Enter the mind of science fiction hall of fame inductee, E.E."Doc" Smith. Early writer of science fiction and father of the space opera. This collection gathers 10 of Smith's finest works, including the entire Lensmen Series and the famed Skylark series. Boldly go into the mind of what many called "the pioneer of modern day science fiction."You'll certainly enjoy this one of a kind collection, which was reformatted and optimized for Kobo, includes original cover art and a hyperlink...

2016 Booksellers Best Award FinalistA starry-eyed bride, an unwilling groom, a secret matchmaker and a troubled child… When the truth comes out, it’ll take a more than a miracle to deliver a happily ever after.Jilted society miss Victoria Lowell travels a thousand miles to wed a suitor she's never met whose letters won her heart.Divorced shopkeeper David O’Brien wants nothing to do with matters of the heart. However, his young daug...

Returning to the Ozark Territories, freedom fighter David Valentine is shocked to find it overrun by vampiric Kurians under the command of the merciless Consul Solon. In a desperate gambit, Valentine leads a courageous group of soldiers on a mission to drive a spike into the gears of the Kurian Order. Valentine stakes life, honor, and the future of his home in a rebellion that sparks the greatest battle of his life.

Major David Valentine and his fugitive battalion are the remnants of an expeditionary force shattered in its long retreat from disaster in the Appalachians. And Valentine is losing allies fast. Some of the clans in the region have declared themselves in favor of the vampiric Kurians, throwing Kentucky into civil war. But instead of retaking the region, the Kurian overlords have ordered the extermination of every human living there...

Dick Seaton and Marc DuQuesne are the deadliest enemies of the Universe - their feud has blazed among he stars and changed the history of a thousand planets. But now a threat from outside the Galaxy drives them into a dangerous alliance as hordes of strange races drive to a collision with mankind!

Bursting right through the four-dimensional travel zone of subspace, Tellurian psiontists make an amazing discovery on the other side.Beyond the bounds of subspace, a parallel universe is cruelly ruled by a violent, murderous empire, the Justiciate, where psiontists are ruthlessly hunted down and fed to giant eagles.And within the Justiciate are lodged spies and traitors, dedicated to its overthrow - evil agents of the proud Garshan 'master race'.The arrival of the ...

Imagine a future in which the creative energies of the West have all been turned to space, to the exploration and development of dozens of new worlds, leaving behind on Earth only a fat, sluggish, decadent remnant of former greatness.

When the two moons of Thalazar cross orbits, the Warrior Pledge must be completed or the cat-shifting Mafdeti nation will face annihilation. There are four who can save the people and their land: the Silver Shining from Rock, the Great Heart Farseeing, the Changeling, and the Pure. They must find each other before time runs out.Silver-eyed Checa is Captain of the Guard for the Mafdeti. Thanks to the friendship and loyalty of Heath, son of the Mafdeti Matriarch, Checa has survived a...

A warning from the past, an uncertain future, an impossible choice . . .For hundreds of years, the Durupinen have carried the power of the Gateway in their bloodlines. Now, a dire warning from the past might mean that power must come to an end. Jess Ballard has often considered her gift a curse—but now it may truly become one, unless she can convince the leaders of the Durupinen world to restore the power of the Gateways where it rightly belongs. The Durupinen have...

Upon waking up one morning, Wen Yu is surprised to find a note asking him to return the song thrush given into his care while the owner was sick. The only problem is that Wen Yu was never given a song thrush.Though he has no time for distractions from his studies for the palace examination, Wen Yu goes in search of the unknown Liu Yi who left him the note. What he finds is a beautiful imperial eunuch, a talking tortoise, and a collection of mysterious moon poems that force Wen Yu t...

Triplanetary by E.E. "Doc" Smith.

They were four of the greatest minds in the Universe: Two men, two women, lost in an experimental spaceship billions of parsecs from home. And as they mentally charted the Cosmos to find their way back to earth, their own loves and hates were as startling as the worlds they encountered.