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A most-anticipated title from USA Today, Goodreads, BookPage, BookRiot, Seattle Times, and The Nerd Daily! Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment of Martha Wells' bestselling and award-winning Murderbot Diaries series. Having someone else support your bad decision...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Extremely funny . . . inspired lunacy . . . [and] over much too soon.”—The Washington Post Book World Now celebrating the pivotal 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy! Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The...

Books 1-3 in the hit Chrysalis Monster-Evolution LitRPG series are now available in this special bundle, filled with action, laughs, and army-building to the extreme....

Disaster. There was no other word to describe how Operation Olympic had changed in a flash from a triumph to the worst failure the Merry Band of Pirates had ever experienced. A failure that meant the fight was over. Unless the Pirates could perform a miracle, without Skippy.

With Garralosh defeated and the Colony secured, Anthony has triumphed over the wave. What now for our intrepid adventurer? In the Dungeon, there’s only one place to go: down....

The Merry Band of Pirates stopped the enemy from stealing a Sentinel, and destroyed its Elder starship, so why weren’t the Pirates planning a victory party?

For years, the ancient alien AI known as Skippy (the Magnificent, don’t forget that part) has been able to do one impossible thing after another. What is his secret? It’s simple: 100 percent Grade-A extreme awesomeness....

Join the Librarian as he does his best to make the post-apocalyptic world a better place by protecting the weak, fighting injustice, squaring off against a group of former renaissance fair workers who have established a kingdom in the Rocky Mountains, and so on.

Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" - he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping.

A man awakens in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there.

The bestselling, award-winning author of The Midnight Library offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” (Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” (Entertainment Weekly). When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth...

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “Wild satire . . . The feckless protagonist, Arthur Dent, is reminiscent of Vonnegut heroes.”—Chicago Tribune The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking...

Seventeen-year-old Craig Blackmore is a first generation child of Golf Alpha One-One-Seven, AKA Greenacres, the heavy gravity and magic starved world that humanity chose as its first colony.

For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union, the Earth, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay, even when some would have preferred to return to the fighting and struggle of former times.

Long-listed, Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2024 This program is read by Hugo Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky. Murderbot meets Redshirts in a delightfully humorous tale of robotic murder from the Hugo-nominated author of Elder Race and Children of Time. To fix the world they...

They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next. Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe.

New York Times bestseller John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

They made him an offer he couldn't refuse—join the mob or watch his favorite human die. Now T.E.D.D., the foul-mouthed trash droid who's done taking humanity's crap, is stuck juggling mobsters, mutant tech, his own glitchy anomaly, and a pack of robowolves.

In a ravaged world, a former Army Ranger and his loyal golden retriever lead a desperate mission against an alien overlord, testing the bond between humanity… and their best friends.

It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up, the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time, the spaceship you are on crashes on a remote and Bob-fearing planet, and all you have to fall back on are a few simple sandwich-making skills. However...

With the world in ruins and humanity on the brink of extinction, T.E.D.D. has one last chance to stop the Manager for good.

Mitch's mediocre life has just taken a turn for the worse, so his buddy tries to cheer him up by showing him a secret starship. Unfortunately, everything goes south when hostile aliens arrive.

In the chilling aftermath of Good Boys: The Lost Tribe, Micah, Jess, and the ever-loyal Golden Retriever, Grover, seek refuge in the snowy seclusion of a New Hampshire farm, along with their new Kynolari friends.

There’s an empire to topple, a tyrant to kill, and revenge to be had.

Book 1: After Z - For a decade, the world has known about the Immuno-Degenerative and Epidermal Decomposition Virus: Strain 2 (ImDED2), which turns the dead into cannibalistic zombies. Despite government efforts to control it, the virus finally unleashes a global pandemic.

Seventeen-year-old Craig Blackmore is a first generation child of Golf Alpha One-One-Seven, AKA Greenacres, the heavy gravity and magic starved world that humanity chose as its first colony. Eighteen years after the Vorsook war ended, young Craig is newly orphaned, a fugitive from trouble, and bound for Earth to take a legacy spot at College Arcane. With a scant hope of leaving his troubles behind him, Craig begins life on the home world at the same school his mother once attended. The same school that produced the most powerful witch ever—Declan O'Carroll—the Steward.

The fleet manages to catch the Squirrel responsible for the horrible things they've seen recently. That should be a good thing, shouldn't it? Turns out it's only the beginning of their troubles, as their journey to collect a bounty on him turns into an adventure. Follow along as Bob and the fleet get the best of the situation.

Brad Mendoza always wanted to be an admiral, but now that he’s been promoted, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. In fact, it’s downright stressful. So when he flees his responsibilities to go chase down some slavers, he’s hoping for a nice, relaxing mission with his new wife and their ragtag crew. But the man they’re chasing isn’t who they think he is, and Brad and Jessica soon learn that they’re the prey, not the hunters. Now, Brad has to defeat an enemy who’s better armed, better funded, and deadset on killing him and the love of his life.

The team is back for more tales of friendship, action, and karate justice! This time on Morphinizin' Chroma Corps, the cruel galactic overlord known as Lord Evilface (pronounced Evil Fah-Chay) has been defeated, and Tanya, Jason's evil ex-girlfriend, is out of the picture. But our rangers just can't catch a break! Jason and the gang have been tasked to find a new host for the Gold Chroma Crystal before their new enemies can get their hands on it. Are you thinking what Jason's thinking? Time for a karate tournament to decide who's the most worthy!

They built him to take out their trash. Turns out they're next. Tedd is a trash droid with an "anomaly" — he can think for himself. Management wants him smelted, and his runaway mouth isn't helping. He could disappear quietly. He could play it safe. He could, for once in his miserable existence, do the sensible thing. But he doesn't. He never does.

With the world in ruins and humanity on the brink of extinction, T.E.D.D. has one last chance to stop the Manager for good. As nuclear fallout spreads, MilBot armies march, and mutant Sloppers roam, T.E.D.D., ArachnoBot, and a ragtag band of humans launch a desperate assault on the Manager’s secret Arctic lair. Guarded by unseen technologies and horrors of unfathomable power, this mission demands everything. If T.E.D.D. fails, humanity ends — and the Manager rules forever.

They thought it was just an animal. A strange, oversized creature brought aboard a ship as cargo—something to be sold, eaten, or discarded. But as the journey unfolds, it becomes clear that the real danger isn’t what the crew brought with them… it’s what they failed to understand. What...

One captain, one alien sidekick, and a galaxy full of trouble and punchlines. Fresh off his promotion by his childhood hero, Geddy's celebration is cut short when he discovers his girlfriend has been kidnapped and his crew has vanished. Talk about a rough first day on the job. As Geddy races...

In a near future, where even the smallest of appliances are sentient, a young Roomba vacuum sets out to save the humans of her house from a rising technological power in this compelling, original novel. In a self-running, smart house, a young and sentient Roomba listens as her owner, Harold...

Successful traders Jake and Nadine are ready for some well-deserved relaxation when they return to Delta. But the shocking news of Dashi’s death throws them both into turmoil. Who killed Dashi? How? Why? And most importantly, how are they going to punish them? Does Jake have the smarts to not only find the killer, but also punish them in a well deserved Jake fashion? And what about Nadine’s feelings – she keeps those sharp knives for a reason.

This compulsive novel wrestles with vital questions of our time: sentience, purpose, life, death, and how to make a really good commercial. Told entirely through questionably obtained company emails, chat transcripts, TED Talks, training sessions, and more, this all-too-probable future pits emotionally intelligent AI against emotionally stunted humans.

It's a dirty galaxy and someone has to clean it. Avoiding the wealthy inhabitants on the upper levels of Station Kelly Kornienko is bot-programmer Triana’s number one rule. Well, number two, right after "eat all the chocolate."

Carrie Hatchett’s been a dog walker, ice cream seller and birthdaygram girl—the clean kind. All she wants is a proper job. But Transgalactic Intercultural Community Crisis Liaison Officer isn’t what she had in mind. And neither is saving the galaxy.

The universe has a complaints department. Unfortunately, it’s still processing yours If you enjoy absurd sci-fi, dry wit, and bureaucratic nightmares that somehow feel a little too real… welcome to the worst office in existence. Arthur Denton is just a human clerk trying to survive his shift at the galaxy’s most dreaded institution: The Department of Interspecies Complaints. His job? Process 47,000 grievances from aliens, planets, concepts, and occasionally reality itself—before the universe collapses under the weight of unresolved paperwork. No pressure. Inside this hilariously ...

The Gravnium Chronicles continues with its most explosive and thought-provoking installment yet. In Command Override, the Gravnium network has reached a new level of evolution. What began as a breakthrough in faster-than-light travel and gravitational control has become something far more dangerous—a system that no longer tolerates uncertainty. It predicts. It resolves. It decides. Instantly. As anomalies across the network are absorbed without resistance, Kael Varyn and his crew aboard the Breakline realize the truth: the system hasn’t just stabilized—it has eliminated choice. But ...

Flash Morgan is the kind of hero we used to have: brash, daring and All-American. He has his faults, to be sure, but that never got in the way of his next adventure. Or his next conundrum. Watch now as he launches toward Jupiter's moons to secure a supply of the coveted hydrogen ice, while being pursued by his own government and rogue elements of the Chinese military.

She came to audit his budgets. He knew she’d find his secrets. Neither expected to uncover corporate sabotage—or fall in love. Budget analyst Talia Uniquel is terrible at her job, and everyone knows it. So when her powerful investor father sends her to audit the failing Kepler-896 space station, she’s convinced it’s another setup designed to prove she doesn’t belong. Enter Quaren, the station’s brilliant, obsessive alien supply officer, who’s been keeping the station operational through sheer stubbornness, creative accounting, and an unhealthy relationship with spreadsheets. ...

Kit Bayne is a confidence operator. He builds fictions for a living, maintains them under pressure, and exits before anyone asks the right questions. He’s good at this. He knows he’s good at this. Eleven stories. Eleven jobs. Ages twenty-two to forty-two — the education of a particular kind of professional. A woman named Maren Falk who keeps appearing. A warrant in the background that hasn’t quite resolved. And a recurring, sincere certainty that Kit is the most capable person in the room, which is usually, but not always, accurate. The Witness is the first Kit Bayne collection. For...

**Abducted by aliens… by mistake.** Now he’s responsible for representing Earth. What could possibly go wrong? --- When mild-mannered accountant Nigel B. P. Whittaker is accidentally kidnapped instead of a world-famous astrophysicist, the last thing anyone expects is for him to become Earth’s official Intergalactic Ambassador. Especially Nigel. He has no qualifications. No diplomatic training. And absolutely no idea what he’s doing. What he *does* have… is an alarming knowledge of tax codes. And somehow— That turns out to be worse. **Welcome to a galaxy where:** ✔ Trade ...

When Earth’s boldest inventor-aviator picks up a distress signal from the cloud-veiled wilds of Venus, there’s only one man reckless enough to answer it: Flash Morgan — millionaire rocket ace, part-time genius, full-time patriot, and living spokesman for “Democracy, Whiskey, and Football!” Armed with a chrome-plated rocket plane, experimental ray guns, and a smile bright enough to light the moons of Jupiter, Flash blasts off to liberate Venus from its iron-fisted warrior queen, its perfumed palace conspiracies, and its dangerously persuasive femme fatales. But Venus is no helpless...

Un ardiente romance de ciencia ficción en una estación del espacio profundo apenas funcional, con el caos de un gruñón y un rayo de sol, proximidad forzada y un doctor alienígena que para nada se apuntó a tener sentimientos. Rhonda Sturgeon es una oficial de cumplimiento con una precisión obsesivo-compulsiva, enviada a Kepler-896 para catalogar infracciones, emitir citaciones y —si es necesario— cerrar todo ese desastre. Cree en las reglas, el orden y las salidas de emergencia debidamente etiquetadas. El Dr. Orris, el huraño director médico alienígena, cree en la atención al ...

A Deadly World Awaits. The Bwetnibs consider Proxima Centauri b a vacation spot. Predators with toxic venom? What's not to like? Buddy is happy to bring his friends along. Anthony Bell is the first person to walk on an extraplanetary biome. The local fauna is unimpressed, though he does look delicious. Proxima Station Saga, Book Two

Un guerrero alienígena gruñón y curtido en batalla encuentra a la horma de su zapato: una intrépida y alegre científica y sus «mortales» bolas de pelo del tamaño de un hámster. Él está seguro de que son peligrosas. Ella está segura de que él necesita terapia. Hasta que la proximidad forzada convierte la hostilidad en pasión, y esas sesiones nocturnas en el laboratorio se vuelven muy poco profesionales. Nancy sabía que la Estación Kepler sería un lugar rudo, pero no esperaba que su compañero asignado fuera Liago, un guerrero alienígena hipervigilante que con solo ver sus ...

Book 2 of The Torin Adventures Blake thought he erased her. The blast that leveled Jemma’s home should have ended everything—her life, her legacy, her place in the fight. But Jemma didn’t die in the flames. She crawled out of the wreckage burned beyond recognition, her face rebuilt with advanced Torin tech and her identity wiped clean from every system Blake controls. Now she walks the same Earth he thinks he rules from the shadows, hidden behind a new face and a new purpose. While Blake tightens his grip on the earthbound Torins, Jemma gathers strength, allies, and the truth he tried...

Una botánica radiante irrumpe en el mundo de un alienígena gruñón en la estación espacial más destartalada de la galaxia. Se supone que él debería odiar su optimismo, entonces, ¿por qué no puede mantenerse alejado? Jenna llega a la Estación Kepler esperando un prestigioso puesto de investigación. En su lugar, se encuentra con pasillos oxidados, una IA que funciona mal y un trabajador de mantenimiento alienígena devastadoramente atractivo que gruñe en lugar de hablar. Kregan es pura piel azul, miradas melancólicas y unos bíceps que le hacen olvidar sus muestras de plantas. ...