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Work Done for Hire
by Joe HaldemanJoe Haldeman's "adept plotting, strong pacing, and sense of grim stoicism have won him wide acclaim" (The Washington Post) and numerous honors for such works as The Forever War, The Accidental Time Machine, and the Marsbound trilogy. Now, the multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author pits a lone war veteran against a mysterious enemy who is watching his every move--and threatens him with more than death unless he kills for them. Wounded in combat and honorably discharged nine years ago, Jack Daley still suffers nightmares from when he served his country as a sniper, racking up sixteen confirmed kills. Now a struggling author, Jack accepts an offer to write a near-future novel about a serial killer, based on a Hollywood script outline. It's an opportunity to build his writing career, and a future with his girlfriend, Kit Majors. But Jack's other talent is also in demand. A package arrives on his doorstep containing a sniper rifle, complete with silencer and ammunition--and the first installment of a $100,000 payment to kill a "bad man." The twisted offer is genuine. The people behind it are dangerous. They prove that they have Jack under surveillance. He can't run. He can't hide. And if he doesn't take the job, Kit will be in the crosshairs instead.
Working For The Devil: The Dante Valentine Novels: Book One (Dante Valentine Novels #1)
by Lilith SaintcrowDante Valentine's working relationship with the Devil wasn't her choice - but you don't turn down a contract with Lucifer and live.Hired to kill fugitive Vardimal Santino, Dante's only allies are a demon familiar she doesn't trust and a small band of psychics. The thing is, Dante doesn't need friends, she needs a miracle. Because the first time Dante Valentine met Santino, she almost died.
Working Overtime
by Raye MorganAs the devoted single mother of two rambunctious boys--and as the best darn paralegal in town--Chareen Wolf knew all about hard work. But she'd never before had a job so demanding that she and her boss actually had to live together--day after day, night after night....Trouble was, her new boss had her heartbeat working overtime, too. Michael Greco was devastatingly handsome, irresistibly charming--and clearly determined to keep her with him long after business hours!Yet despite their combustible chemistry, the hard-driving executive hadn't exactly scheduled marriage--or kids--into his future. However, now that she'd finally found the man of her dreams, Chareen wasn't about to throw in the towel. Could they land the deal of a lifetime...together?
Working Stiff
by Kevin J. AndersonBack from the dead...and back on the case! Even being murdered doesn't keep a good detective down, and in the Unnatural Quarter-inhabited by ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and all sorts of creatures that go bump (or thud!) in the night-a zombie P.I. fits right in. Dan Chambeaux, a.k.a. "Shamble," solves a string of madcap cases with his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne, his Best Human Friend Officer Toby McGoohan, and his firebrand lawyer partner Robin Deyer. Working Stiff contains seven cases from the files of Chambeaux & Deyer Investigations. Dan Shamble has to solve the mystery of a stolen deck of fortune-telling cards and the undeath-defying feats of a vampire trapeze artist, finds himself sealed in a coffin in the back of a truck with no idea where he's being taken, and is even hired by Santa Claus to find his lost "naughty and nice" list. Being trapped in an unbreakable monster-proof crypt, deciphering a string of mysterious zombie graffiti, investigating the murder of a costumed fan at a science fiction convention where the monsters are the normal attendees, or tracking down a kidnapped hellhound for legendary vigilante werewolf cop Hairy Harry-it's all in a day's work for Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.
Working Stiff: A Revivalist Novel (Revivalist Novel #1)
by Rachel CaineIt's a tough job but somebody's got to do it - dead or alive. Bryn Davis knows working at Fairview Mortuary isn't the most glamorous career choice, but at least it offers stable employment - until she discovers her bosses using a drug that resurrects the clientele . . . as part of an extortion racket. Now Bryn faces being terminated (literally) with extreme prejudice. With the assistance of corporate double agent Patrick McCallister, Bryn has a chance to take down the bigger problem - pharmaceutical company Pharmadene, which treats death as the ultimate corporate loyalty program. She'd better do it fast before she becomes a zombie slave - a real working stiff. She'd be better off dead . . . 'As swift, sassy and sexy as Laurell K. Hamilton'MARY JO PUTNEY
Working Stiff: The Cases of Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.
by Kevin J AndersonFrom a New York Times–bestselling author, seven hilarious mystery stories starring a zombie detective who won&’t let death stop his pursuit of justice. Even being murdered doesn&’t keep a good detective down, and in the Unnatural Quarter—inhabited by ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and all sorts of creatures that go bump (or thud) in the night—a zombie P.I. fits right in. Dan Chambeaux, a.k.a. &“Shamble,&” solves a string of madcap cases with his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne, his Best Human Friend Officer Toby McGoohan, and his firebrand lawyer partner Robin Deyer. Working Stiff contains seven cases from the files of Chambeaux & Deyer Investigations. Dan Shamble must solve the mystery of a stolen deck of fortune-telling cards and the undeath-defying feats of a vampire trapeze artist, finds himself sealed in a coffin in the back of a truck with no idea where he&’s being taken, and is even hired by Santa Claus to find his lost &“naughty and nice&” list. Being trapped in an unbreakable monster-proof crypt, deciphering a string of mysterious zombie graffiti, investigating the murder of a costumed fan at a science fiction convention where the monsters are the normal attendees, or tracking down a kidnapped hellhound for legendary vigilante werewolf cop Hairy Harry—it&’s all in a day&’s work for Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I.
Working for the Devil: The Dante Valentine Novels: Book One (Dante Valentine #1)
by Lilith SaintcrowWhen the Devil needs a rogue demon killed, who does he call? The Player: Necromance-for-hire Dante Valentine is choosy about her jobs. Hot tempered and with nerves of steel, she can raise the dead like nobody's business. But one rainy Monday morning, everything goes straight to hell. The Score: The Devil hires Dante to eliminate a rogue demon: Vardimal Santino. In return, he will let her live. It's an offer she can't refuse. The Catch: How do you kill something that can't die?
Works Well with Others (Help Wanted, Human #3)
by Stephen WytrysowskiSteve's tell-all journal continues. The alien interpreter trainees move into the Human Habitat at the Embassy and they have a new instructor -- a Hoidan Zeday retired professional tongue wrestler. Steve meets Ceiling, his sexy-voiced guide on the personnel systems facilities interface. He also develops an obsessive hatred of soap dispensers and makes friends with the Hoidan Zeday plumber who is really a genetics engineer who grows equipment. The new Cricktou liaison has a run in with leftover sushi and the bureaucrats get ulcers. The trainees interpret for a joint task force rebuilding a fighter jet that the aliens damaged during first contact. Steve get adopted by the Hoidan Zeday and gets a new job. Babysitting. Plus! Lots of dancing and beer, blood letting and piercings, hypnosis and construction, a chicken and a cow!
World After: Penryn and the End of Days Book Two (Penryn and the End of Days #Bk.2)
by Susan EeThe irresistibly compelling BOOK TWO in the long awaited PENRYN AND THE END OF DAYS series. It is THE book we are all waiting with bated breath to read... In this sequel to the bestselling fantasy thriller, Angelfall, the survivors of the angel apocalypse begin to scrape back together what's left of the modern world. When a group of people capture Penryn's sister Paige, thinking she's a monster, the situation ends in a massacre. Paige disappears. Humans are terrified. Mom is heartbroken. Penryn drives through the streets of San Francisco looking for Paige. Why are the streets so empty? Where is everybody? Her search leads her into the heart of the angels' secret plans, where she catches a glimpse of their motivations, and learns the horrifying extent to which the angels are willing to go. Meanwhile, Raffe hunts for his wings. Without them, he can't rejoin the angels, can't take his rightful place as one of their leaders. When faced with recapturing his wings or helping Penryn survive, which will he choose?
World Beyond Pluto
by Stephen MarloweStephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. This is one of those stories.
World Defying God: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Defying God: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Yan YangTianIn this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, I am the only one who exists in this world, my energy is the sword light, my will is the sword's blade, I pierce through the universe, and I pierce through the heavens! Lin Feng was originally an S class hitman in China, but after passing through to the body of a 100 meridians genius, his cultivation greatly improved and he became the world's number one genius.
World Engines: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey
by Stephen BaxterHundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from the early days of the 21st century is awoken from the cryogenic sleep he entered after a devastating accident. As he comes to terms with this new world, he begins to realise that their history does not match what he remembers - and that only he may be able to stop the coming catastrophe destined to destroy the planet. Until he meets a young woman who seems to have a drive of her own, and a plan...
World Engines: A post climate change high concept science fiction odyssey
by Stephen BaxterTrapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and discover what led them to this point. All are from parallel universes where small changes in history led to different realities, and the tensions between the groups are rising. But some changes were not small. The solar system has been altered, changed, shaped in the various realities, and the World Engineers - unspeakably powerful, completely unknown - are still active. Why have they populated this planet with humanity's ancestors and dinosaurs? What is on the moon of Saturn that gives off such an odd light? And even if they can be found, can they be stopped - and should they be? Malenfant, Deidra and the rest of their party must find a way off the planet, back into space, and into the many dimensions seeking the answer...
World Engines: Creator
by Stephen BaxterTrapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and discover what led them to this point. All are from parallel universes where small changes in history led to different realities, and the tensions between the groups are rising. But some changes were not small. The solar system has been altered, changed, shaped in the various realities, and the World Engineers - unspeakably powerful, completely unknown - are still active. Why have they populated this planet with humanity's ancestors and dinosaurs? What is on the moon of Saturn that gives off such an odd light? And even if they can be found, can they be stopped - and should they be? Malenfant, Deidra and the rest of their party must find a way off the planet, back into space, and into the many dimensions seeking the answer...
World Engines: Creator
by Stephen BaxterTrapped on an alternate Earth, the combined crews of a crashed Russian spaceship, a British expeditionary force and a group of strays from the future must work together to survive, escape, and discover what led them to this point. All are from parallel universes where small changes in history led to different realities, and the tensions between the groups are rising. But some changes were not small. The solar system has been altered, changed, shaped in the various realities, and the World Engineers - unspeakably powerful, completely unknown - are still active. Why have they populated this planet with humanity's ancestors and dinosaurs? What is on the moon of Saturn that gives off such an odd light? And even if they can be found, can they be stopped - and should they be? Malenfant, Deidra and the rest of their party must find a way off the planet, back into space, and into the many dimensions seeking the answer...
World Engines: Destroyer
by Stephen BaxterIn the year 2570, a sleeper will wake . . .In the mid-21st century, the Kernel, a strange object on a five-hundred-year-orbit, is detected coming from high above the plane of the solar system. Could it be an alien artefact? In the middle of climate-change crises, there is no mood for space-exploration stunts - but Reid Malenfant, elderly, once a shuttle pilot and frustrated would-be asteroid miner, decides to go take a look anyway. Nothing more is heard of him. But his ex-wife, Emma Stoney, sets up a trust fund to search for him the next time the Kernel returns . . .By 2570 Earth is transformed. A mere billion people are supported by advanced technology on a world that is almost indistinguishable from the natural, with recovered forests, oceans, ice caps. It is not an age for expansion; there are only small science bases beyond the Earth. But this is a world you would want to live in: a Star Trek without the stars.After 500 years the Kernel returns, and a descendant of Stoney, who Malenfant will call Emma II, mounts a mission to see what became of Malenfant. She finds him still alive, cryo-preserved . . . His culture-shock encounter with a conservative future is entertaining . . . But the Kernel itself turns out to be attached to a kind of wormhole, through which Malenfant and Emma II, exploring further, plummet back in time, across five billion years . . .
World Engines: Destroyer
by Stephen BaxterHundreds of years in the future, on a stagnating and almost empty Earth, a space shuttle pilot from the early days of the 21st century is awoken from the cryogenic sleep he entered after a devastating accident. As he comes to terms with this new world, he begins to realise that their history does not match what he remembers - and that only he may be able to stop the coming catastrophe destined to destroy the planet. Until he meets a young woman who seems to have a drive of her own, and a plan...