Spliced is a science-fiction-fantasy series set on an alien invaded Earth in the year 2314.The aliens known as the Dirge crashed into our planet 200 years ago with every intent on taking over our world. They were smart, adaptable, and aggressive, and we... we were unprepared. The Dirge saw humans as the workforce and our world as fertile and ripe for a takeover. They tried to make our planet more suitable for them ...

The Earth lies in ruins in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial invasion, the land devastated by a desperate war with no winners between mankind and a race of vicious, intelligent creatures. The seas are drying up while the atmosphere corrodes and slowly cooks any life remaining on the now desolate rock. Food is scarce, trust even more so, and the only people left alive all have done horrific things to stay that way.Among the few survivors is Lucas, an ordinary man hardened by the ...

When the alien Mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally--the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?Now a major motion picture starring Tom Cruise!

The second Fowl Twins adventure, a spinoff of the blockbuster Artemis Fowl series, starts with a bang--literally.Artemis's little brothers Myles and Beckett borrow the Fowl jet without permission, and it ends up as a fireball over Florida. The twins plus their fairy minder, the pixie-elf hybrid Lazuli Heitz, are lucky to escape with their lives.The Fowl parents and fairy police force decide that enough is enough and the twins are placed under house arrest. But Myles has quest...

The official Minecraft: Guide to PVP Minigames contains some of the best games for you to re-create and play with friends in your own world.When it comes to making your own fun in Minecraft, the player-versus-player minigame options are endless, and the only limit is your imagination.With insider info and tips from the experts at Mojang, this is the definitive guide to building and playing PVP minigames in Minecraft.This ebook is be...

Even the most feared beings in the galaxy need love...A cancer class cyborg, all Cael has ever known is war and pain. The love and support of her unit is all that kept her going even in the darkest days. But only two of them make her burn with need and desire, but she can't let it show. They're gemini's, coded for seduction, and she knows they'd never look twice at a nerdy cancer like her. She'd die for them, but kiss them? Romance? She's not brave enough to make t...

Kedna has been consigned to fostering on the empty world of Iskan when her power and her health become dangerous. Being mentored by a planetary Avatar is difficult, but moving the weather for an entire world is second nature.When she is older and her skills are needed off world, she is paired with her first member of the Sector Guard. He is a pain in the butt and harbours resentments toward her for hogging his ancestral planet. She simply concentrates on the job and earns his respe...

The Know-It-All Trivia Book for Minecrafters is the must-have book of more than 800 incredible facts for your favorite multiplayer video game! Test your brains and stump your friends about life in the Overworld and down in the Nether, where Minecraft came from, and hundreds of other tips and Minecraft gaming secrets! Become a master builder of your own Minecraft smarts with The Know-It-All Trivia Book for Minecrafters!Inside you will find awesome trivia such as:Her...

As human colonies are obliterated by a dark pathogen and hideous monstrosities proliferate, a family of scavengers find an amnesiac who may hold the secrets to the forces tearing apart the galaxy.Life amongst the stars is brutal. Human settlements are being destroyed by a dark pathogen launched from mysterious ships, which turns whole populations into hordes of ravenous monsters. And no one knows what happened to the Jackals, the elite cadre of soldiers hunting dow...

As the Swarm boils in chaotic uncertainty, Arcturus Mengsk has seized this opportunity to bolster his Dominion forces. He has gathered a seasoned team of scientists—the best terran minds in the Koprulu sector—to unravel the secrets of the savage zerg and the enigmatic protoss. Because in this brutal corner of the galaxy, the human race is going to need every chance it can get.Collected here for the first time is Blizzard Entertainment’s revolutionary Project Blacks...

Sure gotta love bandits, huh? One minute you’re just whaling on ’em for some quick cash and stress relief, and the next thing you know, your magic’s been sealed! With Gourry and Amelia at my side, it oughta be easy enough to track down the lady responsible for all this and set things straight, right? Too bad our destination’s a town full of Dark Lord cultists and werebeasts. Oh, and we all manage to get separated... Maybe this self-styled “mysterious priest” guy can help me out. They never...

So, a virtuoso sorcerer and a master swordsman walk into a bar... Yeah, you’ve heard this one before. The locals immediately hit ’em up for a job because they look sooo powerful and the town’s just that dang desperate for help. In the case of Atessa, city of blacksmiths, there’s apparently some funny business going down in the surrounding woods. Mines are being attacked, caravans raided—the whole shebang. Yup, there’s definitely something foul afoot in this forest. Frankly, I don’t care to...