Publishers Weekly calls Lunar Cycle Book 1 "Appealingly reminiscent of an updated Heinlein juvenile."As Drusilla Zhao begins her new life on Earth with her girlfriend Sara, she struggles to adapt while suffering from PTSD. When Sara's home is threatened, Dru must fight to defend the Alliance while battling enemies inside her own head.

“Appealingly reminiscent of an updated Heinlein juvenile, it's a story of wartime bravery, principles, and self-sacrifice.” -Publishers WeeklyThe year: 2067The place: Sun-Earth Lagrange Point L1, 1.5 million kilometers above the surface of the EarthThe objective**:** SurviveSixteen-year-old Drusilla Zhao lives in the Hub, a space station used by the Chinese-American Alliance as...

Publishers Weekly calls Lunar Cycle Book 1 “Appealingly reminiscent of an updated Heinlein juvenile, it's a story of wartime bravery, principles, and self-sacrifice.”The year: 2068The place: The war-torn and ecologically devastated Earth.The objective: Survive.Sixteen-year-old Drusilla Zhao has done the impossible and escaped the meat grinder of space warfare alive. Now she and her only remaining comrade, Jillian, are about to be rotated right back ...

WELCOME TO THE NEW RIVERDALE!ARCHIE, one of the longest-running titles in comic book history, is rebooted here in this collection that brings together two of the most talented creators in comics, Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. Together they create a surprising and definitive take on Archie's origin -- a story that has never been told.Meet America's favorite teenager Archie Andrews, his oddball, food-loving best friend Jughead, girl-next-door Betty and well-to-do snob Veronica...

For fifty years, Medicare and Medicaid have stood at the center of a contentious debate surrounding American government, citizenship, and health care entitlement. In Medicare and Medicaid at 50, leading scholars in politics, government, economics, health policy, and history offer a comprehensive assessment of the evolution of these programs and their impact on society -- from their origins in the Great Society era to the current battles over the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"). These hig...

The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities is designed to be a resource for those who are interested in or touched by nursing. This book is designed in part to complement the report by the Institute of Medicine on the future of nursing. Readers—whether researchers or practitioners, foundation or government officials, students, or simply lay people interested in nursing—should use this volume to gain a better understanding of the nursing profession and the i...

Table Of ContentsOne Day Your Strength Will Fail By Anthony FrancisEver wonder what happened to all the heroes of Greek legend after they returned to familiar shores? "One Day Your Strength Will Fail" explores how a hero of legend rages against the inexorable approach of old age in his own inimitable way.A Moment in the Rain by Bethany GrayA rain-drenched night delivers a wild power to a young woman’s doorstep, which turns her world upside-down.Worldsh...

"From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second dramatized audiobook in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring Fergus Ferguson, interstellar repo man and professional finder.As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spac...

Interstellar journeys. Epic battles. Articial Intelligence longing for meaning. Life as we know it, ending...Sci-Fi Bridge is thrilled to present its first collection from bestselling authors and newly emerging writers. These stories span the near and far future. They transport you to worlds unknown. They examine today's fears amid tomorrow's technologies. From the far corners of the galaxy to the inner reaches of the human heart, the exciting stories in At the Helm will thrill, in...

BOOK #5 IN THE BEST-SELLING TAU CETI AGENDA SERIES, SEQUEL TO TRAIL OF EVIL. Humanity takes to interstellar space to face conflict and an extermination threat from an evil artificial intelligence, and an alien menace from beyond.A century and a half after the Martian Separatist Wars, Alexander Moore returns to the stars with the Sienna Madira, a United States Navy supercarrier spacecraft outfitted with advanced FTL and endlessly strange, extremely effective, quant...

They came in peace……or so they said. Here are 18 examples of how they lied. This is an exciting collection of First Contact science fiction stories, all completely different! Take a risk – venture into the unknown with us. Who is out there? What will they want from us? Come join us in our adventure to find out how 1st Contact pans out. It will be a great adventure!"Every story in this book has something to appeal to fans of the science fiction genre, especi...

Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan’s collection, John Scalzi's Old Man’s War will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe.John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.The good news is that humanity finally made it into interstellar space. The bad news is that planets fit to live on are scarce-and alie...