Technology Mystery

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly, the Lincoln Lawyer is back with a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl. Following his “resurrection walk” and need for a new direction, Mickey Haller turns to public...

Ages 8-12 ◆ For Kids Who Love Minecraft and Video Games Kids who love playing Minecraft will love this book! Jayden “Minecraft” Montgomery's arm and hand suddenly change into blocks. Now he’s got to navigate through the Minecraft world with the help of a fox. But first he’ll have to save a village by fighting pillagers, zombies, creepers, skeletons, facing an iron golem, and warding off an evil hacker. Most of all, he must earn the trust and friendship of the villagers as he navigates this world he’s only ever seen from a screen. Only then will he discover who he was always ...

Julian Voss can't remember the first seven years of his life. Twenty years after federal agents rescued him from Sand Mesa—a desert cult where obedience was holy—Julian has built a careful existence as a journalist. But when an A.I. buried in a government black site begins speaking to him in riddles, the wall he's built around his missing memories starts to crack. As America slides toward algorithmic authoritarianism and dissenters begin vanishing, Julian discovers his forgotten childhood might hold the key to everything. The cult wasn't just indoctrinating children. They were building ...

This electrifying novel set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077 follows a group of strangers as they discover that the dangers of Night City are all too real. In sparkling Night City, a ragtag group of strangers have just pulled off a heist, robbing a convoy transporting a mysterious container...

A unique study of the engineering and tools used to create Egyptian monuments Presents a stone-by-stone analysis of key Egyptian monuments, including the statues of Ramses II and the tunnels of the Serapeum Reveals that highly refined tools and mega-machines were used in ancient Egypt...

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to...

They crossed the stars to build a new home. But by the time they arrived, humanity was already a ghost. After the harrowing journey of the Aurora across centuries and light-years, Captain Morrow and her mismatched crew hoped to find an untouched world ripe for hope and rebuilding. Instead, they awaken to a silent planet—its cities shattered, its stations derelict, and the only survivor a centuries-old, half-human being whose memories might be as dangerous as they are vital. Determined to understand their fate and claim a place in this impossible future, Morrow’s crew must navigate the ...

The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic. Harry Potter: A History of Magic reveals some of the hidden stories behind real-world magic and explores some of J.K. Rowling's magical inventions alongside their folkloric, cultural and historical forebears.

Seguro crees que ser abducida por extraterrestres es lo peor que me ha pasado. Y no lo es. La nave en la que viajábamos tuvo problemas técnicos y nuestros secuestradores nos dejaron a mí y a mis compañeras abandonadas en un planeta congelado.

More than half of American adults and more than 75 percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief system in extraterrestrial life, a system that is changing and even supplanting traditional religions.

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for survival on a terraformed planet. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life -- but it was their mission to...

They weren’t meant to be read. They weren’t meant to survive. Stories Found on Broken Phones is a collection of unsettling short stories told entirely through fragments recovered from damaged, abandoned, or destroyed mobile devices. Cracked screens. Corrupted voice notes. Unsent texts. Photos with no explanation. Draft messages that end mid-sentence. Each story reconstructs a life—or a disappearance—through what remains on a broken phone: • A voicemail recorded during a blackout • Notes written as reality begins to distort • Photos that show something the owner never noticed ...

Cybersecurity super-sleuth Frank Adversego finds himself trapped in a power play between the FBI and the CIA as hackers try to destroy the USA. Only by defeating the Alexandria Project can he clear himself.

Bethany Jacobs returns with the thrilling conclusion to The Kindom Trilogy that began with the Philip K. Dick Award–winning These Burning Stars, the debut epic space opera trilogy about revenge, power, and the price of legacy. Violence has erupted across the Treble. The colony that Jun Ironway...

Prepárate para adentrarte en los secretos más oscuros de este mundo. La Sociedad de las Pesadillas ha recopilado evidencia de los fenómenos paranormales más famosos a través sus videos e investigaciones, pero ahora están listos para contar las aterradoras experiencias verídicas que les han compartido a lo largo del tiempo, así como también sus propias vivencias paranormales que los dejaron marcados para siempre. Historias que van desde luces extrañas en el cielo, hasta presencias que susurran detrás de las paredes.

The Shape the Pentagon Could Not Explain It began with a radio call no pilot wanted to make and no controller wanted to log. Over open ocean, inside restricted U.S. military airspace, trained aviators reported an object that violated every known rule of flight. Not a saucer. Not a drone. Not experimental hardware. A perfectly transparent cube, motionless against the sky, enclosing a solid, metallic sphere suspended at its center. No wings. No exhaust. No heat signature. No sound. What followed was not disclosure, but silence. What This Book Reveals The Cube and the Sphere takes readers ...

Welcome to the strangest side of the future. Weird Technology dives into the wildest inventions, experiments, and breakthroughs that sound impossible… but are completely real. From robots that learn emotions to materials lighter than air, from brain–machine hybrids to AI that behaves in ways even its creators can’t predict, this book reveals the technology that sits right on the edge of science fiction. You’ll explore machines that build themselves, computers that think in quantum riddles, nanobots that could transform medicine, and prototypes so bizarre they were banned, forgotten,...

A gleeful and exhilarating tale of global conspiracy, complex code-breaking, high-tech data visualization, young love, rollicking adventure, and the secret to eternal life—mostly set in a hole-in-the-wall San Francisco bookstore The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a...

What if the gods of ancient myth were never gods at all? For thousands of years, the Anunnaki have haunted the edge of history—mysterious sky beings, powerful rulers, and possible creators of humanity. Behind the Golden Thrones: Inside the Anunnaki Conspiracy takes you deep into the heart of this forbidden mystery. Inside, you’ll uncover: ✅ The ancient Sumerian texts hinting at extraterrestrial origins. ✅ Theories of genetic engineering, hybrid bloodlines, and the “divine right” to rule. ✅ Whistleblower claims of ongoing Anunnaki contact and hidden influence today. ✅ How ...

Vampires and werewolves that hunt in the night? A prehistoric sea monster that frightens fishermen? Where did the ideas for these creatures come from? Could some of them be true? Discover tantalizing tidbits about the top 10 mythical creatures of all time.