“This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates its current renaissance.” —Washington Post
Science fiction and fantasy can encompass so much, from far-future deep-space sagas to quiet...
The game just got serious.
Bricklayer by day, Level 35 Battle-mage by night, Eddie Kilroy lives to play Realm of Battle as Killum, escaping the tedium of his job. Learning of a secret dungeon hidden in a vast swamp, Killum and his friends charge off...
An Existential War
In the 22nd century, the Lazarus Society unlocked the secrets to transcendent cloning. After a catastrophic war United Earth outlawed the practice. If humankind unlocked the secrets to immortality, the fundamental question was:...
A war to end all wars
A young, fearless captain
A prototype starship
A desperate mission
A good crew and a good ship is all any captain wishes for.
Commander Aaron Rayne of the United Star Systems Fleet is young, fearless and loyal but there are...
What glitters is gold, but beneath it is rot.
Humanity has a sprawling interstellar empire. Advances in science and the resources of countless frontier worlds have brought untold prosperity to its citizens. But how much of this wealth comes from...
Can two fugitives beat Draco at its own game?
Van and Sang are on the run, forced to log on and play Dragons of the New World from a dank basement hideout with borrowed characters while the world crumbles around them. Sang is losing hope after being...
Mysteries abound as a dangerous game becomes deadly…
Dedicated gamer Van and his CIA agent partner Sang have successfully infiltrated Dragons Kings of the New World, but the further they go, the more questions arise. They return to find that the...
When the real world is threatened, it’s up to the players in a virtual one to save it.
Van Vanyushin doesn’t see the point in ever leaving the beautiful digital world of the game he loves—and for good reason. In the industrial wasteland he...
Book One of the Shade Chronicles...
Doljinaar. Kingdom of might and stone. One name is whispered upon the lips of every man, woman or child old enough to know fear. An assassin lives among them. A foreigner born of a far off dark land and yet lies...
The twelve original AI’s were Gods and their war with one another decimated the planet. But the Apostles didn’t conquer Earth, we gave it to them.
When they finally stopped fighting each other, nearly 10 billion people had died. In the remnants...