“In science fiction there is only a handful of books that stretch the mind—and this is one of them.”—Arthur C. ClarkeIn a moving story of sacrifice and triumph, human scientists establish a relationship with intelligent lifeforms—the cheela—living on Dragon’s Egg, a neutron star where one Earth hour is equivalent to hundreds of their years. The cheela culturally evolve from savagery to the discovery of science, and for a brief time, men are their diligent teachers....

This book will keep you intrigued right to the finish...... and keep you up reading much too late at night."THE GENIUS ASYLUM is smart, gripping, and breakneck. I'd wait for the movie, except I don't want to wait: I want to read more!" – Ed Greenwood creator of The Forgotten Realms--------------------------------------------“Exciting and suspenseful, logical and believable, with lots of wry humour tucked in here and th...

A page-turning science-fiction thriller from the author of Paradox Bound and the Ex-Heroes series.Step into the fold. It's perfectly safe.The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence.That is, until an old frien...

War between the stars.It was started by an AI, and few humans even knew there was a war at all. But now people are dying, not just robots and aliens—and the AI wants it to stop. But a war is easier to start than to stop, and the computer can't alter its course without outside help. When the Gnostic Control System searches for conspirators, it chooses its friends carefully...Pali: a public relations director, who broods far too much on her unfulfilled ambitions.Ramo:...

A rift in space that shouldn’t exist. A secret that can unite humanity, or ignite its destruction.Alex Solovy is a lone wolf starship pilot with a talent for uncovering the hidden secrets of uncharted space. When she follows a hunch into a forbidden nebula and encounters a mysterious rift tearing the fabric of space itself, Alex stumbles into a conspiracy powerful enough to rewrite humanity’s place in the universe—or erase it entirely.Across the galaxy, Cal...

Goodreads Choice Finalist for Science FictionA pizza-loving slacker becomes the host of an ancient alien—and a pawn in an ongoing alien war—in this “science fiction romp” full of wit and humor (Huffington Post)When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it.He wasn’t.He now has a passenger in his brain—an ancient alien life-form called Tao, w...

Absolute Power Corrupts Even the Best of Friends.Mildred Graeme is a witch that knows what it’s like to fail. She loathes small talk, struggles with magic, and grew up wretchedly poor. What’s easy for her best friend Evelyn, a wealthy, powerful socialite, is difficult for Mildred.The two lifelong friends reunite at Chatham Castle where they fight together for the dream of a better world. Mildred wants to save the Network from political elitism, while Evelyn encourages it. W...

Revenge is heading to Earth at the speed of light…The Gaia probes left a dying Earth millennia ago in a bold effort to spread life to a lifeless universe.Unfortunately, not all of those worlds were uninhabited...The aliens watched their world die to swarms of nanite terraformers, but with their last breath they launched a terrible, unstoppable weapon to kill those who'd stolen their home.Patrol Captain Sam Avalon is the first human to encounter it, a missile...

Sam never knew his parents. In fact, he's never met another human—or seen a sunrise, smelled a flower, or eaten a regular meal. All of that is about to change.It's night in the desert, but he doesn't feel the cold. The sky is clear, and the stars twinkle at him. He has never seen the sky from Earth before. Everything looks so strange. So . . . alien. He shakes his head in wonderment and laughs. He can't stop smiling. This is Earth!There is a building ahead. Other people wil...

Loosely based on Larry Niven's 1973 novella "Flash Crowd," Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds.This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and appeared in his seminal work Ringworld, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his birthday. The auth...

A riches to rags adventure of a clever woman in a high-tech suit versus a hostile AIExiled to the mines of Mars...Silvariah Frandelle, a clever business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured--barely one step above slavery--as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years of service, becomes the key to surviving hostile environments.Space, gravity, and Ma...

In this "magical, terrifying, and whimsical debut" (Publishers Weekly starred review), a biotech plague reverberates in Ohio Amish country long after the near-extinction of humankind. A young woman must try to save what remains of the human race. "Crafty surprises abound" (Kirkus Reviews) in this sci-fi/fantasy adventure that's "nothing short of a storytelling masterwork." (BlueInk Review in Booklist)Root is...different.Though raised in a fearful society th...