The first in a new series called Expansion, Perseus Transit introduces the crew of Hypnos an experimental ship design poised to revolutionize space travel. As the crew works to test the ship they are attacked by mysterious invaders. Fleeing through space and repairing the ship the crew becomes develops as a family. When their executive officer is captured they discover a dangerous secret about their mysterious pursuer and the future of their home system.
The Naplian Empire's war of expansion against the Grand Alliance has taken a turn for the worse. With vital serjaum fuel reserves wiped out by a surprise attack, Admiral Daviont of the III Corps makes a long, desperate journey to the fringes of Terran space for a massive undeveloped source of serjaum-the Baedecker Star System. But his action does not go unnoticed. Their mortal enemies, the Briddarri, send their own task force to intercept. At Baedecker Four, starfighter pilot and governor's son Taggart "Tag" Wester has his hands full steering clear of his wing commander's wrath. When an emergency call unearths a dangerous foe from the past, he's put to a test unlike any he's ever face-one of courage, and leadership. Elden Selva is on a mission to restore power to the defeated Northern Alliance, by retrieving the remains of Truppen cybernetic soldiers. What he finds is far more than he anticipated, and the ensuing conflict changes both him and the woman he loves. The invaders and defenders collide in a struggle that will not only shape their lives, but have dire consequences for the entire galaxy.
After methodically planning for over fifteen years to exact revenge on those responsible for the merciless slaughter of their families on Ramah, the wayward cadre of the sisterhood has successfully destroyed the Stadageos, and more importantly the heart of the Leviathan project: the celestial laboratory complex where malignant elements from the dark realms of Creminmorta were used to create the Leviathan warrior races.But the taste of victory turns bittersweet when the rogue sisters learn that as the result of destroying their enemy’s facilities, they have released unimaginable amounts of lethal radiation. With the governing authorities overwhelmed by global catastrophes, and with limited resources available to the millions of casualties, civil war has broken out on the planets Letalis and Necropis.Desperate to escape the fate of the others associated with the Leviathan project, who have been summarily executed after interrogation, the sisters join their adapted family’s criminal originations as a means of escape from the wide net cast to apprehend them. But unbeknownst to them, the leader of their Order has hired the services of elite mercenaries to capture and return them, dead or alive.
What if the stars are alive? Part mystery, part romance: in an entirely new take on space opera, come join the reluctantly pregnant Red Dwarf star Carols in Sequins as she finds out what is involved in giving birth to an eternal mind. Pregnancy is dangerous: Becoming Immortal is Fatal.
A prequel novella to Kevin J. Anderson's bestselling space opera epic, The Saga of Seven Suns. It is a time of great beginnings. Set a century before the grand events of the Saga of Seven Suns, Veiled Alliances chronicles the origin of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship Burton and the tragedy that leads to sinister breeding experiments. Veiled Alliances is an excellent starting point for readers new to the Saga, as well as an unforgettable adventure for fans of the series. BONUS: This edition also includes the complete script for the Wildstorm/DC Comics graphic novel of Veiled Alliances.
The book was never the end. It was only the beginning. With the Sefer Raziel in hand, Rachel races to escape with it before anyone discovers her. Hidden within the pages of the book are secrets that could destroy armies and reshape worlds?certainly enough to bring Rachel?s pursuers to their knees. Except she can?t read it. As Redeemers close in and escape from the planet?s surface restricted, Rachel has no choice but to trust someone who betrayed her?and hope she isn?t making an even worse mistake. Shadows of Angels?is the second book of?Sins of Angels, an epic space opera series set 3000 years after the fall of Earth. With the scope of?Dune?and the adventurous spirit of?Indiana Jones,?Sins of Angels?delivers a conflict that spans galaxies and rests on the spirit of a single brave researcher. Follow the complete saga, and watch as the fate of our species hangs in the balance.
The Prequel to the Saga of Shadows and the Hugo nominee The Dark Between the Stars Return to the epic universe of Kevin J. Anderson's breathtaking, bestselling Saga of Seven Suns and Saga of Shadows. Nine years have passed since the end of the titanic Elemental War, and the human race is still picking up the pieces. The Terran Hanseatic League has become the Confederation, and King Peter and Queen Estarra work to heal wounds among the factions of humanity, as well as with the alien Ildiran Empire. Trade Minister Rlinda Kett seeks to reestablish contact with lost human colonies that have vanished in the chaos, and she travels to a planet called Happiness, site of an isolated neo-Amish colony where the treacherous Prince Daniel was exiled. As a civil war brews among the Roamer clans over the old ways versus new business methods, some brave clans venture back to skymining again, harvesting the restless clouds of huge gas giant planets-where the threat of the devastating hydrogue aliens always looms...
Canción de hielo y fuego: Libro segundo La novela río más espectacular jamás escrita Un cometa del color de la sangre hiende el cielo, cargado de malos augurios. Y hay razones sobradas para pensar así: los Siete Reinos se ven sacudidos por las luchas intestinas entre los nobles por la sucesión al Trono de Hierro. En la otra orilla del mar Angosto, la princesa Daenerys Targaryen conduce a su pueblo de jinetes salvajes a través del desierto. Y en los páramos helados del norte, más allá del Muro, un ejército implacable avanza hacia un territorio asolado por el caos y las guerras fratricidas. George R.R. Martin, con pulso firme y enérgico, nos deleita con un brillante despliegue de personajes, engranando una trama rica, densa y sorprendente. Nos vuelve testigos de luchas fratricidas, intrigas y traiciones palaciegas en una tierra maldita por la guerra, donde fuerzas ocultas se alzan de nuevo y acechan para reinar en las noches del largo invierno que se avecina.
A superweapon. A lost world. Galaxies poised to stop them.The Sefer Raziel led Rachel Jordan astray. Instead of answering all her questions, it posed infinitely more. Now at the helm of an ancient starship more advanced than anything humans can build, she?s at the center of an intergalactic controversy.Her government wants the ship.If Rachel were to hand it over, she?d be acclaimed as a hero. But that would end her quest for the secret truth behind the angels? rule of mankind. The angels? starship holds the answers, and the one she latches onto is the site of humanity?s birthplace.Eden.Rachel is about to discover why the angels hid away the cradle of humanity for three thousand years.Voices of Angels is the third book of Sins of Angels, an epic space opera series set 3000 years after the fall of Earth. With the scope of Dune and the adventurous spirit of Indiana Jones, Sins of Angels delivers a conflict that spans galaxies and rests on the spirit of a single brave researcher. Follow the complete saga, and watch as the fate of our species hangs in the bala
In The Art of BioShock Infinite, delve deeper into the city of Columbia-the fabled floating metropolis that serves as a beacon of technology and achievement for the early 1900s! This deluxe hardcover features production designs and concept illustrations focusing on main characters Booker DeWitt, Elizabeth, and Songbird from the highly anticipated BioShock Infinite video game. See the evolution of the Heavy Hitters, the populace of Columbia, the Sky-Hook, vigors, airships, and much more! This deluxe hardcover also features an introduction from BioShock Infinite Creative Director Ken Levine!
Marauders from a renegade planet attack an Earth colony ship forcing landing parties to split into two groups in a desperate attempt to escape. The attackers are killed but the colonists pay a terrible price. Their vessels are destroyed stranding them without their technology on either side of an imposing mountain range on the planet Verde Grande.? Descendants of a mysterious Seer now protect their people but become the bane of the hunter society on the other side of the mountain. For two centuries all attempts to scale the mountain are thwarted by the powerful Seers who want to preserve their religion and way of life no matter the cost. One day, a party of hunters sets out to climb the mountain. To their dismay, the Seers cannot control a strange unreachable young woman, who finds the passage to their protected valley. The reunion triggers a decades-long conflict between the Seers and the children of the ?lost ones??a struggle that forever changes the people of Verde Grande. ?
The first in a new series called Expansion, Perseus Transit introduces the crew of Hypnos an experimental ship design poised to revolutionize space travel. As the crew works to test the ship they are attacked by mysterious invaders. Fleeing through space and repairing the ship the crew becomes develops as a family. When their executive officer is captured they discover a dangerous secret about their mysterious pursuer and the future of their home system.
The Naplian Empire's war of expansion against the Grand Alliance has taken a turn for the worse. With vital serjaum fuel reserves wiped out by a surprise attack, Admiral Daviont of the III Corps makes a long, desperate journey to the fringes of Terran space for a massive undeveloped source of serjaum-the Baedecker Star System. But his action does not go unnoticed. Their mortal enemies, the Briddarri, send their own task force to intercept. At Baedecker Four, starfighter pilot and governor's son Taggart "Tag" Wester has his hands full steering clear of his wing commander's wrath. When an emergency call unearths a dangerous foe from the past, he's put to a test unlike any he's ever face-one of courage, and leadership. Elden Selva is on a mission to restore power to the defeated Northern Alliance, by retrieving the remains of Truppen cybernetic soldiers. What he finds is far more than he anticipated, and the ensuing conflict changes both him and the woman he loves. The invaders and defenders collide in a struggle that will not only shape their lives, but have dire consequences for the entire galaxy.
After methodically planning for over fifteen years to exact revenge on those responsible for the merciless slaughter of their families on Ramah, the wayward cadre of the sisterhood has successfully destroyed the Stadageos, and more importantly the heart of the Leviathan project: the celestial laboratory complex where malignant elements from the dark realms of Creminmorta were used to create the Leviathan warrior races.But the taste of victory turns bittersweet when the rogue sisters learn that as the result of destroying their enemy’s facilities, they have released unimaginable amounts of lethal radiation. With the governing authorities overwhelmed by global catastrophes, and with limited resources available to the millions of casualties, civil war has broken out on the planets Letalis and Necropis.Desperate to escape the fate of the others associated with the Leviathan project, who have been summarily executed after interrogation, the sisters join their adapted family’s criminal originations as a means of escape from the wide net cast to apprehend them. But unbeknownst to them, the leader of their Order has hired the services of elite mercenaries to capture and return them, dead or alive.
What if the stars are alive? Part mystery, part romance: in an entirely new take on space opera, come join the reluctantly pregnant Red Dwarf star Carols in Sequins as she finds out what is involved in giving birth to an eternal mind. Pregnancy is dangerous: Becoming Immortal is Fatal.
A prequel novella to Kevin J. Anderson's bestselling space opera epic, The Saga of Seven Suns. It is a time of great beginnings. Set a century before the grand events of the Saga of Seven Suns, Veiled Alliances chronicles the origin of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship Burton and the tragedy that leads to sinister breeding experiments. Veiled Alliances is an excellent starting point for readers new to the Saga, as well as an unforgettable adventure for fans of the series. BONUS: This edition also includes the complete script for the Wildstorm/DC Comics graphic novel of Veiled Alliances.
The book was never the end. It was only the beginning. With the Sefer Raziel in hand, Rachel races to escape with it before anyone discovers her. Hidden within the pages of the book are secrets that could destroy armies and reshape worlds?certainly enough to bring Rachel?s pursuers to their knees. Except she can?t read it. As Redeemers close in and escape from the planet?s surface restricted, Rachel has no choice but to trust someone who betrayed her?and hope she isn?t making an even worse mistake. Shadows of Angels?is the second book of?Sins of Angels, an epic space opera series set 3000 years after the fall of Earth. With the scope of?Dune?and the adventurous spirit of?Indiana Jones,?Sins of Angels?delivers a conflict that spans galaxies and rests on the spirit of a single brave researcher. Follow the complete saga, and watch as the fate of our species hangs in the balance.
The Prequel to the Saga of Shadows and the Hugo nominee The Dark Between the Stars Return to the epic universe of Kevin J. Anderson's breathtaking, bestselling Saga of Seven Suns and Saga of Shadows. Nine years have passed since the end of the titanic Elemental War, and the human race is still picking up the pieces. The Terran Hanseatic League has become the Confederation, and King Peter and Queen Estarra work to heal wounds among the factions of humanity, as well as with the alien Ildiran Empire. Trade Minister Rlinda Kett seeks to reestablish contact with lost human colonies that have vanished in the chaos, and she travels to a planet called Happiness, site of an isolated neo-Amish colony where the treacherous Prince Daniel was exiled. As a civil war brews among the Roamer clans over the old ways versus new business methods, some brave clans venture back to skymining again, harvesting the restless clouds of huge gas giant planets-where the threat of the devastating hydrogue aliens always looms...
Canción de hielo y fuego: Libro segundo La novela río más espectacular jamás escrita Un cometa del color de la sangre hiende el cielo, cargado de malos augurios. Y hay razones sobradas para pensar así: los Siete Reinos se ven sacudidos por las luchas intestinas entre los nobles por la sucesión al Trono de Hierro. En la otra orilla del mar Angosto, la princesa Daenerys Targaryen conduce a su pueblo de jinetes salvajes a través del desierto. Y en los páramos helados del norte, más allá del Muro, un ejército implacable avanza hacia un territorio asolado por el caos y las guerras fratricidas. George R.R. Martin, con pulso firme y enérgico, nos deleita con un brillante despliegue de personajes, engranando una trama rica, densa y sorprendente. Nos vuelve testigos de luchas fratricidas, intrigas y traiciones palaciegas en una tierra maldita por la guerra, donde fuerzas ocultas se alzan de nuevo y acechan para reinar en las noches del largo invierno que se avecina.
A superweapon. A lost world. Galaxies poised to stop them.The Sefer Raziel led Rachel Jordan astray. Instead of answering all her questions, it posed infinitely more. Now at the helm of an ancient starship more advanced than anything humans can build, she?s at the center of an intergalactic controversy.Her government wants the ship.If Rachel were to hand it over, she?d be acclaimed as a hero. But that would end her quest for the secret truth behind the angels? rule of mankind. The angels? starship holds the answers, and the one she latches onto is the site of humanity?s birthplace.Eden.Rachel is about to discover why the angels hid away the cradle of humanity for three thousand years.Voices of Angels is the third book of Sins of Angels, an epic space opera series set 3000 years after the fall of Earth. With the scope of Dune and the adventurous spirit of Indiana Jones, Sins of Angels delivers a conflict that spans galaxies and rests on the spirit of a single brave researcher. Follow the complete saga, and watch as the fate of our species hangs in the bala
In The Art of BioShock Infinite, delve deeper into the city of Columbia-the fabled floating metropolis that serves as a beacon of technology and achievement for the early 1900s! This deluxe hardcover features production designs and concept illustrations focusing on main characters Booker DeWitt, Elizabeth, and Songbird from the highly anticipated BioShock Infinite video game. See the evolution of the Heavy Hitters, the populace of Columbia, the Sky-Hook, vigors, airships, and much more! This deluxe hardcover also features an introduction from BioShock Infinite Creative Director Ken Levine!
Marauders from a renegade planet attack an Earth colony ship forcing landing parties to split into two groups in a desperate attempt to escape. The attackers are killed but the colonists pay a terrible price. Their vessels are destroyed stranding them without their technology on either side of an imposing mountain range on the planet Verde Grande.? Descendants of a mysterious Seer now protect their people but become the bane of the hunter society on the other side of the mountain. For two centuries all attempts to scale the mountain are thwarted by the powerful Seers who want to preserve their religion and way of life no matter the cost. One day, a party of hunters sets out to climb the mountain. To their dismay, the Seers cannot control a strange unreachable young woman, who finds the passage to their protected valley. The reunion triggers a decades-long conflict between the Seers and the children of the ?lost ones??a struggle that forever changes the people of Verde Grande. ?