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After taking down the Yennai Corporation, Barnabas has earned a little break. On the way back to High Tortuga, however, he stops to answer a distress call. How long could it take, after all? Barnabas is about to find out. In what should have been an open-and-shut murder case, questions begin to pile up fast: who, exactly, was this Jotun Naval captain? Why was there a black ops ship lurking nearby, ready to shoot down anyone who tried to approach?

The Confederacy is threatened by an uprising of the Hudathans, an unfeeling cyborg race that has built up its forces through stolen technology, and their only opponents are the members of the Legion.

The second book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far future world where the fate of nations is determined by battle-hardened warriors who are trained to compete in brutal single combat. In a world where single combat determines the fate of nations, the Grievar fight in the...

When Dray Quintero learns his nineteen-year-old daughter Raven committed a heinous act, he covers it up to save her life. This pits him against the police he's respected since he was a child and places him in the crosshairs of Kieran, a ruthless federal Agent. To survive, Dray must overcome the surveillance system he helped build and the technology implanted in people's heads, for everyone has a microcomputer in their brain and computer-screen lenses in their eyes.

In den gefährlichen Weiten des gesetzlosen Raumsektors verbirgt ein Geisterschiff ein finsteres Geheimnis. Seine Decks, die einst voller Leben waren, sind nun unheimlich still. Die einzigen Überlebenden gehören zu einer angeblich ausgestorbenen Alien-Rasse, den Zephyrs.

Trapped in history's vast expanse and burdened with immortality, King's journey transcends the ordinary, plunging him into epochs where legends and reality intertwine. From the ancient sands of Babylon to the birth of the American Revolution and through the Roman Empire at its zenith, King's exploits are a thrilling blend of historical intrigue and futuristic heroism. Whether he's rescuing a doomed Babylonian prince, navigating the treacherous waters of the Caribbean as an immortal pirate, or battling a plague-ridden Roman centurion, King's actions ripple through time.

The infected continue to rage across the continents as the Familia's hit squads close in on Chris and crew. Between the baldies, the Nera Guardia, and the powerful undead factions that want him dead Chris doesn't see how his situation could get any worse. Now he has to keep his head above water while supporting his friends in a fast paced ride down the River Styx. Wait a second? Did you say werewolf zombies???

Struggling for supplies and battling the elements, the true nature of people shows through as they face adversity like they have never known before. Nevin, as charmed and untouchable as his toxic existence has been, finds a niche in his new home; still not enough for him, though, as he plans to become more comfortable at the expense of others. But is tangling with Johnson a confrontation he can come back from?

Where did mankind really come from? Why are we here? We can't understand the past until we embrace the future. These critical mysteries take center stage as Earth emerges into a Galactic Society that is far more perilous than anyone could have imagined. Our history is far more complicated than we could have known. Can a few brilliant minds find a way out for Earth?

Gryffin was the sole survivor of The Foundation's experimental project to transform human children into hybrid cyborgs - half human, half machine. The program failed and he was sent on a one way trip into The Outer Sector where he was left for dead. He has survived for 20 years by suppressing his human emotions and embracing his machine side.

He had protected Roni when she was a child, filled all her teenage fantasies, and when she became a woman, he stole her heart. Only to break it. Now, fifteen months later, the news is out. Taber, the man she loves, is one of the genetically altered Feline Breeds, who have shocked the world with...

What happens when a man and a computer is put on Saturn's Titan for a year to mine methane? The relationship doesn't always work out the way everyone plans. The relationship should be based on trust, but what if one member of the team isn't doing what the other expects?

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. The text of the novel is the narration of Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked man rescued by a passing boat who is left on the island home of Doctor Moreau, a mad scientist who creates human-like hybrid beings from animals via vivisection. The novel deals with a number of philosophical themes, including pain and cruelty, moral responsibility, human identity, and human interference with nature. Wells described it as "an exercise in youthful blasphemy.

It's 2182. Stuck on a dull space station, 17-year-old Loni Solace's heart is failing her, and not just metaphorically. In search of one last thrill, she jumps aboard a freighter to see the galaxy for the first and last time. She expects adventure, but what she gets is a nightmare as crewmates start to disappear, and crazed robots start attacking. Enter Hardy: a combat ChronoBot with a messed-up memory, now Loni's unexpected ally in a system aimed against her. Loni, Hardy, and a few badass crewmates are thrown into high-octane battles and face-offs.

In a future where birth is rare and obedience is engineered, one girl becomes the wild card in a game no one fully controls. The year is 2084. Civilization hasn’t collapsed—but it’s quietly dying. Fertility rates have plummeted. Automation has replaced most human labor. Governments cling to order by any means necessary. When Jane Aldridge, the daughter of a powerful Air Force general, is offered a place in a secret neuroscience program, she doesn’t realize the procedure will do more than alter her memory. It changes her.

In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend - a hungover Toni Munroe - steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating. In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren embrace new ways of making babies.

They say that behind every great man is a great woman, but what if that woman is a werewolf? Terry and Char cross the Wastelands returning to New Boulder carrying a message of hope. They'd found a better place. Could they move the whole town there, and would it be safer? They have a lead on Terry's white whale, a secure military facility. What will they find and can they break in? The Forsaken, the vampires of the new world, aren't afraid of a werewolf or her mate. But Terry and Char aren't afraid of the Forsaken either.

Annie Bot meets Fallout in this dystopian satire: six women created in a lab, designed to serve the billionaires of the future in a luxury fallout shelter, rebel against their programming after the end times arrive. Welcome to the Felicity Complex! Constructed during the height of the Cold War...

Martin Drummond will stop at nothing to find Maeve Leander and her family. But the threat Martin offers pales in comparison to the world ending cataclysm that is now on the horizon....

A weekend getaway turns into a high seas nightmare! Ben Clow and his girlfriend have been invited to spend a weekend on his friend’s yacht. But nothing is as it seems as Ben quickly finds himself thrust back into a life he tried to leave and soon fighting for his life as a friendly poker game is hijacked by a notorious crime boss. But, unfortunately for Ben, the psychopathic crime boss and his henchmen are the least of his problems. If Ben is going to survive the weekend, he’ll need to escape the bloodthirsty, eight-legged, genetically-created monster that has decided to crash the party!