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When the Air National Guard receives an emergency call for help from a remote Arctic research station in Greenland, Senior Master Sergeant Dan Cameron is chosen to lead the rescue mission. In an attempt to combat climate change, the scientists have genetically engineered an aquatic biofilm capable of generating oxygen and lowering the temperature of the underlying seawater, producing environmental conditions that awaken an organism that has lain dormant beneath the ocean floor for millions of years.

As if nearly burning up in a freak accident on her way to Earth wasn't bad enough, Daisy had a whole mess of other trouble on her plate. Big trouble. And she was going to get to the bottom of it if it was the last thing she'd do, which it was starting to look like it very well might be. The thing is, Daisy had a simple rule for space travel. Don't blow up, and so far she'd been managing to abide by that, but mere survival wasn't enough.

From New York Times best-selling author Mira Grant comes the final book in the terrifying Parasitology series. The outbreak has spread, tearing apart the foundations of society, as implanted tapeworms have turned their human hosts into a seemingly mindless mob. Sal and her family are trapped between bad and worse, and must find a way to compromise between the two sides of their nature before the battle becomes large enough to destroy humanity, and everything that humanity has built...including the chimera. The broken doors are closing. Can Sal make it home?

Deep in the Appalachians a coal mining company's slurry pond collapses sending billions of gallons barreling down the mountain gathering everything in its path as the avalanche of toxic waste crashes through a secret government research facility before destroying Black Bear Creek. The disaster releases the research experiment the government was creating--a new life form is unleashed on an unsuspecting world. Survivors struggle against the disaster and unknown enemies lie in wait to terminate any leaks to the outside world. Government cover ups, corporate sabotage, and the cataclysmic ...

16-year-old Kaito Nakamura stumbles upon a horrifying truth: he may not be fully human. As his body begins changing, so do those around him—people unknowingly consuming genetically altered food, becoming something...different.

Cade Clarke spends his last night on Earth drinking with an old Army buddy. When he decides to risk his life to defend a gorgeous bartender, he pays the ultimate price. Resurrected to Antinium, Cade finds himself thrown into a world where the very rules of reality have shifted. He chooses a unique class, customizes his soul weapon, and levels up to unlock vital skills, traits, and attribute points in order to survive.

In a bold and brazen act of treachery, the Royal Martian Navy exploratory cruiser Rose was stolen and is now in the hands of the conspiracy group known as Nemesis. Guilty of a thousand crimes, Nemesis and its leader, Kent Riley, are determined to find proof of the alien threat they have secretly been preparing humanity to face. Set in pursuit by the Mage-Queen of Mars herself, Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers commands Rose's sister ship, Thorn, in a chase that brings her to the far reaches of the galaxy.

In 1969 ten-year-old Hunter Brodie found a manuscript in an abandoned church attic in Independent Hill, Virginia. Decades later, divorced, in debt, unemployed and near suicide, Brodie decides to publish the book as his own not realizing that the manuscript he found was written by a desperate research scientist at Area 51. It was a decision he would deeply regret when Brodie discovers the horror behind the old Air Force radar station near his childhood home in Virginia and the truth behind his father's terrifying "ghost stories".

Faced with the terror-inspiring might of the reawakened Reezh Kazh, the Church of the Nine that once ruled hundreds of stars, the people of the Dual Republics of Chimera have asked Mars and humanity for protection. For now, the Protectorate is united behind their Mage-Queen. Ambassador Connor O'Hannagain and Mage-Captain Roslyn Chambers are charged to do everything they can—but the reality is grim.

Harrison Dale is kidnapped and transported to a mysterious island where he is imprisoned with a select group of other victims. There, he learns each of them has been brought to the island for a deadly purpose - to be hunted and killed by grudges from their past. To make it fun for the hunters, the victims are trained in the art of island survival and given a chance to escape. Before long, however, the others learn that Harrison Dale is different. He's been targeted specifically by the island owners, barbaric brothers who have hunted and killed everything imaginable, including men. Harrison ...

A virus unlike any other. A secret buried for decades. A truth that could shatter humanity. In the wake of a devastating pandemic, Dr. Alistair Reed, a brilliant but haunted virologist, faces a new and terrifying threat. A series of bizarre outbreaks, marked by horrific symptoms and an inexplicable genetic link, sweep across the globe. The infected patients share a secret, a genetic anomaly that links them to a forgotten town and a decades-old conspiracy. The virus has rapid mutation and high transmissibility. It can infect anyone now. Driven by a desperate need to understand the disease, ...

Ten years ago, Stefan Korsak's younger brother was kidnapped. Not a day has passed that Stefan hasn't thought about him. As a rising figure in the Russian mafia, he has finally found him. But when he rescues Lukas, he must confront a terrible truth - his brother is no longer his brother. He is a trained, genetically-altered killer. Now, those who created him will do anything to reclaim him. And the closer Stefan grows to his brother, the more he realizes that saving Lukas may be easier than surviving him.

Cole Mannering never asked for this. At sixteen, he’s discovered a horrifying affliction—he can speak with the dead. But this strange, growing power becomes the least of his worries when his village is savagely destroyed, his parents murdered, and his world turned to ash. Forced to join the armies of Genna, sworn enemies of Helfland, Cole is thrust into a life of war he despises. He was never meant to be a soldier, and killing is against his nature. But when the mysterious wizard Forir learns of Cole’s connection to the dead, he’s sent on a mission unlike any other: to descend into ...

With the undead menace in the smoke ridden city of Thot-Ankor under control, Gareth returns to his dinosaur-infested home with his friends and plots his next move. Tasked with reactivating the world-spanning ancient weapon designed to destroy the gods, he will need to get stronger. Levels, cards, skills—he’ll need them all, and a tip from an undying lich sends him deep into the deadly jungle around his new home in search of strength. What Gareth finds will change everything he knows about deck building.

What happens when science goes too far? Chimera Secrets feature five stories about genetically altered humans who find love. A Nurse for a Wolfman: Only love can tame the beast. Guarding the Mermaid: Love is even more slippery than this mermaid when wet. The Lionman Kidnapping: It’s not just his mane that’s impressive. A Chimera’s Revenge: A mad scientist. An even madder patient. A fiery kind of love. Capturing a Unicorn: Will he betray or save the world’s only unicorn?

He needs her, and if she won’t come willingly, well then he will have to take her… Maddie Hunter, a gifted Witch Hare, spends her days in dull research. But her safe, comfortable world is shattered when a mysterious stranger kidnaps her and carries her far into the desert. There her captor demands she fix an unsolvable problem – and refuses to release her until she does. Griffin Davis doesn’t give a damn about Maddie. Haunted by his past, he hides a deadly secret – one that will turn the entire Shifter community against him if it’s revealed. To him, the Witch Hare is just a tool...

While travelling to a distant galaxy, on an assassination mission, Rave's ship is struck by an unknown projectile, causing him crash-land into an alien planet he was passing over. With his ship destroyed, his weapons gone, he finds himself trapped on the savage planet filled with dangerous chimeras. A powerful darkness lurks on the planet, far much dangerous than he is, and the residents of the planet are hiding deadly secrets. And as he ventures further into the forests, the threat grows restless, the eyes of shadow turning towards him, and his own insatiable blood lust taking over. Will ...

Escaped Germline soldiers need to be cleaned up, and Stan Resnick is the best man for the job - a job that takes him to every dark spot and every rat hole he can find. Operatives from China and Unified Korea are gathering escaped or stolen Russian and American genetics, and there are reports of new biological nightmares: half-human things bred to live their entire lives encased in powered armor suits. Stan fights to keep himself alive and out of prison while he attempts to capture a genetic - one who will be able to tell them everything they need to know about this new threat, the one called Project Sunshine.

From his death bed, Jerry for the first time narrates an amazing incident from his youth in 1951. He claims to have communicated with and befriended gargoyles. The crazy ramblings of an old man or a moral man putting to rest his lifelong secret with his last breaths, you decide. Dr. Paul is a mental health therapist who specializes with patients who claim to have had extreme paranormal experiences. Some of his patients have allowed Dr. Paul to edit and publish their experiences. The series may be read in any order.

Cegoven stands at the edge of a fragile peace, but beneath the surface, power shifts and ancient grudges threaten to ignite a new kind of conflict. As Drehel wears the crown with quiet torment and Kol chases shadows that refuse to stay buried, whispers of rebellion stir in the West—and not all scars are visible. While Imsun fights to rebuild the minds of a generation and Sienna reclaims a life outside the battlefield, enemies masked in familiarity move closer. The alliance between East and West is more brittle than it seems, and the cost of unity may be higher than any of them are willing...