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The outbreak has spread, and the implanted tapeworms have turned their human hosts into a mindless mob. Sal and her family must find a way to compromise between the two sides of their nature before the battle becomes large enough to destroy everything humanity has built.

Daniel is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: the Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. Daniel will have to push his powers beyond the brink in order to bring down a monster that has the powers of a god.

When a tour bus takes a group to the mall, it is expected to be a normal excursion, until the tour rep notices one person missing. Most disturbingly, she is a woman who, according to the records, did not go missing.

Twentysomething bartender Jason Bishop's world is shattered when his estranged father apparently commits suicide, but the greater shock comes when he learns his father was a secret agent in the employ of the Invisible Hand, an ancient society of spies wielding magic in a centuries-spanning war. Now the Golden Dawn, the shadowy cabal of witches and warlocks responsible for his father's murder and the death of his mother years before, have Jason in their sights. His survival will depend on his mastering his own dormant magic abilities--provided he makes it through the training.

In near-future San Francisco, weapons-drones keep out the poor. Irina isn't rich, but has implants to earn enough to stay. Kern is a refugee that scrapes by as a thief. Thales is a Brazilian political scion hiding from assassins. None are safe as they're pushed together by forces just out of sight.

Our voyage from Earth began generations ago. Now we approach our destination--a new home: Aurora. Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, Aurora is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

The Gurus were a highly advanced species who brought amazingly sophisticated technology to the human race. But now they face a far more malevolent life form. Master Sergeant Michael Venn and his band of brothers must turn back the Antag tide.

Kris Merrill is a member of a small insurgent group operating within a multi-level metropolis that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border. Her attempt at rescuing Ian Miller failed, leaving her alone and her unborn son without a father. The insurgents don't trust her, Kai has disappeared completely, and Pat is trying to control how Kris should mourn the loss of Ian. Without the trust of the insurgents, Kris is relegated to low level assignments for them, and trying desperately to keep her pregnancy a secret. She is alone. War has started between the corporations.

The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location. The heartbreaking truth is that for decades, even centuries, the leaders of the great Hives bought the world’s stability with a trickle of secret murders, mathematically planned. So that no faction could ever dominate. So that the balance held.

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters.