"Some things are literally impossible. Everything else is merely improbable, to varying degrees."Lucas Winter, lawnmower man, was happy. With his life, that is. Not so much with the state of the world, but was pragmatic enough to recognise that there was nothing one man could do about that. Until a highly improbable series of events gave him the opportunity to make a significant difference.Quantum computing was the holy grail of computing science, and a laboratory in Spain wa...

Jake has harbored a secret crush for his boss for a long time. Will he finally work up his nerve to ask Ryan out? Maybe. Maybe, if it’s not a date. After all, Jake is a young wisecracking don’t hold me down type of guy. Not a date is just his speed. But can Ryan convince him that good sex is great, but real love is better?

Donate Body to Science. Check.When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scient...

Charles Stross builds a new series with Empire Games, expanding on the world he created in the Family Trade series, a new generation of paratime travellers walk between parallel universes.The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of the New British Empire, and the newly-reconstituted North American Commonwealth is developing rapidly, on course to defeat the French and bring democracy to a troubled world. But Miriam Burgeson, commis...

24 October 2114: the day that shocked the world.Young diplomat Cory Wilson narrowly escapes death in the assassination of President Sirkonen. No one claims responsibility but there is no doubt that the attack is extraterrestrial.Cory was meant to start work as a representative to Gamra, the alien organisation that governs the FTL transport network, but now his new job may well be scrapped in anger.Worse, as Earth uses military force to stop any extraterrestrials com...

“Halting State [is] a near-future story that is at once over-the-top and compellingly believable.” – Vernor Vinge, author of Rainbows EndIn the year 2018, Sergeant Sue Smith of the Edinburgh constabulary is called in on a special case. A daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates—a dot-com start-up company that’s just floated onto the London stock exchange. But this crime may be a bit beyond Smith’s expertise.The prime suspect...

Fifty thousand years ago, a meteorite hit the planet Asto, giving its Aghyrian inhabitants mere days of notice. Three ships escaped the Armageddon. Two went to the neighbouring planet. The third, a massive generation ship, refused to take on refugees, and then vanished without a trace.It’s coming back.Its initial burst of communication caused the outage of the Exchange, the FTL network for transport and communication, but since then the ship has been silent. It jumps about ...

***Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020***FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINING AUTHOR OF VERNON GOD LITTLE'Pierre's high-risk prose explores and expands the cartoonish, taboo-busting outer edges of literary possibility.' -- Independent***It's a big bad world out there, in Dopamine City.All Lonnie Cush wants is to keep his kids safe.But Shelby-Ann - his little ...

‘Tell Mum I miss her’Bodyguard Sam Wylde has had her British licence revoked. She is now operating in Europe, running security on a swanky motor yacht during the Historic Grand Prix race. And at the same time she trawls for news of her ex-husband and daughter.In fact, the owner of the boat is bankrupt and the bank wants the multi-million-dollar vessel back. Sam is in the middle of a very dangerous situation that is...

All Jackson Dark wants to do is get home and surprise his wife with the special gift he’s bought her.But he’s got one last job to finish first…Special Delivery forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.

Read the first three chapters of GENIUS for free!The Game: Get ready for Zero Hour as two hundred geniuses from around the world go head to head in a competition hand-devised by India's youngest CEO and visionary.The Players:Rex: One of the best programmers/hackers in the world, this 16-year-old Mexican American is determined to find his missing brother.Tunde: This 14-year-old self-taught engineering genius has drawn the attention of a ruthless military warlo...

In a cosmic rally race winding 12,000 kilometers across Io’s treacherous surface in just 60 hours, all while dodging the competition, fatigue, and violent lava geysers—there’s only one way Cat knows how to win: Just drive.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.