Face aliens, monsters, and more in these five short novels by five masters of military science fiction.It's a war out there . . .In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor:Big Plush by Aaron Allston (a novella from the Action Figures series)—The Dollgangers, artificial peop...

Fifteen Futuristic Tales of Terror from bestselling SF author B. V. Larson! This 60,000 word book is an Anthology of short stories. Most are Science Fiction mixed with Horror. Others might be called Dark Fantasy.... Many have been published previously in various magazines.The first complete story is in the free sample.... Read it now!The Barrier - What does it take to go faster than light?TA96 - Do our genes belong to us?Symptoms of God...

A new kind of alien invasion…When Quentin Draith wakes up in a private sanatorium, he has no memory of who he is or how he received the injuries riddling his body. All he knows is that he has to get out, away from the drugs being pumped into him and back to the real world to search for answers. His first question: How did his friend Tony’s internal organs fill with sand, killing him in a Las Vegas car crash?After a narrow escape, he tracks down the basic fa...

It’s a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never-before-published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor:"Big Plush" by Aaron Allston (a novella from the Action Figures series) - The Dollgangers, artificial people made in mankind's image, take up arms in a desperate bid to win their freedom."Comrades in Arms" by Kevin J. Anderson - A dam...

When twentysomething Jacqueline Swanson mysteriously goes missing in Las Vegas, supernatural crime investigator Quentin Draith is hired to investigate. Determined, Draith immerses himself in the darkest corners of the city’s underworld, unveiling a string secrets and bizarre deaths.The deeper he digs, the more otherworldly his assignment gets. Assassins, human and otherwise, put a target on Draith’s head. An old foe ignites a storm of mad science. And a ravenous beast rampages thro...

Experience the Human Cost of War!It has been said that "Generals always prepare to fight the last war," this whilst others learn from history, innovate, and adapt, giving them-for a time-the upper hand. But is that enough to win the war?With Stories By:Charles E. Gannon, John C. Wright, James Daniel Ross, Jonathan Maberry, James Chambers, Patrick Thomas, Andy Remic, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Charles E. Gannon, Jeffrey Lyman, Jack Campbell, Mike McPhail, Bud Sparhawk,...

**New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas's virtuosic Star Corpsman series proves one thing: The Marines are still the toughest sons of guns in the galaxy.**As Bravo Company defuses a hostage crisis on an orbiting mining station, Navy Corpsman Elliot ""Doc"" Carlyle not only saves the lives of a wounded Marine and two extraterrestrial friendlies—he averts a terrorist strike intended to kill billions. His reward? Deployment on a recon mission into the darkest depths known to ...

Hardcore Negotiations Have Begun!Now awakened from its decade-long sleep-refurbished and reassigned-Breach the Hull rejoins the fight. The founding book in the Defending the Future series once again lets loose the dogs-of-war on an unsuspecting universe...With Stories By:John C. Wright, Mike McPhail, James Daniel Ross, John C. Wright, Danielle Ackley-McPhail, James Chambers, Jeffrey Lyman, John G. Hemry, Bud Sparhawk, Lawrence M. Schoen, Bud Sparhawk, Patrick Thomas...

Odd Exam is a novella from Piers Anthony about an unusual college entrance examination. Entrance exams are taken in the form of a multi-player online game in a semi-virtual reality, with portals to other worlds and alien monsters. For those who qualify, board and tuition will be free. Can this be serious?

With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it’s like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. Now, in the explosive new Starfistadventure, packed with fierce action and danger, Marines at war in future space find themselves pitted against a faceless, insatiable foe bent on destroying them. And that’s just for starters.How bad is the upcoming mission facing the battle-hardened Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (F...

It’s the 25th century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men. . . .In their fiercest combat yet, the hard-charging Marines of 34th Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have finally won their battle against a fullscale alien invasion of planet Kingdom. But as citizens try to return to some semblance of normalcy, the old government is replaced by a ruthless new regime.Meanwhile, in a cave in some forgotten Kingdom backwater, several humans slowly r...

A few good Marines beat the fierce, fanatical aliens once before. But that was a skirmish–not a full-scale invasion.The truth is out. No longer are the Skinks just a horrible secret haunting the Marines of Company L. Now the aliens are all-too-real invaders whose savage attacks have devastated planet Kingdom, a world of squabbling religions where the men of the 34th FIST confront a desperate situation. Cities that haven’t already been reduced to rubble are...