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A double adventure written at the end of the 19th century, somewhat in the theme of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, telling of a submarine trip in the year 1947 to reach the North Pole and a project to examine the center of the Earth by boring a deep shaft. What they find at the core of the planet surprises the enterprising explorers.

Finalist for the 2014 Phillip K. Dick Award Elizabeth Barnabus lives a double life - as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed...

Rafik, der Puzzler, war ein Kind, bevor er sich in die größte Bedrohung seiner Welt verwandelte. Er gab seine körperliche Existenz auf, doch der Tod bedeutet für Rafik nicht das Ende. Dies gilt auch für den letzten Überlebenden der Gilde der Historiker: Funkelauge konnte Rafik im Kampf nicht besiegen, doch nun erhält er eine zweite Chance: Er kehrt von den Toten zurück und reist in die zwielichtige Stadt der Türme, wo schweres Geschütz und eine große Portion Glück vonnöten sein werden, um zu überleben.

While President Roosevelt defends the US, the British Empire rallies to repel their alien foe again, and a young Winston Churchill helps to rally international forces. Not all the world sees the Martians as a threat, though; some see them as leverage against Britain. As the military tries to come up with solutions, the international arena takes the stage.

Natalio y su electrocante —un compañero androide, también llamado «tronco»— recorren la City haciendo el trabajo sucio que le corresponde a un policía Clase 5. La ciudad está colapsada por la ola de inmigrantes y disidentes que llegan desde la Ciudad Vieja y las órdenes son terminar con ellos como sea. En uno de estos operativos, Natalio pierde a su tronco cuando un disidente le vuela la cabeza con una bomba imán. Natalio, entonces, se ve obligado a comprar un electro de segunda mano, un modelo antiguo que nadie quería y que estaba almacenado al fondo de la tienda.

Liam was only trying to pick up some vegetables for lunch and take a pleasant break from crafting in his garage when he meandered through fields he'd walked a hundred times before. But his peaceful walk is disturbed by a strange earthquake that forces him into an inescapable trap, pulling him into another world. Reborn as the infant son of wealthy nobles in a strange and archaic land, Liam—now called Percival—must navigate this realm's customs, foreign languages, and slightly mysterious magic.

Gavin Ennock once sailed the skies on airships and delighted audiences with his fiddle music. Now a victim of the Clockwork Plague, he is consumed by both madness and brilliance. To save her fiancé's life, Alice Michaels breaks into the Doomsday Vault to recover a cure, only to incur the wrath of the British Empire and make them both enemies of the Crown.

Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory is a thought-provoking meditation on the fragility of the human condition, our beliefs, the manipulation of propaganda for political gains, and our ability to distinguish the real from the unreal and our willingness to accept convenient "truths." The novel is a compelling exploration of memory, its fragile nature, and its profound impact on our perception of identity, relationships, and facts themselves.

Death waits beneath the waves as two estranged lovers face their demons... Sergeant Nix Marr left her dark past buried beneath the sea. Then Kessandra, the people’s favourite princess (and Nix's much-loathed ex), recruits Nix for a covert mission. Their goal – to investigate a massacre in...

With Unity formed, Gunnar feels like he's created a family like he's never had before. All that's left is to grow in strength, continue building in Edgewood, and maybe earn a little affection from Princess Adeelee. Nothing can tear him away from his friends and newly founded guild. Or can it? Gunnar still has a lot to learn about his massive, new world. Deception can come when you least expect it, and in Eden's Gate, sometimes you can lose control of your own fate.

At a dinner party in Richmond, the host tells an astonishing story of his travels into the future, where, at first, it seems that man has moved on to a higher plane of existence - suffering and war seem to have been eliminated. But in fact there are two races living on the Earth: the Eloi, a leisured, decadent, androgynous group; and the Morlocks, an underground tribe of bestial workers.

Bradley receives a second chance on a steampunk planet. The wondrous sights captivate, the gizmos fascinate, and it is all possible with steam. Attempting the wilds, Bradley experiences a dash of heart-pumping adventure that unlocks new opportunities and brings unwanted problems. With proper application, a bit of wit, and a dash of luck he might achieve greatness.

After their victory in the skies over Dar Goranth, Fieran and his newly-unified squadron travel to Fort Defense to reinforce the squadrons defending the Escarlish-Mongavarian border. Once there, they discover a harsher war than they have yet experienced. The constant dogfights are exhausting, the bombings are frequent, and the death toll is high. Even two warriors with the magic of the ancient kings might not be enough.

Dr. Liset Chen vowed to save her world from the Darklings' influence, but when divine will directs her to Ankara and the Fighting Pit of Kar'Kun—a coliseum that pits the Priest against monsters and other Travelers alike—she must win the tournament and successfully clear a dungeon rumored to be a gateway to Morsheim itself...one no team has returned from.

Airship Lies is a Steampunk/Western anthology containing five stories from the Age of Wonder, ranging from the Old West to the wilderness beyond the Frontier to the very edge of space itself.

Winter 1883: Die frisch gebackene private Ermittlerin Cedar Neill soll den Selbstmord eines Jägers im Auftrag seiner Tochter genauer untersuchen und gerät im Zuge dessen mit einem Unbekannten aneinander, der vor nichts zurückschreckt, um seine dunklen Geheimnisse zu bewahren. Zur selben Zeit treibt in Levior ein offenbar geisteskranker Mörder sein Unwesen, der seine Taten vor der Ausführung bei der Polizei ankündigt und als letzten Gruß auf den Spiegeln seiner Opfer die Umrisse eines Totenschädels hinterlässt.

Mikolai Stepanovich's days as a modest army-mechanic-turned-steam-knight are long gone. Plunged into the horrors of war after he's abandoned by his commander, Mikolai is forced to take on the new role of mercenary. And with that comes his new identity: Col. Marcus Corvus. Once, he promised to kill or die in service to the Golden Empire; now, he promises to kill or die for a fistful of coin.

In a steam-powered world, Miss Constance Haltwhistle is the last in a line of blue-blooded rogues. Selling firearms under her alias, the “Brass Queen,” she has kept her baronial estate’s coffers full. But when US spy J. F. Trusdale saves her from assassins, she’s pulled into a search for a scientist with an invisibility serum. As royal foes create an invisible army to start a global war, Constance and Trusdale must learn to trust each other. If they don’t, the world as they know it will disappear before their eyes.

Rowan doesn't just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand. Whether she's fine-tuning the colossal automaton that protects New Torwood City or toiling in her workshop, being a mechanic is the only life she truly enjoys. But the Regent's Council wants more. They demand a princess who will embrace the pomp and ceremony of royal duty, not a tinker with oil-stained hands.

The time for liberation has come. With the Republic's army now on their side, Alexandra and her allies can finally look north—towards the embattled Asarian Kingdom, deep in the throes of civil war, as the slavers of Sunrise besiege its capital. They must liberate Darthar, the jewel of the wastelands, if they are to restore the connection Rebirth had with the Duchy of Sarth and what remains of the kingdom beyond. Meanwhile, ever so slowly, the world marches towards annihilation, as conspiracies millennia in the making reach their crescendo, and the entire planet teeters on the brink.