Fiction - Science Fiction - General

In "Countdown to Armageddon," we met Scott Harter. There was absolutely nothing special about Scott. He was just an ordinary guy living in the suburbs with a typical family and a dog named Duke. If anything set Scott apart from everybody else, it was...

On his 23rd birthday, a young man from a wealthy family discovers that he is from an alien bloodline and is their messiah, the key to their sinister plan to destroy the Earth and fulfill their covenant. Hez Harrington's family has kept a wicked...

What happens when a pair of accomplished authors already working on their separate Tom Swift adventures get together to create an all new TOM SWIFT adventure? A great story from two imaginations. Tom Swift discovers that something is causing collisions to happen far out...

In this second adventure of the new series, young inventor Tom Swift is approached by the airline industry. They have a big problem... well, two problems. First, as people build closer and closer to airports, noise complaints continue to grow. And, rather than tell...

Jordan and Alissa made it out of Portland, away from ground zero where The Fever still rages on. But they couldn't beat the quarantine. Now barriers are being built and the remaining survivors of the outbreak are trapped. And the undead just keep coming....

The Night Land qualifies as science fiction for its time because when the book first appeared in 1912, we didn't know the energy source for stars. Does that make it fantasy? Does that make it horror? It's certainly a dystopian novel of a dying...

Margaret Cavendish was an English aristocrat and writer in the 17th century. Cavendish also became the Duchess of Newcastle after she married William Cavendish. Cavendish's satirical book The Blazing World is one of the earliest works of science fiction.Author: Margaret CavendishISBN-10: 1494340453ISBN-13: 9781494340452Publisher: Createspace...

Selected shorter writings By Franz Kafka Contents * Before the Law * The Hunter Gracchus * Up in the Gallery * An Imperial Message * Jackals and ArabsAuthor: Franz KafkaISBN-10: 1493770268ISBN-13: 9781493770267Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2013Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w...

In the near future, climate change caused by man made environmental factors threatens to make the Earth a lifeless desert planet. John and Larry, boyhood friends, wealthy entrepreneurs, and amateur radio enthusiasts, find an ancient pagoda they believe is actually an antenna that can...

The Large Hadron Collider sits deep below ground in Switzerland and France, accelerating protons to near light-speed and smashing them to learn the secrets of the universe. Shannon Fields, senior press relations officer, plays a key role at the CERN research facility in informing...

Abe Saunders was wounded in one of the last battles of the War between the States. This novel recounts his healing, marriage, and an overland wagon journey in the last great wave of pioneering westward migrations. Here are the constant struggles faced in overcoming...

Author: Thomas H. CrowneISBN-10: 149314541XISBN-13: 9781493145416Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/09/2014Pages: 380Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.85d

What if America had lost the Revolutionary War? Or there had never been one? What if Cardinal Richelieu had sold Canada to the Huguenots in 1627? It all happened once and then history was restored, more or less.Such tampering and ensuing repairs have left...

This is the Large Print Edition of Looking Backward: 2000-1887, the first of the two Julian West science fiction utopia novels. It's presented in easy to read 16 point type.Author: Edward BellamyISBN-10: 1492768774ISBN-13: 9781492768777Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/2013Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 9.25h...

Blood Trouble "Belen?" I blinked up at him. As usual, he was shining brightly, although he'd dampened it so I might look at him. "Lissa, this is certainly the beginning." He gazed around us. At leveled homes and devastated bodies. I understood what he...

Breanne's Journal Eleven days. Eleven days it took, for me to become vampire. The beating had revived old nightmares and I only wished to die. I'd shaken my head and muttered "no" through lips so bloodied and swollen it was difficult to say the...

When magazine journalist, Jonathan Tame arrives on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico; after an alleged, "devastating hurricane" has struck the Island it doesn't take long for the nearly burned-out writer to re-awaken his investigative training. There is lots of money being poured into...

The Directors for a planet in another galaxy of our universe are concerned that Earth is destroying itself. They decide to send someone to educate Earthlings on how to preserve their environment, stop fighting each other and start loving each other. Young, impulsive YZ...

In the fourth novel in USA Today bestselling author Jade Kerrion's Double Helix series, the 'perfect human' Galahad finally challenges his imperfect genetic donor Danyael - and only one will live.An alpha empath, Danyael Sabre has survived abominations and super soldiers, terrorists and assassins,...

It is the year 2022 and our planet's climate is the worst in recorded climatological history. Greenhouse gases have already caused and continue to cause disasters that are destroying our earth. Something needs urgently to be done to stop the destructive downward spiral that...

When the son suffers the loss of both parents, Sam Sunstrom must overcome fear and self-doubt as he and his siblings struggle to prevent a cruel, technological zealot from using a cosmic window which would decimate life on Earth upon activation. Memories of a...

For years, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security issued warnings - the United States was vulnerable to a cyber-attack. It was 2017 when the attack was finally launched, coming from a direction that no one had predicted, with consequences beyond imagination. Wyatt and...

Fear pressed in upon Lisa from every side. Darkness laid a blanket of dread that whispered panic with every heartbeat. Above that whisper was the overwhelming sound of the forest, alive and threatening. And cold. Lisa was freezing from her face to her hands...

Dr. Gary Spindel is struggling. Desperate for change, he signs up with a consulting group promoting the management teachings of prophetess Claire Winfield Kelly. Gary's practice thrives. He is seduced into Claire's mystery cult. Ecstasy by ecstasy, conscious-ness soars. But at what cost? The...

Opening the X-Files ...Meet Mulder and Scully, FBI--the agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line.Their job is to investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro-psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. These...

At the Institute for Dimensional Studies, shifters learn how to transcend space and time in order to fight supernatural threats. Insecure, awkward, and frizzy, fourteen-year-old Faedra Madison Mae has little to offer except for this one ability. As Faedra hones her talent, she becomes...

Gardner F. Fox (1911-1986) enjoyed a long and successful career writing in many genres. He wrote adventure novels, spy novels, romances, historical novels, fantasy and science fiction, comic books (more than 4,000 of them ) -- everything imaginable, in fact, and with a skill...

PROBLEM ONE: An Earthman is suddenly and mysteriously transposed to an alien planet: an utterly empty, completely lifeless outpost of a far-flung galaxy. The Earthman has no idea where he is, how he came to be on the godforsaken world, or how to get...

Welcome to the first Sime Gen Anthology written by the fans. This Anthology is a compilation of stories and poetry written by people who have been influenced by the published works of Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, in such a powerful way that they...

Set in an alternative reality where "All the President's men" do not get caught at Watergate, this "shockingly believable" novel presents the frightening scenario of what could happen if a powerful but paranoid American chief executive goes out of control. "-The dirty tricks have...

The Angels of Life and Death collects eleven science fiction stories from two times winner of the BSFA short story award, including one never before published. From cyberpunk visions of post-human futures to traditional tales of alien encounter and time travel, what connects these...

Her new world began in complete silence and absolute darkness. It wasn't supposed to happen. It wasn't even supposed to be possible. All the science and technology said so, but a freak accident changes everything and Deputy U.S. Marshal Sylvia Wallace finds herself sometime...

In the endless night of space, reality is not what it seems.The world's first viable off-world community, Onekka is a technical marvel - a space station that showcases the best in human achievement, a platform for research and development in the ultimate sterile environment.Jaqui...

After fulfilling every objective of a top secret mission to Jupiter's Ganymede and now only days from home, four NASA astronauts learn from their computer systems analyst in Houston through an unauthorized channel that a bomb may be on a rendezvous course with their...

This story of lust, backstabbing, and love will surely entice you. The back drop of this sordid affair is Virginia Beach, Virginia, and the tale of the Reid Family. A successful lawyer, Dexter is a habitual liar and cheater and is married to Katherine...

This is H. G. Wells' 1906 science fiction novel, "In the Days of the Comet". The strange vapours of a nearby comet begin to alter the air of Earth itself, engendering an incredible, long-lasting transformation in the way people think. An entertaining and thought-provoking...

This early work by Tom Curry was originally published in 1930 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'From an Amber Block' is a short story about an amber block that conceals a ravenous creature. The Cryptofiction Classics...

This early work by S. Carleton was originally published in 1901 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Lame Priest' is a short story about a hermit who makes the acquaintance of a limping priest who turns...

This early work by Robert Louis Stevenson was originally published in 1885 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'Olalla' is a short story about an English soldier recovering from his wounds...

This early work by Richard Dehan was originally published in 1917 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Great Beast of Kafue' is a short story about a the hunt for...

This early work by Henry Francis was originally published in 1908 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Last Haunt of the Dinosaur' is a short story of English adventurers and there encounter with lost prehistoric species....

This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1903 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Valley of the Spiders' is a short story about a group of...

This early work by Epes Winthrop Sargent was originally published in 1909 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'Beyond the Banyans' is a short story about an explorer and the evil that lurks in the mountains of...

Rhyma is great fun for today's more enlightened young adults. As classical SciFi occasionally snuggles with Harlequin, there is a little fun for everyone ... and a bit more boundary pushing than traditionally expected. In a community of mixed species that includes elves, humans,...

Through a series of dreams, the book explores the theory that early inventors worked closely with the ancient temples in exchange for support.Author: Youth The WriterISBN-10: 1469177889ISBN-13: 9781469177885Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/14/2012Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d

The second book of a story about one man's experience in his attempt to survive the unthinkable. This is a tale of deception, adventure, magic and horror, woven in the fabric of courage, innovation and trailer-trash humor. Things are not as they appear and...

The Alliance has sent twelve ambassadors to the Chatcaavan Empire; all twelve returned early, defeated. None of their number have been successful at taking that brutal empire to task for their violations of the treaty. None have survived the vicious court of a race...

Author: Shirley G. EastISBN-10: 1465396934ISBN-13: 9781465396938Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/29/2011Pages: 596Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.44d

While on a gambling trip to the casino on the planet Cassylia, he is challenged by a man named Kerk Pyrrus (who turns out to be the ambassador from the planet Pyrrus) to turn a large amount of money into an immense sum by...

Author: Ophalandus II BrasfieldISBN-10: 1462875742ISBN-13: 9781462875740Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2011Pages: 204Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d