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The Postman
by David BrinHe was a survivor - a wanderer who traded tales for food and shelter in the dark and savage aftermath of a devastating war.But when he borrows the jacket of a long-dead postal worker, his life changes forever. As he journeys from one isolated community to the next, the old, worn uniform becomes far more than a protection against the unrelenting cold: it becomes a reminder of how things were before the world collapsed - and a symbol for how things might be again. And his story becomes one of a lie that turns into the most important kind of truth.Against a background of global failure, THE POSTMAN is a powerful and affecting novel of the survival of the human spirit from the author of the award-winning Uplift novels.
Postmarked the Stars (Solar Queen #4)
by Andre NortonGenetic regression aboard the Solar Queen means trouble for two planets.
Postsingular
by Rudy RuckerIt all begins next year in California. A maladjusted computer industry billionaire and a somewhat crazy US President initiate a radical transformation of the world through sentient nanotechnology; sort of the equivalent of biological artificial intelligence. At first they succeed, but their plans are reversed by Chu, an autistic boy. The next time it isn't so easy to stop them. Most of the story takes place in a world after a heretofore unimaginable transformation, where all the things look the same but all the people are different (they're able to read each others' minds, for starters). Travel to and from other nearby worlds in the quantum universe is possible, so now our world is visited by giant humanoids from another quantum universe, and some of them mean to tidy up the mess we've made. Or maybe just run things.
Postsingular (Postsingular Ser. #1)
by Rudy RuckerIt all begins next year in California. A maladjusted computer industry billionaire and a somewhat crazy US President initiate a radical transformation of the world through sentient nanotechnology; sort of the equivalent of biological artificial intelligence. At first they succeed, but their plans are reversed by Chu, an autistic boy. The next time it isn't so easy to stop them. Most of the story takes place in a world after a heretofore unimaginable transformation, where all the things look the same but all the people are different (they're able to read each others' minds, for starters). Travel to and from other nearby worlds in the quantum universe is possible, so now our world is visited by giant humanoids from another quantum universe, and some of them mean to tidy up the mess we've made. Or maybe just run things.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Potential Energy
by Kim FieldingWhen interstellar smuggler Haz Taylor loses his ship, his money, and his tattered reputation, drinking himself to death on a backwater planet seems like his only option. Then the Coalition offers him a contract to return a stolen religious artifact. Sounds simple enough, but politics can be deadly—and the artifact&’s not enthusiastic about being returned. Haz didn&’t sign up to be prisoner transport, but he&’s caught between a blaster and hard vacuum. Still, that doesn&’t mean he can&’t show his captive some kindness. It costs him nothing to give Mot the freedom to move about the ship, to eat when he&’s hungry… to believe that he&’s a person. It&’s only until they reach Mot&’s planet. Besides, the Coalition would hate it, which is reason enough.Then he finds out what awaits Mot at home, and suddenly hard vacuum doesn&’t look so bad. Haz is no hero, but he can&’t consign Mot to his fate. Somewhere under the space grime, Haz has a sliver of principle. It&’s probably going to get him killed, but he doesn&’t have much to live for anyway….
The Potter
by Jacolyn CatonThe timeless story of a magical maker of pots who lived at the edge of an ancient, sinking island. One day, the potter begins to build a magnificant blue palace of clay that glistens in the sun. The villagers are amazed and become suspicious of the foolish old potter. They conspire to possess the palace and throw the potter back into the sea. But the pots are listening and warn the potter of coming treachery. Recommended reading ages 6-8
The Potters of Firsk and Other Stories
by Jack VanceThe Potters of Firsk includes the majority of Vance's 'Magnus Ridolph' stories, previously collected in The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph. In the VIE edition this book is titled Gadget Stories.Contents: Planet of the Black Dust, Dead Ahead ("Ultimate Quest"), Hard Luck Diggings, Sanatoris Short-cut, The Unspeakable McInch, The Howling Bounders, The King of Thieves, The Sub-standard Sardines, To B or Not to C or to D ("Cosmic Hotfoot"), Spa of the Stars, The Enchanted Princess ("The Dreamer"), The Potters of Firsk, The Visitors ("Winner Lose All"), Plagian Siphon ("The Uninhibited Robot"; "The Planet Machine"), Dover Spargill's Ghastly Floater, Sabotage on Sulfur Planet, Three Legged Joe, Four Hundred Blackbirds, Sjambak, Parapsyche, Sail 25 ("Gateway to Strangeness"; "Dust of Far Suns").All Jack Vance titles in the SFGateway use the author's preferred texts, as restored for the Vance Integral Edition (VIE), an extensive project masterminded by an international online community of Vance's admirers. In general, we also use the VIE titles, and have adopted the arrangement of short story collections to eliminate overlaps.
Potterwookiee: The Creature from My Closet (The\creature From My Closet Ser. #2)
by Obert SkyeThe latest creature to emerge from Rob's closet is a cross between Chewbacca from Star Wars and Harry Potter. Rob names him "Potterwookiee" ("Hairy" for short) and soon Rob finds himself treading water as he tries to figure out how to care for his mixed-up friend. Great laughs and great books help Rob along the way.
The Pouakai
by David SperryWhen pilot Mark Boone is attacked by an aggressive new species while flying across the Pacific, he is forced to crash land on a remote tropical island.Working to save those in his care, he learns what life alongside these creatures entails. The Pouakai's expansion into Hawaii makes their invasion personal and Boonie must find out the truth about what they want and where they come from.Accompanying an expedition deep into the equatorial home of these destructive organisms, he knows time is running out. If his mission fails, human life on earth may never recover.
A Pound of Flesh
by Susan WrightSusan Wright serves and submits another erotic fantasy Marja was once Lexander's pleasure slave- until the master found himself bound by her love. Together, they have vowed to free all slaves by destroying pleasure houses throughout the world. But this requires Marja to infiltrate slave quarters to sow the seeds of revolution-and risk losing the man she loves in the process. . .
Pouvoirs secrets (Sociéte SuperOrdinaire #1)
by Tara LainSociété SuperOrdinaire, Tome 1Jazz Vanessen est étrange – et pas seulement parce qu’il est un loup-garou. Durant la majeure partie de sa vie, il s’est senti différent de ses frères et amis Alphas. Puisqu’il a été adopté, il ne peut même pas rejeter la faute sur sa famille. À maintenant dix-huit ans, Jazz rencontre son idole, la militante sociale Lysandra Mason, et son époustouflant neveu, Dash Mercury. Lorsque Dash est dans les parages, des choses encore plus étranges commencent à se produire, notamment le fait que Jazz en tombe irrémédiablement amoureux. Non seulement Jazz a des visions, fait disparaître des gens ou se rend invisible, mais quelqu’un le traque et menace de révéler les secrets de sa meute au monde entier. Avec Dash, et leurs amis tout aussi incroyables – Carla, BeBop, Khadija, and Fatima – ils découvrent que le danger est encore plus mortel qu’ils le pensaient et que l’étrangeté de Jazz pourrait leur sauver la vie.
The Powder Mage Trilogy: Promise of Blood, The Crimson Campaign, The Autumn Republic
by Brian McClellanIn a world where mages control gunpowder and bullets, a brilliant general must defend his country from both war and insurrection. Check out the complete Powder Mage Trilogy in this omnibus edition, a series that Brandon Sanderson called "Just plain awesome!"In Promise of Blood: Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics. Stretched to his limit, Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages, including the embittered Taniel, a brilliant marksman who also happens to be his estranged son, and Adamat, a retired police inspector whose loyalty is being tested by blackmail.In The Crimson Campaign: Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, Tamas must lead his men on a reckless march through northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country from an angry god, Kresimir.In The Autumn Republic: Field Marshal Tamas returns to his beloved country to find that for the first time in history, the capital city of Adro lies in the hands of a foreign invader. His son is missing, his allies are indistinguishable from his foes, and reinforcements are several weeks away.
The Power
by Naomi Alderman<P>What would happen if women suddenly possessed a fierce new power? <P>In THE POWER, the world is a recognizable place: there's a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. <P>But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. <P>Teenage girls now have immense physical power--they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets. <P>From award-winning author Naomi Alderman, THE POWER is speculative fiction at its most ambitious and provocative, at once taking us on a thrilling journey to an alternate reality, and exposing our own world in bold and surprising ways. <P><b>WINNER OF THE 2017 BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION</b>
Power (Jimmy Coates #6)
by Joe CraigSome people will do anything for power—and Jimmy will do anything to stop them Jimmy is ready to tell the world the truth—about the government, his role in the bombing, and his own genetic alteration. But it may be too much knowledge for people to handle. Still, his country is under attack, his body is poisoned, and time is running out. Jimmy needs to fight back with all the assassin skills he has without becoming the killer he was trained to be. With the clock ticking, he discovers that some people will do anything for power. And to stop them, he will have to use some power of his own—even if it turns him into a killer once and for all.
The Power: The Titan Series Book 2 (The Titan Series #2)
by Jennifer L. ArmentroutFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Covenant and Lux series comes the second novel in the pulse-pounding, electric Titan series. In The Return, Seth and Josie's story ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Now, things are about to get even more dangerous...The Covenant University has become the frontline for the escalating violence between pure-bloods and half-bloods. War between the races seems inevitable, and it couldn't come at a worse time. Seth must prepare Josie for battle, which means teaching her how to control her newfound demigod abilities...and they need to find and rescue the other demigods before their enemies - the Titans - find them first.Only one thing is more dangerous than a bunch of starved Titans, and that's an out-of-control Apollyon in the form of Seth. The aether in Josie is drawing Seth in deeper, and when lust mixes with love and gives way to power, he knows being close to her is becoming explosively dangerous. But letting her go requires a level of selflessness that just isn't Seth's style.When the danger from the Titans erupts with devastating consequences, the dark allure of power calls to Seth again - but this time, Josie may not be able to pull him back from the brink...
The Power
by Ian WatsonAn ancient Power awakes.A modern evil mushrooms into apocalypse.Cocooned in a nightmare world, the village of Melfort waits, as The Power feeds on the death and destruction, fuelling its gross appetite.And the dead rise up.
The Power
by Ian WatsonAn ancient Power awakes.A modern evil mushrooms into apocalypse.Cocooned in a nightmare world, the village of Melfort waits, as The Power feeds on the death and destruction, fuelling its gross appetite.And the dead rise up.
The Power (The Symbolism of Power #3)
by Cezara ZamfirThe war has ended and a new peace treaty has been concluded, once again cutting off communication between the two worlds, except for their leaders. Both the Society and the Crowd are trying to heal, rebuild and move forward, imposing new laws. Eulice, the new leader of the Crowd, bends the ear of her advisor, who disagrees with what has happened and fears the twins' influence on their mother, convincing her to imprison them, while further restructuring and attempts to tame the population take place in the Society. Until... the Wall collapses, creating total anarchy, and Hera and Tim are seen as the main culprits. Named as traitors and having put a price on their heads, the two realize that nowhere is safe and flee to the Living Desert, a region that was not on the System's radar. With only a short time to spare on a planet that is overrun with humans and metal creatures who wish them dead, will the two find the strength to fight on?
Power Cubed
by Aaron LoprestiOn his eighteenth birthday, Kenny's inventor father gives him a present like none other: a piece of alien technology with phenomenal power! But when this amazing, matter-reinterpreting cube soon attracts the attention of bumbling Nazi scientist Dr. Cruel and elite government agent Claire Covert, Kenny must find a way to survive with only his wits and a new-fount power he barely understands! Writer-artist Aaron Lopresti delivers a comical coming-of-age tale in a fantastic sci-fi universe!Aaron Lopresti is a well-regarded American comic book artist who has worked on a wide variety of characters including: Spiderman The X-men, The Hulk, The Avengers, Batman, Plastic Man, Green Lantern, Superboy, Xena, Star Trek, Gen 13, Mystic, and the self published Atomic Toybox (just to name a few). Power Cubed is his first creator owned project for Dark Horse.
Power Failure: A Jake Ross Political Thriller (Jake Ross Series #3)
by Ben BovaAward-winning writer Ben Bova returns with Power Failure, another tense political thriller starring Jake Ross, science advisor to Senator Frank Tomlinson, as they continue their complex power maneuvers in this near future science fiction novel. Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington to try to make a difference, but he’s learned the only way to get something done in Washington, assuming your ideals survive the corrosive atmosphere, is to gather power. Ross has gathered a great deal, riding in the wake of Frank Tomlinson. But now Tomlinson has decided to shoot for the moon. If they win, they get it all. If they lose, the game is over for Jake Ross. In the Power trilogy, Bova's vision of a future powered by solar satellite transmission is tantalizingly within reach.Jake Ross Series#1 Power Play#2 Power Surge#3 Power FailureAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Power Game
by Christine Feehan<P>Find out why as two lovers surrounded by greed and corruption discover there’s no telling whom you can trust—or who will come out on top... <P>When members of a United Nations joint security force are taken hostage by radical terrorists in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a supersoldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better and run faster than the enemy, disappear when necessary and hunt along any terrain. There are those in the world willing to do anything for power like that... <P> A formidable spy genetically engineered to hide in plain sight, Bellisia rarely meets a man who doesn’t want to control her or kill her. But Zeke is different. His gaze, his touch—they awaken feelings inside her that she never thought possible. He’s the kind of man she could settle down with—if she can keep him alive... <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Power Game (Ghostwalker Novel #13)
by Christine Feehan'Stepping back into Feehan's Ghostwalker series was like putting on an old, comfy pair of slippers that you just found hiding under the bed . . . you stick your feet in them and ahhh . . . heaven!' Book Chick City'Thrilling... Treachery and betrayal continue to stalk the GhostWalker teams, keeping the danger quotient high.' RT Book ReviewsWhen members of a United Nations joint security force are taken hostage by radical terrorists in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a supersoldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better and run faster than the enemy, disappear when necessary and hunt along any terrain. There are those in the world willing to do anything for power like that...A formidable spy genetically engineered to hide in plain sight, Bellisia rarely meets a man who doesn't want to control her or kill her. But Zeke is different. His gaze, his touch - they awaken feelings inside her that she never thought possible. He's the kind of man she could settle down with - if she can keep him alive...
Power Gem (Star Friends)
by Linda ChapmanIn the 12th installment of the Star Friends series, Mia, Lexi, Sita, and Violet suspect dark magic when everyone becomes irritable, quick to blame others, and unable to work together. Can the girls figure out what's going on?The town of Westport is planning to destroy a nearby forested area to make way for a housing development. But that forest is exactly where Mia, Lexi, Sita, and Violet gather in secret to practice magic with their Star Animals! After attending a music festival, they discover that everyone in town is irritable, quick to blame others, and unable to work together. Is there dark magic at work? And if so, who is behind it--and why? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.In the Star Friends chapter book series, Mia and her friends Lexi, Sita, and Violet all discover that they are Star Friends -- they can communicate with the animals that have traveled from the Star World. The animals show the girls how to use their unique magic abilities to do good. A whole world of magical adventures awaits!
Power Lines (Petaybee Trilogy #2)
by Anne Mccaffrey Elizabeth Ann ScarboroughThe miraculous and mysterious world of Petaybee was to be investigated. No-one - no-one outside Petaybee, that is - could believe that the planet was a living, breathing sentient entity, that every plant and animal was in symbiotic communication with the spirit of the Petaybean world. Matthew Luzon was one of the investigators, an arrogant, wily, manipulative man who didn't believe there was anything in the universe that couldn't be controlled by hard scientific methods. His plan was to crush Petaybee...
The Power of Blackness
by Jack WilliamsonBranded a criminal, he sought refuge with a mysterious clan of intergalactic revolutionaries, and found his heritage at last.