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A small team of specialists come together at the request of Dr. Bill Thornton to create an android that would replace juries. He will have the ability to determine guilt or innocence by connecting to the defendant. Then he can pass judgment immediately. What...

"This Great Hemisphere is an inventive and immersive epic that follows its brave invisible protagonist as she navigates a futuristic new world that often mirrors our own. A thrilling page-turner." --Brit Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half From the...

Rangoul is a supernatural thriller set in 1950's rural Georgia. The KKK has infiltrated local law enforcement and has committed a string of murders covered up as random accidents. Jamal, an African American grocery store clerk puts a target on his back when he...

The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells - Akasha Classics, AkashaPublishing.Com - When an army of intelligent aliens from Mars touches down in Victorian England and threatens to destroy the civilized world, humanity's knowledge proves to be of little use. First published...

Author: Thomas M. DischISBN-10: 0375705449ISBN-13: 9780375705441Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/1999Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.24w x 0.63d

MarsX is a novel about how the first manned expedition to the surface of Mars could happen. At the time of writing there have been photograph machines such as orbiting satellites and surface-placed rovers and landers used to explore the "red" planet. Some day,...

The characters in the twenty short stories in this next Read on the Run anthology are all having trouble with time travel. Some have trouble with the equipment, some have trouble with what they find, others have to deal with unexpected consequences.Some travelers intentionally...

For Hollywood stunt girl Juniper Warren, the dangers of running a motor bike off a sheer cliff are nothing compared to the sheer terror of being forced out of a vintage airplane without a parachute. Juniper has to use the witching powers bequeathed by...

Recovered from her injuries, Moira continues her search for the truth. Her reality, however, is definitely altered as things continue spiralling out of control with unexplained visions.Looking for answers, she meets Bay at his office under the pretext of discussing the fraud investigation case...

Corporatia has quietly begun to plot against the independent world of Vanadis and enslave or kill its people. It believes the founder and protector of Vanadis, a retired assassin named Ovin Shannen, who hired out under the name of Candle, may be dead. If...

"Would you deny this a dream if I told you?" When the lines between dreams and reality merge, what is real? And what would you wish wasn't real? Told through the first person perspective of an unpredictable and suspicious narrator, Chris Brennan. The journey...

Donovan Ashwood wishes he was just a normal teenager. He already has the usual problems of an overbearing father, a bully at school, and, of course, school itself. On top of that, Donovan carries the guilt of his mother dying while giving birth to...

All hybrids must die... Ara is an innocent hybrid, she has never hurt anyone. She thought she lived in a world free from prejudice, but everything changes after a violent coup executed by two pure Oderians. They believe that all hybrids must die. Ara...

A man is found murdered and brutally impaled near the Seattle waterfront, and during the investigation, private detectives Dave Crowell and Alan Brindos come face to face with an alien drug known as RuBy. It's a dangerous prototype that's bound to cause problems for...

Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. This novel tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander who brings to King Arthur's Age of Chivalry the "great and beneficent" miracles of nineteenth-century engineering and American ingenuity. Through the...

The war against The Blight is over, and the subterranean realms of Nulapeiron have a chance for peace. But Tom Corcorigan, revolutionary and war hero, newly married and longing for the quiet life, knows that a greater force threatens his world: the planet-consuming Anomaly,...

Centuries of self-imposed isolation have transformed Nulapeiron into a world unlike any other - a world of vast subterranean cities maintained by extraordinary organic technologies. For the majority of its peoples, however such wonders have little meaning. Denied their democratic rights and restricted to...

A virtual-reality novel from a time before virtual reality, Simulacron-3 is a prophetic tale of a future where nothing is as it appears to be. Douglas Hall is part of a team that builds an artificial environment to simulate reality. This enables them to...

December, 1975, Apollo 23 lifts off and Wendy Pendleton fulfills her dream of becoming the first woman on the moon. She and her crewmate Ray McPherson explore the lunar south-pole and its rich deposits of ice. But an act of sabotage may mean that...

President Richard Nixon's space race continues as NASA launches more Apollo missions to the moon while preparing for even greater projects, including a space station, a lunar base, and eventually an expedition to Mars. While Wendy Pendleton trains for her upcoming Apollo 23 mission,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

THE PRINCE: Spoiled, reckless, heedless of any wants or needs but his own, sentenced to a terrible fate for his sins against man, woman, and God THE STALLION: Equally spoiled, equally reckless, bound until death to a bitter servitude THE TURK'S HEIR: Fiercest of...

A collection of twelve strange and disturbing tales. Science fiction, Fantasy, and Horror all rolled into one book. It's a fantastic and cinematic journey into the unknown. Brace yourself for the reptilian race of beings called the Dragonians, or a trip through the Valley...

A drifter who was living in New York City was about to leave on a bus to Miami, until a beautiful woman stopped him. He realized that staying in NYC was a mistake when he found out that she was a vampire. Later, the...

This author does not accept, at face value, controversial subjects, but searches out facts and personal experiences to form opinions. Do I believe there is intelligent life on other planets? I have no reason not to believe there is, but I have not experienced...

When Dr Jenna Judson applies for a post at Metropolis Cybernetics, she believes that she will be developing Artificial Intelligence for the next generation of robots. But she soon discovers to her horror that she has actually been recruited to work on the next...

By the end of his first combat tour on Narpal, Rivan was a decorated imperial tank commander. But he and his artificial intelligence companion returned to an empire facing a new threat. Support for a mysterious faction known as the fourth legion has spread...

First published in 1909, this classic science fiction novel tells the story of a man who travels to the moon and falls in love with a lunar princess. With its imaginative plot and romantic themes, Time and Tide remains a beloved work of early...

About the BookThe year is 2080 and man is to re-live yet another war. He continues to explore the outer limits to find answers to his many questions. Unfortunately, as he finds answers, they merely result in more questions. However, he cannot find the...

For twenty years, Terry Bisson published a regular "This Month in History" column in the science fiction magazine Locus. Tomorrowing collects these two decades of memorable events---four per month---each set in a totally different imaginary yet possible, inevitable yet avoidable future. From the first...

After an experiment goes horribly wrong, Sally's body is discovered in her studio. The Memory Chaser, a device she invented to recover lost memories, seems to be the culprit. At her funeral pyre, bizarre lights accompany an earthquake, and the attendees experience unusual and...

About the BookLegends & Jinns: The Blessed Journey is an extraordinary story that balances the classic confrontation of good and evil throughout every page! It has been over a thousand years since the death of the universe, and with a new species developing in...

"Anger overtook the fear. Power overtook the anger."Decades ago, a rebellion failed Pangaea. Thousands died, yet nothing changed. Grey-Stars continue their subjugation of the lower castes, children with superhuman powers are carted off to secret facilities, and the public remains in the dark about...

The history of coding is long and complex, but some key milestones include: The invention of the first mechanical computers in the 19th century, which were used to perform complex calculations. The development of the first programming languages in the 1950s, such as FORTRAN...

Contained within this anthology are dark stories and works of art that explore the shadow side of reality. They are disturbed works that journey hopelessly through the downtrodden fringes of society, across the deepest reaches of space, and into the darkest, most troubled corners...

The setting is the contemporary world. The time is ours, where a justice driven, modern day nomad searching for purpose has arrived and is on the verge of being assassinated by life forms from the unseen world. Thomas Shelton searches for and finds his...

Nick Doherty has a secret ability-so secret, in fact, he doesn't even know it exists. Outwardly, he has it all: a prestigious career, a bevy of eager women, and he is intriguingly well-liked. What no one can imagine is his possession of two overactive...

"You are hereby banished from the North American continent. Should you reenter it, you will be executed upon recognition. Within this facility, you have the right to life and to defend that life, unto your death." These are the last words spoken to the...

Two superpowers are in a race to recover and exploit alien technology. To compete with the rumored Russian retrieval of an alien spacecraft found deep in Siberia's Lake Baikal, the U.S. government orders two Navy saturation divers to risk everything to help salvage a...

Ever wish things were different? Ivy Velasquez did, so she became someone else. In the 3D virtual world Marionette City, you can be anything you want - but everyone still knows who you are. Driven by her desire for a new life, Ivy takes...

Medley, as the title suggests, is a collection of entertaining short fiction. The stories were written over a period of some fourteen years, and range in genre from romance to the supernatural and science fiction. It is a kaleidoscopic miscellany, with no attempt made...

Earth is in dark times. The human race has been largely drugged into a near coma in a corporate program begun in the 1960's. Robots have appeared, many virtually indistinguishable from humans, now becoming superior to humans by default. The Robot planet Flaatu, led...

"It's about water, he said, some planets need more water." A beam of light comes out of the sky and we're off on a spiritual journey through the universe to help a planet in trouble. An inspirational and enlightening story of everlasting friendship. Join...

She's a lawyer with high ideals and high-profile victories to her credit, the only African-American female in a prestigious southern firm who's won the respect and admiration of her colleagues. Young, smart, and attractive, with a bright future, a home of her own, loyal...

Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK's brightest new literary talents.Vic returned from war tormented by his nightmares. His once happy marriage to Beth all but disintegrated. A machine promised...

Arqtiq: A Study Of The Marvels At The North Pole This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The...

They retire their operatives early at the Space Intelligence Agency. Sometimes they just eliminate them. There is a prose poem which says: You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and stars. You have a right to be here. Unfortunately,...