Metaphysical Science

An Antarctic research team discovers a perfectly machined gold canister, 2500 feet below the surface of the ice. There are strange and unrecognizable markings on the canister. How did it get there, and where did it come from? It is sent back to a research center in the US where it is opened in an environmentally controlled room. Inside are six human embryos, and even more shocking is the discovery that the embryos are viable.

A god-haunted pool in the Yucatan waits for a girl from the future to come of age and accept her obligation to the PaperClan in this literary thriller hailed by critics as a bewitching, breathtaking, lyrical masterpiece. Part Maya myth, part hipster stream-of-modern-day-life, part love letter to this beleaguered planet, this memoir of a time traveler teems with unforgettable characters - some despicable, some lovable, including a charming burro named Pants-on-Fire and the story’s heroine, a doubt-riddled young woman who carries an ancient bloodline with a spark of Maya divinity.

Past lives and past mistakes echo themselves for over five hundred years until an ancient agreement with four archangels manifests itself to remind a witch and a wizard of their destiny. This is Leyna and Sevilen's last chance to reunite and achieve the godlike powers meant for them.

Alternating between nineteenth-century Europe and present-day New England, this tale follows the great British painter J. M. W. Turner - and his scene of artists, intellectuals, and lovers - and Henry, a middle-aged family man whose otherwise mundane existence is disrupted by the discovery of The Center of the World, Turner’s controversial painting of Helen of Troy that had been thought lost forever.

During a magickal ritual, Hannah Skye receives a prophetic message. She then encounters a series of seven riddles which lead her to discover that there is more to her ancestry than she thought. But someone has been following her, lurking in the shadows. As Hannah begins to unravel the mystery behind what really happened to her parents, she faces a force greater than anything she’s ever imagined, that is bent on destruction. If she doesn’t solve the riddle by Halloween night, her legacy will remained locked forever, and someone else may die, maybe even her.

Jared craved an ordinary life. Clock in, do paperwork, clock out. He gave up magic, joined the Meta Marshal Service, and just wanted to be left alone. Until a routine prisoner transport went awry and blew up his entire existence. That was when he found Cassie down on her knees in the wreckage, asking him for help. And he knew in that instant: Magic just wouldn't leave him alone. Now he's on a hunt for an escaped convict and a powerful ancient artifact with the potential to ruin their world for good.

It’s still the 21st century, but an apocalyptic world flood has wiped out one-third of the world's population. Survivors now crowd the remaining landmasses or live on cruise ships and private yachts circumnavigating the globe or docked in harbors. Only 12 ports peek out above the waterline, along with one generally unknown portal.

Sam Meeko never thought that he’d ever get a superpower, especially one that allows him to smell everything. Everything. With his unconventional power, Sam joins forces with a group of women hellbent on getting to the bottom of a countrywide conspiracy. It’s going to take some thinking outside the box, and when that doesn’t work, Sam and his group might need to tear the walls down.

In the heart of Nueva Volusia waits Tzunun-Tun, a bruja of smoke and shadow in the House of a Thousand Mirrors. Within its shifting walls, Cuāhl sees visions of origins, betrayals, and worlds that could have been. Each reflection cuts deeper than steel. Through blood, memory, and illusion, Cuāhl must face the unflinching gaze of the cosmos, from which she may never return.

After narrowly escaping Aleron’s monster, Tashon is left with a connection to the fourth dimension that grants him new insights and grand visions. What he sees leads to the discovery of two living, intelligent species on Aethera. One believes in pacifism above all else, while the other thinks Aethera belongs to them alone.

What would happen if the Earth stopped spinning? Half the world would become trapped in endless night, the other half in relentless day. Global communications would be crippled. The oceans would migrate to the Earth's magnetic poles, and global tremors would threaten the stability of the entire planet. That's what happens in Skybound. Theories about the impossible phenomenon run the gamut from broken physics to little green men to the dawning of the end times. But everyone agrees on one thing: The massive metallic object that suddenly appeared in the sky is to blame.

What happens when hitchhikers conspire to find a missing black box? Surfers wipe out in a parallel Jim Crow universe? An L.A. courier travels to white suburbia for an alternative fuel source? A coffee shop Noah loads up her ark with humans? An infant apparition speaks its truth from a busted skateboard? A court martialed soldier confronts his demons? And two drifters misremember their shared past?

The world is broken. The powerful machines that once ruled over land and sky fought and died, leaving humanity in a primitive age of swords and monsters. But that was long ago, and only legends of the Schism remain. Enoch has never been frightened by these tales. He sees things differently from the other youth in Rewn's Fork, and that makes him an outcast. Where others see crops and weather and flocks of sheep, Enoch sees numbers and patterns.

During his research on Near-Death Experiences, Dr. Prasad Vedurmudi, a genius neurologist at the prestigious University of Chicago, made a mind-bending discovery. A specific region of the brain acts as a gateway, transporting the departed to the next dimension. But there's more—a tantalizing possibility nobody has ever explored…Until now. Prasad believes that if he repairs that crucial part of the brain before death, he could unlock a profound secret—the key to controlling the afterlife experience itself. The implications are staggering.

The 1018 presents the African Love/Wisdom System of the Laws of One—The works of Army Special Forces Veteran Obalajii Khephren Rust. What was a chance meeting during the Vietnam war sent Obalajii Khephren Rust on a 40-year journey in search of metaphysical principles that underlie everyday life. Over the course of 40 years Obalajii Khephren Rust produced thousands of pages of handwritten 'fact-sheets' on the 11 areas of human activity: economics, education, war, sex, politics, labor, entertainment, law, metaphysics, religion and energetics.

When humans Ciaran, a billionaire technology genius, and his wife Madeline, a quirky, psychic journalist, are forced to enter the multiverse with few resources beyond the love they share, countless lives hang in the balance. Traversing in this strange new world with unfamiliar technology and a language neither Ciaran nor Madeline understand, the pair struggles to distinguish friend from foe, allies from an enemies, and reality from elusion. As their family grows, so too do the dangers around them. Can they muster the strength and gather the necessities in order to save millions of lives and emerge unscathed?

In 2296, an unstoppable mass extinction is underway, and history proves society will collapse before it can change. Climate Council scientists have no choice but to unveil the Dawn Project. Their audacious plan will terraform the planet back to life… by erasing its civilization. Biologist Kaia Badra commits her life to the project’s success at all costs after a storm surge takes her parents.

When we left Sophie Edwards at the end of Savy Wisdom 2, Sophie had earned her joy: loving husband, beautiful baby, successful career. The only gray cloud in Sophie’s life was the death of her dear friend and mentor, Savy, also known to the world as billionaire Stephen Alexander Vaughan.

From the realms of prophecy and reincarnation to the reality of ancient dragons, feathered magicians, and Darak Ors, from dreams to the scrying bowl, from thrones to forest clearings, this epic sci-fi/fantasy omnibus edition journeys through, and finely weaves, fact, and fantasy. Part One includes The Kallanon Scales, and The Nemisin Star. A city of stone is discovered in a place forbidden to all. An ancient map leads them there and it changes the future. Ancient kingdoms are exposed, as well as shadowy spheres of influence.

A Year in the Borderlands writer Kevin Candela's wild second excursion into alternate realities includes 17 tales, twelve of which have appeared in previously released anthologies and are collected here for the first time. These short stories combine with five never before released works, including the novella It's Only Funny if You Laugh, to produce a wide-ranging panoramic view of the worlds and realities that exist beyond our own. Playing With Reality is another vividly detailed page in the Atlas of the Unknown.