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Mark Fields finally escaped the deadly underground prison known as the Tomb—at the cost of his former life. With a new identity, he joins the Hunters’ Association, tracking down the dangerous Exlian aliens in the dead zone outside New Emery. Despite the danger, Mark thrives, his power growing exponentially with each hunt. But every step leads him further from humanity—and closer to the alien Exlian. As rogue raiders target hunters outside the city, and corruption and ambition brew evil plots within, even Mark’s enhanced powers may not be enough to save his friends—or the woman he’s drawn to …

A cargo ship in distress . . . A mysterious stowaway in an SA pod . . . A crash-landing on a distant, unexplored world . . . An unexpected rescue by an equally unexpected friend . . . Captain Scott and his cohorts are lost in space, and time is running out. To make matters worse, the Free Fleet are not the only ones looking for them.

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name – and spawned a new genre, the technothriller – the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. THE EVOLUTION IS COMING In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe – designated the...

Book 2 in a new series that offers a long journey of progression, LitRPG, and exploration of a dying Multiverse. Listen as Leo slowly sheds his human skin to wear one of a beast straight out of the depth of the Void.

The dead have risen. The world is burning. And survival is no longer enough. A lethal virus has wiped out millions, turning the infected into relentless predators. Civilization has collapsed, cities lie in ruins, and the human race is on the edge of extinction. Somehow, actor-turned-survivor Mike McKnight has lived through it all. From a locked cell in a mental institution to the blood-soaked streets of Washington, D.C., he carries humanity's last hope: a fragile chance to fight the plague. But the undead are changing.

Kill the bad guys. Save the Galaxy. All in a hard day’s work. After striking a serious blow to the Brotherhood, Eddie and Julianna have learned the name of their enemy: Felix Castile. He is a man of fortune, power, and madness, and his revenge is coming. Castile won’t be deterred so easily. His armory is already restocked and his resolve to take General Reynolds down reinforced. However, this evil mastermind makes a big mistake when he allows Knox Gunnerson to escape.

Marooned at the edge of Terran space, engineer Hemlocke Shaw must join forces with his sworn enemy and combat his greatest fears in an effort to save his friends, and the countless other souls on the isolated Outpost 21. And corporate Peacekeeper Paige Angstrom, teenage outcast Volara, and bounty hunter Emrald Re hurtle towards a secret research facility hidden in the volcanic wilds. As they fight to unmask the nefarious forces behind a ring of disappearances and gene-splicing experiments, it becomes clear that their failure will mean the end of humanity itself.

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

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...

When the aliens evolve, so does the threat against humanity in this thrilling sequel to Scorpio that finds Alex Archer in an epic battle of survival against the odds and the alien invaders. Alex Archer is a soldier now, the only civilian survivor from Scorpio to join the NAC Defense Corps. With...

In a burning, lightning-wreathed dustscape, a bioluminescent rainbow of exotic chrome biology finds their foothold, exploiting their unique ecology and each other as they journey through sentience towards wisdom. But something is wrong in paradise beyond the blood-soaked violence and karmic-intrigue playing havoc in the twisted loops of this world's mortal coils.

Evaran and the gang travel to the NGC 4696 galaxy in the Centarus cluster, a part of the Hydra-Centarus supercluster, to deal with a summons. The world they arrive at is under a dimensional invasion by brood-like creatures. However, there is something of high value to the gang there, and they drop in to investigate.

An action-packed novel that ushers in a new age of adventure in the critically acclaimed StarCraft series from Blizzard Entertainment The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrawn pens the latest chapter in the stunning StarCraft saga, building on the game’s rich legacy to create an...

In this explosive conclusion to the Frontlines series, Special Operations soldier Alex Archer must lead her elite team on an impossible rescue mission—deep into alien territory where one mistake means extinction for humanity. When a distress signal from deep in enemy territory reaches Alex’s...

The Majestic Draght reaches a planet that could be a younger sibling of Earth’s sun. The Grosnops are looking for a second home, while the small human crew plans an experiment: How quickly does terrestrial life adapt to this alien environment? The experiment seems to fail - but then a crew member is kidnapped by strangers, and the intriguing exploration turns into a dramatic rescue mission. "The Proxima Logfiles" is a multi-part series based on the "Proxima Trilogy", but can be listened to independently.

After two months in Skyhome, Alex and the crew are ready to depart for the next phase of their mission - convincing Emperor Augustus of the Nova Roman Empire to join them in their attack on the Great Blight. But when they enter the Empire's borders, they find far more than they bargained for: slavers, deadly beasts, and the cunning and powerful Emperor himself. And even the far-reaching Empire is not immune to the effects of the deadly xenovirus and its newest evolutions....

Evolution-A short story. I wanted to post this as free but it isn't allowed. That said, I really like this short story. It has a moral story to tell.

After butting heads with the megacorporation known as VectorCorp, it was only a matter of time before Lex Alexander and his girlfriend, Michella Modane, would face the consequences. It is remarkable what a single corporate agent with the resources of a multiglobal conglomerate can do to a person's career. In the space of a few days, Lex is looking for work, and Michella is feeling pressure from the network to ease off the hard-hitting stories. Not one to be silenced, Michella quickly hatches a plan.

Ten years have passed on Tygon since the Virtual Prophet woke the Dreamers. Games of life and death continue, and the stakes for winning—or losing—promise to affect the inhabitants across three realities.

The Jax Contract Committee, JCC, has released Rivka to take assignments, and her first involves her in a plot by several Systems within the Helix collection of systems to destroy the Jax. As the plot spreads, she is given assignments to combat the threat. Soon she becomes the JCC's problem solver for ill-advised and potentially ruinous contracts the JCC is forced to accept, including one by the United Freelands who is seeking revenge on her for their embarrassing defeat on Suryah.