Immerse yourself in an extraordinary universe revealed by the most original storytelling you'll ever experience. "Science fiction, yes, but so much more."For twenty years, Dr. Malcolm Renbourn and Tribe Renbourn faced adventure after adventure, struggle after struggle on Beta-Earth.Now, Renbourn and five of his Betan wives are forced to cross the multi-verse once again, this time to the strange world called Cerapin-Earth. After startling and frightening phy...

Alpha Tales 2044, opens on Beta-Earth when two genetically-enhanced mutants are forced to recover a stolen secret, the cure to the ancient Plague-With-No-Name that defined a planet for millennia.Then we jump across the multi-verse to our earth, Alpha-Earth, where police Captain Mary Carpenter infiltrates a gang of White Supremacists who want to purify Texas after decades of climate change and weaponized plagues.Still on Alpha, we leap ahead in time to 40 yea...

In 2040, a spaceship lands in Jamaica with six aliens aboard—two from Beta-Earth, four from Cerapin-Earth. Four of the aliens have the same father, "The Blind Alien" from our planet, Alpha-Earth.Twenty years in the future, the aliens will encounter a planet decimated by the effects of global warming and the devastating waves of weaponized plagues released by the Everlasting Caliphate, the largest network of Islamic terrorists ever assembled.After decades of...

Before Bond, before Maxwell Smart, andbefore Mrs. Emma Peel, we've enjoyed a wide variety of TV spies.From Dangerous Assignment to Burn Notice, we've watchedcloak-and-dagger adventures from popular successes such as Alias and Mission:Impossible to thoughtful mini-series such as The Sandbaggers tocartoons and even live animals in Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp.Our TV secret agents have worn masks and capes (Adventuresof Zorro), fought in the historical past (Hogan's Heroes, Jack ofAll ...

20 years in the future, humanity has been decimated by climate change and waves of fatal plagues released by Islamic terrorists.In this new world, Special Operative Mary Carpenter of the Commonwealth of Independent States takes on deadly opponents, including white supremacists, cells of the Everlasting Caliphate, and an international organization of smugglers called Hammerhead plotting to dominate the planet with an all-powerful fear gas.

In three exciting new adventures from the Beta-Earth multi-verse, you can now go where no spy has gone before!In "The Wayward Missiles," you'll meet three sexy members of the "Scrubs" resistance network including Jolcolm Renbourn, son of "The Blind Alien" from Alpha-Earth. You'll also meet his love interest, the willowy Hiqqa Rimudas and her saucy half-sister, Shai. You'll never expect what inventive ways they create, and what strange creatures they use, t...

The universe shifts and changes: suddenly you understand, you get it, and are filled with wonder. That moment of understanding drives the greatest science-fiction stories and lies at the heart of Engineering Infinity.Whether it’s coming up hard against the speed of light – and, with it, the enormity of the universe – realising that terraforming a distant world is harder and more dangerous than you’d ever thought, or simply realizing that a hitchhiker on a starship consumes...

Outrageous, fascinating and bizarre facts from every corner of the comic book universeWhat comic book artist was the recipient of an on-stage thank you from Paul McCartney and an on-air apology from Johnny Carson? What superhero got his powers by being bitten by a mongoose? What popular NPR host was forever immortalized as a "bad boyfriend" in a notable comic book? In Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?, author Brian Cronin will answer those questions and more by revealing the ...

Conflict is EternalWe have always fought. War is the furnace that forges new technologies and pushes humanity ever onward. We are the children of a battle that began with fists and sticks, and ended on the brink of atomic Armageddon. Beyond here lies another war, infinite in scope and scale.But who will fight the wars of tomorrow? Join Elizabeth Bear, Indrapramit Das, Aliette de Bodard, Garth Nix

New York Times bestselling author Keri Arthur brings her Outcast series to a breathtaking conclusion as Déchet supersoldier Tiger races against time to save humanity from darkness and total annihilation….Though Winter Halo–the pharmaceutical company behind the evil experimentation on both children and adults–has been destroyed, the danger is far from over. Not only do seven children remain unaccounted for, but some of the vampires are now able to walk in l...

Natalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem.On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape.What she doesn’t plan on though is the sexy alien who says he’s here to rescue he...

Science Fiction & Fantasy Anthology and Advice to Writers 2016You are about to meet:YOUR NEXT FAVORITE AUTHORThe 32nd edition of Writers of the Future may be the best new book yet! Brand-new adventure through space, time and possibility.Along the way these new authors will introduce you to fascinating characters such as Nate, a very loyal companion—like most werewolves would be. Keanie has a parasite that lets her morph and so transform into anyone. Liz owns...