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A secret power is rising. As the universe braces for an intergalactic conflict, a mysterious message is sent to two notorious men. Both must search his heart and make a choice between good and evil.
Every option comes with a price. Both men will pull from the deepest corners of his soul to influence the farthest expanses of three dimensions.
Who will help heal a fractured planet? Who will strive to tear the universe apart?
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Battered and broken, the V-357 gets an upgrade. In return, the crew are given three trials that must be completed before they can return home.
The missions will test every ounce of faith they have in their vessel, and in each other.
When everything looks impossible, they're forced to look inward to find the courage. Some answers are found in science--others require faith.
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As the '357 crew completes the Skaperen trials, they are faced with a decision: Return home, or go through cosmic fires to save two of their own.
The pair of hostages are put through the gauntlet by the enemy. How long can they endure against a superior and determined enemy?
Discover what happens in this electrifying conclusion to the Galactic Passages series!
4) The Host
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The host, a being who does not know what he is or where he came from, survived for centuries by controlling the bodies of small birds and consuming them.
When the host has the opportunity to use a human body, he is overwhelmed by the human mind, and for the first time, he can look at himself and try to understand what he is.
In his journey for self-knowledge, the host encounters different people, and by controlling their minds, he is able to...
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In the three centuries since Galileo, science steadily advanced. In the early twentieth century, science and technology were the undisputed champions of everyday life. Now the pride of scientists was causing science to fail. Clemens Gerhardt, a distinguished scientist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, saw where this pride led. As science failed, it would lead to worsening conditions--and eventually to another Dark Age. Untold millions...
6) Stranded
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It's a gray world, no sunshine, just a foggy sky. It's hard to survive here, but there are beings here, a tall gray-skinned humanoid who is cruel and who has slaves. I'll have trouble with them, and a short yellow-skinned humanoid who seems friendly. None are pretty; they all live in skin-covered huts and use spears and axes to hunt and fight. I'll have to walk a thin line here.
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Meri grew up under the wide Montana sky on a small farm near the Canadian border milking cows, feeding chickens, and listening to her brother's tales of the stars and starlore. But as graduation loomed near, she began to regard the figures on the celestial carousel with the sentimentality of a forgotten toy and became increasingly uneasy with her expected entry into a university. She had too many questions, questions that sitting in a classroom wouldn't...
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As the 357 crew struggles through Skaperen's trials, there are rumors of a rescue gateway three dimensions away. General Krevety is lured from retirement to gather the evidence. No one can be trusted, and the media is no help. So Krevety takes things into his own hands.
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What if...
A great question to ask and to inspire dreaming, which is the purpose of this picture book. Designed to be read as a bedtime or naptime story, this short story collection asks questions and paints images in kids' minds as they drift off to sleep to inspire dreams and possibilities. Nothing is impossible as long as you can dream it.
11) Ark II
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Some say fourteen-year-old Erin McCoy is naturally gifted. Her uncanny swimming skill as a US Olympic team hopeful and her ability to understand even the most advanced mathematical equations lends considerable credence to those assumptions. As well-adjusted and content as any teenager could ever be expected to be, Erin describes living with her NASA scientist father and small craft-shop owner mother, who also happens to be her best friend, though...
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Never did the young man realize during his spiritual crisis that his heartfelt prayer of desperation would be answered in such a dramatic way. For David, this means being a witness to life in the end-times of the world to unexpectedly falling in love and to facing an enemy he never figured on while growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Join him for the adventure of his life!
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What Would You Do?
If scientists from another planet abducted you to study you, like we study wildlife on Earth, what would you do?
What if while you were onboard, the ship was, attacked by another alien group?
Would you trust your captors' assessment, that the other ship belonged to a hostile empire and your captors were the good guys?
Would you fight to protect the ship? To protect your abductors?
What would you do if for service rendered to the...
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Elizabeth and the Time-Travel Car: Part 1 is a story about second chances, time travel, romance, and faith. Elizabeth made bad choices in her life that she regretted. She said things she wished she could take back. She ran into bad people who cared little about anyone. They tried to make sure she and other people would not exist in the future. They sent people to a dystopian world that was upside down, where there was silence everywhere and people...
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This is a science fiction adventure about how progressive hunger for wealth and power within a society {Planet Raihan} have resulted in duping other planets into mining valuable ore for them amidst the orbital hazards of Planet 6333. They have severely hurt other cultures along the way; raising themselves galactic prominence through manipulation of the relationship between a planet loaded with valuable ore, and a dimensional portal caught in a gravitational...
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On the small planet of Xantus, a revolution is about take place. The stage is set for an epic adventure where a ragtag team led by Trykan Tenc discover a truth kept secret for many years. The Swayer influence has reached its boiling point and must be dealt with. Can Trykan guide his team to victory while seeking his origins? Follow the Sent Seven as the story unfolds!
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Robert had never used his father's invention for personal gain, but saving the life of his brother was a risk he just had to take. Unfortunately, no matter how much preparation is involved, things can never go as planned when you're playing with the very fabric of the space-time continuum. If Robert succeeds, he will rob the family who is plotting to kill his brother of their power from the moment they acquired it, deep in the past. But, if he fails,...
18) Split in Time
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Joe is an eccentric time traveler from a strange and desolate planet who becomes stranded when something detonates on the ship. He soon discovers a stowaway in the wreckage and questions their involvement in the explosion. As he searches for materials to repair the time ship on the unfamiliar planet, he is plagued by memories of his alter-ego, Ralph, and the persistent fear of the unknown on this dark and unpredictable world. At times unable to discern...
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Freshman college student Steve Brighton accepts the official account that his father, the chief engineer of the Neo Star spacecraft, has died in an explosion soon after launch...until a mysterious sealed envelope falls into his hands and puts his life and the lives of his family in extreme danger. Faced with evidence that the official story is a lie, Steve joins a select few who know the truth about the fate of the Neo Star, and a desperate rescue...
20) Turn Back Time
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Mark Allen lived an ordinary life, until his old sociology professor invited him to participate in a quantum physics project. It wasn't long before Mark was walking the streets of Galveston in 1900.
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