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...

Disaster strikes Flight 114 out of Lhasa, Tibet when the cabin depressurizes in a severe storm over the Himalayas, and the co-pilot is forced to make an emergency crash-landing at high altitude. With limited supplies and no radio communications, the survivors are faced with a life-or-death decision: stay with the plane and await an unlikely rescue, or attempt a perilous descent while they still have enough strength?For flight attendant Beth Agnew, the choice is even harder. Her par...

When the annual Iditarod sled dog race in Alaska is hit by a series of late-winter storms, bush pilot Ben Helm gambles on a break in the weather to fly two dropped dogs and two race personnel to the checkpoint at Unalakleet. But the conditions worsen, and a catastrophic accident mid-flight forces Ben to ditch on the landfast sea ice somewhere on the Bering Sea.Stranded, with no communications and only limited supplies, the three survivors, with their two canine companions, must try...

You'll never see him coming; you won't want him to leave. For disillusioned young waitress Rebecca Green, the solution is Hold on tight when a mysterious time-traveller arrives to literally turn her world upside down.Sam Morrow is on the run. He's being pursued across time by four dangerous men from his past, including the deadliest swordsman in France. But now that he's found the girl of his dreams, it might just be time to stand and fight. Rebecca has an idea--to recruit the best...

New species. Old wounds. A fight for supremacy on the galaxy's wildest planet.When Hesperidia's satellite defense system suffers a catastrophic failure, the meteor shower it was supposed to repel rains down over the terrified tourists on safari. Three large surface impacts trigger a crisis intervention from the colonial authorities. It results in the removal of the current governor, and auditions for a successor are soon underway. Jan, Alien Safari's pre-eminent ranger-scientist, f...

No matter how hard you try, no matter how far you look, you will never find this shop.It will find you.Dreams, desires, the most outlandish wishes: all are for sale at Esther May Morrow's timeless antiques and sundries store, for the bargain price of...well, that would be telling. You'll have to see for yourself. So come on in. Don't be shy. Make her an offer. She never refuses anyone.There's just one thing I should mention: each purchase comes with an absolute guar...

It's the newest, most thrilling sightseeing cruise in the Alien Safari brochure.For ranger Jan Corbija, ferrying rich tourists around the aquatic wonders of Hesperidia's islands helps to fund her important scientific research. But her final 'White Water' tour of the season might just be one sail too many when passengers steal her equipment for a dive into uncharted depths, triggering a tragic series of events.A leisurely cruise becomes a race against time when a young girl ...

Julie Blalock is approaching thirty and has an unfulfilling job with an accountancy firm. But she also has a secret--she was once an MI6 Agent. A personal tragedy forced her to quit eight years ago, but a chance offer to return for a one-time op is too tempting to ignore. Her mission: to pose as a rich socialite at Sotheby's, to gain critical intelligence during the most anticipated high-class auction of the year--Esther May Morrow's sale of antique treasures, featuring Lot 62, a prize tha...

Untamed. Unstoppable. Unleashed.A sudden vicious attack on a safari patrol ship crossing the savanna plains cripples the vessel and almost kills one of the rangers inside. No one got a good look at the creature responsible, but one survivor reports animal features that don't correspond to any known species on that continent. Jan organizes a search party to try to locate the aggressive intruder before it wreaks further havoc on the ecosystem.The bigger quest...

Reach the dizzying heights of adventure … kilometers below.When an old acquaintance arrives seeking refuge on Hesperidia, Vaughn and Jan reluctantly give him sanctuary. Trouble follows wherever he goes, but he's also custodian of an extraordinary alien secret that he's used to save countless lives across the colonies. This time, however, his own nine lives may have run out. Diurnal, the most feared hit squad in the galaxy, has tracked him all the way to the Hesp. A...

Excitement and danger collide on the galaxy's wildest ride.With Alien Safari's reputation in tatters after the tenax disaster, Jan invites a select group of influential journalists to experience Hesperidia for themselves, hoping their reports will sway public opinion back in her favor. In partnership with Detective Vaughn, now the operation's permanent Security Chief, she launches an all-or-nothing intercontinental tour, incorporating the thrilling highlights of all the previous to...

A murder investigation at an interstellar beauty pageant draws two detectives into a deadly mystery.Detectives Rappeneau and Thorpe-Campbell are from different worlds. One's a debonair number-cruncher with a posh accent, the other's a hard-edged burn-out a hair's breadth away from suspension. They'd settle for a week of eye candy and full body massages. But there's been a vicious murder at the famous lunar resort of Pont de Rêves. And with a half-billion-credit purse up for grabs, ...