Beneath the sands of Egypt, an ancient secret has waited thousands of years to be discovered.When archaeologist Daniel Reeves uncovers evidence of a hidden chamber beneath the Great Sphinx, he expects to rewrite human history. Instead, he discovers a warning.Earth has been visited before.Across millions of years, an alien force known as the Harvesters has moved from world to world, stripping civilizations of their resources and leaving destruction behind. Now the an...

A prisoner escapes into the Siberian night. Beneath the ice, he discovers a warship that has waited fifteen centuries for a commander.Travis Cole is running out of time. Guards are closing in, the winter cold is killing him, and the crevasse he has fallen into offers no obvious escape. Then he discovers the preserved body of a humanoid alien—and an ancient spacecraft buried deep beneath the Siberian ice.The ship calls itself Vigilant.When Vigilant a...

“Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street JournalFrom The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the worldHenry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular—and wildly inaccurate—report...

Loneliness can touch anyone. It may appear after a major life change, during grief or illness, while caring for someone else—or even in a crowded room. And when you feel lonely, reaching out can seem harder than it should.The Quiet Between Us is a compassionate, practical guide to understanding loneliness and finding small ways back to connection. Steven Johnson explores why people hide their loneliness, how everyday barriers can make connection difficult, and how to take first steps at a ...

**“A fast-burning fuse of a book, every page bursting with revelatory detail.”—ERIK LARSONA sweeping account of the anarchists who terrorized the streets of New York and the detective duo who transformed policing to meet the threat—a tale of fanaticism, forensic science, and dynamite from the bestselling author of The Ghost Map**WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD • A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLEN...

When you put four pro wrestlers in a ring, you double the athleticism, mischief, and entertainment. That’s the equation behind The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: The Tag Teams, the first comprehensive and historical look at wrestling’s tag team phenomenon.It contains hundreds of extensive interviews with well-known wrestlers, promoters, and managers — a who’s who of wrestling since the 1950s — to reveal tales of pain, measly payoffs, and a trade that was practised as much for love as ...

Money can divide a family. A buried truth can destroy it.A father's secret affair and a business partner's place in the family's past threaten to unsettle a fortune—and everyone who depends on it. When two former sweethearts are drawn together again, the spark between them is still alive. But another man wants to marry her, and family loyalties are already under strain.As hidden motives surface, every answer raises a more dangerous question: who stands to gain from keeping ...

A signal beneath the Great Sphinx has been waiting more than ten thousand years to be heard.When geophysicist Daniel Mercer detects an impossible seismic pulse originating beneath Giza, he uncovers an ancient warning left for humanity—a warning of an enemy that has returned to finish what it began thousands of years ago.The Harvesters are coming.They have crossed the stars before, stripping entire worlds of intelligent life. Earth survived their last visit only by c...

Relationships rarely break all at once. Distance can grow through missed conversations, unspoken expectations and small hurts left unresolved.In Relationships Bend: How to Keep Them from Breaking, Steven Johnson explores how to notice strain early and find a way back to one another. Through everyday examples involving partners, friends and family, the book offers practical ways to communicate clearly, apologise meaningfully, rebuild trust and set boundaries with care.You ca...

The ancient prophecies spoke of wars, famine, pestilence, deception, nations gathering for battle—and a final place called Armageddon.For thousands of years, those words belonged to prophecy. But today humanity possesses something previous generations did not: nuclear weapons capable of destroying cities in minutes, artificial intelligence capable of manufacturing convincing deception, digital systems capable of controlling economic access, and military alliances capable of turning...

Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years, or centuries, to come? Our most powerful stories revolve around these kinds of decisions: where to live, whom to marry, what to believe, whether to start a company, how to end a war.Full of the beautifully crafted storytelling and novel insights that Steven Johnson's fans know to expect, Fars...

The war for Earth is over—but the Harvesters have found their creators.When a desperate transmission reaches Earth, Daniel Mercer learns that Arel's peaceful people are surrounded by a Harvester fleet. The Arelians possess technology that can disable armies, yet an ancient restriction prevents them from taking a life—even to save their own world.Humanity answers the call.Daniel, Sarah, Marcus and the battered ships of Earth's fleet cross an ancient gateway into a ba...