Four years have passed since the modern West Virginia town of Grantville was displaced in time and space to continental Europe in 1632. Now, the long-feared attack on Austria by the Ottoman Empire has begun. Armed with new weapons inspired by the time-displaced Americans of Grantville, the Turks are determined to do what they were unable to do in the universe the Americans came from: capture Vienna.

When the world’s richest man is the victim of a car bomb and literally blown off the Golden Gate Bridge, the attack is attributed to terrorists and the world moves on. But some still wonder. Was Manuel Colibri targeted because he was about to make the dream that people alive today can live to be one thousand come true? Tech journalist Kate Boyle and recovering Iraq war veteran Ben Shepard race through the Bay Area chasing the only clues the reclusive Colibri left behind. They discover a cosmic secret that can change human history—and may cost them their lives.

In Robert Buettner’s The Golden Gate, a biotech billionaire develops a system that lets people live to the ripe old age of 1,000-plus. It sounds like a great deal for any number of reasons, but what really got us excited about the concept was that it would allow us to witness the future! So, let’s say your life expectancy is increased to 1,000 years; what technological advance would you be most excited to witness in your lifetime? Put on your prognosticator’s hat and let us know in a short paragraph (less than 100 words). The winner will receive a copy of The Golden Gate, signed by Robert Buettner.

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Last month we asked you to help us get in the holiday spirit by rewriting There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays with a science fiction twist. We got so many great entries, we should have gone caroling! But one entry stood out. Congrats to Cary Ballew-Renfro. Cary wins a signed copy of Monster Hunter Memoirs: Sinners.

Read Cary’s winning entry here. We’re not sure what Chad Gardenier of MHI would think of it (he doesn’t seem the caroling type) but we’re confident Miles Vorkosigan would approve.

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