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With the age of heroic star pilots and galactic villains completely killed by quantum teleportation, the ex-star pilot currently named Dashford Pierce is struggling to find his identity in a changing universe. Then, a face from his past returns and makes him an offer he can't refuse: take part in just one teeny weeny, slightly illegal, daring heist, and not only will he have the means to start the new life he craves, but also save his childhood hero from certain death.

A cyber-dystopian thriller unlike any other. In a near-future Tokyo, every action - from blinking to sexual intercourse - is intellectual property owned by corporations that charge licensing fees. A BodyBank computer system implanted in each citizen records their movements from moment to moment and connects them to the audio-visual overlay of the ImmaNet so that every inch of this cyber-dystopian metropolis crawls with information and shifting cinematic promotainment.

This omnibus edition contains the trio of books that introduced the world to Mike Callahan, Jake Stonebender, Doc Webster, Mickey Finn, Fast Eddie Costigan, Long-Drink McGonnigle, Ralph Von Wau Wau, and the rest of the regulars of Callahan's Place, in the stories that helped Spider Robinson to win both a John W. Campbell Award and a legion of fans.

In The Lost Continent, when Cash Cassidy, a best-selling adventure author, jets off to Greece and leaves her husband behind, it's for a good reason: to research the myth of Atlantis for a new novel. To help her begin researching the book, Cash's publisher rents her a place on the edge of the Aegean Sea, near where Atlantis is rumored to have disappeared thousands of years ago.

The events which killed dozens of people and put the word "werewolf" on people's lips have been covered up. Deaths blamed on gang warfare, drugs, and costumes. A secret operation is in process to make sure that the truth about what happened in Boxford stays buried. But some things refuse to lie down and be still. There are perpetual loose ends that continue to multiply and carry on a legacy that began well before the Second World War.

Deep within the heart of the Black Forest there lives a family with a dark secret; after generations of living reclusively, their secret is about to be exposed by the worst kind of people. Aging scientist Victor Krauss cannot believe what they have found. For fear of retribution against him and his wife, it is up to him to discover their secret biology and find out whether it can be replicated and how it works, whatever the costs.

Our nation currently suffers the consequences of the 2020 election. The criminally installed cronies, with their toxic atmosphere, are dead set against building upon the prior administration’s advancements and is in fact proceeding in the opposite direction with reckless abandon. The negative governances are far worse than what we had feared and what we had long been warned about. Without question, there is a coup underway—one which aims to overthrow our once mighty America that so many have sacrificed their lives for.

One dark night, young genetic engineer Strig Feleedus is cruelly mutated by his own experiment and merges with the DNA of a pussycat and an owl. What follows is an action-driven, witty, and pulp-inspired all-species revolution. Would you expect anything less?

Keep your family safe from bulbs and batteries that go bump in the night by listening to Sparks. Fifteen electrifying tales of horror, sci-fi, bizarro, and fantasy. Visit post-apocalyptic nightmare worlds, listen to recordings of the dead, feel the friction of electric lady love, and be struck by lightning from the past.

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Meet Aegis, the first AI humanoid President, who defies all expectations to lead with unparalleled skill. Set in a not-so-distant future, the United States faces an extraordinary turning point as the nation witnesses the rise of Aegis to the highest office in the land. As an AI with an unprecedented understanding of the people and the country, Aegis challenges preconceived notions of leadership and shapes a new era of governance.

When a group of local thugs attack the village's wealthy Victor Krauss they unwittingly create a maelstrom of events that not only could destroy their home, but everyone in and around it. Are the old folk the cause or the cure of the horrors?

No longer is there any doubt as to the existence of UFOs. After all, the government has emphatically confirmed that. The next step is the revealing of the intelligences that pilot these UFOs—the extra-terrestrials, the Celestrials as we shall come to know them.

Oliver Cash is a trapped man. Not in the physical sense, but more in a spiritual, emotional one. Having once been a God-fearing, family oriented individual, a grave miscalculation ultimately destroys him: the publishing of his controversial book 2025. Oliver had been warned not to release it, for in doing so he’d no doubt infuriate the liberal audiences. Yet he had, and they swiftly took retribution upon him.

Maya, a brilliant AI developer, and Alex Harrison, a visionary VR designer, find their paths intertwined when they join forces to create "Realms Beyond", a groundbreaking VR experience that shatters the divide between the digital and the physical world. As they sculpt and code their shared vision, from the verdant forests to the soaring mountains, an undeniable connection sparks between them. In the fabricated landscapes of their shared creation, a true, palpable love blooms.

Sandy thinks there's something wrong with her resident's new hearing aid. It's picking up numbers that only he can detect. Evil carer Lisa thinks he's just an attention seeking senile old imbecile. They're counting down, but to what?

After a vicious fight with her boyfriend followed by a night of heavy partying, college freshman Amanda Greene wakes up in her dorm room to find things are not the same as they were yesterday. She can't quite put her finger on it. She's sharing her room with a peculiar stranger. Amanda discovers she's registered for classes she would never choose with people that are oddly familiar. An ominous shadow is stalking her.

Sometimes life, as well as death, is about second chances. Luckless Telly Martin doesn't have a clue. An awful gambler trying to scrape by as a professional poker player, he becomes the protégé of world famous poker champion Clutch Henderson. The only catch, Clutch is a ghost. Telly and Clutch must navigate the seedy gambling underbelly of Las Vegas learning to trust each other in order to win the elusive International Series of Poker, repair their shattered personal relationships, and find redemption in this life and the hereafter.

The Darracia saga continues with all the key players spread out and searching for answers throughout the solar system. Prince V'sair struggles to hold his fractured kingdom together without help from his family. His stepbrother Zayden is on a vengeful hunt for his evil uncle Staf Nuen. Tulani navigates her two worlds trying to bring them together. Staf Nuen, the orchestrator of the original coup, is making unholy alliances with nefarious new allies. Like the comet zipping across the horizon, all the different factions are heading for a collision course that will test both their faith and power.