Cedric. A brilliant scientist. Five doctorates, and one accomplishment too many.A field of tall, yellow wild grass. Even cleaner air than Cedric remembers from the Swiss Alps. Giant trees, each wider than his house. Cedric, not sure where he finds himself.The scream of a pterosaur. Cedric, not sure when he finds himself. The pterosaur dives at him."Paradox. Lost." – a wild ride of a science fiction short story, with a take on time travel that you...

Moons are being terraformed with slave labor. Val finds himself on a prison train headed for the worst of the worst, a slave camp that is known for its icy conditions and abundance of ice wolves. He'll need to make friends and formulate an escape plan if he's to survive.

Jessica Keller keeps pushing Buran back, using chaos and surprise as her weapons, as well as the warriors of First Expeditionary Fleet. When her reinforcements arrive, she pushes even harder, though honestly, it doesn't matter if she wins. She must provide adequate distraction. Why?

Another dazzling collection of fact, fiction, and wit from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning master of hard science fiction! Larry Niven is the New York Times bestselling author of such classic science fiction novels as Ringworld and Destiny's Road. His previous collection, N-Space, was lauded by the Houston Post as "outstanding ... hours of entertainment," while Publishers Weekly called it "a must for science fiction fans." A follow-up volume, Playgrounds...

It is the middle of the 21st century and behind the façade of everyday life, there lurks another meaning. The Professor thinks it is a controlling force hacking the very control centre of the human mind. When Raith has a peculiar experience on a routine space mission, he undergoes a thorough medical examination. There are strange elements of memory existing in his mind. Does this relate to his strange encounter? Meanwhile, the Professor's organization...

The Forgotten Planet is a science fiction novel by American writer Murray Leinster. It was released in 1954 by Gnome Press in an edition of 5,000 copies. The novel is a fix-up from three short stories, "The Mad Planet" and "The Red Dust", both of which had originally appeared in the magazine Argosy in 1920 and 1921, and "Nightmare Planet", which had been published in Science Fiction Plus in 1953. A planet had been seeded for life by humans, first...

Marcellus: The Mantle is a science-fiction superhero novel with an abundance of alien personalities and powers, and serves as an introduction to the Marcellus series.The ultimate legendary hero and galactic warrior, Marcellus bears the Mantle; a cloak that endows him with immense foresight and strength. He commands the Marcellans; masterful soldiers that fight for justice.Marcellus leaves the implosion of his home galaxy in a warship to scour the...

When Pete and Gary Godfrey stumble upon a skeleton in an ancient burial chamber, their lives are forever altered. They activate a bizarre crystal cube clasped in the skeleton's hand, and once its terrifying power has been awakened, things quickly spiral out of their control. The brothers have put themselves and the entire city of New York in danger, and soon they fall into the crosshairs of an NSA agent driven by a shadowy agenda. The deadly implications...

Yezeletta wasn't born in the traditional sense. She's a creation, a beautiful, exotic creation in the way the scientists wanted her to be. Her intelligence knows no bounds, and her sentient mind is still, struck by youthful wonder by the world around her. She also has no desire to be the perfect slave she was, built to be. For years, she has been weaving a tangled web for freedom. When her web catches a snag, it looks like she may be, caught in another...

Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their attempts at terraforming and breeding for Martian adaptability have finally payed off, rejoice at the prospect of a brighter future. But, Nina's about to unlock the mystery of the disaster that stranded them on Mars...and nothing will ever be the...