The Medusa Chronicles

Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: S&S/Saga Press
ISBN: 1481479687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
A sequel to Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Nebula Award–winning novella “A Meeting with Medusa,” this novel continues the thrilling adventure of astronaut Howard Falcon, humanity’s first explorer of Jupiter from two modern science fiction masters. Howard Falcon almost lost his life in an accident as the first human astronaut to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter—and a combination of human ingenuity and technical expertise brought him back. But he is no longer himself. Instead, he has been changed into an augmented human: part man, part machine, and exceptionally capable. With permission from the Clarke Estate, Stephen Baxter and Alastair Reynolds continue this beloved writer’s enduring vision and have created a fresh story for new readers. The Medusa Chronicles charts Falcon’s journey through the centuries granted by his new body, but always back to mysteries of Jupiter and the changing interaction between humanity and the universe. A compelling read full of incredible action right from the beginning, this is a modern classic in the spirit of 2001 and The Martian.

The Medusa Plot (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers, Book 1)

Author: Gordon Korman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545344654
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
Are you ready to save the world? The bestselling series returns with an adventure spanning 6 explosive books, 2 secret-filled card packs, and a website that places readers right in the action. Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, thought they belonged to the world's most powerful family. They thought the hunt for 39 Clues leading to the source of that power was over. They even thought they'd won. But Amy and Dan were wrong.One by one, distress calls start coming in from around the globe. Cahills are being kidnapped by a shadowy group known only as the Vespers. Now Amy and Dan have only days to fulfill a bizarre ransom request or their captured friends will start dying. Amy and Dan don't know what the Vespers want or how to stop them. Only one thing is clear. The Vespers are playing to win, and if they get their hands on the Clues . . . the world will be their next hostage.

A Meeting with Medusa

Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812533620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
This two-in-one package features a story of a space disaster victim's meeting with the actual Medusa and an evocation of mountain climbing on Mars

Medusa

Author: Kathi Harris
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1796026514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466

Book Description
******Relaunched Version****** The aliens arrived on Earth, and transformed our lives with just seven words; “You will change, or you will die.” These visitors were fearful that humans would eventually export our way of resolving conflicts to our intergalactic neighbors. Hoping to prevent this, they sealed off the entire planet in a massive isolation device. But confining us in this way has doomed us to almost certain death. Between the human race and our unwelcome guests stands an extraordinary family, who may be able to save humanity from this fate. Lark Wright, their youngest member, has incredible abilities. But this information has been kept hidden by the family, as they fear she may be taken from them and exploited. This secret is revealed, however when Lark uses one of her astounding gifts to gain an audience with our other-worldly jailers. Her heartfelt plea on behalf of humankind secures for us a compromise, which has astonishing implications. Will humans survive this concession by the aliens? Will they triumph over their new normal?

The Massacre of Mankind

Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 1524760129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 2017.

Shadow Captain

Author: Alastair Reynolds
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 0316555681
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 398

Book Description
The gripping sequel to the Locus award winning science fiction adventure, Revenger, tells a story of obsession and betrayal as two sisters hunt for the greatest treasure in the universe. Adrana and Fura Ness have finally been reunited, but both have changed beyond recognition. Once desperate for adventure, now Adrana is haunted by her enslavement on the feared pirate Bosa Sennen's ship. And rumors of Bosa Sennen's hidden cache of treasure have ensnared her sister, Fura, into single-minded obsession. Neither is safe; because the galaxy wants Bosa Sennen dead and they don't care if she's already been killed. They'll happily take whoever is flying her ship. Shadow Captain is a desperate story of cursed ships, vengeful corporations, and alien artifacts, of daring escapes and wealth beyond imagining . . . and of betrayal.

Azanian Bridges

Author: Nick Wood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910935125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
A tense SF thriller set in an alternative South Africa where apartheid still holds sway and the struggle for equality continues. Sibisuso, an AmaZulu unwittingly caught up in the conflict, and Martin, a white psychologist, find their fates entwined via a machine that might just change the world...

Anti-ice

Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Harper Voyager
ISBN: 9780061054211
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Discovering a new element, Anti-Ice, a mysterious substance that unleashes vast energies when warmed, a millionaire industrialist dreams of power from an item that promises world peace--or world destruction. Original.

The Wind from the Sun

Author: Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher: Phoenix
ISBN: 9780575600522
Category : Radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
A volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.

Noctuary

Author: Thomas Ligotti
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596064706
Category : Horror tales, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description