Purple rainbows, a mysterious crypt, and pots of gold . . . Things are not going well for Amanda and the secret detective school. A priceless artifact has disappeared, a dangerous hacker is manipulating matter, and zombies are being seen all over the Lake District. Then the real trouble starts.

In 1963 John Fowles won international recognition with his first published novel _The Collector_. But his roots as a serious writer can be traced back long before to the journal he began as a student at Oxford in the late 1940s and continued to keep faithfully over the next half century. Written wit

Starfish: Treasure troves of power. They were creatures of fusion energy, ancient, huge, intelligent, drifting in herds on the edge of the galaxy, producing their ambergris, the substance precious to man and the man-like Sangaree alike. In deep, starless space the herds were protected by the great h

SUMMARY: Fanny's arrival at her wealthy relatives' estate creates a conflict of class and virtue.

Special Agent Luce Hansen’s Thanksgiving vacation with her new lover, forensic pathologist Harper Bennett, is cut short when she’s tasked with recapturing Deadeye, a vicious serial predator who has escaped custody. The timing couldn’t be worse, especially when Bennett seems to be struggling with the

"Screeching in pain and terror, the rogues backed off, but they didn't flee like the Un-Named raiders did. Something seemed to force them back into the fray, making them ignore their fright and their agony to attack again. The flame-bearers' attack faltered as eyes met eyes and the enemy's ability t

Winner of two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, and named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, Brian W. Aldiss has, for over fifty years, continued to challenge readers' minds with literate, thought-provoking, and inventive fiction. Now, E-Reads is proud to make available in eBook

The galaxy has broken her in a way only I can fix. I had thought my quest was at an end. I waited for death. But it was not to be. he found me. And nursed me back. Her name was Uri Hawk. And I could see her broken smile. Her sad gaze as she touched my scales. I could sense her grief. I dete

From the author of?Jurassic Park,?Timeline, and?Congo?comes a psychological thriller about a group of scientists who investigate a spaceship discovered on the ocean floor.?In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface, a huge vessel is unearthed. Rushed to the scene is a team

At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, _Chapterhouse: Dune,_ a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past--including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica--

**"Oh what a tangled web we weave..."** Kesh fled Faerie as a queen killer. Now she returns as the Faerie King's secret obsession. But on Faerie, nothing is as it seems, not even Kesh herself. With days to stop Arran's execution and the stoic guardian, Sirius, as her constant shadow,

Tras una dolorosa ruptura, una escritora se muda a Londres con sus dos hijas. El derrumbe ha sido el catalizador de varias transiciones personales, morales, artísticas, prácticas y ahora intenta construir una nueva vida para sus hijas y para ella. En la ciudad debe enfrentarse a aspectos de la exist

The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret efforts by CIA officers and their agents to

There is an old myth that says if one dreams of falling and goes all the way to the sudden end, this one will never wake up. For writer Charlee Jacob that form of dream death never came. She'd strike rocks and get up again. However, in other nightmares she's died almost every conceivable (and inconc