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Earth's timeline has become a patchwork of eras from prehistory to 2037. Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan each lead a group of refugees from 2037 in a race for knowledge as a mysterious entity watches, waiting.

Brady Steele watches in awe as a fireball comes crashing through the roof of his house. Fred, as Brady names his space rock, turns out to be one of the rarest meteorites ever found. Professor Rip Ripley from the museum in Hill City wants to study a sliver of it in search of extraterrestrial bacteria. With each new day, Brady is discovering he's able to do strange and wonderful feats that shouldn't be possible. At the same time, he's developing some frightening symptoms. Could he be infected with long-dormant microbes from space? Is Fred a prize or a menace?

For twelve-year-old Douglas, summer means new tennis shoes, dandelions for Grandfather's intoxicant, and the clang of a trolley on a hazy afternoon. But for Douglas, this summer will have more than just pleasant rituals that hold time at bay.

This classic thriller of human triumph over an alien threat inspired the acclaimed 1956 film directed by Don Siegel. This edition is read by Siegel's son, Kristoffer Tabori, and includes reminiscences of his father's work on the film.

Marooned within a bewildering series of alternate timelines, Max and Julia are forced to fight for their own survival and to save the very fabric of reality.

The first time Brian Guillemot ever spoke to his mother, he was thirty years old, reading a European re-imagining of the X-Men and sitting on the john. An adopted only child, Brian "Gumbo" Guillemot's teenage hobby was searching for his birth parents. But when he finally finds his birth mother, Kim, he's unprepared for the instant family that comes with her. No one knows anything about Brian's birth father and Kim's penchant for divulging too much information disappears whenever he is mentioned.

All emotions are universal. We born, we dream, we strive, we die...Where the stars rise? Stories that bind us together regardless where we come from or where we are going-on Earth or in space. Futuristic Istanbul. Kerala waters. Cebu jungles. Gyeongbok Palace. Post-apocalyptic Tokyo. Follow twenty-three science fiction and fantasy authors and their stories seen from an Asian perspective and envisioned through Asian eyes. Even beyond being Asian, the characters are diverse within themselves as they explore magic and science and deal with love, race, and politics.

Zakariah Davis and his wife Mia are among those infected with an alien virus that vastly prolongs life, and their blood has become a black-market staple due to its rejuvenating effects. Their teenage son Rix does not carry the Eternal virus, and Zakariah is consumed by the search for an “activated sample” with which to inoculate him.

In a post-cyberpunk future, where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a new blood-transmitted virus has become a black-market staple due to its temporary rejuvenating effects, forcing infected 'Eternals' into tightly knit underground communities where they must hack the V-net for basic food and shelter.

In a post-cyberpunk future, where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a new blood-transmitted virus has become a black-market staple due to its temporary rejuvenating effects, forcing infected 'Eternals' into tightly knit underground communities where they must hack the V-net for basic food and shelter.