Fantasy Adventure Short Stories

This classic science fiction masterwork by Isaac Asimov weaves stories about robots, humanity, and the deep questions of existence into a novel of shocking intelligence and heart.

A collection of Smith's apace adventure stories featuring Captain Volmar, including the never before published novella, "Red World of Polaris."

Free Bonus Novel Included "For one split second, my heart stopped. Every care I had in the world ceased to exist. I knew it was only the calm before the storm, but I was willing to ride this one out. Either our love would sail off into the sunset, or sink into oblivion. I didn't care. I had never felt this way before about anyone. Giving in to my unbridled desire was the only option at this point..." Far beneath the wild waves of the Atlantic ocean lies the sacred city of Atlantis. Alexander Tuor, mermaid hunter and mourning brother, is going to destroy it. In steps Rameses, the reluctant ...

Earth is dying, and humanity is scrambling to set up colonies in other star systems. But the search process for habitable planets is not perfect, as the crew of the Ouroboros discover on arrival at their new home.

Brothers torn by magic. A sorceress with dragony aspirations. A wolf king, a royal wizard, a squire fleeing with a coveted sword. What could possibly go wrong when they all collide in Highwander, where the very bedrock is formed of the powerful substance known as Wardstone? After reading all three of the Wardstone novels I find myself wanting more. I love Hyden, Mikahl, and Phen. This is a great fantasy trilogy. Well written and worth every penny. The characters may never leave me. - Liz Corwell Book One - The Sword and the Dragon Book Two - Kings, Queens, Heroes, and Fools Book Three - The...

In his hugely influential and tempestuous career, Robert E. Howard created the genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery - and brought to life one of fantasy's boldest and most enduring figures: Conan the Cimmerian, reaver, slayer, barbarian, king. This volume gathers together three of Howard's longest and most famous Conan stories.

Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.... Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand...to tread the jeweled thrones of the earth under his sandalled feet.

With a vision of a world free from a war, a cat and his human minions set out to change humanity. An epic tale awaits. Follow Braden, Micah, and the Golden Warrior as their adventures take them through the wasteland to the mystical south of Planet Vii.

Stranded on the distant planet Tschai, young Adam Reith is the sole survivor of a space mission who discovers the world is inhabited - not only by warring alien cultures but by human slaves as well, taken early in Earth's history. Reith must find a way off the planet to warn Earth of Tschai's deadly existence.

This collection features Howard at his finest and Conan at his most savage. Truly heroic fantasy at its best, this volume contains "The Servants of Bit-Yakin", "Beyond the Black River", "The Black Stranger", "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula", and "Red Nails", which is perhaps Conan's most famous adventure.

Meet the vampires of the Immortal Blood. Big, possessive alpha men who claim what’s theirs and will fight fang and claw to keep it.When they find out their fate has changed, these vampires are eager to embrace and sink their fangs into their hot-blooded mates. After a mysterious witch, Belladonna Hearthfire, causes their mates to cross paths with their fated vampires, the real fun begins. One after the other the brothers of the Eternal Alliance fall in love with their mates, whether or not they’re ready for what fate has in store for them. The Immortal Hunger Romance Collection is full ...

From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard's characters, none embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, the last king of a doomed race.

Before The Road by Cormac McCarthy brought apocalyptic fiction into the mainstream, there was science fiction. No longer relegated to the fringes of literature, this explosive collection of the world’s best apocalyptic writers brings the inventors of alien invasions, devastating meteors, doomsday scenarios, and all-out nuclear war back to with a bang. The best writers of the early 1900s were the first to flood New York with tidal waves, destroy Illinois with alien invaders, paralyze Washington with meteors, and lay waste to the Midwest with nuclear fallout.

Expect fast-paced action, aliens, and more aliens, planet hopping, a mysterious quest, and a bossy spaceship who likes to meddle. Includes all four books in the Space Gypsy Chronicles.

A colony survives among the icy rings of a planet, hiding from alien robots determined to destroy them … at a remote site on the edge of the Arctic Circle, a group of scientists, engineers, and physicians gather to gamble humanity’s future on one last-ditch experiment … a man who can’t feel pain has been bioengineered to be a killing machine, but he refuses to give in to his fate … a man is contacted by three future versions of himself, each trying to save their world from destruction.

Tammy Moon was expecting a quiet night. A little Netflix, maybe some leftover Thai food. Instead, she gets her first real case: a terrified little girl, a missing tooth, and something scratching at the window in the dead of night. With her vampire mom busy on a stakeout, it’s up to detective-in-training, Tammy Moon, to uncover the truth. But this is no ordinary mystery. Dark fairies are on the prowl, the Tooth Fairy has vanished, and an ancient magic is festering in a place most people think is make-believe. Tammy must summon every ounce of her courage, skill, and fairy magic to save the ...

Did you know that storytelling is one of the best parts of a child's bedtime routine? For a lot of parents, getting their child to fall asleep is such a chore. If you're one such parent, then you might be looking for ways to help your little one wind down and get into bed without a fuss. The fact is, all children need a solid bedtime routine to help them relax and fall asleep at night. With a bedtime routine, everything becomes easier. Does your child have such a routine? If not, then it's time to start building one. To help your child fall asleep, you can give them a warm glass of milk, do...

I couldn't get him off my mind. He was sexy, mysterious, kind, funny, and almost supernaturally good at running. But when my new running partner didn't show up for our evening run, I never expected to regret not heeding his silly warnings. It turned out, he was keeping a secret and I was about to find out just what he was hiding from me...

Tanis is looking forward to a long journey in stasis before arriving at the newly terraformed world of New Eden. New Life. New Start. Getting a berth on the Intrepid is her ticket out of the Sol System. But nothing proves easy for Major Tanis Richards. Nothing is at it seems. What should be a simple trip is fraught with danger and filled with adventure. An array of forces seek to stop the Intrepid - no matter the cost, or lives lost. From competing corporations, to stellar eco-terrorists, no one wants the Intrepid to arrive at New Eden.

The centerpiece of Borrowed Time is "Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in the Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms". When you've traveled through time and are stuck in the body of your 15-year-old self, it isn't the best time to have some other time travelers looking to kill you. Especially when the person who's supposed to be keeping an eye out for the bad guys is stuck in his own 15-year-old body.