When an important space mission is sabotaged at Cape Canaveral, the Hardy boys are called in to investigate.

Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a sinister foreign plot to sabotage the American Skyfire space shuttle.

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens. This book looks at science fiction in precisely this manner, with twenty-one chapters that each deal with a subject that is repeatedly addressed in science fiction of recent centuries. Based on a packet of original essays that the author assembled for his classes, the book could serve as a supplemental textbook in science fiction classes, but also contains material of interest to science fiction scholars and others devoted to the genre. In some cases, chapters offer thorough surveys of numerous works involving certain subjects, such as imagined vehicles, journeys beneath the Earth and undersea adventures, discovering intriguing patterns in the ways that various writers developed their ideas. When comprehensive coverage of ubiquitous topics such as robots, aliens and the planet Mars is impossible, chapters focus on major themes referencing selected texts. A conclusion discusses other science fiction subjects that were omitted for various reasons, and a bibliography lists additional resources for the study of science fiction in general and the topics of each chapter.

Four incredibly powerful Dreamslinger stones have revealed themselves to the world. The struggle to control them continues… After Alex McCray and his friends escape the chaotic events brought on by billionaire Rupert Kline, the team retreats to San Diego where Alex is forced to reveal a dark secret from his past. But he soon realizes he isn't the only one with a secret. An obsessed archeologist discovers a Dreamslinger stone in South America that grants him phenomenal powers. Alex, Emily, Scott, and Christina must band together and confront their past to save the world's future. If you like exciting adventures and mind-bending storytelling, you’ll love R.J. Johnson’s highly anticipated sequel to Dreamslinger.

The Hardy boys intercept a coded message that points to plenty of big trouble under the big top.

"Frank and Joe visit the zoo to see the deadly new Australian tiger snake, but all they find is trouble. Herpetologist Dr. Harrod Michaels, the victim of a snakebite, is slumped over his desk, and poisonous snakes have been stolen."--Back cover

View our feature on Regan Hastings’s Visions of Skyfire. Teresa Santiago has awakened her abilities to summon lightning but is unable to control her power-or her attraction to Rune, her Eternal protector and destined partner. Now, Teresa and Rune must locate a missing artifact of unimaginable power before it unleashes the forces of darkness on the world. But with enemies both mortal and magical on their trail, Teresa and Rune discover that only through sacrifice will love conquer all...