Stephen Heywood was twenty-nine years old when he learned that he was dying of ALS -- Lou Gehrig's disease. Almost overnight his older brother, Jamie, turned himself into a genetic engineer in a quixotic race to cure the incurable. His Brother's Keeper is a powerful account of their story, as they travel together to the edge of medicine. The book brings home for all of us the hopes and fears of the new biology. In this dramatic and suspenseful narrative,...

Lieutenant Bill Davis finally retired from the fire rescue services. He had the necessary time on the job, but really considered himself too young to retire. Unfortunately, his body was telling him otherwise. Not long after, he felt the changes begin. They were minor at first but progressed to more and more obvious signs of a progressive (and massive) change. He and his wife became worried, and when they sought medical help, they were surprised by...

Years after Hidden City, not everyone is convinced that peace is possible. Battles in space are still common and people struggle to work through their differences. To prevent the strained peace treaties from falling apart, a new planet for prisoners is terraformed. While the planet is being prepared, all the prisoners are placed on a continent anxiously awaiting their fate where dangerous animals can tear through the prison's defenses.Calix became...

In this urban fantasy, a sword-wielding female blacksmith goes up against mythical and supernatural creatures in epic, action-filled battles. When a rash of suicides strikes Bellingham, Washington, Sarah Beauhall finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that involves long-dead gods, love-scorned ancients, dragons, witch feuds, and the rediscovery of a mysterious abandoned world. Can Sarah put together the puzzle pieces before her world comes...

A genetically and psychologically engineered man recounts the story of his transformations, his flight for freedom, and the untimely demise of more than one of his bodies. The story is told through the eyes of the main character in a stream-of-consciousness style. Events pass in a flash. He may or may not be an unreliable narrator. In a post-apocalyptic world of dread and uncertainty, he is not alone.

Mars. The small red rock that started with the dreams of astronomers and sci-fi writers. It became a place for broken dreams, the desire peddlers, criminals and those who were labeled as criminals.4Pollack, Four to his friends, is a cloned detective on Mars who just lost his partner when an old flame shows up. This femme fatale drags Four into a dangerous game of deceit, mayhem, and murder.

Ashlynn's Dreams: Two teenagers get kidnapped because one can shape dreams. The other's there to keep her in line while the scientists who created her train her to use her Gift.Nadia's Tears: Jillian tries to awaken Nadia from a mysterious coma while Danielle tries to keep her friend from making some fatal mistakes.Malia's Miracles: The genetically altered teens, their younger siblings, and their good friend Danielle band together to try to cure cancer...

What if the plague of violent crime could be eradicated fron the earth forever? What if the cure was more lethal than the disease? The death penalty is no deterrent. Prison reform has proven useless. With violent crime on a steady rise, a powerful cabal of scientists, politicians, and law-enforcement officials is looking to Project Conscience as a solution. A criminal psychologist with the FBI, Luke Decker is disgusted by his superiors' decision...

Although Guli is a rich young master, he is a geek. The future technology product "Star Brain", so that his brain to the favorable direction of mutation, become exceptionally developed, forgettable is just a small matter, and even more powerful is a powerful analytical ability and creative ability. What's more, he has strong analytical and creative abilities, so he successfully developed the "Elemental Machine" in the summer of 2015, and then he...

All-around gold-metal-winning Olympic athlete, world-class pilot, race driver, and hugely successful financial genius, Peter Cory had every reason to be content with life and satisfied with himself. He didn't know, however, that he was the product of a 9000-year-long alien breeding program, that the challenge for which they had bred him was now impending, and that all the special qualities they had instilled into his DNA were about to face their ultimate...