Kel is sitting on a beach enjoying a beer, minding his own business. A beautiful woman approaches him and spins him a tale that she has travelled back through time to find him. They need his help. Kel thinks it all a huge practical joke until presented with technology way beyond his time.Within minutes he is in love, and soon after on a spacecraft on his way to a distant planet. There he must confront the most evil side of himself, in the form of a singularity.To achieve th...

Nnedi Okorafor's Binti is the winner of the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novella!Her name is Binti, and she is the first of the Himba people ever to be offered a place at Oomza University, the finest institution of higher learning in the galaxy. But to accept the offer will mean giving up her place in her family to travel between the stars among strangers who do not share her ways or respect her customs.Knowledge comes at a cost, one th...

Everyone is always pushing "too nice for her own good" Rosamund around, but that's it, no more, she's had it. Unfortunately, when she finally decides to find her mojo, it's sexy, terrifying Kodran Sky-Reign that she mouths off to.The leader of the clan of alien dragon shifters promptly takes her sass as a marriage proposal. Next thing she knows, Rosamund is being whisked away to Kodran's home planet, with a fleet of wolf shifters in hot pursuit – and a teenaged robot stowaway hidin...

"Taut suspense, strong characterization, and dark, rapid-fire humor are the highlights of this excellent SF adventure debut." — Publishers Weekly (starred review).Hail Bristol has made a name for herself as one of the most fearsome gunrunners in the galaxy. But she can't escape her past forever: twenty years ago, she was a runaway princess of the Indranan Empire. Now, her mother's people have finally come to bring her hom...

Kryon is a gentle, loving entity who is currently on the earth to help us move into the high energy of what we call our “new age.” Kryon’s words have changed lives and brought love and light into some of the darkest places of our inner being. The storyline for THE JOURNEY HOME was inspired by Kryon and written by Lee Carroll.This fascinating parable tells the story of Michael Thomas, a seemingly ordinary man who was born in Minnesota and who is now working in Los Angeles. ...

From #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones, Nightflyers, now a television show on SyFy and Netflix, features an epic story of space exploration and cosmic horror, plus five George R. R. Martin classic science fiction tales.On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race.But another enigma is the Nightflyer itself, a cybernetic wonder with an elusive captain no one ...

All Taniel has ever wanted was to stand out. To be more than 'the poor orphaned boy' and 'so and so's brother.' Just once he wants to be seen as him, not defined by someone else, always an easily overlooked shadow.He'd thought he'd found that in Vosgi, the beautiful, enchanting man he met while studying magic at a remote monastery. Together, they knew magic better than anyone, could do spells that no one else would dare even study.Until Vosgi went too far, and Taniel was fo...

A gorgeous illustrated edition of a classic novella from the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones—a chilling mystery set on a seemingly haunted spaceship, now an original series on SYFY.Featuring fifteen original illustrations, this is the definitive edition of an electrifying tale that combines the deep-space thrills of Alien, the psychological horror of The Shining, and, of course, the inimitable vision of George R. R. Martin....

Sabre has become a bone of contention between three Overlords, and Myon Two. The Spider Lord, first to encounter him, has found him innocent, but Overlord Ramadaus has declared Sabre to be an abomination, and aids Myon Two in their endeavours to capture the rogue cyber. Sabre, however, has made a particular friend of one Overlord, whose life he saved from a Corsair, a particularly dangerous alien species.Overlord Fairen has claimed Sabre as his friend, and granted him protection an...

Saad Z. Hossain's Kundo Wakes Up is a companion to the Ignyte and Locus Award-Nominated novella The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday.Hundreds of miles away from the techno-utopia of Kathmandu, the all-powerful, all-seeing AI known as Karma has gone silent, leaving the dying city of Chittagong—along with all its remaining residents—to continue its inexorable fall into the sea.Kundo, once a famous artist with the Karma points to prove it, goes...

A new kind of sci-fi heroine, the tough-as-nails Alyx, is introduced in this Nebula Award finalist that Poul Anderson called an "extraordinary" novel.Set in a semi-utopian world, Joanna Russ's groundbreaking debut novel is the story of Alyx, a female soldier, survival guide, and agent of the Trans-Temporal Authority. Displaced in time from her ancient Greece, Alyx is tasked with safely leading a group of pampered human vacationers—including some unconventional nuns...

The sixth book in the Tashi series of daring adventures and tall tales about magic, courage and the triumph of brains over brawn. Created by the much loved, multi-award winning author/illustrator team of Anna and Barbara Fienberg and Kim Gamble.'The demon's dagger teeth glinted. I'm going to tie you up and tip these spiders over you.'Spiders and snakes and rats? The slippery demons are going to make Tashi talk.and there's more trouble for Tashi whe...