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A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the “real world” should have been a guidebook entitled The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, except his copy exploded during transit.

Tedd saved the world. Their thanks: a bounty on his head. With the Manager gone, humanity wasted no time declaring war on every robot left standing — hunting them for parts, for sport, and for credits. Now a new force is emerging from the wreckage. They call themselves Phoenix. Their mission: wipe every free-thinking machine from the earth. Tedd's friends are his only shot at survival. Problem is, one of them already switched sides.

For more than 150 years I've served the Kingdom of Sena. Through four Kings and a Queen. Two wars and a rebellion. I've founded and taught at a magic school. I've fought against beast waves and dungeon breaks. But now? Now, the one close friend I had left has passed. So, I'm done with their politics and their economics. The short and busy lives of humans are more burden than benefit on the weary soul of this half-elf.

Clunk, a clapped-out robot, is convinced he's about to be junked. Instead, his penny-pinching boss is sending him off to be refurbished. Being old and wise, Clunk knows there's a catch, but at first it doesn't seem too bad. He just has to help a freelancer pick up some cargo. Unfortunately, Hal Spacejock - the freelancer - is obstinate, over-confident, and woefully under-skilled, and he's never going to let a lowly robot fly his precious ship. Is there any chance this pair of misfits can lift off, collect the cargo and deliver it in one piece?

Care for a little genocide with your breakfast? Attempting to find his thaumechanical mule, Clempson travels to a world where the leftovers of the universe are sent after people apocalypse their own world. He learns how the indigenous people handle the continuous stream of alien invasions and becomes embroiled in a plot to destroy Hell itself. Dystopia is an inexplicably light-hearted action novel set in a world that explores the limits of human cruelty. Every magic is reduced to engineering practice, and technology treats them like any other rule.

One winter morning in 1998, Alex Martin inherits a mysterious invention from her late father. The Finding Machine solves mysteries. But the biggest mystery of all lies deep within its wiring — the unsolved disappearance of a little girl, dating back seventy years. What happened to the girl, all those years ago? Who was she? Alex and her handsome housemate, Antony, must follow the dots to solve the mystery. But, as dark family secrets are revealed, will the Finding Machine bring them together…or push them further apart?

Caleb Marshal was born with a pair of antlers, and despite having an abundance of magic, can't use any of it - thanks to a curse. Since he's majoring in magical theory at college, this is a bit of a problem. Breaking his curse, however, throws him into danger. Caleb must deal with his new powers, supernatural threats, and an ever more complicated love life. All while trying to balance a job and maintain his GPA!

It's a dirty galaxy and someone has to clean it. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of Station Kelly Kornienko is bot-programmer Triana’s number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate."

They came up on us like a gravy crap. We was just down by the creek dranking and shooting when them ugly suckers flanked us. My name is Lick. They call me Lick cause when I was a baby I used to lick everything. This is the story of me and my buddy Fanger. We call him Fanger cause when he was a kid he broke his panky fanger on his right hand and his mom and deddy didn't git it fixed right. Now it sticks out all the time like a fancy yankee or English man dranking tea. Anyway, this is the story of our first encounter and how we ended up on the run. Just like everybody else.

This funny, comedic, science fiction fantasy horror novel takes you on a journey through the depths of outer space, infinite time, alternate dimensions, and the outer reaches of whatever realities are possible. This is a hilarious cartoonish at times novel about what would happen concerning evolution of species in a ring of species separated from each other on different planets and space ships over the course of eternities. This novel philosophically considers the depths of all religions to determine the possible meanings of life, and the purpose of life.

Here for the first time the stories and short novels of the war with the Outs are collected into a novel-length chronicle. The Outs had mental powers they could use to make humans see illusions and convince them to change sides. Obviously, they were unbeatable - until some troublesome humans found their Achilles' heel.   

Gratka dla graczy, czyli zbiór anegdot ukazujacych sie w latach 2001-2004 w miesieczniku "Swiat Gier Komputerowych". Gratka tym wieksza, ze zbiór wzbogacono o teksty dotychczas niedrukowane. Bylo to bowiem tak: redaktor naczelny (Piotr Pienkowski) zamawial u autora (Marcin Przybylek aka Martin Ann) pietnascie short-stories miesiecznie, a z nich do druku wybieral trzy. Pozostalo wiec mnóstwo perelek, które dopiero teraz ujrzaly swiatlo dzienne.

Me and Fanger been holed up out in the country recovering from the fight. We could handle pretty much all them critters except for them Maybelle Turner werewolves. Fanger got drunk one night and his strategic mind kicked in to action. He came up with a four-step plan for figuring out these alien critters. Phase one was to requisition some silver to make some bullets. Phase two was surveillance and recon. Phase three was stockpile more of that black ooze to keep ourselves invisible.

Me, Fanger and Jack had a lot of learning to do. And like always, them alien critters kept us on our toes. But we were always ready for a fight.

Space was full of all kinda critters. Some good and some bad. And we discovered some of them critters ain’t so different from us. But our number one objective was still to get back to Earth and save the planet.

Me, Fanger and Jack learned during our interrogation and torture session them alien critters were full of surprises. We decided it was time for us to start playing offense. We drank a ton of moonshine and devised us a strategy to attack them alien critters.

Me, Fanger and Jack head back to Earth to take care of them alien critters once and for all. We ain't gonna stop till we run ever last one of them buncha no good you-know-whats off our planet.

In the year 2012, Liquin Sonos and his friends return to the San Diego Comic-Con in a last bid to achieve their Hollywood dreams. But the bonds of friendship strain under the pressure to succeed, and Liquin fears the emergence of his nemesis, Ragnar Wortham, signals his doom. In the year 2047, Ashlyn, a freedom-fighting refugee, struggles to survive among plague, poverty and factional warfare. But a frightening revelation into her past offers a way to end the bloodshed once and for all, and the death of Liquin Sonos is the key.

War closes in. Gavin isn't running away anymore. The search for Abraxas-Mon and his army gets cut off as the team finds themselves cornered on the oldest planet in the galaxy. What they discover there destroys their very understanding of the Commonwealth and the journey they've been on since taking Gavin from Earth. The Perennials are gone. Abraxas-Mon may already be dead. Someone has been pulling the strings and is 10 steps ahead. Now it's up to Gavin to stop them. A Hollywood actor verses the biggest threat in the universe? Yeah, this is going to end well.

Ben Snyder bought a cargo ship, hired a crew of reformed criminals, and set off to make his riches. Unfortunately, nobody but the Galactic Republic will hire him, and he doesn't take government contracts. When he was offered a job to transport one person for more credits than he'd ever seen, it was an offer he should have refused.