Hugh Howey

David Adams

Samuel Peralta

The "Future Chronicles" has grown, from a single collection of robot stories, into a series whose unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., aliens, time travel, dragons, telepaths, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed short story anthology series of the digital era. Its companion series - "Alt.Chronicles, The Illustrated Chronicles" and "Chronicle Worlds" - are similarly ground-breaking in their coverage of less mainstream tropes such as alternative history and shared universes. Created by award-winning author Samuel Peralta, and edited by some of the most-respected editors in the genre, each volume brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern science fiction and fantasy. This "Future Chronicles - Special Edition" volume is a compendium of stories selected from the Chronicles' standalone titles, and includes five new stories, never before published, from some of today's best writers in speculative fiction.

The Future Chronicles - Special Edition

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A Handbook of Diction for Singers

Drawn to a desert world by the legacy of a traitor, the crew of the TFR Beijing discover something abandoned, something forgotten... something mysterious. Buddha once said, "An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast... ... for a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind." The scars of betrayal runs deep... and Captain Melissa Liao will find out just how far the slighted will go for revenge. Book two of the Lacuna series. Lacuna Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!) Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) Magnet Omnibus I (new release!) Imperfect Faith

Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi

Carol Davis

Ann Christy

Will Swardstrom

W. J. Davies

Long after the dust has settled and the survivors of the Silo Saga have gone to seed, Hugh Howey's bestselling WOOL trilogy continues to captivate readers worldwide. The power of Hugh's story is underscored all the more by the number of authors who have embraced the invitation to tell their own stories in his ever-expanding world. The first of its kind, this gathering brings together nine of the Silo Saga's most acclaimed authors to further expand upon the groundbreaking world first laid forth in WOOL, SHIFT, and DUST. From the power struggles of the Up Top to the darkest depths of the mines and everything in between, this anthology promises something for everyone bold enough to venture another journey deep below the surface of the best and worst humanity has to offer. Proceeds from the sale of this anthology benefit National Novel Writing Month)

A Charity Anthology

Wool Gathering

Kate Danley

Elle Casey

Dee Ernst

Deanna Chase

Rachel Schurig

Dalya Moon

Deanna Roy

Jason Brant

Christine Pope

Becca Mills

Amber Sweetapple

Ashley Mackler-Paternostro

Jack Sheppard

Holiday Wishes, a short story collection to raise money for children's charity.Fourteen bestselling indie authors have come together to write a holiday short story collection to benefit a children's charity this holiday season. These authors, who write in genres ranging from contemporary romance to science fiction, have joined in the holiday spirit to write all new stories for this anthology.The collection includes contributions from the following authors: David Adams, Jason Brant, Elle Casey, Deanna Chase, Kate Danley, Dee Ernst, Ashley Mackler-Paternostro, Becca Mills, Dalya Moon, Christine Pope, Deanna Roy, Rachel Schurig, Jack Sheppard and Amber Sweetapple, with cover art donated by Claudia McKinney of Phat Puppy Artwork.

Holiday Wishes

Matthew Mather

David Gatewood

Robots. Androids. Artificial Intelligence. Scientists predict that the "singularity" -- the moment when mankind designs the first greater-than-human intelligence -- is nearly within our grasp. Believe it or not, truly sentient machines may be a reality within as little as 20 years. Will these "post-human" intelligences be our friends? Our servants? Our rivals? What will we learn from them? What will they learn from us? Will we allow them to lead their own lives? Will they have basic human rights? Will we? Science and society will be forced to address these questions sooner than you think. But science fiction is addressing these questions today. In THE ROBOT CHRONICLES, thirteen of today's top sci-fi writers explore the approaching collision of humanity and technology.

The Robot Chronicles

Michael Anderle

Jennifer Foehner Wells

David Bruns

G. S. Jennsen

Susan Kaye Quinn

Nick Webb

Patrice Fitzgerald

Jeff Seymour

Michael Ezell

Joseph Robert Lewis

S.M. Blooding

Christopher J. Valin

a space opera anthology

Best of Beyond the Stars

Chris Fox

Lindsay Buroker

Christopher Holliday

M. R. Forbes

Anthea Sharp

Amy Murphy

C. Gockel

Michelle Diener

Chris Reher

Joseph Lallo

Matt Verish

Kay McSpadden

Patty Jansen

J. A. Sutherland

L. J. Cohen

Richard Tongue

Chris Dietzel

We're all Orphans in the Black ...Strap yourself in for nineteen thrilling short stories of space pirates, time travelers, aliens, AI, and more! Meet determined heroes forging their own path through the universe, men and women who won't go down without a fight.Be transported to fantastical new worlds by award winning and bestselling authors. Download this exclusive collection today.The Stories:A Simple Thing ~ by Amy J. MurphyNote to Self ~ by Joseph LalloGravitational Pull ~ by Christine PopeAutoscopy ~ by Matt VerishFog of War ~ by Chris ReherThe Alien ~ by Kay McSpaddenNo Eye in Emily ~ by Patty JansenVoid Mage ~ by Chris FoxLost Souls and Other Anomalies ~ by Christopher HollidaySpacer ~ by J.A. SutherlandMurphy's Star ~ by C. GockelInterference ~ by Michelle Diener Stowaway ~ by Anthea SharpIn the Clutch ~ by LJ CohenIron Lazarus ~ by David AdamsDreams in the Dust ~ by Richard TongueFreedom? ~ by M.R. ForbesCombat Support ~ by Lindsay BurokerThe Last Astronaut ~ by Chris Dietzel

A Space Opera Anthology

Orphans in the Black

Peter Larkham

Set within a wider British and international context of post-war reconstruction, The Everyday Experiences of Reconstruction and Regeneration focuses on such debates and experiences in Birmingham and Coventry as they recovered from Second World War bombings and post-war industrial collapse. Including numerous images, Adams and Larkham explore the initial development of the post-Second World War reconstruction projects, which so substantially changed the face of the cities and provided radical new identities. Exploring these cities throughout the post-war period brings into sharp focus the duality of contemporary approaches to regeneration, which often criticise mid-twentieth century ’poorly-conceived’ planning and architectural projects for producing inhuman and unsympathetic schemes, while proposing exactly the type of large-scale regeneration that may potentially create similar issues in the future. This book would be beneficial for academics and students of planning and urban design, particularly those with an interest in post-catastrophe or large-scale reconstruction projects within cities.

From Vision to Reality in Birmingham and Coventry

The Everyday Experiences of Reconstruction and Regeneration

Do you have Diamond Hands? Do you HODL THE LINE? Do you despise paper hands? Do you like the stonk? Do you think GME is going to the moon? Do you want a nice book that is literally just 150 pages of GME GO BRRR? Then this is the book for you! This is also the perfect book for your wife's boyfriend. This is not financial advice.

Gme Go Brrr

Diamond Hands

Two sellswords, now pariahs, split up to escape injustice. But the ghosts of the past come back to haunt Brea the half-elf, while Kozog the half-orc finds peril lurking much closer to his chest than he could ever imagine. A novella set in Drathari, the world of Ren of Atikala. Part two of the The Pariahs series.

The Pariahs: Freelands

Experimental Immunology Branch at the National Cancer Institute David Adams

"Never again attempt to develop this kind of technology." It is with these words that an unknown alien attacker destroys the Earth cities of Tehran, Sydney and Beijing. Fifty million people die... and nothing is ever the same again. Some call them Demons, some call them Aliens, but to Chinese Naval Captain Melissa Liao they are the enemy. She is given command of one of three great warships built to fight the "demons", the TFR Beijing. Her task is simple. Find who attacked Earth and why... then stop them. Book one of the Lacuna series.

Lacuna

"Never again attempt to develop this kind of technology." It is with these words that an unknown alien attacker destroys the Earth cities of Tehran, Sydney and Beijing. Fifty million people die... and nothing is ever the same again. Some call them Demons, some call them Aliens, but to Chinese Naval Captain Melissa Liao they are the enemy. She is given command of one of three great warships built to fight the "demons", the TFR Beijing. Her task is simple. Find who attacked Earth and why... then stop them. Book one of the Lacuna series. Lacuna: Demons of the Void Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!) Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!) Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) Imperfect Faith Keywords: free, freebie, free download, military sci-fi, navy, future, people's republic of china, space exploration, military space, lacuna

Samsara

Peter Bostrom

Change is coming. Legendary American Admiral Jack Mattis, thrown into an unfamiliar universe, must now confront the impossible and do the unthinkable in a place very different from his home. New alliances must be forged in the face of powerful new enemies. Strange technologies may hold the key to victory, or hasten Earth's demise in all timelines. Change is coming and the howling winds of war at his back will drive Admiral Mattis onward toward a final confrontation. One thing is clear: The future is mutable, changeable, malleable. Or is it? Are Mattis's and Earth's destinies set in stone? Dark secrets will be revealed, terrifying enemies unleashed, and through it all, the true face of Spectre looms ever closer.

The Last Tyrant: Book 6 of the Last War Series

In this set of lecture notes, the author includes some of the latest research on the theory of Morrey Spaces associated with Harmonic Analysis. There are three main claims concerning these spaces that are covered: determining the integrability classes of the trace of Riesz potentials of an arbitrary Morrey function; determining the dimensions of singular sets of weak solutions of PDE (e.g. The Meyers-Elcart System); and determining whether there are any “full” interpolation results for linear operators between Morrey spaces. This book will serve as a useful reference to graduate students and researchers interested in Potential Theory, Harmonic Analysis, PDE, and/or Morrey Space Theory.

Morrey Spaces

Two sellswords, one transformed into goat and the other deprived of her spells and vanity in equal measure, escape the clutches of officious bureaucrats. But a sea voyage, hastily pre-pared, is the least of their troubles; turning Kozog back into a half-orc is going to take powerful magic beyond Brea’s skill, and the claws of the abyssal terrors have a longer reach than either of them anticipated… A novella set in Drathari, the world of Ren of Atikala. Part three of the The Pariahs series.

The Pariahs: Elfholme

Steven Tiesdell

Shaping Places explains how towns and cities can turn real estate development to their advantage to create the kind of places where people want to live, work, relax and invest. It contends that the production of quality places which enhance economic prosperity, social cohesion and environmental sustainability require a transformation of market outcomes. The core of the book explores why this is essential, and how it can be delivered, by linking a clear vision for the future with the necessary means to achieve it. Crucially, the book argues that public authorities should seek to shape, regulate and stimulate real estate development so that developers, landowners and funders see real benefit in creating better places. Key to this is seeing planners as market actors, whose potential to shape the built environment depends on their capacity to understand and transform the embedded attitudes and practices of other market actors. This requires planners to be skilled in understanding the political economy of real estate development and successful in changing its outcomes through smart intervention. Drawing on a strong theoretical framework, the book reveals how the future of places will come to be shaped through constant interaction between State and market power. Filled with international examples, essential case studies, color diagrams and photographs, this is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students taking planning, property, real estate or urban design courses as well as for social science students more widely who wish to know how the shaping of place really occurs.

Urban Planning, Design and Development

Shaping Places

US Air Force Airman Amanda Turner is trapped underground. Locked in a massive underground vault. The world outside is toxic, the ground below them solid rock. There is no way out. No escape. There are three thousand, nine hundred, and ninety one men. And nine women. Nine. A novel in three acts, set in Hugh Howey's world of Wool.

Insufficient

Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign

David Adams

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