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First Born (S.F. MASTERWORKS #216)
by Maureen Duffy1981. A different Britain. When Norman Forrester of the Defence Ministry's Experimental Institute effects a successful fertilisation of a female gorilla with human sperm, an infant is born. Gordon, known as Gor, is his son in two senses. But Gor's parentage must remain a secret. He has no legal existence as an individual because his existence has never been divulged to the government data bank. In more than one way, Gor is a 'non-person'.Operated on so that he is capable of speech, Gor grows through boyhood and adolescence into a strong, intelligent youth. When he discovers his true identity, he is devastated by his outcast destiny. But is there the possibility of a home amongst some of the exiles from a computer-dominated class-oriented society? And if Gor can find them, will they accept him?Maureen Duffy's novel offers both an enthralling, fast-moving narrative and a vivid parable of the individual's struggle to win acceptance from his fellows and to overcome the forces that seek to destroy human individuality in any age.
The First Bright Thing
by J.R. DawsonIf you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?"This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."―Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A DoorwayRingmaster — Rin, to those who know her best — can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits and outcasts, known as Sparks.With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe — the Circus of the Fantasticals — travel the midwest, offering a single night of enchantment and respite to all who step into their Big Top. But threats come at Rin from all sides. The future holds an impending war that the Sparks can see barrelling toward their show and everyone in it. And Rin's past creeps closer every day, a malevolent shadow she can’t fully escape. It takes the form of another circus, with tents as black as midnight and a ringmaster who rules over his troupe with a dangerous power. Rin's circus has something he wants, and he won't stop until it's his.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
First Casualty
by Mike MoscoeFOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth--a planet they've never even seen.Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of the Unity Party--and its ambitious new president.These four soldiers on opposing sides of the battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war: a quest for profit--from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth may be the first casualty of war, it's not going to be the last...
First Casualty
by Mike MoscoeFOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth--a planet they've never even seen. Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of the Unity Party--and its ambitious new president. These four soldiers on opposing sides of the battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war: a quest for profit--from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth may be the first casualty of war, it's not going to be the last...
The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
by Mac BarnettAs seen on The TODAY Show! New York Times bestselling Mac Barnett and Caldecott Honor award-winning illustrator Shawn Harris turn their massively popular The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza live cartoon into an action-packed and hysterical graphic novel series—perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey, Raina Telgemeier, and Jeff Kinney. A Kids' Indie Next List Pick and an Indie Bestseller! Something terrible is happening in the skies! Rats are eating the MOON!There’s only ONE hero for the job, a bold and fearsome beast bioengineered in a secret lab to be the moon’s savior and Earth’s last hope! And that hero is . . . a cat. A cat who will be blasted into space!Accompanied by the imperious Moon Queen and LOZ 4000, a toenail clipping robot, the First Cat in Space journeys across a fantastic lunar landscape in a quest to save the world. Will these unlikely heroes save the moon in time? Can a toenail-clipping robot find its purpose in the vast universe? And will the First Cat in Space ever eat some pizza?
The First Channel: A Sime/Gen Novel
by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Jean LorrahThe human race has mutated into Simes, who need energy called selyn to survive, and Gens, who produce that selyn. At first, Simes can only take selyn from Gens by killing them. The story of a man and wife beginning to learn not to kill and teaching others their methods.
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (Drenai Saga #6)
by David GemmellHe was known as Druss. The Deathwalker. Though the blood of merciless butchers coursed through his veins, he had found a fragile peace through his love for beautiful, mystical Rowena. Then came the day when Druss returned to their village and found everyone dead--massacred by slavers who had stolen the women to sell for gold. Rowena was among the missing.Armed with only his powerful double-bladed ax, Snaga, Druss went after Rowena. His journey would carry him from the highest thrones of power to the deepest dungeons of depravity. Along the way, he would battle savage monsters and descend into terrifying lands of black magic and demons. Yet one thing was certain. Druss would have victory . . . or death.From the Paperback edition.
The First Chronicles Of Druss The Legend
by David GemmellDruss. The Legend. Saviour of Skeln Pass. Protector of Dros Delnoch. The most famous - and dreaded - of Drenai's heroes.But before all men knew Druss he was a young husband, hewing tress instead of men - most of the time - and held in check by his beloved wife, Rowena. When she is stolen by slavers Druss becomes a killing machine intent on only one thing: Rowena's return.
The First Chronicles Of Druss The Legend (Drenai #6)
by David GemmellDruss. The Legend. Saviour of Skeln Pass. Protector of Dros Delnoch. The most famous - and dreaded - of Drenai's heroes.But before all men knew Druss he was a young husband, hewing tress instead of men - most of the time - and held in check by his beloved wife, Rowena. When she is stolen by slavers Druss becomes a killing machine intent on only one thing: Rowena's return.
The First Chronicles Of Druss The Legend (Drenai #6)
by David GemmellDruss. The Legend. Saviour of Skeln Pass. Protector of Dros Delnoch. The most famous - and dreaded - of Drenai's heroes.But before all men knew Druss he was a young husband, hewing tress instead of men - most of the time - and held in check by his beloved wife, Rowena. When she is stolen by slavers Druss becomes a killing machine intent on only one thing: Rowena's return.
First Class Seduction (Happy Father's Day)
by Anita BunkleyShe meets him at a sizzling hot spot in Acapulco…and spends the night swaying in his arms. But globetrotting flight attendant Lori Myles is stunned when her sexy Latin dance partner turns up on her flight to Houston. Graceful, gorgeous security expert Ramon Vidal specializes in the kind of seductive protection Lori secretly craves.How could Ramon forget the smoldering beauty undulating to a sensual salsa in the smoky shadows of that nightclub? Now that Ramon's found her again, he isn't letting her go. And when they're caught up in a dangerous smuggling ring that threatens their skyrocketing relationship, he's working overtime to keep Lori safe. Will their flight of passion lead to a lifetime of love?
First Class Sin
by Cara LockwoodJuliana can’t believe her luck when she meets handsome businessman Law on a work trip. She’s sure their encounter is only a onetime fling…but the sky’s the limit in the mile-high club!Juliana’s new job as an airline consultant is off to a bumpy start: she’s had to endure endless harassment from an unrelenting boss, which has left her craving real intimacy. She wants to regain control of her sexuality, but has no idea how. So when she meets mysterious businessman Law on her next assignment, she knows he could be the perfect secret escape.After a lust-filled encounter at thirty thousand feet, their fling really takes off. What she thought would be a fleeting visit to the mile-high club soon turns into something more when Juliana finds out that Law is no mere business traveler—he’s the owner of the airline she’s been hired to evaluate, and he’s fallen for her.He doesn’t care that their jobs might mean a conflict of interest—he wants to build a relationship with her. Juliana wants passion, not commitment…but could this sexy CEO be more than a flight of fantasy?Sexy. Passionate. Bold. Discover Harlequin Dare, a new line of fun, edgy and sexually explicit romances for the fearless female.
The First Codex (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
by Michael ScottThe First Codex contains the first three books in Michael Scott's New York Times bestselling series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel: The Alchemyst, The Magician, and The Sorceress.
The First Collier (Guardians of Ga'hoole #9)
by Kathryn LaskyIt is a time of legends and a time of chaos. Warlords vie for power and marauding outlaws roam the land. Good King Hrath and his queen, Siv, noble Spotted Owls struggle to keep peace in their kingdom. Grank, noble Spotted Owl, friend and supporter of King Hrath, has exiled himself to Beyond the Beyond, where he has developed his firesight and learns how to work with embers, fire and how to forge metals. He is the First Collier. Deep in a volcano in the farthest reaches of Beyond the Beyond, he discovers a magical Ember but fears its awful powers will be misused and hides it again.
First Comes Love
by Elizabeth BevarlyThe news of her “pregnancy“ hit Tess Monahan like a ton of wet diapers. Her denials were lost in a gust of gossip, and she wasn’t about to announce to all of Marigold, Indiana, “I’m a twenty-six-year-old virgin!” Besides, her “bun in the oven” had awakened the protective instincts of Will Darrow...the man she’d been trying to get to notice her for as long as she could remember. Will’s impulse was chivalrous-but slipped into passion. And Tess would never halt his smoldering kisses. In fact, she was hoping their wild loving would put Will in the mind to marry and make some babies of his own-with her!
First Comes Love
by Whitney LylesIn the latest from the author of Always the Bridesmaid, Cate and Ethan are happily married at last-but it looks like the honeymoon is over. Cate Padgett is no longer a permanent bridesmaid. Having found a love of her own with Ethan, she's enjoying newlywed bliss. Life is so much calmer now that the wedding mayhem has subsided. Just one problem: as the last of their friends to marry, Cate and Ethan are now the only ones who don't have a kid, aren't expecting a kid, and aren't even trying. There's not even a bump on the horizon. They were just cozying up to being a twosome, and now there's pressure to make it three. Those carefree bridesmaid days are starting to look good.
The First Confessor: Sword Of Truth: The Prequel (The\legend Of Magda Searus Ser. #1)
by Terry GoodkindFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of TruthIn a time before legends had yet been born...Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world descending into war. But when her husband, a man who loved life and loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she suddenly finds herself alone. Because she is ungifted herself, without her husband she no longer has standing among her people, and she finds herself isolated in a society that seems to be crumbling around her.Despite her grief, she is driven to find the reasons behind why her husband would do such a thing--why he would abandon her and her people at such a profoundly dangerous time. Though she is not gifted, she begins to discover that there may be more to her husband's suicide than anyone knew. What she finds next, no one is willing to believe.Without anyone to help her, she knows that she must embark on a mission to find a mysterious spiritist, if she even exists, so that she may speak with the dead. This quest may also be her last chance to unravel what is really behind the mysterious events befalling her people. What she discovers along the way is that the war is going far worse than she had known, and that the consequences of defeat will be more terrifying for her and her people than she could have imagined. As mortal peril begin to close in around her, Magda learns that she is somehow the key to her people's salvation. Journey with Magda Searus into her dark world, and learn how true legends are born.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
First Contact: Eclipsed Evolution: Phase 1
by Kim HarrisonIn the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist&’s life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows.Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an attractive man in uniform drafting her into a secret government project—especially when Major Jackson makes it clear that he isn&’t bothered by her questionable past. But when her labs come back with decidedly odd results, the Major is forced to come clean over who the government is actually studying. Renee is shocked to learn her subjects are demonic-looking beings who call themselves &“Neighbors&”—refugees from a dying world, who arrived during the nation-wide solar eclipse.The Neighbors&’ technology is unlike anything Renee&’s ever encountered. At first, she dismisses an injury that inexplicably heals as &“just one of those things&”. And surely August, the most gregarious Neighbor, begins to speak English overnight because of the team linguist&’s skills?Not until August begins evolving in real time to withstand Earth&’s brighter, dryer atmosphere does she admit that the Neighbors&’ &“tech&” feels less like science and more like magic—the same magic that brought them here in the first place, and the same they&’re trying to rekindle with a mysterious labyrinth in order to return home and save their world.At least, that&’s what August claims they came for…
First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think
by Evan ManderyA satirical joyride in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams, First Contact introduces us to the hyper-intelligent Rigelians, who admire Woody Allen movies and Bundt cake, and who urge the people of Earth to mend their ways to avoid destruction of their planet. But the president of the United States, a God-fearing, science-doubting fitness fanatic, is skeptical of the evidence presented to him and sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of his young attaché, an alien scam artist, several raccoons, and a scientist who has predicted the end of the universe. Parrot sketch excluded.
First Contact
by Hugh WaltersMysterious radio signals were being received from the planet Uranus, and Earth's leading scientists decided that a complete investigation was needed. For the first time, the U.N.E.X.A. planned a two-ship expedition, under the overall command of Chris Godfrey. Serge, Morrey and Tony were of course included, and four other astronauts made up the crew of the two ships.At first the signals made little difference to them, except that they produced violent headaches if listened to for more than a few seconds. But when Chris awoke after a spell of hypothermia and tried to call the other ship he was horrified to hear the sinister sounds from Uranus on the wavelength which connected the two ships with each other and both of them with Control, back on Earth...
First Contact
by Hugh WaltersMysterious radio signals were being received from the planet Uranus, and Earth's leading scientists decided that a complete investigation was needed. For the first time, the U.N.E.X.A. planned a two-ship expedition, under the overall command of Chris Godfrey. Serge, Morrey and Tony were of course included, and four other astronauts made up the crew of the two ships.At first the signals made little difference to them, except that they produced violent headaches if listened to for more than a few seconds. But when Chris awoke after a spell of hypothermia and tried to call the other ship he was horrified to hear the sinister sounds from Uranus on the wavelength which connected the two ships with each other and both of them with Control, back on Earth...
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster (Nesfa's Choice Ser. #Vol. 7)
by Murray LeinsterA collection of the trend-setting stories from "the Dean of Science Fiction" which opened and explored such topics as first contact with aliens, the Internet, transfers among parallel universes, and many more. "The best of [these stories] are remarkable inventions, providing a window on to science fiction's first Golden Age that demonstrates exactly what made it golden" - Kirkus Review
First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster
by Murray LeinsterA collection of the trend-setting stories from "the Dean of Science Fiction" which opened and explored such topics as first contact with aliens, the Internet, transfers among parallel universes, and many more. "The best of [these stories] are remarkable inventions, providing a window on to science fiction's first Golden Age that demonstrates exactly what made it golden" - Kirkus Review
First Cosmic Velocity
by Zach PowersA stunningly imaginative novel about the Cold War, the Russian space program, and the amazing fraud that pulled the wool over the eyes of the world.It's 1964 in the USSR, and unbeknownst even to Premier Khrushchev himself, the Soviet space program is a sham. Well, half a sham. While the program has successfully launched five capsules into space, the Chief Designer and his team have never successfully brought one back to earth. To disguise this, they've used twins. But in a nation built on secrets and propaganda, the biggest lie of all is about to unravel.Because there are no more twins left.Combining history and fiction, the real and the mystical, First Cosmic Velocity is the story of Leonid, the last of the twins. Taken in 1950 from a life of poverty in Ukraine to the training grounds in Russia, the Leonids were given one name and one identity, but divergent fates. Now one Leonid has launched to certain death (or so one might think...), and the other is sent on a press tour under the watchful eye of Ignatius, the government agent who knows too much but gives away little. And while Leonid battles his increasing doubts about their deceitful project, the Chief Designer must scramble to perfect a working spacecraft, especially when Khrushchev nominates his high-strung, squirrel-like dog for the first canine mission.By turns grim and whimsical, fatalistic and deeply hopeful, First Cosmic Velocity is a sweeping novel of the heights of mankind's accomplishments, the depths of its folly, and the people--and canines--with whom we create family.
The First Crown
by Georgiana Bulancea Alexander CopperwhiteThis story might be a sensitive issue for most religious people. In 66 AD Judas of Galilee led an uprising against the Romans and claimed the kingdom of Judea. It was then that he decided to send his trusted man in search of the relic with which he would be crowned king. The first crown. The young Daniel will face his values and discover a truth hidden between mysteries and legends. The true story of Christ. From the deepest Roman alleys, to the most hidden places of Judea, the adventure of discovering the origin and power of the longed-desired relic will change perspective and understand that we are all part of history ... one way or another.