He was branded a traitor. And he may be humankind's salvation... Captain Nikolas Esther Vorn is a traitor. Or so it was decreed after Niko disobeyed protocol while trying to save Earth from other-dimensional creatures. Stuck in a prison cell, the last thing he needs is to be in close proximity to sexy-as-sin Dr. Sarah Callen Joseph. Not with him damn near ready to break out just to get to her. Niko's desire isn't quite his own...and Sarah can prove...

She was the Galaxy's most beautiful whore. He knew that if he went to her couch during the time-storm, he, too, would be booking Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.

In the epic adventure of Love's Driving Force, Ruby as a teenager discovers a spaceship, Warrior, and begins rebuilding it with alien knowledge and infuses it with the Bible. Ruby raises fives boys in God's way and they become the elite seven, always ready to answer God's call. But when a mission goes awry, Ruby is forced to make difficult promises to God to save her eldest son, Daniel, as he is bleeding to death.Years later, after she thought Daniel...

What happens to the alien, Rion, when he leaves his almost girlfriend and one time host, Zoe Brennan? Set in 'The Alien Chronicles' universe, these tales explore the lost months between 'My Alien', Book One and 'The Alien Within', Book Two. Find out about Rion's 'Eureka Moment' and how he copes with meeting other girls in 'Gym Junkies'? Follow him on his journey and his struggle to discover who he really is - human or alien.

Wayde Compton's debut story collection is imbued with the color of speculative fiction; one strand of stories follows the emergence of a volcanic island, which alternatively becomes the site of a radical Native peoples' occupation, a real-estate development, and finally a detention center for illegal immigrants. Moving from 2001 through to 2025, The Outer Harbour is at once a history book and a cautionary tale of the future, condensing and confounding...

Dang vines! Beats all how some plants have no manners-but what do you expect, when they used to be men!

Seventeen-year-old Rue doesn't need anyone other than Ghost, her not-so-imaginary best friend. They've been inseparable for as long as Rue can remember and she shares everything with Ghost. The day before Rue returns home from school for the long holiday, Ghost disappears. Ever-fretful Rue tries to tell herself it's fine, but she knows something is horribly, terribly wrong. She'll have to overcome her anxiety find her courage and push her boundaries...

BEGINNING OF THE END They call it Pandoravirus. It attacks the brain. Anyone infected may explode in uncontrollable rage. Blind to pain, empty of emotion, the infected hunt and are hunted. They attack without warning and without mercy. Their numbers spread unchecked. There is no known cure. Emma Miller studies diseases for a living-until she catches the virus. Now she's the one being studied by the U.S. government and by her twin sister, neuroscientist...

Can Jeremy Patten use his After Dark skills to solve a longstanding mystery that has haunted several families?Jeremy discovers he has a unique power. When others sleep Jeremy is able to enter their dreams. In the second book in this series, 'Chicago Fire' Jeremy uses his power to help solve the great Chicago Fire mystery that has haunted families in Chicago for years. Why would three local well to do business men suddenly disappear and were they really...

It's hotting up for Clarke Maxwell, emotionally and physically. Did you know that too much pleasure can kill? Or so they say in Indie-faked. How much heat can you stand? Clarke Maxwell, private investigator in a future ruined city, is about to find out whether pleasure leads to fatal pain. Can he withstand the assault? As he suffers the torture inflicted on him he knows that the neurocyber planted in his head will send out a distress call to the medic...