Epic Theory

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and the entire cast—from journalist and the host of The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast, Jessica Radloff. The...

The forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron. The tales of The Silmarillion are set...

01011001 01101111... This is how the message arrives. Not with a greeting, but with a death sentence, decoded by SETI from a tightbeam transmission in 2025. It is the first hint that humanity is not alone. It is the last warning they will ever receive. It began with ‘Oumuamua. The anomalous interstellar object that tumbled through our solar system in 2017, a splinter in the mind of science. Was it a natural phenomenon, or something else? The world’s astronomers debated, while a few lone voices in the intelligence community and academia warned it was a scout. They were dismissed as ...

The Epic of GigaNiga: The Web3 Butterfly Effect Theory is a groundbreaking manifesto at the intersection of chaos, cosmos, and code—charting a bold new paradigm for our decentralized age. In this sweeping synthesis, Dr. Justin Goldston fuses classical Chaos Theory, fusion plasma physics, and cosmology with the cutting‑edge innovations of blockchain, AI swarms, and quantum intelligence. From the “canary network” experiments on Kusama to the emergent science of Digital Inheritance, Goldston reveals how a single line of code—or the flap of a digital butterfly wing—can ripple ...

Beyond the Ice Wall – A Journey Beyond the Known World When NASA scientist Dr. Ethan Cole is drawn into a secret project involving a mysterious Stargate, he believes it's his chance to explore the farthest reaches of space. But nothing could have prepared him for the shocking truth beyond the gate: Earth is not what we think it is. Joined by investigative journalist Lena. Dr. Cole stumbles upon a hidden realm beyond the ice wall—a boundary that separates humanity from dark secrets controlled by the Reptilians and a race of powerful Controllers. In this mind-bending sci-fi thriller, Cole...

Deep beneath the Great Smoky Mountains National Park lies a hidden world, formed hundreds of years ago by a group of people forced underground by a deadly plague. Living as if it were still the 19th century, they have no access to modern conveniences such as electricity or running water. The Elite, a group of powerful individuals tasked with protecting the society of the Below from threats in the Above, rule over this secluded community. When Edith, a mental health counselor, begins to question the intentions of their governing body after witnessing the elimination of a defiant colleague, ...

"NOW THERE ARE FIELDS WHERE TROY ONCE STOOD" —OVID During the great migrations of the second millennium BC, peoples from Western Europe-known as Achaeans or Sea Peoples-arrived in the Mediterranean region, either to settle there peacefully or to plunder and raze the land. They brought about...

Dive into a mind-bending odyssey with The Epic of GigaNiga: The 12 Steps to The Dark Enlightenment, a 20-chapter manifesto that redefines the quest for wisdom in the age of plasma physics, blockchain, and decentralized consciousness. Guided by Thothan Atlantos’s prophetic foreword and the visionary “Fractal Messiah,” Dr. Justin Goldston (aka GigaNiga) unveils twelve paradoxical rites—from “Ego as Smart Contract” and “Forgiveness as Code Refactoring” to “Love as the Infinite Token”—each reframing spiritual practice as a living, on-chain protocol. Through Gemach ...

Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and...

How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago, Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things, exist because of the action of evolution on the first simple life form and its descendants. In How Evolution Explains Everything About Life, leading biologists and New Scientist take you on a journey of a lifetime, exploring the questions of whether life is inevitable or a one-off fluke and how it got kick-started.

Beyond the Ice Wall – A Journey Beyond the Known World When NASA scientist Dr. Ethan Cole is drawn into a secret project involving a mysterious Stargate, he believes it's his chance to explore the farthest reaches of space. But nothing could have prepared him for the shocking truth beyond the gate: Earth is not what we think it is. Joined by investigative journalist Lena. Dr. Cole stumbles upon a hidden realm beyond the ice wall—a boundary that separates humanity from dark secrets controlled by the Reptilians and a race of powerful Controllers. In this mind-bending sci-fi thriller, Cole...

As newcomer to New Haven High School, Ciman (with a “C”) and his plucky group of Conspiracy Club member friends, take on the task of uncovering the workings, influence, and hidden power of the world’s most secret order. As they sort through the bizarre riddles surrounding the Illuminati, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden within the fabric of society, including Skull and Bones, Knights Templar, Assassins, whistle blower accounts, and the local, on-campus museum—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the pernicious cabal. Even more startling, ...

The System is Failing. The Empress has Logged In. Nia von Eisenwald is no longer a glitch in the world of Aethelgard. She is its last line of defense. As the Void Ships of the Archmage Malakor descend upon the Capital, the sky turns to ink and reality itself begins to fragment. The Archmage’s forces are not just soldiers; they are errors in the source code of the universe, and they are here to delete everything Nia has built. When the Emperor falls in a final, tragic stand, the weight of a dying empire shifts to Nia’s shoulders. At nineteen, she is crowned Empress amidst a city in ...

The old world is gone forever. The Great Cataclysm has left the planet on its knees, and over 2 billion people are dead. Now the dust has settled, and all of mankind's greatest achievements lay in ruins, from the modern metropolis of New York to the grand old cities of London and Paris and the ancient pyramids of Egypt - everything is destroyed. EARTH IS UNDERGOING A GRAND RESET With nature holding sway over the fate of the world, the survivors strive to overcome the catastrophe that has broken their lives and threatens the very existence of the human race. Scott Cook and his companions ...

The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard SF novel set in the solar system of the far future - a heist novel peopled by bizarre post-humans but powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge and jealousy. It is a stunning debut. Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence...

The downfall of Bo Xilai in China was more than a darkly thrilling mystery. It revealed a cataclysmic internal power struggle between Communist Party factions, one that reached all the way to China’s new president Xi Jinping. The scandalous story of the corruption of the Bo Xilai family - the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood; Bo’s secret lovers; the secret maneuverings of Bo’s supporters; the hasty trial and sentencing of Gu Kailai, Bo’s wife - was just the first rumble of a seismic power struggle that continues to rock the very foundation of China’s all-powerful Communist Party.

Acclaimed presidential historian Tevi Troy takes listeners on a riveting journey through the biggest battles between CEOs and the nation’s commander in chief. He unearths the untold stories—both political and personal—that have shaped America. The Power and the Money shows how some of the nation’s most important CEOs forged (and fumbled) relationships with the president, revealing an intricate web of power, where CEOs need presidents, and presidents need CEOs. Troy shows how each must step carefully—or risk unpredictable costs and collateral damage.

The Convergence of Souls - Book 1: Failing Light Saga What if everything you believed was divine... was just code? In a world illuminated by the Divine Light, Vesper has spent her life as an Anomaly—a glitch to be extracted, a soul to be purged. Strapped to an Extraction Chamber in the Deep Wards, she expects deletion. Instead, she sees the truth: the gods are algorithms, prayers are commands, and reality itself is a failing simulation built by a civilization that died millennia ago. The System is crashing. And it's taking everyone with it. Vesper escapes into a Capital on the brink of ...

In this groundbreaking exploration of humanity's future, "The 5 New Wars" takes readers on a thrilling journey through the next 250 years of human evolution. From ideological battles to the integration of technology into our very beings, this book charts the course of five monumental conflicts that will reshape the essence of human existence.Beginning with a war of ideologies that blends religious extremism with advanced technology, the narrative unfolds to reveal the struggles of early adopters of transhuman enhancements and the societal rifts they create. As artificial intelligence gains ...

With Fate at his side, Hero works to discover the truth of his parents’ deaths. Together, they open the doors of the Dreamscape, where he must embrace the madness within and see the world through blind eyes. Time is running out for Hero. If he can’t prove otherwise, he may once again stand accused of murder.