The year is 2089 AD. When her father leaves to work in the Martian colony, Alisa finds solace with an angel. Her adventure begins at the old Coats Observatory Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. We are transported through time and space to adventures in Outer Paradise. We discover how our universe might have been formed. Travelling through in jungle in southern Africa we witness the beginning of the person who may have been our first ancestor. Finally, when Alisa's father returns from Mars, fathe...

This is a tool to help in reading the Bible through in a year. It may be started at any time and by clicking the links each day and doing the reading, you can easily read the Bible in a year with about a half an hour's time each day. The calendar links to Bible Gateway, NIV version. If you would like a different version, it's easy to change it once you get to that site. The calendar follows the Bible in chronological order giving you insight to what was going on as each of the profits wrot...

The Children of the Sky continues the epic scifi adventure of Hugo award-winning A Fire Upon the Deep!“Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.” —David BrinThousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only...

The first three adventures set in the amazing realm created by the Hugo Award–winning author of Riverworld and "an excellent science fiction writer" (Isaac Asimov).His past a mystery and his present unbearably mundane, Robert Wolff is simply trying to buy a new house in Arizona when he stumbles upon a secret doorway through space and time and enters the World of Tiers. Made up of ascending levels of jungles, plains, medieval cities, and, at the top, a Garde...

This discounted ebundle of The Zones of Thought Series includes: A Fire Upon the Deep, The Children of the Sky, A Deepness in the Sky“Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.” —David BrinThousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of th...

Tyff wasn’t looking for love. He almost flew over it.Tyff had always been a dedicated Preor warrior of the Third Fleet. His singular goal is to prove himself as a warrior and move up the chain of command. Yet he’s been overlooked time and again. Even more than advancement, he’s ached for a mate. Craved what he sees other Preor possess so effortlessly. But so far, the Knowing has remained absent—as has his mate.When he’s tasked with flying over some human resistance-occupied...

Cyan Parrish is a healer, but those of narrow minds and suspicious thoughts have called her a Witch. Now someone wants her so-called powers for himself and he’s willing to kill for it.Death to the Dragon Witch. That’s the message left in the smoking ruins that was once the home of the woman Sutter loved. His only hope of saving her is to put his trust in one of the enemy, and travel across an apocalyptic wasteland toward a fabled city ruled by a madman.This exciting adventu...

A fishy crime, a magical death and a puppy with a nose for murder! Enjoy this origin story for the Whitewitch Island Paranormal Cozies and find out how Georgia and Benjamin became a family!

"After the Battle on Starship Hill" is more than 12000 words of prologue from Vernor Vinge's forthcoming novel, The Children of the Sky. Taking place on Tines World, this mini e-book describes events of the years immediately following the conclusion of the predecessor novel, A Fire Upon the Deep.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A woman doctor! Missionary William Mayweather can't hide his disappointment. The Nynabo mission in Liberia, Africa, desperately needs help, but he's vowed not to put another female in jeopardy. Too bad flame-haired Dr. Mary O'Hara refuses to turn back—and he cannot allow her to go into the jungle alone.Medicine or marriage? For Mary, the choice was clear. Far away from the patriarchal medical community, she resolves to be of real service. She'll willingly go head-to-head with the ha...

Humanity moved on, but no dark secrets can be left behind...Kal Haven only has weeks to live. What he thought was a minor infection turned out to be a death sentence. Before he can process the news, his old buddy begs a favor. He needs Kal to come to Earth with his ship and retrieval crew and help move Dracula's famed castle off-world.Earth is a shell of its former self. Everything of value has been sold to the highest bidder. Dracula's Castle will simply b...

Avari keeps to themself. They're a goat-shape cosmoran, a member of the Cleaners' Union, and a bit of a grump. That suits them just fine. They don't have any friends, and that's fine, because they have siblings. And if their siblings have all grown away from them to start their own lives, then that's fine, too. Really.But then Avari meets a lost alien in the Elder Grove, and that is not fine. Everyone is telling Avari that this alien is their responsibility just because she's lost ...