Earth's greatest heroes defeat vicious alien invaders, but only with catastrophic results. From the ruins, a new society emerges - one governed by super-humans. The new order, benevolent at first, soo
In a future where aliens have exterminated all adults and train orphans as military warriors, five teenaged soldiers must escape to the Earth's surface before they are eliminated by the alien force.
Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul. Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-dev
In recent years, US federal courts have upheld the right to pursue international human rights litigation in their jurisdiction pursuant to the Alien Tort Statute. In this book, the authors (civil righ
Humanity pushed its way to the stars – and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out.Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors hav
From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. Films, Folklore and Urban Legends explores the convergence of folklore
When Armand Jones is accidentally zapt at school, he is automatically inducted into the ranks of the Pan-Galactic Order of Police, where he will have to save alien races, outwit space pirates, and be
Ever since contact was first made between humans and the alien idomeni, tensions between the two races have been frequent and bloody. As the first genetically altered human-idomeni hybrid, former Ca
Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the world’s m
Caught in the middle of a titanic struggle between two alien superpowers, the factions of humanity and their allies, the Ildirans, are under siege. Can they resolve their differences to fight a commo
The war between the alien hydrogues and the faeros rages, reducing suns to blackened shells--including one of the fabled seven suns of the Ildiran Empire. The Ildirans are engaged in a bloody civil w
The Saga of Seven Suns is a galaxy-spanning SF epic, packed with politics, war, family intrigues and star-crossed lovers. For years, the alien Klikiss robots have pretended to be humanity's friends,
To avoid an interstellar incident, ex-cop and hacker Harry Creek, aided by Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned AI, searches for a rare type of sheep to be used in an alien race's coronation ceremon
PERSONAL DEMONShin looks like an ordinary high school boy, but he has a terrible secret: an alien parasite has infected his body. This mysterious creature is ruthless, deadly, and utterly indifferent
The human race is at war with an insect-like alien race. The first battles went badly, and now Earth prepares to defend itself against the imminent threat of total destruction at the hands of an insc
I'm 126 years old. This is my 4,500th incarnation." --Dr. Bob, as profiled in Encounters With the Strange and Unexplained* The National UFO Reporting Center averages 332 unexplained alien sightings ea
Yellow blood, silk of steel, skeletons on the outside! These amazing attributes don’t belong to comic book characters or alien life forms, but to Earth’s biggest and hairiest spiders: tarantulas. Here
During James T. Kirk's five-year mission as captain of the Starship Enterprise, a mysterious alien threat called "The Totality" commenced its invasion, intending to conquer the Milky Way galaxy
Jake, Scott, and their alien friend Nojo continue their quest for the Pillar of Knowledge, traveling to a planet in another universe where the laws of physics are different.
A is no longer for apple-A is for atrocious! An astronaut attacking an alien with avocados is atrocious! Author Shannon Stewart presents a hilariously wicked take on the average alphabet book. Create
Searching for their missing friend Snout, a Master of Mental Arts, Rod Allbright and his alien friends begin a death-defying search across the stars to the Mentat, where they learn that the fate of th
Why do we have such an ongoing interest in the possibility of alien life forms? If aliens visited Earth, would that encounter leave us with an inner impression that there is more than the everyday wor
In order to leave her gloomy uncle and aunt and live with the King of the Rock People in the mountains, Amy learns that she must first betray an alien clan called the Wood People by kidnapping their w
Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons is the life story of a writer who vividly depicts alien creatures and new worlds. As the author of the Dragonriders of Pern series, McCaffrey (b. 1926) is one of th
It’s the 33rd century, a time of unparalleled peace and prosperity, but on a far-flung planet, humanity’s reign may be about to end…. Alien terrorism, sectarian violence, armed insurgency–it was a pol
A Harvard psychiatrist, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than sixty cases he has investigated and examines the implications for our iden
"Every day, meal by meal, millions of people suffer from eating disorders. I am one of them." Nadia Shivack was fourteen years old when she met Ed, her eating disorder. Sometimes like an alien in he
Alien hunting can get a girl killed. It can also get her a date. High school senior Camille Robins and her best friend are determined to snag the attention of their crushes before graduation next mo
In the 1970s science fiction exploded into the popular consciousness, appearing everywhere along the cultural spectrum—from David Bowie’s alien stage persona to the massively successful global juggern
This omnibus contains the final two Chanur novels, Chanur's Homecoming and Chanur's Legacy. This groundbreaking series chronicles the compelling first contact between humans and multiple alien races,
In the 1970s science fiction exploded into the popular consciousness, appearing everywhere along the cultural spectrum—from David Bowie’s alien stage persona to the massively successful g
IT'S THE WEIRDEST ALIEN INVASION EVER! "I cannot tell a lie," says Rod Allbright. And it's the truth. Ask him a question and he's bound to give you an honest answer. Which is why, when his teacher
SILENT INVASIONThey arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade - and take
The culture of the Eastern Church is alien to our experience. Yet the more we familiarize ourselves with the Eastern Church the more we recognize, for all the differences, the family resemblances. The
Having hidden the lunchbox in which the superhero Hot Dog from the planet Dogzalot always arrives on Earth, fifth-grader Bob and his best friend Clementine must stand alone against an evil alien who p
When Armand Jones is accidentally zapt at school, he is automatically inducted into the ranks of the Pan-Galactic Order of Police, where he will have to save alien races, outwit space pirates, and be
The dead body found in the Chemanga River has nothing to do with Todd. He?s been busy making beds at the family motel and writing alien stories to entertain his friends. Sure, a murder is big news, bu
H. R. Giger, Oscar-winning designer of the hit movie Alien and widely considered the world’s finest dark fantasy artist, redefined edgy, contemporary art starting in the 1980s with his biomorphic crea
On a mid-twenty-first-century Earth, a world infested with Tiberium, an alien substance that holds the promise of solving the world's energy crisis or creating devastating destruction, two factions--t
Seven young people, with alien past lives, struggle with the question of whether the woes of the present must be endured for the promise of a better future or to atone for past wrongs.
