Editorial: Jovian Press
There has always been, and will always be, the problem of surviving the experience that any trained expert can handle ... when there hasn't been any first survivor to be an expert! When no one has ever gotten back to explain what happened....
The first in the Echoes of the Fall series, The Tiger and the Wolf is an epic fantasy novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and British Fantasy Award for Best Novel.‘One of the most interesting and accomplished writers in speculative fiction’ – Christopher Paolini, author of To Sleep in a Sea of StarsIn the bleak northern crown of the world, war is coming . . .Maniye’s father is the Wolf clan’s chieftain, but she’s an outcast. Her mother was queen of the Tiger and these tribes have been enemies for generations. Maniye also hides a deadly secret. All can shift into their clan’s animal form, but Maniye can take on tiger and wolf shapes. She refuses to disown half of her soul and so escapes, rescuing a prisoner of the Wolf clan in the process. The killer Broken Axe is set on their trail – to drag them back for retribution.The Wolf chieftain plots to rule the north, and controlling his daughter is crucial to his schemes. However, other tribes also prepare for strife. Strangers from the far south appear too, seeking allies in their own conflict.It’s a season for omens, as priests foresee danger and a darkness falling across the land. Some say a great war is coming, overshadowing even Wolf ambitions. A time of testing and broken laws is near – but what spark will set the world ablaze?'Addictively brilliant' – John Gwynne, author of MaliceContinue this sweeping coming-of-age fantasy with The Bear and the Serpent.Ver libro
Runaway by Alfred Coppel - Ripped by an asteroid stray, the space-ship drifted helplessly ... until suddenly, across the shuddering deeps, a strange voice called to her. I recall that when I was just a boy hanging around the old Mojave space yards, there was an old timer there who used to sing an old song. He learned it from his father and he from his grandfather who used to prospect for gold in the Death Valley country. Oh, my darling, oh my darling, Oh, my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone forever, Dreadful sorry, Clementine!... The old timer was really ancient when I knew him, because he could remember the war with the Federal States that used to be called Germany and Japan. There was a strangeness about him, or so it seems to me now. Listening to him sing those pioneer ballads caught at the imagination and woke dreams. Of course, I was young then, and impressionable. But his tales were my gospel. There were some among the yard hands who claimed he was a survivor of the first crew back from Luna, but that was probably loose talk. In those days every yard had its "Selenite man." It was from him, though, that I heard my first spaceman's yarns. Yarns about the ships that were built when Venus and Mars were the outposts of the system ... the frontier. He used to tell of the strange ways in which those old ships took on personality ... character, if you like ... in the eyes of the men who crewed them. When he spoke I could almost feel the thrill of those punishing vertical takeoffs, and I could smell the stink of gasoline and feel the icy nimbus of liquid oxygen. I could feel too the throbbing of the first crotchety atomics under my feet and the quivering sense of aliveness it gave.... Somehow, I don't believe the old man was embroidering fantasies for me. I think even then he knew.Ver libro
In "Soldiers Off The Dark Horizon," Book 5 of the Sam's Valor series of Military Steampunk novelettes, Corporal Sam Chudwell finds himself thrust back into the heart of war as he returns to the front lines of Trench 27-43. Reuniting with his childhood friend, Sergeant Arlo, who now commands their entire section, Sam navigates the treacherous landscape of battle while grappling with the haunting aftermath of PTSD from a perilous mission months prior. As Winter descends and supplies grow scarce, Sam and Arlo must confront not only the relentless advance of the enemy, but also the inner demons that threaten to unravel their resolve. Together, they must summon all their courage and resilience to hold the line against overwhelming odds and protect their fellow soldiers from the encroaching darkness. "Soldiers Off The Dark Horizon" is a gripping tale of friendship, sacrifice, and redemption set against the backdrop of a steampunk-inspired world torn apart by war. With tension mounting and danger lurking at every turn, Sam and Arlo's bond will be put to the ultimate test as they confront the harrowing challenges that lie ahead.Ver libro
The dead have risen, and they are hungry. Slow and plodding, they are Legion. The undead hunt the living. Stop and they will catch you. Hide and they will find you. If you have a heartbeat you do the only thing you can: You run. Survivors escape to an island stronghold: a cop and his daughter, a computer nerd, a garbage man with a piece of rebar, and an escapee from a mental hospital with a life-saving secret. After reaching Alcatraz, the ever expanding group of survivors realize that the infected are not the only threat. Caught between the viciousness of the undead, and the heartlessness of the living, what choice is there? Run.Ver libro
The signs are on storm. The Roman Empire is sinking into civil war - everything the time travellers have worked for appears to dissolve in an orgy of violence. The usurper Maximus is gaining the upper hand and the planned counterstrike proves to be more and more unworkable. The cruiser Saarbrücken, once again deprived of its port, is sent on an odyssey. Betrayal and intrigue lurk on the way. And as a new, deadly danger threatens to shake the Empire to its foundations, all those involved are left with nothing more than the means for another escape.Ver libro
A hero haunted by war, driven by freedom, confronts the galaxy's darkest forces ________________________ The Sol System was conquered, and humans lived as slaves for 500 long years. Now, after years of brutal warfare, humanity has been liberated. Liberation, however, comes at a cost, and the Sol System has become nothing more than a puppet state for a vast galactic empire. For Jon Pike, a war hero who has lost everything, there is no substitute for freedom. He blames the aliens for humanity’s troubles, especially the one living inside him. But when he is sent on a top-secret mission into unexplored regions of the galaxy, he discovers that humanity’s troubles are just getting started. Can he find freedom for himself and humanity? The Pike Chronicles is an epic space opera adventure with space fleet and space marine battles, galactic empires, and alien invasions. Join hundreds of thousands of other readers and enjoy this epic saga today.Ver libro
