A single mother, Julie Broadrick doesnt know how to tell her two young children, seven-year-old Lisa and five-year-old Jimmy, that she has cancer and has only a short time to live. But a fluke accident on a camping trip gives her new lifenot only are her injuries miraculously cured, but her lung cancer is gone and she has no desire to drink or smoke. That miracle was performed by Joe Murdock, who has discovered an advanced technology installation left by aliens more than four thousand year...

Nineteen-year-olds Molly Long and Betsy Nelson have been best friends for years and are traveling to their first semester of college. But an unexpected invitation to join Joe Murdocks Interstellar Projects derails their plans. They decide its a challenging proposition and a way they can use their high ideals and values to protect planet Earth.Molly and Betsy are impressed with the concept of the projectsusing alien technology and the idea of trying to upgrade science and improve hu...

A doomsday masterpiece from the New York Times –bestselling, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of Eon and Hull Zero Three .On July 26, Arthur Gordon learns that Europa, the sixth moon of Jupiter, has disappeared. Not hiding, not turned black, but gone.On September 28th, Edward Shaw finds an error in the geological records o...

The Crew of Planet Janitor are contracted to survey the damage to a lunar mining facility caused by a meteor shower. When a second job proposition proves too sweet to turn down, Captain Zachary Crowe must enter the devastated base. But will the reward be enough to outweigh the consequences of taking on such a risky mission.

'Why read Jack McDevitt? The question should be: Who among us is such a slow pony that s/he isn't reading McDevitt?' Harlan EllisonTo boost waning interest in interstellar travel, a mission is sent into deep space to learn the truth about 'moonriders', the strange lights supposedly being seen in nearby systems.But the team soon discovers that their odyssey is no mere public-relations ploy, for the moonriders are no harmless phenomenon. They are very, very d...

It takes a certain type to crew a ship that drops you seven years at a time into the Deep. Kite-class cargo ships like Menkalinan get burned-out veterans, techs who’ve been warned off-planet, medics who weren’t much good on the ground. The Gliese-D run isn’t quite the end of the line, but it’s getting there. No cachet, no rewards, no future; their trading posts get Kites full of cargo that the crew never ask questions about, because if it’s headed for Gliese-D...

The three Terran/Ricky Commonwealth 'Eyes' books are packaged together with a new preface connecting all three novels in the 'Eyes Trilogy.' This story is about Daniel Karpinen and his immediate family and how they learned to control gravity and themselves and eventually to travel to the stars. The story starts with Daniel as a copy editor for a large textbook and magazine publisher and how he is pushed and pulled by both outside and inside forces to lead humanity to the...

*** A SHORT STORY BY BEST SELLING & AWARD WINNING AUTHOR - HUGH B. LONG ***A daring pilot makes history as the first interstellar astronaut to reach Alpha Centauri, but is forced to fight for his life trying to get home.Commander Charles "Chuck" Robert Merrell, is your typical test pilot: confident, daring, a lifelong risk-taker. When his ship, The Improbable-1, arrives at Alpha Centauri A, Chuck discovers a mystery that he can’t ignore.With typical test-pilot brava...

Get even better value for money when you purchase the Logan Ryvenbark's Saga Box SetThe planet Titus has become unstable and is on the verge of catastrophic collapse. The only chance the colonists have is to relocate before the planet's destruction. Logan Ryvenbark and his squad are sent to Jardoval to make sure the planet is prepared to handle an influx of new settlers. But when they arrive, they find the planet devoid of life. Now Ryvenbark and his team are in a ...

The age old story or question, 'are we alone out there' has never been truly answered. Our main character likes being alone. A surprise inheritance waits when he's told if he embarks on a solo journey to Jupiter and back, a fortune lies at his feet. He takes up the challenge to venture alone in a space ship, which by today's standards, would take more than five years.

An exclusive J.D. Robb short story.Aboard the Staten Island ferry, a tourist comes across something she shouldn't have seen - something someone needs kept very quiet. Soon no one can find her. But if she didn't jump, and she's not on board, where is she?Homicide Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called to the scene and is quickly faced with a shocking web of lies. With time running out and a deadly trail of intimidation and revenge emerging, Eve and her team must fi...

An amazing sequel to the groundbreaking debut, DRUMS, GIRLS & DANGEROUS PIE. Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself." Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too, whi...