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In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and was never resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical-physicist girlfriend, Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't. Why? What was special about Eifelheim that it utterly disappeared more than 600 years ago?

At the close of 1917, the Germans introduced a new type of gas, T-Leiche - "corpse gas" - a revolutionary weapon that changed the war. Instead of killing the living, T-Leiche resurrected the bodies of the dead. For those who survived the killing fields of France, the danger has only just begun. Veteran Michael "Madman" Burke and his company have just been assigned a daring new mission by the president himself: rescue the members of the British royal family.

I am the Archmage Mikhael. In my life, I have seen many beautiful women and many senseless battles. At some point, I found that the battles outnumbered the beautiful women. This loss of balance prompted me to put an end to all wars. I conducted scientific experiments and even studied the DNA of mages. I was one step away from understanding what makes us go to war when I died....

Alex leads the group in search of a human camp in the center of the valley. Everyone has their wits about them as they all know one false step could be fatal. Until now, their main enemies have been monsters and the Storm, but the Other Side has attracted plenty of attention from elsewhere and now it's not just creatures who the group have to look out for. A band of mercenaries is heading their way....

From Irina Moises and Kurt Schlichter, the author of the bestselling Kelly Turnbull People’s Republic series of action novels and THE ATTACK, comes a new book like you have never experienced. Fast, funny, and furious, LOST ANGELES: Silver Bullets On The Sunset Strip marks the start of a new series of fantasy noir novels that hit like a silver .357 magnum slug to the gut! Go on an action-packed, wild ride through 1940s Los Angeles with private detectives Eddie Loud and Trixie Gamble as they search for the kidnapped son of a powerful demigod. They encounter mobsters, crooked cops, movie ...

In 1942, New Chicago was born. The goal was to build a new world that promised the American dream. Now, two years later, the city is a volatile mixture of high society and organized crime. Smiling corporate devils peddle the future while wrestling for control with criminal kingpins from a rapidly fading era. Caught in the middle of this transitional period are the young Whitlock siblings and their friends—the last remaining members of the infamous Whitlock gang, once led by their now-deceased father.

1942 – AMERICA The war is over. But the world is far from peaceful. In the aftermath of the Pacific conflict that forced Japan’s surrender, the United States stands victorious—yet increasingly isolated. Europe is locked in a massive war as a united continent fights to stop the Soviet advance. China has emerged from civil war under Communist rule. Japan lies under American occupation, rebuilding quietly beneath watchful eyes. At home, a different revolution is beginning. Daniel “Big Dan” Wilson never intended to become a national figure. A six-foot-three restaurant owner from ...

An underground cult has struck a terrible blow to humanity. It's going to take a team of specialized forces Define them and take them down. But do they know enough about the enemy. Do they have the power And can they actually find the enemy when it's hidden so well. An exciting new an exciting new series of military action at its best

Publicada por primera vez en 1991 e inspirada en la guerra del Golfo Pérsico, esta novela plantea una pregunta urgente: ¿qué pasaría si existiera una alternativa real al petróleo? Augusto, un científico brillante pero incómodo para muchos, tiene una respuesta: el prototipo, un sistema revolucionario que no recurre ni a la energía solar ni a la nuclear, sino que extrae fuerza y calor directamente de la estructura íntima del espacio-tiempo, es decir, de la lattice.

A jukebox. A coin. One hundred songs. Each one is a door. Carson City, Nevada. Summer of 1992. A twelve-year-old boy arrives at his grandparents' house to spend the summer while his grandmother dies. His grandfather—a man who pulls weeds from dawn to noon without stopping and has never spoken about his past—keeps a 1953 Seeburg jukebox polished to a mirror shine in the corner of the living room. Nobody plays it. Until the boy drops a coin in the slot. Each song carries him backward—into the Catholic orphanage where his grandfather was abandoned at five, the streets of San Francisco ...

The first novel of the rise and fall of the Drakan Empire, an alternative history saga. In Marching Through Georgia, the Draka begin their conquest of the globe as they fight and best that more obvious horror, the Nazis.

Shannon Chakraborty, the bestselling author of The City of Brass, spins a new trilogy of magic and mayhem on the high seas in this tale of pirates and sorcerers, forbidden artifacts and ancient mysteries, in one woman’s determined quest to seize a final chance at glory—and write her own...

Long ago some of our ancestors were marked by gods. These mythological kings are found in lists all over the world. The Sumerian Kings list. The Egyptian Kings List. The Biblical Kings List.

A completely re-imagined epic of the man known as Robin Hood from multi-award-winning, bestselling author Stephen R. Lawhead—now with the complete trilogy in one volume. For centuries, the legend of Robin Hood and his band of thieves has captivated imaginations. Now the familiar tale takes on...

After foiling a German plot to devastate America's coastal cities from Boston to Galveston, crack Black Chamber agent Luz O'Malley and budding technical genius Ciara Whelan go to California to recuperate. But their well-deserved rest is cut short by the discovery of a diabolical new weapon that could give the German Imperial Navy command of the North Sea. Luz and Ciara must go deep undercover and travel across a world at war, and live under false identities in Berlin itself to ferret out the project's secrets.

I traveled twenty-two years into the past to change the future and prevent the nightmare that threatens the Earth. I founded the Syndicate, which has by now become the most powerful organization in the world. It comprises the most talented Evolvers humanity has to offer—I selected them personally, guided by the knowledge from the future. I have now assembled a small army of Evolvers under the auspices of the Syndicate to clear the descent from the mountain and reach an incredibly powerful monster—the Silkworm, whose abilities I intend to claim for myself.

The stunning conclusion to the duology that began with the internationally bestselling Sun of Blood and Ruin, this Zorro reimagining weaves Mesoamerican mythology and sixteenth-century Mexican history into a swashbuckling historical fantasy filled with magic, intrigue, treachery, and romance...

Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin), the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure. Soon after their successful return to Rhodes the two cousins find that Greece is a dangerous place after the death of Alexander. Various factions fight and vie for power and the neutrality of Rhodes itself is threatened as opposing forces maneuver for advantage in the eastern Mediterranean.

Considered Keith Roberts' masterwork, this novel consists of linked short stories (six measures and a coda) of a 20th century in which the Roman Catholic Church controls the Western world, and has done so since Queen Elizabeth of England was assassinated in 1588. The Protestant Reformation never happened, and the world is kept in a Dark Age of steam-power transportation, with no allowance for electrical power, by a tyrannical Rome.

In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars. “A terrifically entertaining fantasy novel.”—Stephen King Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to...