Meet some of Michael E. Walston's characters. There's George, a trader who travels the galaxy by himself in an old starship; and there's Lydia, a NASA Astronaut who was abducted by alien nasties many years before he was born. Then there's Entity, an artificial intelligence who recruits these two for a dangerous mission. You'll also meet Amy and Billy Joe, and their new friend Roger, a science-fiction writer on a bender--they want him to help them tell some news reporters about the flying s...

The galactic computer network is ancient beyond all knowing. The elder races that built it in prehistoric times are extinct. The civilizations now using it for commerce and translation don't know all its secrets. But one lone human has outfitted a trading vessel with technologies from its archives, and he roams the stars, venturing far beyond anywhere humans have previously traveled. In a far distant corner of the Galaxy he stumbles on a dire threat to its community of diverse cultures. He...

Book #5 in the Wizard of Oz series.~~ includes all the original illustrations (over 130) by John R. Neill, and a new Preface by Oz expert and Eltanin Editor Joseph Nusbaum. ~~~~ An excerpt from the preface:"If Baum’s prior book, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, struck too dark and grim a tone with many Oz fans, The Road to Oz brings readers back to a marvelous fairyland where the greatest hardship our...

Ryan Richmond has dreamed about going to space since the age of seven. Reading space updates—and seeing pictures of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface in National Geographic—was the ignition of this dream.At nineteen he sold his first company and employed the remnants of the Russian Space Program, three of the best space brains in the world.In his twenties he founded and sold two more companies and hired the most outstanding scientists and engineers from the European Space...

Read one of the Robert Louis Stevenson classics.The definitive edition.Features an extended biography of the life and experiences of Robert Louis StevensonRemastered for premium quality print and easy readingIn this novel, we will follow the story of Gabriel John Utterson, a legal practitioner that follows the case occurring to his old friend Dr....

Book one in an exciting time travel series...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't.Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship is tested by demons real and imagined. In 1920s Manhattan, there are more tha...

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • “An interstellar suspense thriller . . . sweeping in scope and emotional range.”—San Antonio Express-NewsIn the star-spanning civilization known as the Intersolar Commonwealth, twenty-three planets have fallen victim to the Prime, a technologically advanced alien species genetically hardwired to exterminate all other forms of life. But the Prime is not the only threat. The Starflyer, an alien with...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t Jump by Jamie Wild, Youth by Isaac Asimov, Digger Don't Take No Requests by John Teehan, Lighter than You Think by Nelson Bond, Garden of Souls by M. Turville Heitz, The Variable Man by Philip...

Earning comparisons to such sci-fi/fantasy greats as Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, and George R. R. Martin, Peter F. Hamilton is a one-of-a-kind voice in space opera. His interstellar adventures are hugely ambitious, wildly entertaining, and philosophically stimulating. Now Hamilton’s centuries-spanning Commonwealth Saga—the linked novels Pandora’s Star and Judas Unchained—is available in one epic eBook bundle.Contains a thrilling preview of Peter F. Hamilt...

A group of colonists are hunted by the planet they left behind in this science fiction novella by the award-winning author of the Fractured Europe series.The Colony left Earth to find utopia, a home on a new planet where their leader could fully explore their genetic potential, unfettered by their homeworld's restrictions. They settled a new paradise, and have been evolving and adapting for centuries. Earth has other plans.The original humans have been tracki...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined.Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at the farthest reaches of our galaxy and beyond, our writers examine the human experience from within and without. They hold up a mirror to the human experience. Who are we as a species? Who do we w...

Short stories from the science fiction master—including the tale that inspired 2001: A Space Odyssey.These stories present a brilliant showcase of Arthur C. Clarke's many-layered approach to the moral dilemmas of scientific advancement—from the thrilling and brutal "Breaking Strain" to the more poetic and thoughtful "Second Dawn." Also included is "The Sentinel"—the basis for the classic Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey.This outs...