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Trading in Danger (Vatta's War #1)
By Elizabeth Moon. 2003
Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father's only child to buck tradition…
by choosing a military career instead of joining the family business. For Ky, it's no contest: Even running the prestigious Vatta Transport Ltd. shipping concern can't hold a candle to shipping out as an officer aboard an interstellar cruiser. It's adventure, not commerce, that stirs her soul. And despite her family's misgivings, there can be no doubt that a Vatta in the service will prove a valuable asset. But with a single error in judgment, it all comes crumbling down.Expelled from the Academy in disgrace-and returning home to her humiliated family, a storm of high-profile media coverage, and the gaping void of her own future-Ky is ready to face the inevitable onslaught of anger, disappointment, even pity. But soon after opportunity's door slams shut, Ky finds herself with a ticket to ride- and a shot at redemption-as captain of a Vatta Transport ship.It's a simple assignment: escorting one of the Vatta fleet's oldest ships on its final voyage . . . to the scrapyard. But keeping it simple has never been Ky's style. And even though her father has provided a crew of seasoned veterans to baby-sit the fledgling captain on her maiden milk run, they can't stop Ky from turning the routine mission into a risky venture-in the name of turning a profit for Vatta Transport, of course.By snapping up a lucrative delivery contract defaulted on by a rival company, and using part of the proceeds to upgrade her condemned vehicle, Ky aims to prove she's got more going for her than just her family's famous name. But business will soon have to take a backseat to bravery, when Ky's change of plans sails her and the crew straight into the middle of a colonial war. For all her commercial savvy, it's her military training and born-soldier's instincts that Ky will need to call on in the face of deadly combat, dangerous mercenaries, and violent mutiny. . . .From the Hardcover edition.The Hollow Man
By Dan Simmons. 1978
Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds. He knows the…
secret thoughts, fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. For years, his wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy and the burden of this terrible knowledge. But Gail is dying, her mindebbing slowly away, leaving him vulnerable to the chaotic flood of thought that threatens to sweep away his sanity. Now Jeremy is on the run--from his mind, from his past, from himself--hoping to find peace in isolation. Instead he witnesses an act of brutality that propels him on a treacherous trek across adark and dangerous America. From a fantasy theme park to the lair of a killer to a sterile hospital room in St. Louis, he follows a voice that is calling him to witness the stunning mystery at the heart of mortality.From the Paperback edition.Black Star Rising
By Frederik Pohl. 1985
Chindi (Academy Series, Book #3)
By Jack Mcdevitt. 2002
Jack McDevitt's Academy series features Priscilla Hutchins, a starship captain, and Gregory Macallister, a cynical journalist, who are both involved…
with a space development agency whose funds are being cut as Earth's government struggles with the effects of long neglected environmental problems. The Academy's starships find that planets within reach are almost devoid of intelligent life. However, scientists discover a series of extinct civilizations in a pattern that suggests that a menace from the heart of the galaxy periodically sweeps through Earth's star region with deadly effects. The series consists, thus far, of six novels, several of which have been Nebula finalists. They are, in order, as follows: The Engines of God, Deepsix, Chindi, Omega, Odyssey, and Cauldron. From the book jacket: The universe has been explored, and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the first greeting of an undiscovered life form? Academy starship captain Priscilla' Hutchins and the once-maligned Contact Society are about to learn the answers to more questions than they could possibly conceive of asking.Nylon Angel: Parrish Plessis Book One
By Marianne De Pierres. 2004
In a world where the rich live behind the safety of a giant fortress wall and everyone else can go…
to hell, Parrish Plessis has learnt some useful survival tactics. Like don't cross Jamon Hondo - unless you want to be dead by the morning. But heck, what's a girl supposed to do when the one chance she may have of escaping from his grubby, stinking paws presents itself? Anyway, it's hard to be a saint in a city, and Parrish Plessis is sick of doing what she's told. Tonight, she's going to take her chance. Because she can't face tomorrow.NYLON ANGEL is the first Parrish Plessis novel. She will be back. When you've met her, you'll understand why.Deadly Dram: A Whisky Business Mystery (Whisky Business #3)
By Melinda Mullet. 2018
Distillery owner Abigail Logan discovers that high spirits are no match for a cold-blooded killer as the Whisky Business Mystery…
series puts a fatal twist on stiff competition. It’s been a year since globe-trotting photojournalist Abi Logan inherited Abbey Glen, a whisky distillery in the heart of the Scottish countryside. To her surprise, the village of Balfour already feels like home, and her new business partner, Grant MacEwan, continues to be too charming to resist. But Abi has a history of relationship disasters, so she struggles to avoid an ill-fated romance with Grant. Steering clear is hard enough on a day-to-day basis, but when the two head off to a whisky industry competition together, Abi panics. Five-star resort, four glorious days of nonstop whisky tasting, and a fatally attractive Scotsman—what could possibly go wrong? The night before the award presentations, with foreign and domestic whisky makers at one anothers’ throats, two judges are found dead under mysterious circumstances. What started with three dream-come-true nominations for Abby Glen’s whisky soon turns into a nightmare for Abi. With a killer on the loose, she must call on her investigative skills to stop another murder—before she gets taken out of the running herself. Melinda Mullet’s delightful Whisky Business mysteries can be read together or separately. Enjoy responsibly: SINGLE MALT MURDER | DEATH DISTILLED | DEADLY DRAMOccupy Me
By Tricia Sullivan. 2016
Tricia Sullivan returns to the genre with a page-turning surreal high-concept science fiction that will define the conversation within…
the genre for years to come Pearl is an angel She works for the Resistance - an organization dedicated to improving the world by tiny incremental acts of kindness But Pearl also has wings They blossom at moments of stress And she is strong an extraordinary terrifying strength capable of breaking the fabric of reality The Resistance can t account for that nor for Pearl s mysterious origins All anyone knows is that she appeared in a New York junkyard in the early 21st century Truth is Pearl doesn t really know what she is let alone who she is Now she is on a pell-mell chase across the world In pursuit of a killer wearing another man s body The killer carries a briefcase that is a ragged hole in the Universe A global conspiracy revolves around it The nature of reality is determined by it Pearl s got to get the briefcase back - no matter how shocking its contents may turn out to beCode Noir: Parrish Plessis Book Two
By Marianne De Pierres. 2004
Jamon Mondo may be dead, but don't think that makes Parrish Plessis' life any less complicated. Sure, she's got a…
shape-changing psycho off her back, but at what cost? The media have a price on her head so high that every scumbag from the Tert to Viva City Central is out to get a piece of her. The neighbouring ganglords are getting antsy for a share of the territory she just liberated. And Cabal Coomera reckon Parrish owes them a blood debt - one that can only be repaid by assassinating Loyl Daac, the only guy to ever majorly interest her. One thing's for sure ... Parrish is gonna need some bigger guns ...Crash Deluxe: Parrish Plessis Book Three
By Marianne De Pierres. 2005
Parrish Plessis, sometime coup leader, paid assassin and ex-bodyguard, is finding life tough. Betrayed by the enigmatic Loyl Daac, and…
still under blood debt to the deadly Cabal Coomera, Parrish is trying to hold together the little empire she's inherited in the Tert, live up to the expectations of the many strays and waifs she's accumulated, and attempt to flush the high-tech parasite from her system before she becomes something so much less than human.Not an ideal lifestyle, Parrish would be the first to admit, but she can make everything alright again if she can manage just one little task. Bring down the media. Just another day for Parrish Plessis ...Pursuit (Star Wars: Boba Fett #6)
By Elizabeth Hand. 2004
Boba Fett is in danger. He's been captured by his enemies, his life nearly forfeit. His job for Jabba the…
Hutt is far from done. Things are looking grim... But Boba Fett didn't become the most famous bounty hunter in the galaxy through defeat. Now he must turn the tables and come out on top -- to ensure his infamous future.Semper Human
By Ian Douglas. 2009
The final conflict Chaos has erupted throughout the known galaxy, threatening countless colonies and orbital habitats--as the Associative struggles vainly…
to keep the peace. Extreme measures are called for in these times of dire crisis, and the Star Marines are awakened from their voluntary 850-year cybe-hibe sleep. But General Trevor Garroway and his warriors are about to discover that the old rules of engagement have drastically changed . . . The end begins with an old-style assault on rebels at the Tarantula Stargate. But true terror looms at the edges of known reality. Humankind's eternal enemy--the brutal, unstoppable Xul--approaches, wielding a weapon monstrous beyond imagining. Suddenly not only is the future in jeopardy, but the past is as well--and if the Marines fail to eliminate their relentless xenophobic foe once and for all, the Great Annihilator will obliterate every last trace of human existence.Acts Of Violets: A Flower Shop Mystery
By Kate Collins. 2007
During the annual Pickle Fest, Abby's boyfriend Marco inexplicably disappears for a day. When he returns, he's the main suspect…
in the death of a clown. It seems the cops have found Snuggles pushing up water-spurting daisies-and Marco was the last person seen leaving Snuggles's house. Although Marco is still a mystery to her, Abby knows he's innocent. Now she has to find a way to prove it.The Reel Stuff
By Brian M. Thomsen, Martin H. Greenberg. 1998
The stories that launched money-making blockbusters? ?almost any of the stories is worth the price of the whole volume.? The…
Reel Stuff collects thirteen memorable?and in some cases award-winning?tales from legendary names in science fiction, fantasy, and horror that inspired some of Hollywood?s greatest successes on the silver screen, or found rabid followings as cult classics. Features the stories that inspired: Minority Report ? Total Recall ? The Thing ? Johnny Mnemonic ? Re-animator ? Candyman ? Millennium ? Enemy Mine ? Mimic ? Screamers ? Nightflyers ? Amanda and the Alien ? The Outer Limits: SandkingsSummerland
By Hannu Rajaniemi. 2018
From Hannu Rajaniemi one of the most exciting science fiction writers in the last decade comes an awe-inspiring…
account of the afterlife and what happens when it spills over into the world of the livingLoss is a thing of the past Murder is obsolete Death is just the beginning In 1938 death is no longer feared but exploited Since the discovery of the afterlife the British Empire has extended its reach into Summerland a metropolis for the recently deceased Yet Britain isn t the only contender for power in this life and the next The Soviets have spies in Summerland and the technology to build their own god When SIS agent Rachel White gets a lead on one of the Soviet moles blowing the whistle puts her hard-earned career at risk The spy has friends in high places and she will have to go rogue to bring him in But how do you catch a man who s already dead Other Tor books by Hannu Rajaniemi Jean le Flambeur series1 The Quantum Thief2 The Fractal Prince3 The Casual AngelAt the Publisher s request this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software DRM appliedThe 1987 Annual World's Best SF
By Donald A. Wollheim. 1987
This is an anthology of science fiction stories written in 1987, selected by the noted editor Donald Wollheim and includes:…
Permafrost by Roger Zelazny, Timerider by Doris Egan, Pretty Boy Crossover by Pat Cadigan, R&R by Lucius Shepard, Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming by Suzette Haden Elgin, Dream in a Bottle by Jerry Meredith and D. E. Smirl, Into Gold by Tanith Lee, The Lions Are Asleep This Night by Howard Waldrop, Against Babylon by Robert Silverberg, and Strangers on Paradise by Damon KnightThe Dead Don't Get Out Much: A Camilla MacPhee Mystery
By Mary Jane Maffini. 2005
Remembrance Day is a proud day for Camilla MacPhee’s good friend, Mrs. Violet Parnell, one of five thousand Canadian women…
to go overseas during World War II. But the next day she has vanished. Camilla, with only a few letters and documents to guide her, follows her friend to Tuscany, chasing though historic towns, across high promontories and along steep mountain roads. Vanishing old partisans and Allied aircraft crash sites keep Camilla hopping as she tries to find Mrs. P. before someone with a deadly serious reason to keep the past hidden finds her first. The fifth Camilla MacPhee takes the irascible Ottawa lawyer’s adventures to an exotic new locale, with the usual murderous results.Scheduled to Death (A Maggie McDonald Mystery #2)
By Mary Feliz. 2017
Professional organizer Maggie McDonald has a knack for cleaning up other people’s messes. So when the fiancée of her latest…
client turns up dead, it’s up to her to sort through the untidy list of suspects and identify the real killer.Maggie McDonald is hoping to raise the profile of her new Orchard View organizing business via her first high-profile client. Professor Lincoln Sinclair may be up for a Nobel Prize, but he’s hopeless when it comes to organizing anything other than his thoughts. For an academic, he’s also amassed more than his share of enemies. When Sinclair’s fiancée is found dead on the floor of his home laboratory—electrocuted in a puddle of water—Maggie takes on the added task of finding the woman’s murderer. To do so, she’ll have to outmaneuver the suspicious, obnoxious police investigator she’s nicknamed “Detective Awful” before a shadowy figure can check off the first item on their personal to-do list—Kill Maggie McDonald.“Fans of Feliz’s first book as well as newcomers to the series won’t be disappointed…Moves forward quickly with freshness, a few surprises and a couple of real scares.” —Kirkus Reviews on Scheduled to DeathThe Eternity War: Pariah (The eternity War Ser. #1)
By Jamie Sawyer. 2017
The first novel in a brand-new series from rising SF star Jamie Sawyer, The Eternity War: Pariah is an action-packed…
adventure set in the same universe as his acclaimed Lazarus War novels. The soldiers of the Simulant Operations Programme are mankind's elite warriors. Veterans of a thousand battles across a hundred worlds, they undertake suicidal missions to protect humanity from the insidious Krell Empire and the mysterious machine race known as the Shard. Lieutenant Keira Jenkins is an experienced simulant operative and leader of the Jackals, a team of raw recruits keen to taste battle. They soon get their chance when the Black Spiral terrorist network seizes control of a space station.Yet no amount of training could have prepared the Jackals for the deadly conspiracy they soon find themselves drawn into - a conspiracy that is set to spark a furious new war across the galaxy.The Best of Jack Williamson
By Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson. 1978
Jack Williamson was an important early science fiction author, publishing his first story in 1928. He went on to become…
a college professor who taught about the field from an academic point of view. He continued to publish stories his whole life and was recognized with a lifetime achievement award by the Science Fiction Writers of America. This collection of 14 stories is a sampling of his work.The 14 stories are:1. The Metal Man2. Dead Star Station3. Nonstop to Mars4. The Crucible of Power5. Breakdown6. With Folded Hands7. The Equalizer8. The Peddler's Nose9. The Happiest Creature10. The Cold Green Eye11. Operation Gravity12. Guinevere for Everybody13. Jamboree14. The Highest DiveBound Among the Stars
By Jennifer Leeland. 2010
Familiar fairy tales take off for the stars! You'll be caught up in these retold tales and swept away to…
alien worlds where beauty is still only skin deep and the right name can set you free. Curses and exotic aliens, passion, love, and lust, these tales have it all.Bound Among the Stars by Jennifer Leeland and MimaIn the future, a man's name is still the key to freedom and a beast can still be set free by love.Some things never change. Fairy tales reach forward into the stars with this duo of heroes trapped in desperate circumstances. Incredible sex isn't a magical answer, and there aren't any magic wands. It's up to a brave princess and a sweet baker to discover happy endings must be earned.Commanded to Mate by Jennifer LeelandThe proud lovely colonist is bound to marry an alien beast.Terrified Sierra Pasquel agrees to an arranged marriage to the monstrous Dormrelian ambassador. To save her family and her colony, she'll do whatever it takes, including a four-eyed, four-armed beast of an alien.Terek Majii is the holder of a centuries-old secret cursing his race. His people are on the edge of extinction and Sierra holds the key. As he teaches her about passion through touch, not sight, he prays he'll be able to win her trust. Not because two colonies depend on them, but because his love for her is everything.Bitter Gold by MimaAn innocent woman is bound to an alien slave.Stillskin lives for the day he can rid himself of the slave clamp around his heart and leave this den of powerful addicts. Then his foul masters drag Liese to the enclave. The kind baker is the one spot of pleasure in his life, and he will risk much to help her. He is the most exotic thing she's ever seen, dark and stoic. If only there was a way she could help free him. When she is kidnapped and taken to the enclave, she believes it means her death. But Stillskin convinces her to fight back. Now two friends are trapped in a dire race for freedom.