World-changing inventions have revolutionized the way we live our lives today. In the past 300 years, mankind's ingenuity has seen the human race leap through the Industrial Revolution and soar into a scientific era of breakthroughs and discoveries. Radio, central heating, toilets - these are but some of the countless inventions that have transformed our lives.Who made these discoveries? And what led them to their breakthroughs? Meet the brilliant, eccentric, and occasionally errat...

Let those who define themselves in failure be forever damned.Raph seeks to stop the return of an ancient lord of fire and ash. Domina hunts the veiled hand behind the assassination of an entire noble family. Eric Blackhand just wants to believe that he is a good man. Little do these aspiring heroes know the collision course they are set upon. As the fate of all who call Duralaans home weighs upon their shoulders, they must force themselve...

Abandoned places can be intriguing, creepy, and forsaken, but are they always empty?In this fourth anthology in the Legion of Dorks presents series, fifteen authors poke around in vacant places and let us see what turns up.You'll discover:· the wreckage of an enormous, ancient, alien craft and what it hides· a young woman looking for a shopkeeper, but who runs into a genie instead· an old researcher who travels to a hidden island· an AI satellite...