Watching the hatching of a great tree-dwelling venomous tentacled land-devil has been field-scientist Aran Romeu's dream for as long as he can remember. And if land-devils are the most dangerous creatures known to humankind, and this whole thing might be a set-up from someone who wants to kill him, and there's a very good chance neither he nor his research assistant and best friend Istvay will come out of this alive … well, he and Istvay have never let something like that stop them before....

A remote resource planet. A mysterious illness. And a rescue team frighteningly out of their depth.It was supposed to have been an easy job: go in, kidnap or kill his mark, get out. Shine's done plenty of jobs like this before, no problem. But when it all goes suddenly wrong, he has only one option left to save his skin.He finds himself an unwilling volunteer on a medical mission to a remote resource planet. It sent in a distress call a week earlier, and th...

On a desert settlement on a remote planet, the limited water is as precious as life. Until it starts to kill them…Thaddeus and the rest of the small medical crew have just arrived at their next assignment—a small, drought-ridden settlement, where people are dying in horrific, unnatural ways. They suspect the water source has something to do with it, but how do you live without water?The crew soon realizes the deaths are only part of the problem. The people ...

In May 1997 the Faculty of Surgery from the University of Athens and elsewhere gathered with colleagues in Athens for the third time in 6 years to continue our discussions on the progress, problems, realization, and future of laproscopic surgery. The topics were rather inclusive with regard to the issues that defined the field, and the assembled investigators, educa tors, and clinicians brought a rich experience and clear vision of the field in the coming years. The decision had been made ...

Avast, intrepid reader! Behold yon inky treasure!A beautiful airship corsair determined to reveal a government conspiracy. An interstellar outlaw bent on avenging the murders of her fellow crewmates. A pirate captain whose hatred of mer-people endangers his ship and crew. A ghost trapped in the wreckage of a privateering ship.From the early voyages of a young, ambitious Gaius Julius Caesar, to a sorceress hunting buccaneers along the post-Civil War Mississi...

What's worse than being hunted by a horrifying entity of darkness? Oh, wait, I know—falling in love with the woman you're supposed to protect, and who annoys the hell out of you.Rory:Listen. I enter prizefights in my spare time and hunt ghosts for a living, so I know a bad idea when I see one. And the moment I set eyes on Layla St. James, the gorgeous, bossy, and mean heiress who wants to hire me as a bodyguard, I know she's a very bad ide...

I thought falling in love while being hunted by ghosts was bad. Well. Get ready for falling in love while being hunted by vampires.Rory:Turns out angry vampires are a pain in my ass. And apparently they really want to be a pain in my throat, as well. The vampire that wants Layla dead isn’t about to give up, and it’s more than either Layla or I can handle. And if it means saving Layla’s life, I’m even willing to work with vampire hunters from WRAITH...