Middle school wannabe baseball hero, Tommy Velasco, gets more help than he expects from a mysterious two-headed coin. He discovers that bad pennies keep coming back, however much you want to get rid of them. When he passes the problem on to the class queen bee, things get even more out of control, with possibly lethal consequences.Book 5, "Time Before Color TV" series

Robot science fiction as you've never seen it before!Life goes on in post-apocalyptic Mech City, but it's no longer us. Winston, humanite model robot, returns to the town of his manufacture to find that all the real humans have perished. The robotic survivors are declining into self-destructive despair. He inspires the demoralized residents and becomes the de facto leader, relishing his new-found authority. Then a Roboto Fascist coup establishes a brutal new regime. Making a "virtue...

Book 2, Robot Horizon seriesWhat is the cost of true love in a shattered world? Star is willing to pay it, or not survive the outcome. A trek along dangerous roads provides answers. After Winston's dismal failure as Mech City mayor, Star convinces him to journey with her to the West Coast where Dr. Jerry Che, her creator, might still survive. She wants Winston upgraded to full functionality so that he can satisfy her robust appetites. Numerous foes, human and robotic, stand in the ...

The huge tire on the freeway outside town is not an advertisement, as people think, but a vessel from another universe on a sinister mission. Can Amanda and her friends make it back out alive? The fate of the world might hinge on the outcome, or at least Melissa's fancy new bike. Book 3 of the "Time Before Color TV" series

Ozone and burnt plastic. That’s how Nova’s Monday starts.Sure, her grimy reflection says heart-of-steel but sometimes it’d be nice to test that. Sabotaged in the outer reaches of space, Nova is put blaster-to-blaster with the Confederacy. Her plans for early retirement left on the last starliner, and now she’s got to deal with ancient aliens and government overlords.All she wanted was enough money to keep her ship flying, but the Confederacy want her dead and buried.

Hours of great reading await, with tales from some of the 20th century's most renowned science fiction authors, Here are 25 science fiction stories (plus a bonus short-short):ARENA, by Fredric BrownEXPEDITER, by Mack ReynoldsONE-SHOT, by James BlishSHAMBLEAU, by C. L. MooreSHIPWRECK IN THE SKY, by Eando BinderZEN, by Jerome BixbyTHE LITTLE BLACK BAG, by C.M. KornbluthLANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE, by Nelson S. BondLIGHTER THAN...

Nova's Toughest Challenge YetGuns blaze and people die in a covert battle for survival when an army attacks TheJagged Maw.Nova clings to life, drugged and alone on an outer planet, while the hidden enemy willstop at nothing. They strike like wolves in the dark, picking off bounty hunters untileverything comes to a head in a chilling confrontation.Nova’s most gruelling and action-packed adventure yet...Ge...

A mission. Too good to be true.A bounty. Not worth the cost.An anonymous invitation lures Nova and Aart into the clutches of a madman.While they've been focused on the evil Confederacy, this mission will remind them that sometimes individuals can be even worse. Now they must Fight or Die.

Ankar. A prison moon from which no one’s ever escaped.Nova. Alone, unarmed, and out-numbered.Somehow she has to convince the toughest mob boss in the Quadrant to give up his biggest secret, and escape the inescapable, or face certain death at the hands of the Confederacy.It will take wits, guts, and nerves of steel - and even that may not be enough.

Out of the prison and into the… unknown planet.Nova and her companions crash land on an alien planet, stranded.Before they can pick themselves up they’re arrested by the locals.The threat of death looms over them and the cultural divide seems insurmountable.Just as Nova finds her feet, a bigger threat emerges, and it coulddestroy them all.

Nova's Last AdventureTrapped on Bardo with no friends, no fuel, and no funds, Nova and her fellow Hunters take a job to deliver medical supplies to the outer settlements, but things quickly turn south.The Hunters must survive a scorching desert, a Sheriff who’s out to get them, and sandstorms filled with parasites.As if facing a horde of ruthless bandits wasn’t bad enough, they’re about to learn there’s something much worse threatening Bardo.. and t...

Exoarchaeologist Evan McElroy has made a discovery about a long-extinct alien race. But his sponsors realize they can make huge gains if the new findings are kept completely secret. Step one of their plan is to kill the entire research team - starting with Evan.As Evan flees for his life, his trajectory awakens a long-buried struggle. The Infoterrorists, who believe all ideas are screaming to be free, have waited years for the right moment to take on the seven great families that c...