They were born to survive the end of the world.The Hunger Games meets The Princess Trials in this series-starter boxset. Three books. Three romances. Three unforgettable heroines.A girl who clings to hope at the end of the world. She didn't know the safety she lived in was a lie. The monsters are the only ones she can trust.An outsider whose only wish is to protect her sister. Trapped in a dying world, she faces a terrible choice―accept the fate...

For the most part, Godwin's stories-however grim the situation-are really about triumph in the face of adversity. Here, in a story which is also a truly classic science fiction "problem solver tale," is a splendid example.

Here are five stories of fierce females that will surprise you, frighten you, and encourage you to think. A young woman fights for her life against an invisible enemy. The Devil infiltrates a convent school. A deep space pilot must rescue her ex-husband from an artificial intelligence nightmare. A woman finds love in an unlikely encounter. These tales are anchored by the novella Duet des Fleurs, the story of Athes, a human/amphibian hybrid...

Shelly had a normal life. Living in poverty with her rich parents until she encounters two mysterious figures in a historic alien site.From there, she is sprung into two epic escapades involving a sci-fi samurai, multi-dimensional travel, time-traveling foes, and a universe that needs to be saved… twice… "We are currently in the future. A future where the Institute is destroyed. This is a future I want to avoid."-Oscar C. Detrot [The Institute;...

"What time is it?""And what time is it through the human interstellar portal?"Amy and Fin know all about weird dreams...They get them all the time...What they don't know is that everyday life is about to change for them inextricably, and in so many ways...Ways that they could never have imagined?For one thing, they don't have the faintest idea about the human interstellar portal or their special genealogy and secret hidden powers.And for another,...

This is the long-awaited sequel to The 13-Month Turn. Rose Perkins has led a mostly sheltered life. In a first strikingly radical decision, she has left the lunar colony and her husband and returned to Earth. But her timing is horrible. Soon after her shuttle landed, so did the forces of the Stirchian kingdom. Among the many changes they institute, one is forcing human women to participate in the birthing process to create a new race of Stirchian/Earthian...

Gather, Darkness! is a science fiction classic. It tells the story of Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival powers at large in the world. Three-hundred sixty years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is fraught with chaos and superstition. The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge...

After a brutal battle with a vengful enemy the last starship Reacher returns to the systen of derelict and abandoned ships to make repairs and hopefully create a real warship with which to defend the last remanents of humanity and a few other shattered species. It won't be that easy, you know, human nature and all that.

From The Fields Tinged with Red:"Mm." He spat for the first time that morning and looked out over the green fields. "Any sign of our friend?""Not hide nor sickle-claw."But Teddy had focused on something; something out by the freshly painted barn (which nonetheless leaned precariously; a result of the hurricane-like winds that had attended the Flashback, no doubt), and frowned. "You sure about that?""What do you mean?" Nick followed his gaze but saw...

Shadows in the Flames will ignite your imagination and burn your sense of reality to the ground. These frightening tales will keep you up at night: Atheria, a story of a young man and his dragon, who are tasked with saving their kingdom from destruction; Fire Escape, about a wheelchair-user who must find a way downstairs before fire destroys his building with him in it; Lizzie, a tale that will make you never want to feed the wildlife again; Up In...