Albert Einstein's groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no one—to keep from human hands a power that dwarfed...
“Three Hearings on the Existence of Snakes in the Human Bloodstream” was first published in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Vol. 21, #2, No. 254, February...
Vladimir Karpov orders Fedorov to abort his mission to Ilanskiy, but Fedorov has other ideas. With the odds against him growing ever higher, the sudden appearance of a most unexpected visitor changes everything.
While Patton leads the fledgling...
World War II screeched to a halt as the great military powers scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. The enemy's formidable technology made their victory seem inevitable. Already Berlin and Washington, D.C., had been vaporized by atom bombs, and...
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance — to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its...
A Roman woman is thrown into the far past to the time before founding of Rome. That past is for her the realm of prehistoric legends, legends of the birth of Rome, a time when peasants scratched out a crude, meager living in the seven hills. Her...
“A masterful and epic novel… a stunning portrayal of how things that seem infinitesimal can shake the entire world.”
—History that Never Was
“The best alternate history novel I have ever read… daunting in its vision… this...
In To Conquer Chaos, John Brunner gives us a heaping helping of classic planetary science fiction adventure. The barrenland is a mystery and an enigma, a dangerous and terrifying place that none who enter ever return from. More than three hundred...