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Mike Wallingford volunteered for a dangerous assignment, a diplomatic mission beneath the red-hot soil of Venus. Locked alone in a sealed container to reach a tunnel headquarters that is far more that in seems, Mike must brave heat, pressure, radiation and the suspicions of a native clan struggling for survival. Mikes friend Ellen, bewildered by their recent encounter with the reclusive hill people and weakened by a mysterious illness, is devastated...
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The night was clear and moonless. Paul was gazing out the window of the spacecraft, his work completed, and resigning himself to passenger mode for the next twenty-two minutes, allowing the 747 to carry Relativity 1 to the lower limits of the stratosphere, where it would be launched into space. Visibility was unrestricted and the stars were lit over the desert sky, almost teasing Relativity 1 to chase them. Paul felt the acceleration as the massive...
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Science is about knowing through the eyes of the world and the eyes of the mind. There is a third way of knowing, however, and that is through the eyes of the spirit. It is logical that these different ways of experiencing the world should converge into a single point, for that is where truth ultimately lies. Mathematician, Rachel Lajoie, and her partner, Terry McGuire, are caught in a web that draws them ever closer to that intersection, and in the...
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Dr. Susan Miller is a brilliant, young, attractive marine biologist on a fast track career pathway at Memorial University of Newfoundland, doing behavioral studies on squid and octopuses, molluscan species noted for their high intelligence. Her studies are interrupted when the director of NOAAs Office of Research and Ocean Exploration requests her help aboard the oceanic research vessel, Okeanos Explorer, in the western Pacific Ocean to investigate...
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It was past midnight in Norway when Dante awoke to find his wife Hannah standing by the bedroom window. She was mesmerized by the red glare and high winds pouring into the bedroom from the Northern Lights. The freakish red tornado that touched down in the small town of Fredrikstad on this particular evening; brought with it much more than just a delightful display from the Aurora Borealis. Follow the story of Hannah and Dante as they become chosen...
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In the near future, when burgeoning populations will make competition for scarce resources a matter of national interest, what measures might governments take to assure fair distribution? What rules could they enact to balance population and resources? To what extremes might people and organizations go to claim their personal share of resources?
But, more importantly, will YOU be prepared for your Ordeal?
7) Arbor
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After their long journey, the colonists who landed on Barax 4 were overjoyed to find that the planet was even better in reality than it had appeared in the survey reports. Their new home was a lush, green paradise. They quickly went about the business of getting settled in, thankful for their good fortune. Not once did it enter anyone's mind that when something looks far too good to be true, it usually is. . .
8) Stowaway
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CARL JOHNSON, an employee of an aerospace company near Los Angeles, California, is driving north through the desert in the year 2125 on his way to a military base. He observes a flying saucer land in the desert. He tells a friend and fellow worker, NANCY JONES, about it and on a subsequent trip to the military base they investigate the landing site of the flying saucer. A flying saucer is standing there and the two board the ship unseen. The flying...
9) Kaleidoscope
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A curse covered soul is found wandering the glee filled grounds of a small town fair. A map to an alien relic that could determine the destiny of a futuristic world is in the possession of a societal outcast. An ancient darkness is uncovered by members of a society overrun by centuries of peaceful tranquility. A pair of runaways are left to endure these and other such tales after stealing away into the night and stowing away in the dank confines of...
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The Forgotten People takes place in present day and is about what could happen. It is based upon actual events of our history from Biblical times to present day, mostly regarding Bigfoot and aliens that would eventually be revealed to the world along with a major government conspiracy. Once unveiled to the world, our way of life may change unimaginably.
11) Innecto
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Innecto follows the story of two brothers, Jason and Donovan, on a path that brings them together after the murder of Jasons son. Veronica, Jasons wife, has a seemingly incurable illness that makes her invincible, but also incoherent. Vanessa, a newspaper writer who has a curiosity about Physics, is searching for answers after her religious world has been turned up-side-down. Jason must reconcile with his sons murderer and try and solve the mystery...
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Fascists from the future take over Seattle! A group of White supremacists from 2287 time travel, or "Chrono port," to the year 2005 and set out a gradual coup d'état of American society so its future will fit into their plans. Dr. Patrick McClain, the inventor of the Solar Bridge, finds himself caught in the middle of a potential futuristic race war. For he learns that in addition to the White supremacists being in his time, non-White futurists have...
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Every person has stories in their hearts, wanting to be expressed, seen through eyes and letting others know what life is. Maybe through those stories the person reading will be released from their bonds and are free inside to let their own stories come alive. I like the Daily Snapshots, they tell a brief lurid event happening at the moment. Stand back and let the story happen. A fresh outlook in seeing the world around you.
14) The Spartan
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He came out of nowhere. The mysterious Spartan, as named by a new famed reporter, showed up just in time to save the city's local high school students from being completely slaughtered by a Columbine-like incident. Since then, he has taken the law into his own hands, brutally assaulting anything that decides to harm a fellow citizen. But just who is the Spartan and where did the masked hero come from? Five people, who have never met, are about to...
15) Draw Box
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Mankind's search for an inhabitable planet within reach, or at least within a single lifetimes reach, had not been realized. The two international space stations, the Eclipser and Star 9, had over the last decade turned their research toward their own existence. The Eclipser was named for its size, and Star 9 named for its continual orbit nine hundred miles beyond the outer reaches of the Earth's atmosphere. Both stations were self-sustaining and...
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Alien Spaces in Similar Places is a Sci-fi novel for young adults. Ashton Claiborne, a young and smart lad, played with his mirrors in the attic of his home. He came upon Alana Walton by sheer accident, during one of his frightening trips, wandering into a parallel space. He found out that Alana robbed his grandmother, Nelda, blind. He told his sister about it and both investigated Alana, traveling through the mirrors. His father, Thomas Claiborne,...
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"Reina's romantic time-travel thriller starts in midaction and never lets up." -ChronogramShort Takes: August 2014 http://www.chronogram.com/hudsonvalley/short-takes-august-2014/Content?oid=2264100 Two men fight to keep the same woman they are both married to...in two different timelines. Astronaut Eric Scheil can't remember how he returned to Earth from Saturn's Rings without best friend and pilot, Craig Miller. Tortured by a past he can't remember,...
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Every person has stories in their hearts, wanting to be expressed, seen through eyes and letting others know what life is. Maybe through those stories the person reading will be released from their bonds and are free inside to let their own stories come alive. I like the Daily Snapshots, they tell a brief lurid event happening at the moment. Stand back and let the story happen. A fresh outlook in seeing the world around you.
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The day was cold. Although the sun was out, dark clouds appeared in the distance over the San Gabriel Valley. A soft wind blew. Rain was expected later in the day. All put together, it was a beautiful day. But in the city of South El Monte, there was a group of friends that were turning this beautiful day into a living nightmare in their lives, a nightmare from which they would not awake. Having just robbed the city bank on the east side of town,...
20) Infinity's Gate
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The Augerite invasion and the Reaper war convinced the United Galactic Treaty Organization (UGATO) leadership that the galaxy must be teeming with intelligent life that their descendants would eventually meet. Some would be hostile so they decided to use time travel for preemptive defense purposes. By knowing the future they might be able to take action in the present to enhance their security. UGATO had originally justified the time ships cost by...
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