With the stolen glider, Aran Kormak finally gets a chance to take revenge on Commander Drax. He manages to track his nemesis down to Numbeeg (aka modern Nuremberg), but his surprise attack doesn’t go as planned when Aruula reaches for the Bodyswapper...Matt and Aruula also investigate a parallel world area in Coellen, formerly the city of Cologne. There they meet an alternate version of their dead friend Rulfan, who leads a resistance against Daa’mures. Unfortunately, they also com...

The man from the past and his dauntless friends face perils both new and familiar! In the distant Ring Planet System, the alien Kasynari and their human allies Xij and Tom venture to the forbidden moon of Portal, hoping to access a space station that may have survived the recent disaster that brought the Kasynari civilization to the brink of destruction. While the they’re gone, though, Vasraa is scheming... Back on Earth, the parallel Rulfan learns about his self from this world, while the...

Three dragon lords have no time to find mates, but fate has other ideas!CIPHERWhen an ultimatum sets Cipher on a path to find his bride, his first stop is the Royal Matchmaker. But Cipher doesn’t want just any woman. He needs a perfect lady dragon who can handle all that society has to throw at her. A human with a checkered past will never do.Not even when he’s certain that she’s his fated mate.STORMWhen Storm sets eyes on River, a human woman from a ...

As the self-proclaimed biggest coward in the galaxy, Horatio has it easy on what passes for 40th century America.A much-favoured sycophant in the court of the King of Earth, Horatio lives in a genetically engineered paradise where there's a vat-grown slave waiting around every marble column with a bunch of grapes to drop into his oh-so perfectly designed mouth.Unfortunately for Horatio, the artificial intelligence that rules the great mass of humanity sprea...

Her death was expected, but something more powerful kept her alive.Lady Firebird was born to the royal family of Netaia. Because of her birthplace in the family, however, her life is expendable. Honorable suicide is the highest calling she could hope to attain. When she is chosen to lead an attack on the neighboring planet of Veroh her death is expected. Instead she is taken prisoner during the battle and is held by the enemy.With her own people seeking her...

In the world of speculative fiction…Your favorite authors…Have selected best new voices of the year.24 Award-winning Authors and Illustrators3 Bonus Short Stories by Kevin J. Anderson • L. Ron Hubbard • S. M. StirlingArt and Writing Tips by Lazarus Chernik • L. Ron Hubbard • Kristine Kathryn RuschEdited by Dean Wesley Smith • Jody Lyn...

What if you could see the future? What if the future could see YOU?Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, has discovered a way to give some insights into how he should conduct his future researches; by drinking a glass of the legendary "Ouroboros Ouzo." Rare and precious, the liquor is reputed to give a once in a lifetime glimpse into what may be.But, as Cabal is to discover, the future may not be the most reliable informant after all."Ouroboros Ouzo" is...

A Deranged Human Who Lives to Deal DeathStalks an Alien Who Cannot Bear to Kill,with the Galaxy's Future in the Balance.Science Fiction Adventure in the Posleen War Universe from a New York Times Best-Selling Author and a New Star of Military Science Fiction.It's a matter of trust.For thousands of years the Darhel, a warrior species conditioned to be incapable of killing, manipulated and controlled the human race. Then the humans threw off the...

Cipher needs a bride if he wants to keep his inheritance…When an ultimatum sets Cipher on a path to find his bride, his first stop is the Royal Matchmaker. But Cipher doesn’t want just any woman. He needs a perfect lady dragon who can handle all that society has to throw at her. A human with a checkered past will never do.Not even when he’s certain that she’s his fated mate.Morgan just needs a way home…Ditched on a deserted planet, Morgan is losing hope of e...

"This anthology is a reminder of why science fiction captured the hearts and minds of generations of readers." —Orson Scott CardWhat sets space opera apart from other fiction is its sheer scale: it is an exuberant celebration of the very large and the very small, of the very old and the very new, of the vast, panoramic instant we live in; the instant in which everything that went before melds with everything yet to be. It is Star Wars and Battlestar Gal...

On a remote planet on the edge of the galaxy, Hawk Hunter, a pilot with a unique talent for design, whose own abilities, origins, and past are a mystery, is drawn into a state-sponsored gladiatorial contest that pits pilot against pilot, a competition that not only will test his own limits but also could reveal the secrets of his identity.

Even ordinarily, cloudmining can be dangerous -- those silver linings are heavy and potentially lethal -- but it's nothing compared being a cloudminer on the run.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.