stars. The passengers travel in huge self-contained artificial worlds--holoships--putting their faith in a physics they barely understand. Chiku's ship is called Zanzibar--and over time, she will discover it contains an awesome secret--one which will lead her to question almost every certainty about her voyage, and its ultimate destiny...
On the Steel Breeze
by Alastair ReynoldsChiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life.Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya's last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel.Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it's a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth.All three are Chiku Akinya.All three are pivotal to our future in space.All three are in danger...Read by Adjoa Andoh(p) 2013 Orion Publishing Group
On the Steel Breeze
by Alastair ReynoldsA thousand years in the future, mankind's influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds' epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera.Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya's last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel.Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it's a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth.All three are Chiku Akinya.All three are pivotal to our future in space.All three are in danger ...
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children Ser. #2)
by Alastair ReynoldsA thousand years in the future, mankind's influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds' epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera.Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living a peaceful life on a changing world as humanity explores a thousand new ways to experience life. Chiku Red is space-bound: blasted into deep space to investigate Eunice Akinya's last journey, and maybe discover the final secrets of space travel.Chiku Green is planet-bound: travelling thousands of lightyears to the planet Crucible. A new home for humankind; it's a habitable planet hosting a fascinating alien labyrinth.All three are Chiku Akinya.All three are pivotal to our future in space.All three are in danger ...
On the Symb-Socket Circuit
by Kenneth BulmerMatthew Wade had been a coord, one of the mysterious chosen ones, who through the powers unknown to the rest of mankind, ruled over the known galaxy. But Wade fled the overwhelming responsibility of his exalted caste and went into hiding on the symb-socket circuit. The symb-socketeers were the migrant workers of the galaxy. Traveling from planet to planet, they worked for play and played for a living. Matthew Wade adopted the freewheeling, ever-changing life hoping to evade the bailiffs of Altimus, the home planet of the cords, knowing that they would never rest until they had tracked down the renegade. And then Wade took service on the plant of Ashramdrego, and was faced with the most important decision of his life - would he let an entire planet be destroyed rather than reveal his true identity?
On the Symb-Socket Circuit
by Kenneth BulmerMatthew Wade had been a coord, one of the mysterious chosen ones, who through the powers unknown to the rest of mankind, ruled over the known galaxy. But Wade fled the overwhelming responsibility of his exalted caste and went into hiding on the symb-socket circuit.The symb-socketeers were the migrant workers of the galaxy. Traveling from planet to planet, they worked for play and played for a living. Matthew Wade adopted the freewheeling, ever-changing life hoping to evade the bailiffs of Altimus, the home planet of the cords, knowing that they would never rest until they had tracked down the renegade.And then Wade took service on the plant of Ashramdrego, and was faced with the most important decision of his life - would he let an entire planet be destroyed rather than reveal his true identity?
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
by Carey RockwellCarey Rockwell is the pseudonym used for the author of the Tom Corbet Space Cadet series of books written for young boys. This 1950's series included books, comic strips, coloring books and television shows. The Tom Corbett space series consists of eight books, which may have been based on the novel Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein. The series follows the adventures of Tom and his friend Roger as they train to be members of the Solar Guard. The stories center around the academy, the bunkroom and their training ship Polaris. Their adventures take them to alien worlds in our solar system and beyond.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
by Carey RockwellThis is the story of how Bull Coxine with his crew of cutthroat pirates came within an ace of taking control of the space lanes by threatening to destroy the great Solar Alliance, and how Tom Corbett and his two pals, Roger Manning and Astro of the Polaris unit, helped to foil the giant buccaneer's desperate scheme.
On the Verge (Star Drive #2)
by Roland GreenDanger and intrigue explode in the Verge. War erupts on Arist, a frozen world in the borders of known space. Lieutenant Damion Witzko and the Concord Marines charge in to prevent the conflict from escalating off world, but soon discover that an even darker threat awaits them.
On the Way to a Wedding . . .
by Ingrid WeaverShe met Mr. Right.ON THE WAY TO A WEDDING...THEIR PLANE CRASHED!Lauren Abbot would have perished had it not been for handsome lawman Nick Strada. Though everyone claimed Nick had died in the crash, Lauren knew better. That hardheaded, sexy man had faked his death. And she'd never been so happy in her fortuitous life.Nick was "playing dead" to catch a killer. And he needed Lauren's help. Her apartment would become his hiding place, and she would become his new partner. But Nick hadn't realized that working-and living-with the beautiful, independent woman would present him with a situation more confusing than his own supposed death.Were they on the way to a wedding of their own?
On the Wings of la Noche
by Vanessa L. TorresNoche is a Lechuza by night, an ethereal jet-black owl who guides the dead to the after. Except now, Noche cannot bring herself to escort her dead girlfriend, whose soul is fading the harder Noche holds on—an aching romance about first and second loves and finding the strength to let go. &“A spellbinding, hauntingly beautiful story that weaves together love, loss, and the supernatural.&”—AIDEN THOMAS, New York Times bestselling author of The Sunbearer Trials and The Cemetery BoysDeath waits for Estrella (Noche) Villanueva. In her human form, she is a lonely science girl grieving the tragic accidental drowning of her girlfriend, Dante Fuentes. At night, she is a Lechuza who visits her dead girlfriend at the lake, desperate for more time with her. The longer Dante&’s soul roams the earth, the more likely it is that she will fade into the unknown, lost forever, but Noche cannot let go . . .That&’s when a new kid comes to town, Jax, another science nerd like Noche. They connect in a way she can&’t ignore, seemingly pulled together by an invisible thread. For the first time, Noche begins to imagine a life without Dante. As Noche&’s heart begins to beat for two people, her guilt flares. Then, she finds herself at risk of losing both Jax and Dante, and Noche is forced to question her purpose as a lechuza and everything she has ever believed in.
On to the Next Dream
by Paul Madonna<P>Paul Madonna’s popular comic, "All Over Coffee” had been running for twelve years in the San Francisco Chronicle when he was evicted from his longtime home and studio in the Mission District, ground-zero in the "tech wars” transforming the city. <P>Suddenly finding himself yet another victim of San Francisco’s overheated boomtown housing market, with its soaring prices and rampant evictions, Madonna decided to use his comic as a cathartic public platform to explore the experience, and to capture the complex, highly charged atmosphere of a city-and a life-being forced through a painful transition. <P>In a series of drawings and stories, Madonna evokes the sense of vertigo induced by being forced from his home, and the roil of emotions that ensue as he enters into the city’s brutal competition for a place to live. The line between reality and surreality begins to blur almost immediately, in real life and in his comic. Absurd, maddening, and all-too-poignant, these drawings and stories capture the spirit of not just San Francisco, but a cultural epidemic that has now spread to cities around the world." <P>Paul Madonna is a San Francisco-based artist and writer. He is the creator of the comic series "All Over Coffee” and the author of two books, All Over Coffee and Everything is its own reward. His drawings and stories have appeared in numerous books and journals as well as galleries and museums, including the San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Oakland Museum of California.
On: Lakshman Kadirgamar On The Foundations Of International Order
by Adam RobertsTighe lives on the wall. It towers above his village and falls away below it. It is vast and unforgiving and it is everything he knows. Life is hard on the wall, little more than a clinging on for dear life. And then one day Tighe falls off the wall. And falls, and falls, and falls ...Lavishly praised everywhere from Asimov's magazine to Interzone, ON is proof positive that Adam Roberts is a new author whose potential for greatness is rapidly being realised.ON is at once a vertiginous concept novel, a coming of age saga, a picaresque journey across a changed world and an epic adventure in the very best traditions of SF.
On: Lakshman Kadirgamar On The Foundations Of International Order (International Library Of Political Studies)
by Adam RobertsTighe lives on the wall. It towers above his village and falls away below it. It is vast and unforgiving and it is everything he knows. Life is hard on the wall, little more than a clinging on for dear life. And then one day Tighe falls off the wall. And falls, and falls, and falls ...Lavishly praised everywhere from Asimov's magazine to Interzone, ON is proof positive that Adam Roberts is a new author whose potential for greatness is rapidly being realised.ON is at once a vertiginous concept novel, a coming of age saga, a picaresque journey across a changed world and an epic adventure in the very best traditions of SF.
Onamuji El Menor: Ukyo es un krypsos y como tal nació para ser un guerrero. ¿Pero y si ese no es su destino? (Anomalías Estructurales #3)
by Cassandra MalaparteUkyo es un krypsos descendiente del linaje de Susanoo. Como tal, su tarea es crecer y convertirse en un guerrero para luchar en la batalla contra Kendal Ish'mar. Los gemelos Gracco, descendientes del linaje Prometeo y su hermano, Yasuhiro, lo criarán. Un hermano con el que es difícil tratar, un hermano que le convence de ser un incapaz, un inepto. Por otro lado, Ukyo siempre ha sido frágil y débil, no tiene los medios para luchar. Sin embargo, su mente curiosa y brillante le lleva a interesarse por la programación y los androides, interés que descubre a través de uno de ellos que se llama a sí mismo Pi Greco. Una amistad que no puede ser correspondida por esto, un deseo de aprobación que nunca será apoyado por su hermano, el pleno apoyo de los gemelos Gracco, le llevará a hacer su elección: Ukyo elegirá para qué vivir, en qué sobresalir, más allá de lo que son las expectativas de los demás.
Onamuji el Primogénito (Anomalías Estructurales #4)
by Cassandra Malaparte“Onamuji el primogénito"; es el cuarto libro de la serie de historias de “Anomalías Estructurales” que examinan un episodio particular en la vida de cada uno de los personajes que luego se reunirán en la novela “La ciudad de las luces vivientes". La Última Gran Cruzada fue el comienzo de la degeneración de la guerra que llevó a la humanidad al borde de la extinción. Una presunta deidad, Kendal Ish'mar, se propuso proteger a los sobrevivientes, rodeando una franja de tierra, el actual Tarish'nadar, bajo una cúpula que lo protege del mundo exterior. Bajo esta cúpula, la humanidad ha perdido progresivamente la memoria de lo que fue y confía en Ash'nar, la Esfinge depositaria de la memoria del hombre, para que la ilumine. Pero los Krypsos, herederos de los dioses antiguos, no cedieron a la idea de permanecer en silencio. Siguen buscando una manera de escapar de esa cúpula que perciben como una trampa. Así continúa durante siglos la guerra invisible entre ellos, la congregación de los ingenieros y el centro bioquímico para la evolución, órganos que en todos los aspectos constituyen el gobierno. Una guerra que no escatima en víctimas en ningún frente: Krypsos, humanos y Tao son brutalmente usados para alcanzar la meta. Yasuhiro es el mayor de los hermanos Onamuji, así como el Jefe de familia de la estirpe Susanoo. Como tal, no duda en hacerse cargo de una enorme cantidad de expectativas, día tras día, sin hacer ningún descuento a sí mismo: es un guerrero Krypsos, este es su destino. Pero perseguir tan vigorosamente la perfección en el campo de batalla como en la vida cotidiana le llevará a chocar con lo impredecible de los acontecimientos. El peso de todas esas responsabilidades pesará finalmente en su conciencia, resultando en una culpa que tendrá que enfrentar para siempre.
Once & Future
by Cory McCarthy A. R. CapettaA new King Arthur has risen and she's got a universe to save Coming to terms with your identity is always difficult. But for Ari, the 42nd reincarnation of King Arthur, it just got a whole lot more complicated. Gender-bending royalty, caustic wit and a galaxy-wide fight for peace and equality all collide in this epic adventure. With an awkward adolescent Merlin and a rusty spaceship, this is the Arthurian legend as you have never before seen it.
Once & Future #2 (Once & Future #2)
by Kieron GillenThe McGuire family has held back supernatural threats for generations, but this time they messed up. As an ancient evil arises from the grave, Bridgette and Duncan find themselves up against forces bigger than they could have expected, and faces new and old are about to complicate things further
Once & Future: A Once And Future Novel (Once And Future Ser. #2)
by Amy Rose Capetta Cori McCarthyKing Arthur as you've never imagined! <P><P>This bold, sizzling YA retells the popular legend with the Once and Future King as a teenage girl -- and she has a universe to save. <P><P>I've been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I've always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur. <P><P>Now I'm done hiding. <P><P>My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start. <P><P>When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the newest reincarnation of King Arthur. <P><P>Then she meets Merlin, who has aged backward over the centuries into a teenager, and together they must break the curse that keeps Arthur coming back. <P><P>Their quest? <P><P>Defeat the cruel, oppressive government and bring peace and equality to all humankind. <P><P>No pressure.