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A living tomb dedicated to the long departed lies before them.Drake and Yukiko have discovered three ancient megastructures. The smallest is an entrance to the defunct alien travel network that trapped them in this section of space, and may provide a way home again if they can unravel its...

Werewolves are hunting me. I was just an ordinary girl waiting tables in a small-town bar. I had no idea magic was real. That was, until I backed my car over a werewolf a couple of times. In my defense, the wolf was trying to murder me, and I was all out of mace.

I know what I’ve seen with them and what I’ve read from Soliel’s box, but I can’t reconcile what I know to be true. I’m Silver. Just Silver. I’m a realtor from New York City, and I wandered into a weird town to flip and sell my aunt’s home after her death. But that’s only half my...

One man's epic story of loyalty, perseverance, and hope in a galaxy at war. Now in a single volume. Alliance Navy Commander Grayson Stone is patrolling a nearby space station when a mysterious starship appears. It emerges from a storm of fire, its shields impenetrable, its weapons overwhelming, attacking without provocation and annihilating everything in its path.

As Earth reaches back out to the stars, there are new ships. And new sheriffs. Riding a wave of exploration and profit, earth governments jockey for position in the new wild west—but there's danger. For every ship that leaves earth orbit, twenty arrive, and some have ill intent. Then, things...

When Van Tudor returns to his childhood home, he inherits more than the family farm. His grandfather used to tell him fantastic stories of spacemen and monsters, princesses and galactic knights. Little did Van realize, the old man's tales were more than fiction; they were real. Hidden beneath the old barn, Van’s legacy is waiting: a starship, not of this world. With his combat AI, an android bird named Perry, Van takes his first steps into the wider galaxy. He soon finds that space is far busier and more dangerous than he could have ever conceived.

Reeling from loss, Van learns two lessons all over again. Life goes on. And your enemies never rest. As the conflict between old allies heats up, Van is forced to decide which way the Fist of Orion will go—toward a lasting peace that he can gift to his children, or a conflict he doesn't want...

With a single act of bravery, Wyatt proves to an ancient AI that he's worthy to save the galaxy. Too bad it also thinks he's a moron. Everyone knows the legend of the Kharathi, who almost destroyed the galaxy. And everyone knows the Kharathi are all dead. They're about to find out just how wrong they are. The Argo was built to defeat the Kharathi. But the ship was too powerful. And so, with its task complete, the Argo's creators dismantled it and scattered it across the stars. It now falls to Wyatt to find and reassemble the pieces of this incredible starship before the clock runs out.

The galaxy is in chaos . . . The empire has been defeated . . . The Alliance is a mere shell of its former self . . . The Free fleet is left to pick up the pieces and restore order . . . A new threat has emerged. One greater than anything Captain Scott and the Free Fleet have faced before...

April 30, 2033—the day World War III erupted in the open. Across Europe and Asia, the fragile illusion of restraint shattered as missiles, drones, and armor surged forward in coordinated fury. In Eastern Europe, EDEP armored formations thundered across Poland like a steel storm. Their objective was clear: the Vistula River. If it fell, so would the heart of NATO’s eastern defenses. Tank battles, manned and robotic, raged across shattered towns and muddy fields as outnumbered defenders fought to slow an enemy built for mass, speed, and annihilation.

The world was burning and the oceans were next. Now the sea would decide everything. On Adak Island, a handful of U.S. Marines prepared to make their last stand. Twenty Tomahawk missiles were already in the airfired on a desperate gamble to degrade an enemy landing before the beaches were...

Drake and Yukiko are still struggling against the bureaucracy ruling the Jontihem Nation, but they have found a clue potentially leading to something that might change everything for them. This race existed earlier than Those Who Came Before and might very well be the creators of the transport network that trapped millions of humans in this distant section of space.

Only one world in the cluster remains in enemy hands. Admiral Jack Romanoff and his crew have one remaining nut to crack before they can turn their attention to the people that overthrew the Confederation. The Vesuvius system has become a fortress, so it won’t be an easy fight, but it is one they cannot lose and survive. When force alone won’t do the trick, add guile.

The world’s food supply grows aggressively, occupying every inch of earth, no matter how inhospitable. World hunger is averted. Humanity flourishes. RC-714 is digested, absorbed…and passed on. The Change affects small fast-breeding mammals first. They multiply with the same aggressive speed as the ExoGen plants, but an insatiable hunger drives them to violence. A war between species breaks out. When RC-714 reaches humanity, along with every other large creature on the planet, civilization implodes. 

Every bride dreams of her wedding day. Today was supposed to be that day for me, except it’s not me marrying my college sweetheart. My best friend is doing that. Or, well, my ex-best friend. Instead, I’m over a thousand miles away, riding the subway in a city where lost people come to dream. Me—I’m just hoping to distract myself from my heartbreak. That is, until I met Jake Worthing. Grumpy. Hot. A total jerk. Did I mention hot?

In the wake of a Kaiju assault that left the nation's capital in ruins, Jon Hudson - director of the Department of Homeland Security's Fusion Center, Paranormal - is preparing his team for an uncertain future. While hiding Lilly, a chimera cat-girl rescued from Island 731, from GOD - the Genetic Offense Directive, a black ops organization within DARPA - Hudson attempts to raise Maigo.

The Marva Collins runs into unexpected problems a long way from port. Faced with some hard decisions and uncertain about the choices, Ishmael has to roll the dice with inadequate information.

Deep in the Nevada desert is the most secure compound in the United States: Area 51. The most chilling experiment of all time is about to begin there. The president doesn't know about it. Just a few scientists and military personnel working for Majestic-12 do, and they are about to make a very big mistake.

An ancient starship discovered... An eternal enemy revealed... An impossible mission to save humankind. The Goliath has been discovered, the first of its secrets revealed. Now the race is on for Captain Mitchell Williams and his crew to return to Liberty and recover Origin's lost memories before...

Jack Sigler, call sign King, field leader for a black ops organization known as Endgame, is accustomed to feeling capable of handling most any situation. It is a confidence forged in the fires of battle against both monsters and madmen. But the introduction of Asya, a sister he never knew existed, and the kidnapping of his parents has him reeling.