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Lt. Leary Commanding

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Into Harm's Way! Lieutenant Daniel Leary of the Republic of Cinnabar Navy commands the corvette Princess Cecile; his friend Signals Officer Adele Mundy has the latest in spy apparatus and the skill to prowl the most tightly guarded database. All they lack are enemies, and fate is about to supply that need in abundance!A hostage uses the Princess Cecile to regain his freedom-and his throne! An ally intrigues with enemies of Cinnabar-knowing the plot can only be safeguarded by destroying the Princess Cecile! A pirate chief joins in a cutthroat battle with a rival-and the Princess Cecile is a pawn! Daniel, Adele, and their crack crew must battle bureaucrats and traitors, the winds of a barren desert and the strains of a voyage never before attempted. If they succeed at every stage, their reward will be the chance to fight another enemy: one which can blow them and a hundred ships like theirs to vapor! DEATH IS ALWAYS AN OPTION BUT DEFEAT CAN NEVER BE Action, color and heroics merge with the gritty realities of war and politics in a story that never slows down. Indeed, how could it slow down, with LT. LEARY, COMMANDING At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

One Bullet

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Engaged in a campaign against the hated greenskins, the Ultramarines bring their righteous fury to the manufactorum city of Skemarchus. Veteran warrior Vael Donatus is hailed as a hero by the young firebrand Chaplain Cassius for employing the expertise of his brethren only recently returned from the hallowed ranks of the Deathwatch. But as the final assault draws near, the judicious and practical methods of the Sternguard seem incompatible with Cassius’ own – can the fate of a world really be decided by just one bullet? Read it because A hero of the Ultramarines before he was famous... Chaplain Cassius kicks ass and takes names as a newly-promoted Chaplain eager to prove himself amongst a load of veterans who think they know better than him. Find out what he was like before he got obsessed with tyranids and see the Ultramarines in a new way.

Scars: Episode II

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Of all the Legiones Astartes, the White Scars of Jaghatai Khan remain the most enigmatic and elusive. Born of a civilisation that prizes honour, speed and fearsome loyalty, their allegiance has yet remained unclear even as the galaxy is torn apart by Horus’s treachery, and both sides have apparently counted them among their potential allies in the war to come. But when the Alpha Legion launch an unexplained and simultaneous attack against the White Scars and Space Wolves, the Khan must decide once and for all whether he will stand with the Emperor or the Warmaster... or neither. The exciting story begins in this second eBook episode of an all-new novel by Chris Wraight. ABOUT THIS EDITION A serialised Horus Heresy novel by Chris Wraight. A new episode every week for twelve weeks.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax.

Apex Magazine Issue 121

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Apex Magazine is an online short fiction zine of fantastical literature. We publish short stories filled with marrow and passion, works that are twisted, strange, and beautiful. Creations where secret places and dreams are put on display.TABLE OF CONTENTSEditorial by Jason SizemoreORIGINAL FICTIONRoot Rot by Fargo TbakhiYour Own Undoing by P H LeeLove, That Hungry Thing by Cassandra KhawMr. Death by Alix E. HarrowThe Niddah by Elana GomelGray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts by Merc Fenn WolfmoorHOLIDAY HORRORS FLASH FICTION WINNERAll I Want for Christmas by Charles PayseurCLASSIC FICTIONThe Ace of Knives by Tonya LiburdRoots on Ya by LH MooreINTERVIEWSInterview with Author Fargo Tbakhi by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Author P H Lee by Andrea JohnsonInterview with Cover Artist Vicki Be Wicked by Russell DickersonNONFICTIONStory-less: A Forethought by Usman T. MalikTrapped in Stories by Malka OlderWords for Thought: Short Fiction Review by AC Wise

Clover

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Answering the question asked by innumerable readers of the Charlie Jane Anders's novel All the Birds in the Sky: what happened to Patricia's cat? Find out in this Tor.com Original, Clover.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

1634: The Ram Rebellion

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The Great Revolt is On! Europe, 1634. With the example of future Grantsville, U.S.A., a small town thrown back in time by a cosmic accident, a peasant revolt becomes a revolutionary movement. You're from the future. You want the serfs to liberate themselves-but you also know what a bloodbath the French Revolution became. Avoiding that possibility will take all American horse-trading diplomacy you can muster. The stakes: an explosion that could cover half the continent in blood! Alternate history master Eric Flint and exciting newcomer Virginia DeMarce fire another exciting volley in Flint's engrossing "Grantsville" chronicles. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Astra Militarum

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For ten thousand years, the massed armies of the Astra Militarum have defended the Imperium from the multitudinous horrors that seek to overwhelm it. With guns and tanks, determination and courage, these human soldiers fight across a thousand war zones, in a war that has no ending. This anthology showcases some of the most famous regiments of the Astra Militarum along with their charismatic commanders, heroes such as Commissar Yarrick and Colonel ‘Iron Hand’ Straken. Read it because Commissar Yarrick, Colonel Straken and Lord Castellan Creed take centre stage in eight tales of the ordinary men and women of the Imperium's armies - including a trilogy of tales featuring Creed and his Cadian Eighth, leading up to the Battle of Tyrok Fields, where the general took command and forged his legend. See exactly what he did to earn the title of Lord Castellan as he saves Cadia from disaster and ruin.

Perry Rhodan 1732: Avanatas Armada

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In den Archiven von Spink - die Spur ist vier Millionen Jahre alt Im Herbst des Jahres 1217 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung - das entspricht dem Jahr 4804 alter Zeit - wird die Bedrohung für die Menschheit immer größer: Die Todesstrahlung vom Mars dehnt sich ohne Unterbrechung aus; wer in ihren Bann kommt, muss sterben. Es ist nur noch eine Frage der Zeit, bis die Erde von ihr erfasst wird. Der Heimat der Menschheit droht die völlige Entvölkerung. Der Ursprung der Strahlung ist im Arresum zu finden, auf der "Minus-Seite" des Universums - der Mars ist ein uralter Passageplanet zwischen den beiden Seiten. Dort, im Arresum, operieren Perry Rhodan und seine Freunde. Dank der Hilfe ihrer Verbündeten, der Ayindi, konnten die Menschen mittlerweile zahlreiche Erkenntnisse über die Abruse sammeln, jene geheimnisvolle Macht, deren tödliche Kristalle das ganze Arresum zu beherrschen scheinen. Mit drei Rochenschiffen der Ayindi, an Geschwindigkeit und Bewaffnung jedem eigenen Raumschiff überlegen, durchforschen die Terraner die Todeszone der Abruse. Sie stoßen auf die menschenähnlichen Barrayd - und Perry Rhodan trifft seinen Diener Voltago wieder. Der Kyberklon liefert den Terranern und den Ayindi Informationen über AVANATAS ARMADA ...

Avenging Son

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Dawn of Fire Book 1 As the Indomitus Crusade spreads out across the galaxy, one battlefleet must face a dread Slaughter Host of Chaos. Their success or failure may define the very future of the crusade – and the Imperium. READ IT BECAUSE The brand-new Warhammer 40,000 saga begins here. Experience the Indomitus Crusade and a battle that will be a tipping point for the future in an all-action tale by Guy Haley. THE STORY A great darkness has befallen the galaxy, and the armies of Chaos are rampant. To survive, humanity must retaliate and take back what they have lost. By the will of the reborn primarch, Roboute Guilliman, is the Indomitus Crusade launched – a military undertaking that eclipses all others in known history. From the Throneworld of Terra does the Avenging Son hurl his fleets, their mission the very salvation of mankind. As vessels in their thousands burn through the cold void, the attention of Fleetmistress VanLeskus turns to the Machorta Sound – a region under attack by a dreaded Slaughter Host of the Dark Gods. The success of the Indomitus Crusade will be determined by this conflict, and the desperate mission of Battlegroup Saint Aster, led by Space Marine Lieutenant Messinius. Even then it is but a prelude to the forthcoming bloodshed. Written by Guy Haley

The Ultimate Weapon

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The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his "people" could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol. With hundreds of ships, each larger than whole Terrestrial spaceports, and traveling faster than the speed of light, the Mirans set out to move in to Solar regions and take over. And on Earth there was nothing which would be capable of beating off this incredible armada-until Buck Kendall stumbled upon THE ULTIMATE WEAPON.

The Black Star Passes

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A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention.... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of two planets.... The arrival of an unseen dark sun whose attendant marauders aimed at the very end of civilization in this Solar System.... These were the three challenges that tested the skill and minds of the brilliant team of scientist-astronauts Arcot, Wade, and Morey. Their initial adventures are a classic of science-fiction which first brought the name of their author, John W. Campbell, into prominence as a master of the inventive imagination.

Ragnarok

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The day of ice and fire, that brings in its wake devastation to the world. Dr Robert Graham, noted nuclear physicist, has campaigned hard and long for disarmament. Now his patience is at an end. With an ill-assorted handful of desperate, like-minded 'terrorists', he plans to hold the human race to ransom. His bargaining power is terrifying - nothing short of Ragnarok itself. The world governments must listen - or the countdown to nuclear winter has already begun . . .

Exodus

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Katraxis is doomed. Hive Fleet Kraken has been defeated, its back broken at Macragge, but tendrils continue to lash out at Imperial worlds, and one such hive fleet has come to Katraxis. Even the tenacious Valhallan Ice Warriors, famed for their unwillingness to back down, regardless of the odds, are in retreat. Sergeant Konrad Ven Mikkelsen and his squad make for their extraction point when they discover a horrific secret: xenos who look like men, and have lain in wait for this moment for generations. With a war on two fronts on a world doomed to destruction, what with the Valhallans do? Survive – or die in glory? Read it Because It's a tale showing the vanguard of a tyranid invasion from the ground level, and getting into the horror of a Genestealer Cults uprising.

Twelve Tomorrows – 2014

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The all new 2014 edition of MIT Technology Review’s science fiction annual. Inspired by the real-life breakthroughs covered in the pages of MIT Technology Review magazine, renowned writers Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow, and Christopher Brown join the hottest emerging authors from around the world to envision the future of the Internet, biotechnology, computing, and more. Includes as a special feature, Jason Pontin's Q+A with award-winning Science fiction and fantasy legend, Gene Wolf.

Konrad Curze: The Night Haunter

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A Horus Heresy: Primarchs novel Few among the legendary primarchs are as feared as Konrad Curze, the Night Haunter. Even before his fall to darkness, he was a sinister legend, a remorseless killer. This is his story. READ IT BECAUSE The Night Haunter is a fascinating character, a man who could have been a hero, but for the daemons that plague him, the result of his nightmarish visions of a future he helps to create. Guy Haley delves into this lord of the night, in a story you'll never forget… THE STORY Of all the Emperor’s immortal sons, the primarchs, it is Konrad Curze whose legend is the darkest. Born in the shadows of Nostramo, a world of murderers, thieves and worse, is it any surprise that he became the figure of dread known only as the Night Haunter? Heed now the tragic story of the creature Konrad Curze, master of the Night Lords Legion, of how he became a monster and a weapon of terror. He who once served the Imperium saw the truth in a maddening universe and the hypocrisy of a loveless father, and embraced the only thing that made any sense – darkness. From the blood-soaked gutters of his hiveworld upbringing, to the last days of his ill-fated existence, Curze is a primarch like no other and his tale is one to chill the very bone…

Space Platform

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Space Platform tells of man’s first step into outer space … of the difficulties and dangers of reaching for the stars. It is also an exciting adventure. When young Joe Kenmore came to Bootstrap to install pilot gyros in the Platform he hadn’t bargained for sabotage or murder or love. But Joe learned that ruthless agents were determined to wreck the project. He found that the beautiful girl he loved, and men like The Chief, a rugged Indian steelworker, and Mike, a midget who made up for his size by brains, would have to fight with their bare hands to make man’s age old dream of space travel come true!

The House on the Borderland

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The House on the Borderland is unique in several ways. The narrative itself is a double-frame narrative: the editor of the volume is presenting a manuscript he found under mysterious circumstances, describing the account of two fishermen who themselves discovered a hand-written account of the cosmic haunting of a recluse’s remote home.Additionally, the novel is one of the earliest examples of the departure of horror fiction from the Gothic style of supernatural, psychological hauntings, to more realist, science-fiction/cosmic horror themes. The recluse is, among other events, transported to a mysterious supra-universal plane populated by monsters and elder gods; and his house withstands assaults from legions of monsters as he travels across time and the solar system.The book was very influential on Lovecraft, who himself was famous for the cosmic horror themes in his work. The concept of an uncaring, and even evil, universe that Lovecraft found so disturbing is front and center in this supremely strange novel.

Godblight

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Book 3 of the Dark Imperium trilogy The destinies of primarch and Imperial Regent Roboute Guilliman and his traitorous brother Mortarion come together for the climactic battle of the Plague Wars. READ IT BECAUSE It's the throwdown you've been waiting for, as Guilliman and Mortarion work out ten thousand years of pent-up resentment in a clash for the ages. THE STORY The paths of Roboute Guilliman and his fallen brother Mortarion bring them inexorably together on Iax. Once a jewel of the Imperium, the garden world is dying as the plans of the Lord of Death to use it as a fulcrum to drag the stellar realm of Ultramar into the warp come to deadly fruition. While Guilliman attempts to prevent the destruction of his kingdom, Mortarion schemes to bring his brother low with the Godblight, a disease created in the Cauldron of Nurgle itself, made with the power to destroy a son of the Emperor. Primarchs clash on the ravaged landscapes of Iax. The gods go to war and the wider galaxy balances on a knife-edge of destruction. As something powerful stirs in the sea of souls, only one thing is certain – no matter who wins the last great clash of the Plague War, the repercussions of victory will echo through eternity… Written by Guy Haley

Forever Magazine Issue 5

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Forever is a new monthly science fiction magazine that features previously published stories you might have missed. Each issue will feature a novella, a brief interview with the novella's author, two short stories, and cover art by Ron Guyatt. Edited by the Hugo and World Fantasy Award winning editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, Neil Clarke.Our fifth issue features a novella by Walter Jon Williams ("The Green Leopard Plague"), a novelette by Vandana Singh ("Sailing the Antarsa"), and a short story by Michael Swanwick ("Tin Marsh"), and a short interview with Walter Jon Williams.

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