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The science fiction genre has become increasingly influential in mainstream popular culture, evolving into one of the most engaging storytelling tools we use to think about technology and consider the shape of the future. Along the way, it has also become one of the major lenses we use to explore important philosophical questions. The origins of science fiction are most often thought to trace to Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, a story born from a night of spooky tale-telling by the fireside that explores scientific, moral, and ethical questions that were of great concern in the 19th century - and that continue to resonate today.

Seven immortals. One queen. A love to die for. I'm the last of my kind—the last living female vampire. The only one who can save my race from extinction. No pressure, right? I've spent thirty years in hiding, living as a librarian, protecting my son, and staying off the radar of the shifters...

Since half-vampire Cat Crawfield and her undead lover Bones met six years ago, they've fought against the rogue undead, battled a vengeful Master vampire, and pledged their devotion with a blood bond. Now it's time for a vacation. But their hopes for a perfect Paris holiday are dashed when Cat awakes one night in terror. She's having visions of a vampire named Gregor who's more powerful than Bones and has ties to her past that even Cat herself didn't know about.

Who wants to be a superhero? Hope did, but she grew out of it. Which made her superhuman breakthrough in the Ashland Bombing, just before starting her freshman year at the University of Chicago, more than a little ironic. And now she has some decisions to make. Given the code-name "Astra" and invited to join the Sentinels, Chicago's premier super-team, will she take up the cape and mask and become a career superhero? Or will she get a handle on her new powers (superstrength has some serious drawbacks) and then get on with her life plan?

A vampire knight. A fated princess. Twelve nights of Yule to fall in love. Princess Ilyra was never meant to rule, let alone become the heart of a sacred pact older than her crown. As the youngest daughter, she expected to spend Yule tucked into castle corners, left to her quiet studies—and to...

A hit and run. A deadly secret. An accidental killer playing both sides. Rushing his pregnant wife to hospital, Jack's perfect family life is shattered when, after accidentally hitting a child on a bicycle, he panics and races off to save his unborn baby. At twenty-three-weeks pregnant, Jack's...

The players of the prophecy are all in place. The vampire, the werewolf, and the witch. The fate of all paranormal beings hangs in the balance. Too bad Divina, the witch in question, wants nothing to do with any of it. She’s not about to let some ancient prophecy dictate who she’s going to love. She’ll be the master of her own destiny, thank you very much.

Mein Leben ist ein Scherbenhaufen. Ein engelsgleiches Wesen hat mich aus den Klauen meiner bösartigen Familie befreit–doch sie konnte nicht bei mir bleiben. Nur die Hoffnung auf ein geheimnisvolles Schicksal gab sie mir mit: Eine Aufgabe, der ich mich eines Tages stellen muss. Entwurzelt, ziellos und allein gerate ich vom Regen in die Traufe. Wieder nehmen mir brutale Männer die Kontrolle über mein Leben. Zu schwach, um aufzubegehren, bin ich kaum mehr als eine Sklavin. Als Angreifer aus dem All plötzlich über die Stadt herfallen,scheint das Ende der Welt gekommen.

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Hanna Harp’s incendiary paranormal dark romance debut and viral sensation Haunting the Hunter, perfect for fans of Sadie Kincaid’s Forged in Blood and Keri Lake’s Anathema, Haunted Hearts returns to the tale of Callie and Cade, and the mysterious spirit who...

The great Star League general, Aleksandr Kerensky. Colonel Archer Christifori, a man with a score to settle. Nelson Geist, on Christmas patrol. MechWarrior Joanna of Clan Jade Falcon. A Sandoval scion. An eleven-year-old girl. Northwind Highlanders. A prisoner of war. They all have two things in common: A universe torn apart by unending warfare. A mission to stand up against the darkness.

Nkechi was a good Nigerian American girl. She did everything right. Went to med school. Made plans. Then life happened. And plans changed. A first-generation coming-of-age journey of love, loss, and growing into adulthood, Good Grief follows Nkechi as she navigates Pennsylvania’s suburbs alongside her childhood crush, her would-be-philosopher brother, and her immigrant parents.

Using fast and furious hit-and-run tactics, Marcus GioAvanti and his Avanti's Angels mercenaries have earned a tough reputation throughout the Inner Sphere.

Praising Tim Dorsey’s tongue-in-cheek humor, the Miami Herald wrote, “Nobody, but nobody, writes like this guy.” Here Florida politics take the main stage in a rollicking satire that proves Dorsey’s at the top of his game. When a traumatic experience forever changes Florida gubernatorial race candidate Marlon Conrad’s life, he hits the road in a Winnebago to find the “real” Florida. But his odyssey is plagued with would-be assassins and cutthroat journalists.

Jack Jr woke up from a two-year coma with a sore neck, a brand-new ex-fiancée and the distinct feeling he'd missed something big. Like, global pandemic big. Reluctantly returning to New Jersey, and a kitchen job at the sushi restaurant his family runs, he finds himself suddenly dependent on his dysfunctional and very estranged Asian-American family: his headstrong fishmonger father, Jack Sr; his recovering alcoholic brother, James; and his rebellious teenage nephew, Juno.

This step-by-step 30-day program is designed for absolute beginners who want to gently introduce Tai Chi into their daily lives—without confusion, complexity, or prior experience.

I wake to a world in chaos, the taste of stardust on my tongue, and fragments of galaxies burning behind my eyes. In the ruins of a shattered battlefield, four kings of this new world find me abandoned and alone. Each of them desperate to decipher who I am and why I've been thrust into their war. While I may feel the pull of each of them, I know deep down that I wasn't made for their cages, gilded or otherwise. However, in a fractured world at war between man and magic, I'll need allies as I uncover who—and what—I truly am.

Can she save the vampire that wants to possess her? Bash, a four-hundred-year-old vampire, doesn’t want a mate. He believes he doesn’t deserve to be blessed with a woman to Bond with him. His past is traumatic, and he does everything to push the memories deep within him. He has a mission; to rid the world of the men that harm others. That is his only mission. Marie is human but has known of the world of shifters and vampires since she worked in a nightclub that three panthers owned. She dated a shifter that ended before it started, leaving her wishing for someone to love even more.

Read by the author. Known for her groundbreaking work in decluttering, Dana K. White now extends her expertise to tackle procrastination head-on in Procrastinators Get Stuff Done, offering innovative strategies and insights for anyone seeking to conquer the pervasive habit of procrastination and...

An original audio series featuring brand new content from decluttering expert Dana K. White. Do you wish a decluttering expert could come alongside you to help tackle specific roadblocks that always derail your decluttering journey? Dana K. White, self-proclaimed recovering slob and author of...

Start making savvier decisions and outsmart your competitors with greater confidence and ease with this simple and comprehensive guide to the skills, tactics, techniques, tools, case studies, and lessons behind strategic thinking. Professor Ridgley has crafted these 24 lectures as an accessible way to engage with thinking that will help you think-and act-more strategically in business and in your own life, whether you're the CEO of a Fortune 500 company or you're preparing to embark on a new career path.