A psychic vision. An alien threat. Humanity's last chance to save Earth—and forge a new future among the starsTim Smith gains psychic powers after discovering a mysterious space rock during a summer camp hike. This event propels him into a career as a NASA astrophysicist, where he uncovers an exoplanet called Terra Nova and foresees an alien threat approaching Earth.A massive alien mothership, its AI corrupted by dark matter, emerges from the Kuiper Belt an...

One man’s search for the truth and his life-or-death choicesFlorida, Summer 1980—Jack Kendall is a seasoned reporter grappling with shock after witnessing a suicide while covering a story. He returns home and finds his wife, Becky, has disappeared, leaving only a cryptic letter and no clues.Launching himself into the mystery of his wife’s disappearance, Jack soon discovers unsettling truths about her secret life and possible connection to a...

When profits come before lives, justice becomes personalSet against the haunting backdrop of Florida’s ravaged phosphate fields, Bone Valley, the third installment in the Jack Kendall Mystery series, is a gripping thriller of greed, corruption, high-stakes journalism, and one man’s relentless pursuit of environmental justice—no matter the cost.Florida, Summer 1982—Investigative reporter Jack Kendall never expected an anony...

A wormhole’s signal.A galactic trap.Humanity’s last hope rests on a psychic father, his two gifted children, and a brave crew who believe light can overcome darkness.Five years after an alien attack, Earth is recovering from climate disasters and the AI War. At their Sarasota bioshelter refuge, Tim and Peggy Smith are raising their extraordinary twins, Ethan and Lila—two-and-a-half-year-olds with psychic abilities a...

She escaped the cartel—but can she outrun her darkest fears?Bogotá, Colombia, Summer 1981—In the glittering chaos of Bogotá, Becky Kendall and Michelle Talley thought they had escaped their harrowing past. Fleeing a deadly confrontation with Jamaican cocaine traffickers, they found themselves with $5 million in drug profits and a luxury condo—a seemingly perfect hideout. But the shadows of their previous lives refuse to fade.As cartel viole...

A tale of magic, revenge, and bitter death—on the rain-spattered streets of the great city. This is epic fantasy not "in the tradition of Tolkien," but, instead, sensual, ominous, shot through with the sweat of fear and the intoxication of power.One of the most prolific new writers of the decade, Lake won 2004's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His novels include Mainspring, Escapement, Pinion, and Green. The world of Green is also the setting ...

Acclaimed author Jay Lake has created a remarkable character in Green, and evokes a remarkable world in this novel. Green and her struggle to survive and find her own past will live in the reader's mind for a long time after closing the book.She was born in poverty, in a dusty village under the equatorial sun. She does not remember her mother, she does not remember her own name—her earliest clear memory is of the day her father sold her to the tall pale man...

This discounted ebundle of The Green Universe Trilogy includes: Green, Endurance, Kalimpura"Lake has configured his world-dominating empires, one British, the other Chinese, with huge and devoted attention to the last detail." --John Clute, Washington Post Book WorldShe was sold to the Undying Duke when she was only four years old, and raised to be the jewel of his possessions: courtesan, scholar, assassin. But Green had o...

Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education.At the heart of the yeshiva controversy lies two important interests in education: the right of the parent to choose an appropriate education, which may include values-laden religious education, and the right ...

Expanding school choice and competition is the single most important action we can take to improve America's schools. Although school choice faces strong opposition from powerful teacher unions and their entrenched political allies, expanding choice via vouchers, charters, and tax credits has repeatedly been shown to improve student achievement, reduce segregation, promote civic values, and facilitate other productive reforms. This eloquent Broadside outlines the case for school choice and...

We’ve all read the catchy and shocking newspaper headlines when a serial killer is at large. Inevitably, the media tabloids will concoct a nickname that aptly describes the criminal’s individual nefarious activities. When the strange and creepy nicknames are given to an unknown suspect they serve a purpose – they’re the hook that keeps us interested and reading and returning for more! And for the purposes of the story, the more ghoulish and garish the better!The nickname feeds into...

The clock is ticking for Sabina Kane. With her sister taken by mysterious captors, the Dark Races on the brink of war and a sinister order manipulating everyone behind the scenes, she's really got her work cut out.Using information provided by an unlikely ally, Sabina and her trusty sidekicks - the sexy mage Adam Lazarus and Giguhl, the Mischief demon - head to New Orleans to begin the hunt for her sister. Once there, they must contend with belligerent werewolves, magic-wielding va...