WELCOME TO NIGHT CITY.THE CITY OF DREAMS.IF IT HASN'T CHANGED YOU YET, IT WILL . . .AND IF IT DOESN'T KILL YOU, YOU MIGHT COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE AS A LIVING LEGEND.In neon-drenched Night City, a ragtag group of strangers have just pulled off a heist, robbing a convoy transporting a mysterious container belonging to Militech. The only thing the group has in common is that they were blackmailed into participating in the heist - and they have no idea just how far their mysterious employer's reach...
Guy Boothbys fourth novel of five about the notorious Doctor Nikola, an occultist anti-hero seeking immortality and world domination. All the titels in the serie: Dr Nikola I - Enter,dr Nikola Dr Nikola II - Dr Nikola Returns Dr Nikola III - The Lust of Hate Dr Nikola IV - Dr Nikola's Experiment Dr Nikola V - Farwell, Nikola All from Ulwencreutz Media
The Lost World (Playaway Young Adult) (Arthur Conan Doyle Collection, #5)
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Challenger leads an expedition--which includes a journalist, an adventurer, and an aristocrat--into the deepest jungles of South America in search of the rumored country of dinosaurs. Original.
A preliminary to Dick's masterwork, Valis, in which Phil appears as an explicitly named autobiographical character for the first time. Soon to be a major new film. As America gasps in the stranglehold of a skull-crushing totalitarian regime, a supernatural intelligence speaks from the stars... ARAMCHEK... the word scratched in the sidewalk of the President's childhood home. ARAMCHEK... the name of the subversive society `with no official membership' whose sole purpo...
A well-written work that portrays the life of a young woman. As her duty is sending telegraphs, she is privy to most people's private affairs. Her reflections on relationships and finally the illustration of her own feelings are captivating!
During the American Civil war, five men:, Captain Cyrus Smith, an engineer; Gedeon (Gideon) Spilett, a reporter; Pencroff a sailor; Harbert (Herbert), a student; Nab (Neb) a cook and Smith's dog Top escape the siege of Richmond, Virginia by balloon. The balloon was launched during a great storm; the wind from the storm blows the balloon and its six passengers on a 6,000 mile journey. They manage to make it to an island, which they determine is in the South Pacific Ocean.
The DEL (del, #3) (Kate Morgan's Story - The del, #1)
by S G Courtright
Cabal - a secret political clique or faction. The sheer amount of interests involved in crimes both mundane and ground breaking are obfuscating the most heinous in society who attack Jia and Erik from the shadows. How do you find those hiding in the shadows, when you believe everyone is hiding something? Jia and Erik need to uncover the truth – but is revealing the truth good for those around them? --- Two years ago, a small moon in a far off system was set to be the location of the first i...
Legends Of Lemuria (Galactic Adventures, #3)
by Scott Michael Decker
Space-wanderer Earl Dumarest is on the planet Toy to consult the giant computer which may contain information on the whereabouts of Earth, his lost home-world.But soon he realises Toy is a place that gives away nothing for free. Before Dumarest can gain the information he needs, he must take part in the Toy Games - must fight like a tin soldier in a vast nursery.And there is nothing playful about the Games on Toy. The pain is real enough; the wounds, the blood - and death.(First published 1969)
Kerron and his business associates, Chang and Forrest, were three of the richest men on Earth. Now old and approaching the end of their days, they were desperate to prolong their lives. And there was one man who seemed to possess the secret of immortality-the mysterious Brett, a tall adventurer who had apparently lived for centuries. So the three men paid a fortune to the one man they believed could help them, But Brett had a dark secret, and he in turn made a bargain with them, They had to acc...
The year is 2021. For 25 years no child has been born. Nor will there be any more children, for infertility has spread like the plague and the human race is facing extinction. Amidst the riots and the horrors a group of dissenters face the choices that may change the future of humankind.