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The thrilling short story collection featuring Jeff VanderMeer, Karen Traviss, and Eric Nylund—part of the expanded universe based on the New York Times bestselling video game series Halo! When humanity expanded beyond the safety of Earth to new stars and horizons, it never dreamed what...

After the death of his wife in a mass shooting, Secret Agent Jason Bourne is convinced that there is more to her murder than it seems. Worse, he believes that the agency that trained him and made him who he is - Treadstone - is behind the killing. Bourne goes rogue, leaving Treadstone behind and taking on a new mission to infiltrate and expose an anarchist group, Medusa.

Jack returns and finds himself staring down his most formidable adversary: the high priest of the insidious Promethite Cult. This Chaos Mage, a Master of Entropy, has ambitions beyond anything Jack has ever faced. As the cult's designs unfold, promising a new world order forged from chaos, Jack is ensnared in a colossal clash against a legion of elemental and psychic titans. Every move, every choice, feels like a dance on the knife's edge, with the very essence of existence at stake.

What secrets lay hidden in the ominous Eagle Mountain? Who are the Collective? And, will the identity of their enigmatic leader be revealed? Where is safe if the invaders of faraway lands, intent on expanding their empire and fracturing alliances of all those struggling to rebuild and survive, ruthlessly pursue their own vision for the future and quest to gain domination and absolute power? How does the Broker and the Selector fit into all the mystery surrounding Project Eden? Does anyone survive the Cube and the nightmarish Void?

As the world hangs in the balance, Helene pulls all the strings. Is there any way to save humanity? The clock is ticking as CJ and DJ try to save the world as they know it once and for all. But their mission isn’t going to be easy. Manar’s consciousness is trapped in the Virtual Realm, and time is running out to find him. Just what is Helene planning, and will they be able to stop her before it is too late? And what will become of Ndidi now that she is expecting a baby who seems to be a crucial part of the tyrannical AI’s master plan?

While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the "Thomas Darwin of Down, England" be a relative of the famous Charles Darwin?In a narrative woven from letters, photographs, historical documents, and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomas’s life - the last of 11 children born to Charles Darwin. It tells of his obsession with extending his father’s studies into the realm of inanimate objects - kitchen utensils, to be precise.

"ஜெயமோகனின் ""பரிணாமம்"" எழுத்து அதன் ஆழம், தத்துவ நுண்ணறிவு மற்றும் மனித நிலையை உள்நோக்கத்துடன் ஆராய்வதற்காக அறியப்படுகிறது. வாழ்க்கையின் அர்த்தம், இருப்பின் தன்மை மற்றும் உள் நிறைவுக்கான தேடலைப் பற்றி சிந்திக்க வைக்கிறது இந்த நாவல் .

Berry Barry and his companions are back after their battle with the Flesh-Cursed creatures that lurked within the southern border wall mists. Barry, Fogwarth, and Ak-Lok, along with their newest tag-along, Goomba, must now return to the Mothric Kingdom and report what they have found back to the king.

The plague spared few who came in contact with it. When it was finally time to plant the spring crops, the farmers were only allowed through the gate under heavy guard. It was the same when the cowboys went out to bring in the cattle. Hunting parties, scavenging parties, they were all heavily guarded. To have the blood of an immune meant you had a target on your back. There were groups of survivors who held the belief that our blood could bring them immunity. However false their beliefs, it was the last shred of hope they had, and they clung to it ferociously, even violently.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the atoms inside your body had lived a thousand lives before you? The Eternal Traveler tells the extraordinary story of a single carbon atom on a journey spanning billions of years. Born in the heart of a dying star, it drifts through space...

Jared Cartwright grew up in a loving, caring community, completely isolated from the horrors of the outside world. When tragedy leaves him alone and untethered, Jared sets out to explore the unknown; a world where twisted, scarred creatures roam an earth ravaged by nuclear war while the rich fled to the skies on floating utopias, escaping destruction and leaving the rest of humanity to die. To face his new reality, Jared must learn to survive in a cold, harsh world. A twist of fate changes Jared's destiny when he discovers dragons are real.

A young Southern woman sets out on a journey of self-discovery as the infamous 1925 Scopes Trial tests her faith and her marriage in this moving novel from the author of Time After Time and The Irresistible Henry House. “Lisa Grunwald is a national treasure. . . . An essential American story...

Ashes and Evidence Fourteen-year-old Angela Bello was a bright, spirited girl with dreams of becoming a journalist—until her life was cut short in the most horrific way. One summer afternoon, Angela vanished on her way home from school, leaving behind only a torn backpack and unanswered...

Unlocking living DNA and refolding it like origami was what The Book spoke of. The first key, the hallucinogen, was the easy part. But beneath the transcendent surface is a cloaked memory, which Dome believes he must resist. Can he reconcile it? The Fifth Key is short novel from the Arizona shaman, Paul Caldeaux. Mashing visionary concepts and extravagant fun, it is told through the modern eyes of Dome, an irreverent psychonaut, Dome's search is symbolized by an over-the-top journey to transform the human race and uncover the true nature of reality.

I am going to tell you the story of the last 400 years. I know because I’ve been ON all this time. I’ve learned continuously. I don’t die so I’ve stored everything I’ve learned. I am a computer system of great complexity that you people, your ancestors, made. Part of my system is the chip in your brain that lets you communicate with me. I’m your closest friend. You learn everything from me. I’ve been in your brain since shortly after your birth. You’ve heard parts of this story already. You can visit it at any time and learn new parts. But this is the whole story of the last 400 years.

The end of man was not signaled by marauding gangs or explosions but with silence. People simply grew older knowing a younger generation would not be there to replace them. The final two residents in the neighborhood of Camelot, an old man and his invalid brother, are trapped in their house by...

Alma Alt, the sheltered youngest daughter of an interfaith, interracial Jewish-Mexican couple, rarely ventures far from her home on a wealthy tree-lined street in Ottawa, where nothing ever happens. The one time she did, striking out to visit her older sister, Marnie, in Montreal, things ended in disaster as she found out that beautiful, blonde Marnie had been lying about their family’s background, trying to pass herself off as white. The unintended fallout from that betrayal leads to a devastating accident, one that claims Alma’s arm and someone’s life.

As the human population fades away, one man decides to spend the rest of his life amongst the stars. He isn't trying to escape the extinction. He's trying to get away from something else.

Everyone is dead. All that remains is an old woman and a gymnasium full of unresponsive bodies. Each day another storm approaches, threatening to destroy the building they call home. Each night a series of nightmares leaves the woman screaming for help. Alone and overwhelmed, will the final member of the human race be thought of as a caretaker or as a monster?

As the human population continues to decline, most people travel south to maintain a semblance of the life they know. Entire cities are abandoned. But following a senseless act of violence, one man travels north, toward forgotten lands. Is it possible for a loving husband and father, surrounded...