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.

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?

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.

Herein lies my memories and recounting of our order’s initial encounter with the survivors from Lehntarn, and their leader, one Rahdimus Ghaan. From this point forward, I fear the Monachi Spirae have been unknowingly altered, and dare I say, inexorably and unwittingly changed. For good or ill, I do not know. May the Pantheon grant us mercy through their wisdom and grace. Abbot Makun Derring 1547 a.f. Fifteen hundred years after the war of the apocalypse, the Monks of the Spire are only beginning to thrive. Even with the gods lost, and monsters and mage storms still roaming the land, ...

Angelisa Seraphina is an actual fallen angel from heaven sent by God himself down to earth to reside in the city of Chicago Illinois. She immediately discovers her true purpose in life dwelling down on earth in her tiny apartment with her female pet cat Snowflake like a normal full grown lady would do: to help other people out with their personal problems. Angelisa is a full time stay at home over the phone licensed and certified therapist. She literally gets paid weekly digitally through direct deposit for speaking with her human clients over the phone throughout the day every day Mondays ...

August 8, 2085 When an odd, egg shaped, metallic artifact is uncovered in a hundred-million-year old dinosaur dig site in Wyoming, Professor of paleontology, Randall Wilson knows the ramifications. He removes it from among the bones and cleans the caked dirt from its surface then places it under a lamp for a better look and it begins to glow. Bursting from its surface, a hologram appears showing columns of vertical lines and slashes which reminds him of binary code. Instantly, he knows that this artifact couldn’t be from this planet and he also knows that his life might be in danger as ...

Regina Silver is a frustrated, transgender, lesbian, high school girl. While out for a jog to vent and cool off, she gets chased by bullies and runs into a thick green mist. When she comes out on the other side, she sees a beautiful redheaded elf, and realize that she's no longer on Earth. After changing her name and being reborn as Kaelyn, she joins with friends she meets along the way, and sets off on a journey to discover who she really is. Everyone labels her The Silver Queen, but she refuses to accept this title and tries to hide from the responsibility. The weight of the world falls ...

As Cristoforo Colombo sails to discover new lands, his life is thrown into a storm unsuspectingly designed by his enemies; unknown forces lurk behind him as he sails on to the New Indies. His successful discovery and titles as Governor, Admiral, and Viceroy, turn his voyages into a long life of threats. A conspiracy turns against his life when the ambitious Pope Alexander, the Spaniard Borgia, heeding counsel from Nicolo Machiavelli, embarks in a plan to put the New Indies under the power of the papacy. Sunken into poverty when the Spain does not pay his rights over the New Indies, Colombo ...