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Like the creation myths they supersede, the revelations of science are seared into our collective imagination through storytelling. From Archimedes' bath to Newton's apple, vivid accounts of scientific discovery help us understand the principles behind each theory, and add to the larger narrative of how the universe works, and how we came to be here. This anthology draws out and distils science's love of narrative from a wide range of scientific disciplines, weaving theory into very human stories.

They came hoping to find a new home after their own planet was destroyed, but Earth was dying, as well, and most humans saw their arrival as an invasion. Now, two decades later, the Veilorians have been banished to the District, a fenced-in area on the outskirts of the last known livable land on Earth. Most people do their best to pretend they don’t exist, but not everyone.

SOPHIE RAMOS has always had visions—perceptions of beings others don’t see. Even her mother doubted her as a child. Psychiatrists doubted her too. Psychics tried to recruit her to enrich and empower themselves. Now she’s thirty-two, living on her own, and sharing her secret only with her mother and a few friends. A threatening specter begins to visit her at night, and more than her sleep is at stake. She follows a friend’s recommendation to visit Detta Washington, a church lady who believes that Sophie does see angels and demons.

A lawless frontier. A corrupt Senate. Two Rangers stand between peace and a corporate takeover. In the far reaches of the Steele Empire, corporations are buying influence, hiring private armies, and rewriting the law to suit their interests. When Frontier Ranger Wes Antrim investigates what should have been a routine land dispute on a remote cattle world, he uncovers evidence of something far bigger: a coordinated corporate power grab backed by mercenaries and political protection.

The gods have been banished from Asgard! Odin, paranoid in a fit of paranoia over the prophecy of his death, has stranded them on earth until the time of Ragnarok, the apocalyptic war that permanently ends their lives the life of the gods. These the Asgardian outcasts, now living among humans, are now hiding in plain sight among humans on earth.

Hadrian Marlowe, privileged first son of a Duke, was destined for greatness, and he has become a legend. The Sun-Slayer. The Breaker of Sieges. The Crusher of Civilisations. His is a story which defined the course of worlds. This novel is not that story - not the only laid out in the history books, charting the 300 years of his life. Rather this is Hadrian's story, told in his own worlds.

Qianze has not seen her father—her Ba—in eleven years, since he walked out of her life the night of her fourteenth birthday. But then she gets a call—there is a man on the porch of her childhood home, and he’s asking for her. This man isn’t the Ba Qianze remembers: he’s aged beyond recognition, struggling with dementia and alcoholism, and worst of all, haunted by a half-forgotten prophecy.

They thought we were safe. They were wrong. 'A terrific timeslip / lost world romp in the grand tradition of Turtledove, Hoyle, even Conan Doyle' – Stephen Baxter, author of the Xeelee Sequence Read by Sophie Aldred (Doctor Who) Lee and Mal went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor four years...

What if the world ended not because of lies—but because of truth? Coherence is a sweeping alternate history epic that begins with a single divergence: what if all formerly enslaved Africans in America had been legally repatriated to Liberia in the 1800s? From that premise unfolds a centuries-long saga of identity, power, philosophy, and the fragile architecture of civilization. Across generations—from the early AmericoLiberian nation to global upheavals, ideological revolutions, and the rise of the Wordkeepers—Liberia becomes the unlikely center of world order.

Using creative techniques, Holmes guides the student in easy-to-follow steps toward mastering the powers of the mind to find purpose in life. His explanations of how to pray and meditate, heal oneself spiritually, find self confidence, and express love have helped millions change their lives for the better. The Science of Mind is one of those spiritual classics that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who wishes a life for themselves free of compulsion and negativity.

From the muscle god who launched the YouTube channel Bro Science Life comes the only book that will teach you everything you need to know about getting swole. For years, bros, meatheads, and gym rats around the world have posed pressing questions: What can you bench? Can I skip leg day? What...

What happens when a society decides that survival depends on narrowing the truth? In the towering prison-city of Eterra, order is maintained not through spectacle or open brutality, but through clean hands, quiet rooms, and the careful rationing of reality. Truth is never simply forbidden. It is measured, softened, corrected, and distributed only in forms the population can survive. Seran has been raised to believe in that system. A rising young doctrinal officer, Seran is disciplined, intelligent, and disturbingly good at his work.

'Prescient, dark, and ultimately hopeful' PIERCE BROWN 'Excellent' PETER F. HAMILTON 'A menacing experience' FONDA LEE 'Science fiction at its finest' SUNYI DEAN In this brand-new blistering science fiction epic, Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Swan presents a thrilling tale of survival...

They came hoping to find a new home after their own planet was destroyed, but Earth was dying as well, and most humans saw their arrival as an invasion. Now, two decades later, the Veilorians have been banished to the District, a fenced-in area on the outskirts of the last known livable land on Earth. Most people do their best to pretend they don’t exist, but not everyone. There are humans, like my cousin, who see them for what they are. Despite the threat of disownment, she married a Veilorian, and now she, too, lives in the District.

The EMP was the beginning. The hurricane may be the end. As Hurricane Nestor tears through Central Florida, The Villages faces its darkest hours yet. Floodwaters rise. Infrastructure collapses. And the perimeter that kept them safe begins to crack as authorities are forced to choose who gets saved—and who gets left behind. John Turner thought he understood the threat. Then his estranged son walked out of the storm. Rob O'Brien escaped Coleman Federal Prison during the hurricane evacuation. He survived by falling in with Silas Crowe—a man who isn't just surviving the collapse.

After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane significance - ending finally in startling and unforgettable revelations. 

Er hat gerade – wieder mal – das ganze Imperium gerettet. Jetzt muss er ein paar verängstigte Kinder retten. Montana von Coggeshall, der gerade aus der Welt der Galas, Geburtsrechte und seltsamen Weltuntergangskulte zurückgekehrt ist, hat nicht viel Zeit, sich wieder in sein normales Leben einzufinden. Er hat versprochen, alle zu beschützen, die Coggeshall ihr Zuhause nennen, und eine verängstigte Familie ist zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort gelandet.

Bis jetzt hat Montana so getan, als wäre er ein ganz normaler Typ. Nun ja, ein normaler, übermächtiger, gottesfürchtiger Typ, der vielleicht gerade gelernt hat, dass seine Haarpracht an den falschen Stellen sitzt. Aber die große Stadt ruft, und um dort erfolgreich zu sein, muss Montana beweisen, dass er ein würdiger Herzog ist. Wenn Glaton ihn für unzulänglich hält, könnte Coggeshall in eine noch größere Isolation gezwungen werden. Aber wenn Glaton sich in ihn verliebt, könnte der normale Kerl aus Detroit am Ende mit grenzenloser Macht ausgestattet sein und alles beherrschen.

Entweder arbeiten Montana und Clyde zusammen und retten das Imperium, oder ein Weltuntergangskult zerstört alles und verzerrt die Realität selbst. Im Blockbuster-Crossover-Event des Jahres treffen zwei legendäre Helden in Eric Uglands bisher ehrgeizigem Roman aufeinander – ›Kampf um den Keramikthron‹. Montana, der liebenswerte Trottel mit dem Herz aus Gold, dachte, er hätte schon alles gesehen.

Der einzige Ausweg? Ein wenig bekannter Formfehler, der das Senatsverfahren stoppt und Montana auf eine höchstwahrscheinlich unüberwindbare Reise schickt. Dabei stehen die Chancen gut, dass er entweder ohne Respawn stirbt oder aus Versehen Verrat am Imperium begeht. Kann Montana die Armee der Dunklen Königin allein aufhalten und die Linie für Glaton halten?