Control the energy, control the war. Control the war, control the galaxy.The galaxy teeters on the brink of chaos. The Unified Galactic Command tightens its grip, hunting those who dare defy its rule. But hidden in the shadows, rogue factions battle for dominance-each seeking control of the legendary HoloCells, a near-infinite energy source that could shift the balance of power forever.Former military strategist Kyros Draeven will stop at nothing to seize this power for the...

Cloud Storage Security: A Practical Guide introduces and discusses the risks associated with cloud-based data storage from a security and privacy perspective. Gain an in-depth understanding of the risks and benefits of cloud storage illustrated using a Use-Case methodology. The authors also provide a checklist that enables the user, as well as the enterprise practitioner to evaluate what security and privacy issues need to be considered when using the cloud to store personal and sensitive ...

The #1 New York Times bestseller!From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.All her life, Spensa's dreamed of becoming a pilot and proving herself a hero like her father. She made it to the sky, but the truths she learned there were...

I have burnt the Book of Laws, to serve the Deadman's cause, as a soldier of the LegionA rough truce divides the known galaxy between the System — the despotic slave empire that rules the inner systems — and the Confederation of Free Worlds, claiming the awesome infinity of the Outvac frontier.Fresh out of basic training, the young troopers of ConFree Legion's Squad Beta are dropped onto the primitive world of Andrion 2 to counter a mysterious System incurs...

It is a time of unknowns for members of the Alliance. They have no information to guide their actions, no record of the key events to influence their research.For Fil Trask and his sister, Angel, it is also a time of growing up. It is a time when they must learn the deep sacrifices it often takes to keep a family together through great trial and tribulation.And it is a time when they will learn that your greatest fears and deepest pain can have a profound and lasting influe...

What do you owe the future, and what do you owe the past?With the hated totalitarian System on the verge of collapse and the dreaded alien Omnis observing an unexpected truce, veteran soldier of the Legion Thinker has finally found happiness with his wife Priestess.He raises his children in a cozy home and instructs new Legion recruits in basic training. It is a dream he never thought possible — a haven of peace and comfort.However, it is short-live...

Here’s to hoping I get to Heaven at least once before Hell literally comes to Earth.It’s the find of the century – alien angels and the spaceships they arrived in. Cindy-lu should have been in biology research heaven; instead, she’s part of a team preparing for the apocalypse.Hell has entered the solar system, a behemoth that will decimate the planet – and its inhabitants. But there is hope for humanity if they can get enough people off-planet to start over. Howeve...

Tarkus and Kaira - aboard the legendary Wanderer - are on a mission to expose the Pradagash Corporation’s darkest secrets. But when a freighter carrying thousands of freed slaves is sabotaged, their plans are thrown into chaos.Forced to seek refuge in the rebellious Stormharbour system, they arrive just as a massive Corporation fleet closes in to crush all resistance.With time running out, Tarkus must face his deepest fears and Kaira her darkest trauma. An old enemy is hunt...

Sometimes it’s better to be quiet in a galactic forest.Captain Herix Trellis just wanted to command the UPS Alpaca, not fight to the death against a vicious reptilian alien species known as the Gorkeens. One year after crash-landing on an unknown planet and with his crew dispersed, there isn’t much hope of a rescue.One issue is they got there by a portal they couldn’t avoid, and now they have no idea where they are or when. Another problem is that over half...

In a solar system where The Authority decides who lives and who dies, one of their own executioners may be humanity's last hope.Glade Io was raised to obey.Taken from her family as a child, she was transformed into a Datapoint—a biotech-enhanced operative tasked with carrying out the Culling. Her mission is simple: identify and eliminate anyone The Authority deems a threat to the colonies.For years, Glade never questioned her orders.Then she...

Jack Finnegan only has to worry about dealing with school bullies, suffering through detention with his homeroom teacher, and getting noticed by the girl of his dreams... at least until an army of evil aliens invade Earth. Suddenly, this teenage slacker finds himself at the center of a galaxy-spanning conflict - where the lives of everyone on the planet are in jeopardy, soldiers use Quantum Physics to become superheroes, and the enemy uses some mysterious form of magic to make themselves p...

Join the fight against Kefka, a maniacal, crazy, clown lookalike (who is scarier than that sounds), as he attempts to bring the world to ruin. You take control of a multitude of very colorful characters (including a little girl with a paintbrush!) all of whom are joined together by fate, united by their mutual hatred of Kefka and the Empire. Final Fantasy VI is a vibrant, hilarious world and one of the most loved games of the series due to its excellent writing and complex battle system.