When you discover a deadly threat to the solar system from your backyardPeter Kraemer, a physics teacher with a passion for astronomy, makes a discovery that he himself can hardly believe: Stars disappear from one day to the next, with nothing left of them. The researchers he contacts provide reassuring and logical explanations for every single case. But when Peter determines that the mysterious process is approaching our home system, he becomes more and more anxio...

Where life as we know it is impossible, the real adventure begins.Venus is a hostile planet, covered by active volcanoes. Nevertheless, NASA launches an expedition to search for life there, because the dense clouds of Earth’s hot sister could offer good conditions for it. Their specially developed airship cruises in the clouds of Venus to serve as a research platform for its four astronauts.When they discover dangerous activities on the glowing-hot surface,...

When a space probe returns from the dead, you better not expect good news.In 2014, the ESA spacecraft Rosetta lands a small probe named Philae on 67P, a Jupiter-family comet. The lander goes radio silent two years later. Suddenly, in 2026, scientists receive new transmissions from the comet. Motivated by findings that are initially sensational but soon turn frightening, NASA dispatches a crewed spacecraft to the comet. But as the ship approaches t...

A Great War will tear nations apart. Breaking our sacred code of protecting each other and our sovereign land. Told through the fractured life of a mysterious kid injured during the conflict. The reader is the author. And can choose how to see the story. My question for you is, can you tell fiction from reality?

The 11th century was a dangerous time to be of the line unbroken of King Æthelred II Unread and his first queen, Æfgifu of York. Born in Hungary after King Canute III's failed attempt to murder her father, Edward the Exile, Margaret found her life turned upside down by King Edward the Confessor's discovery of her father's survival -- and the resulting recall of her family to England.Now a political hostage only kept alive for as long as it served powerful men's interests, Margaret ...

Twelve remarkable and innovative women who forged the United States and Canada. From explorers to writers to revolutionaries and business women, the spirit of independence lives brightly in these ladies from diverse backgrounds.Music appendix features songs popular in Colonial America, including "Heart's Ease," "Chester," "We Gather Together," "Hail Columbia," and a special rendering of "The Star Spangled Banner."Perfect for all ages!

A Tale of Transformation and Innovation.A good man's quest had gone horribly wrong, causing a war weary young nation to struggle to survive.In 1834 a doctor was searching for a way to cure his family and patients. He accidentally created a condition more terrible than the world has ever known. Two warring cultures must now band together to combat this new foe.Across a mostly untamed America, where steamships and horseback are the fastest means of transportation, t...

Queen Mary Stuart was one of the most beloved and controversial women in Scottish history. The granddaughter of King James IV and his wife Margaret Tudor, Queen Mary's status as heiress-apparent to Queen Elizabeth's throne in England paired with the violence of the Scottish Reformation set the stage for one of the most dramatic and poorly understood lives of the 16th century. Mary Queen of the Scots tells Mary's true story, focusing primarily on her reign as queen of Scotland, celebrating ...

After battling the wentico affliction across the U.S. countryside our heroes learn that this horror is now also affecting herds of buffalo. These massive monsters are wiping out entire villages with a single pass.To make matters much worse they have good reason to believe that someone is intentionally propagating this ravaging plague.Join Jack and Sophie Chambers, along with John, Nektosha, and the others as they are called back into the war to save the country.They...

At the Silver Tower of Yllathyra, the Elven sages and mystics taught the elder magic to human children, in an effort to bridge the divide between the two races. The nature of mankind being what it is, however, it became obvious that such an endeavor could only result in tragedy and war. Here are the stories of the heroes and villains who fought at the Silver Tower.This anthology of Dark Fantasy Flash Fiction contains ten exciting stories.Each self-contained tale is exactly ...

When the black moon graces the sky, Death's ominous presence descends.Lord Death, diligent in imparting nightly lessons to his daughter, finds his routine shattered by her piercing scream. After eight years of tranquility crumble beneath the pursuit of the mortal realm, a debut author unveils a tale of defiance and revelation. In the face of a grave mistake of Lord Death's own making, an unlikely family grapples with inevitable change in the first book of the Child of Death series....