What if every breath you took came with a price?Ark Debt is a YA dystopian thriller set in a frozen near-future where climate collapse and AI control force humanity into a single underground Ark. Inside this fortress of steel and ice, survival is not a right but a calculation. Every calorie, every drop of water, and every breath of air is measured and taxed under an unforgiving EcoDebt system. Those who cannot pay are forced into brutal labor or cast out i...

Unlock the Venture Capital Machine and Take Control of Your Company’s FutureFounders often approach venture capital believing it is only about raising money. In reality, every decision a venture capitalist makes is shaped by the hidden mechanics of their fund: how it was raised, when it must return capital, what promises were made to limited partners, and which incentives drive partners around the boardroom table. Behind every term sheet lies a complex system with ...

Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable.The first intelligent species to encounter mankind attacked without warning. Merciless. Relentless. Unstoppable. With little hope of halting the invasion, Earth's last roll of the dice was to dispatch three colony ships, seeds of Earth, to different parts of the galaxy. The human race would live on . . . somewhere.150 years later, the planet Darien hosts a thriving human settlement, which enjoys a peaceful relationship with an indigenous rac...

Entrepreneurs have a problem: startups. Almost all startups either fail or never truly reach a sustainable size. Despite the popularity of entrepreneurship, we haven't engineered a better way to start. ...Until now.What if you could skip the startup phase and generate profitable revenue on day one?In Buy Then Build, acquisition entrepreneur Walker Deibel shows you how to begin with a sustainable, profitable company and grow from there. You'll learn...

"Proper galaxy-spanning space opera." — New York Times –bestselling author Iain M. BanksThe fight is on. So let the battle begin.Darien is no longer a lost outpost of humanity, but the prize in an intergalactic struggle. Hegemony forces control the planet, while Earth merely observes, rendered impotent by galactic politics. Yet Earth's ambassador to Darien will become a player in a greater conflict as there is more...

AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL REPORTS--WITH NEW TACTICS FOR BUDGETING AND PINPOINTING KEY FINANCIAL AREASFinancial decisions impact virtually every area of your company. As a manager, it's up to you to understand how and why.Finance for Nonfinancial Managers helps you understand the information in essential financial reports and then shows you how to use that understanding to make informed, intelligent decisions. It provides a solid working knowledge of:...

War erupts in the depths of space. . .Battle-ready factions converge above Darien, all with the same objective: to control this newly discovered planet and access the powerful weapons at its heart. Despotic Hegemony forces dominate much of known space and they want this world too, but Darien's inhabitants are determined to fight for their future.However, key players in this conflict aren't fully in control. Hostile AIs have infiltrated key minds and have an agenda, requiring ...

No matter what stage of development or growth your startup is in one thing is always a concern: money. Do I have enough? Should I look for investors or borrow money from family and friends? Where can I find investors? How can I convince them to invest in my company? These are the kinds of questions that keep entrepreneurs up at night.

The "proper galaxy-spanning space opera" series continues with a treasure hunt that could unlock an advanced civilization's lost technologies (Ian M. Banks).For Pyke and his crew of thieves, the plan was simple enough: Travel to a backwater desert planet, break into a museum, steal a tracking device, then use it to find a ship buried in the planet's vast and trackless sandy wastes.Except that the museum vault is a bio-engineered chamber, and the tracking de...

Neva had to face her insecurities and her new partner at the same time. What chance does her resolve have when Archer's very presence has her wound up?Escaping through her workshop tunnel, Neva is less than impressed to find that her proposed partner was the one sent to rescue her and the Citadel staff.She has managed to dodge her offered position in the Sector Guard for over two years and when Archer comes to save her, she knows that her time to think about it is over....

Dorothy Yoshida is a telepath, and a really rather good one at that.She's also a scientist, and when a small planet begins to manifest some unusual signs she is sent to investigate. The planet is more than it seems, and on further investigation the scientists begin to suspect it has been artificially altered.But despite their suspicions the only life they can detect is on the surface, none of which has advanced far above the level of animals. And despite the hopes of mankin...

Izramith Ezmi is many things: a member of the feared, all-female Hedron guards, a war veteran recently returned from a pointless and bloody mission, and impatient, angry and above all, lonely. With her contract about to run out, she may be on her way to becoming a ruthless mercenary, since what she really wants--becoming a mother--is out of the question. Her family carries a gene that causes deeply malicious madness. Her nephew was born with it and her useless sister has left him in the ca...