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Xu Wei dies at seventy-four and wakes in 1990 inside his fifteen-year-old body, carrying nearly six decades of memories from a life that has not happened yet.That alone would be enough to change everything. But Xu Wei has returned with something else.His eyes can see through almost anything.

The war has changed.Five years after the Shan were nearly destroyed on Pandora, Harmony no longer waits behind human shields. The Shan have rebuilt their defences, launching vast Denships capable of carrying fleets, families, and the seeds of new colonies into the dark. But beyond the border, the Merkiaari First Claw has learned to fight like humanity.False distress calls. Mercy traps. Slave-world supply routes. Hidden repair depots. Human fear turned into ...

A group of fun loving rebellious German teens calling themselves the Edelweiss Pirates, witnesses something so deplorably sickening they decide to take action when a six-year old Jewish girl is left orphaned. Torn between patriotism for the country they love and there own rights and freedoms they have to try and do the unthinkable, but with the Gestapo and Hitler Youth hot on their trail; is it too late?

David Rowan is forty-six, terminally ill, and running out of time.Then he dies and wakes inside his own painting.What begins as an impossible second chance becomes something far stranger. David discovers that his paintings can create real objects, open doors into other places, and eventually connect him to worlds he once believed existed only in fiction.But those worlds are not stories waiting for him. They have histories, dangers, and lives that co...

Hostile aliens nearly eradicated humanity. Will the next encounter finish the job?Sixteen billion dead. In humanity's last brush with the Merkiaari, it was nearly wiped out in a war that spanned decades. When survey ship Captain Jeff Colgan discovers a new alien race, he's required to investigate.As the aliens discover Colgan's ship and begin to hunt him down, the captain's mission changes from one of study to one of survival.Hard Duty is the first ...

Providing critical insights that will interest readers ranging from economists to environmentalists, policymakers, and politicians, this book analyzes the economics and technology trends involved in the dilemma of decarbonization and addresses why aggressive policy is required in a capitalist political economy to create a sea change away from fossil fuels.The environmental damage across the globe is a result of the success of capitalist industrialism—250 years of c...

’You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later…’ Nick Cave ‘Later… is a voyage of discovery for us as well as the viewers’ Dave GrohlDave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Björk treasured it, Ed Sheeran’s life was changed by it, Kano felt at home while Nick Cave was horrified but inspired, and they all kept coming back.This first-hand account of the BBC’s Later… with Jools Holland takes you behind t...

Daniel Mercer used to read patterns on casino surveillance screens. Now he reads the dead.Haunted, broke, and coming apart, Daniel discovers that ghosts can be useful. They know where bodies are buried, where money is hidden, and which lies are ready to crack. What begins as a desperate hustle turns into something far darker when a drowned man and a child in one pink shoe drag him toward a case the living have ignored for far too long.In the storm drains an...

Evie is the first victim of an alien zombie invasion. How bad can her luck be?Very bad, as it turns out. A few hours after her demise, Evie awakens, or returns to consciousness, or... hell, she doesn't even know. All she knows is that she is now a zombie, can think sort of, and really really wants to eat brains.

Humanity has been ravaged by alien war. Will the next encounter spell the end of mankind?3 books and 1,200+ pages of interstellar action. Over 250 five-star ratings on Goodreads!In the far future, nanotechnology will be all that keeps us alive in a brutal war with the Merkiaari. Into this war-torn galaxy a courageous Marine, an alien geneticist, and a broken hero will unite in common cause...Merkiaari Wars Series: Books 1-3 includes the first three ...

Daniel Cross was supposed to be retired.A former Australian Army Signals Major turned industrial-security consultant, Daniel is driving home through South Australia when his electronics die, the highway falls silent, and something impossible takes him.Hours later, he wakes beside his truck.He remembers the alien ship. He remembers escaping. He remembers dying. And whatever rebuilt him did far more than just bring him back.

Robert Stirling wanted to play a vampire assassin in Destiny, the world's most advanced virtual reality MMORPG.What he got was something entirely different.A character creation glitch transforms his carefully designed vampire into Seraphina of House Noctyrr, a beautiful female Imperial Vampire with outrageous starting attributes, deadly Shadow abilities, and a unique class.