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Return to Kherishdar in this second volume of "backstage" interactions between the author and her creations! In the first volume, we got to know the principal characters that made the setting clearer to the audience... this time, we ease deeper into the worldbuilding, covering language and locations, culture and customs, biology, psychology, and history. Further Conversations with the Ai-Naidar gathers the next six years of "meta-conversations" between...

In 1947, the Queen Mary transmits a message which is intercepted by extraterrestrial intelligence. This errant radio signal serves as a beacon for a North Atlantic encounter between James and Jess Bennett, a GI and his war bride, and an otherworldly, desperate mother and her two small children. In the present day, Guy Turner, a melancholy, black filmmaker, finds himself at the center of a supernatural mystery after a haunting prelude with the now...

Clint is on an ordinary mining expedition to the Icarus Asteroid. Gold is on his mind, but he and his crew get caught up in a war to save the trees. This romping adventure begins at Icarus and continues all the way to the Andromeda Galaxy. Clint finds himself adopted as a mercenary who is on the run from the dreaded Garlucks. The chase takes him and his companions on a ride through Andromeda in a war that leaves one wondering about our own trees back...

Keith Stoner lay frozen in an alien spacecraft for fifteen long years; during that time, he came to be something more than just an astronaut, just a man. Stoner became partly alien himself, merged with an alien intelligence embodied in the nanotechnology that lived inside Stoner's body. The alien whose tomb that spacecraft was, brought humanity both a blessing and a deadly peril. The technology now the control of Vanguard Industries has changed...

Ava, Lennox and Heather make contact with alien Sandy and head for a profound confrontation that could mean a possible brighter future ... or the decimation of the Encedalons and the entire human race. The awe-inspiring, exquisite moving sequel to The Space Between Us, as seen on BBC Two' s Between the Covers. Six months since the earth-shattering events of The Space Between Us, the revelatory hope of the aliens' ...

Paige is on a desperate quest to find her missing brother Todd. She undertakes a road trip with her friends along the same route where he vanished nearly a month earlier. A broken down car leads them to seek help in Travis, an isolated West Texas town. Travis harbors frightening secrets. A mysterious energy barrier traps all visitors within the town. Signs of violent struggles are present in many buildings. And horrifying changes have overtaken the...

Join a young Evelynne Tompkins on a perilous journey through space and time to save her abducted mentor, Ms. Amiata.

The third trilogy in the hit 'Ark Royal' series begins now! HMS Vanguard is the most powerful battleship ever to be commissioned by the Royal Navy, but she is not a happy ship. Her commanding officer is eccentric, rarely seen on the bridge; her former XO has deserted his post and her first middy is resentful because he hasn't been promoted as he deserves ... But when a first contact mission goes badly wrong, HMS Vanguard and her crew are plunged...

Stolen from Earth, can Jennifer Samson survive on a new planet? Alien Warrior Brides is a series of standalone stories with a connected universe. Each book can be read separately. Guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers. No cheating. Expect lots of steam. Jennifer Samson is young professional, working two jobs in order to afford rent, food, and student loan payments. She has no family, few friends, and zero romantic prospects. Quy Vuong is seven feet tall,...

The most important event in human history takes place in the middle of nowhere. Perspectives are altered. Perceptions are changed. Nothing will ever be the same again. Is this a moment of deliverance for the human race, or the beginning of its end? Tom Winter thinks he knows, but if he's right, then seven billion other people are wrong.