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As night manager of Santa Cruz's quirkiest coffeehouse, Marzi McCarty makes a mean espresso, but her first love is making comics. Her claim to fame: The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, a cowpunk neo-western yarn. Striding through an urban frontier peopled by Marzi's wild imagination, Rangergirl doles out her own brand of justice. But lately Marzi's imagination seems to be altering her reality.

Aeolus Investigations — serious space adventure, sprinkled with a dash of humor. The year is 2026. When Lexi first met Ron, she was a doctoral student at a university on the west coast of the United States. She had a plan with clear goals for her life. She hoped to be on the first manned mission to Titan, although Mars would do. Ron was a student there too, except it turned out he was already an insurance investigator. One on an undercover mission. While it wouldn't be fair to say Lexi was knocked off her feet, she certainly felt the attraction. Ron abruptly left after their first date ...

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 ...

A galactic war begins at dawn...so tonight they’re going to party like it’s 2020. Marcus is ready to put a terrible year behind him. The virus and social unrest made his first semester at University a memorable one for all the wrong reasons. It’s New Year’s Eve and tomorrow, he’ll become a legal adult. So tonight, with his loved ones, they’ll race against the darkness to summon a brighter future. But Marcus can’t shake the feeling that something is off. Maybe it’s conditioning, or maybe it’s the series of unwelcome guests pushing the party toward chaos.

Gregor a inventé tout ce qui va être utile aux siècles à venir. Il est hélas moins habile à veiller sur ses affaires, la science l'intéresse plus que le profit. Tirant parti de ce trait de caractère, d'autres vont tout lui voler. Pour le distraire et l'occuper, ne lui resteront que la compagnie des éclairs et le théâtre des oiseaux.

The galaxy is a colorful place and Crustacea is no exception. Born on a whim of a madman, the planet of psychic crabs evolved through a combination of radiation, cosmic energy and what scientists could only describe as 'the right vibes'. Now, the crustacean leadership must deal with the impending arrival of the first ambassador from the United Commission of planets, renegade lobsters, and foul creatures lurking in the deep.

Paul ist Single, arbeitslos, Alkoholiker und mit der Miete im Rückstand, als er eines Tages einen merkwürdigen Anruf erhält. Er findet sich zwei Narkotisierungen und einer Interkontinental-Reise später auf einer Bohrinsel wieder. Doch hier wird nicht nach Öl gebohrt, auf dieser künstlichen Insel wird mit der Raumzeit gespielt.

Over the last six years, the mercenary crew of Seven’s Plumbing has gained a name for themselves as efficient and unorthodox soldiers of misfortune. Consisting of an ever-scornful veteran, a cybernetically augmented engineer, a snarky alien medic, and the brazen Captain Seven, they survive by performing jobs that are either out of any government’s jurisdiction, or too dangerous for any sane group to do.

The second book in the critically-ignored comedy sci-fi series continues to solidify Wetherell's claim to the throne of Douglas Adams! After announcing to the public that the Massive Ball of Death is coming to destroy everything, Bip finds himself locked away with the other criminally insane. Aided by his psyentific talent for exploding things and creating the random igloo, Bip manages to escape and team up with the immortal Handen Strike, the first Volunteer who ventured out to spread the Clarion’s message of total world devastation.

Cohen doesn't have time for disembodied tongues. The transportation AI they are creating at work is going to change the world. And Cohen has to fix the bug in his demo code before it releases in a few days. But now he’s got to take care of this stupid tongue first. When he manages to deliver the tongue to Calla Human, she drags him into a bizarre new world where severed limbs are merely a commodity and a mysterious client is calling all the shots.

Professional underachiever Dan Foster is finally taking a break. Sure, his life has been average at best and, yes, he has never has quite lived up to his potential. But after a few Bud Lites in paradise with his girlfriend Mara, things are starting to look up. Then the sun explodes. With the island suddenly plunged in darkness, the ultra-rich guests hijack the remaining supplies and declare themselves as the new ruling class.

Una comedia tan desquiciada como fantástica de uno de los maestros españoles del humor tan de género como degenerado. Una trama en la que se mezclan todos, repetimos, todos los universos posibles, pero no para irse a hacer merienda cena, sino para verse amenazados por el mayor villano de la historia del multiverso. Por supuesto, solo el mayor héroe de la historia del multiverso podrá detenerlo. Lo que nadie podía esperar es que este héroe se llamase Bonifacio.

Hi. My name is Kayobi Taida, and I am an assassin, no, not one of those piddly little human assassins. I'm an alien, an assassin on a galactic scale. My job is to exterminate dictators who get too big for their britches and decide that ruling one world just isn't enough. I stalk them, eliminate them, and then get paid. It's pretty easy for me, since I'm a 'swapper' what you might call a 'shape shifter' and my people are the only ones in the galaxy known to have magic power. But this isn't 'that' story. Not for the most part. These are the stories of my days off, my vacations, the little ...

What if you could reach back in time to deport the world’s worst environmental villains to a depository planet before their greed condemns Earth to an ecological apocalypse? What if each time you did so, an alien instantly extracted a body part and replaced it with a refurbished one? Would you still do it?

Two FBI agents, Jack and Louis, investigate tabloid stories. In this case they investigate terrorists that kidnap Walt Disney's cryogenically frozen head.

Cassidy Delgado’s digital world is on fire; only she can extinguish the blaze. In this sequel to the Interstellar Online series, Cassidy’s fury is more intense after being torn from her dream job and creation—a binary-code baby with a potentially fatal flaw. Now working a new job but haunted by her past, Cassidy infiltrates her gaming software to reconnect with old allies. Her mission takes a dramatic turn when she must rescue a key investor lost in the game, putting her future on the line.

In 2488, Battle Quest, an arrow shooting, sword fighting, magic slinging live action RPG, is the most popular sport in the universe. Tal works in a trash dump by day and fights in a street samurai pit by night. He dreams of becoming a Battle Quest pro to pull his sisters and grandmother from the slums. Problem is he’s too short, too broke, and his highlight vid-reel has more fails than an ogre’s got warts.

Hal Spacejock’s cargo business is going so well he’s considering getting into passengers...especially the beautiful and mysterious Sonya Polarov. Clunk's certain she's up to something, but as usual Hal won't listen to a word he says.... Meanwhile, Rex Curtis runs the galaxy’s biggest freight company, and he’s sick of independent pilots stealing his cargo jobs. He’s determined to make a statement by destroying the biggest nuisance of them all: Hal Spacejock.

The housing market is depressed. But not as depressed as anyone who spends a night at 668 Langford Place. The decaying mansion next door - number 666 - will soon see the return of Bog-Muggoth, an ancient, evil demon that makes the Amityville Horror seem like Casper the Friendly Ghost. But Bog-Muggoth isn’t making his haunted house call alone. Other vile gods from beyond time and space will be joining in the festivities to make the world their oyster - and leave it an empty shell.

Decades ago, Masha hid under a table and watched her parents die. Now, with war in the streets and chaos in the government, she can at last put the ultimate piece of her revenge into action. But it will involve murder, deception, and cunning on an unprecedented scale, and she's no longer as certain as she once was that she can pull this off. In the meantime, behind the barricades, the rest of the crew is trying desperately to survive as the Svodrani System government brings its full weight to bear. And surviving a war against the entire System might be a step too far, even for them.…