Alternative History Fantasy

This anthology includes ten stories from four universes. They all deal with selling stuff or the value of stuff, if you stretch a point. And they are all fun reads and you don’t have to stretch a point to see that. “Signs” from the 1632 universe deals with what money is and what it will and won’t buy. It’s one of my favorites in Eric’s 1632 world. A short fun story to get us started. The second story comes first. “The Sewing Circle” is my first professional sale. It’s what got me into writing and what got me interested in economics. It’s a full-fledged novella at over ...

The lost city wasn’t built to be found. It was built as a cage—and what was once chained just broke the locks. The seas boil. The deep trembles. The lost city rises, releasing powers older than time. Amid the chaos, Kaya, an ancient warrior, and Ethan, a man from a dying future, are pulled together once more. Their son carries the spark that could heal the world… or unmake it. Now, their love is all that stands against the dark. A mother’s fury. A father’s sacrifice. A child destined to decide the fate of worlds. And a darkness that has waited since the stars first fell to rise ...

"My God. These people really are Neanderthals!" At an archeological dig in Gibraltar, science journalist Tom Cook’s hopes and dreams are shattered in an instant by a mysterious explosion—his pregnant fiancée is missing. During the search, things go from bad to worse when Tom plunges through a time portal and into the strange and dangerous era of the Neanderthals. Can he get back, or is he stuck in the past forever? On top of figuring out how to return to the present, Tom must use his modern-day wits to fight for survival in the world of 40,000 years ago. And contend with a group of ...

After the events at Easter, Sam Vives is in a very dark place. He pushes away his friends and family in an attempt to protect them and sets out to take his revenge on the Illuminati. He disrupts their "Leaps", filling their operatives with terror and making them return home, trying to force Quentin and The Master out into the open so that he can destroy them once and for all. The Illuminati aren't going to give up without a fight, though, and while he is only able to attack them in the past they have no such limitation. Book 5 of the five part “Displacers” series.

In a near future London, where extreme weather has depleted plant life, sixteen-year-olds must surgically augment an ability to contribute to the new utopian society. Akaego moves to a prestigious academy after the late discovery of her rare ability - she can project a vocal frequency that accelerates plant growth. As Akaego learns to use her new skill and is chosen for an internship with the mayor she begins to feel like she can change society for the better . . . and it doesn't hurt that the mayor's gorgeous son, Joon, seems to be flirting with her.

A missing woman, a charming, untrustworthy lord. The mystery deepens at every turn. Horn Cottage, an ancient cave house, has been home to the cunning folk of Thornton Cleveleys for generations. The early death of her mother left Meryall as the cunning woman for her village before her training was complete. A young man seeking Meryall’s help to find his missing sister draws her into an ever more complex and sinister mystery. Can she use her divination skills to help solve the mystery of the missing woman and avert a tragedy? An atmospheric journey through a mystical land, The Path to ...

The 'Deceiver's Great Reset' is the fourth installment and a prequel to the 'Season of the End Times' series. The story begins in 1947 with the UFO crash and recovery in the high desert of Roswell, New Mexico. Follows the military's secret reverse engineering of Alien technology, from the Army Air Corps to the Air Force and the forming of the Space Force. A historical journey through America's political, military, foreign policy, and social and moral changes from the 1940s to 2019. Introducing new characters and the early lives of several characters from the first three books of the ...

Long before the age of men, one girl’s courage sparked the dawn of humankind. Step 24,000 years into the past—to a world of lost tribes, star-born gods, and a sky about to fall. When a star crashes to earth, Kaya—a young warrior fighting to save her tribe—meets Ethan, a man from a dying future. She lived before history. He’s yet to be born. Their destiny was forged in battle. Their love, written in the stars. What began as a fight for survival became an impossible romance that spans all of human history. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ““Imagine Outlander set in the world of Clan of the ...

March 1942: Adolf Hitler is dead at the hands of the Royal Air Force. A vengeful Luftwaffe has exacted the Third Reich’s revenge on Great Britain, and London lies in flames. With the Royal Family fleeing to Canada and Great Britain’s Pacific colonies being ceded to Imperial Japan, the United States faces a stark, dangerous future alone. With a broad cast of characters underpinned by historical research, Acts of War examines the terrifying “What if…” of a German victory in Europe followed by upheaval in the Court of St. James.

The stakes are high, the love is forbidden, and the slow burn turns steamy in this swoony, witty, and heart-stoppingly romantic sequel to instant New York Times bestseller The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy. Osric is a member of the Fyren Order, a guild of assassins who gleefully...

Outraged when the US Navy seizes three Confederates aboard an English sailing ship, Britain retaliates by entering the fray in support of the Rebels - and suddenly, it's a whole new war. Once again, cotton is king as the North's blockade crumbles before the might of the Royal Navy. While Lincoln confronts the monumental challenge of vanquishing mighty Britannia, the Redcoats revive their 1812 penchant for burning down American cities, and Union troops see Canada as ripe for the picking.

“Can I save my daughter . . . and them?” Time traveler Tom Cook has settled into his prehistoric life among the Neanderthals, but it’s not without its challenges that include a burning desire to see his future-dwelling daughter, Pook, again. When a growing threat from hostile neighbors turns into an attack, an old contact from another world comes to the rescue and leads both Tom and his Neanderthal wife, Brassy, back to that future through an increasingly unstable time portal. Now, after traveling to and from two different worlds, Tom must find a way to defeat his enemies in both, ...

When the American ace Major Jack Freeman - poster boy for the war against the Kaiser's undead army of shamblers - is shot down over enemy lines and taken captive, veteran Captain Michael "Madman" Burke is the only man brave and foolish enough to accept the mission to recover him. Burke assembles a team of disparate members - his right-hand man, Sergeant Moore, big-game-hunter-turned-soldier Clayton Manning, and Professor Dan Graves, one of Tesla's top men and the resident authority on all things supernatural, among them - to dare the impossible.

By the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world's governments. In the 2050s, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism—New York City. This book, a collection of interviews with the people who made the revolution, was published to mark the twentieth anniversary of the New York Commune, a radically new social order forged in the ashes of capitalist collapse.

“Splendidly intricate and hugely imaginative tales.” —Newsweek The recipient of numerous literary prizes, including the National Book Award, the Kafka Award, and the Pushcart Prize, Ursula K. Le Guin is renowned for her lyrical writing, rich characters, and diverse worlds. The Wind's...

While J. Robert Oppenheimer and his Manhattan Project team struggle to develop the A-bomb, Edward Teller wants something even more devastating: a weapon based on nuclear fusion - the mechanism that powers the sun. But Teller’s research leads to a terrifying discovery: by the year 2030, the sun will eject its outermost layer, destroying the entire inner solar system - including Earth. After the war ends, Oppenheimer’s physicists combine forces with Albert Einstein, computing pioneer John von Neumann, and rocket designer Wernher von Braun.

"What kind of world is this?" It’s five years later, and Tom Cook is living a “normal” life with his Neanderthal family 40,000 years ago. But when a life-threatening crisis strikes his daughter, Tom decides to carry her to the future for the medical help she desperately needs. And in the process, he’s entangled in a modern world very different from the one he left behind. Now, caught up in a secret plan to exploit his daughter’s unique Neanderthal DNA, Tom must find a way to save everything he loves and cherishes. If you're a fan of the time travel novels of Jack Finney (Time and ...

What if your dreams weren't dreams at all, but whispers of someone calling to you from the future? She lived before history. He’s yet to be born. Their destiny was forged in battle. Their love, written in the stars. 24,000 B.C. When a falling star fractures her primitive world, young hunter Kaya is thrust onto an epic journey of survival, ancient magic, and self-discovery. Haunted by visions of Ethan, a young man from a dystopian future, she struggles to unravel the mysterious threads of time that bind them together and the star-crossed love that defies fate. But some secrets should never...

An engineer finds himself in an alternate reality, Cornwall, in the year 715 A.D. He awakens in the body of a young Baron.

In 1890s Paris, a librarian and a detective must track down a killer – before the city goes up in flames. The Mortal Word is the enthralling fifth instalment in the Invisible Library series from Genevieve Cogman. A corrupt countess. A spy in danger. And an assassin. Peace talks are always...