John Carter had Barsoom. Antarius Thurgood got Altair.Stranded on an uncivilized world, Captain Thurgood finds himself alone against an entire planet filled with savage beasts and deadly denizens. To top it all off, the Hama are coming for him. Now, he must find a way to unite a people, conquer a planet, steal a ship and get off of Altair.It won't be easy.All he has are his wits and his grit because no one listened when he asked for a survival bazoo...

Every ruin tells a storyAcross the vast expanse of space and time lie the remnants of civilizations that reached for the stars—and vanished.Silent cities carved into asteroids. Derelict megastructures drifting between galaxies. Temples buried beneath the red sands of dead worlds.This book contains 13 bold tales of humanity’s encounters with these cosmic ruins. Think Indiana Jones meets Arthur C. Clarke.Follow determined xenoarchaeologists as...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this fourth collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and without. They hold up a mirror to the human experience. Who are we as a species? Who do we ...

Fantasy Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories transport you to new and wondrous worlds. Places where dragons roam free and where magic is as natural as blood. From epic battles to the temptations of demons, the exciting stories within 'In the Lair' will thrill, inspire, and keep you up all night wondering what will happen next.Foreword by Dan Koboldt"The Song Her Heart Sang" by Steven Savile

The rivetingly strange story of the world's most expensive bottle of wine, and the even stranger characters whose lives have intersected with it.The New York Times bestseller, updated with a new epilogue, that tells the true story of a 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux—supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson—that sold for $156,000 at auction and of the eccentrics whose lives intersected with it.Was it truly entombed in a Paris cellar for two hundred years?...

The post-apocalyptic world isn't that bad.Sure, there are mutants. But, for the people of New Hope, daily life isn't so much a struggle of finding food or medicine as it is trying to find a new shortstop for their kickball team. This makes it difficult for a post-apocalyptic warrior to find work. Thankfully, an army full of killers is making its way to the peaceful town and plans to raze it to the ground. Only a fully trained post-apocalyptic nomadic warrior can st...

There's an empire to topple, a tyrant to kill and revenge to be had.They've taken everything from him. Now Jerry and Chewy are headed to Niagara Falls to take out the wasteland's greatest villain once and for all. But the Librarian isn't the only one looking for revenge. Several other post-apocalyptic nomadic warriors have experienced Invcitus' horrors first-hand and are in town to find vengeance. The Bookkeepers have lived under the tyrant's iron fist for far too ...

The Librarian has a race to win, a message to send, and he's surrounded by clowns.Television is back and The Omega Run is the biggest show in the wasteland. Contestants from all over travel to The Cleave to compete for a chance at stardom in what is billed as the Last Race You'll Ever Run.The Librarian and his friends are looking to send a message, and Cleave TV's reach is unmatched. All he has to do is win a race through what's left of Cleveland where he'l...

They've got bounty hunters on their trail, a kingdom against them and no one they can trust.A price on their heads has driven Jerry, the post-apocalyptic nomadic warrior, Erica and their loyal mastiff west in search of a new beginning. But when their truck breaks down in what was once southern Colorado they are swept into an epic quest at the behest of King Elias, ruler of the Kingdom of the Five Peaks. On their quest they will meet old friends and new foes, mutant...

He's got pirates behind him, sea monsters ahead of him and a boatload of passengers that refuse to get along.It's been a year since the events in Niagara Falls.vThings have generally gotten better in the wasteland and civilization is starting to take hold along the rivers. No one knows where the Librarian is, or if he's alive, but there's a man and a mastiff running passengers from Hannibal to Cairo that might have an idea as to what really happened. Life is starti...

The Junkers are back and starring in their very own hit show!After rising to fame for their actions in the great robot uprising, Jake Ashley and his team of robot reclamation experts have been given their very own reality show. Each week, the talented team of junkers hunts down a runaway robot in an action-packed episode. From sewage maintenance machines to the largest practical special effect in cinematic history, the team members will be pushed to their limits as...

"Quick-moving, fast-joking, lightning-punching joyride for the soul."On the eve of tomorrow, Damian's own invention has run amuck causing terror at the 1933 World's Fair. To discover who is behind the malevolent mishap, Dam must travel from the dangerous streets of New York to the political hotbed of London and on to a deceptively picturesque perfumery in France. Sinister forces are at work and Stockwell soon finds himself facing off against unseen enimies and evil...