Download or read book The Dream Seers Offworlders written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before humans existed, advanced aliens species, took to the stars. Some alien races were just and kind. Others were cruel and unjust. Eventually, these two groups met. This encounter started a rivalry lasting eons. As the rival groups advanced, confict between them spread beyond the Milky Way Galalxy. Whe humanity comes of age. Intergalactic aggressors set their sites on habitable planets in the Milky Way Galaxy. A select few on Earth and nearby solar systems must form alliances to save their people from certain doom. Only together can the less advanced species survive. In the age of interstellar travel, humans and similar alien races may watch their worlds go to ruin or save them.
Download or read book No Man s Land written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason and Xenia Maze are inducted into an intergalactic secret society when interstellar war erupts between the powerful Deimosian and Mustelidae species. As members of the secret society, Jason and Xenia must help their friends end the war before it spreads to other alien worlds. As the war ravages a remote and unforgiving region of deep space, peace envoys go missing near planets inhabited by prehistoric beasts. Now the secret society must double its efforts to end the war and save the diplomats from certain doom.
Download or read book Simulacrum written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 years after the dawn of humanity, an advanced alien world suffers a natural disaster of epic proportions nearly extinguishing all life on the once proud planet. The astronaut Helier witnesses destruction enveloping his world. Helier fears he is the only survivor of his world until Charis, an astronaut from another space station, answers his desperate calls. For weeks, Helier and Charis teeter on the edge of insanity. When food and water supplies dwindle, Helier and Charis must attempt a blind return to the planet's surface. Only with the help of a mysterious stranger can Helier and Charis survive reentry through the darkness.
Download or read book Dark Star Territory written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulacrum Government forces intend to enslave the surrounding alien worlds while Naso, a brilliant scientist, secretly launches an expedition to an unknown star. Simulacrum's efforts are complicated when a powerful alien race emerges from the shadows. On an uncharted planet, Naso learns of an ancient connection between his planet and the newly discovered alien race. Naso's return to Simulacrum is blocked by warships due to hysteria following the alien arrival.
Download or read book The Vendetta written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 years after commanding his first mission, secret agent, Nick Stark and a respected colleague are targeted by members of an Eastern European criminal organization. Fearing his identity is compromised, Stark's superiors remove him from active duty. While on the sidelines, Stark conducts his own investigation with the help of his closest friends including Nick Maze. When foreign mobsters attack agents in North America, Stark is reactivated and takes the fight to his adversaries on their home ground
Download or read book The Far Eastern Connection written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-01-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nick Stark returns in a mission which takes him from the Far East and the South Pacific to Los Angeles. Stark learns a domestic terrorist group is actually the unsuspecting pawn of a rogue element from the Chinese military. Stark must stop the Chinese operatives without causing an international incident. Nick Maze offers his assistance in the case which is especially dangerous for Stark, because this time Stark has a personal interest in the outcome.
Download or read book Architects of Destruction written by Nathan Skaggs and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2019-09-22 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 45 years after escaping from an alien zoo, former captives dream their worlds are on the verge of destruction. Hours after their nightmares, unexplained events of dire consequences occur on numerous planets accross the galaxy. No place is safe. No one can hide from what is yet to come. As societies collapse, some of the former alien captives must make alliances once again and use their exceptional abilities to prevent extinction level events on multiple worlds. Whoever wins, the effects will be long lasting and far reaching.
Download or read book Dream Seer written by Harold A. Skaarup and published by Writers Club Press. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of "light" stories that are about the gift of choice we are given in this life. You can choose to live and be full of God's light, or spend most of your time in a very dark place. The dark doesn't like the light, because once it has been touched by the light, it isn't dark anymore. My intent is to tell you about dreams I have had, people I have met, and some of the gifts that have been granted me because of them. Like so many of us, I have had the great privilege of meeting people whom I consider to be true "angels" in all senses of the word. Some of their comments, and in some cases "channelings" have been included in this collection of stories. It is my hope that you will draw a bit of pleasure from some of the information provided here, and perhaps learn something new. The stories are real enough, in that the ideas and thoughts behind them originate from my experiences. Anyone with an interest in Glastonbury, Oak Island, Rennes-le-Chateau, Capernaum and a hundred other places of legend, history and mystery, will find this an interesting book. Hal Skaarup earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree through NSCAD, and his MA in War Studies with RMC. As a Canadian Forces officer, he has had extensive service overseas in Germany, with the United Nations in Cyprus, and with the NATO-led Peace Stabilization Force (SFOR) in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Download or read book The Curse of the Mistwraith The Wars of Light and Shadow Book 1 written by Janny Wurts and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK ONE IN THE GROUNDBREAKING SERIES, THE WARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW A powerful, layered weaving of myth, prose and pure imagination – Curse of the Mistwraith opens an epic fantasy series perfect for fans of The Dark Tower and Earthsea.
Download or read book Mothers Other Monsters written by Maureen F. McHugh and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gorgeously crafted stories." —Nancy Pearl (Book Lust) on Morning Edition, "Books for a Rainy Day" "My favorite thing about her is the wry, uncanny tenderness of her stories. She has the astonishing ability to put her finger on the sweet spot right between comedy and tragedy, that pinpoint that makes you catch your breath. You're not sure whether to laugh out loud or cry, and you end up doing both at once." —Dan Chaon "When I first read China Mountain Zhang many years ago, Maureen McHugh instantly became, as she has remained, one of my favorite writers. This collection is a welcome reminder of her power—they are resonant, wise, generous, sharp, transporting, and deeply, deeply moving. McHugh is enormously gifted; each of these stories is a gift." —Karen Joy Fowler "Wonderfully unpredictable stories, from the very funny to the very grim, by one of our best and bravest imaginative writers." —Ursula K. Le Guin "Enchanting, funny and fierce by turns —a wonderful collection!" —Mary Doria Russell * Story Prize finalist. * A Book Sense Notable Book. In her luminous, long-awaited debut collection, award-winning novelist Maureen F. McHugh wryly and delicately examines the impacts of social and technological shifts on families. Using beautiful, deceptively simple prose, she illuminates the relationship between parents and children and the expected and unexpected chasms that open between generations. — A woman introduces her new lover to her late brother. — A teenager is interviewed about her peer group's attitudes toward sex and baby boomers. — A missing stepson sets a marriage on edge. — Anthropologists visiting an isolated outpost mission are threatened by nomadic raiders. McHugh's characters—her Alzheimers-afflicted parents or her smart and rebellious teenagers—are always recognizable: stubborn, human, and heartbreakingly real. This new trade paperback edition has added material for book clubs and reading groups, including an interview with the author, book club questions and suggestions, and a reprint of Maureen's fabulous essay, "The Evil Stepmother." Maureen F. McHugh has spent most of her life in Ohio, but has lived in New York City and, for a year, in Shijiazhuang, China. She is the author of four novels. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang, won the Tiptree Award, and Nekropolis, was a Book Sense 76 pick and New York Times Editor's Choice.
Download or read book Starcraft Ghost Nova written by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years after the end of the Brood War, Emperor Arcturus Mengsk has rebuilt much of the Terran Dominion and consolidated a new military force despite an ever-present alien threat. Within this boiling cauldron of strife and subversion, a young woman known only as Nova shows the potential to become Mengsk's most lethal and promising "Ghost" operative. Utilizing a combination of pure physical aptitude, innate psychic power, and advanced technology, Nova can strike anywhere with the utmost stealth. Like a phantom in the shadows, she exists only as a myth to the enemies of the Terran Dominion. Yet Nova wasn't born a killer. She was once a privileged child of one of the Old Families of the Terran Confederacy, but her life changed forever when a rebel militia murdered her family. In her grief, Nova unleashed her devastating psychic powers, killing hundreds in a single, terrible moment. Now, on the run through the slums of Tarsonis, she is unable to trust anyone. Pursued by a special agent tasked with hunting down rogue telepaths, Nova must come to terms with both her burgeoning powers and her guilt -- before they consume her and destroy everything in her path....
Download or read book The Ascendant Stars written by Michael Cobley and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War erupts in the depths of space. . . Battle-ready factions converge above Darien, all with the same objective: to control this newly discovered planet and access the powerful weapons at its heart. Despotic Hegemony forces dominate much of known space and they want this world too, but Darien's inhabitants are determined to fight for their future. However, key players in this conflict aren't fully in control. Hostile AIs have infiltrated key minds and have an agenda, requiring nothing less than the destruction or subversion of all organic life. And they are near to unleashing their cohorts, a host of twisted machine intelligences caged beneath Darien. Fighting to contain them are Darien's hidden guardians, and their ancient ally the Construct, on a millennia-long mission to protect sentient species. As the war reaches its peak, the AI army is roaring to the surface, to freedom and an orgy of destruction.Darien is first in line in a machine vs. human war -- for life or the sterile dusts of space.
Download or read book Necessity s Child written by Sharon Lee and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stirring SF adventure from master storytellers Sharon Lee and Steve Miller¾#16 in the award-winning Liaden Universe® saga. Space ships, action, adventure¾all tied together with a strong dollop of romance and clan intrigue¾make this a compelling series for a wide range of readers, from romance to military SF lovers. The kompani see none as an enemy, and yet few as friend. The kompani exist in many places, living quietly in the shadows, thriving off the bounty that others have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Their private history is unwritten; their recall rooted in dance and dream. The Clan Korval is in many ways the opposite of the kompani. The interstellar trading clan is wealthy in enemies, fortunate in friends. Korval protects itself with vigor, and teaches even its youngest children the art of war. And when representatives of Clan Korval arrive on the planet Surebleak where the kompani has lived, secret and aloof, the lives of three people intersect¾ Kezzi, apprentice to the kompani's grandmother; Syl Vor, Clan Korval's youngest warrior; and Rys, a man without a world, or a past. Necessity's Child is a standalone adventure in the popular and exciting Liaden Universe®. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book First and Only written by Dan Abnett and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sabbat World have been lost to the Imperium for many long centuries. Now, a crusade fights to reclaim them. In its midst are Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his “Ghosts”, the brave men of the Tanith First-and-Only The Sabbat World have been lost to the Imperium for many long centuries. Now, a crusade fights to reclaim them. In its midst are Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt and his “Ghosts”, the brave men of the Tanith First-and-Only. As they survive battle after battle, Gaunt and his men uncover an insidious plot to unseat the crusade’s warmaster, a move that threatens to destabilise the war effort and undo all the good work and sacrifice of millions of soldiers. With no one to trust and nowhere to turn, Gaunt must find a way to expose the conspiracy and save his men from a needless death.
Download or read book Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition written by John Douglas Turner and published by Presses Université Laval. This book was released on 2001 with total page 868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tolerance Trap written by Suzanna Danuta Walters and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Froma Glee ato gay marriage, from lesbian senators to out gay Marines, we have undoubtedly experienced a seismic shift in attitudes about gays in American politics and culture. Our reigning national story is that a new era of rainbow acceptance is at hand. But dig a bit deeper, and this seemingly brave new gay world is disappointing. For all of the undeniable changes, the plea for tolerance has sabotaged the full integration of gays into American life. Same-sex marriage is unrecognized and unpopular in the vast majority of states, hate crimes proliferate, and even in the much vaunted gay friendly world of Hollywood and celebrity culture, precious few stars are openly gay. Ina The Tolerance Trap, Suzanna Walters takes on received wisdom about gay identities and gay rights, arguing that we are not almost there, but on the contrary have settled for a watered-down goal of tolerance and acceptance rather than a robust claim to full civil rights. After all, wea tolerate aunpleasant realities: medicine with strong side effects, a long commute, an annoying relative. Drawing on a vast array of sources and sharing her own personal journey, Walters shows how the low bar of tolerance demeans rather than ennobles both gays and straights alike. Her fascinating examination covers the gains in political inclusion and the persistence of anti-gay laws, the easy-out sexual freedom of queer youth and the suicides and murders of those in decidedly intolerant environments. She challenges both born that way storylines that root civil rights in biology, and god made me that way arguments that similarly situate sexuality as innate and impervious to decisions we make to shape it. A sharp and provocative cultural critique, this book deftly argues that a too-soon declaration of victory short-circuits full equality and deprives us all of the transformative possibilities of full integration.Tolerance is not the end goal, but a dead end. Ina The Tolerance Trap, Walters presents a complicated snapshot of a world-shifting moment in American historyOCoone that is both a wake-up call and a call to arms for anyone seeking true equality."
Download or read book Feersum Endjinn written by Iain M. Banks and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. 'Banks is a phenomenon' William Gibson Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time . . . Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones . . . Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt . . . This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent - an emissary who holds the key to all their futures. Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman 'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph Books by Iain M. Banks: Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata The State of the Art Against a Dark Background Feersum Endjinn The Algebraist Also now available: The Culture: The Drawings - an extraordinary collection of original illustrations faithfully reproduced from sketchbooks Banks kept in the 1970s and 80s, depicting the ships, habitats, geography, weapons and language of Banks' Culture series of novels in incredible detail.
