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"Dagger Jameswood Enters the Fourth Dimension" is a science-fiction detective story. The quirky hero faces multiple, ultimately life-threatening challenges on his way to learning how to enter the fourth dimension. It's a fun read with a light touch on the sci-fi, eccentric characters and a great adventure.
122) Eden 2.1
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Eden 2.1 is a modern-day story inspired by Mary Shelly's famous book, "Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus". It raises the questions of human efforts to understand the source of life and whether humans can have the technological ability to create life apart from the natural process by human-developed means. Can human wisdom anticipate and account for unintended consequences of using such potential technology?
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After buying Mars Hal Bailey was plunged into suspended animation for a century and a half, and when he awoke he was told the planet was worthless. But why then did oligarchs wish to buy it?
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms...
124) The Tar
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Zacharia Tobias has retired from The United Western Navy. This might be considered 'just cause' for a celebration, but visiting Daisy's Bar after consuming such a large amount of alcohol, proved not to be one of Zack's best ideas.Zack does not normally 'play well with others', but despite his cynical view of the human race, he finds that some aspects of it, are worth fighting for.Spartax, a large corporate organisation has infiltrated the Central...
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Given a choice, Lisinthir Nase Galare would have stayed in the Chatcaavan Empire to help its reformed Emperor and Queen remake the worlds in their image. But when his presence proved a threat to the Emperor's attempts, he bowed to necessity and accepted an exile that he thought would kill him... for what was left without duty and the company of the beloved? Adding insult to injury, his escort home included two psychiatrists, as if he was something...
126) The Arbiter
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The thing was of metal-but it walked and thought like a man, and was a grim object of deadly peril and menace!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis...
127) Domain of Zero
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Spacemen gave tiny, far-flung Callisto a wide berth. For it was the domain of the shrunken, ice-skinned brain who called himself "Zero."--intro.
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross,...
128) Shield of Lantius
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Flying his Harrier, Major Dar Fantin stares into the North Carolina night sky with skepticism. Stopping in mid-flight is impossible at thirty-eight thousand feet, but that's exactly what an orange ball of light was doing. That was one of the last thoughts Dar had as he was sucked aboard the Nanta. Held captive, along with twenty-three other fighter pilots from around the world, he is assigned a guide. Littia educates her charge, imparting the language...
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About the Book In The Climatic Death of Mother Earth, W. Allen writes as one of Mother Earth's concerned children. This fictitious account is a platform inspired by findings of climatologists and other experts in these matters, including years of personal observations local/national and international weather reports; that include reports of vicious persistent devastating news of weather extremes; their ecological devastation upon the planet and its...
130) Claws and Starships
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When the results of Earth's genetic experiments fled their makers, they took their own name as they left humanity behind; centuries later, the Pelted have spread into a multi-world alliance of cultures and languages, cribbed from Terra or created whole-cloth. Claws and Starships collects six stories of the Pelted, ranging from the humor of a xenoanthropologist on the wrong side of mythology to more serious works considering the implications of genetic...
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The story begins three hundred years after an unfortunate archeological discovery has unleashed a rage-virus plague outbreak that transformed the population of the Earth into infectious ghouls. These zombie-minded 'infected' hunt and kill natural humans on sight. In this future, the last remnants of mankind survive in orbital space aboard their ultra-secure technological habitats. Even with their superior science and hard won experience, mysterious...
132) When Eagles Kill
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When the god of the desert meets the criminal mob, the clash that erupts shakes the streets of Manhattan and lights up the sky. Can the desert god save the life of the Minnesota farm girl being pursued by Mafia killers? A bearded hippie called Windsong, his strange friend called Captain Marvel and his blind black lab called Ray Charles take on the mob.
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Have you read the Princes' Game series? Do you want to read it, but prefer spoilers before going into intense and R-rated stories? Or do you just want to know what happened so you can skip ahead to other novels that refer to events that transpired during the series? The author has prepared this set of summaries for you! This volume includes:
1. A blow-by-blow synopsis of each book;
2. Discussions of the military and personal repercussions;
3. Cast...
134) The Mists of Memory
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Maddy, a Sentient Seal of the Sentient Shield and Ancient Guardian of the Universe, has spent many incarnations on Earth. As the tsunamis approach and the fate of the planet hangs in the balance, Maddy must once again confront the Halqu, extra terrestrial beings who seek to use Earth's portals for their own gain. The Alignment, a specific time in Earth's history when it plays a pivotal role in its own evolution and that of the Universe, has passed,...
135) Queens are Wild
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In the distant past, shatranj was the ancestor of chess. In 2036, "shatranj" is the password for a time-warp chess match that jumps 17-year-old Margeaux Quigley -- the chosen pawn among eight classmates kidnapped from high school detention in 1984 -- 52 years to 2036. Margeaux, who only ages 52 minutes during the leap, is asked to help checkmate Robert Ballentine, the self-proclaimed king of America. A corporate pirate who goes by the nickname "Balls,"...
136) Madness
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Still affected by betrayal and deceit, Alexander Marcase feels his life has lost all connection to truth. Unable to come to terms with his own past, he's determined to discover the reality behind Evan's. What they learn along the way re-shapes their understanding of Keepers and Sha'erah, but nothing can prepare them for what they find.Book 2 in the KEEPER Series
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Beyond the Veil: Unraveling the celestial tapestry is a message from the spirit realm, revealing connections between ancient civilizations, their writings, and their worship to their Gods (God, God of Death (Satan) and the Universe (Milky way)). Through her dedicated mentor, Angel Nuphriel KGW, God and her assigned divine team, she introduces their recount of the beginnings of intellectual life of earth, the civilizations that have come and gone,...
138) The Wizards of Vane
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In The Knotted Cord. Mite Mannies found his way into the world of the Vane Isles. After defeating evil in that world with the power of his cord, he became Milan of Vane. In The Fuller Jewel, Ann Trown joins Milan on the Vane Isles and there she is able to resist differing evils that are trying to take her jewel from her for their own purposes. This story will now tell the tale of how magic came about in the world of the Vane Isles. It also tells of...
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Defying the scorn of fellow scientists, Dr. Grayson builds a strange device that sends his image marching on!
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) was a British author and one of the first British writers to appear in American pulp science fiction magazines. Always a highly prolific author, he published not only under his own name, but also as Vargo Statten and other pseudonyms including Thornton Ayre, Polton Cross, Geoffrey Armstrong, John Cotton, Dennis...
140) The Black Hours
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The Black Hours explores the wondrous and mysterious world of dreams as one man, unknown to us and sleeping somewhere in some time, is taken back through his memorable and even disturbing life experiences through his dreams. And in between his vivid dreams there is just utter darkness and he also must experience these black hours.
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