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Throughout his scientific work, Erich Fromm pursued the twin goal of uncovering the social unconscious of the individual as well as the unconscious of social entities. As Fromm wrote in 1936, "The problem within psychology and sociology is the dialectic intertwining of natural and historical factors. Freud has wrongly based psychology totally on natural factors."

The ancient origins of humanity on Earth are dark, devastating, and destined to return. Earth is going to lose, and lose badly, when our time is up, but out of the ashes of defeat, we may be able to scrounge up a future if you and the other future warlords can learn how to overcome the losses and turn them to our advantage. And the one advantage we have is the repository of ancient knowledge left behind when our former masters abandoned Earth during a civil war. They assume everyone died, but a few human slaves remained, and now we live only because of that mistake.

Follow a core group of characters known as the Trailblazers as they use alien technology and knowledge discovered in Antarctic ruins to obtain limited immortality and lead humanity out into the galaxy, encountering, befriending, and fighting hundreds of alien races, all the while desperately trying to prepare Earth for the unbeatable threat at the core of the Milky Way that is destined to return and reclaim their lost colony...and their former human slaves.

The Origin series is empire-building at its finest, detailing the rise of Star Force from corporate entity into an interstellar empire over the course of more than a millennium. Episodes in this set include Fiddlesticks, Proving Ground, Ghostblade, and Trials.

Follow a core group of characters known as the Trailblazers as they use alien technology and knowledge discovered in Antarctic ruins to obtain limited immortality and lead humanity out into the galaxy. Encountering, befriending, and fighting hundreds of alien races, they desperately try to prepare Earth for the unbeatable threat at the core of the Milky Way that is destined to return and reclaim their lost colony…and their former human slaves.

When four members of Congress all die within a few months, each of their deaths appears to be from natural causes. But when mysterious messages begin to appear, in the form of quotations from long dead Revolutionary Heroes, one reporter sets out to prove the existence of a serial killer. His search uncovers dark secrets and an assassin shielded by people who need the very services that only he can provide.

At some point in every man’s life, he begins to reflect on his youth, his virility, his existence. Sometimes, he longs for a time when he was sexual, virile, on top of his game. Phillip had reached that point with a stagnant marriage, a dry life, until he took a moment for himself, until he found a solitary island and some private time for him. It was a moment that changed him forever—a moment when he met a young man who sparked something deep inside, an erotic world he'd never considered.

Oracle Veritas of the House of Delphi has waited for over 65 million years to tell her story. In the year 2041, the first humans from Earth have stepped onto the surface of Mars, where they will encounter Oracle and hear of a world once called Olympus, inhabited by a race of immortals that called the planet home. Back then, all were led by Lord Zeus, head of the ruling family of Caste Olympus. But other Castes chafe under the Olympian rule. Lord Odin, of Caste Norse, and Lord Anu, of Caste Paga, have set their eyes upon the throne of Olympus. Only Caste Zion, led by Lord Yahweh, remains loyal to the throne.

June 30, 1944: Fifty members of the United States 460th Bomb Group embarked on an important mission to destroy German oil refineries in Silesia, Hungary, only to come under heavy attack. Sgt. John L. Lenburg, on his 36th mission, was shot down along with the crew of their B-24, "Miss Fortune", over enemy lines near Lake Balaton, Hungary. Taken prisoner (or "Kriegsgefangenen #6410", the code name the Germans gave him), he never knew if he would see his homeland again.

Trapped between the real world and the lands of dream, John Cassidy is a WWI fighter pilot with no memory of his past. He may not even be a real person. Rescued from a dream by a mysterious airship captain, Cassidy is thrown into a chaos he can't begin to fathom. Forced to flee Armada agents, bounty hunters, and the demons of his past, he searches for a meaning to life and the man who dreamed him in the first place.

If you want to try a different sci-fi or you're tired of the same superheroes with the amazing weapons, then try a story about real aliens. How they live, love, and survive. They start as a naïve society that has everything, and when they ask a simple question, they are attacked and learn to defend themselves.

The Monstronomicon is a collection of 100 stories from around the world. These aren't your everyday werewolves and wendigos either. Each story is told by the survivor of an encounter with a unique and mysterious creature more wild and varied than you can imagine. This audiobook has something for everyone with a dark mind, so listen now to find the perfect monster for you. Some monsters are quirky and friendly, while others are apocalyptic behemoths crawling up from the depths. Some stories are heartwarming, funny, or profound, while others are a blood bath.

When a prominent land developer is brutally murdered on the US-Mexico border, it's not just another cartel killing to journalist Kyle Dawson. The dead man is his father. Dawson, a veteran war correspondent, vows to uncover the truth. To do that, he must confront the ghosts of his past, including his cousin and confidant DEA special agent Raoul Garcia, his former high school sweetheart Anita Alvarez, his mystical Mexican Indian mother, and his estranged children and ex-wife.

Fat Wally Wills, wealthy gay professor of Art History, is dead at the bottom of his stairs in his lakefront home. Who did it? The lurid facts emerge as his friend Professor Raymond Birch, himself under university scrutiny, delves into Wally's sordid life. Set against an academic backdrop, there is university intrigue, friendship, betrayal, drugs, and some sex.

Operation Melchior-Sanctum was a failure and a potential embarrassment. It went wrong, terribly wrong. So wrong the entire team of DevGru Operators had been quietly retired to head off any bad publicity. But now, those men were being killed one by one, and faster than the law could react. Jon Crane is asked to do the impossible: find out who this killer is and stop him...fast.

Silas is dead. Or at least the world believes he is. Jon attempts to get back to his Basics, with only a small handful of his most loyal aware. A simple case becomes complicated and then needs to be set aside. As the inner circle grows, the son unwittingly adds valuable new allies to his group. Drug cartels and politicians must be dealt with. Jonathan Crane can't escape them. The Basics have come back to him.

Silas attempts to restore his preferred way to work, through re-establishing the rules of secrecy and solitude. His friends try to give him the space he requires, but circumstances call for him to once again work with his associates. Lives are put into danger by a deep, convoluted plot against the very fabric of our country. Book three of The Son continues with the action and suspense that surrounds Jonathan Crane.

When things seem to happen all at once. When chaos awaits around every corner and you feel you are looking out at life from inside the blender.... You may remember the words you were taught as a child, "calm down...the only constant is change." For a self appointed avenger trying to stay under the radar, change can be even more severe. If those changes include a reviving drug cartel, a Russian gang lord, and others pretending to be you...those changes could mean life or death. Not only for you, but for those around you.

Sozwik is an extraterrestrial bigfoot-shaman, who ends up on Earth after being granted "freedom." And freedom from the multi-dimensional force known as The Guard isn't all that free. On Earth, Sozwik quickly finds himself in over his head, and at the tipping point of a cosmic balance few beings can comprehend.

A high-profile murder and conviction may not be as it appears. Enough evidence is presented to Silas to convince him a serial killer may be on the hunt. With the next victim, possibly imminent. Crane must quickly reassemble the team he’d worked so hard to separate himself from. Time is of the essence and they don’t know who the killer is, who the next victim might be, or even the motive for the murders.