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Thefantasy debut sensation ¿¿¿ WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya's brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. A witch seeking revenge Shakti vows retribution for the murder of her aunt and annihilation of her village at the hands of the emperor, even though she is bound by the Mayakari's pacifist code. A curse that will change the world In her anger Shakti casts a violent curse, the consequences of which will leave both her and Ashoka grappling for power. Do they take it for themselves and risk becoming what they most hate? Or do they risk losing power completely as the world around them is destroyed? Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy.

READ IN A DAY. REMEMBER FOR A LIFETIME. In his bestselling, internationally-acclaimed The Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes told the story of a nation in 240 invigorating pages, tracing the roots of today's challenges back to the first encounters with Rome. In The Shortest History of England, he takes the same approach to his homeland. As he journeys from Caesar to Brexit via Conquest, Empire and World War, he discovers an England very different to the standard vision. Our stable island fortress, stubbornly independent, the begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, is riven by an ancient fault-line that predates even the Romans; its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbours, whether we like it or ¬ and -- for the past 1,000 years -- it has harboured a class system like nowhere else on Earth. There has never been a better time to understand why England is the way it is -- and there is no better guide.

The fantasy debut sensation ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE. Where winged serpents fly through the skies. Giant leopards prowl the earth. And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born into violence Prince Ashoka is considered an outcast for opposing his father Emperor Adil Maurya's brutal destruction of the Mayakari witches. A witch seeking revenge Shakti vows retribution for the murder of her aunt and annihilation of her village at the hands of the emperor, even though she is bound by the Mayakari's pacifist code. A curse that will change the world In her anger Shakti casts a violent curse, the consequences of which will leave both her and Ashoka grappling for power. Do they take it for themselves and risk becoming what they most hate? Or do they risk losing power completely as the world around them is destroyed? Drawing on inspiration from the Mauryan Empire of Ancient India, debut author Maithree Wijesekara plunges readers into the first amazing book of the Obsidian Throne trilogy.

Collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series that the hit Prime Video series is based on in these all-new softcover editions! NOW A HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO! These all-new definitive softcover editions collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series, created by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley, from the very beginning, with stunning covers from Cory Walker and Dave McCaig. Angstrom Levy finally attacks! To save the world, Invincible is going to need to help of the greatest heroes of the Image Universe: Spawn, Savage Dragon, Youngblood, and many more! Meanwhile, the Viltrum Empire sends a new agent to Earth--Conquest... Collects INVINCIBLE #60-65.

Collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series that the hit Prime Video series is based on in these all-new softcover editions!  NOW A HIT ANIMATED SERIES ON PRIME VIDEO!  These all-new definitive softcover editions collect the entire INVINCIBLE comic book series, created by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley, from the very beginning, with stunning covers from Cory Walker and Dave McCaig.  Angstrom Levy finally attacks! To save the world, Invincible is going to need to help of the greatest heroes of the Image Universe: Spawn, Savage Dragon, Youngblood, and many more!  Meanwhile, the Viltrum Empire sends a new agent to Earth--Conquest...  Collects INVINCIBLE #60-65.

Der Tourismus gehört zu den wichtigsten und auswirkungsreichsten Faktoren der Globalisierung. Durch das rasante Wachstum im internationalen Tourismus werden künftig immer mehr Menschen reisen. Unter dem Eindruck der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte mit Meilensteinen wie dem Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 1992, blieb auch die Tourismusbranche nicht unberührt von den Diskussionen über eine nachhaltige Ausrichtung. Es stellt sich mehr denn je die Frage nach einer verträglichen, richtungsweisenden Gestaltung der Reiseströme. In der Theorie existieren viele Überlegungen, die aber zu kurz greifen oder praktisch untauglich erscheinen. In diesem Buch werden zum einen die theoretischen Ansätze aufgezeigt und diskutiert; zum anderen wird explizit auf die Nachfrageseite zu nachhaltigen Tourismusansätzen eingegangen. Über das Buchungsverhalten auf dem Massenmarkt wird ihr Erfolg oder Misserfolg definiert. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt dabei auf dem deutschen Reisemarkt als einer der wichtigsten Quellmärkte. Dieses Buch soll zum besseren Verständnis der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte im Tourismus dienen und diesbezüglich einen empirischen Beitrag zum Verhalten der Reisenden leisten. Dieses Werk ist eine korrigierte Neuausgabe des 2012 veröffentlichten Buches "Der nachhaltige Tourist - Eine Utopie?".

Before time was recorded by mankind there were the ancient gods of Mesopotamia. Before civilization emerged, before Empires grew, they came and created a hybrid slave race we now call humanity. This is the story of the Anunnaki, the ancient gods. All religions, myths and mysteries emerged in these ancient times. Flying angels and chariots. Sky ships and miracles. Great constructions in an age supposedly named after stone. The facts do not fit the standard history. Instead, they fit a massive tale of a superior species that came to Earth, created a slave race to mine and serve, and then left behind mystery. This is the story of those alien gods.

Der Tourismus gehört zu den wichtigsten und auswirkungsreichsten Faktoren der Globalisierung. Durch das rasante Wachstum im internationalen Tourismus werden künftig immer mehr Menschen reisen. Unter dem Eindruck der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte mit Meilensteinen wie dem Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro 1992, blieb auch die Tourismusbranche nicht unberührt von den Diskussionen über eine nachhaltige Ausrichtung. Es stellt sich mehr denn je die Frage nach einer verträglichen, richtungsweisenden Gestaltung der Reiseströme. In der Theorie existieren viele Überlegungen, die aber zu kurz greifen oder praktisch untauglich erscheinen. In diesem Buch werden zum einen die theoretischen Ansätze aufgezeigt und diskutiert; zum anderen wird explizit auf die Nachfrageseite zu nachhaltigen Tourismusansätzen eingegangen. Über das Buchungsverhalten auf dem Massenmarkt wird ihr Erfolg oder Misserfolg definiert. Der Fokus der Untersuchung liegt dabei auf dem deutschen Reisemarkt als einer der wichtigsten Quellmärkte. Dieses Buch soll zum besseren Verständnis der Nachhaltigkeitsdebatte im Tourismus dienen und diesbezüglich einen empirischen Beitrag zum Verhalten der Reisenden leisten. Dieses Werk ist eine korrigierte Neuausgabe des 2012 veröffentlichten Buches "Der nachhaltige Tourist - Eine Utopie?".

Giant’s Star: The aliens from Ganymede bought with them answers that forever changed human history. Finally, humans thought they comprehended their place in the universe – that is, until they learned of the Watchers in the stars. Now Earth finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and an off-shoot group of upstart humans who hate Earth more than any alien ever could. Entoverse: Jevlen is a rational society managed to perfection by immense super computer JEVEX – until now. Things are falling apart, people are changing, or being changed, and shutting down JEVEX doesn’t help. The changed behave as if they are possessed by demons. Meanwhile in a nearby, completely different universe, rationality is creeping into a world where magic has always held sway. Logic, the magic of this world, is beginning to work! Cause is actually leading directly to effect! What’s more, with the proper concentration and purity of mind, crossing over into a new, rational universe can be achieved. Jevlin is that destination, of course, and the collision is between not just worlds, but universes with completely opposing operating systems.

Mankind has conquered space and moved toward the starry heart of the galaxy. Earth is a planet of no importance, riddled with radioactivity by long-forgotten wars. When assassins target his rooms and news arrives that, many light-years away, his father has been murdered, student Biron Farrill flees for his life. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father's death, and finds himself entangled in a web of deep-space rebellion, espionage, and political intrigue. Asimov's Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction's Golden Age.

A Megadungeon For Character Levels 1-10 A Thousand-Year-Old Dungeon Mystery Waiting To Be Solved! The end of one empire sees the birth of a new one deep within the earth. Born in the forgotten chambers and caverns of age-lost Thracia rises a formidable foe: the Minotaur King, along with his host of dogfolk, gnolls, lizardfolk and others. Some say even Death itself lingers in the Caverns of Thracia, ready to claim any who stumble upon its unholy chapel. The secrets of Thracia are manifold, its treasures thrice that. Do you have the mettle to survive... the Caverns of Thracia? The Caverns of Thracia is a complete mega-dungeon setting that supports a full-year campaign!

Mankind has conquered space and moved toward the starry heart of the galaxy. Earth is a planet of no importance, riddled with radioactivity by long-forgotten wars. When assassins target his rooms and news arrives that, many light-years away, his father has been murdered, student Biron Farrill flees for his life. Stunned, grief-stricken, and outraged, Biron is determined to uncover the reasons behind his father's death, and finds himself entangled in a web of deep-space rebellion, espionage, and political intrigue. Asimov's Galactic Empire novels are among the earliest stories by one of the twentieth century's greatest visionaries. Filled with ideas and wonders, they are classic adventures from science fiction's Golden Age.

A Megadungeon For Character Levels 1-10 A Thousand-Year-Old Dungeon Mystery Waiting To Be Solved! The end of one empire sees the birth of a new one deep within the earth. Born in the forgotten chambers and caverns of age-lost Thracia rises a formidable foe: the Minotaur King, along with his host of dogfolk, gnolls, lizardfolk and others. Some say even Death itself lingers in the Caverns of Thracia, ready to claim any who stumble upon its unholy chapel. The secrets of Thracia are manifold, its treasures thrice that. Do you have the mettle to survive... the Caverns of Thracia? The Caverns of Thracia is a complete mega-dungeon setting that supports a full-year campaign!

Tanar of Pellucidar is the third in the Burroughs series set in the world of Pellucidar the exotic and savage land at the center of the Earth. American explorer David Innes and the human communities have finally overthrown Pellucidar's slave masters, the Mahars. The Pellucidarian Empire is now faced with a new menace, the Korsar pirates. In the ensuing battle many warriors are lost and one of the most courageous, Tanar of Sari, is captured. Tanar is taken to the horrifying realm of the Buried People of Amiocap and ultimately to the Korsars' dungeons. Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, "Lost worlds" and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter.

It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space - and a planet better left unexplored. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed. And it has been waiting for them. Children of Ruin follows the extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative. Continue the journey with Children of Memory. * * * Praise for the series: 'Asimov or Clarke might have written this' - Stephen Baxter, co-author of The Long Earth 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls 'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building' - James McAvoy 'A fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off' - Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

For fans of The Remarried Empress and Villains Are Destined to Die, this stunning fantasy comic by debut author SAM features a powerful noblewoman who has to rewrite her entire revenge plan when she wakes up in the body of her sworn rival. Two noblewomen, Lady Medea Solon and Lady Psyche Callista, who were competing for the throne of the Vasilios Empire, struggle to survive in a dangerous world of magic and betrayal when their souls are reversed. Trapped in each other’s bodies and in unfamiliar territory, Medea and Psyche will both have to play a dangerous game to survive. News spreads that the Temple of the Vasilios Empire has foretold a prophecy with potentially earth-shattering consequences. Medea takes action in Psyche’s body to determine the truth of it all. Meanwhile, Duke Solon is in a hurry to arrange a marriage between Medea and a foreign king. Your Throne Volume 3 collects episodes 24 to 34 of the stunning fantasy WEBTOON comic by SAM, a story of power, magic, and betrayal with over 830 million reads worldwide.

Fantastic Worlds and Terrifying Foes Threaten the Grid! Across the Stars gives your Power Rangers Roleplaying Game stories all players and GMs need for space travel and to face-off against foes from the Machine Empire, Truubian Empire, Pirate Queen Divatox's marauders, and the forces of the United Alliance of Evil! With a whole universe to protect, Rangers can expect to foil the schemes of classic villains like Astronema, General Automon, Scorpius, and even Dark Specter himself. Enemies won't wait, either, with new bounty hunters like Darkonda and Dayne, and the fearsome Psycho Rangers seeking to stop the forces of good! Features: - Explore mysterious planets as one of three new advanced Roles: team defending Gold, Grid-bending Silver, and time-hopping Phantom Ranger. - Create characters beyond Earth, with options for Rangers from Aquitar, Sirius, Triforia, and other planets which can be customized with seven new Origins and six exciting Influences. - Gear up with new interstellar Zords, vehicles, equipment, perks, and powers like the heroes of Power Rangers Turbo, In Space, Space Patrol Delta, Lost Galaxy, and more

It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . 'Asimov or Clarke might have written this' - Stephen Baxter, co-author of The Long Earth A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space - and a planet better left unexplored. Set in the same universe as Children of Time, this is a thrilling narrative from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed. And it has been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative. Praise for the series: 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls 'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building' - James McAvoy 'A fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off' - Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

It has been waiting through the ages. Now it's time . . . 'Asimov or Clarke might have written this' - Stephen Baxter, co-author of The Long Earth A scout ship discovers a human outpost lying derelict in space - and a planet better left unexplored. Set in the same universe as Children of Time, this is a thrilling narrative from the award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky. Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth. But those ancient terraformers awoke something on Nod. Something better left undisturbed. And it has been waiting for them. 'Books like this are why we read science fiction' - Ian McDonald, author of the Luna series Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with new characters and an original narrative. Praise for the series: 'Entertaining, smart, surprising and unexpectedly human' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls 'Brilliant science fiction and far-out world-building' - James McAvoy 'A fabulous sense of scale that only someone as talented as Adrian Tchaikovsky can pull off' - Peter F. Hamilton, author of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine

'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE The Unreal and the Real is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy. Volume One, WHERE ON EARTH, focuses on Le Guin's interest in realism and magical realism and includes 18 of her satirical, political and experimental earthbound stories. Highlights include WORLD FANTASY and HUGO AWARD-winner 'Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight', the rarely reprinted satirical short, 'The Lost Children', JUPITER AWARD-winner, 'The Diary of the Rose' and the title story of her PULITZER PRIZE finalist collection 'Unlocking the Air'.

'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE The Unreal and the Real is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy. Volume One, WHERE ON EARTH, focuses on Le Guin's interest in realism and magical realism and includes 18 of her satirical, political and experimental earthbound stories. Highlights include WORLD FANTASY and HUGO AWARD-winner 'Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight', the rarely reprinted satirical short, 'The Lost Children', JUPITER AWARD-winner, 'The Diary of the Rose' and the title story of her PULITZER PRIZE finalist collection 'Unlocking the Air'.

'Le Guin's storytelling is sharp, magisterial, funny, thought-provoking and exciting, exhibiting all that science fiction can be' EMPIRE The Unreal and the Real is a two-volume collection of stories, selected by Ursula Le Guin herself, and spans the spectrum of fiction from realism through magical realism, satire, science fiction, surrealism and fantasy. Volume One, WHERE ON EARTH, focuses on Le Guin's interest in realism and magical realism and includes 18 of her satirical, political and experimental earthbound stories. Highlights include WORLD FANTASY and HUGO AWARD-winner 'Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight', the rarely reprinted satirical short, 'The Lost Children', JUPITER AWARD-winner, 'The Diary of the Rose' and the title story of her PULITZER PRIZE finalist collection 'Unlocking the Air'.

How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history? I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old. Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did - how I did what I had to do - not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes. It's a story you know. But you don't know it all. Old Man's War Series #1 Old Man's War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe's Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: "After the Coup" Other Tor Books The Android's Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire (forthcoming) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A magisterial work of gripping history, City of Fortune tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the Mediterranean - an epic five hundred year voyage that encompassed crusade and trade, plague, sea battles and colonial adventure. In Venice, the path to empire unfolded in a series of extraordinary contests - the sacking of Constantinople in 1204, the fight to the finish with Genoa and a desperate defence against the Turks. Under the lion banner of St Mark, she created an empire of ports and naval bases which funnelled the goods of the world through its wharfs. In the process the city became the richest place on earth - a brilliant mosaic fashioned from what it bought, traded, borrowed and stole. Based on first hand accounts of trade and warfare, seafaring and piracy and the places where Venetians sailed and died, City of Fortune is narrative history at its finest. Beginning on Ascension Day in the year 1000 and ending with an explosion off the coast of Greece - and the calamitous news that the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India - it will fascinate anyone who loves Venice and the Mediterranean world.

“You'll finish [Greenfield's] book with new respect for color, especially for red. With A Perfect Red, she does for it what Mark Kurlansky in Salt did for that common commodity.”—Houston Chronicle Interweaving mystery, empire, and adventure, Amy Butler Greenfield's masterful popular history offers a window onto a world far different from our own: a world in which the color red was rare and precious—a source of wealth and power for those who could unlock its secrets. And in this world nothing was more prized than cochineal, a red dye that produced the brightest, strongest red the Old World had ever seen. A Perfect Red recounts the story of this legendary red dye, from its cultivation by the ancient Mexicans and discovery by 16th-century Spanish conquistadors to the European pirates, explorers, alchemists, scientists, and spies who joined in the chase to unlock its secrets, a chase that lasted more than three centuries. It evokes with style and verve this history of a grand obsession, of intrigue, empire, and adventure in pursuit of the most desirable color on earth. What did it take to control the color of power, desire, and royalty? A True Microhistory: Following the model of Mark Kurlansky's Salt, this book uncovers how a single commodity—a tiny insect—shaped global empires, economies, and art for centuries. The Spanish Empire's Secret: Learn how Spanish conquistadors discovered cochineal in ancient Mexican marketplaces and jealously guarded the source of the world's most vibrant red dye for over 300 years. Espionage and Piracy on the High Seas: Join the chase as European pirates, spies, alchemists, and scientists risk everything to break Spain's monopoly and steal the coveted insect for their own empires. A Rich Narrative Nonfiction: Meticulously researched and told with the verve of an adventure novel, this popular history reveals the intrigue and obsession behind the world's quest for a perfect red.

There are about ten quintillion insects in the world-and some of them have affected human history in tremendous ways! For as long as humans have been on earth, we've co-existed with insects . . . for better or for worse. Once you begin to look at world history through fly-specked glasses, you begin to see the mark of these minute life forms at every turn. Beneficial bugs have built empires. Bad bugs have toppled them. Bugged is not your everyday history book. From the author and illustrator team behind kid-favorite Poop Happened! A History of the World from the Bottom Up, this combination of world history, social history, natural science, epidemiology, public health, conservation, and microbiology is told with fun and informative graphics and in an irreverent voice, making this one fun-to-read book.

Jack Campbell returns to the world of the New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet novels with an action-packed military science fiction series that explores the founding of the Alliance...and the men and women who fought to create it. Earth is no longer the center of the universe. After the invention of the faster-than-light jump drive, humanity is rapidly establishing new colonies. But the vast distances of space mean that the old order of protection and interstellar law offered by Earth has ceased to exist. When a nearby world attacks, the new colony of Glenlyon turns to Robert Geary, a young former junior fleet officer, and Mele Darcy, a onetime enlisted Marine. With nothing but improvised weapons and a few volunteers, Geary and Darcy must face down warships and armored soldiers-or die trying. As battles rage and pirates take an increasing toll throughout the colonies, the only hope for lasting peace lies with Carmen Ochoa, a "Red" from the anarchic world of Mars, and Lochan Nakamura, a failed politician. They have a plan: to lay the groundwork for mutual defense that could someday grow into an alliance. But if their efforts don't succeed, the growing power of aggressor worlds could turn regions of space founded on freedom into battlefields between the first interstellar empires....

From Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, this is the first instalment in the visionary novel cycle 'Canopus in Argos: Archives'. The story of the final days of our planet is told through the reports of Johor, an emissary sent from Canopus. Earth, now named Shikasta (the Stricken) by the kindly, paternalistic Canopeans who colonised it many centuries ago, is under the influence of the evil empire of Puttiora. War, famine, disease and environmental disasters ravage the planet. To Johor, mankind is a 'totally crazed species', racing towards annihilation: his orders to save humanity set him what seems to be an impossible task. Blending myth, fable and allegory, Doris Lessing's astonishing visionary creation both reflects and redefines the history of our own world from its earliest beginnings to an inevitable, tragic self-destruction.

A Megadungeon for Character Levels 1-5 A thousand-year-old dungeon mystery waiting to be solved! The end of one empire sees the birth of a new one deep within the earth. Born in the forgotten chambers and caverns of age-lost Thracia rises a formidable foe: the Minotaur King, along with his host of dogbrothers, gnolls, lizardmen, and others. Some say that even Death itself lingers in the Caverns of Thracia, ready to claim any who stumble upon its unholy chapel. The secrets of Thracia are manifold, its treasures thrice that. Do you have the mettle to survive...The Caverns of Thracia? Designed for use with four to six Dungeon Crawl Classics PCs, The Caverns of Thracia is a complete mega-dungeon suitable as part of an ongoing campaign or to kick off a new one!

The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy. When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt to handle things on their next field visit. Jamie, eager to do anything, immediately signs on. What Tom doesn't tell Jamie is that the animals his team cares for are not here on Earth. Not our Earth, at least. In an alternate dimension, massive dinosaur-like creatures named Kaiju roam a warm, human-free world. They're the universe's largest and most dangerous panda and they're in trouble. It's not just the Kaiju Preservation Society who have found their way to the alternate world. Others have, too. And their carelessness could cause millions back on our Earth to die. OTHER TOR BOOKS BY JOHN SCALZI Agent to the Stars The Android's Dream Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998-2008 Starter Villain When the Moon Hits Your Eye Monsters of Ohio THE OLD MAN'S WAR NOVELS Old Man's War The Ghost Brigades The Last Colony Zoë's Tale The Human Division The End of All Things The Shattering Peace THE LOCK IN SERIES Lock In Head On Unlocked THE INTERDEPENDENCY SEQUENCE The Collapsing Empire The Consuming Fire The Last Emperox EDITED BY JOHN SCALZI Metatropolis At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.