A collection of Haiku poetry combined with photographs on the themes of Light, Darkness, Travel and Seasons,

Five short stories digging through the darker sides of relationships - and the far-reaching impact we can have on one another.

Our lives could go in many possible directions.What if we had taken that turn? Or this other fork in the road; said that one thing; or learned to hold our tongue and so not have to wish we could un-say it.Meet Anna and Ruth Goldberg, again and again, through many of the possible relationships between these women, mother and daughter.Bracketed by the same story, told once from Anna's perspective and then Ruth's, we see thirty glimpses of how these women might interac...

The old woman spoke."First it was Áine. Now Irenna. What is it you are looking for, Duvessa, Daughter of Ree, that you go about the world seeking others?""I sought answers from Áine," Duvessa said. "I seek answers from Irenna. I came to you seeking answers...I have already found some answers to my questions that I did not like. Yet I find unanswered questions even less to my liking."Duvessa, a young woman of six and ten years, is on a journey to understand the world...

Alphard is one who stands apart. In a group-oriented, telepathic society, that makes him an oddity. Even more because he is Dark, non-telepathic.That very oddity allows him to save members of a Research team who will die without his help.Yet when those of his species abduct two members of a potentially intelligent alien race — they call themselves Humans — his abilities will be taxed to their limits.He and his team members, Rose and Violet, must learn to communicate...

Alphard is one who stands apart. In a group-oriented, telepathic society, that makes him an oddity. Even more because he is Dark, non-telepathic.That very oddity allows him to save members of a Research team who will die without his help.Yet when those of his species abduct two members of a potentially intelligent alien race — they call themselves Humans — his abilities will be taxed to their limits.He and his team members, Rose and Violet, must learn to communicate...

I'm not your typical girl. I've been running away from the memories that haunt me for so long that depression has become my only comfort. I was content in the darkness… until Wes Michals offered to be my light.I didn't know that time wasn't my ally—that every second that ticked past was one step closer to the end of something that was beginning to mean the end of myself. He tried to warn me. He promised me all he was able to offer—each moment as it came—but it would never be enough...

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.Knowledge comes at a cost, one th...

The Dragon Lords of Valdier universe is vast but each book can stand alone! Jump in at any point in the series.Tia is the Keeper of the Stories for the inhabitants of Glitter. She dreams of a life she knows will never happen, but hope blossoms when a strange creature is captured at the entrance to their kingdom and Tia remembers the legend of a goddess who will renew their world.Jett is the youngest royal son of the King from the Kingdom of the Sands. His thirst for adventu...

In Timeweb**, Brian Herbert creates a universe of wondrous possibilities that is populated by sentient spaceships, shapwshifters, intriguing robots, and miniature aliens with mysterious powers.**Humanity has become a mercantile society that has spread throughout the galaxy, ruled by wealthy merchant princes who live in decadent splendor—entirely unaware of another realm just beneath the fabric of the universe.When galactic ecologis...

The future tyrant begins his path to power as an asylum seeker on Jupiter in this sci-fi series opener from the New York Times–bestselling author.Though he was later accused of every crime and sexual perversion in the galaxy, Hope Hubris began as an innocent. Because he defended his older sister against the violent lusts of a wealthy scion, Hope and his peasant family were forced to flee Callisto, one of the moons of Jupiter. Pursued by the bloodthirsty sci...

Steward is a Beta— a clone. In his memories, he’s an elite commando for an orbital policorp— but because his Alpha never did a brain-scan update, Steward’s memories are fifteen years out of date . . . and in those fifteen years, everything has changed. An interstellar war destroyed the company that held his allegiance. His wife has divorced him, along with the second wife that he can’t even remember. Most of his comrades died in a useless battle on a world called Sheol, and those...