In a dark and desolated After Earth, love still does exist, but the cost of bearing such a flaw is death. World War III has left Earth in utter turmoil. People’s beliefs are said to be the cause of the worldwide destruction. After The Clearing new laws are set about - to show certitude in anything besides the law is weak and chargeable as mutiny. To be illogical and have faith in religion is illegal, to be limitless is dangerous. And Illness is seen as a defect – all flaws that are inexcusable. But to love is the greatest betrayal of all man kind. It is a fault the world has long forgotten and punishable by death, a fatal risk Aecker and Opel are fully prepared to take - because in love there is freedom. But how far can they push back before it claims their lives and those they care about

"Excellent as usual. This series is one of the best I ever read and I read a lot!" - 5-star customer review. Deadly power. Stunning beauty. She will not be controlled. Sixteen-year-old Beth’s ordinary life is shattered the night her dormant magic awakens and she almost kills her boyfriend. Horrified at what she’s done, she flees into the fae realm to find the siren mother who disowned her a decade ago. When it turns out her power cannot be controlled, she is once again cast out from the siren community. Alone and afraid, Beth winds up in the Dark North where a group of witches rescues her. They offer to help her gain control of her deadly magic—but at what price? Scarlett is a companion story to the bestselling YA fantasy Creepy Hollow series. Grab your copy today to taste a darker side of this captivating magical world! While this story is best enjoyed in conjunction with the rest of the Creepy Hollow series, it is a standalone story that can be read on its own. (Optimal reading position in series: after book 1, The Faerie Guardian) Readers' reviews:? "A fabulous addition to the Creepy Hollow series." "I haven't read books this good in a really long time. Rachel, please always keep writing!"

这是一本帮助你用超级记忆法来提高学习效率和学习能力的书。 本书介绍的记忆方法与我在复旦大学教过朋友们的方法完全一样。当时别人问我怎么可能仅仅用考前一个晚上时间，记住了汉语课上数百个新单词，而且还记住了它们在课本里出现的位置。我可以轻松运用复杂的数学公式，终在考试中获得了高分。经过短暂的练习，他们也获得了这种一开始看来似乎不可能拥有的技能。我告诉他们，我并没有特异功能或者超凡天赋：轻松地记忆大量信息的能力关乎态度，而不是运气；技巧胜于天赋。如果这是一个技巧的问题，那么任何人都可以学习并使用它。 这本书里，你会学到比尔盖茨如何记住所有员工的车牌号，传教士利玛窦如何过目不忘背诵中国诗词。你们也会学会怎样快速学习英文和其他语言，学会快速记下复杂数学公式并熟练运用。 这本书里，你会遇到一些有趣的角色。从几十万年前生活在东亚的北京猿人到一位生活在泰国能每天读一本新书的美国人，从北京即兴戏剧的女演员到古希腊时期的诗人。这些角色中的每一个都呈现了我们的记忆如何工作以及如何有效地使用我们的记忆。 对中小学生、大学生，以及教育工作者和家长来说，它是一本简单易懂并寓教于乐的超级记忆法教科书。对有意提升自己学习能力和拓展思维方模式的年轻人来说，这也是一本既有实用价值又开阔眼界的自我进修读物。

回忆，有时候是一种苦涩中的甜蜜，明知道是回不去的过去； 但，还是会情不自禁慢慢地到那记忆深海里。 认识她的时间不是很久， 就只是那短短的数天…… 今天的她，却不再回应我了，这也发生在没多久之前，就在刚过去的一个星期前开始…..

A Trónok harca tévésorozat alkotójának, producerének és forgatók?nyvírójának, New York Times bestseller, díjnyertes, k?zel negyven országban kiadott regénye. A nácik kegyetlen ostromgy?r?jében verg?d? Leningrádban Lev Benyovot letartóztatják fosztogatásért, és egy cellába kerül Koljával, a jókép? fiatal dezert?rrel. Kivégzés helyett azonban elképeszt? ajánlatot kapnak, hogy megmenthessék az életüket: egy tucat tojást kell keríteniük a Belbiztonság nagy hatalmú ezredesének, leánya lakodalmi tortájához. Mivel a városba már jó ideje nem jut be semmilyen utánpótlás, lakói elképzelhetetlen mértékben nélkül?znek, éheznek. Lev és Kolja nekivág a lehetetlennek – Leningrád kíméletlen poklában, s?t még az ellenséges vonalakon túl is kutatják a felbecsülhetetlen kincset. Ebben a megindító, ugyanakkor mulatságos, egyszerre sziporkázó és hátborzongató regényben a második világháborúban átélt kalandok során egy fiú férfivá érésének ízig-vérig modern t?rténete is kibontakozik el?ttünk. A k?tetet a neves m?fordító, Gy. Horváth László (Gépnarancs, Pi élete, Széthullott birodalom trilógia stb.) ültette át magyar nyelvre. David Benioff a k?nyvek mellett forgatók?nyveket ír. Els? regényéb?l, Az utolsó éjjelb?l Spike Lee rendezett emlékezetes filmet Edward Norton f?szereplésével. A Tolvajok tele a második és eddig utolsó regénye, mert a megjelenése után Benioff egy olyan projektbe fogott bele, ami mellett nincs ideje másra: ? az utóbbi évek egyik legsikeresebb tévésorozatának, a Trónok harcának alkotója, producere és forgatók?nyvírója. A feleségével, Amanda Peet színészn?vel és lányukkal Los Angelesben él.

A Riyria krónikák eredetileg magánkiadásban jelent meg, majd felfigyelt rá az Orbit, a világ egyik legjelent?sebb fantasy-sci-fi kiadója, és 2011 végén saját kiadásban kezdte el kiadni a regényeket, amelyek villámgyorsan az utóbbi évek legsikeresebb új fantasy sorozatává váltak. Legalább 15 országba eladták már a kiadás jogait, és ez a szám folyamatosan b?vül. B?B FEJ?RE KER?L A KORONA. AZ IGAZI ?R?K?S REJTVE MARAD. EGY KALANDOR TITKA FELFORGATHAT MINDENT. Háború fenyegeti Melengárt, és h?seink újabb kockázatos megbízást kapnak. Ezúttal sz?vetséget kell k?tniük a nemzetelv?ek csapataival, akik délen a birodalmi elnyomók ellen küzdenek. A Nefronita Birodalom megállíthatatlanul terjeszkedik, és Royce gyanúja egyre er?sebb, hogy Ezrahaddon, a mágus eszk?zként használja ?t és társát saját, kifürkészhetetlen céljaihoz. Ha ki akarja deríteni az igazságot, meg kell fejtenie Hadrian titkát. ?m felfedezése, k?nnyen véget vethet a barátságuknak és kettészakíthatja a Riyriát. A Birodalom születik a magával ragadó Riyria-krónikák harmadik k?tete. A hatk?tetes sorozatot írója egyetlen, eposzi magaslatokra t?r? t?rténetként alkotta meg, amit kül?n epizódokra bontott. A cselekményszálak egybefonódnak, de minden egyes k?tet a saját t?rténetét meséli el, és kül?n, kerek egészként is élvezhet?. Az eredetileg magánkiadásban megjelent sorozatra felfigyelt egy nagy kiadó is, és az új kiadás révén az utóbbi évek legsikeresebb új fantasyjévé vált.

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a novel by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May (4 May), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. Short Summary: Alice is playing with a white kitten (whom she calls "Snowdrop") and a black kitten (whom she calls "Kitty")—the offspring of Dinah, Alice's cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland—when she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's reflection. Climbing up on the fireplace mantel, she pokes at the wall-hung mirror behind the fireplace and discovers, to her surprise, that she is able to step through it to an alternative world. In this reflected version of her own house, she finds a book with looking-glass poetry, "Jabberwocky", whose reversed printing she can read only by holding it up to the mirror. She also observes that the chess pieces have come to life, though they remain small enough for her to pick up. Upon leaving the house (where it had been a cold, snowy night), she enters a sunny spring garden where the flowers have the power of human speech; they perceive Alice as being a "flower that can move about." Elsewhere in the garden, Alice meets the Red Queen, who is now human-sized, and who impresses Alice with her ability to run at breathtaking speeds. This is a reference to the chess rule that queens are able to move any number of vacant squares at once, in any direction, which makes them the most "agile" of pieces. The Red Queen reveals to Alice that the entire countryside is laid out in squares, like a gigantic chessboard, and offers to make Alice a queen if she can move all the way to the eighth rank/row in a chess match. This is a reference to the chess rule of Promotion. Alice is placed in the second rank as one of the White Queen's pawns, and begins her journey across the chessboard by boarding a train that literally jumps over the third row and directly into the fourth rank, thus acting on the rule that pawns can advance two spaces on their first move.

In “True Ghost Stories,” Mr. Carrington presents a number of startling cases of this character; but they are not the ordinary “ghost stories”—based on pure fiction, and having no foundation in reality. Here we have a well-arranged collection of incidents, all thoroughly investigated and vouched for, and the testimony obtained first-hand and corroborated by others. The chapter on “Haunted Houses” is particularly striking. The first chapter deals with the interesting question, “What is a Ghost?” and attempts to answer this question in the light of the latest scientific theories which have been advanced to explain these supernatural happenings and visitants. It is a book of absorbing interest, and cannot fail to grip and hold the attention of every reader—no matter whether he be a student of these questions, or one merely in search of hair-raising anecdotes and stories. He will find them here a-plenty! The following little book endeavors to bring together a number of “ghost stories” of the more startling and dramatic type,—but stories, nevertheless, which seem to be well authenticated; and which have been obtained, in most instances, at first hand, from the original witnesses; and often contain corroborative testimony from others who also experienced the ghostly phenomena. Some of these incidents, indeed, rise to the dignity of scientific evidence; others are less well authenticated cases,—but interesting for all that. These have been grouped in various Chapters, according to their evidential value. Chapters II. and III. contain well-evidenced cases, some of which have been taken from the Proceedings and Journals of the Society for Psychical Research (S. P. R.), or from Phantasms of the Living, or from other scientific books, in which narratives of this character receive serious consideration. Chapter V., on the contrary, contains a number of incidents which,—striking and dramatic as they are,—cannot be included in the two earlier Chapters, as presenting real evidence of Ghosts; but are published rather as startling and interesting ghost stories. Chapter IV., devoted to “Haunted Houses,” contains brief accounts of the most famous Haunted Houses, and of the phenomena which have been witnessed within them. Appendix A gives a list of a few of the important “Historical Ghosts,” Appendix B describes the “Phantom Armies” lately seen by the Allied troops in France—while Appendix C lists a number of books of Ghost Stories which the interested reader may care to peruse. A short Glossary, at the beginning of the book, explains the meaning of certain terms used,—which are not, perhaps, ordinarily met with in books of this character. In the Introductory Chapter, I have endeavored to explain, very briefly, the nature and character of Ghosts; what they are; and the various scientific theories which have been brought forward, of late years, to explain Ghosts. I hope that this may prove of interest to the reader; in case it does not do so, he is invited to “skip” directly to Chapter II., which begins our account of “True Ghost Stories.” I wish to express my thanks in this place to the Council of the English S. P. R. for special permission to quote and to summarize several striking cases here reproduced; also to Miss Estelle Stead, for permission to utilize several cases previously printed at length in Mr. Wm. T. Stead’s collections of Ghost Stories. H. C. [Author]

A horda megérkezett. Pikk élete ?r?k?s harcból állt, amíg Megváltásban be nem fogadták. A várost azonban k?rülzárták a mutáns korcsok, és fél?, hogy a lány máris elveszíti a nem rég megszerzett biztonságot, új, szeret? családját. Barátaival, Fakóval, Kószával és Tegannal ezért lehetetlen küldetést vállal: titokban elhagyja a települést, hogy segítséget szerezzen és megmentse azokat, akiknek új életét k?sz?nheti. Amikor útnak indulnak, Pikk még nem is sejti, hogy a mindent eld?nt? csata felé száguld. A korcsok már nem azok az értelem nélküli sz?rnyek, amiket az Enklávéban megismert: uralják a vadont, emberek városait rohanják le, felderít?ket küldenek ki. Véres háború k?zeleg, olyan küzdelem, amilyenre évszázadok óta nem volt példa. De az emberiség már elfeledte, hogyan álljon ki magáért. Csak egy valaki képes ?sszefogni ?ket: Pikk. A tét ezúttal nem csupán egy enkláve, egy hely?rség, vagy egy városka. Az egykori vadászn? most a teljes emberi faj túléléséért kénytelen fegyvert rántani, noha ? maga sem tudja, egyetlen lány és maroknyi barát megállíthatja-e a pusztítás hordáját… ?S?tét színek, hátborzongató t?rténet… Ann Aguirre k?nyvét nem lehet letenni!” Gena Showalter, a New York Times sikerszerz?je

A fváros eleshet, a hadsereg széteshet, de a gyzelmet nem adjuk.” Tamás tábornagy sikeresen visszaérkezik szeretett hazájába, ám a fváros, Adró, trténetében elszr idegen megszállók kezére került. Egyetlen fia eltnt, szvetségeseit képtelen megkülnbztetni az ellenségeitl, az ersítés pedig csak hetek múlva érkezhet. A továbbra is a Kez támadásait nyg, vezet nélkül maradt adrói hadsereg végül nmaga ellen fordul. Adamat felügyel ebbe a konfliktusba keveredik elrabolt fia keresése kzben. Kétlvet Tániel, akit saját katonái üldznek, igyekszik megóvni az egyetlen reményt arra, hogy Adró pusztulás nélkül vészelje át a háborút… Az SZI KZTRSASG a Lpormágus-trilógia eposzi zárása.

Fic?iunea a fost blând? cu mine: mi-a ar?tat cum traversau ora?ele crupe de dame, pe când boschetarii dormeau, mi-a ar?tat cum un om poate s? fie luat din genunchi ?i a?ezat într-un pat de femeie, a?ezat acolo ca un semn de întrebare. ?i tot ea mi-a ar?tat ce r?mâne când secunda se termin? ?i cum se poate racorda timpul la ritmul b?t?ilor inimii unei necunoscute dup? o criz? de astm, ?i cum s? supravie?uiesc tr?ind singur ca un Dumnezeu bolnav, ?i cum se pot ridica scriitorii, ca ni?te duhuri, din ma?inile lor de scris – în vremea vi?eilor de aur. În povestiri am d?râmat temple, aici am fost înjunghiat la o r?scruce de t?ceri, aici am fost cel mai bun. Toate aceste texte m-au vindecat atât cât puteam fi vindecat de mine însumi. Andrei Cr?ciun

Dup D. Cantemir, a doua mare personalitate a literaturii romne este fr ndoial I. Eliade Rdulescu, scriitor cu suflet ardent, creator pretutindeni, desfurat deopotriv n via i n art, nzestrat cu mari nsuiri i cu tot att de mari cusururi. […] Eliade e un mistic la modul dantesc, cu uriae viziuni profetice. Anatolida sau Omul i forele ar fi fost adevrata biblic, poemul n 20 de cnturi al omului, de la creaie pn la victoria asupra Forei, amestec de soteriologie i program social, soluiunea n veac a problemei sociale fiind totdeodat cheia mntuirii spiritului, a cetii eterne.“ – George Clinescu, Istoria literaturii romne de la origini pn n prezent

Mi s-a cerut o biografie, dar dac? citi?i cartea ve?i avea parte de una. Mai bine v? spun pe scurt povestea c?r?ii, care n-a fost carte de la început. Au fost zilele ?i nop?ile mele, a?a cum le-am tr?it eu ?i-ai mei. Printre sârme ?i portocali. A fost o perioad? în care a? fi vrut s? uit unele întâmpl?ri, apoi am în?eles c? nu le voi putea ?terge din amintire ?i c? de fapt nici nu vreau. Le-am povestit, la început cu îndoiala c? cineva ar în?elege impactul pe care le-au avut pentru noi, apoi cu mirarea c? pe cineva intereseaz? aceast? poveste. M-au uimit reac?iile, am început s? scormonesc în memorie ?i m-am trezit scriind ceva despre care n-am crezut c? va fi o carte. Va fi, totu?i, va avea coper?i frumoase ?i câteva file din care, dac? le ve?i citi, ve?i ?ti c? sârmele aveau ghimpi, iar portocalii erau plini de culoare ?i parfum. În carte apare familia mea ?i vreau s? le mul?umesc pentru îng?duin?a de-a folosi amintirile lor în cuprinsul acestor pagini.

Ultimul volum al trilogiei Ultima vr?jitoare din Transilvania. Revenit? ?n Bucure?ti dup? povestea dramatic? tr?it? ?n satul V., Alexandra observ? treptat c? acele lucruri pe care le credea r?mase ?n trecut o urm?resc. Via?a ei este pe cale s? se schimbe din temelii. Tot ce crezuse a fi doar legend? pare acum mai real ca niciodat?. Singura care poate l?muri misterul este Aneke, care nu ?nt?rzie s? reapar? ?n via?a Alexandrei, iar secretul tulbur?tor pe care-l va afla adolescenta va fi punctul culminant al ?ntregii ei aventuri ?n lumea fascinantei contese. O poveste complicat? ?i captivant? despre nemurire, iubire, prietenie, iertare, alegeri, sacrificii, ?n care personajele dezv?luie tr?s?turi total nea?teptate. Finalul trilogiei ?Ultima vr?jitoare din Transilvania“ te va ?ine cu sufletul la gur? p?n? la ultima pagin?. Dou? lumi distincte se ?ntrep?trund: lumea ado- lescen?ilor de azi, cu Facebook, concerte rock, tatuaje ?i pierce-uri, ?i lumea contesei disp?rute, cu intrigi de curte ?i pove?ti uitate. Un mistery romance ?n tonuri ?ntunecate despre incest, supersti?ii, tr?d?ri, secrete, legende transmise peste veacuri.

Capitala a c?zut. ?ntunecatul conduce Ravka din tronul s?u de umbre. Acum, soarta ??rii depinde de fragila Invocatoare a Soarelui, de o iscoad? c?zut? ?n dizgra?ie ?i de r?m??i?ele unei armate magice, c?ndva m?rea??. Pornit? ?n c?utarea ultimului amplificator al lui Morozova, Alina ?ncheie noi alian?e ?i las? deoparte vechile rivalit??i. Pe m?sur? ce afl? secretele ?ntunecatului, descoper? un trecut ce va schimba pentru totdeauna felul ?n care vede leg?tura lor, precum ?i puterea cu care e ?nzestrat?. Numai pas?rea de foc mai poate ?mpiedica distrugerea Ravk?i, ?ns? prinderea ei ar putea s? o coste pe Alina viitorul pentru care lupt?. Alina este o marginal? ?i a?a m? sim?eam ?i eu c?nd eram mic?. ??i dore?te foarte mult s? apar?in? unui loc din lumea asta ?i din aceast? cauz? face ni?te alegeri gre?ite. Am fost crescut? de bunicii mei ?ntr-un loc straniu, unde nu prea ?nt?lneai copii. Casa lor se afla pe un deal ?i mai tot timpul eram l?sat? de capul meu. Cred c? ceva din senza?ia aceea de izolare s-a strecurat ?i ?n descrierea Keramzinului (orfelinatul ?n care cresc Alina ?i Mal). – Leigh Bardugo, pentru Entertainment Weekly Elegan?a ?i fluiditatea stilului, ?mpreun? cu acea lume imaginar? des?v?r?it? fac din Trilogia Grisha o pies? de rezisten?? a genului fantasy. – RT Book Reviews Am reu?it s? m? ridic ?n picioare. Capul mi se ?nv?rtea. Mi-am str?ns bra?ul r?nit cu m?na teaf?r? ?i am pornit cl?tin?ndu-m? prin ?ntuneric. Nu vedeam nimic, eram complet dezorientat?. Dar am continuat s? merg prin bezn?, ?ncerc?nd s?-mi deblochez mintea, s? ?ncropesc un plan. ?tiam c? volcrele m? puteau ataca ?n orice clip?, dar era prea riscant s? folosesc lumina. G?nde?te!, m? mustram ?n sinea mea. Nu mai aveam nicio idee. R?m?sesem f?r? explozibili ?i nu puteam folosi T?ietura. M?neca ?mi era plin? de s?nge ?i pa?ii ?mi ?ncetineau. Trebuia s? g?sesc pe cineva s?-mi vindece bra?ul. Trebuia s? m? refac ?i s? atac din nou. Nu puteam fugi iar??i de ?ntunecatul, la fel ca prima oar? c?nd luptaser?m ?n Falie. De atunci, fugisem ?ntruna.

Ruby are doar nou? ani c?nd un virus misterios ?ncepe s? decimeze adolescen?ii din Statele Unite. Ea va fi unul dintre pu?inii supravie?uitori care descoper? c? sunt ?nzestra?i cu capacit??i paranormale misterioase, ?ndeajuns de primedjdioase ?nc?t s? le asigure trimiterea la Thurmond, un lag?r guvernamental represiv. Acum ?n v?rst? de 16 ani, Ruby se teme deopotriv? de puterile pe care ?nc? n-a ?nv??at s? le controleze ?i de perspectiva de a fi descoperit?. C?nd o grupare de rezisten?? ?i ofer? ?ansa de a evada din lag?r, acesta se va dovedi primul pas ?ntr-o c?l?torie ?n decursul c?reia va descoperi prietenia ?i dragostea, dar care o poart? implacabil spre o alegere imposibil?. “C?nd decesele au ie?it ?ntr-un sf?r?it la lumin?, conducerea ?colii a interzis cu stricte?e profesorilor ?i personalului s? discute cu noi despre ceea ce se numea pe atunci Sindromul lui Everhart, dup? Michael Everhart, primul copil care se ?tia c? murise din aceast? cauz?. Cu?r?nd, cineva din alte cercuri a decis s?-i dea un nume ca la carte: Neurodegenerare idiopatic? adolescentin? acut? — NIAA, pe scurt. ?i atunci n-a mai fost doar boala lui Michael. A fost a noastr?, a tuturor.“ “Bracken a creat o Americ? distopic?, plasat? ?ntr-o viitor nu prea ?ndep?rtat, ?n care copiii sunt v?na?i ?i temu?i, iar pericolele ?i p?ndesc chiar ?i pe culoarele unui magazin Wal-Mart abandonat. Ruby este o eroin? puternic?, ce treze?te instinctiv empatia cititorilor, f?c?ndu-i s? a?tepte cu ner?bdare urm?torul roman din trilogie.“ - Publishers Weekly

A gripping tale of mesmerists, elemental spirits, and the ghosts of historyWhen James Esdaile, a Scottish doctor, travels to India in the early 19th century in service to the British East India Company, he employs mesmerism—an “alternate science” that allows the practitioner to control a subject’s mind and body—as a palliative anesthetic. His ability is enhanced by the use of a curious artifact: a small statue from a pre-Hindu culture. In his correspondence with Rev. William Davey, the head of a secret society of English mesmerists, Esdaile offers to bring the artifact back at the end of his time abroad. When Esdaile abruptly changes his mind, however, he becomes an enemy of the secret society, and must accept a devil’s bargain to protect himself. He arranges for a young woman to be inhabited by a chthonios, an elemental spirit of the earth, and he marries her just before leaving India. In order to free himself from the spirit, he commits suicide in the exact center of the Crystal Palace—where neither mesmeric power nor the wrath of the chthonios can affect him.But that is just the beginning. Reverend Davey, following the story told by Esdaile’s widow, now freed from the possession of the earth-spirit, travels in search of the elusive artifact, following its trail all the way to India and back again. Davey is drawn into the interplay of forces—mesmerists, elemental spirits, and the ghosts of history—in his quest to obtain the artifact, while the spirits search for a way to open the Glass Door that separates them from the world of men, who exiled them so long ago.

Mary Lennox is a sour-faced 10-year-old girl, who is born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is empty. She is sent to Yorkshire, England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven at his home called Misselthwaite Manor.

They call themselves Eagle’s Claw, one of the most extreme militia groups in the United States. They have infiltrated the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site. And the most frightening display of nuclear terrorism is about to unfold. Only the Nebula-nominated collaboration of Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason could masterfully blend hard-as-nails high technology with hard-driving intrigue to deliver such an explosive thriller. FBI Special Agent Craig Kreident—the unforgettable hero from Virtual Destruction—returns in this breathtaking tour de force of terrorism, cutting-edge technology, and raw emotional power.

A Unique, Nail-Biting Fantasy in a World You Will Not Soon Forget On her 21st birthday, in a moment of great need, Julianna frees an ancient god of vengeance—Grandfather Shadow—from his thousand-year prison. In gratitude for his freedom, Grandfather Shadow names Julianna his high priest and commands her to unite his scattered followers and lead his people to greatness once again. But among Julianna’s people it is a crime to worship the ancient greater gods—a crime punishable by execution and the destruction of her soul. While avoiding followers of the God of Death and Inquisitors of the Kingdom of the Sun, Julianna must come to terms with her new place in the world…because refusing a command from the god of vengeance is not a viable choice.

It's a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery, and honor: Big Plush by Aaron Allston (a novella from the Action Figures series)—The Dollgangers, artificial people made in mankind's image, take up arms in a desperate bid to win their freedom. Comrades in Arms by Kevin J. Anderson—A damaged cyborg soldier and an enemy alien fighter turn their backs on the war and try to escape. But the human and alien governments can't tolerate the two deserters working together, so they join forces to hunt them down. Shores of the Infinite by Loren L. Coleman (a novella from the ICAS File series)—Separated from command & control, Combat Assault Suit troopers force a beachhead to liberate a new planet from the cyborg threat. The Black Ship by B.V. Larson (a mech novella from the Imperium Series)—A human settlement on the deadliest planet ever colonized clings to life … but today new invaders are coming down from the stars. Out There by Michael A. Stackpole—The Qian have discovered humanity and welcomed them into their star-spanning empire. The benefits they offer humanity are many, and they don't want much in return: just the best human pilots available to take apart a most diabolical enemy.