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A giant round spaceship the size of Jupiter flashes in from outside the galaxy, clearly out of control, headed directly for the Earth system.Captain Friday "Disco" Franks and Captain Emma Dakota meet...

Sky Tate knows next to nothing about cars. She teleports everywhere.But now faced with a mystery about an expensive car, she must learn a little about cars. Just enough.The first Sky Tate story, "Center...

USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith presents thirty-four different short stories ranging across most of his different series.Sixty-six more stories await in the previous two volumes.Hours...

Six really, really, really weird stories from the different worlds of USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith. In this volume, Dean presents varied stories that show the end of the world, or the...

More than sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Ring Game, a new novel in the Cold Poker Gang series, plus five new short stories; "Lost Time: A...

Marble Grant and Sims work as two ghost agents in the Poker Boy universe. They crawl into people's heads and try to help them.Two stunning women, both over a hundred years old and both very dead.A wolf...

Six really, really, really whacked out love stories from the imagination of Dean Wesley Smith. USA Today bestselling writer, Dean presents six very wild and different love stories in this one volume.Includes:"The...

Superheroes in the gambling universe sometimes find themselves helping people who normally don’t need help. Poker Boy met Bob on Christmas Eve and proceeded to take his money at the table because Bob...

This 51st issue of Smith's Monthly contains more than seventy thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Including The Big Tom, the first novel in the Pakhet...

USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith takes us on a thrill-ride adventure in some of the world’s most exotic places.In search of his missing father, Danny Hawk must survive against all odds...

Even superheroes can’t always save the girl.As one of the greatest superheroes in all of the Gambling Universe, Poker Boy does everything he can to help, but when the damsel in distress refuses to be...

When the wife of one the guardians of humanity, herself one of the most powerful beings in the universe, comes looking for help, a superhero does what he can.Poker Boy and his sidekick (and girlfriend),...

Dean Wesley Smith, famous for being one of the most prolific and wide-ranging authors working today, draws on his library of strange detective stories to produce this collection of short stories featuring...

Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.In this thirty-ninth monthly volume the full novel Ace High: A Cold Poker Gang Novel, plus four short...

This 52nd issue of Smith's Monthly contains more than fifty-seven thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith. Including Ball of Confusion, the new novel in...

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith weaves a science fiction tale of love and survival of two modern professors dealing with the past.Offered a free trip into a remote Idaho wilderness that...

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith returns to the world of Dust and Kisses with a new novel.Paleontologist Callie Sheridan spent a few days deep in the Oregon Caves on a dig with three students...

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving...

USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith takes you into the world of his acclaimed novel Dead Money with a new series about a group of retired Las Vegas Police detectives playing poker and solving...

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three - time Hugo Award-nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up ten fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern...

Over sixty thousand words of original fiction from USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith.In this thirty-fifth monthly volume the full novel Star Fall: A Seeders Universe Novel, plus five short...

Bryant Street exists in that subdivision where reality tips over into the absurd.Accountant Frank Filby and his one special skill live on Bryant Street. He knows everything about everyone in the entire...

I always wanted to create a character in my Poker Boy universe who dealt with cats. Kris and I deciding to do a series of twelve cat anthologies gave me the perfect chance.And people love the anthology...

Asked in the middle of the night to help the dangerous race called Silicon Suckers, Poker Boy faces a challenge like none other.He and Front Desk Girl risk their lives to help the alien-looking creatures,...

Pakhet Jones works as a superhero in the world of cats. She exists in the Poker Boyuniverse in Las Vegas and eventually works with Poker Boy.Cats call the humans that take care of them companions. And...

With more than a hundred published novels and more than seventeen million copies of his books in print, USA Today bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith follows five simple business rules for writing fiction....

USA Today bestselling writer Dean Wesley Smith helps writers understand the very nature of their business, how to sell more, and make more money from every story.Using the metaphor of a magic bakery,...

Marble Grant and her partner, Sim, discover a handsome and new superhero about to die suddenly of a heart attack.Canyon Stevens looks completely healthy and right out of a magazine ad.Can they save him?Another...

Gambling universe superhero Poker Boy loves saving dogs, even though that’s not part of his duty in the gambling universe. He sometimes thinks he saves more dogs than he does people. Now he and his team...

Marble Grant and her partner Sim stumble on a beautiful, drop-dead sexy woman moments before she actually drops dead.That sort of kills all the fun in the moment.While the Fremont Street Experience swirls...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course,...

"'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'" Dark times have...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

Chaos descends inside the quarantine zone as a hurricane threatens to finish what the disease started.With an army of infected pouring across Key West, the last bands of survivors are caught between fighting...

Six years ago, Laura Jefferies was saved from her burning house and taken to another world by two strangers, only to learn that she could not return home. Her only chance of getting back to her family...

There was a war on when Thomas was young, and now that it's done, he finds a dubious retirement from soldiering in acting as a magic man. He's worn the mantle of a wizard long enough that he can't remember...

Everything happens for a reason.The Fates pay Samantha and Kathy a visit when the sisters' misstep, which left a man the target of a vampire bite, leads to unimaginable consequences in the future.Unconvinced...

I am Blackstone, Jessica Blackstone and I watch a basketball game in a booth at the stadium in Toronto, the Raptors are playing. I grab a twin engine plane that has been modified to fly into the arctic...

Flat Earth: The Ultimate Cover-Up" follows investigative journalist Mark Reynolds on a journey sparked by his discovery of online flat Earth communities. Intrigued by the fervent discussions and the questioning...

Bove Sandle, captain of the starship Ibex, has been receiving visions since his mission to the planet Kryth as a member of the First Encounter team. The first visions were to make him stop the colony,...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...