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He was a survivor - a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war. Fate touches him one chill winter’s day when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker to protect himself from the cold. The old, worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope, and with it he begins to weave his greatest tale, of a nation on the road to recovery. This is the story of a lie that became the most powerful kind of truth.

Gerald Livingston is an orbital garbage collector. For a hundred years, people have been abandoning things in space, and someone has to clean it up. But there’s something spinning a little bit higher than he expects, something that isn’t on the decades’ old orbital maps. An hour after he grabs it and brings it in, rumors fill Earth’s infomesh about an "alien artifact".

For nearly a billion years, every known sentient species in the universe has been the result of genetic and cultural guidance - or "uplifting" - by a previously uplifted patron race. Then humans are discovered. Having already uplifted chimps and dolphins, humanity clearly qualifies as an intelligent species, but did they actually evolve their own intelligence, or did some mysterious patron race begin the process, then suddenly abandon Earth?

This collection of irreverent and surprising essays about the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer includes pieces by leading science fiction and fantasy authors. Contributors include best-selling legend David Brin, critically acclaimed novelist Scott Westerfeld, cult-favorite vampire author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and award-winner Sarah Zettel.

Persecuted refugees from six separate alien races have migrated to the idyllic planet Jijo. And despite their incredible diversity, the inhabitants live together in blissful harmony. However, settlement on Jijo is illegal - and it's only a matter of time before the residents of this forbidden paradise are discovered by the galactic powers-that-be.

When Streaker - the first starship designed and crewed by dolphins - discovers a derelict ancient armada with evidence of the first sentient species ever, she sets off a war between dozens of galactic races eager to use the information for their own advancement.

Foggy Basin is supposed to be peaceful, but Ethan’s first Christmas with Carter is anything but simple. Between decorating their cabin, skating under the town’s glowing lights, and being welcomed into a community he never expected to trust, Ethan almost believes he’s finally safe. Almost. Then a letter arrives—one that threatens everything he’s built.

After years away from the spotlight, lead guitarist and vocalist Spencer is finally returning to Black Shadows. The comeback depends on bringing back the two members he can’t stand, the same men who nearly destroyed everything once before. Old grudges, buried secrets, and unresolved betrayals threaten to blow the reunion apart before it even begins.

Ethan Evans had spent his whole life doing what everyone else wanted—working the ranch, pretending he was straight, and trying not to drown under the weight of his parents’ expectations. After failing out of college and getting kicked into the barn like an unwanted stray, he was stuck under the watchful eye of the new ranch boss, a man he couldn’t stop noticing. Carter Higgins showed up at Willow Creek Ranch looking like he’d stepped out of a modern Western—rugged, calm, and carrying an authority that made people straighten up.

All Aboard the Pride Road Trip 2026 Series! Where we'll stop is anyone's guess, but you'll be guaranteed a great time. Come along and join the party and who knows, maybe you'll find your forever along the way.

A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin, which mirrored the world's geopolitical unrest and rekindled a global fascination with the sport. The first week of November 2016, as a crowd of people swarmed outside...

A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she...

"Ich bereue nie etwas", zischte er Dennis und Veit, den selbst ernannten Herren von Eppstein, zu. Um Mitternacht stirbt eine Frau im oberen Villenviertel der Eppsteiner Altstadt. Brutal wird ihr ein Messer ins Herz gerammt. Vom Täter und der Mordwaffe fehlt jede Spur. Kriminalrat Eisenhauer ist nicht begeistert, als ausgerechnet die Landfrauen, denen er beim letzten Aufenthalt in der Region den Spitznamen Miss Marple hoch 3 verpasst hat, zwei Tage später mit der Tatwaffe in seinem Büro aufkreuzen. Die Frauen führt eine Hochzeitseinladung zurück in den Taunus.

Luka trades the short-term approval of his lover by helping with a home robbery for the gilded cage of Captain Clarke's cruise ship. A year of servitude, a court-mandated reprieve from prison, all thanks to his influential fathers deal. Sadly, Lukas immediate future includes scrubbing the decks and hauling suitcases, a stark contrast to the prison sentence he could have faced alongside his lover, Maleko. Haunted by the ghost of his lovers absence and his own guilt, Luka grapples with newfound tenderness coming from the least expected person.

La protagonista de esta historia es una niña de nombre Bárbara quien cierto día se lleva un susto al toparse con una abeja en el columpio de su escuela. Inmediatamente, Bárbara juzga al pequeño animalito como malvado y peligroso, pero luego aprende que no es correcto dejarse llevar por las apariencias.

Twenty-two-year-old Brett attends a BDSM camp in Galway to act as a model for Sean in BDSM scenes. Brett hopes to find a Dom, but Sean seems to have other ideas. All Brett wants to do is please Sean, so he’ll collar him as his sub. At the camp, Brett meets Master Cleary and his two subs, Jack and Kevin (Irish Runaway Series) and they become friends. When Brett makes a dangerous decision, nothing goes as planned, and he needs the help of these new friends as he learns a lesson about real Doms versus imposter ones.

Die rüstige Landfrau Rita Lauer aus Wülferode wird nach einer Hüftoperation zur Behandlung in die Rehaklinik Eulenstein im Vordertaunus eingewiesen. Bereits in der ersten Woche verschwindet ihre Mitrehabilitandin und Tischnachbarin Ariane spurlos. Zunächst ist es nur die Angst vor der Einsamkeit, die Rita veranlasst, ihre Freundinnen Ute und Rosi zur Osterzeit in einem Gasthaus in Eppstein einzuquartieren. Sehr schnell aber rückt das Verschwinden von Ariane in den Mittelpunkt. Sie wurde am Fuß des Neufville-Turms erdrosselt.

“Ritorno al futuro” è una rassegna stampa basata su un meccanismo semplice ma affascinante: ogni giorno Valentina Brinis e Alessandro Capriccioli scelgono la notizia (secondo loro) più significativa pescandola in un arco temporale che va dalla fine dell’800 a oggi, e poi ve ne parlano leggendo i giornali dell’epoca, come se fosse una normale rassegna stampa che racconta i fatti di ieri.È una pillola quotidiana di cinque minuti che, descrivendo i fatti del passato come se fossero la cronaca del presente, ci racconta anche il nostro tempo, spesso in modo insospettabilmente attuale.

"Remember Tristan from “Clancy’s Collar”? This book explains the heartbreaking reasons behind his unruly behavior and shifting emotions. We meet the sources of much of his pain and watch as he finds solace in the kind Master John Dunn, who becomes the most significant father figure in his life. Tristan has issues because of his past, and he thinks and behaves younger than his actual age. All he has ever wanted since we met him is to find a loving Dom to collar him.

Daniel is in a tight spot. He needs a job as soon as possible to pay for his rent and his motorcycle loan. He loves dancing, but he has a bad habit of flirting with everyone he meets. He lost his last gig at a nightclub because he couldn’t stop flirting and dating his co-workers and customers. He wants a daddy boyfriend more than anything, but he knows he has to focus on his career first.