The finest voices in Australian science writing. This much-loved anthology – now in its fourteenth year – selects the most riveting, entertaining, poignant and fascinating science stories from Australian writers, poets and scientists. The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 anthologises another major year in science. From AI to the climate crisis, the long tail of the pandemic and the changing nature of what science looks like, there' s been plenty of ground to cover over the past year. S...

"A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, in this epic space opera from the best-selling strategic boardgame, Twilight Imperium.Captain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attack, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who's developing rev...

Nick Hudson has a dangerous reputation.That's what I need if I'm going to survive. Desperation makes me seek out a ruthlessly powerful billionaire. I need protection.He demands my virtue as payment. I'm falling into a world of luxury and sin. With every twist and turn, I need more.Except this is not a man to love. This is a man to fear.His obsession grows. So does the threat, until I'm trapped in a world of depravity. I'll need more than Nic...

No matter how far I run, Nick Hudson finds me.I'm a pawn in a twisted game of power and revenge. And he's a masterful player.He's going to hold me and hurt me, protect me and punish me. In a dangerous world of wealth, decadence, and sin, I have no choice but to sink into to the arms of my enemy.There's a price to be paid, though. I must surrender control to enter this new wonderland of seduction. And I must learn to find strength for the fight that'...

The winner takes all...I had her. She was mine. They took her away.Lyriope Morelli is the dream I've been chasing. My obsession isn't gone, my hunger's not satiated. I won't rest until I find her and claim her again. I won't rest until I've dragged her safely back to Wonderland.Villains don't get the happily ever after written for them in the story. And I'm the villain of this story; vicious and calculating, terrifying in my whims. Which is why, whe...

HIS TREASURE AND HIS OBSESSION . . .Despite her longing for the sea, Macy has clung to the safety of land for half her life, devoting herself to her daily routine—until she agrees to go sailing with a childhood friend. Her fears come to fruition when a sudden storm capsizes their boat, rekindling her old terror. She awakens to a rescuer who is anything but human—and he refuses to let her go. Treated like a curiosity and a possession, she's desperate to go home. Yet...

The last person I expect—or want—to take shelter with as a hurricane bears down on Hatterwick Island is Daniel LaRue—the man who broke my heart barely three months ago.I’m not looking for distractions. The clinic’s been targeted by thieves. The island’s locked down tight against the storm.And Daniel—hot Coast Guardsman, bad decision, walking heartbreak—is the last thing I need complicating my life again.Coming back to the Outer Banks after med schoo...

I built my life on my belief in justice. Until the day the system proved me wrong.Now I’m back on Hatterwick Island with nothing left—no career, no credibility, and no illusions about the law I once trusted. The only thing heavier than the guilt I carry is knowing I once turned my back on a man who didn’t deserve it.Rios Carrera.Thirteen years ago, my cousin disappeared, and he was the last one to see her alive. I believed the whisp...

Ford Donoghue broke my heart a decade ago. And no matter how hard I tried, I was never really over it.I perfected the art of ignoring him whenever he came home to Hatterwick Island—cold shoulders, polite smiles, and walls a mile high.It worked.Until the day his thirteen-year-old daughter walked into my bar, scared and looking for a father she’s never met.One phone call later, Ford’s back in Hatterwick.And so are all the feelings I sw...

"On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is... different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself. Meant to be a lodging for otherworldly visitors, the only permanent guest is a retired Galactic aristocrat who can’t leave the grounds because sh...

I drowned when I was sixteen.My brother's best friend brought me back, but nothing was the same. I can't remember what happened. My parents dragged me away from my island home in the name of keeping me safe, and thrust me into hell instead.I came back to Hatterwick to rebuild my life and—hopefully—my memory.Now a new inheritance threatens to expose those long-buried secrets, and someone will stop at nothing to ensure I never remember what really happened that fatefu...

"Kate Daniels may have quit the Order of Knights of Merciful Aid, but she’s still knee-deep in paranormal problems. Or she would be if she could get someone to hire her. Starting her own business has been more challenging than she thought it would be—now that the Order is disparaging her good name. Plus, many potential clients are afraid of getting on the bad side of the Beast Lord, who just happens to be Kate’s mate.So when Atlanta’s premier Master of the Dead calls to ask for hel...