Showing results for "Second Chance" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

History happens all around you. And, occasionally, to you. I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, something safe and sensible. But, no, I had to be an historian. It began well. A successful assignment to 17th century Cambridge to meet Isaac Newton, and another to witness the historic events at The Gates of Grief. So far so good.

Rae Kerrigan thought that her father's trial was going to be the single most defining moment of her life. Little did she know, the trial was only the beginning.The tatu world erupts in chaos as a surprising new villain begins to emerge. One with the power to take down even the great Rae Kerrigan with nothing more than a few simple words. Still reeling from the attack and the heroic part Simon had to play, Rae finds herself facing a kind of enemy she's never encountered before. Can Rae and her friends find a solution in time? What part will Simon have to play?

Meet Jason Apsley, a 42-year-old divorcee who's an opinionated, miserable bugger—struggling with life, exacerbated by his negative attitude. A random event shifts time, causing Jason to continue life in 1976, six months before he's due to be born. He even left behind Beth, his one and only friend who supported him through some difficult times. Can life get any worse? Although Jason is the same person, he finds himself teleported into the life of another Jason Apsley from a different generation, one with a very different outlook on life. 

A cyborg with a mysterious and dangerous past. A naive girl fleeing the dying farmlands to forge her own future. Chance has fought his entire life, first for survival in the streets of Cyn City and later for money and prestige in the underground Cyborg Fight League. His fists and cybernetic arm have solved almost every problem he's ever faced, except for love. After losing the love of his life, he never thought he'd find someone again. Verity left behind everything she knows to start a new future in Cyn City.

Sam watches the demonic forces of darkness as they engulf and destroy the land of Westria. The final battle is over. Or so Sam thinks. In the last moments before the world’s end, Sam is given a second shot to save everything he holds dear. He’ll be sent back in time. Reincarnated into his younger self and armed with knowledge of the future, Sam will have the power to undo past mistakes and give the people of Westria a fighting chance against the impending apocalypse.

Reality is cruel. The rising level of technological development has led to a rising level of unemployment. They're laying off everybody, from teachers to technical servicemen. What's the point of holding onto a person if they can be replaced by an advanced mechanism? But what are the people to do? How are they to live? Where are they to get money from? There is only one answer - Barliona. The official government project is gathering steam, luring more and more people into its net.

Six short stories and a novella from a master of science fiction, Peter F. Hamilton. This collection includes Sonnie's Edge, as seen in the award-winning Netflix anthology series Love, Death & Robots. Read by Steven Crossley, narrator of C.J. Sansom's Shardlake series. Set in the same universe...

Legends & Lattes meets Rollercoaster Tycoon in a Cozy Fantasy out to prove that the greatest power out there is joy. He must build the ultimate weapon of redemption: an amusement park. Luka was a genius weapons engineer on Earth, but his legacy was one of bombs, missiles, and shattered families. After dying alone and cold on a snowy park bench, he expected eternal punishment.

After a devastating galactic war, disgraced veteran Ralston Muck ekes out a living as a bouncer at Last Stop Station’s premier nightclub, A Curtain of Stars. Night after night he listens to the club’s star performer, Siren, sing her memories and ease some of his aching loss. But when Siren goes missing, Muck finds himself drawn into a world of dirty cops, drug lords, and conspiracies that trace back to the war itself.

Richard Kent is feeling well and truly fed up. As he approaches middle age, his waistline is expanding, his career options are dwindling, and everything from pop music to television seems like it was so much better in his youth. If that isn't depressing enough, his wife nags him, his kids ignore him, and his boss thinks he's a dinosaur. He's just about ready to give up, but then a truly remarkable encounter with his younger self changes everything.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Pavel Vorobyev thought he had already lost everything worth living for. After years of hiding a failing heart and the truth about his illness, his life collapses alongside his relationship with the woman he loves. Then death gives him something he never...

Colton Beck has a new lease on life. Their alliance is confident they can find their enemy in the Alruna system, and it’s all hands on deck. After the revelation of his origins from the mysterious woman on Dicore, Colton is at odds with where his loyalties stand. The truth behind Indie Hart’s dedication to the Angor is revealed, making Colton doubt her motives as well as the Angor’s. When Earth is threatened, it’ll take a lot more than one man to save the planet. All pieces come together for a cataclysmic resolution, but who can Colton truly trust?

A woman on the run from her ex-fiancé and a magic-using mob boss seeks safety with her quirky and paranormally gifted aunt in the Appalachian Mountains, in this brand-new novel from New York Times bestselling author Faith Hunter. Clementine Bozwell isn’t exactly living it up. When she...

Humanity’s war with the Coven is going badly. Fleet simply doesn’t have the ships or the manpower to counter the alien’s vast reserves, so Cole Jackson is hauled out of his self-imposed exile and ordered back to the front. The Admirals are gambling on a miracle; that he and his crew can repeat the success of his First Command by repairing vessels and sending them into battle. And maybe snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE THE PAST, WOULD YOU? Escape into this funny, heartfelt novel about love and second chances at happiness (and third, and fourth chances too!) *FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF BLOCKBUSTER NUMBER-ONE HIT COME TOGETHER* Adam and Jules are having a mid-life crisis...

Aaron Hueber witnessed the rise of demons from below and the invasion of horrors from beyond. He saw monarchs slain, champions betrayed, and worlds fall until reality itself was unmade. And then he began again. For this was the curse of the Saint of Time. While other saints shattered mountains or led armies, Aaron’s gift was more subtle and far more cruel. When the end came, he didn’t die. He returned to the beginning, memories intact, condemned to rewrite the failures and fight anew.

It’s been a year since Sam traveled back to the past, and his mission is far from over. With mermaids being kidnapped and the dwarven civil war heating up, Sam is the best hope for saving his world from total destruction. Armed with knowledge of the future, Sam must use every advantage he has to get stronger and more powerful with each passing day.

It’s been three and a half years since Sam went back in time, and a new historical tragedy approaches. A powerful telepathic Traveler has kidnapped the queen of Sam’s nation and is holding an entire desert capital under his mental control. Can Sam learn the secrets of the system in time to protect those he holds dear?

A beautiful, unique, heartwarming romance from Lucy Mitchell, author of Every Time We Touch Sworn enemies… One afterlife… A huge second chance… Next-door neighbours Florence Hill and Clark Fielding have never got on - not since they were at school. But when they’re in a fatal road...

It’s been two full years since Sam traveled back in time and his mission is far from finished. A powerful new enemy has emerged and is bent on destroying the entire elven race. Armed with knowledge from the future, only Sam can stop the new emerging threat. Will Sam find the power to reshape history's path once again?