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When an unconventional scientific discovery happens in a little garden shed in the U.K., the results are spectacular. What if you could turn off gravity? Well, maybe divert it a bit, or absorb some? That’s exactly what geek Stephen Corser figures out. And now there’s just a few details that stand between his ragtag group of friends and space, the final frontier. They have a big dream, the freedom of space for anyone who could make something airtight and strap on a Widget. No government control, no corporations selling space an inch at a time. There’s only a few problems standing in ...

The world is falling apart. Terrorists spark a worldwide oil and gas crisis while imports grind to a halt. Europe and Britain are erupting into chaos as food runs out and desperate people take matters into their own hands. As the government begins to seal off rioting parts of the city, corporal Harry Miller takes an offered discharge to get his sister and her kids to safety. But he’s not fast enough. Trapped in the city with a rag-tag collection of ordinary citizens, Harry struggles to create a small pocket of stability.

Tras la gran batalla contra un nido de sanguijuelas, Abel ahora tiene la llave de Castle House, una gran casa antigua envuelta en magia letal. Pero la llave solo abre la primera puerta, lo que le lleva a la siguiente pista. Sus amigos quieren ayudarle, pero la casa no les deja, e incluso el primer rompecabezas requiere magia de nivel de hechicero. Por suerte, Abel tiene algo bajo la manga, ¡o más bien en su tatuaje! Aun así, necesitará otra llave que le falta y una forma de atravesar todas las demás puertas antes de poder llegar al misterio que se esconde en el centro y reclamar su ...

Mentre gli assassini di Caddi seminano il terrore a Orchard Close, i soliti difensori sono impotenti, ma alcuni eroi inaspettati decidono di opporre resistenza. All'alba, quando si rivela l'entità della morte e della distruzione, Harold contatta i Barbie. Una grossa tangente permette di acquistare medicine e cure da Beth, ma questo non salverà chi è troppo gravemente ferito per muoversi. Le pire contengono un terzo dei residenti di Orchard Close, molti dei quali gravemente feriti, e il Generale è ancora là fuori. Nonostante i danni, continuano ad arrivare rifugiati, alcuni dei quali ...

Billi a toujours été différent, et comment pourrait-il en être autrement ? Un homme avec une seule jambe était déjà assez inhabituel. Puis un chien à trois pattes, Rabbit, est venu de la forêt et s'est assis près de son fauteuil roulant, et il a dû apprendre à devenir chasseur. Associés pour la vie, les chasseurs et les chiens sont essentiels à leur village pour la chasse et la protection dans la forêt. Ils partagent un chant silencieux qui leur permet de connaître l'humeur de l'autre et de s'avertir du danger. Les règles concernant la ferme et la forêt assurent la ...

Billi siempre ha sido diferente, ¿y cómo no iba a serlo? Un hombre con una sola pierna ya era bastante inusual. Entonces, un sabueso de tres patas, Rabbit, llegó del bosque y se sentó junto a su silla de ruedas, y él tuvo que aprender a ser cazador. Emparejados de por vida, los cazadores y los sabuesos son vitales para su aldea, ya que cazan y protegen el bosque. Comparten una canción sin palabras que les permite conocer el estado de ánimo del otro y advertir del peligro. Las normas sobre la granja y el bosque mantienen a salvo a los aldeanos: no se puede talar ningún árbol vivo y ...

Three years and hundreds of bullets later, Orchard Close is holding together. The cabal dreams up more ways to get their latest group of requirements: gardeners and women of loose morals. Food production is a major concern for the marts and for the enclaves. Caddi pushes Harold with his new games, taunting, testing and trying to figure out what makes him tick - so he can exploit it.

It's taken four years, but Harold has finally got Sharyn and the kids out of the city. Not quite on his own, it takes a special heavy metal fireworks party, and then it’s time to run silent for the hills. The escapees burrow deep, where even a drone won't find them. Behind, they leave a city where more and more are realizing the end game: annihilation. Their fate is clear as soldiers are taken away to assault the largest of the enclosures, London. Preparations are made, and both the London Committee and the Last Prophet have extreme methods of recruitment.

Billi has always been different, and how could he not be? A man with one leg was uncommon enough. Then a three-legged Hound, Rabbit, came from the Forest and sat by his wheelchair, and he had to learn to be a Hunter. Paired for life, Hunters and Hounds are vital to their Village for hunting and protection in the Forest. They share a wordless song that allows them to know each other’s moods and warn of danger. Rules about the Farm and Forest keep the villagers safe - no living tree can be cut, and any man without a Hound is prey once in the Forest.

After a massive battle with the witches and warlocks, things seem grim. Abel is dying, Ferryl Shayde has lost an arm, and both Kellis and Rob are covered in wounds. The Taverneers haven't exactly won. But sorcerer tethers spread the news of the battle across the magical world, and those in power start to reassess the Tavern. Now Abel's left scrambling on how to hide a heaven, get farther on this plant path, and claim his far-off foreign holdings. Not to mention figuring out how to deal with fresh waves of Tavern tourists. He's going to need a bigger team.

Bobby B is given a choice: death or the Army. His choice leads him to become a Timer - a group of soldiers so disposable that only about 10 percent survive a 10 year tour. Because the corporations that run society value property more than life, they don’t even give them real bullets. Timers are only issued plastic fléchettes, so they don’t damage precious buildings and equipment. Bobby and a few other Timers join together to make their own squad, Beebi’s Basteds, which does things their own unorthodox way but still manages to keep them alive.

Space...just add Jamie. And an alien warship. Ghost Claw Clan of the Purple Hills Slashtails, all six of them, are going home to face whoever betrayed them. They have no idea what will happen when they do, but oblivion is the odds-on favorite. The small clan hopes that Jamie can be their revenge from beyond the grave, but their captors aren't out of the picture yet. Ghost Claw Clan only knows one way to deal with problems: head-on! Though Jamie still might manage to save his new clan - just not in a way any of them expected. The satisfying conclusion in a new duology from science fiction ...

The Exciting Path of Mists Conclusion! Jermyn, now P'Jermyn, is a hero, though many of the Cloud Runners still don't understand precisely what he does. Despite his name, P'Jer still has trouble finding Paths, and the Cloud Runners need them for survival. Food is still short, and the Elders use the refugees as scapegoats. Others try to welcome them into the village. Unlike Jer the orphan, P'Jermyn attracts female attention, a novel experience. As his talent blossoms, Jer hopes he might attract one in particular, but the Elders have a different idea. Not content with trying to cheat him and ...

Just for a moment, Harold thinks his tiny group has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, but then he finds out the cost, and it might be too much. His friends try to bring him back from the brink, to find him a mission, while his sister knows that if she loses her little brother, she might also lose her nine-year-old daughter as well. Even if many believe he is dead, his legend is growing as the death camp pictures begin to spread. Some officers in the British Army seize on the death camp pictures and a dead ex-squaddie, Soldier Boy, as an ideal way to unify and rally dissatisfied ...

The Tavern is healing after Isabel, but Abel still can't solve the puzzle of the magical woodland walk, and until he does, he won't get any nearer the mysterious Gryphon at the centre of Castle House. At least a mystery something draining protection glyphs, and Rachel's campaign for a Life-spark companion, take his mind off his birthday and magical inheritance. Though he can't avoid it, and then the inheritance is like most things magical; huge, frightening, not quite what he expected and not totally under his control. Abel needs time and peace but a magical creature traps Kelis, one that ...

The Tavern has survived both Robert de Beaumont and the Sheffield Eight, but has it been fatally damaged? Rachels' Shunning still causes unrest, while many are shocked by the deaths of Taverners and allies, and the number of badly injured. Meanwhile Jenny steps into her role as the new Mistress of de Beaumont, an old, traditional demesne with scores of apprentices.　 Underneath the grief and confusion, Isabella's poison is spreading. The Taverneers are wrapped up in their own reactions to the deaths, their new bodyguards, and projects. Abel and Kelis are both trying to keep the secret, ...

The Cloud Runners live on a patch of grassland between the mountains and the desert. Many years ago, the Goddess created a path through the clouds to bring them here, fleeing death and destruction. With game in the grasslands and woodlands and safe from any enemies, the Cloud Runners prospered. Now overhunting has killed all the game, and foragers have stripped the woodland clean. It would seem the Goddess has turned her back on them, and as the last tribal treasures are traded away for food, starvation threatens. Jermyn, a youth of only ten and five years, is fed up with watery stew. ...

As Caddi's killers rampage through Orchard Close the usual defenders are helpless, but unlikely heroes make their own stand. As dawn shows the extent of the death and destruction, Harold reaches out to the Barbies. A huge bribe buys medicine and treatment at Beth's, but that won't save those too badly hurt to move. The pyres hold a third of Orchard Close's residents, many are badly injured, and the General is still out there. Despite the damage refugees still arrive, some of them providing a ray of hope. In death, Caddi gifts the injured a chance at life, but only if the bad girls on the ...

As Harry and the other residents of Orchard Close struggle to survive, a new crop of problems presents itself. Unstable electricity damages equipment, days are spent scavenging for ammo, weapons, food, glass bottles, and of all things, yarn. Elsewhere, gangs carve out their territory throughout the city. Residents pay for protection through coupons, bartering, or worse. Citizens fleeing the city gangs, violence, and lack of food flock to Orchard Close, but how many can they take in?

In the not-too-distant future, Jamie Salas stumbles across a naked, almost clone of an infamous porn star. But when he steals some clothes for her, he finds that he's rescued a stranded alien who needs a mechanic for her spaceship. Now Jamie finds himself in a race against time, running from battles with a biker gang, hiding from a police manhunt, and evading a murderous alien bounty hunter. With his life on the line, Jamie must navigate his way through a battle for survival and uncover secrets that will change his life forever. Book one of two in a new duology from science fiction writer ...