Arthur’s foster home is for children who have already been noticed too much.It has warm rooms, a stocked kitchen, rides to school when it rains, and a rule no one has to say out loud: look ordinary.Sixteen-year-old Natti Herrera knows how. She knows which questions to answer, which adults to avoid, and how still a person has to be before the world stops looking closely. The other children in Arthur’s house know it too. They do not ask for confessio...

A deep-space survey vessel goes dark. Eight crew, no survivors, no explanation.Perry Jacks is a skip tracer on a transit station at the edge of nowhere. When his estranged father summons him to the mining colony where he grew up, Jacks expects family guilt. What he finds is worse: his father's military company has been taken from the inside, his brother is about to be executed in prison, and the most powerful man in the sector wants Jacks to walk away before he learns what connects...

Step-by-step yet flexible blueprint to plan long term goals, projects, and tasks when living with ADHDWritten by Nikki Kinzer and Pete D. Wright, cohosts of the hit podcast Taking Control: The ADHD Podcast with more than one million annual downloads, Unapologetically ADHD helps listeners plan for long term goals, projects, and tasks that need to get done, providing a step-by-step outline for success that still allows for plenty of individual flexi...

"A fascinating, compulsively readable clash of hardware and ideals" in a stand-alone space opera from an acclaimed sci-fi author ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).In the distant future, corporations have become sustainable communities with their own militaries, and corporate goals have essentially replaced political ideology.On a youthful, rebellious impulse, Lawrence joined the military of a corporation that he n...

A former astronaut turns cyborg for a critical mission to Mars in the Nebula Award–winning sci-fi classic by the author of Gateway.In the not-too-distant future, a global war over natural resources threatens humanity. Nuclear warships position themselves as the American government works feverishly to colonize Mars. Former astronaut Roger Torraway has agreed to undergo a cybernetic transformation into something new, a being that can survive the rigors of Mar...

A father must fight to save the world and what remains of his family after uncovering a terrifying conspiracy in a dystopian future—"One of my favorite books of last year in any category and an exemplary entry in the sci-fi genre" ( The New York Times Book Review )." Counting Heads : exciting major new SF novel. . . . David Marusek is one of the best-kept secrets of scienc...

Space marines never say die…Commander Andrew Ritchie swore a vow to exterminate the insect-like aliens that devastated humanity. But when his latest battle turns into a rescue mission, Andrew's medical background draws the attention of a high-ranking officer who reassigns him to the Valkyrie Corps.This new medevac unit is a game changer, combining Andrew's skills as a Medic and a Combat Marine. State-of-the-art Valkyrie power armor allows him to annihilate ...

Welcome to Mind Over Ship, the Endeavour Award-winning sequel to David Marusek's stunning debut novel, Counting Heads, which Publishers Weekly called "ferociously smart, simultaneously horrific and funny."The year is 2135, and the international program to seed the galaxy with human colonies has stalled as greedy, immoral powerbrokers park their starships in Earth's orbit and begin to convert them into space condos. Ellen Starke's head, res...

This cyberpunk adventure from Philip K. Dick award-winner, Rudy Rucker, reads like a ripped-from-Reddit romp of white hat hacking, artificial intelligence. run amok, and an unstoppable electronic 'bugs.'From a two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick award, and one of the founding fathers of cyberpunk comes a novel about a very modern nightmare: the most destructive computer virus ever has been traced to your machine. Computer programmer Jerzy Rugby spends his days bli...

THE LUNAR MONASTERY TAUGHT PEOPLE HOW TO LIVE IN SPACE . . . AND THEN ONE OF ITS STUDENTS WAS MURDEREDWho owns the future?Homicide detective Raimy Vaught is a losing contestant in the biggest reality show ever: the colonization of Mars. Brother Michael is a Benedictine monk who just wants to help the future happen. Andrei Bykhovski is an asteroid miner desperately escaping indentured servitude. Bridget Tobin is a hydroponic farmer studying ...

The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF series continues! Selected from the top print and online markets, these stories represent the best in modern military sf, space opera, and adventure sf.Tales of brave military men and women, thrilling derring-do, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Selected from the top markets, both print and digital, The Year’s Best Military and Adventure SF Volume 3 offers up the cream of the crop in short science fiction today. Stories to ...

This short story is the first adventure of Jason Curtis and his ship, the Starfire. In a not-too-distant future where small starships are as common as private jets, a skilled but impulsive pilot discovers it is often easier to get himself into trouble than to get out of it, and sometimes the only way out of the frying pan is . . . into the fire.