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The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...

Fleeing the supernova chain reaction at the galactic core, the Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds seek a way to survive among enemies and crises.

As the combined forces of the Predators and humans prepare to take on their enemies, the Rage and the Xenomorphs, the fate of humanity rests with android Liliya of the Rage.

"Ruby Whiting has done the impossible. She has proved that humanity deserves a seat at the galactic table. Well, at least a shot at a seat. Having convinced the galactic governing body that mankind deserves a chance at fixing their own problems, Ruby has done her part to launch the planet into a new golden age of scientific discovery and technological revolution. However, there are still those in the galactic community that think that humanity is...

The first time Mekashe, Captain of the Imperial Guard, meets blue-eyed human beauty Jasmine Donally, the two nearly come to blows. Forever devoted to the Cehn-Tahr, Mekashe is forced to sever ties with the object of his adoration. Years pass before their paths cross again, but Mekashe hasn't forgotten what transpired--or the way she makes his heart race. But even if he can forgive the past, insurmountable barriers still threaten to keep them worlds...

After traveling across the galaxy to attend an auction held by a matriarch of the Hutt crime cartel, representatives of the Republic and the Sith Empire, a Jedi Padawan, a disenfranchised trooper drummed out of the Republic's elite Blackstar Squad, and a mysterious Mandalorian must join forces to stop a powerful threat that could destroy the galaxy.

A 200,000 word gathering of the best short fiction by Jack McDevitt.

"Eighteen-year-old Kricket Hollowell was looking for her place in the world when she discovered that the universe was bigger--and more dangerous--than she had ever dreamed. Now, whisked across space to the planet Ethar, Kricket learns that her genetic ability to see the future makes her a sought-after commodity...and the catalyst for war between her star-crossed parents' clans. According to Alameedan prophecy, one house will rise to power and the...

In the third entry in bestselling author Mel Odoms Makaum War series, Master Sergeant Frank Sage struggles to defend against the Phrenorian threat as battle lines will be redrawnand blood will spill... One step forward, two steps back sums up Frank Sages day-to-day on Makaum. No sooner does he get the drug cartels under control than a major political assassination stirs civil unrest to a fever pitch. Makaumans never wanted to choose sides in the Terran/Phrenorian...