by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The first novel in a brilliant collaboration between the visionary Discworld® creator Terry Pratchett and acclaimed science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter, The Long Earth transports readers to an infinity of new worlds—a series of parallel “earths” with doorways leading to adventure, intrigue, excitement, and an escape into the furthest reaches of the imagination. All it takes is a single step. . . .
The possibilities are endless. (Just be careful what you wish for. . . .)
1916: The Western Front. Private Percy Blakeney wakes up. He is lying on fresh spring grass. He can hear birdsong and the wind in the leaves. Where have the mud, blood, and blasted landscape of no-man’s-land gone? For that matter, where has Percy gone?
2015: Madison, Wisconsin. Police officer Monica Jansson is exploring the burned-out home of a reclusive—some say mad, others allege dangerous—scientist who seems to have vanished. Sifting through the wreckage, Jansson finds a curious gadget: a box containing some rudimentary wiring, a three-way switch, and . . . a potato. It is the prototype of an invention that will change the way humankind views the world forever.
The Long Earth is an adventure of the highest order and willcaptivate science fiction fans of all stripes, readers of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen, and anyone who enjoyed the Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman collaboration Good Omens.
Other books in the Long Earth series include:
The Long War
The Long Mars
The Long Utopia
The Long Cosmos
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by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The third novel in legendary author and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and award-winning science fiction writer Stephen Baxter’s “Long Earth” series, which Io9 calls “a brilliant science fiction collaboration.”
2040. The Long Earth is in chaos. . . .
The cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption is shutting down civilization. Whole populations flee to the relative safety of myriad stepwise Earths. Sally Linsay, Joshua Valiente, and Lobsang have all been involved in the perilous post-eruption clean-up.
But Joshua faces a crisis close to home. From a long childhood hidden deep in the Long Earth, a new breed of young, super-bright post-humans is emerging—but “normal” human society is turning against them, driven by ignorance and fear. For Joshua, caught up in the conflict, a dramatic showdown seems inevitable.
Meanwhile, U.S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman embarks on an incredible journey, leading an expedition to the unexplored limits of the far Long Earth.
And Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father, Willis Linsay, inventor of the original Stepper device. Ever the maverick, he is planning a fantastic voyage of his own—across the Long Mars. But what is his true motivation?
For Joshua, for humankind, for the Long Earth itself—everything is different now. Joshua becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their “long childhood” in the community called Happy Landings, located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused “normal” human society to turn against the Next. A dramatic showdown seems inevitable. . . .
The complete list of books in the Long Earth series include:
The Long Earth
The Long War
The Long Mars
The Long Utopia
The Long Cosmos
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by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Science Fiction |
Winner of 7 awards including the Prism Award for Time Travel
London, September 1888
For veteran Time Rover Jacynda Lassiter, her current job assignment is no big deal: Find an overdue “time tourist” and return him to 2057, before he changes history.
But when another Rover goes missing in Whitechapel the job becomes personal. Can she trust the two Victorian gentlemen who come to her aid, or do they have their own dark secrets? And who are the Transitives, the mysterious shapeshifters who can alter their identities? Is that magic or something else?
With her employer nearly bankrupt, Jacynda is literally running out of time. But being orphaned in the past isn’t the only threat she’ll face, not with Jack the Ripper on the hunt.
Unless she can outwit a murderer, her Victorian sojourn will end in the grave.
by admin | Nov 3, 2025 | Science Fiction |
The revelations on Mars — a half-million year-old legacy of the vanished star-traveling Builders — have fed the flames of catastrophic war. A beleaguered United States and its Russian and Japanese allies struggle to hold their own against the indomitable forces of the enemy United Nations. The bloody conflict that has swept over the home planet now rages across the blackness of space — with the U.S. Marine Corps in the vanguard, leading the charge as always.
But Mars is not the sole repository of alien wonders. The Earth’s moon hides unsettling mysteries of its own-and dangerous secrets pointing toward an unstoppable threat advancing from somewhere beyond the solar system. And as scientists on both sides ract to utilize technology they have only barely begun to comprehend, the UN makes the opening move in a gambit that could end the hostilities quickly and decisively by bringing about the death of millions…without the aid of alien-inspired weaponry.
A bad situation worsens by the nanosecond. And that means it’s time to call in the Marines — to make a life or death stand on the gray shores of Luna.
by admin | Nov 1, 2025 | Contemporary Romance |
She’s a widowed single mom. He’s her high school sweetheart. When fate brings them back to the Double T Ranch, will they saddle up for a second chance at love?
Sara Blake never planned on returning to her hometown. But with her four-year-old son in tow and her military husband’s memory in her heart, she finds herself back at the Double T Ranch, working for her mother-in-law, Leslie. She’s determined to build a new life, even if it means facing Bo Johnson—the rugged cowboy who still makes her pulse race.
Bo Johnson finds it easier to handle livestock than his feelings. Seeing Sara again awakens long-buried emotions, but his sense of honor keeps him from pursuing the recent widow. As they meet again and again on the ranch, he struggles to keep his heart in check, even as her son melts his resolve.
Ready to move forward, Sara is frustrated by Bo’s hot-and-cold behavior and her own conflicting emotions. While Bo cherishes their growing bond, he fears he’ll always be second best to the memory of Sara’s late husband.
Can they overcome the ghosts of the past and lasso a future together?
A Cowboy’s Second Chance is the heartwarming third book in the Double T Ranch clean cowboy romance series. If you like strong moms, honorable cowboys, and small-town charm, then you’ll adore this moving tale of rediscovered love.
Start reading A Cowboy’s Second Chance at the Double T Ranch to rope in a heartfelt romance today!
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