Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization.“A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. ClarkeFor centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a...

“Thriller writing at its best... A gripping story that's hard to put down.”--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (re Any Means Necessary)“One of the best thrillers I have read this year. The plot is intelligent and will keep you hooked from the beginning. The author did a superb job creating a set of characters who are fully developed and very much enjoyable. I can hardly wait for the sequel.”--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Any Means Necessary)F...

When top scientists are kidnapped and a deadly pathogen stolen, Homeland Agent Zack Force plunges into the heart of danger to thwart a devastating attack. Can he decipher the clues from this radical new threat before the final countdown?PATRIOT DOWN (A Zack Force Action Thriller—Book 2) is the second novel in a new series by thriller author Vin Strong. The series begins with PATRIOT FORCE (book #1).Zack Force is an action thriller you won’t be able to put down. With heart-p...

Warleggan is the fourth novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner.Cornwall 1792. Ross plunges into a highly speculative mining venture which threatens not only his family's financial security but also his turbulent marriage to Demelza.When Ross and Elizabeth's old attraction rekindles itself, Demelza retaliates by becoming dangerously involved with a handsome Scottish cav...

Winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel • One of the most enthralling science fiction sagas ever written, Kim Stanley Robinson’s epic trilogy concludes with Blue Mars—a triumph of prodigious research and visionary storytelling.“A breakthrough even from [Kim Stanley Robinson’s] own consistently high levels of achievement.”—The New York Times Book ReviewThe red planet is no more. Now green and verdant, Mars ...

The Twisted Sword is the eleventh novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, and continues the story after the fifth TV series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner.Cornwall 1815. Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons – and travel to Paris with his family, as an 'observer'...

"One of the best thrillers I have read this year."--Books and Movie Reviews (re Any Means Necessary)In the much-anticipated debut of a new series by #1 bestseller Jack Mars, when elite Delta Force soldier Luke Stone, 29, joins a secretive government agency, he is dispatched on the mission of a lifetime: a whirlwind race across Europe and the Mid-East to save the President's daughter before she is beheaded by terrorists.In PRIMARY TARGET (Book #1), we see the forging...

The Loving Cup is the tenth novel in Winston Graham's hugely popular Poldark series, and continues the story after the fifth TV series, which has become a television phenomenon starring Aidan Turner.Cornwall 1813. A silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods. Yet the tiny vessel and its inscription Amor gignit amorem haunts the lives of the still-feuding Poldark and Warleggan families, as Ross, D...

A USA Today bestseller!The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry takes readers on an entertaining and edifying tour of the universe.In Neil deGrasse Tyson’s delightful journey through the cosmos, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin, a timeless visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has observed f...

The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.In the 1940s and 50s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians to calculate velocities and plot trajectories, they didn't turn to male graduates. Rather, they recruited an elite group of young women who, with only pencil, paper, and mathematical prowess, transformed rocket design, helped bring about the first American satellites, and made the exploration...

Flagstaff, 2010. A string of murders rattles the quiet mountain town. The victims share no clear link, and as fear spreads, so do uneasy questions about motive.Reporter Miles Harper is on probation at the Flagstaff Gazette. Scrambling to keep pace with a rapidly changing newsroom, he knows that cracking the story may be his last chance to keep his career alive. But every lead drags him deeper into a tangled web of violence, extremism, and unstable suspects.The killer is wat...

A bundle of books #1 (PRIMARY TARGET), #2 (PRIMARY COMMAND) and #3 (PRIMARY THREAT) in Jack Mars's Forging of Luke Stone Thriller series. This bundle offers books one, two, and three in one convenient file, with over 200,000 words of reading.In PRIMARY TARGET (Book #1), we see the forging of one of the world's toughest—and most lethal—soldiers: Luke Stone. A 29 year old veteran who has seen enough battle to last a lifetime, Luke is tapped by the Special Response Team, a secretive n...