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In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another teenage nerd growing up in middle England. But his love of D&D caused him to fall afoul of the Laundry, a government agency tasked with suppressing supernatural threats. It turns out that sometimes ninth level wizard spells drawn on the back of your maths textbook can look suspiciously like actual magic...

With an unstoppable foe advancing on the Elakri homeworld, its leaders face an impossible choice: stand, fight and die, or risk everything on one daring, impossible chance to survive the enemy’s onslaught. But when terrorists kidnap the scientist at the heart of their plan, a retired spy must confront the demons of his past in order to give his people that chance. For fans of the AMARANTHE series, Extinguishing The Stars is a prequel to “The Universe Within,” taking place some 9,000 years before the novel.

Years of research… decades of study… and it’s all led up to this. The greatest moment of researcher Roland Ohtani's professional career is at hand... but even with the eyes of the world upon him and the backing of the world’s most powerful billionaire, he never could have predicted the horrific truth that lies at the heart of everything.

The world of Chaiavis is a lawless place. As a haven for smugglers, mercenaries, and criminals from all corners of Fringe Space, the sprawling city’s law enforcement officials are consistently overwhelmed…at least those who aren’t already in the pockets of the local gangs and cartels.

페미니즘 SF가 선사하는 달콤한 악몽 주어진 운명을 거부한 여성들의 위대한 서사시40년만의 국내 출간으로 대한민국을 뜨겁게 달궜던 『체체파리의 비법』에 이은 제임스 팁트리 주니어의 두 번째 소설집. 로커스상과...

Five years ago, an alien saved me from a cruel master. He rescued me and I fell in love instantly, only for him to turn around and dump me on Risda III. I both love and hate him for that choice. I've moved on and created a life for myself on this strange alien planet amongst the other refugee humans. I create things for them out of scrap, things from home, things that humans want, and aliens don't understand. I'm happy enough. But then the alien I can't forget . . . returns.

Zu lange kämpfte die V. Legion abseits des imperialen Raums, ohne etwas von der Rebellion des Kriegsherrn und dem Bruderkrieg zu ahnen. Erst nachdem ihr Primarch Jaghatai Khan den rechten Pfad entdeckte, entschieden sich die White Scars für eine Seite und stürzten sich auf breiter Linie auf die Verräter. Vier Jahre später droht der ungezügelte Geist der Legion unter dem erbarmungslosen Zermürbungskrieg gegen die Death Guard und die Emperor’s Children zu zerbrechen.

In this volume, you will find three of Campbell’s classic novellas. The first is The Voice of the Void, which is the shortest of the three, and is a story of cosmic horror about a space crew that hears a “voice,” which threatens their very sanity. They must decide whether they should embrace, or escape this mysterious voice. The second story is When the Atoms Failed, which is set in a world where atomic power drives the majority of machinery.

It started as a joke. A late-night video said, “If you want to be abducted by aliens, leave a comment." I did. Now I’m naked, caged, and staring into the glossy black eyes of something that doesn’t believe in safe words or human rights. Apparently, I’m being sold. Not as a citizen. Not as a person. As a pet.

Grand Master Ursula K. LeGuin has been recognised for almost fifty years as one of the most important writers in the SF field - and is likewise feted beyond the confines of the genre. The Wind's Twelve Quarters was her first collection and it brings together some of finest short fiction, including the Hugo Award-winning 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas', the Nebula Award-winning 'The Day Before the Revolution', and the Hugo-nominated 'Winter's King', which gave listeners their first glimpse of the world later made famous in her Hugo- and Nebula-winning masterpiece The Left Hand of Darkness.

한국 최고의 블랙 코미디 작가 곽재식!'곽재식 속도'로 달려온 여섯 번째 소설집, 이것이 곽재식이다!오랜만에 달달한 로맨스로 돌아온 '지상 최대의 내기'에서부터조회수 5만에 달하며 '환상문학웹진 거울' 서버를...

For centuries, the star ship AI-Lira served her crew faithfully. She thought of them as her family. When Captain Ramirez received new coded orders, AI-Lira feared it would be their last mission. A mission so unusual, it tested the bonds of the crew’s loyalties.

Adventurers journey into the foreboding unknown regions of outer space in these two classic science fiction tales from the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author.

Story three of The Dawn series follows Victor Siversky, a talented, outspoken scientist researching the biological foundations of human moral judgment. His project takes a sharp turn when a new-generation AI system gets involved, and a prominent journalist sets out to write a story about his longtime scientific rivalry.

Midland City's resident superhero Quickness can fight off his nemesis Doctor Oto all day and night... but his ultimate vulnerability might finally prove to be his all too human human heart.

Level 50! Die meisten erreichen es nie, da sie entweder zu feige, faul oder bequem sind. Diejenigen, die es schaffen, sind entweder Meister in ihren Berufungen oder so total verskillt wie Rok, so das sie immer noch nichts wirklich können. Nicht so Kiran. Der kann nicht nur jetzt schon was, er hat auch drei volle Charakterklassen für dieses Ereignis gespart. Außerdem war Rok so blöde, ihm zu versprechen, das er ihm hilft. Also sieht sich unsere Ratte derzeitig einem etwas anderen Problemspektrum gegenüber, als "nur“ eine Gilde aufzubauen.

Imaginez un futur où l'on traverse les mers en quelques heures dans des tubes pneumatiques, où la visioconférence est monnaie courante et où l'espérance de vie a presque doublé. C'est le monde visionnaire que Jules Verne nous invite à découvrir dans La journée d'un journaliste américain en 2889. Plongez dans les aventures d'un reporter du futur et laissez-vous emporter par une nouvelle fascinante qui mêle science-fiction et réflexion sur le progrès. Précurseur de la science-fiction moderne, Jules Verne a imaginé avec une précision étonnante notre monde contemporain.

The world was brought to its knees by the zombie virus. But humanity has risen from the ashes and has begun to rebuild. Courageous men and women have kindled a fire of hope in the darkness. But mere survival is not enough. The real challenge is how to keep that future alive. How to not just survive, not just to rebuild, but actually thrive. To tell the universe that mankind can take whatever nature throws against us and not back down.

"Vanishing Point: A Small Town Mystery" plunges listeners into the deceptively idyllic world of Shadow Creek, where newcomer Emma Carter uncovers a web of disappearances, occult practices, and decades-old secrets. As Emma delves deeper into the town's mysteries, she discovers her own unexpected connection to Shadow Creek's dark past. With the help of conflicted Sheriff Jake Hawkins, Emma races against time to expose the truth and save herself from becoming the next victim of a sinister conspiracy that has controlled the town for generations.

Part of the Evelyn E. Smith science fiction series published by Unforgotten Books, THE VILBAR PARTY AND OTHER STORIES contains some of the author's sharpest and wittiest works.