When Torran offers her enough credits to not only keep her crew afloat but also hire someone to fix her ship, Tavi knows that she can’t refuse—no matter how much she’d like to.With so much money on the line, Torran and his crew insist on joining the hunt. Tavi reluctantly agrees because while the handsome, stoic leader pushes all of her buttons—for both anger and desire—she’s endured worse, and the massive bonus payment he’s promised for a completed job is reason enough to shut up and deal.But when they uncover a deeper plot that threatens the delicate peace between humans and Valoffs, Tavi suspects that Torran has been using her as the impetus for a new war. With the fate of her crew balanced on a knife’s edge, Tavi must decide where her loyalties lie—with the quiet Valoff who’s been lying to her, or with the human leaders who left her squad to die on the battlefield. And this time, she’s put her heart on the line.

    Their supplies are low. Their defenses, weak. The leadership is uncertain, and the community fragile. Huge alien beasts threaten the little they have left.But the worst monsters are human, and the greatest dangers are the past they brought.

    Kath and Nolan are looking for answers, trying to find ways to protect Earth from the possibility of an invasive alien species overrunning the planet. The US Presidential Election changes the political landscape. With new, hostile leadership, Kath and Nolan find themselves out of favor. Lies continue to dominate social media. Perhaps the greatest threat doesn't come from the stars. Perhaps there's already a generation of vipers here on Earth.FIRST CONTACT is a series of stand-alone novels that explore humanity's first interaction with extraterrestrial life. It is similar to BLACK MIRROR or THE TWILIGHT ZONE in that the series is based on a common theme rather than common characters. This allows these books to be read in any order. Technically, they're all first as they all deal with how we might initially respond to contact with aliens, exploring the social, political, religious, and scientific aspects of First Contact.Although Generation of Vipers is a sequel it has been written so it can be read as a stand-alone novel.

    Fight as you may, unearthing the happiness and fulfillment you long for can feel nearly impossible. In Psalm 8 David urges us to consider the heavens, to look up at the night sky. Doing so will help you discover fundamental truths about God. Namely, that--even though his love for you is as beyond comprehension as the farthest corners of the universe--through his Son, you can grab hold of it, and it has the power to transform your inner space.Bestselling author Levi Lusko shares how you can:learn that life is not about "finding yourself" but discovering who Jesus isbelieve that God's love and forgiveness is grander than even your greatest failurebuck the mundane of everyday life and start dreaming againEmbark on an adventure tracing the words and wonders of Jesus on his trek to the cross. Let The Last Supper on the Moon compel you to live with a more profound sense of purpose and a grander view of Jesus, and set you on a trajectory to life, and life more abundantly.

    Some women dream of exploring a newly discovered world in the arms of a hunky alien warrior. Personally I found life on Earth challenging enough.As an empath, I had to fight to keep from being dragged into the emotional chaos of other people’s lives. It took years for me to learn to control my ability. But when Chancellor Athene asked for my help, I couldn’t say no.She’d relocated to Centauri to become the mate of Director Zaroq and help him administer the wildly popular program. That’s when the threats began. Ominous messages from someone who knew enough about the inner workings of the program to create havoc. But who would want to destroy Centauri Brides—and why?Athene asked me to come to the new world. Use my gift to expose the culprit. They had one strong suspect—so they chose me to be his bride.Now the anonymous messages have escalated to threats of murder. My new mate is everything I ever dreamed of—and his dark side takes me to wild, thrilling places I’ve never been. The longer we’re together the more I find myself falling under his spell.Am I losing my heart to a killer?Centauri Brides is a brand-new series, a spinoff from the #1 bestselling Centauri Captives novels. Each book is a standalone featuring masterful alien warriors and the strong, smart Earth women who fall in love with them. Women who have the knowledge and skills to build a brand-new world. As always, USA Today Bestselling Authors Kallista Dane and Kate Richards promise an HEA in every story.

    Four billion miles from the Sun and two hundred degrees below zero, what this worldlet needs is light and heat. Through captured asteroids and solar mirrors, humanity's finest scientists and engineers are set to deliver them.What nobody factored in was a saboteur - but who, and why?From the start, terraformer Lucian is intrigued by nine-year-old Nou, traumatised to muteness after a horrifying incident that shook the base and upended her family into chaos. If he could reach her, perhaps he could understand what happened that day - and what she knows about the secrets of Pluto.For Nou possesses unspoken knowledge - something that could put a stop to the terraforming. But crippled by her fears, and unable to trust her family, there is no one she can talk to. Only through Lucian's gentle friendship does she start to rediscover her voice - and what she has to say will transform our sense of place in the Universe.

    The 2249 graduation is imminent and the draft is mandatory for all Lunariians. If Saphy isn't recruited by one of the seven Guild corporations, she'll be shipped to the deadly solar mines.The Fortuna corporation dominates on the dark side. For 134 years, they’ve guarded the spatial rifts between Terran and Lunarii, ever since the Reckoning that decimated their planet, and the exile that saw technology outlawed. Fortuna do not recruit outsiders. Until now.Enter Kepler, a cynical Legionnaire General's son from the unyielding city of Humboldt; Cleo, a socially awkward engineer from the innovating Imbrium City; and Riff, a neurotic medic from the drug-addled city of Serenity. Forced to leave everything they know behind, Saphy and her new squad must survive the perilous Fortunan training regime, and fight for a future they could never have foreseen.Yet, someone is determined to stop them succeeding at any cost.Change is dawning in Lunarii and long buried secrets begin to surface. The new recruits don't know who to trust, least of all in each other. When a switch in Fortunan leadership threatens to derail their progress, together they uncover a conspiracy with the potential to destabilise the entire Guild.The Reckoning saw their ancestors exiled from Terran. This squad isn't expecting a red carpet on their return.

    We are here on Earth because billions of years ago the Big Bang created the atoms that, over unimaginable periods of time, formed the stars and galaxies. Generations of stars that burned, exploded, or collided long before our planet was formed created the carbon of our bodies and the iron in our blood. In Astroquizzical, astrophysicist Jillian Scudder takes readers on a curiosity-driven journey through outer space, traveling back in time from Earth to the stars and galaxies to the cosmic explosions of the Big Bang.Scudder proceeds--astroquizzically--question by question, answering and explaining such queries as "What color is the universe?," "Do all planets spin the same way?," and "How many galaxies are there?" Along the way, she proposes a series of thought experiments, including "What would happen if we split the sun in half?" and "What happens to time dilation at the speed of light?" She covers meteors, the aurora, and the Moon (Earth's cosmic companion); Jupiter's stripes and Pluto's mountains; red dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and white dwarfs; the deaths of stars and the abundance of galaxies; and much more. Striking color images illustrate astrophysical marvels.

    We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of us cannot even see the Milky Way. But First Nations Elders around the world still maintain this knowledge, and there is much we can learn from them.These Elders are expert observers of the stars. They teach that everything on the land is reflected in the sky, and everything in the sky is reflected on the land. How does this work, and how can we better understand our place in the universe?Guided by six First Nations Elders, Duane Hamacher takes us on a journey across space and time to reveal the wisdom of the first astronomers. These living systems of knowledge challenge conventional ideas about the nature of science and the longevity of oral tradition. Indigenous science is dynamic, adapting to changes in the skies and on Earth, pointing the way for a world facing the profound disruptions of climate change.