Celeste Sterling was about to graduate from university on the planet Isis. Instead, she ends up the obsession of a colonel in the security services of President Prescott.Her shocking change in circumstances puts events into motion that place her in command of the Infinity. It's a deep space rescue ship of awesome size meant to save travelers lost in space. Each of the three species in the galactic Trio Alliance receive one of these incredible vessels from the Givers, the mysterious super beings who have given space travel technology to select species.The ship exists to perform peaceful missions, but its immense capabilities have made it a prize in the brewing conflict between human political factions. The existing government of President Prescott wants the Infinity controlled by loyalists whereas the Correctionists, led by the exiled Earth Fanatic Richard Roanoke, want its resources to support their rebellion.When Roanoke escapes from death row on the...

A wrenching new novel of guilt, good intentions, and terrifying twists by the acclaimed author of Casual Cruelties. On paper, Claire has it all. A long and happy marriage, two lovely daughters, and a big house in the country. But she’s hiding a secret . . . Struggling with issues from her school days, Claire finds her life beginning to unravel as she seeks comfort in the arms of her best friend’s husband. When she learns of a school reunion, she sees her opportunity to put things right. But even the best laid plans can go awry, and not everyone is willing to forgive and forget . . .

Sixteen year-old Belle Montague's family history is haunting her. Literally. Now with blood on her hands, she must leave behind everything she knows to live with her ultra-rich and mysterious aunt in the most elite city in the country, Elmridge. She goes from home-school to glitz-and-glam high school where she is pitted against—The Princess Posse, a group of Queen B-versions of fairy tale royalty...A new teacher, Dr. Helsing, who wants to know a little too much about the past she's running from...The pop-star heartthrob of the school who's lusting after her...And Liam Rawlins, her fantasy-guy-come-true known as Beast on the football team—and an outcast who everyone thinks murdered his own parents.But Belle learns of the links between the deaths and her own supernatural family history, and resolves to get close to Liam to unlock the answers to her nightmarish past.Can she solve the mysteries in time, juggle a confusing social...

The book is about the "space race", starting from the earliest steps of astronautics to the Moon landings of Armstrong and Aldrin. The conquest of space began as a by-product of an exquisitely military project, the rapid, and efficient delivery of explosives, conventional and then nuclear, over great distances into enemy territory. It happened at the turn of World War II, first with the V2s, the Wunderwaffen that von Braun had created for his Führer, and, after the surrender of Germany and Japan, with the intercontinental ballistic missiles that the Russians and Americans built to serve as cabs for atomic bombs. Restrained by the fear of nuclear holocaust, the two great powers that had momentarily divided the government of the world turned the risky muscular confrontation into an unusual race to climb the sky: a stage race with a conventional finish line marked by the human landing on the Moon. Under the constant guidance of Sergei Korolev, the mysterious "chief designer", the...

From the past comes magic, from the present, danger, gradually colliding. Bereavement stalks the corridors of power as treason brews in the taverns of Oedran. Sibling jealousy threatens the stability of the FitzAlcis' empire whose stories tell of magic and mundanity. Strangers weave a tale of power unaware of their destination. There are beginnings and ends so tangled that any one may be both. When the lives of King Adeone and Sergeant Wynfeld become inextricably linked one fateful day, neither expects a chance encounter to become a dance of destinies. As Wynfeld grapples with his new life in Oedran, Adeone must protect those he loves. Soon danger closes in. Can Wynfeld hunt down the men threatening the King in time?