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The nine narrative episodes of Volume Four of the Emmy® Award-winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Introduction by John Scalzi, with stories by John Scalzi, Stant Litore, Siobhan Carroll, Bruce Sterling, John McNichol, Dave Hutchinson, Marc Laidlaw, and Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon.

From survival of the fittest to survival of the most conscious, discover a revolutionary scientific message of hope for humanity's future. For over a century, Darwin’s concept of “survival of the fittest,” or life as competition, has shaped the fate of civilization. Renowned cell biologist...

A history fair project. A foggy morning. A slip that changes everything. Stephen Delacroix is a typical high school senior in 1985 New Haven — until a Renaissance fair photo op sends him tumbling into 14th-century France. Waking in a medieval abbey with nothing but his backpack and a research...

Los Angeles lies in ruins. While the city is sealed off to contain an unknown contamination, the survivors battle strange anomalies under the toxic dust cloud. Among the survivors are Lee and Branson. The astronaut must find a way out in order not to miss his flight to Cassandra, and the captain is faced with a terrible truth that he can no longer deny.

Astronaut Lee Rifkin's life is about to change. NASA has done the math. The space object named Cassandra 22007 is not behaving as expected. He will lead a team on a cutting-edge ship to get a closer look. But another group wants to get there first. Who is this shadow organization that seems to be one step ahead of them? Agent Jenna Haynes works to put together the pieces that will pull the veil off those who seem to have known about Cassandra's arrival since long before NASA spotted it. What is their goal?

The Compounders introduces remarkable companies to a wider audience for the first time. Discover a select group of high-performing conglomerates, led by exceptional capital allocators. These firms, operating decentralized structures in fragmented markets, redefine acquisitive growth. Unlike conventional roll-ups or turnarounds, they target smaller private businesses, often family owned, with a precise, data-driven acquisition process. And while private market investors, they are publicly listed — avoiding the usual constraints of private equity.

Cassandra 22007 continues to hold the world in its grip. After the destruction of large parts of Los Angeles, the remaining inhabitants fight for their survival. Among them are Lee Rifkin, who must not miss the most important rocket launch of his career, and Branson, who is confronted with a truth that will change his life forever.

The fifteen stories and three screenplays that make up Volumes Two and Three of the Emmy® Award–winning Netflix Original series Love, Death + Robots. Featuring bestselling authors and screenwriters from all over the globe, curated by filmmakers Tim Miller and David Fincher, and Supervising Director Jennifer Yuh Nelson.

SNAFU: Contagion, featuring action-filled tales of viral, fungal and bacterial horror, from some of your favorite authors including New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry.

The novel follows the headstrong and intelligent Elizabeth Bennet as she navigates the life lessons of first impressions and hasty judgments with appreciation for what defines genuine goodness. With an overbearing mother desperate to marry off her five daughters and a dryly sarcastic father exhausted by the high-strung hysterics of his wife, Elizabeth concerns herself with the fate of her sisters while also discovering what she thought to be disgust and distaste towards the insufferable Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy might just be something else after all.

Finn had thought he'd seen it all...but no...he had to admit...Not quite everything...There was a big universe out there and it was about to land in his lap. Just how bad could it be? Insubordinate and on the edge, Finn is a troubled war hero racked by guilt, overseen by an unyielding Commanding Officer while dragging his ragtag group of rookies through basic training. Suddenly caught up in a major global crisis, he joins with Gunner Zuri Zuberi, leading Delta Squad in a desperate struggle for survival when an alien incursion lands slap bang in the middle of their training session.

Glenn Garcia was as average as they come—forgettable face, no purpose, and a life no one noticed. Then he dies alone, unloved, and insignificant. Struck down in a freak accident and barely mourned, Glenn is swept into the afterlife. When his soul registers as perfectly balanced—neither good nor evil—he becomes a cosmic anomaly. Anubis, a god of death, gives him a choice: fade into oblivion, or take a job as a Reaper.

Mark Ablett is hosting all his friends at his English country house when he receives a letter from his estranged brother, Robert, announcing Robert's intention to arrive from Australia. Not long after his arrival, Robert turns up dead, his body found with a bullet wound to the head, and Mark is nowhere to be seen. Antony Gillingham and his friend Bill Beverly play Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve this whodunnit mystery. This is Milne's only mystery novel.

The adventure continues from West to Bravo. When a wagon train of homesteaders is massacred by outlaws, a young male survivor is determined to rescue his stolen siblings. Dragged from his now peaceful existence, former military scout Holton Lang invests himself in the search for the stolen captives as well as the difficult task of keeping the young man alive. As the search continues across three states, Holton comes across old friends and finds new meaning in life as his job of survival embraces a newfound kinship.

What makes intelligent, thoughtful people embrace beliefs that seem irrational -- or even dangerous -- to others? In a world growing ever more fractured, understanding the mechanics of belief is no longer a luxury. It's a necessity. Why Sane People Believe Crazy Things is for those who refuse easy answers. Drawing on philosophy, science, and history, you’ll explore the ways our deepest convictions both unite and divide us. Discover: How core assumptions shape societies, values, and every “rational” argument. What makes a belief justified -- and when it’s likely to become toxic.

Between May 21 and June 16, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison went on a trip together through Upstate New York and parts of New England on horseback. Whether the country could overcome regional and political differences and remain unified, however, was still very much in question. Hence why some observers at the time wondered whether this excursion into Federalist New England by the two most prominent southern Democratic-Republicans, both future presidents, had an ulterior motive.

Welcome to Dante's The Divine Comedy, the ultimate journey to Paradise. Follow Italian writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri and his guide, the poet Virgil, through each circle of hell, over the mountain of Purgatory, and ultimately to Paradise, to be reunited with his beloved Beatrice. Dante meets many familiar faces among the sinners and the saved and learns many things of value throughout his long, dangerous journey.

Returning to Arizona, Holton Lang is once again riding the path of a solitary existence. Or is he…? Fighting a nest of squatters on the ranch, and reconnecting with Bear and a welcomed visitor, he is tempted to put down his roots for good. With the unexpected appearance of his Indian-sniffing dog, Holton is once again pulled to the trail of adventure, hoping to come to the aid of his young friend, Jules, and a band of Texas Rangers, before it is too late....

The situation on Earth is coming to a head; while the infestation was brutally contained in Siberia, it has spread uncontrollably in Los Angeles. Jenna wants to prevent the spore from causing even worse damage at all costs and tightens the noose around the Initiative—or is she just another pawn in the clutches of the shady organization?

Wealthy heiress Catherine Sloper has always been plain and rather simple, though very sweet. She is drawn by the attentions of handsome gentleman Morris Townsend, the only man who ever even noticed her. But is he more interested in her fortune than Catherine herself? When they get engaged, despite protestations from her brilliant physician father, Catherine has to choose between her inheritance or love.