"This unique collection of newly translated short stories offers a taste of classic and contemporary French science fiction to English-language readers. These stories cover a range of fascinating topics including simulated reality, speciesism, ecology, and transhumanism-all while exploring universal themes of belonging, death, and identity. Some of the authors featured in this anthology, like Julia Verlanger, Sylvie Denis, or Jean-Claude Dunyach,...

Otto races against the clock to rescue his friends from a rival organization, but as he desperately fights for his friends' lives, he ends up facing a deadly enemy who is a twisted product of his own bloodline.

The Transformers Animated Series takes the concept of Robots in Disguise and reinvents it for an all-new generation of fans! Starring Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Jazz, Ratchet, Sari, Sumdac and the rest of the favorites, and using actual still frames from the series itself.

Featuring a vibrant illustration style, young fans and reluctant readers can get to know the most popular villains from the Skywalker saga in this level 2 reader--including Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, Jango Fett, and more!

While his parents recharge their ship before heading back to Tragas for good, Zeke, with the help of Harris and Roxy, has time to learn about one last human tradition: the sleepover.

'There are some corners of the universe which have bred the most terrible things... they must be fought.' In 2070 Earth's weather is controlled by the Gravitron, a device based on the Moon and manned by an international team of experts. When the TARDIS deposits the Doctor and his companions on the zero-gravity surface, they discover the base in the grip of a plague epidemic which is drastically reducing the personnel. The Doctor's curiosity...

When the Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki enter a museum on the planet Xeros, they are astonished to find themselves displayed as exhibits! The TARDIS has jumped a 'time track' and offered them a glimpse of what the future could hold... The native Xerons are planning a rebellion against the occupying force of the Moroks who have invaded their world. The Doctor and his friends struggle not only to survive in the midst of battle, but...

The Wheel. A ring of ice and steel turning around a moon of Saturn, and home to a mining colony supplying a resource-hungry Earth. It's a bad place to grow up. The colony has been plagued by problems. Maybe it's just gremlins, just bad luck. But the equipment failures and thefts of resources have been increasing, and there have been stories among the children of mysterious creatures glimpsed aboard the Wheel. Many of the younger workers refuse

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Following a spot of uncharacteristic intoxication, the Doctor wakes to discover that the TARDIS has materialised in the service ducting of the Vipod Mor, a huge craft which is itself floating in deep space. Furthermore, the console has detected time spillage: someone or something is tampering with time! Such experimentation could not only damage the Space/Time continuum but destroy the past and future history of the Universe. The Doctor and Peri board...

""Are we living in the End Times?" The question is on everyone's mind. Cities worldwide are overrun by crime, homelessness, and drug addiction. Now comes an ominous new crisis - people are committing suicide in alarming numbers, and no one knows why it's happening. Even children are not immune. As authorities scramble helplessly to control what they call a "mental health pandemic," there are growing whispers of a supernatural origin. When two mysterious...