The world has become waterless due to Solar Flares and the Runaway Greenhouse Effect. Earth has not experienced rain for eons. A farmer and daughter wander across a transformed planet, in dire hopes of finding an underground water source.

A complete guide to making computer artworks, from dynamic action scenes to fantasy landscapes.Today, digital art appears everywhere - in print, on television, and in the movies. With the rapid advancement of digital art tools, illustration using these methods of is often faster and more effective.This illustrated guide shows you how to create digital artworks using Photoshop and other popular software platforms. Award-winning illustrator David Cousens guid...

Celebrating 20 years of BOOM! Studios, fear the Zombie Tales tribute issue!The classic horror anthology that carved a bloody trail for Hello Darkness returns from the dead!Hair- (and corpse-)raising stories from Steve Orlando, Federico Sorressa, Chris Roberson, Shane Oakley, Dave Cook, David Cousens, Michael W. Conrad, Matthew Dunn

When a Predator drone is hijacked byTaliban forces and used to kill US marines,Major Nathan Connor and his Delta Force unitare deployed to destroy it.The only problem is Connor must also keep a promise --to find and protect his dead friend's son, Hassan.Delta Force burst into action to track down thePredator drone and Hassan before it's too late,and before more innocent blood is spilt...Explosive action and a thrilling, high...

Take up your weapons and prepare to fight your own battle in these all-action, interactive adventures, in which you take part in epic battles from throughout history.It is 1944 and Europe is still in the iron claw of Nazi German forces. In an attempt to end the war, British leaders have a plan to send elite troops deep behind German defences to capture key targets, including bridges.You are a Lieutenant in the 2nd Parachute Battalion. You must command your men forward through...

When Dr Kate Shawcross is kidnapped by a Taliban leader -Masud - he plans to hold her hostage. Kate is the daughter ofa US senator and Masud demands $1 million for her release.No money will be paid, so Major Nathan Connor and hisDelta Force team are assigned to rescue her.But with Connor still looking for Hassan, the son of hisdead friend, will he be able to hold all the pieces togetherwithout getting himself, or his team, killed?E...

The news isn't good: 347 prisoners have escaped from a prison in Kandahar.One of the prisoners is Jabir Hassani -- a Taliban warlord and old enemy of Major Connor.Now Connor and his Delta Force unit must bring back two men kidnapped during thebreak out, and kill or capture Hassani, who is planning to kill the Afghan president.But the Taliban warlord also has another, much bigger target in his sights...This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE,

The Taliban launch a deadly attack in the first step of their new offensive.Delta Force are assigned to strike back!The team must HALO drop into the mountains, hook up with their contact,find Mullah Khan - the Taliban leader - then take him out.But when one of the team is killed, it looks like Delta Force has walkedstraight into a trap! Major Connor must salvage the mission,kill Mullah Khan and get his men home.This title is published by Fr...

Take up your weapons and prepare to fight your own battle in these all-action, interactive adventures, in which you take part in epic battles from throughout history.It is 1945 and though Nazi Germany has been defeated, World War II rages on as Japan continues to fight. The US Marines have fought their way across the Pacific Ocean, defeating Japanese forces one small island at a time. The fighting has now reached Iwo Jima, a rocky volcanic island only 600 miles from Japan.You...

"All girls [should read] The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis." — Malala Yousafzai, New York TimesThe first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.Eleven-year-old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed-out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan’s ca...

In this richly woven young adult fantasy short story, a brave young woman enters a deadly marriage that promises to challenge the bounds of love, hate, and sacrifice.Seventy-one days and seventy-one nights had come and gone since Khalid began killing his brides.This dawn, Khalid would mark the loss of the seventy-second girl, Shahrzad al-Khayzuran.Khalid didn’t know how many more of these dawns he could take. And there was something about this lates...

A special young readers' edition of the bestselling memoir, SEAL Team Six , detailing how one young man escaped hardship to become an elite soldier."A great book for teens interested in joining the military, adventure fans looking for something meatier, and guys in general. The action will keep all readers turning the pages wanting to see how the missions and training turned out." — School Lib...