- Table View
- List View
Symbiote
by Michael NayakContagion meets The Walking Dead in this new sci-fi thriller where a biological threat ravages scientists and military personnel at the South Pole.As World War III rages, the scientists in Antarctica are thankful for the isolation – until a group of Chinese scientists arrive at the American research base. In their truck is a dead body, the first murder in Antarctica. The potential for a geopolitical firestorm is great, and, with no clear jurisdiction, the Americans don&’t know what to do. But they soon realize the Chinese scientists have brought far more with them than the body…Within seventy-two hours, thirteen others lie dead in the snow, murdered in acts of madness and superhuman strength.An extremophile parasite from the truck, triggered by severe cold, is spreading by touch. It is learning from them. Evolving. It triggers violent tendencies in the winter crew, and, more insidiously, the beginnings of a strange symbiotic telepathy.Exhausted by suspicion and fear, with rescue impossible for months, the desperate crew members turn on each other. A small group of survivors try to resist the siren call of the growing hive mind and stay alive long enough to solve the mystery of the symbiotic microbe&’s origins. But the symbiote is more than a disease – it is a biological weapon that can change the balance of power in a time of war.The survivors cannot let anyone infected make it to the summer season, when planes will arrive to take them – and potentially the symbiote – back to civilization.
Symbol of Terra: The Dumarest Saga Book 30
by E. C. TubbClues from Angado, clues from the lady Govinda, all leading Dumarest on in his search for the lost Planet Earth. But first they lead him to a collector of ancient wisdom called Tama Chenault. But Chenault is not all that he seems, and Dumarest is forced to bargain for the information he seeks. In return he must pledge allegiance to Chenault's deadly plan . . . (First published 1984)
Symbol of Terra: The Dumarest Saga Book 30
by E.C. TubbClues from Angado, clues from the lady Govinda, all leading Dumarest on in his search for the lost Planet Earth. But first they lead him to a collector of ancient wisdom called Tama Chenault.But Chenault is not all that he seems, and Dumarest is forced to bargain for the information he seeks. In return he must pledge allegiance to Chenault's deadly plan . . .(First published 1984)
Sympathy for the Devil
by Holly LisleNurse Dayne Kuttner puts her soul on the line to bargain with God for amnesty for Hell's damned. But when God not only listens, but takes the deal she offers literally, her world turns upside-down. Plagued by pushy reporters, devilish doctors, desperate colleagues, bewildered friends, an imp named Earwax, and pursued by the Netherworld's hottest guy, Dayne stands her ground... and pushes Heaven itself for an accounting of how love and Hell can coexist.
Symphonie der Zerstörung: Die Spindown Saga - 1. Buch (Die Spindown Saga #1)
by Ken GoudswardHannah hat sich endlich an das Leben an Bord der Ventas-341 gewöhnt, als eine Reihe seltsam katastrophaler Rumpfbrüche und ein verheerender Virusausbruch die Besatzung dezimiert. Nun ist sie im Schatten des Asteroidengürtels gestrandet. Zusammen mit dem einzigen anderen überlebenden Besatzungsmitglied, Colin, und dem robotischen Bruder Anderson muss Hannah ihre chaotischen Beziehungen bewältigen, wenn sie alle eine Chance haben wollen, dem dem Untergang geweihten Schiff zu entkommen.
Syn
by Raymond F. JonesOne was discovered quite by accident. A man in a mental hospital said he wasn't real. He wasn't.There were more. Scientists feared that half the population of Earth might be Syns.Methodically, the Syns were being rooted out and destroyed. In turn, they were carrying on their own fearful destruction of human life and works.Everyone's humanity had been challenged. Every man was aligned against each other...because no one knew what a Syn was.
SynBio
by Leslie A HorvitzScientists now have the capacity to hack into DNA the same way that hackers can infiltrate computer systems, manipulating organisms by inserting new DNA or exploiting genetic mutations that can trigger fatal heart attacks or induce bipolar illness or Alzheimer’s. These “biohackers,” as they’re known, can perform their experiments in their kitchens using equipment purchased for next to nothing on eBay.Most of these biohackers are like Seth Stringer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who’s made a name for himself exploring the frontiers of genetic manipulation. He’s young, brash, ambitious, and obsessed with his work, but also a little naive. When his former professor Marcus Adair holds out the possibility of coming to London and going to work for an international pharmaceutical company called Chimera, he jumps at the chance. He can make good money and cement his relationship with his girlfriend, who has misgivings about his future prospects as a breadwinner. He fails to realize until too late that the principal business of Chimera isn’t the manufacture of generic drugs but the production of lethal genetic products for well-heeled clients. These are used to assassinate or debilitate presidents, prime ministers, and CEOs using their own DNA against them—a method that not only makes it difficult to identify the perpetrator (a cold virus can deliver the engineered DNA) but makes it almost impossible to determine that a crime has been committed in the first place.
Synapse
by Steven JamesThirty years in the future, when AI is so advanced that humans live side by side with cognizant humanoid robots called Artificials, Kestrel Hathaway must come to terms not just with what machines?know,?but with what they?believe.Soon after experiencing a personal tragedy, Kestrel witnesses a terrorist attack on a nearby artificial factory and is drawn into a world of conspiracies and lies that she and Jordan, her Artificial, have to untangle. With a second, more brutal attack looming on the horizon, their best chance of stopping it is teaming up with federal counterterrorism agent Nick Vernon. But the clock is ticking—and all the while, Jordan is asking questions Artificials were never meant to ask.Deftly weaving suspense and intrigue into a rich, resonant tale that explores faith and what it really means to be human, Steven James offers us a glimpse into the future—and into our own hearts.Synapse?is an unforgettable, gripping story of dreams shattered, truth revealed, and hope reborn.Praise for?Synapse:&“Perfectly timed and thought-provoking,?Synapse?is a smart, intense thriller that keeps the suspense?building until the final page. Steven James once again delivers a perfect amalgam of character and?plot, totally immersing the reader in an irresistible narrative.&” —Simon Gervais, international bestselling author of?Hunt Them Down&“Next-level suspense that keeps the pages turning, combined with next-level writing on par?with the great literary masters . . .?Synapse?is not merely a thriller you should read—as 5G?approaches and advances in AI snowball, it is the thriller you can&’t afford?not to.&” —James R. Hannibal, award-winning author of?The Gryphon Heist
Synapses: Cards, Flowers, Poems and Reflections
by Rutty SteinbergLongtime friends reunite and share their magical connections. What would you do if spiritual friends suggested a reunion with the past? Very dear friends, accomplices of youth, moved away from Vila do Sol, following their dreams. After about fifty years, they meet again in the same place. Much has happened, which brought inevitable scratches along the way and important lessons to be assimilated. Excited, they want to share their adventures and realize, through some mysterious coincidences, that there is a magical connection in this reunion. They discover that beings from other planes have always been there, helping them to overcome obstacles. And now, these spiritual friends suggest creating a new project with their guidance: SYNAPSES.
Syndicate's Pawns: A Tale of the Jinxed Thirteenth
by Davila LeBlancThe action, adventure, and horror continue for the crew of the Jinxed Thirteenth in the follow up to DaVila LeBlanc's thrilling space opera, Dark Transmissions.A month has passed since the eclectic crew of the Covenant Patrol vessel Jinxed Thirteenth endured a harrowing mission on the abandoned space station of Moria 3 and rescued its sole surviving crew member. During the mission, Moria 3’s deranged AI all but crippled the Jinxed Thirteenth, and the skeletal crew is now desperately trying to get it repaired. Waking from several millennia of cryo-sleep, Jessie Madison’s worst fears are confirmed. She is the last surviving member of the Human race. Surrounded by the descendants of mankind in a world she knows nothing about, not even the basic alphabet, Jessie finds herself only able to communicate with the ship’s medic, Marla Varsin, and its translator, Machina Chord. When the merchant vessel Althena arrives on the scene, its captain, a shrewd trader named Domiant, offers to sell Captain Morwyn the parts he needs. As guards are lowered on the Jinxed Thirteenth and repairs get underway, it becomes evident that a cunning foe has managed to infiltrate the ship. A deadly game of deception begins to play out, with a sinister foe setting its sights set on capturing Jessie. Captain Morwyn Soltaine, the crew of the Jinxed Thirteenth, and Jessie Madison find their mettle tested as they are dragged into a desperate battle for survival.
Synergy: New Science Fiction (Synergy #4)
by George ZebrowskiAn anthology of original science fiction stories including: The End of the World Ball by James Gunn, Oort Cloud by Robert Reed, Passages by Michael Cassutt, Chimera by Jayge Carr, The Farmer on the Wall by Marc Laidlaw, Old Four-eyes by Chad Oliver, The Final Dream by Daniel Pearlman, Antenna by Andrew Joron, and In the Tradition of an Immodest Proposal, Revisited by Pamela Sargent.
Synergy: New Science Fiction (Synergy Ser. #3)
by George ZebrowskiAn anthology of science fiction stories including: Before the Rainbow by Fruma Klass, Phylogenesis by Paul Di Philippo, All the Live Long Night by Bruce Clemence, Proserpina's Daughter by Gregory Benford and Paul A. Carter, The Author as Torturer by Ian Watson.
Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1
by George ZebrowskiThis is an anthology of original science fiction stories selected by George Zebrowski, written by some of the best known writers of the 1980s, including: Bleak Velocities by Gregory Benford, Jewels in an Angel's Wing by Ian Watson, Signals by Charles L. Harness, Veritas by James Morrow, My Life as a Born-Again Pig by Frederik Pohl, Madonna of the Red Sun by W. Warren Wagar, Inside Out by Rudy Rucker, and What Should an SF Novel Be About by Brian W. Aldiss.
Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 2
by George ZebrowskiThis book consists of the stories Diary of a Mad Deity by James Morrow, French Scenes by Howard Waldrop, Taking from the Top by Daniel Pearlman, Probability Pipeline by Rudy Rucker and Marc Laidlaw, The Daily Chernobyl by Robert Frazier, Backward, Turn Backward by James Tiptree, Jr. an introduction by George Zebrowski and an essay SF Poetry: A New Genre by Andrew Joron.
Synesthesia: Ama tu fe perdida
by Valentina SanabriaNovela gótica que narra con un tanto de ironía, una odisea peligrosa y excitante, prestándose para reflexionar sobre valores que no pierden su importancia dentro de un mundo oscuro que busca la Luz. <P><P>Realidades convertidas en leyendas y capítulos de la historia obligados a mantenerse ocultos provocan temor y a la vez magnificencia en Lizbeth Whiting, una solitaria joven londinense que, desconociendo los secretos guardados por su linaje familiar, vive en monotonía hasta que el pasado de su familia la alcanza: un vampiro consumido por la demencia pretende ejecutar un sombrío plan que la involucra inefablemente. <P>Pero los Whiting nunca eluden los retos. Bajo la amenaza de perder su propia vida, Lizbeth recibe ayuda inesperada de astutos aliados y, fortalecida por idílicos sentimientos hacia un enigmático ser, se lanza a vivir una aventura peligrosa que le permitirá volver a amar la fe que había perdido.
Synners
by Pat CadiganIn Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. To be a Synner is to join the online hardcore, an outlaw band of hackers, simulation pirates, and reality synthesizers hooked on artificial reality and virtual space. Now you can change yourself to suit the machines - all it costs you is your freedom, and your humanity.Synners shows us a world perilously close to our own. A constant stream of new technology spawns new crime before it hits the streets, and the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental. Equal parts thrill-ride and cautionary tale, this classic novel by the Queen of Cyberpunk offers us a terrifying glimpse into the future of our race.Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel, 1992
Synners (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
by Pat CadiganIn Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. To be a Synner is to join the online hardcore, an outlaw band of hackers, simulation pirates, and reality synthesizers hooked on artificial reality and virtual space. Now you can change yourself to suit the machines - all it costs you is your freedom, and your humanity.Synners shows us a world perilously close to our own. A constant stream of new technology spawns new crime before it hits the streets, and the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental. Equal parts thrill-ride and cautionary tale, this classic novel by the Queen of Cyberpunk offers us a terrifying glimpse into the future of our race.Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel, 1992
Syns: Muito além dos sonhos
by Cyril Sagot“Alguns acontecimentos nos marcam para sempre. Não estou falando da morte de alguém próximo, de um nascimento tão esperado, de um casamento tão desejado. Não; penso principalmente nessa chance que se manifesta quando não a esperamos mais, nessa pessoa que encontramos em um local bem específico e em circunstâncias curiosas [...] Essas situações que, às vezes insignificantes aos olhos dos outros, tocam-nos bem lá no fundo de nós mesmos. [...] Foi o que aconteceu comigo há alguns meses, em março, por ocasião de minhas breves estadias na capital. Eu estava terminando meu mestrado...” Sonhos de um realismo surpreendente vinham perturbar as noites de Vincent Vermont. Sua vida de estudante estremece enquanto ele se interroga sobre a enigmática Lilwen, que assombra seus sonhos. Quem é ela? De onde ela vem? Por que ela foge da polícia? E, principalmente, ela existe realmente? Quando os sonhos tornam-se pesadelos, Vincent está mais do que nunca determinado a encontrá-la. Uma busca que o levará a se conhecer melhor. A compreender por que, diferentemente de seus colegas de classe, ele tem dificuldades para se adaptar aos novos métodos de ensino. A descobrir o objetivo dos testes de inteligência a que o excêntrico professor Lassale submetia seus alunos. Pois Vincent não sabe, mas ele também é um Syn.
Synthajoy
by D.G. ComptonEdward Cadence was a brilliant man, and a dedicated scientist. He had invented Sensitape, a means of recording the thoughts and emotions of great musicians, religious figures, etc. so that others could experience at first-hand just what it was like to play a magnificent concerto, or to slip peacefully toward an untroubled death with the sure expectation that Heaven lies waiting. And he had added Sexitape, whereby people whose sex lives weren't completely satisfying could experience everything that the most compatible couple in the world felt together.For all this he was given the Nobel Prize, became enormously wealthy and famous.But finally he set to work on the ultimate application of his experiments: Synthajoy. And when the enormity of this dehumanising process became clear, he was murdered.
Synthajoy (Gateway Essentials #176)
by D.G. ComptonEdward Cadence was a brilliant man, and a dedicated scientist. He had invented Sensitape, a means of recording the thoughts and emotions of great musicians, religious figures, etc. so that others could experience at first-hand just what it was like to play a magnificent concerto, or to slip peacefully toward an untroubled death with the sure expectation that Heaven lies waiting. And he had added Sexitape, whereby people whose sex lives weren't completely satisfying could experience everything that the most compatible couple in the world felt together.For all this he was given the Nobel Prize, became enormously wealthy and famous.But finally he set to work on the ultimate application of his experiments: Synthajoy. And when the enormity of this dehumanising process became clear, he was murdered.
Synthesis and Other Virtual Realities
by Mary Rosenblum"A major new talent ... one of the strongest debuts in recent science-fiction history, " wrote Lucuis Shepard not long ago about emergent superstar Mary Rosenblum. And just as Shepard himself was the most powerful new short-story writer of the previous decade, so has Ms. Rosenblum come forth as a compelling voice in the 1990s in a sequence of nouvelles, set primarily within the near-future West Coast, exploring the persistence of humanity amid a nightmarish landscape of desiccated ecologies, disintegrating societies, and bewildering techniques: "Water Bringer, " "Entrada, " "The Centaur Garden, " "Second Chance, " "Synthesis, " "Flood Tide, " "The Rain Stone, " and "Stairway. "
Syphon's Song
by Anise RaeMayflower Mages, #1 Legends say a syphon can drain a mage dry. He'll brave the danger. Will she? Someone's playing pranks. The body of the late Casteel patriarch has been stolen and gifted to the family's enemy, the powerful Rallises. As far as Bronte Casteel is concerned, they can keep it. She hasn't spoken to her family in thirteen years, not since they exiled her from society for her lack of mage power. But she's a syphon mage, able drain another mage's power. Syphons' destinies are always the same: death by fiery stake. She hides her secret by living among the Nons--powerless humans and the lowest class in the Republic. When her family orders her to go plead for the body's return, she comes face to face with the one man who knows her secret. Colonel Vincent Rallis isn't letting his syphon get away this time. Not when she's under suspicion of body-napping and aiding anti-mage terrorists. He'll prove her innocence whether she wants him to or not, and then convince her they belong together...forever. Vincent's help comes with a steep price: Bronte must reveal her power. The inevitable ensuing witch-hunt and trial would be bad enough, but even a tough girl might buckle if her prosecutors are her own parents. CONTENT WARNING: Hot, steamy nights with the colonel's magic touch98,387 Words
Syren: Book One: Magyk, Book Two: Flyte, Book Three: Physik, Book Four: Queste, Book Five: Syren, Book Six: Darke, Book Seven: Fyre, The Magykal Papers, The Darke Toad (Septimus Heap #5)
by Angie Sage Mark ZugIn this fifth book in the Magykal series, Septimus ends up on a captivatingly beautiful island, one of seven set in a sparkling sea. He's stranded there with his badly injured dragon, Spit Fyre, along with Jenna and Beetle. There are some strange things about the island, including a Magykal girl named Syrah, a cat-shaped lighthouse that has lost its Light, and an eerie presence that sings to Septimus--can he escape the persistent call? Trouble is also brewing for Lucy and Wolf Boy, who have become entangled with some nefarious sailors at sea, and for Milo Banda, Jenna's father, who is harboring a mysterious treasure chest in his ship's hold. Charismatic storyteller Angie Sage continues Septimus Heap's Magykal journey with more laugh-out-loud adventures, more enchanting charms and spells, and an ever-deepening understanding of the interior life of a young hero.
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries #7)
by Martha WellsA New York Times Bestseller.A Washington Post Bestseller.A USA Today Bestseller.Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series.Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits. But if there’s an ethical corporation out there, Murderbot has yet to find it, and if Barish-Estranza can’t have the planet, they’re sure as hell not leaving without something. If that something just happens to be an entire colony of humans, well, a free workforce is a decent runner-up prize.But there’s something wrong with Murderbot; it isn’t running within normal operational parameters. ART’s crew and the humans from Preservation are doing everything they can to protect the colonists, but with Barish-Estranza’s SecUnit-heavy persuasion teams, they’re going to have to hope Murderbot figures out what’s wrong with itself, and fast!Yeah, this plan is... not going to work.The Murderbot DiariesAll Systems RedArtificial ConditionRogue ProtocolExit StrategyNetwork EffectFugitive TelemetrySystem CollapseAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
System Failure (Epic Failure Trilogy #3)
by Joe ZiejaWar is spreading through the galaxy—and it’s becoming abundantly clear that there’s an outside force at play in this explosive and hilarious new installment of the Epic Failure series that reads like Catch-22 meets David Weber. With the galaxy thrown into chaos by mutual breaches of the Two Hundred Years’ peace, what seemed like an isolated incident on the Thelicosa/Merida border has become an epidemic. In the midst of this chaos, the Thelicosan and Meridan fleets on their respective borders have come to a sort of tense peace after the events in Book II but now it’s clear: somebody wants war. And it’s not the Free Systems of the galaxy. No. It’s a mom-and-pop convenience store gone galactic. It’s the purveyors of balloons and nachos and supplies for bowling lanes. It’s the company that made the droids and a large part of the technology that all of the Free Systems are using in their militaries. It’s Snaggardirs. And they want to snag it all.