The world ends, life goes on . . . A sharp-witted novel that asks: After surviving, what do you do next?"This is not an apocalypse, it's an adjustment. There is still electricity. There is still the internet. There is still order. We will adapt and we will survive." —U.S. governmentAfter twenty years of toil, Russian researchers drilled through nearly four kilometers of ice and reached Lake Vostok, a massive body of fresh water. Unfortunately, their efforts released the microorganisms entombed inside, which nature had managed to keep sealed off from the rest of the world for twenty-five million years.Tiny, aggressive, and lethal, the microbes emerged from the ancient lake and wormed their way into the world's water supply. Anyone who washed their hands or took a sip of water absorbed these primal parasites and died in a fraction of a second. How do you live when the very thing you need to exist can kill you?But death was only the...

A short story that tells what happened to Michael Hollister after we left him sitting at his desk in 1979.

One of our great contemporary scientists reveals the ten profound insights that illuminate what everyone should know about the physical worldIn Fundamentals, Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek offers the reader a simple yet profound exploration of reality based on the deep revelations of modern science. With clarity and an infectious sense of joy, he guides us through the essential concepts that form our understanding of what the world is and how it works. Through these pages, we come to see our reality in a new way—bigger, fuller, and stranger than it looked before.Synthesizing basic questions, facts, and dazzling speculations, Wilczek investigates the ideas that form our understanding of the universe: time, space, matter, energy, complexity, and complementarity. He excavates the history of fundamental science, exploring what we know and how we know it, while journeying to the horizons of the scientific world to give us a glimpse of what we may soon...

Rozemyne now only needs a ruelle fruit to brew the jureve potion that will make her a normal, healthy girl. But noble plots are sewing discord within the temple, and what happens next will change her future forever...

A beautiful, dark, enthralling story. -International Bestselling and award winning author, Amelia Hutchins.He wanted me for my blood...Living on the run was all I'd ever known. My life was unstable, but at least I wasn't alone. That all changed when my mother was murdered.I ran from the unknown creatures she'd always feared. Until the day I stopped being afraid.That was my first mistake.Cashel Blackthorne took me as his captive, but more than that, he opened my eyes to the terrible truth of the world. Vampires exist, and I am the key to their salvation.The Blackthorne vampires need my blood but their prince desires more—me.There's something between us neither of us can deny.He is my captor, but I'll be his ruin."An entertaining and sensuous story that will leave you wanting more. Fans of True Blood will enjoy this vampire romance." USA Today bestselling author Genevieve JackThis is the complete Blood Trilogy. It includes books 1-3...

Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince and Sorcery of Thorns, this exhilarating, page-turning fantasy will pull readers into a lush and stunning world where nothing—and no one—can be trusted. I did not choose this fate. But I will not walk away from it.Children have been disappearing from across Menaiya for longer than Amraeya ni Ansarim can remember. When her friend's sister is snatched, Rae knows she can't look away any longer - even if that means seeking answers from the royal court, where her country upbringing and clubfoot will only invite ridicule. Yet the court holds its share of surprises. There she discovers an ally in the foreign princess, who recruits her as an attendant. Armed with the princess's support, Rae seeks answers in the dark city streets, finding unexpected help in a rough-around-the-edges street thief with secrets of his own. But treachery runs...