Jon Vega and his friends have returned from the far reaches of the stars, only to find that a shadow empire has taken over known space. Thermonte Electrik, now the Pagonic Emperor, awaits for the return of his only friend, Soshiana to help him take control of what should be rightly his. On the world of Sulia a cry for help is heard. Jon and his friends head to Sulia to help rescue them from the shadow's grip, and together with the Missionary, Jon...

KNOWLEDGE IS THE KEY is the fifth book in THE LEAF'S KEY SERIES. This spine-tingling page-turning book carries readers off to Skinwalker ranch to face the Lockers and other demons, and to the scariest Island in the world, La Isla de las Munecas. Leaf and Lilly save their friend Apple when she meets a creep on the internet. Leaf bravely saves her friends from a fire, but suffers a personal loss. Leaf comforts a friend, who is shockingly pregnant. Leaf...

When the eye of the cosmic storm passes over Earth, the Impals-visible spirits who can't cross over-disappear. But, an ethereal void opens, releasing the lost souls of murderers, rapists, and genocidal maniacs. As darkness and chaos overtake the Earth, people everywhere face horrific fates.   No one is safe who falls into the shadows.   General Ott Garrison is immune to harm, which he feels is a sign from God- He is meant to lead. His son, Cecil,...

In a world beyond imagination, they would stand by each other no matter what ... After a devastating time-storm called the Flashback eliminates most the population and recolonizes the world with prehistoric flora and fauna, three boys bearing a powerful talisman set out on an impossible quest. An all-new post-apocalyptic adventure for mature young adults set in the same world as Flashback, A Survivor's Guide to the Dinosaur Apocalypse, Ank and Williams,...

Wonder. Dreams. Grief. Hope.The human condition is filled with these. So is our future.The five stories in this collection walk the spaces in between all of these. They ask what our future can be, and where our dreams can take us.So here they are: revolutionary nanobots, wise capybara, space ships, and humans that are simply… more.The future is up to us. Climb aboard and buckle in.---Stories include:WreckersCapybara RaptureDark ClimbingWe Will Haunt...

Ten stories of mystery and imagination in a world that cannot be-including the never-before-published "I Had No Head and My Eyes Were Floating Way Up in the Air," originally written for Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions ™ People work. Folk play. That is the way it has been in this country as long as Sam can remember. He is happy, and he understands that this is the way it should be. People are bigger than folk. They are stronger. They...

Few classic works of literature have excited such enduring popular interest among the general public as Frankenstein. But suppose the characters-Victor Frankenstein, Captain Robert Walton, and, yes, even the monster-had shared their tale in tweets? #Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus in Tweets hilariously reimagines Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel in about 200 tweets, each 140 characters or less. @FrankenDrVictor: A rainy Nov night under...

Former agent Frank Compton races across the galaxy to prevent an evil group mind from acquiring powerful alien artifacts in the action-packed second installment of the Quadrail series from Hugo Award–winning author Timothy Zahn Frank Compton saved the universe once-and for that he must die. Having temporarily stalled the Modhri, a sinister alien group intelligence, in its evil schemes for universal domination, the former Western Alliance Intelligence...

Come, Best Beloved, and sit you by my feet. I shall tell you a tale such as sister Scheherazade could have scarce imagined... In the Nejd there is nothing at all...except secrets. A band of thieves wishes such secrets to remain hidden. In England, far from his desert home, Ali bin-Massoud serves as apprentice to the famed Charles Babbage. One night, a mysterious box is delivered by a clockwork falcon, and Ali's world is never the same again. Heartache,...

NEW NORA IS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE--AND SO IS LEGACY'S FAMILY. Legacy Hawking never thought she'd end up here. Solving the mystery of her mother's murder has done nothing but widen the cracks in her world. With Alex and the Firebrands reinstating the Rating System, NORA's leaders fighting for their lives in the hospital, and most citizens grieving lost loved ones, Legacy has a monumental task in front of her. Somehow she must keep her father alive,...