In the early days of space exploration -- a time when new technologies mingle with the echoes of legendary civilizations, and new freedoms cross swords with old tyrannies -- a missing song becomes a critical link in an ancient struggle.Kit's parents have disappeared somewhere near the Vega solar system. On the way to a new home that was not her choice, she hears a desperate cry for help. Cary, who is on Mars to escape, hears it too.Forget completing her trading apprenticesh...

Ancient, lost music and magic. A race of precocious creatures. And an impossible search, launched by improbable friends...Dangerous. Thrilling. In 2065 no more exciting career exists than Trader on the Earth-Moon-Mars loop.At White Sands Space Academy Ozzie Reed tastes the launch fumes already. But a sure thing goes bad and throws him into a fight for his right to fly.And the fight threatens far more than just his own dreams.In the d...

The Ibis DoorAncient, lost music and magic. A race of precocious creatures. And an impossible search, launched by improbable friends...Dangerous but thrilling. In 2065 no more exciting career exists than Trader on the Earth-Moon-Mars loop.At White Sands Space Academy Ozzie Reed tastes the launch fumes already. But a sure thing goes bad and throws him into a fight for his right to fly.And the fight threatens far more than just his own dreams....

A moon at risk, a silver jarIn these unique tales you'll join some unusual company:One who has a way to start the moon again...A costumes flunky in an offworld showbiz enterprise...A harried circus owner whose guests are in disguise...An engineer who inherits from a college girlfriend...Two families on a distant world, with plans that will collide...You'll travel to strange places that you may find familiar:Th...

This remarkable collection of fantasy scifi stories begins withA secret trek into the ancient capital of an enslaved nation...A hermaphroditic visitor from another planet, forced to choose...An artist who doesn't cure people...Two half-crazy inmates who are just looking for a good time and have never set out to change the face of anything...It continues withA planet where slavery thrives, met by a fre...

For the young Mars colonies, it's a time when the latest technologies encounter ancient secrets, and mysterious forces threaten the rights of all free beings.Kit owes a massive debt in repayment for a favor. To pay the debt, she and her singing partner Cary-who means more to her than she admits-must find a way to return ancient treasures to Mars from a distant system.The task is technically impossible. But they have to succeed-in time to keep dark forces from grabbing enoug...

Terrifying Earth events threaten space travel itself. The future of the solar system's colonists and traders hangs in the balance.When a surprise attack exposes the plans of their enemies it catapaults Ozzie and Freya and friends into a heart-pounding hunt for answers.Until only one answer remains. And they will have to bet the solar system on it.A compelling nonstop read for fans of scifi and adventure fantasy.In the Ri...

Dreams that seem to slice through time and space.A dangerous journey in search of something that has no real location.And a treasure that may save Earth — or may not — but at what price?Mars Colony One grasps a fragile handful of the Red Planet. But Earth politics and people still hold sway there. And there a mysterious past echoes hauntingly.An Icelandic firefighter named Freya sees opportunity in all these. It begins with an experiment....

Dreams that seem to slice through time and space. A dangerous journey in search of something that has no real location. And a treasure that may save Earth - or may not - but at what price?Mars Colony One grasps a fragile handful of the Red Planet. But Earth politics and people still hold sway there. And there a mysterious past echoes hauntingly.An Icelandic firefighter named Freya sees opportunity in all these. It begins with an experiment....

Terrifying Earth events threaten space travel itself. The future of the solar system’s colonists and traders hangs in the balance.When a surprise attack exposes the plans of their enemies it catapaults Ozzie and Freya and friends into a heart-pounding hunt for answers.Until only one answer remains. And they will have to bet the solar system on it.A compelling nonstop read for fans of scifi and adventure fantasy.In the Ring is the third and final boo...

American cities, once economic and social launch pads for their residents, are all too often plagued by poverty and decay. One need only to look at the ruins of Detroit to see how far some once-great cities have fallen, or at Boston and San Francisco for evidence that such decline is reversible. In Boom Towns, Stephen J.K. Walters diagnoses the root causes of urban decline in order to prescribe remedies that will enable cities to thrive once again.Arguing that commonplace ...

24 Award-Winning Authors and IllustratorsAccompanied by Orson Scott Card, Brandon Sanderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Jerry Pournelle, Ciruelo and Echo Chernik and Edited by David FarlandYour search for something new and different in sci-fi and fantasy ends here.Presenting this year’s collection of fresh voices, fabulous worlds, and fantastic new characters.Each year, the Writers and Illustrators of t...