Download or read book Resonance An Action Packed Hard Science Fiction Thriller written by A.J. Scudiere and published by Griffyn Ink. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Earth’s magnetic poles begin trading places, four scientists will have to race against time to save humanity. Suspense and Sci-fi readers will love this page turner from a USA Today bestselling author. "An action-packed thriller. Highly recommended."—Midwest Book Review. Dr. Becky Sorenson has found a cache of frogs with a very high mutation rate…and some odd behaviors. Dr. David Carter’s core earth samples seem to indicate the next polar reversal will be worse than predicted. And CDC researchers Jordan and Jillian are looking at a strange new disease… When the four scientists delve deeper, they discover they are all looking at the leading edge of a sweeping magnetic polar reversal. As humanity ignores their increasingly panicked warnings, the scientists will have to fight to save everyone…If they even can. Resonance is a gripping, science-based thriller that will make you wonder what will happen when the poles really do shift. If you’re ready for a smart ride that will keep you guessing, start reading Resonance now.

Download or read book Shattered Helix written by K.J.Heritage and published by Sygasm. This book was released on 2017-06-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's a crack empath detective on the run. But when the soulless 'Company' bring him back to solve a complex murder, can Vatic escape with his life? A top Company scientist has been murdered. Vatic, an on-the-run half-alive empath with no memory of who or what he is, will die in six-hours if he can’t find out why—or so the Company tells him—an ‘added incentive to get the job done’. Our hero soon discovers he is one of the Skilled, a genetically enhanced human—revered and despised in equal measure—a bloodhound with a terrifying past who’ll stop at nothing in his pursuit of truth. And ‘the Skilled always get their guy’… don’t they? BUY Vatic - a non-stop, page-turning, burn of a read! WHAT OTHER BESTSELLING AUTHORS ARE SAYING ABOUT SHATTERED HELIX: "Gritty,intense, and compelling, Shattered Helix is something you don't run into often enough in Sci-Fi--a cerebral thrill ride you don't want to end." -Michael Bunker, US TODAY Bestsellingauthor of Pennsylvania "K.J.Heritage's uncanny sense of pacing and story puts him at the forefront of today's speculative fiction writers." -Samuel Peralta, Amazon bestselling author and creator of The Future Chronicles “Prepare to lose sleep reading Shattered Helix! Delicious Sci-Fiction!” –Kate Danley, US TODAY bestselling author "Gritty,detailed and unrelenting--Shattered Helix will take you on a wild ride." -Peter Cawdron, International Bestselling author of Science Fiction

Download or read book NightShade Forensic FBI Files Vol 2 Science Based Medical Paranormal Thrillers written by A.J. Scudiere and published by Griffyn Ink. This book was released on 2019-07-07 with total page 1150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huge savings off the individual book cost These nail-biters from author AJ Scudiere will have you on the edge of your seat. Vol 2 - Books 5, 6, and 7 Salvage - A Shadow Files Novel (Book 5) Former marine turned Private Investigator, Walter Reed, has been given yet another strange and amazing opportunity: to become an agent with the FBI’s NightShade division. Though confident her training will make Quantico a cake walk—even with only one leg—Walter is discovering her shot at a new career has disaster written all over it. Her first hurdle? Walter doesn’t graduate training if her new partner GJ Janson doesn’t graduate, too… After previously being arrested by the FBI, GJ Janson hopes to redeem herself with the chance to become an agent. Unfortunately, her snooping around her grandfather’s laboratory reveals he’s been hiding strange skeletons—with strikingly similar anomalies to those she notices in her friend Donovan. When a weekend visit to her grandfather’s lab yields a fresh body, GJ goes into investigation mode. But the body is that of a fellow NightShade agent, and Walter and GJ quickly realize that nothing in NightShade is what it seems—not the case, the other agents, nor even their job descriptions. Only one thing is clear: the killer is coming after them next. And they suspect it’s someone GJ knows. Garden of Bone (Book 6) FBI Agent Eleri Eames was there the day her sister disappeared at eight years old. However, Eleri is the only one who knows that her sister is already dead and has been for quite some time. When a skeleton is unearthed in New Orleans, Eleri is convinced it belongs to Emmaline. The age and ancestry of the remains are a match, and there’s something telling Eleri that New Orleans is the place where her sister lived and died. As Eleri hunts for answers, demons—old and new—begin following her. The Lobomau have been entering the city in ever-increasing numbers, and that might just have something to do with the Dauphine sisters and their long family history of witchcraft and voodoo. Eleri desperately needs her partner Donovan on this case with her, but can he risk his own job to help her? Eleri’s ancestry may have imbued her with some powers, but compared to her own great-grandmother and the Dauphines, she’s untrained and untested at best. When the bones turn out not to belong to her sister, Eleri has to ask how a case so similar to Emmaline’s even exists…and is it an arrow pointed to her own twisted family history? The Camelot Gambit (Book 7) Can Eleri and Donovan outsmart a killer who leaves no evidence behind or even a discernable cause of death? How will they track down someone who is more intelligent than both of them together? Curie, Nebraska was designed as a research haven for the ultra-intelligent. In fact, applicants must pass a rigorous IQ test before they can call the strange town home. Nearly every resident—including several child geniuses—is suspect and no one is safe. Going undercover as the new neighbors leaves the agents struggling to find even the most basic clues. Eleri and Donovan can barely maintain their false identities against their overly-curious and stunningly intelligent new friends, let alone solve a murder. Can they figure it out before the next body turns up? Or has the killer already found them… “She’s in the top five of my best writers list. I have a list of King, Grisham, Koontz…you know, those guys. They are the authors who you know will deliver.” – The Lit Critic “This is a five-star series. Loved it!! Can’t wait for the next one, please!!” These are the fifth, sixth, and seventh books in the NightShade Forensic FBI Files series by USA Today bestselling author A.J. Scudiere. These books can each be read as a standalone, but readers who love paranormal investigations and FBI thrillers will want to read the entire series!

Download or read book Resonance written by John Meaney and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From across a cosmic void, the Darkness moves. At scattered points in human history, some individuals become its tools, while others stand against them: Ulfr, a young Viking; Gavriela, pioneering physicist and World War 2 cryptographer; Roger Blackstone, a 27th century mu-space Pilot. There are others, but will they be enough to save humanity's descendants a million years from now, when the Darkness and its forces reach the heart of our galaxy? Book 3 of the Ragnarok trilogy. PRAISE FOR JOHN MEANEY "A spectacular writer. He makes SF seem all fresh and new again." Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author "Absorption is the best hard science fiction I've read this year, well written, exciting, mysterious, full of interesting characters and ideas..." The London Times, reviewing Absorption (Ragnarok book 1) "...the world building is phenomenal and the pace as chapters switch from time zones is just right, keeping the tension levels up. The female characters are particularly strong and literally jump off the page, particularly the WWII code breaker Gavriela. The novel is also steeped in historical accuracy and authenticity." Terror-Tree.co.uk, reviewing Transmission (Ragnarok book 2) "Resonance is a book driven by big ambitions. Meaney has penned a story that aims to be epic beyond even the level of Dune or similarly famed series. Furthermore, the amount of research that has gone into the book adds a surprising degree of credibility..." Starburst Magazine, reviewing Resonance (Ragnarok book 3) "Meaney's creepy death-haunted world lingers in the mind long after the book is closed... a smart and spooky read." The London Times, reviewing Bone Song (Donal Riordan book 1) "Cumberland leaps off the page, a trained killer whose anger and grief at his daughter's condition is brilliantly portrayed; the depiction of his simmering rage, barely held in check, and how he channels it, provides a masterclass in characterisation." The Guardian, reviewing Edge (Josh Cumberland book 1) "What starts off as a simple missing persons enquiry develops into a full-blown coup against a fascist state... Set in a Britain extrapolated from today's violent streets, yet still highly recognisable, Edge is the first in what will hopefully be a long running series." Total Sci-Fi, reviewing Edge (Josh Cumberland book 1) "Within five pages...I was completely hooked... the perfect blend of action and science fiction... I can only hope that there will be more." The Eloquent Page, reviewing Point (Josh Cumberland book 2) "I absolutely don't want to live in the world [Meaney] has created. I didn't want to in Edge (the first book in the series) and I most certainly don't want to now. I do, however, want to read about it. It's relentless and gripping, with a brilliant balance between the personal and the political." BiblioBuffet, reviewing Point (Josh Cumberland book 2))

Download or read book The Chiral Agent written by L. L. Richman and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a spec ops pilot is framed for a deadly attack around an alien star, he must track an assassin to recover the stolen material--before his own navy hunts him down. "intricate, action packed and ambitious." --Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize_________________________________ First, they stole his identity. Now, they want him dead. Shadow Recon pilot Micah Case awakens above an alien world, with no memory of his past and a mysterious voice inside his head. Worse, his own military is hunting him... and he has no idea why. His genetic code could destroy all life. The voice leads to a discovery so unbelievable, enemy nations would kill to control it -- to control him. Now, Micah must use every skill in his arsenal to secure the stolen research. The stakes are impossibly high, but failure is not an option. The alternative could mean the extinction of a people Micah can no longer call his own. Humanity. With THE CHIRAL AGENT, author L.L. Richman brings you a fast-paced, cerebral thriller that's part hard science fiction, part spy novel, and one hundred percent adrenaline. It's sure to keep you guessing every step of the way. _________________________________ "A provocative science fiction thriller novel with intelligent ideas...in a genre that is saturated by robots and aliens. Richman's writing makes it even larger and more encompassing, as the author writes with bold and evocative strokes [that] keeps you in the zone. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" -- Reader's Favorite Book Reviews "The excellent prose makes this thriller compulsively readable and the suspense creates an exhilarating experience for the reader. The Chiral Agent is tightly plotted and packed with action. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐" -- Reader's Favorite Book Reviews

Download or read book Grail Awakening written by Douglas W. Jones and published by DWJPublishing. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction thriller with mystery, intruigue, and genetic engineering. Dr. Simon Barstow and Dr. Julie Carston have temporarily escaped death at the hands of Gregory Noble who has stolen the Longevity Gene and seeks to keep the secret of immortality for himself. Now it's a race to expose Noble's plans to the world before Noble can find them and eliminate the last evidence of what he has done, and what he intends to do. If Noble succeeds, he will secretly sell the longevity treatment for wealth and power beyond the wildest dreams of Midas. He plans to create an elite class of immortals who will rule secretly over an unsuspecting humanity. Grail Protocol is Book One of The Grail Protocol Medical Thriller Trilogy, which also includes Grail Awakening, and Grail’s End. PRAISE FOR THE GRAIL PROTOCOL TRILOGY “…all the ingredients of a great fast pacing action book…” -Jacob Peled “I was captivated by the characters and the storyline from page one. The action and suspense kept me interested to the very end.” -Richard Vance “This is a fascinating tale with a touch of thought provoking science fiction. Mostly it is a rapid paced thriller that keeps you on edge. I am looking forward to reading the third book in this exciting trilogy.” -John P. Smith “This is an excellent read. I highly recommend it.” -Mae Deel People who like the following authors are known to enjoy The Grail Protocol Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Series: Jack Mars Angela Marsons Jamie Mason Brian Rathbone Beth Revis AD Davies Ruth Harris Scott Nicholson Dale Brown John Gilstrap People who like the following books and series are known to enjoy The Grail Protocol Genetic Engineering Thriller Series: Jack Reacher Ghost Country Altered Carbon Deep Sky Mission Impossible Keywords related to The Grail Protocol Genetic Engineering Mystery & Thriller Series: Mystery & Thriller, Thriller Books, Near Future, Contemporary SciFi, Genetics Books for Download, Thriller Suspense Mystery Books, Genetics, DNA, Jack Reecher, Mystery Books, Immortal, Science Fiction Books, Hard Science Fiction, Action and Adventure, Sci Fi Books, Immortality, Dystopian, Near Term, Contemporary Science Fiction, Medical Thriller, Action Adventure

Download or read book First Light written by Casey E Berger and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She lost everything. Now, she's fighting back. When Jaya Mill's parents were killed and her brother was kidnapped in an attack on her childhood home, she saw only one future for herself: enlist in the Union Starfleet and learn to defend herself. Now, as a lieutenant commander aboard the UNS Avalon, Jaya and her elite counterterrorism unit enlist the help of Tynan Vasuda, an alien scientist from the Szacante Federation, to investigate the potentially sinister research of the new and mysteriously well-funded Sons of Priam. Across the stars, a bounty hunter named Marantos accepts a high-paying assassination job in hopes of putting more distance between herself and her estranged royal family. But that job draws her straight into the web that the Sons of Priam are weaving to capture the highest office of the United Human Nations. As Marantos claws free from the Sons of Priam, her path intersects with Jaya and Tynan, and she must decide whether to keep running from her past or turn and fight this new threat. And as Jaya pushes to uncover the identity of the shadowy figure at the helm of the Sons of Priam, she begins to reveal what truly happened the night she lost her family. What Jaya discovers will challenge everything she knows... Don't miss the first book in a space opera thrill ride for the ages, filled with explosive action, characters that leap off the pages, and plenty of mystery. It's perfect for fans of The Expanse and Mass Effect.

Download or read book Nexus written by Ramez Naam and published by Axon Press. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 of the Nexus Trilogy - Continued in Book 2: Crux In the near future, the experimental nano-drug Nexus can link humans together, mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it. When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he's thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage - for there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. From the halls of academe to the halls of power, from the headquarters of an elite US agency in Washington DC to a secret lab beneath a top university in Shanghai, from the underground parties of San Francisco to the illegal biotech markets of Bangkok, from an international neuroscience conference to a remote monastery in the mountains of Thailand - Nexus is a thrill ride through a future on the brink of explosion. Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlisted for the Prometheus Award Shortlisted for the Kitschies Award An NPR Best Book of 2013! "Good. Scary good." - Wired "Provocative... A double-edged vision of the post-human."- The Wall Street Journal "A lightning bolt of a novel, with a sense of awe missing from a lot of current fiction."- Ars Technica "Starred Review. Naam turns in a stellar performance in his debut SF novel... What matters here is the remarkable scope and narrative power of the story."- Booklist "A superbly plotted high-tension technothriller ... full of delicious, thoughtful moral ambiguity ... a hell of a read."- Cory Doctorow "A gripping piece of near future speculation... all the grit and pace of the Bourne films."- Alastair Reynolds, author of Revelation Space "A sharp, chilling look at our likely future."- Charles Stross, author of Singularity Sky and Halting State "The most brilliant hard SF thriller I've read in years. Reminds me of Michael Crichton at his best."- Brenda Cooper, author of The Creative Fire "A rich cast of characters...the action scenes are crisp, the glimpses of future tech and culture are mesmerizing."- Publishers Weekly "Any old writer can take you on a roller coaster ride, but it takes a wizard like Ramez Naam to take you on the same ride while he builds the roller coaster a few feet in front of you."- John Barnes, author of Directive 51 "Michael Crichton-like."- SFX Magazine "An incredibly imaginative, action-packed intellectual romp!"- Dani Kollin, Prometheus Award-winning author of The Unincorporated Man "The only serious successor to Michael Crichton."- Scott Harrison, author of Archangel

Download or read book Grail Protocol Complete Trilogy written by Douglas W. Jones and published by DWJPublishing. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thriller Series with Suspense and Mystery. Complete Trilogy. Geneticist, Simon Barstow, has stumbled on the secret to immortality. Billionaire Gregory Noble, who has planned decades for precisely this event, orchestrates a ruthless strike to steal this world-changing breakthrough and eliminate the few who know of its existence. His goal—keep the discovery secret and sell eternal life only to those who will both pledge fealty and pay a king’s ransom for the privilege. Barstow has two options, stop the obsessed billionaire, or die. Noble has planned years for every contingency, forcing Barstow to take an insane gamble. The Grail Protocol Medical Thriller Trilogy also includes Grail Protocol, Grail Awakening, and Grail’s End. PRAISE FOR THE GRAIL PROTOCOL TRILOGY “…all the ingredients of a great fast pacing action book…” -Jacob Peled “I was captivated by the characters and the storyline from page one. The action and suspense kept me interested to the very end.” -Richard V. Hinton “This is a fascinating tale with a touch of thought provoking science fiction. Mostly it is a rapid paced thriller that keeps you on edge. I am looking forward to reading the third book in this exciting trilogy.” -John P. Smith “This is an excellent read. I highly recommend it.” -Mae Deel People who like the following authors are known to enjoy The Grail Protocol Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Series: Richard K. Morgan James Patterson Scott Sigler Lee Child Patrick Lee Michael Crichton James Rollins Tom Clancy Robert Ludlum David Beers People who like the following books and series are known to enjoy The Grail Protocol Genetic Engineering Thriller Series: Jack Reacher Ghost Country Altered Carbon Deep Sky Jason Bourne Keywords related to The Grail Protocol Genetic Engineering Thriller Series: Free Thriller Books, Near Future, Contemporary SciFi, Genetics Books for Free Download, Free Thriller Suspense Mystery Books, Genetics, DNA, Free Mystery Books, Immortal, Free Science Fiction Books, Hard Science Fiction, Action and Adventure, Free Sci Fi Books, Immortality, Dystopian, Near Term, Contemporary Science Fiction, Medical Thriller

Download or read book Resonance written by Nicholas J. Dabideen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the near future, after a global pandemic, RESONANCE follows one man’s journey to find meaning. The world has turned increasingly to a sophisticated form of technology in hopes humanity can be saved. An encounter with a mysterious, otherworldly object awakens dormant abilities in Sage and his friends that help them rediscover a spiritual side of life that has been stifled by their technology dependent existence. Together, they seek to share what they’ve learned and free others from their lives of tedium and drudgery. However, this also places Sage and his companions in direct opposition to the corporation that seeks to dominate their humanity through an advanced form of artificial intelligence. Those in control will do whatever it takes to stop them.

Download or read book How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe Enhanced Edition written by Charles Yu and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enhanced eBook includes video, audio, photographic, and linked content, as well as a bonus short story. Hear TAMMY talk. Learn the origins of Minor Universe 31. See the TM-31. Take a trip in it. Photos and illustrations appear as hyperlinked endnotes. Video and audio are embedded directly in text. *Video and audio may not play on all readers. Check your user manual for details. National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award winner Charles Yu delivers his debut novel, a razor-sharp, ridiculously funny, and utterly touching story of a son searching for his father . . . through quantum space–time. Minor Universe 31 is a vast story-space on the outskirts of fiction, where paradox fluctuates like the stock market, lonely sexbots beckon failed protagonists, and time travel is serious business. Every day, people get into time machines and try to do the one thing they should never do: change the past. That’s where Charles Yu, time travel technician—part counselor, part gadget repair man—steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he’s not taking client calls or consoling his boss, Phil, who could really use an upgrade, Yu visits his mother (stuck in a one-hour cycle of time, she makes dinner over and over and over) and searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished. Accompanied by TAMMY, an operating system with low self-esteem, and Ed, a nonexistent but ontologically valid dog, Yu sets out, and back, and beyond, in order to find the one day where he and his father can meet in memory. He learns that the key may be found in a book he got from his future self. It’s called How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, and he’s the author. And somewhere inside it is the information that could help him—in fact it may even save his life. Wildly new and adventurous, Yu’s debut is certain to send shock waves of wonder through literary space–time.

Download or read book Sleepwalker written by Mikel J. Wisler and published by DoxaNoûs Media, LLC. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riley's sleepwalking is getting worse, threatening her simple life as a science-teaching nun in Brazil. When Thomas, an American, insists she is not who she believes herself to be, Riley becomes determined to uncover the truth of her identity. In the process, Riley finds herself pursued by an alluring woman, Arisu, who insists they were working together to take down a classified US government project. Riley now finds herself caught in the middle of a political conspiracy as the key person of interest. Who is telling the truth? Can she even trust her own memories? Riley must decide who to trust: the man who injected her with nanomachines designed to help her retrieve her memories or the woman who claims Riley wanted to blow the whistle on the corrupt project before she was reprogrammed. Is there more to her past with Arisu than she's being told? Can anyone be trusted? Can such a secretive project with deep government ties truly be brought to justice? Can Riley accept oblivion if her true identity is to reclaim her body? Complex and dark, this action-packed near-future cyberpunk thriller dives into human augmentation and its long-term effects upon our identity.

Download or read book Xenome written by Vivek Pravat and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ON A REMOTE PACIFIC ISLAND, SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN BIRTHED. SOMETHING NOT OF THIS WORLD... Dr. Holly Truong is a field biologist on the verge of an experimental breakthrough in swarm dynamics. But when she receives a cryptic message from her estranged mother in faraway Melanesia, she is compelled to put everything on the back burner and go in search of answers. Waiting for her there is an experiment of a completely unexpected kind: a recreation of alien life, made possible by a private SETI program called Metis Eye. Earth is now host to a bizarre new life form, one utterly unlike anything the planet has produced during four billion years of evolution. Before she knows it, she is sucked into a brutal conflict over control of the island. For hiding in the jungle is a secret far more terrifying than biological monsters-a secret that if left uncovered, could mean the end of civilization itself. Cataclysm is coming, and Truong is about to find out that the only way to stopping it is to venture even deeper into the heart of a dangerous, ever-shifting unknown. For those who loved Jurassic Park and The Lost World, Xenome is an action-packed technothriller that will keep you turning the pages late at night. "A story every bit as well-written and compelling as any Michael Crichton could have done." Diane Donovan, Midwest Reviews "A fascinating look at alien recreation on Earth. This book will take you places you have not dreamed of."Cathy Thibeault, Goodreads

Download or read book Upgrade written by Blake Crouch and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “If Michael Crichton had written a superhero novel, it would look a lot like Upgrade.”—The New York Times Book Review “You don’t so much sympathize with the main character as live inside his skin.”—DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander series “Mysterious, fascinating, and deeply moving—exploring the very nature of what it means to be human.”—ALEX MICHAELIDES, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Maiden ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, She Reads The mind-blowing new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and Recursion—currently in development as a motion picture at Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners “You are the next step in human evolution.” At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little . . . sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade. A reason that goes back decades to the darkest part of his past, and a horrific family legacy. Worse still, what’s happening to him is just the first step in a much larger plan, one that will inflict the same changes on humanity at large—at a terrifying cost. Because of his new abilities, Logan’s the one person in the world capable of stopping what’s been set in motion. But to have a chance at winning this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself. Maybe even something other than human. And even as he’s fighting, he can’t help wondering: what if humanity’s only hope for a future really does lie in engineering our own evolution? Intimate in scale yet epic in scope, Upgrade is an intricately plotted, lightning-fast tale that charts one man’s thrilling transformation, even as it asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity—and our boundless potential.

Download or read book Infinite Detail written by Tim Maughan and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL! The Guardian's Pick for Best Science Fiction Book of the Year! A timely and uncanny portrait of a world in the wake of fake news, diminished privacy, and a total shutdown of the Internet BEFORE: In Bristol’s center lies the Croft, a digital no-man’s-land cut off from the surveillance, Big Data dependence, and corporate-sponsored, globally hegemonic aspirations that have overrun the rest of the world. Ten years in, it’s become a center of creative counterculture. But it’s fraying at the edges, radicalizing from inside. How will it fare when its chief architect, Rushdi Mannan, takes off to meet his boyfriend in New York City—now the apotheosis of the new techno-utopian global metropolis? AFTER: An act of anonymous cyberterrorism has permanently switched off the Internet. Global trade, travel, and communication have collapsed. The luxuries that characterized modern life are scarce. In the Croft, Mary—who has visions of people presumed dead—is sought out by grieving families seeking connections to lost ones. But does Mary have a gift or is she just hustling to stay alive? Like Grids, who runs the Croft’s black market like personal turf. Or like Tyrone, who hoards music (culled from cassettes, the only medium to survive the crash) and tattered sneakers like treasure. The world of Infinite Detail is a small step shy of our own: utterly dependent on technology, constantly brokering autonomy and privacy for comfort and convenience. With Infinite Detail, Tim Maughan makes the hitherto-unimaginable come true: the End of the Internet, the End of the World as We Know It.

Download or read book Escape Velocity written by Jason M. Hough and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part two of a thrilling action-adventure sci-fi duology, beginning with Injection Burn, featuring indomitable characters, incredible worlds, and plenty of rip-roaring action and thrills! Search, destroy, survive! Captains Skyler Luiken and Gloria Tsandi (and their respective crews) have smashed through the deadly Swarm Blockade but now find themselves scattered around the planet Carthage and the space stations she holds in her orbit. Their mission is now twofold: destroy the military compounds of a race of nefarious alien overlords and find a way back home to Earth. Standing in their way are a race of horrifying, technologically advanced aliens armed with incredible weapons. Low on supplies and with their ability to communicate compromised, the surviving humans must rely on all their cunning, strength, and plain old good luck to turn the tables and overcome their foes. Praise for Injection Burn and Escape Velocity “Blockbuster page-turners with great characters, adventure and thrills . . . classic-era science fiction for a new generation.”—Heradas Review “If you’re a fan of fast-paced, intense sci-fi, check out Jason M. Hough’s Injection Burn.”—Stitch’s Media Mix “Great fun.”—Reading Glutton, on Injection Burn “A perfect on-ramp for new readers as well as a great continuation for fans of the previous books in the series.”—Whatchamacallit Reviews, on Injection Burn “Complex, suspense-filled and just what I needed . . . a marvelous sci-fi adventure.”—Tome Tender, on Injection Burn

Download or read book The Circle written by Harold R. Watson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-08 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Circle moves the reader forward to the year 2029, just before the start of the world's greatest holocaust, called the Battle of Armageddon. Beginning in the Middle East, the Battle spreads rapidly around the globe until the military forces of Earth are rendered helpless. The Jihad is influenced by extra-terrestrial forces with weapons far more deadly than those devised by man. All would be lost if not for the Toren Empire, which furnishes space ships enabling approximately 160,000 people to be removed from Earth in time to avoid their demise. The evil forces of the Atlantean Empire make sure that all humans who remained on Earth perish so they can claim the planet for their empire. The last of the Earthlings spend more than twenty years preparing for the time when they can return to Earth. Although they face overwhelming odds, the survivors return with some surprises of their own to confront the evildoers in a final conflict where the winner takes all.