Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

Two astronomers have detected a strange, pulsing signal from deep space. Within hours, the US government goes into lockdown, restricting airspace and scrubbing scientific data. Was the signal an intercepted communication revealing alarming plans for an enemy’s military strike? Or has humanity at long last found proof of extraterrestrial life?

Tag Faces a Hard Reality. There Is No Escaping The War. The battle must be joined. Yet, to do so, others must be convinced to set aside differences and unite under Tag's newly formed Brotherhood of the Scythe. But Kuran has not been lax. Now ascended to the throne and became the new Great Ruler. He has plans within plans and sets his wicked heart on complete domination of the world. He, too, has been reaching out and seizing new allies for his war efforts, bent on sating his blood-lust. Can Tag unite disparate factions in time to rise against the mad tyranny of Kuran, or will the world fall...

Treachery, Scheming, and War abound. But Hope Persists Against All Odds. Against her better judgment, Willow takes the twins to help Shalah and the other Gahka free themselves from Kuran’s occupying forces and defeat the deadly firemancers. Tag travels to a deserted city in ruins to meet a mysterious and magical figure: The Forge Master of Pershin. Only when he has been put to the test and accomplished what must be done there, can he rejoin the army of the Resistance. He hopes to lead them in a last-ditch effort on a secret and daring mission to strike at the heart of the Empire of Thrall...

I was kneeling on one knee, Terminator-style, like in that scene where he first arrives in 1984. Very much like that, actually. There were no flashes of lightning or anything like that. But there had been a lot of wind the moment before. Unlike a moment before, I wasn’t alone, and I wasn’t in my hotel room overlooking the ocean. Scattered around me were the bodies of twenty men. At the front of the large stone room were four more men, very much alive, and a woman screaming. Rushing at them, I reached them just as one of the men was about to strike the woman in the face. In that instant,...

Fearing her "gifts" will be used to defeat her sister Matilda, Elspeth Pendragon escapes the Black Mountain priory that has sheltered her and her four sisters since King Henry's death, only to find herself indebted to, of all men, a Scotsman, whose loyalties are in question.... Left to face the wrath of a new sovereign, Malcom Scott is forced to swear fealty to Stephen of Blois to keep the castle he won by slaying his own grandfather. But having done that, he's pitted himself against Scotland, and even his own father.

In A Tempest of Shadows, Baelen becomes the central figure in a saga where ancient magic awakens and dark forces clash. Hidden from the eyes of the enemy, he grows under the protection of his mother and Aerendil, bearing the weight of his heritage and the fate of a kingdom on his young shoulders.

Kingston Chase is buried underground in a shifter prison called Cold Foot. Little does he know, an unexpected ally is breaking into the prison to set some of the inmates free, including the woman who has consumed his mind since the day she was brought down to his cell and introduced into the secret program he is a part of. If the humans knew what was really going on in this shifter prison, it would be all over the news, and Damon Daye seems to want just that. Every shifter knows Damon is not the dragon to mess with, but if King plays nice for a little while, he can secure a free ticket into...

You know the drill, right? Die in an unfortunate accident and then get sent before a sultry looking goddess who sets you up for reincarnation. Todd was all set to return to earth and give his soul another ride through the roller coaster called life when something extremely unfortunate happened: the Earth was destroyed by a giant meteor. Already primed for Reincarnation, he was given only one other option, but it involved him rising again in an unknown land where magic wasn’t just in the stories.

Set in the metropolis of Corinth City where steampunk meets neon gothic. Haunted by a recent heartbreak, Hughes is indebted to the city's most terrifying criminal gang. Desperate for salvation, Hughes sets his sights on joining the Scarlet Citadel, an enigmatic organization of pageant fighters, monster hunters, and keepers of secrets. As a member of their illustrious ranks, surely he can pay off his debts and change his life for the better.

Rule #7 - Do not throw coins into the fountain at Umbra Park. The devil’s in the details, and he plans to explore every hot inch of hers… ~*~ Sweet and innocent good girl Desi Miller always aims to please. Even when her sister constantly ditches her to flirt with jerkface guys, her mom and dad ask her to take on extra shifts at the family burger grill, and last but not least… Well, she’s now babysitter for the day to a precocious four-year-old little angel, which should be the least of her problems. Spoilers: It’s not. When the little girl accidentally tosses a coin into the ...

Tarot. Trouble. True love? Lexi Landry, half Werewolf, half Witch — with zero skills — has eked out a life on the fringe of New Orleans supernatural society. But now the spells protecting her have faded, and her feral wolf has slipped her leash. When Lexi frees The Hierophant: an ancient, non-corporeal entity from a tarot card deck, he gifts her the power of persuasion. Convincing the sexy Werewolf Alpha, Clint Pontalba, who once rejected her, to be her bodyguard and help her wolf, is easy, thanks to her new ability. With The Hierophant at work, it’s impossible to tell what’s ...

After half a century of chaos, my retirement from leading the Community of Species Government has been bliss. No more hellhounds playing pranks. No more snippy demons demanding my attention. No more cajoling money from the wealthy to support the community. Just peace while I avoid my overbearing father and try to work out my next steps. Although...maybe three years of peace is enough. It might even be starting to get boring. In fact, an adolescent dragon crash-landing on my landlord's shed is just the kind of excitement I need - especially when he brings his species leader to my door.

The System is here! Most of the population of the planet were suddenly turned into zombies, while the rest acquired new abilities. Abilities that let them run from the zombies, save themselves, hide, and try to survive. But it only takes one bite that almost always means death. Our hero was standing in line when the apocalypse came. He was lucky at first to be caught in a crowd when the zombies tried to bite him on the leg. Really lucky, because those trials unlocked new abilities for him.

Planet Earth burns in nuclear flame. But The System was kind and wise enough to transfer all its little humans into a new world. Everyone has been granted a new name, a starting bonus, and a rousing kick up the backside. Some got a sword, some a crown, and me . . . A potato?! How am I supposed to take over the world with this thing? System, are you sure you're so kind and wise after all?

Sorin has defied the odds and regained his cultivation. His health has been restored, and his adventuring team is gaining momentum. Armed with his clan’s forbidden research notes, Sorin travels to Delphi where he intends to investigate his parents’ death. The city is a focal point of Madness and enemy God Seeds that want nothing more than to tear his clan apart. Yet when Sorin’s descent into Delphi’s layered catacombs reveals century-old plots and enemies that defy understanding, Sorin is forced to make a choice.

Only one thing matters to Kai: getting the job done, and doing it better than anyone else. But when a beautiful thief crashes his security gig, claiming she's trying to protect the valuable artifact he's guarding, all his careful plans go up in flames. He doesn't believe a word she says - until the item is stolen right out from under them.