**The captivating possibilities of extraterrestrial life on exoplanets, based on current scientific knowledge of existing worlds and forms of life2023 Canopus Awards for Interstellar Writing Finalist**It is now known that we live in a galaxy with more planets than stars. The Milky Way alone encompasses 30 trillion potential home planets. Scientists Trefil and Summers bring readers on a marvelous experimental voyage through the possibilities of life--unlike anything we have ...

The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and even more remarkable than the sheer number of exoplanets is their variety. In Exoplanets, astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving aroun...

Commissioned in death to save a world in peril, a tabletop RPG fanatic is reborn as a humble farm boy with the rulebook for the universe at his fingertips!Young Erich's quest for an invincible character build will require more than his decades as a number-crunching munchkin, though. Even with power-leveled skills, feudal life is no cakewalk—especially when you keep drawing more attention than you can handle.Can Erich adapt to his strange new world before hi...

It is difficult to visit a bookstore without passing by shelves ripe with promises, secret keys, and new techniques for achieving happiness and spiritual success through some form of surrender. It may be one of the most overemphasized yet scarcely understood topics in the Christian life. This book does not promise new information or privileged secrets. Instead, it offers hope for the broken, truth for the wayward, and clarity for the lost from the pages of Scripture. Surrendering God's way...

The magus Agrippina saves the munchkin hero Erich by the skin of his teeth.This favor does not come without a cost—she brings news that little Elisa is actually a changeling! To protect his sister's future, Erich's only choice is to accompany the magus to the imperial capital as a servant, leaving his hometown behind... but not before making an oath to his childhood friend. When fairies suddenly appear on his path to the capital, will he be able to avoid a critical...

Putting the fey tragedy behind him, Erich arrives at the Rhinian capital and begins his term of service under Lady Agrippina at the Imperial College of Magic.There, he draws the attention of a troubling wardrobe connoisseur but has no choice but to press on and earn his sister's tuition.After befriending a student at the College, the two set off on one of Agrippina's simple errands—until the Goddess of Dice turns their quick chore into a full-blown dungeon ...

My name is Haldin Raish. Legionnaire.And the High General just murdered my parents.My dad was well respected in the Legion. Always had a reputation for doing the right thing, no matter the cost. He was a good man. And whatever he stumbled onto got them both killed. Messily.Now, that red-eyed thing is coming for me. It walks like the High General. Talks like him, too. But it's not. Human beings don't shirk off gunfire and sm...

After saving a runaway maiden from a series of mysterious pursuers, Erich and Mika whisk Cecilia away into the sewers of Berylin.As the chase approaches a finale, they uncover a secret like no other: Cecilia is no normal mensch.Upon finally escaping to Erich's lodging, the duo of old friends learn that the girl is running from an "unwanted marriage." Unwilling to cast her aside, they call in for fey and changeling support alike in an attempt to get her out ...

"There's only one rule … don't get hit."Ryan's life sucks.His brother is a jerk, his mom is sick, and his legs are next to useless thanks to a neurological disorder. Plus the world ended two centuries ago from nuclear war. Now, what's left of humanity live below ground, with the only escape from reality being the massive VR world of Crystal Shards Online.But even in the game, Ryan's life sucks. Unable to play a combat class due to his condition, he ...

Our munchkin hero Erich returns home after a long, dark night of bedlam, bloodshed, and intrigue in the capital.Cecilia's conundrum stands resolved, but the ripples of the incident persist... and whose boat should they rock but that of Agrippina, his shiftless employer? Omens of trouble loom on the horizon, but escape was never an option. How will Erich's saving throws fare when he is plunged into yet more turbulent waters?!

The power of ancient gods is programmed within him.Slip doesn't buy it, though. The Sci-gods took everything from him. They dropped a bomb that reduced his home to waste, his family to dust, and left him broken with no hope for vengeance. Now he's just a lone cyborg digging through scraps for his next meal.That changes when a rebel assassin stalks Slip, eager to unlock the untapped potential hidden deep within him—his unique connection to the A.I. in his he...

After a road home full of new meetings, farewells, and all sorts of chaos, Erich has finally made his way back to Konigstuhl.His brothers may have grown up a bit, but his friends and family haven't changed much at all. Although the warm welcome from his little canton is comforting, the show must go on! Finally ready to fulfill his promise to himself and his childhood companion, how will everyone's favorite Level 1 Fighter fare as he sets off on his adventure?!