Daniel Hankerson never wanted to be the Emperor.He was perfectly happy as a normal intelligence officer, analyst and poker player. But fate never asks what you want.Now, after the biggest defeat in the history of the Central Imperium, Daniel is isolated aboard the communications ship, and for months he can only broadcast to his Imperium and listen to the news of mounting losses.His enemies continue to chase him and they have their own plans for controlling...

"Tantalizing. . . . Nuclear holocaust, savagery, and space aliens converge on Cleveland in a competent start to a five-part series." -Kirkus Reviews A series of electromagnetic pulses brought the world to its knees. But that wasn't the end, it was just the beginning. Some who survived turned to Taylor MacPherson, and he has given them hope. After many years, they've carved out a bastion of democracy in the sea of chaos that is the post-apocalyptic...

"A fun, nostalgia-filled anthology of twenty-three original, lighthearted horror tales riffing on the movie monsters of both modern cinema and B-movie favorites." -Publishers Weekly Lights! Camera! Monsters? Sometimes you go to the movies. And sometimes, the movies-and their monsters-come to you. At any moment, without notice, monsters once relegated to the screen become a reality. Aliens and demons, dragons and ghosts, werewolves, vampires,...

Daniel Hankerson was perfectly happy being just a mid-level spy, genetically-enhanced low-ranking member of the royal family and an avid poker player.Then the war started, someone tried to murder him, he met a strange war correspondent with an even stranger secret, and he found himself aboard a prototype warship going to the fringes of the Central Imperium.Then things got worse.An ancient enemy is approaching with a large fleet aided by people Daniel...

Sci-fi fantasy romance.Pirates abducted her from her planet. The Mercenary Union ship which rescues her may be no better than the pirates. Captain Maden of the Long Sword refuses to take her home.The Messerian spy tells the captain he is not alone. There are others seeking to eliminate the pirates. He must keep the girl, Dahteste, close. She must not discover she is simply bait in the larger game they play. What gift does the girl have which makes...

Civilization has fallen, leaving California an unforgiving, decimated place. But Cass Dollar beat terrible odds to get her missing daughter back. Yet with the first winter, Ruthie retreats into silence. Flesh-eating Beaters still dominate the land. And Smoke, Cass's lover and strength, departs on a quest for vengeance that can end only in disaster. Now the leader of the survivalist community where Cass has planted roots needs Cass's help. Dor wants...

For the soldiers left behind, the war never ended.In the shattered remnants of a world still haunted by the scars of war, Pollux stands as a living relic. Born from the fiery crucible of conflict, he was designed to be a weapon, an ultimate defender against the alien menace known as the Hyperion. But against all odds, he survived.Now, years after the dust settled and the echoes of battle faded, Pollux finds himself adrift in a world that no longer...

James White longrunning Sector General sci-fi series continues with the adventurous Double Contact. "Sector General fans old and new will enjoy." -Booklist The empathic Dr. Prilicla, a veteran of Sector General for years, is put in command of an expedition answering three distress beacons. What he finds is two hitherto-unknown intelligent species, one of which has nearly wiped out the other. And he also finds evidence of a botched first contact--along...

A Tale of Humans In a Universe of Ubiquitous Alien Life Intelligence, it turns out, is rare-on planetary surfaces. It thrives everywhere else, from the Oort-cloud fringes of star systems to the magma furnaces beneath planetary crusts. And among the most powerful of the galaxy's intelligences, there are profound differences of opinion about how to deal with surface life-forms such as human beings. For, untold light years from Earth, the powers that...

"Beyond twisted and filthy hot, Strangeways is the most unique sci-fi romance I've read in years!" NYT Bestselling author, Anna Zaires I have been chosen. One moment I was leaving work, the next I was entertaining a silvery-green alien intent on knowing me fully. Their invasion of our world nonviolent, seamless. They dress as human men, eat in human restaurants, vote, pay taxes, and are controlling every last one of us. I don't understand how no one...