Brink of Infinity - formato ePub

"IDIOTS!" howled Grant Calthorpe. "Fools—nitwits—imbeciles!" He sought wildly for some more expressive terms, failed and vented his exasperation in a vicious kick at the pile of rubbish on the ground....

"This," said the Franciscan, "is my Automaton, who at the proper time will speak, answer whatsoever question I may ask, and reveal all secret knowledge to me." He smiled as he laid his hand affectionately...

Pat is a beautiful young woman with many admirers. Nick is a young man with a secret. When his dark side interferes with their burgeoning love, things turn grim, and psychologist Carl Horker has to intervene.

A math professor, thinking that he has been hired by a chemist to run some statistical analyses on experimental data, is surprised to learn that is the experiment. The chemist, angry at mathematicians...

THE brown Maori in the bow of the outrigger stared hard at Austin Island slowly swimming nearer; then he twisted to fix his anxious brown eyes on Carver. "Taboo!" he exclaimed. "Taboo! Aussitan taboo!"...

BOB AMHERST shivered a little despite the heated interior of the autobus, but grinned none the less as he made out the frosty towers of Hydropole. He was always glad to return to the polar city, if only...

Pat is a beautiful young woman with many admirers. Nick is a young man with a secret. When his dark side interferes with their burgeoning love, things turn grim, and psychologist Carl Horker has to intervene.

The New Adam finds himself not in Eden, but in a crowded world of men and women who look like him but who cannot comprehend his powers or his unique mentality. Nature had placed Edmund Hall a rung higher...

After a worldwide plague breaks civilization, Joaquin Smith and his sister build an empire up the Mississippi Valley. Who would be brave or foolish enough to stand in their way? Who but a young backwoodsman...

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum. It was Weinbaum's second published story (in 1933 he had sold a romantic novel, The Lady Dances, to King Features Syndicate under...

A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories. It was Weinbaum's second published story (in 1933 he had sold a...

SERAPIS CLASSICS EDITION INCLUDES BONUS STORIES BY JOHN MACDONALD, STANLEY WEINBAUM & MACK REYNOLDS! _____________ How could a robot—a machine, after all—be involved in something like law application...

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Once a dragon, always a dragon. I'll do whatever it takes to save my clan. It's been four years since Fablestone was nearly lost, but no dragon clan is safe forever.When Fablestone receives word that...

Tracy 'TK' King just came home from a ten year bid, after shooting someone for trying to get over on him. TK a ex-King Pin wants the respect and power, he once had before being ten years removed from...

What does it mean when you're tormented by sensual dreams night after night? When you wake aching for your lover's touch? Anna Kingsley spends her days crafting custom furniture for Key West's top galleries...

A Highland Reunion…Cristiana Domhnaill will shield her family at any cost, even if that means matching wits with the battle-hardened Highland laird who seeks shelter at her keep during a fierce winter...

His dangerous heart beats for her.Willow sits before the Victoria Ballet Board, ready to tell her version of events leading up to the closing night incident. After chasing her dream all the way to Melbourne,...

An acclaimed story collection from the author of the Shirley Jackson Award–winning novel The Hole *Booklist Starred Review* Six elephants bolt from an amusement park and vanish; where they’re found brings...

It's Christmas, Caroline is a romantic Christmas short inspired by A Christmas Carol. After tragedy strikes, six Christmases as a widow have all but ruined Caroline's love of the season. This year, determined...

Homeless. Broke. Shunned by friends and neighbours. This was not what sixty-two was supposed to look like for Barbara Baker. As a member of Toronto's exclusive Rosedale society, Barb was a fixture on...

Jamie Miller is home for the holidays. While she's home she'll help out at the family bakery delivering pastries to local businesses. When she crosses paths with her former high school bully, she's thrown...

Escape to a world of mistletoe, merriment, and sparkling romance in this enchanting collection of Christmas novellas. As the snow falls, love blossoms amidst candlelit ballrooms, secluded libraries, and...

A sadistic group of clowns kidnap an unsuspecting man, Don, forcing him to play a deadly game in order to save his family. Don finds himself at the center of the clowns' mayhem and struggles to follow...

Summoned for seduction....Hailing from a remote corner of the Highlands, Helene MacKail is well aware that a rare journey to celebrate the holidays at Domhnaill Keep means her father is seeking a marriage...

Rose and William Thorn have finished one adventure and begin another, this time in the land of the fabled elves. Unfortunately, their arrival in the vast woods of the fair folk is greeted with less hospitality...

A woman on the run. A summer storm. Lightning…and landslide. Fleeing a hellish marriage, Ariadne Millar stumbles from her wrecked car into the storm-torn woods—and finds herself stranded in a strange...

When the good girl falls…SierraOver a decade ago, I aimed too high when I fell for my brother's best friend. So I settled for someone else. And then got dumped. And now I'm dangling from a fence waiting...

It's winter in New York City, and Rufus O'Callaghan is trying to make things work. He's still got his job as a confidential informant, and he's still got Sam Auden. The ex-Army drifter has moved in with...

A search and rescue operation during a bitter blizzard in Iceland quickly turns to terror as the team encounters more than just lost tourists in the novelette, What Protects Our Heritage. This and other...

The stunning sequel to Talonsister, full of romance and treachery, powerful magic and devastating choices. Perfect for fans of Andrea Stewart, John Gwynn and Samantha Shannon.The Othanim have conquered...

In a town where magic is alive, love is the most powerful spell of all.IyonnaThanksgiving is supposed to be a time of joy, but this year, my magic is spiraling out of control. As I scramble to fill orders...

Is it Ann's imagination, or is the terrifying Marquess...flirting with her? Miss Ann Truesdale must make a match this season, but how can she expect any man to view her as a wife when they all see her...

Welcome to Bulari!The Bulari Saga Travel Guide is a collection of short stories, essays, alternate point-of-view scenes, recipes (recipes!) and more goodies from the world of the Bulari Saga. Join fan-favorite...

An explosive blast kills two people. Firebombs and another blast follow the blast. Jody Tyler, the bull in the China shop, is called to assist in investigating these murders in a small town.This investigation...

From Richard Paul Evans, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Promise and The Christmas Box—“the most popular holiday tale since Tiny Tim” (Newsweek)—a new novel celebrating the life-changing...

Who rescued who? In California's Central Valley in 1953, the love of a neglected dog helps an abused girl find healing, and the caring family she never had.Bet Carter's stepfather is a conman with a history...

Silvey Rhoades is a living miracle, having survived being hurled a mile by a tornado. But her recovery has drawn the wrong kind of attention. She's uncovered a dangerous secret tied to forgotten technology,...

In book 3 of the Love is Worth Fighting For series, can a firefighter with kind eyes and a warm personality ever find true love?Can a woman whose been betrayed by her other half and tossed to the side...

Luke loves his seasonal job as Jolly Elf at the mall's Santa display. It suits his sweet and joyful nature and compliments his summer landscaping job perfectly. This year there's a new man playing Santa...

"What happens if he returns to our world?""It will burn." There's just no rest for Valek, Ixia's Chief of Security. Challenges are constant and new problems arrive daily, including a request to help Castletown's...

Don't take it for granted.Twenty-year-old Léa Young is hungry… again. Weeks after returning to the Rift Zone, she finds herself back where she started: in a scramble for resources in post-apocalyptic...

After two years deployed, Captain Mark Saunders rolls back into town just in time for the holidays and finds out his fling with Essence Monroe left him with more than memories—a baby boy. Mark has never...