Following his widely acclaimed Project X and Love and Hydrogen—“Here is the effect of these two books,” wrote the Chicago Tribune: “A reader finishes them buzzing with awe”—Jim Shepard now gives us his first entirely new collection in...
A sensation in France, this is a story about literary deceptions, family secrets, and a thrilling quest for the truth.
Who is the real author of The Black Insignia? Is it H. R. Sanders, whose name is printed on the cover of every installment of...
Centuries in the future, after the world has been devastated by the Gene Wars, the scattered remnants of humanity struggle against both the spreading biological blight on the ground and the great airships that dominate the skies. Controlled by...
"The Dying Night" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the July 1956 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and was reprinted in the collections Nine Tomorrows (1959), Asimov's Mysteries...
These sixteen stories by the much-celebrated Alix Ohlin illuminate the connections between all of us — connections we choose to break, those broken for us, and those we find and make in spite of...
From the best-selling author of Dark Star Safari and Hotel Honolulu, Paul Theroux's latest offers provocative tales of memory and desire. The sensual story of an unusual love affair leads the collection. The thrill and risk of pursuit and...
From the widely acclaimed author of The Prisoner of Guantánamo and The Double Game, an electrifying, timely, psychologically gripping descent into the hidden, expanding world of drone warfare.
Not very long ago, Darwin Cole was an...
A middle-aged man (our hero) is traveling to the heart of the Scottish Highlands to be with his young mistress (our heroine), who is twenty years his junior. Some people would call this madness, a mistake, as his visit is not entirely welcome —...
Archaeologist Annja Creed and her sword have never been outmatched— until now. When a surprise party for her mentor Roux includes some uninvited guests, Annja finds herself fighting desperately for her life. The intruders escape but leave a...