Science Thriller

La novela negra y la ciencia ficción se unen a la perfección en una aventura trepidante digna del cine negro que promete enganchar desde el primer minuto. 2048 en Ilarki, ciudad subterránea de la Luna. Una niña ha sido brutalmente asesinada y la policía se ha quedado sin pistas. Cansados de esperar respuestas que no llegan los familiares deseperados de la victima contratan a Seb Damon, un detective privado novato que acaba de salir de la cárcel tras ser expulsado de la policía. El caso le llevará a adentrarse en un mundo oscuro, lleno de violencia donde conocerá lo más oscuro de la raza humana.

Summer vacation for Arthur and Marya takes a very strange turn when a weird old man with a long white beard draws the two friends into an ancient mystery that they must solve in order to recover a magical artifact from the distant past. They soon learn that they are not the only ones who seek this relic; closing in on them are powerful evil forces that will stop at nothing to get their hands on it. With help from some very unlikely sources, Arthur and Marya unravel clues that lead them to their goal, only to discover that it is protected by creatures they never imagined.

Beyond Sci-Fi includes a collection of short stories and novella. The Ark of Arrogance" is the story of refugees living on an ark as means of survival due to a massive flood on Long Island. Escaping on the ark doesn't provide safety, but instead brings catastrophic results, including mayhem, martial law, looting, and murder. Other stories in the collection include jealous tennis rivals and a group of bloggers who all die mysteriously. The characters in each story are unusual, their circumstances unique.

Jack has been getting on his parents' nerves for some time. Bad enough he's a rock musician, has crappy grades, and hangs out with his "loser" friends. But Jack's ability to predict the future - well, that just annoys the hell out of them. Jack's classmate, Lauren, is said to have unique abilities too.

Life is close to perfect for Emil Larsson, a self-satisfied bureaucrat in the Office of Customs and Excise in 1791 Stockholm. He is a true man of the town - a drinker, card player, and contented bachelor - until one evening when Mrs. Sofia Sparrow, a fortune-teller and proprietress of an exclusive gaming parlor, shares with him a vision she has had: a golden path that will lead him to love and connection. She lays an octavo for him, a spread of eight cards that augur the eight individuals who can help him realize this vision - if he can find them.

World-famous “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes faces a terrible crisis: a ring of criminal masterminds has threatened to loose thousands of plague-infected rats into the streets of London. But the Black Death isn’t Holmes’ only problem. A lone killer haunts the city. His calling card is a trail of corpses, drained of blood to the last drop.The key to solving both crimes rests in the hands of a mysterious nobleman recently returned to London on a personal matter. His name is Dracula.

In the Free City of Pyrrh, murders and other serious crimes are investigated by the Cordonates of the Considerable Crimes Division. Struggling with his grief over losing his last partner, the last thing Cordonate Parshan Koury wants is someone else. Zhivana Nedrogovna, his new partner, is fresh out of the City Watch and not even human, and unsure she wants to work with the broody, angry Par. As Parshan and Zhivana rush to solve a case of mugging gone wrong that soon proves far more complex, they must learn to trust each other or this first case together might be their last.

Secret Master of Fandom and Private Detective Spade gets a strange request: a tiny woman with pointed ears asks him to help her with a case at FleshCon, a California science fiction convention. The tiny woman turns out to be the infamous Paladin, whom Spade thought was only a rumor. Paladin needs help finding a teenage boy whom she says vanishes whenever she approaches him.

Pie witch Reese is living her dream: running the bakery she’s always wanted, selling magical pies, and landing a date with handsome Prince Forrest of the Autumn Court. But people around her start vanishing, returning hours or days later with no memory of their missing time.

Koktajle Molotowa, porwania, podpalenia, ostrzal z karabinów maszynowych... Sluzby milicji w Sankt Petersburgu nie maja lekko. Kamil Stochard z ABW, przybywajacy kapitanowi Sukoninowi z odsiecza, próbuje nie tylko rozwiklac kryminalne zagadki. Okazuje sie, ze przeciwko sobie maja nie tylko najwyzej postawione osoby z wladz swieckich i duchownych, ale takze guimony - magiczny pomiot Cthulu. Czym zaowocuje spotkanie z carem przestepczego podziemia - Niebieskim Krukiem? Co rosyjska policja ma za uszami? Porywajaca, wartka akcja dla milosników kryminalu i science fiction!

Cadence has been reunited with her brother—who died ten years before when the majority of coeds in his dorm were slaughtered. Restoration of the old Victorian style dorm has begun as the college is intent on opening the building up once more. The construction does more than disturb the spirits of the dead, however. The spirit of an old classmate, one not killed in the massacre, appears out of the blue. As Cadence and Snow begin to put the pieces of the puzzle regarding his sudden appearance in place, it becomes clear that more is at stake.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction described this as a “hard-edged” tale of the 24th-century conquest of Earth by an alien empire the humans had judged too stupid to pull off such a coup. Only a handful of humans escaped the effects of a mutated narcoleptic drug that put humanity into protracted hibernation. The battle to liberate Earth is fought by those few with the aid of a vengeful ghost called “Gremper” by the aliens. The action is fast and furious, while the genius general of the invading fleet goes slowly insane at the disruption of his well-laid plans.

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 illusion.

Birthdays suck! For her 18th, Mirissa Colson receives a package from the mother who abandoned her over a decade ago. The family secret it reveals transforms her life from trying on prom dresses to battling an ancient race of demons. Thanks, Mom.

The novel unfolds in the 1600s, with Sirtimi, a performer, immersed in the world of theater and utilizing primitive makeup techniques involving chalk and water. After a late-night performance, his life takes an unexpected turn when he stumbles upon a severely wounded individual who attributes their injuries to a Lycan attack. Sirtimi, driven by compassion, attempts to aid the dying stranger, only to discover that the creature is not a victim of a Lycan but a Drakulis, a vampire-like being.

When Ash gets a phone call from Detective Jenna Harkness, he knows he’s in for a whirlwind. She tells him an officer brought in a crazy man who might be of interest to him. The man thinks it’s 1969. But when Ash listens in when Harkness interviews the man—who identifies himself as Donald Douglas—he isn’t convinced that there’s much of a connection. That is, until Douglas lays eyes on Ash and spits in his face. The team soon discovers that Douglas is the latest hitman hired by the Gatekeeper to kill Heat. But they still haven’t figured out a way to stop the Gatekeeper.

With her dad safely home after being kidnapped and Natasha and Tatiana in custody, Gaia is enjoying a sense of normalcy for the first time, but the kidnappers are still at large and Natasha and Tatiana are refusing to cooperate.

Sophie Seacove is a storyteller. She tells stories of what the world would be like if madness hadn't taken over. If her parents hadn't sold her off as a servant to pay for their stupid vacation. If she wasn't now trapped in a decaying mansion filled with creepy people and surrounded by ravenous sea monsters. The mansion has plenty of stories, too, about fantastical machines and the tragic inventor who created them. About his highly suspicious death. And about the Monster Box.

A cloak of mystery surrounds Lady Anne’s life until she is assigned to guard King Ahmad, the first Muslim king to convert to the Christian faith. Her tight wall of secrecy begins to crumble when her stunning rescues of the king from terrorist attacks offer the world a glimpse of her enhanced strength.

A string of gruesome deaths in the Shiprock area has attracted the attention of FBI agent Diane Lopez. The killer is unmistakably a vampire - but the only vampire Diane knows of is State Police officer Lee Nez. One of the good guys. The victims worked for a secret government lab that was studying a captured vampire, Stewart Tanner. Driven mad, Tanner broke free and took revenge on his tormenters. Now he’s threatening to kill a powerful judge unless the feds promise to leave him alone.