Ghost Towns - format ePub

First Centurion Kosnett stopped Zerzan.Now, they have returned, like Heather Lau always knew they would.In the darkness between galactic arms, she must undertake a deadly duel with another invasion fleet...

Als Captain Navarra hat der Wissenschaftsoffizier seine schlimmste Feindin gerettet und die Menschen vernichtet, die sie gefangen hielten. Nun möchte jemand anderes den skrupellosen Piraten Navarra anheuern,...

Years ago, Cisco walks away from Katie and that life. Then, out of the blue, she calls him.Treacherous men lurk outside her apartment. Watching. Waiting. Threatening Katie and her boyfriend.Cisco must...

Mom's accidental death let Grandmother declare Angus an orphan, because Dad was an alien, an Aracheed. Worse, the crazy old bitch got custody, and plans to trap Angus on her estate, away from the alien...

As Captain Navarre, the Science Officer rescued his greatest enemy and destroyed her captors.Now, someone else wants to hire the ruthless pirate Navarre, and Javier must take Sykora with him to help.Their...

Come with us as we explore Alternate Worlds, places where Science and Fiction intersect. See how the past could have changed, how the present might be greater than you imagine, or how different futures...

Wizards, warriors, professional adventurers, and actors trapped in a role.  Here is a collection of fantasy short stories set in fantastic worlds: From an Imperial Rome that never was, to forgotten towers...

Norbert dreams of power. Fame. Respected villainy. Maybe even girls.If his inventions would just work how he wants them to, all that would be his. And more.And there would be toast. A Modern Gods story

Kai Di laments the death of her best friend, who, it turns out, lived a double life as a super villain. A secret life she hid from everyone, including Kai Di. Kai Di’s anger at the world smolders, unquenched...

Wet, cold, and tired of every inanimate object trying to talk to her, Anna still walks. Twice during her journey, someone flies overhead. Superhero on patrol? Super villain escaping? Impossible to tell.She...

Zero-dark-thirty and a boot slams into Handsome Rob's front door. He has ten seconds to escape his apartment, as somebody has just arrived to kill him.And the day is just starting."Hunting Handsome Rob"...

Javier lives quite happily on his long-range scout. Alone. Away from everyone, with his chickens, his fruit trees, and Suvi, an artificial intelligence who keeps him company and runs the ship.When space...

The old-timers say it started back in the middle somewhere, when hope was still an option. Before some idiot decided the best way to break the back of the Resistance was to use The Bomb. Everything went...

When Brak destroys his mighty axe Woodchuck in battle, Sleipnir undertakes to find him a replacement.Nobody counts on the Gods themselves taking an interest in the outcome, nor the path that opens for...

Special Agent Eva Kiesler gave up Hollywood fame to battle the Nazis with the assistance of Dr. Slate, a living clone of N. Telsa.Now, British Intelligence has tracked their enemy to a warehouse down...

Hive's rockets have conquered the Moon. Now she dreams of leaving the Earth forever on a sleek, new rocketship.But the enormous risks darken her precognitive vision. She must roll the dice on her greatest...

Cosamian Dastou is the last living Saint. His immunity to the Social Cypher, a system of mass-hypnotism that regulates and controls modern life, means that some people worship him, and many think of him...

A startling tale of  astrophysics gone wild.Experienced Astronaut Dev Camber prepares his spacecraft for landing.But not one bit of his training prepared him for for the  escalating mayhem swallowing...

Pickpocket overhears her own description—but they're talking about someone else. A missing rich girl. A reward. A ride up to the orbital station. Aino's been invisible so long she's forgotten what it's...

When Grant Campbell, the alpha of White Lodge wolf-shifter clan, finds a lost leopard-shifter cub, he knows exactly who can help him: Verona Sullivan, the beta of Maze Hill leopards. The woman who has...

When It's Winter in Our HeartsClara Bellmonte loves Raymond Trust, a humble gardener. Then, at seventeen, her father informs her that the time has come to introduce her to Raphael Monie, the young man...

Swallowed by a supernatural desire, Alexandre Theodorides, heir to the largest and most respected pharmaceutical laboratory on the planet, and Hefestião Lê Kerr discover they are in love with each other....

In a brilliant comedy of manners, a group of self-styled intellectuals gathers to discuss a topic they are terrified to admit they do not understand. Their desperate attempts to appear cultured are manipulated...

Newland Archer is engaged to the perfect society debutante, but his world is upended by the return of the scandalous Countess Olenska. He is torn between the safety of convention and the electrifying...

Ann Eliza and Evelina run a modest shop in New York, their lives defined by routine and mutual sacrifice until a suitor disrupts their quiet world. The arrival of Mr. Ramy offers a glimpse of escape,...

Driven by a fatalistic curiosity, a woman abandons her life to seek out the legendary Chilchui Indians in the Mexican mountains. She becomes the willing center of a cosmic ritual, offering her existence...

Two sisters navigate a silent, emotional war within their own home, proving that the greatest sacrifices are often those made quietly for the sake of another’s happiness.

Undine Spragg is a chaotic force of ambition, treating marriage as a stepping stone to global conquest. She moves from the American Midwest to the apex of French society, leaving a wake of financial ruin...

A shared mania for identical knives spirals into a surreal competition between two men obsessed with symmetry. Their fixation grows increasingly violent and bizarre, turning a domestic hobby into a grotesque...

Civil strife tears France apart, forcing the retired heroes to don their cloaks once more to rescue a king and confront the ghosts of their past.

Abandoned in the rugged Rockies, a young boy must forge a life among the peaks and the rough characters of the mining camps. His journey is one of self-discovery, as he untangles the mystery of his birth...

A colossus of iron and fire stalks the plains, striking terror into the hearts of all who witness its mechanical stride. This invention promises a new era of travel but attracts dangerous enemies desperate...

A spectral shape glides over the water, leaving a trail of superstition and dread in its wake. Skeptical heroes must confront their own fears to uncover the human or supernatural agency behind the haunting....

The Llano Estacado offers no shelter for the weak, and two young riders must cross its parched expanse to prove their worth. Dust storms, thirst, and the threat of hostile encounters turn their journey...

A boastful challenge to brave the pitch-black depths of a waxworks exhibition turns into a harrowing ordeal of the mind. Is the danger real, or is the suffocating darkness projecting the protagonist's...

A squeaky-voiced stranger with a limp seems an unlikely hero, but beneath the disguise lies the legendary frontiersman Seth Jones. When a family is captured by Mohawks, he drops the act to execute a rescue...

The Marshalsea prison is a world unto itself, shaping the life of a young woman who was born in its shadow. As a financial house of cards collapses, the line between the jailed and the free becomes blurrier....

Speed is the only defense for Alden as he carries the mail pouch through the most dangerous territory in the West. Alone on the trail, he faces blizzards, wolves, and bandits, relying on his horse and...

Faced with financial ruin, a desperate soul seizes a chance to assume a new identity, only to step into a trap far deadlier than his own debts. He must navigate a treacherous path of deception where a...

A workhouse boy dares to ask for more, setting off a chain of events that leads him from the brutality of the parish to the dark, criminal heart of London.

A chemistry professor barters away his painful memories, only to realize that without the capacity for sorrow, he has lost the ability to empathize with humanity.

At Botshelong Hospital, love doesn't arrive with roses.It arrives with tension, ambition, jealousy… and temptation.Nsizwa is a 25-year-old cleaner from Daveyton—handsome, disciplined, and admired by many....

Hugo, a young man of admirable beauty, moves to the coast after a tragedy that marked his life. There, he meets Christopher who also loves to play soccer. They become best friends, however, Christopher's...

It took at least two days for Jennifer to notice the missing letters and cards wrapped in brown paper. It could only have been her father who took the package from the trunk."Dad. There was a package...

When Destiny crumbles, devotion becomes a new divinty. When hope grows fragile, she'll burn worlds to keep it alive. And if he's forgotten her name, she'will make the world remember.  A woman's search...

Soul in the WallsBy Riaan HayesMae Harper thought buying the old house on Breaker Road would be a chance to start over.The place was cheap, quiet, and far away from the life she wanted to forget. The...