The Boston Marathon; Sandy Hook Elementary School; the Aurora, Colorado movie theater; Columbine High School—sadly, most Americans are very familiar with these names and the tragic events that took place at each event or location. Mass shootings, home invasions, and other attacks on the general public are no longer the rare exception they were decades ago. No one wants to feel like a potential victim in their own neighborhood, but what can the average person do to stay safe?The aut...

Master the Klingon Way of the Warrior -- as you undergoStarfleet's training in the language, culture and warfare of theFederation's most lethal adversary: the Klingons.Star Trek: Klingon is a frighteningly realistic episode thattests your mastery of Klingon phrases, customs, body language,and even the proper cooking of gagh. Survive the crucial LanguageLab and you may test your newfound knowledge of tlhngan Hol.In this tr...

Sixteen all-new stories by science fiction’s top talents, collected by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DozoisFrom pulp adventures such as Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Carson of Venus to classic short stories such as Ray Bradbury’s “The Long Rain” to visionary novels such as C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra, the planet Venus has loomed almost as large in the imaginations of science fiction writers as Mars. But while the Red Planet conjured up in Golden Age scien...

"A key to the audiobook’s success for fans is its all-star cast — a strong advantage here for audio over print. When a “Next Generation” cast member speaks in 'Fan Fiction,' from Patrick Stewart to Marina Sirtis, it’s that actor’s actual voice you’re hearing." -- The Providence Journal"Incredible production values (one of the best soundscapes I’ve ever heard, honestly) and some interesting insights from Spiner..."-LocusThis...

"A key to the audiobook’s success for fans is its all-star cast — a strong advantage here for audio over print. When a “Next Generation” cast member speaks in 'Fan Fiction,' from Patrick Stewart to Marina Sirtis, it’s that actor’s actual voice you’re hearing." -- The Providence Journal"Incredible production values (one of the best soundscapes I’ve ever heard, honestly) and some interesting insights from Spiner..."-LocusThis...

Written by Mark Okrand, the creator of The Klingon Dictionary, Conversational Klingon is an audio program that can teach anyone to speak authentic Klingon. It includes the words, phrases, pronunciations and customs for any situation, including: proper voice inflection, key Klingon words for emergencies, and sample conversations between Klingons.

"Revenge is a dish best served cold."-- Klingon proverbFor many years, Klingons have been the premier warriors in the galaxy. Regarded across known space with fear and awe, few beings understand the true depth and greatness of the Klingon culture."Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man."-- Klingon proverbNoted Klingon language and cultural expert Marc Okrand collects the wisdom of these great warriors, taking proverbs and quot...

The U.S.S. EnterpriseTM is stunned when famed scientist Lynn Costa is murdered in one of the ship's science labs. She and her husband Emil were known as science's greatest ongoing collaboration and, together had received the Federation's highest honors for their achievements in scientific research.Determined to see the culprit brought to justice, Captain Picard assigns Lt. Worf and Counselor Deanna Troi to the case. Their routine investigation of the ship's science lab soon...

An Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author, a search not for who you are but what you are, a stunning revelation about the Universe and our place in it.A woman with wings that exist in another dimension. A man trapped in his own body by a killer. A briefcase that is a door to hell. A conspiracy that reaches beyond our world. Breathtaking SF from a Clarke Award-winning author.Tricia Sullivan has written an extraordinary, genre defining novel that begins with the mystery of a w...

The aliens are here. And they want to help. The extraordinary new project from one of the country's most acclaimed and consistently brilliant SF novelists of the last 30 years.The Jackaroo have given humanity fifteen worlds and the means to reach them. They're a chance to start over, but they're also littered with ruins and artifacts left by the Jackaroo's previous clients.Miracles that could reverse the damage caused by war, climate change, and rising sea levels. Nightmare...

Global phenomenon and Sunday Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to dazzle, captivate, haunt, and entertain with this third collection of short fiction following Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things, which includes a never-before published American Gods story, BLACK DOG.In this new volume, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, shadowy world that lies beneath. Trigger Warning includes p...

Paris in the aftermath of the Great Magicians War. Its streets are lined with haunted ruins, Notre-Dame is a burnt-out shell, and the Seine runs black, thick with ashes and rubble. Yet life continues among the wreckage. The citizens retain their irrepressible appetite for novelty and distraction, and The Great Houses still vie for dominion over France's once grand capital.House Silverspires, previously the leader of those power games, now lies in disarray. Its magic is ailing; its ...