Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors


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The post-apocalyptic world isn't that bad. Sure, there are mutants. But, for the people of New Hope, daily life isn't so much a struggle of finding food or medicine as it is trying to find a new shortstop for their kickball team. This makes it difficult for a post-apocalyptic warrior to find work. Thankfully, an army full of killers is making its way to the peaceful town and plans to raze it to the ground. Only a fully trained post-apocalyptic nomadic warrior can stop them. Two have offered their services. One is invited to help. The other is sent to roam the wasteland. Did the townspeople make the right decision? Will they be saved? Did they find a shortstop? What's with all the bears? Find out in Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors, the first book in the Duck and Cover Adventures. It's the end of the world as you've never known it.




Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors


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The world is a wasteland.Well, it's mostly a wasteland. New Orleans is a swamp. Dallas is a jungle. Mount Rushmore is still there, but all the Presidents have been turned into muppets. No one's really checked on Canada. But, no, for the most part, the world is a wasteland. Danger is everywhere.Savage raiders, mindless mutants, super intelligent animals, cannibals, dangerous vegetation and people just generally being jerks to one another. The post-apocalyptic world is full of terrors and generally terrible people.New Hope is a town struggling to survive. Actually, they're doing pretty good considering the world blew up around them. They've got a functioning government, a decent amount of food and a couple of kickball teams with a healthy rivalry. But, now, an army of ruthless raiders is heading their way to destroy their little piece of the apocalypse.Their only hope is a man called the Librarian.Okay, not really. There's another guy named Logan that's much less awkward, tougher looking and probably much better at protecting people than the Librarian. Even his dog looks mean. But, either Logan or the Librarian will have to face the horrors of the apocalypse to save the people of New Hope from a fate worse than the end of the world.The Duck & Cover series is filled with all of the action, adventure and sweet, sweet violence you'd expect after the apocalypse. But there's more to Armageddon than fast cars, hot women and wearing old tires as shoulder pads. (Though there are certainly those things.) Read the first book in the series now. It's the end of the world as you've never known it. Vicious raiders and super smart bears. Overgrown cities and reluctant road warriors. It's the end of the world as you've never known it. For the people of New Hope, post-apocalyptic life has been pretty good. It's quiet and there's significantly less traffic. But, now an army of savage raiders is threatening their peaceful existence with a giant death truck and they're going to need a post-apocalyptic warrior to help. As luck would have it, two warriors have come looking for work. Logan is hired to protect the town while Jerry and his mastiff are turned away to face the perils of the wasteland. Did they choose the right man for the job? How smart are these bears? What the hell is a death truck? Find out in Post-Apocalyptic Nomadic Warriors, a laugh-out-loud look at the apocalypse that's been called "Mad Max meets Monty Python." Read it today.




Knights of the Apocalypse


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The post-apocalyptic world isn't that bad. Sure, there are mutants. But, for the people of New Hope, daily life isn't so much a struggle of finding food or medicine as it is trying to find a new shortstop for their kickball team. This makes it difficult for a post-apocalyptic warrior to find work. Thankfully, an army full of killers is making its way to the peaceful town and plans to raze it to the ground. Only a fully trained post-apocalyptic-nomadic warrior can stop them.




Tentacles and Teeth


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The apocalypse wasn't what anyone expected--no rising flood waters, no zombies, no nuclear bombs. Instead, monsters. Their sudden invasion left the world in shatters, and now, decades later, all that's left of human civilization are a few nomadic bands struggling to survive off the land. Askari was born to this world, and lives, fights, and survives alongside the community that raised her. But when she breaks one too many of the community's rules, her punishment is severe: leave. Armed with her bow and blade, Askari sets off alone, guided only by a map and the promise that if she can find a book hidden in a nearby town, then she can return. But what can one person do alone in such a harsh, violent landscape? How will she survive? Askari faces a challenge that will force her to learn not only about the world she lives in, but question what she believes about herself.




The Matador's Crown


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An invitation too irresistible to refuse from the Museum of Cadiz leads archaeologist Annja Creed to the sun-drenched southern coast of Andalucia, Spain. In a region rich in Moorish and Roman ruins, she leaps at the chance to join a dig across the Bay of Cadiz, where she unearths a bronze bull statue that makes the entire trip worth every minute. Until the day after her discovery, when she sees the same artifact beside the body of a dead Spaniard, killed by the estocada, the final sword thrust used by bullfighters to bring down the bull. Whoever killed the man left clear signs of having taken something. And yet the bronze bull remained. What was so valuable the murderer chose it over a priceless artifact? How had her find come into this dead man's hands? With few leads and a growing body count, Annja's investigation takes her through a colorful world of flamenco and bullfighting to a renowned matador and an illegal—and deadly—collection of Visigoth votive crowns.




The Unsavvy Traveler


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"The Unsavvy Traveler" is a collection of the comic and cathartic tales of more than 25 women travelers. These women are hilarious casualties of tourism, whether they're breezy, independent trekkers who discover the necessity of preparation far too late or impeccable travelers suddenly beset by the mischievous whims of destiny.




The Mammoth Book of SF Wars


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War is becoming increasingly 'SF-ized' with remotely controlled attack drones and robot warriors already in development and being tested. Over the past 100 years the technology of war has advanced enormously in destructive power, yet also in sophistication so that we no longer seem to live under the constant threat of all-out global thermonuclear cataclysm. So what will future wars be like? And what will start them: religion, politics, resources, refugees, or advanced weaponry itself? Watson and Whates present a gripping anthology of SF stories which explores the gamut of possible future conflicts, including such themes as nuclear war, psychological and cyberwars, enhanced soldiery, mercenaries, terrorism, intelligent robotic war machines, and war with aliens. All the stories in this collection of remarkable quality and diversity reveals humankind pressed to the limits in every conceivable way. It includes 24 stories with highlights such as: The Pyre of the New Day' - Catherine Asaro. The Rhine's World Incident' - Neal Asher. Caught in the Crossfire' - David Drake. Politics' - Elizabeth Moon. The Traitor' - David Weber. And others from: Dan Abnett, Tony Ballantyne, Fredric Brown, Algis Budrys, Simon R. Green, Joe Haldeman, John Kessel, John Lambshead, Paul McAuley, Andy Remic, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Fred Saberhagen, Cordwainer Smith, Allen Steele, William Tenn, Walter Jon Williams, Michael Z. Williamson, Gene Wolfe.




Ghost Valley


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For Frank Morgan, the mystery of what happened to a ghost town in the Rocky Mountain Valley must take second fiddle to freeing his son. (from back cover).




The Years of Rice and Salt


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With the same unique vision that brought his now classic Mars trilogy to vivid life, bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years. In his grandest work yet, the acclaimed storyteller constructs a world vastly different from the one we know. . . . “A thoughtful, magisterial alternate history from one of science fiction’s most important writers.”—The New York Times Book Review It is the fourteenth century and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur—the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe’s population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been—one that stretches across centuries, sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, and spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation. Through the eyes of soldiers and kings, explorers and philosophers, slaves and scholars, Robinson navigates a world where Buddhism and Islam are the most influential and practiced religions, while Christianity is merely a historical footnote. Probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power—and even love—in this bold New World. “Exceptional and engrossing.”—New York Post “Ambitious . . . ingenious.”—Newsday




Daybreak, 2250 A.D.


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