A Utopian civilization sporting designer babies created through genetic engineering, monitored by robotics with the assistance of artificial intelligence faces extinction from an anomaly that no one has been able to isolate, identify, or counteract.The best minds around are assigned the task of finding out why people are falling apart and dying.One of the science teams working on this problem makes a startling discovery off-world and takes a calculated risk traveling to a f...

This hard science fiction novel from author E. R. Dee covers a span of nearly twenty years in the lives of the Martian colonial founders and their children as they make the very rocky transition from a privatized establishment to one under control of the five major space nations on Earth who have to answer to bureaucrats, voters and taxpayers. This leads to revolt and eventually armed conflict as Earthers send forces to liberate Mars from the armed colonial terrorists who have taken over a...

Greed, hubris and selfish desires short-sheet the outposts of the solar system, who then send forces out to take what they need without trade nor barter. Eventually, all the planets send forth attack forces to deal with those who they think have wronged them!One person is sent out to reign in all the renegades and bring all the factions back together in peace and harmony.

Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. Collected in this over sized edition are more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy. Escape back to the golden age of science fiction! 'Exile from Space' by Judith Merril 'Cogito, Ergo Sum' by John Foster West 'Grove of th...

Seven salacious stories guaranteed to sizzle with the promise of whispered secrets and steamy reveals.From dominant strangers to intimate mistresses, wild west gang leaders to sinister witches, there is something here for every flavor, bound together by one simple fact—a secret. Unwrap these scintillating mysteries layer by layer to reveal delicious confessions.Join contributing authors P. Stormcrow, E.R. King, Jyvur Entropy, Maria Rush, Alix & Nick Hicks, ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In the far future, a dormant android awakes on a vast starship to find humanity's last hopes rest with him.Launched to carry the human species across the galaxy, Starship's generations-long journey has crumbled as machines took everything from their human creators, including life itself. Given a mission by humanity's last digital remnants, Gamma must traverse Starship's vast, dangerous bulk in search of a way to...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Two androids. One captive. A vast ship filled with deadly secrets on the galaxy’s edge.Gamma completed his mission: the Nursery and its human future is safe . . . for the moment. Dangerous mechs wander Starship, broken code driving them to destruction. Strange power draws from dark corners raise questions.And, of course, what to do with the prisoner?As Gamma and Delta comb the ship, searching for...

In more ways than we may sometimes care to acknowledge, the human being is just another primate--it is certainly only very rarely that researchers into cognition, emotion, personality, and behavior in our species and in other primates come together to compare notes and share insights. This book, one of the few comprehensive attempts at integrating behavioral research into human and nonhuman primates, does precisely that--and in doing so, offers a clear, in-depth look at the mutually enligh...

The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to deepen our understanding of the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. Five years after the storm, its profound impact continues to be felt.This new edition explores emerging themes, as well as ongoing issues that continue to besiege survivors. The book has been updated and revised throughout-from data about recovery efforts and environmental cond...

What does it mean to be a responsible nuclear power in 2025? As strategic competition, and indeed great power competition, reemerged in the late 2010s and early 2020s, competing nuclear states increasingly employ the language of nuclear responsibility to label a strategic competitor as an irresponsible actor on the international stage. However, there remains a lack of consensus on what responsibilities nuclear-weapon states are assigned while other states and scholars argue that the posses...

Book 1Andy knew he was a Doctor and that it really wasn’t ethical to want to be with his new patient Michelle but, he couldn’t help himself he wanted her is the worst way. What is a Doctor to do?A short story part of a BundleBook 2“This is Doctor Harps, how can I help you Maria?” he asked her“I know it’s your day off and I am so sorry but, I’m in so much pain, my ear is killing me, my head is throbbing and now I have a temperature. Can you please hel...

Kids and K9s are wonderfully and remarkably suited to enjoy a friendship together! As a younger or older child learns both the responsibilities and the rewards of owning and loving their canine companion, that boy or girl will treasure the memories they make with their furry, four-legged friend for the rest of their life.As moms and dads, along with their sons and daughters, welcome a puppy or adult dog into their family life, they will experience life-enhancing challenges and cont...