The Nest; New YorkThe 36th novel from acclaimed author Conrad JonesIt’s 2025. Beneath the glittering towers of Manhattan, something is stirring in the dark. Homeless people are vanishing from the forgotten subway tunnels, their absence buried beneath bureaucracy and political indifference. Garbage trucks sit idle in picket lines. The nutrias, huge water rats—once bred for fur—are now being bred for something far worse.Carnage.Larger. Smarter. Organized. Hungr...

This audiobook read by Jason Keller provides an engaging cultural history of the American faith in alien life, from the Puritans to Heaven's GateOver the past three centuries, belief in extraterrestrial life has had a profound influence on American religion. Faith in Space examines the key thinkers and religious leaders throughout American history who built faith communities around the notion that we are not alone in the universe, and that the path to spiri...

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller • 2005: Welcome to NoCal and SoCal, the uneasy sister-states of what used to be California.The millennium has come and gone, leaving in its wake only stunned survivors. In Los Angeles, Berry Rydell is a former armed-response rentacop now working for a bounty hunter. Chevette Washington is a bicycle messenger turned pickpocket who impulsively snatches a pair of innocent-looking sunglasses. But these are no ordinary...

"Continuing from Deathlands 142: Into Delirium.One Nation Under Sod.Washington DC was hardest hit in the nukecaust that heralded the Deathlands era. But beneath the crater of radioactive ruins, a functioning city of survivors is crafting a culture that plans to reshape America. Ryan Cawdor and his companions enter into this enclosed, underground world and find an ordered and progressive society based on the tenets of the US Constitution.But as they settle into this ...

Supernatural!One warm night in Chicago's Resurrection Cemetery, paranormal investigators Vaughn and Tommy accidentally summon a beautiful, transparent woman. Their search for her true identity uncovers a dark, hidden history of the city and a deadly alliance between political corruption and demonic science!In the middle of it all stands a woman trapped between two worlds!Collects Ghost #0 - #4. Adapted from the issues and produced with a full cast of actors, immersi...

Are AI robots and computers really going take over the world?Artificial intelligence (AI) guru Steve Shwartz has grown frustrated with the fear-inducing hype around AI in popular culture and media. Yes, today’s AI systems are miracles of modern engineering, but no, humans do not have to fear robots seizing control or taking over all our jobs. In this exploration of the fascinating and ever-changing landscape of AI, Shwartz separates the facts from the tropes of apo...

This novel is a must for anyone interested in WW2, codebreaking or inspirational life stories.A Polish student is drawn from his studies, as a result of a brilliance in mathematics, into the covert world of the Cypher Bureau. He is trained in code-breaking and working alone cracks the invincible Enigma code in 1932.. When Poland is invaded in 1939 he has to flee Poland together with his colleagues in The Cypher Bureau.The team'adventures take them from Poland to Romania, to...

Ishmael Jones investigates a haunted house ... but is haunted by his own past in the latest of this quirky paranormal mystery series.""That house is a bad place. Bad things happen there...""Set high on top of Widows Hill, Harrow House has remained empty for years. Now, on behalf of an anonymous prospective buyer, Ishmael and Penny are spending a night there in order to investigate the rumours of strange lights, mysterious voices, unexplained disappearances, and establish wh...

Haddleton's debut is a striking, multifaceted take on the family-secret novel. In the year 1900, Darby Walker makes the trek across Florida's Tampa Bay from St. Petersburg; his brother Tulley's lighthouse has gone dark, and their father is dead under suspicious circumstances. The timelines are split between this urgent present and the brothers' childhood, starting with Darby's birth in 1865. These sections provide background on the bitter conflicts between gregarious, sensitive Darby and b...

Not all monsters belong to the movies . . .In the fall of 2008, John Carver's older brother, Owen, goes missing. He is found dead a few days later, his body torn apart by the local wildlife. Despite reports of strange noises heard at the time of Owen's disappearance, the police rule the tragedy as "a death by misadventure."Fast forward to the summer of 2009.To cope with his brother's passing, John dives into the art of filmmaking. Armed with a camco...

The past can be haunting . . .In 2009, John Carver faced and defeated the creature that had taken his older brother's life. Yet, his path to recovery hasn't been easy.Now in his twenties, living alone in Pennsylvania, John navigates a maze of dead-end, low-paying jobs to scrape by, until he stumbles upon Reels, a local movie rental store on the brink of collapse. Here, he discovers a sense of belonging, forming unexpected friendships.But when a seri...

The Sonoran Shield aren't the only hero team in the desert.Trev and his friends encounter a famous veteran team hunting their same targets in the mountains. With their rising fame of the Sonoran Shield and growing threats to the entire country, the Shield thinks it's time to establish more formal alliances.But not all heroes share the same priorities.A shocking precognitive vision of a devastating attack on Tucson only highlights th...