To save the world from being consumed by an alien technology that you inadvertently unleashed, you must use your wits, cunning, and of course... your Kobo ereader! In this exciting universe, you are the hero. You direct the lead character as your avatar in exploring the mysteries of an alien race as you attempt to discover the technological source of immense power while avoiding the ever present and potentially fatal flaws intrinsic to the mind and actions of man. The Vortex uses our Decis...

The Complete Guide to Minecraft: Crafting, Mining, Farming, Enchanting, Redstone, CheatsThis guide will help you turn from Minecraft newbie to an advanced player! Aimed especially at newer players, this guide contains a new player's guide, and sections on crafting, mining, farming, enchanting, a walkthrough/tutorial, a brief section on redstone, and a section on cheats! There is enough here that a more advanced player can still get value from this guide. Many screenshots and charts...

**"**Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet."—Neal Stephenson"Something genuinely and thrillingly new in the naturalistic, subjective, paradoxically humanistic but non-anthropomorphic depiction of bot-POV—and all in the service of vivid, solid storytelling."—William GibsonWhen anything can be owned, how can we be free?Earth, 2...

A Deranged Human Who Lives to Deal DeathStalks an Alien Who Cannot Bear to Kill,with the Galaxy's Future in the Balance.Science Fiction Adventure in the Posleen War Universe from a New York Times Best-Selling Author and a New Star of Military Science Fiction.It's a matter of trust.For thousands of years the Darhel, a warrior species conditioned to be incapable of killing, manipulated and controlled the human race. Then the humans threw off the...

Naka was adrift with no means to focus, but accidentally starting a tremor in her hometown lets everyone know what she is and sentences her to confinement. The Citadel sends a representative to take her away, but the information that he is given will make sure that she finds no friends off Resicor.Her life is no longer her own, but her talent begs to be used, and on the planet of Piq, she finds something very wrong. The empty world should not be empty. Its mind has been stolen and ...

Riasa has been working with the resistance to warn talents of the scanning bots flying overhead on schedules. The warning of eyes in the sky saved lives and families.Rescued before she could be caught, Riasa begins life at Citadel Teklan, but she knows something is very wrong. Confronting her suspicions, she calls in help and destroys the only home she has been offered before getting assigned to a flyer with wings of stone.Natu was disgruntled to be picking up a farmer’s da...

Kedna has been consigned to fostering on the empty world of Iskan when her power and her health become dangerous. Being mentored by a planetary Avatar is difficult, but moving the weather for an entire world is second nature.When she is older and her skills are needed off world, she is paired with her first member of the Sector Guard. He is a pain in the butt and harbours resentments toward her for hogging his ancestral planet. She simply concentrates on the job and earns his respe...

All sorts of MineCraft mods have been made available by developers who believe that the Sandindie game could be made way more fun. Here are 70 of them, categorized into groups, depending on what their themes are. You may install them on your copy of the game and leave your friends bedazzled as to how you can have an edge on them.

Once upon a galaxy, a spaced-out writer launched a novel exploring a starry saga set in a universe much like a certain trek we know and love. Here, for the first time, you can experience this voyage into trekkerness. The names are new, but you might recognize the drama and excitement of an epic encounter aboard the star cruiser Exogenesis as it pioneers humanity's journey to greatness among the stars. In this adventure, first contact with the multilingual Vox species goes horribly...

Fiction: “Flower, Mercy, Needle, Chain” by Yoon Ha Lee, “The Long Chase” by Geoffrey A. Landis, “Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo, and “Travelers” by Robert Silverberg.

Clash of Clans is a strategy game from Supercell. It is all about using combat strategies to protect ones virtual village and also using different tools to build your own village. It is a game that is very popular on mobile devices especially on iPhones, iPads and on android phones. It is one of the best combat strategy games that has been created for mobile. The reason for Clash of Clans success is that it is completely different from the usual strategy games that you may have played befo...

Perry Rhodan has discovered a huge space ship, an ark in space, carrying a population of humans who set out on their journey 55,000 years ago, from Earth - Lemurians, the legendary forefathers of mankind. After the Akon Empire has seized the ark of the stars, Perry Rhodan has to come up with new ways to solve its mystery. A reconstruction of data found on the ark points the way to a sister ship. But Perry Rhodan is too late: That ark has crashed on a planet. Among the survivors, Perry Rhod...