Download or read book A Benwarian Fix written by L.W. Samuelson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Benwarian Fix is about an alien race that lost their planet due to environmental indifference. It follows a small group of aliens as they embark on a journey aboard a sentient spaceship. They arrive on Earth to find that it is in much the same condition as their own planet. With their superior technology and knowledge about the environment, they decide on a course of action to save Mother Earth. Their leader, Logis, deals with his conflicting emotions as he has to put aside his morality to ensure the survival of his people. What is their plan to save earth? Will the human race survive an alien onslaught? Is our world doomed? These questions and more are answered as A Benwarian Fix unfolds!
Download or read book A Benwarian Fix written by L. W. Samuelson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Benwarian Fix is about an alien race that lost their planet due to environmental indifference. It follows a small group of aliens as they embark on a journey aboard a sentient spaceship. They arrive on Earth to find that it is in much the same condition as their own planet. With their superior technology and knowledge about the environment, they decide on a course of action to save Mother Earth. Their leader, Logis, deals with his conflicting emotions as he has to put aside his morality to ensure the survival of his people. What is their plan to save earth? Will the human race survive an alien onslaught? Is our world doomed? These questions and more are answered as A Benwarian Fix unfolds!
Download or read book Virus X written by Frank Ryan and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 1998-09-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AIDS, Ebola, "mad cow disease," "flesh-eating" viruses...Today's newspapers are full of articles about new plagues & viruses. Where do these new viruses come from? Why do new plagues arise? Could there be - will there be - a lethal & incurable Virus X that spreads as easily as the common cold? The author, a renowned authority on diseases, presents a radical theory about the origin of deadly microbes in a book that takes us into the "hot zones" of today's most dangerous viral outbreaks, then into the research labs & hospitals where doctors & scientists are risking their lives trying to control them.
Download or read book The Light of Other Days written by Arthur C. Clarke and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-11 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Arthur C. Clarke, the brilliant mind that brought us 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Stephen Baxter, one of the most cogent SF writers of his generation, comes a novel of a day, not so far in the future, when the barriers of time and distance have suddenly turned to glass. When a brilliant, driven industrialist harnesses cutting-edge physics to enable people everywhere, at trivial cost, to see one another at all times—around every corner, through every wall—the result is the sudden and complete abolition of human privacy, forever. Then the same technology proves able to look backward in time as well. The Light of Other Days is a story that will change your view of what it is to be human. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Gardens of the Moon written by Steven Erikson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vast legions of gods, mages, humans, dragons and all manner of creatures play out the fate of the Malazan Empire in this first book in a major epic fantasy series from Steven Erikson. The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze. However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand... Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Halo Evolutions written by Brian Evenson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of short works inspired by the universe as depicted in the popular video game expands the stories of its characters while offering new insights into a variety of storyline elements and races. Simultaneous. Video game tie-in.
Download or read book Terminal World written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different - and rigidly enforced - level of technology. Horsetown is pre-industrial; in Neon Heights they have television and electric trains ... Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels - and with the dying body comes bad news. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality - and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability ...
Download or read book The Forgotten Plague written by Frank Ryan and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 1994-09-14 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ryan, a physician, offers a history of the cure for tuberculosis, including accounts of the people and scientists involved. The final chapter spells out a renewed threat in the congruence of AIDS and tuberculosis.
Download or read book Starfist Wings of Hell written by David Sherman and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planet Haulover has been invaded by Skinks. Until now, the aliens' existence has been hushed up. But Force Recon's shocking report leaves the Confederation no choice but to mount a military campaign against these alien predators bent on human destruction. Meanwhile, back home, the Confederation's president is being denounced as a warmonger out to exterminate “harmless” aliens. If she loses the upcoming elections, the Confederation will have a lot more Skinks to worry about than the ones on Haulover. Newly promoted Lieutenant Charlie Bass and his third platoon have more pressing concerns, such as staying alive. But what would be a suicide mission for most—whether it's raiding a hidden Skinks base or destroying the enemy's most lethal weapons during a desperate firefight—is just another job for the Thirty-fourth FIST.
Download or read book Darwin s Blind Spot written by Frank Ryan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2002 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ryan's view, cooperation, not competition, lies at the heart of human society.".
Download or read book Galileo s Dream written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the Mars trilogy brings us the story of the incredible life of Galileo. But there's a twist. He is contacted by people from the year 3020 who bring him to their time to help them deal with a mysterious intelligence living on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Download or read book In the Light of Day written by Lorana Hoopes and published by Lorana Hoopes. This book was released on 2023-03-09 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's the man everyone looks up to, but should they? Firefighter Deacon Jackson thought he had left his past and his mistakes behind him. But then the woman he once loved unexpectedly resurfaces in his life. Afraid that she is being pursued by a dangerous group of people and without anyone else she trusts, she asks him to come help her. Though they haven't spoken in years, he cannot deny her request, but when he meets her again, he finds out that the past isn't quite what he thought. When Shonda Turner witnesses a crime committed by the wrong people, she finds herself on the run. With no one to turn to, she reaches out to the only man she ever loved—a man she has kept a secret from for eight years. As her pursuers close in, Shonda must decide if she can trust Deacon, and if his love is strong enough to protect them. In the Light of Day is a gripping story of hope, redemption, and the power of love. You'll love this suspenseful adventure by USA Today best selling author Lorana Hoopes. You won't want to miss this thrilling ride.
Download or read book Bone and Jewel Creatures written by Elizabeth Bear and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark magic is afoot in the City of Jackals... Eighty years Bijou the Artificer has been a Wizard of Messaline, building her servants from precious scraps, living with the memory of a great love that betrayed her. She is ready to rest. But now her former apprentice, Brazen the Enchanter, has brought her a speechless feral child poisoned by a sorcerous infection. Now, Messaline is swept by a mysterious plague. Now the seeping corpses of the dead stalk the streets. Now, finally, Bijou's old nemesis--Bijou's old love--Kaulas the Necromancer is unleashing a reeking half-death on Bijou's people. And only Bijou and her creatures wrought of bone and jewels can save the City of Jackals from his final revenge.
Download or read book Retromancer written by Robert Rankin and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is big and evil magic abroad upon the face of the Earth. History has been changed. The Germans have won WWII. America is a nuclear wasteland. And worst of all, the breakfast menu at The Wife's Legs Café in Brentford is serving Bratwurst rather than the proper big boys' British banger. Something is Not Right. And when the world's all wrong and it needs setting right, who're you gonna call? Hugo Rune, that's who. A man who offers the world his genius, and asks only, in return, that the world cover his expenses. And so, with the aid of his faithful acolyte and companion Rizla, the guru's guru, also known as the hokus bloke, the Lad Himself and the Retromancer*, sets out to rewrite history the way it should be. Together they return to war-torn London, to solve the twelve cosmic conundra based on Hugo Rune's personal tarot deck, each one leading them closer to a final terrifying confrontation. They must match their wits against beautiful spies, advanced alien technology, killer robots and death rays, do battle with an ancient god, and come face to face once more with Hugo Rune's arch-enemy, the sinister Count Otto Black, all the while finding time to drink ale, talk the toot and dine out in some of London's swankiest eateries. Without ever paying the bill.
Download or read book Quest for Antarctica written by John F. Barell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica fools you into thinking you are safe, that appearances are reality. Antarctica is not what she seems. Since he was thirteen years old, author John Barells life-longand life-enrichingdream has been to sail to Antarctica and explore its wild and expansive territories. Quest for Antarctica: A Journey of Wonder and Discovery recounts Barells Antarctic adventure that is not only captivating but also educational. Fostered by knowing Americas foremost polar explorer, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and with strong family support, Barells dream continues south to McMurdo Sound and to the two-mile thick polar plateau. Follow Barells expeditions, including becoming a teacher, and learn how all of the survival lessons of Antarctica apply to striving for our own goals and being successful.
Download or read book The Republic of Crisfield written by Don Briddell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel the lead character, Ben Wright, has solved the most vexing problem in physics, the Unified Field Theory. The moment he attempts to make it known, all hell breaks loose. Ben discovers, to his dismay, that his ideas are not his own. After a failed kidnapping attempt by a terrorist cell, the U.S. government, recognizing the weaponry potential, claims ownership of the theory. Fearful that the theory, in the wrong hands, may do harm to humanity, Ben flees for cover to his native home Crisfield, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. It is there that science and technology collide with the residents of the town in an epic confrontation, involving the U.S. government and the terrorists. While Crisfield may seem to be an unlikely place for a showdown having world-wide implications, it is revealed in this backwater town, through its wonderful cast of characters, that the moral and ethical compass still points to true north, to the direction we must take if we are to survive into the future.
Download or read book Roll on Sugaree written by Loyd Little and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love, mystery, and a con man youll never forget Roll Along Sugaree is the story of a farm community fighting for survival when a nearby town wants the creek that is the heart and soul of the community. However, the story is far more than that: A couple falls in love and the romance is shaken by police raids, mistaken intentions and a secret map.
