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The world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come? Multi-award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan brings us another incredible volume in his much praised science-fiction anthology series.

>"Reah, this is Commander Aris." Bel moved aside, once we were inside the spacious office, and I received my first look at the outpost Commander. He stared at me for moments as I stood before him. I was so frightened I was afraid I'd burst into tears. He was a lion of a man with thick, shoulder-length, dark gold hair swept back from his forehead. He didn't stand as his rank dictated, otherwise I think he would have dwarfed Bel, whom I thought was quite tall.

Baby-making with Kane is right up Jade's alley...until a curse throws a bucket of ice on their fire. Jade and Kane are ready to take the next step in their lives together. But after a routine blessing goes horribly wrong, suddenly any thoughts of starting a family are put on hold when Jade is cursed and their future child threatened. Now the hunt is on to find the one responsible in order to break the curse. But life on Bourbon Street is never that straightforward.

On the fourth day of what Lara Naughton thought would be two weeks of bliss in Belize, she was kidnapped and assaulted by a man pretending to be a cabdriver. Held in the depths of the tropical forest - alone with the jaguar man - she found that compassion was her only defense.

In or out of the Alliances, sorcerers and necromancers are considered a myth - until a single, shadowy figure brings those myths to life. In or out of the Alliances, nobody is prepared for that.... The BlackWing Pirates, a fleet of space cruisers that form a secret branch of the Alliance Security Detail, discover what a myth-come-to-life is capable of doing when this sinister aberration begins a slow and deliberate attack against the upcoming Joint Alliances Conclave.

Just before my wedding on the planet called Kifirin, I decided I wasn't going to marry someone I'd never met. Kordevik Weth was a stranger to me, and I wasn't willing to accept him. That's why I asked Aunt Bree for help. She had one condition: I had to live on Earth and take a job with Rome Enterprises in San Francisco.

His whole life, all basketball player Gage Coulter has heard is how he was meant to play basketball. Meant to be elite. So what happens if he can't even play on the damn team? With his starting position in jeopardy, he needs help from the one girl on campus who can't stand him. Too bad she's also the one girl he can't get out of his head. Becker Johnson has a plan for her life. And it doesn't include doing some jock's homework so he can toss a ball in the net. But she'll need some work experience to be eligible for a scholarship and move to New York.

Murderous drug runners, a wildfire in the Texas desert and the president's runaway daughter...Game Warden Shannon Walker didn't sign up for any of this. Add a sexy Secret Service agent, unexpected betrayal, and an escape into the desert, and the border becomes hotter than Shannon can handle.

Sorrow's Point, Texas is under attack. Robberies, drug trafficking, a suspicious fire…for local cop Joshua Dawson, the only thing missing in this assault on his coastal hometown is a hurricane. But it is September - the month for vicious storms - so he's not betting against one. Ronnie Clarke never broke a law in her life... until the day she kidnapped two-month-old Danny.

Hunky ER doctor, Jase Collins, has a secret. He’s always had a thing for his brother’s ex-girlfriend. When his brother announces he’s moved on, Jase wonders if this is his chance to finally have the one woman who’s always been off limits. Sassy quality assurance specialist, Megan Rhodes, has never been at a loss for words, but Jase’s sudden attention has her tongue tied. His brother broke her heart and there’s no way she’s getting involved with Jace, even if she is wildly attracted to him

Super-powered Hericane will stop at nothing to find out who killed the woman she loved. But when she teams with Bonnie Taggart, internal affairs investigator for the Superhuman Protectorate, the search leads in unexpected directions. Fighting their way through the darkest corners of Isosceles City, Hericane and Bonnie tear the truth from criminal chimpanzees, crooked promoters, and hateful cops, only to fall prey to a terrible trap.

You are a Coulter. You will be perfect. That's what Echo has been told every day of her life. As the only girl in the Coulter clan, she knows it's her job to be the glue of the family. But with the Olympics looming, the last thing she wants is to follow the rules. She wants to break free, and she knows just the guy to help her. Cole Atkins has no interest in spoiled little rich girls. Besides, he's got the job of a lifetime and just met the girl of his dreams...that is, until she ditches him under the cover of darkness.

Tears of flame dripped down my cheeks - tears for Kory and me. The fire net burned my hands whenever I touched it, but I couldn't let it harm him any more than it already had. Kory's wings, with burn-holes between ribs, beat to help me get the net off him. Kory screamed as the net sunk farther into sections of his back - it was designed to burn flesh until it had completely passed through its victim. I shook my hands to rid myself of the wad of net I held and reached for the part that was burning Kory so badly.

Off the court, tennis star Jason Cartwright's playboy image is taking a public beating. On the court, he's down 40-love. A knee injury is shutting down his game, and the paparazzi are splashing his love life on every magazine. A comeback is in order, but the makeover he needs to save his faltering career is in the hands of the woman he loved and left 15 years ago. While single-mom Izzy Connors sees people for who they really are through the lens of her camera, even without it, she knows Jason isn't the star he appears to be.

Beth Chase is too busy planning perfect weddings to worry about the lack of action in her own love life. But if she was looking for a man, she wouldn't be looking at Colin Pratt. Her boss swears that Best Man Colin is a quiet scholar and science fiction writer who couldn't possibly cause a fuss at his own brother's wedding. He's clearly never met the man in question.

Ivy Granger, psychic detective, thought she'd seen it all...until now. With a vengeful lamia that only she can see on the city streets, reports of specters walking Harborsmouth cemeteries, and an angry mob of faerie clients at her office door, it's bound to be a long night. Add in an offense against the faerie courts and a few foolish bargains and one thing is clear - Ivy Granger is in some seriously deep trouble.

Parke Worth: Murders, unexplained fires, Industrial espionage and walking myths meant my first days as Chancellor of everything paranormal were packed and stressful. Cassie King-Worth: A rushed marriage, a forced trip back to an Alabama law school and the wakening of a terrible race long thought dead meant my first days as a married elemental demon were full and terrifying.

Badass witch Phoebe Kilsen has spent years looking for her brother. Now that she's found him, her world is turned upside down, and everything she has ever known to be true appears to be false. Cut off from everyone except her brother, can she find a way back to her partner Dax, her best friend Willow, and her life's work with the Void? Or will she be destined to live a lie with a vampire she's never trusted?

Best-selling author David Drake has been creating top-notch military science fiction, space opera, and fantasy novels and stories for decades. In this all-original collection, a stellar line-up of writers pays tribute to Drake with stories as broad in range as his own fiction.

There's nothing like experiencing delayed "magical-puberty" at midlife, but that's where I am. One world-altering secret revealed and my safety bubble snapped into thin air. Discovering I'm the next descendant in a long line of witches was eventful enough, but it's nothing compared to finding out that I'm also the only half-fae-hybrid in existence. At least it got my mind off my divorce. Now, with my newfound abilities, the impossible seems possible and the world around me has come to life in ways I never imagined.