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Fenrir
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When astronomer Stephanie Bronson uncovers a massive alien vessel named Fenrir racing toward the Sun, she must lead a desperate mission to rescue its crew before a catastrophic failure dooms them both to fiery destruction.
It was just a dot of light . . .
. . . a dot of light that appeared out of nowhere. Stephanie Bronson thought she might have found a distant supernova. Instead, what she’d found was something more than a thousand miles across, moving towards the Sun at almost a third the speed of light from the constellation of Lupus, the Wolf. Even more frightening, the object—called Fenrir, after the Norse Wolf of the World’s End—was slowing down. It was not a comet or even a rogue planet.
It was an alien vessel.
And despite the increasingly detailed and insistent messages of greeting from Earth, it showed no sign of responding. As the world braced itself for the arrival of the immense, frighteningly silent alien visitor, Stephanie held hope that they still might communicate with Fenrir—until something happened that no one had imagined: Fenrir flared and its drive died, leaving the huge ship careening out of control to a fiery death inside the orbit of Venus.
There was—just possibly—a chance for Earth to act—to rescue the now-shipwrecked “Fens.” But even Stephanie—or those trying to stop her and the rescue ship Carpathia—could not imagine that not merely the fate of the aliens, but that of Earth itself, would be decided by Fenrir.
Rise from Ruin
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When a prank bonds Harper Tavros to a fierce griffin instead of the dragon she always dreamed of, she must battle her doubts and rise to the front lines, forging an unbreakable alliance to save her country from impending doom.
Together we fly, divided we fall.
All Harper Tavros ever wanted was to be a dragon rider.
But after a prank goes wrong, she ends up soul bonded to a griffin. Now, she'll have to learn an entirely new skillset before she ends up on the front lines of a war her country is slowly losing.
If she's going to make a difference, she'll need to rise up from the ruin of her dreams and embrace a new path. One that includes her accidental bondmate, an utterly ridiculous, insanely brave griffin. But in order to form a strong enough bond to defend their country, they'll need to keep the pressures of war, loss, and doubt from tearing them apart. Because the only way Harper and her griffin will survive is together.
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There wasn’t much money to be made as a Trailblazer, searching out new worlds for possible development. Still, it was safer than the bounty hunter career that had cost Gregory Roarke his left arm six years ago. And thanks to his Kadolian partner Selene’s ultrasensitive sense of smell, they occasionally discovered a medically promising seed or spore they could sell under the table. It was a quiet life, uneventful and mostly legal.
Until Roarke was approached by two men with a proposal: track down a mysterious woman named Tera and, through her, locate a secret project called Icarus.
The challenge was intriguing. The unlimited budget was tempting. But Roarke had a more personal reason to accept the job.
The chance for long-delayed payback.
All Roads Lead to Rome
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CLASSIC SF STORIES FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Imperium Sine Fine
Step back in time and traverse the stars with classic stories that reimagine the grandeur of the Roman Empire—with a science fiction twist.
From the vastness of interstellar conquests to the intricate politics of alien worlds, these tales blend history and imagination, exploring what might have been if Rome had extended its reach beyond the cosmos.
Join us as we uncover the stories that blend the glory of the past with the possibilities of the future—where the empire never truly fell, but soared among the stars.
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AN EASY ASSIGNMENT INSTEAD TURNS HARD AND LEADS TO A STRING OF MURDERS, AND A RACE AGAINST AN ALIEN ENEMY
Gregory Roarke—former bounty hunter, former Trailblazer, current agent
for the ultra-secret Icarus Group—has received a new assignment: locate
a suspected but as-yet undiscovered teleportation portal on the backwater
colony world of Alainn.
The rival Patth are also searching for the device, and have considerably
more resources at their disposal. Fortunately, Roarke has Selene and her
incredibly sensitive Kadolian sense of smell. On paper, it should be a
straightforward enough job.
But that was before there was a murder in the small town of Bilswift . . .
and another one . . . and the discovery that the Patth are already on the
scene and have narrowed the search to a heavily forested area in the
hills and mountains east of town.
Most disturbing of all is the discovery that one of Selene’s people, a
Kadolian teenaged boy named Tirano, is working at one of Bilswift’s
fish markets. A boy who may have lost his parents before his proper
socialization was completed. A boy who may be connected to both the
murders and the Patth.
A boy who may be the potentially dangerous wild card that the Kadolians
call changelings.
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ALL THE OLD MONSTERS?
The vampires, the werewolves, the ghouls . . . Daniel and Tina Hyde wiped
them out, to make the world a safer place. But nature abhors a vacuum,
supernature even more . . . Something’s got to fill the gap left by all those
monster clans. The question now is, what happened to all the old aliens?
The Martians, the Bug-Eyed Monsters, the Reptiloids and the Greys?
They’re coming out of the shadows with a vengeance, and Daniel and
Tina Hyde are about to discover there are much worse things than monsters.
Fortunately, Hydes love a good fight.
Daniel and Tina are in for the fight of their lives, with the whole world
at stake.
Essen Defiant
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Whether it was a blessed miracle or a disastrous catastrophe, the arrival of Grantville in Europe in the year 1631 created changes that are long-lasting and spreading wider and wider as time passes. In 1634, Louis DeGeer—statesman, merchant, and player of the game of princes—having extracted as much information and technology as he could out of Grantville, makes his move to establish a new state in the Rhineland, a republic that would draw on much of the political philosophy brought back through the Ring of Fire by Grantville. There are those in the westlands of Germany and the Rhine Valley who aren’t happy about that. Louis’ enemies draw on all the forces of the status quo to oppose his efforts. Louis discovers that it will take strength and determination, coupled with careful preparation and planning, to face them. And the ultimate confrontations will leave things up for grabs until the final moments.