Laser-sharp zingers and out-of-this-world puns pile up at an astronomical pace in this zero gravitas sci-fi spoof from the author of Witches Be Crazy.Never meddle with unidentified spying objects . . .The year is: The Future. Mars and Earth are like that divorced couple who don’t exactly like each other but have at least stopped fighting in public. Floating somewhere in between them, amid all the garbage and Gene Roddenberry’s ashes, a transport vessel called the SS Jeffers...

Real heroes never die. But they do get grouchy in middle age.The beloved King Ik is dead, and there was barely time to check his pulse before the royal throne was supporting the suspiciously shapely backside of an impostor pretending to be Ik’s beautiful long-lost daughter. With the land’s heroic hunks busy drooling all over themselves, there’s only one man left who can save the kingdom of Jenair. His name is Dungar Loloth, a rural blacksmith turned innkeeper, a surly hermit and an...

A contemporary couple journeys back in time to ancient Ireland in this delightful fantasy by the author of Tea with the Black Dragon.John Thornburn is an artist, mild-mannered and nonviolent. To make ends meet, he teaches some courses in Celtic design. And although his background is half Micmac Indian, he lives in Ireland for two reasons: his far more confrontational and warrior-like girlfriend, Derval O'Keane, and his fascination with the beautiful illumin...

"High-style fantasy and adventure" in the complete Lyra series by the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles ( The New York Times).Shadow Magic: While Alkyra's noblemen squabble, an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. And as the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, ...

Reality is sometimes not what it appears to be.Dr. Albert Snowden just wanted to be there for his niece, Emily, after the loss of her father. Being abducted by aliens, and then rescued by a mysterious being known as Evaran, has made that difficult.Despite their situation, they try to make the best of it while traveling through space, time, and beyond with Evaran and V, Evaran’s trusty mobile artificial intelligence. With the use of Evaran’s time-traveling s...

It was just a hoverboard. Nobody was supposed to die.Dale Adams has worked hard to leave his troubled past behind for a brighter future at Emory University. But when he makes a discovery that will change humanity forever, avoiding the spotlight becomes the least of his concerns.Small experiments have attracted big attention. And not all who notice want Dale to be successful. Or even alive.As Dale's world collapses around him, his fate inter...

It seems rather fitting that I'm a grim reaper who happens to be a widow. In fact, my husband's death ignited a chain of events that shook my life and landed me as GRS's newest grim reaper. He's been dead for over a year, but I can't shake the feeling that the circumstances surrounding his car accident aren't what they appear.My suspicions are confirmed when I find a receipt for a storage locker rented in his name. Of course, I have to investigate, but what will I find? Was he lead...

When a Music Hall hypnotist escapes from the London County Asylum she leaves a single word on the wall of her cell - scrawled in blood: ‘MAGISTER’.Terror then stalks the capital’s streets as the killing spree begins. But why does Superintendent William Melville of The Special Branch call upon the skills of brilliant stage magician Michael Magister and his glamorous assistant Phoebe Le Breton to help capture the murderer? Especially as Michael is one of those named on the death list...

This is the second annual edition of the Long List Anthology. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer...

With her new internship, Min enters the scene of a major breakthrough in quantum computing: the virtual world of Spheria, home to sentient inhabitants. As these Polyans explore their habitat, the research team has a unique opportunity to observe their society’s development. Anthropology and artificial intelligence will never be the same.But Min soon uncovers evidence of a sinister secret. As overseers of a new species, some on the team can’t resist the temptation to play God. Other...

FROM A USA TODAY bestseller and Audie-nominated author:A thousand years ago, an alien invasion set humanity back to the Iron Age. Slowly, we recovered, colonizing the Solar System in peace.And discovered that an unknown force is stopping us from exploring any farther.But before the cause can be discovered, a slow-burning conspiracy threatens to explode into System-wide war. With enemies at home and in the darkness beyond, a team of unlikely heroes—a janitor, a merce...

Intelligence officer Jack Wells' latest time traveling assignment takes him to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. One of the Navy’s best codebreakers is about to be murdered.Jack has no idea who wants him killed or why. But if he doesn’t stop the murder, history will change. With the attack on Pearl Harbor imminent, Jack has only days to save the codebreaker or the allies will lose World War II …Aloha, Jack is the second book in the Saving Time series, a new time travel adventure from t...