An American trading ship embarks upon a daunting mission: to infiltrate the Hermit Kingdom of Corea, the last of the great Asian empires to open to the west, and set up trade relations with the Choson Dynasty. Corea's Grand Archduke, Prince Gung, has set his face against foreign intrusion and declared that any invading foreigners shall be put to death. What will Reverend Jabez Fuller, his friends O'Reilly and Fields, the brave Captain Pierce, and the eager merchant Morton find as they stea...

An action-packed science fiction novella full of surprises and poignant charm. Readers will follow the adventures of the sole crewmember of an interplanetary freighter left awake and on watch (the "jump watch") as the ship traverses the void between worlds. Our hero manages the ship's systems, repairs damage, recaptures escaped cargo, and pines for one of his cryogenically frozen crewmates. Will he be able to avoid breaking the interstellar freight regulations in the name of love, or will ...

The harrowing—and often amusing—true survival story of two mismatched Arctic explorers on a historic expedition gone horrible wrong.Now a Netflix film co-written by and starring Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau!Ejnar Mikkelsen was devoted to Arctic exploration. In 1910, he decided to search for the diaries of the ill-fated Mylius-Erichsen expedition, which had set out to prove that Robert Peary’s outline of the East Gree...

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the second book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring Fergus Ferguson, interstellar repo man and professional finder.As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He’s been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spac...

The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London and originally published in London Magazine in 1912.It’s 2072, sixty years after the scarlet plague has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and as he realizes his time grows short, he tries to impart the value of knowledge and wisdom to his grandsons. Through his narrative, we learn how the plague spread through...

From a Hugo Award-winning author comes the third book in this action-packed sci-fi caper, starring Fergus Ferguson, interstellar repo man and professional finder.Fergus is back on Earth at last, trying to figure out how to live a normal life. However, it seems the universe has other plans for him. When his cousin sends him off to help out a friend, Fergus accidently stumbles across a piece of an ancient alien artifact that some very powerful people seem to think me...

Salika has grown up on her own with her sand dog, Saluk, at her side. Foraging in the sands and stealing in the city, she finally gets caught and pays the penalty. Death.Thrown into the sand pit, she faces a certain demise until her sand dog comes to her rescue.She finds the only stranger on her world who can take her away and demonstrates her ability to move sand. As a talent, she is just what the recruiter is looking for.Salika is as surprised as everyone around h...

Brilliant stories of a bumbling astronaut, and the human desire to discover the unknown, by the much-loved author of Solaris.Set in the not-too-distant future, when space flight has evolved to the point where humanity is ready to colonize the solar system, Tales of Pirx the Pilot follows one somewhat-hapless explorer as he struggles though his training as a cadet, his career as a pilot, and his tenure as captain of a merchant ship.In these ...

Young Lorens van Norreys must save his family legacy from Nazi invasion in this thrilling series opener from the New York Times–bestselling author.The House of Norreys—those merchants of gems for over three hundred years—faces its greatest crisis ever: the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The old Jonkheer lay dying in his bed when he called his grandson to be with him in the last hours of his life, and at this time, young Lorens van Norreys is entrusted ...

"...an excellent protrayal of how nanotechnology may one day penetrate human society..." –Tom Easton, Analog"...Nagata's theme is both ambitious and important: the attempted political regulation of new technologies, especially as they relate to human rights..." –Gary K. Wolfe, LocusFor Katie Kishida, the nanotechnology revolution begins with an act of love. Katie is a young mother with a successful career and a loving marr...

Winner of the Booker PrizeA historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his ...

Even sergeants need a break sometimes. On an outing to the aquarium with his daughter and grandson, Tapper catches sight of something suspicious—or is his imagination just getting the better of him? What's a concerned citizen to do?And why is it that trouble always seems to find him, even on his day off?