An alien spy... Unless he finds his mate, Stoan will die when he turns thirty, which makes him willing to take the most dangerous jobs. When he spots the human woman who awakens the denya bond within him, he knows they can never be. A shattered woman... Reina Draven almost lost everything at the hands of a warlord’s ambition. As she’s pulled into a world of danger and intrigue, her only stable force is the closed off blue alien assigned to be her partner on a mission she's been drafted into undertaking. Though the flame of desire sparks hot between them, she doesn’t know if she’s ready for romance, and he seems determined to keep away from her. A bond too strong to be denied... Their mission takes them deep into enemy territory, and Reina and Stoan need to learn to trust one another or face fatal consequences. As the danger heats up, so does the spark of their bond. But when a surprise from Stoan’s past throws a wrench in the works, their future is threatened by something even more dangerous than a brutal general's attention. Will Stoan choose to step into the future with his denya? Or will his secrets swallow him whole? Stoan is the third book in the Mated to the Alien series. This science fiction romance series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Enjoy fated mates, steamy alphas, and plenty of space adventures. This book is great for readers of paranormal romance and sci fi romance who love to read in their free time!

"A hero with Huck Finn's heart and charm, lighting by El Greco and jokes by Punch and Judy. . . . Riddley Walker is haunting and fiercely imagined and—this matters most—intensely ponderable." —Benjamin DeMott, The New York Times Book Review "This is what literature is meant to be." —Anthony Burgess "Russell Hoban has brought off an extraordinary feat of imagination and style. . . . The conviction and consistency are total. Funny, terrible, haunting and unsettling, this book is a masterpiece." —Anthony Thwaite, Observer "Extraordinary . . . Suffused with melancholy and wonder, beautifully written, Riddley Walker is a novel that people will be reading for a long, long time." —Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World "Stunning, delicious, designed to prevent the modern reader from becoming stupid." —John Leonard, The New York Times "Highly enjoyable . . . An intriguing plot . . . Ferociously inventive." —Walter Clemons, Newsweek "Astounding . . . Hoban's soaring flight of imagination is that golden rarity, a dazzlingly realized work of genius." —Jane Clapperton, Cosmopolitan "An imaginative intensity that is rare in contemporary fiction.' —Paul Gray, Time Riddley Walker is a brilliant, unique, completely realized work of fiction. One reads it again and again, discovering new wonders every time through. Set in a remote future in a post-nuclear holocaust England (Inland), Hoban has imagined a humanity regressed to an iron-age, semi-literate state—and invented a language to represent it. Riddley is at once the Huck Finn and the Stephen Dedalus of his culture—rebel, change agent, and artist. Read again or for the first time this masterpiece of 20th-century literature with new material by the author.

‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.

Returning to Earth was no honeymoon The exciting THREE WORLDS superhero romance saga continues! After the interstellar chaos of the past few weeks, Lina Starhart thinks she now has time to catch her breath and get used to the idea of not only being a bride but of being married to the galaxy’s most powerful man. But she has yet to learn what the job fully entails. Her Cinderella happily-ever-after is all too brief. ˃˃˃ Enemies all around Not only does her famous husband Valiant have to bear the constant scrutiny of celebrity-watching networks, but he has enemies whose attention now turns toward Lina, whom they see as the hero’s primary weakness. Can Lina step up to her new responsibilities and show herself to be a mega-level champion?

Detyens are doomed to die at the age of thirty if they don't find their fated mates in time. This bundle brings together the first three books in the Mated to the Alien series. Read as Ruwen, Tyral, and Stoan find human mates and a new hope for their dying race. This series will bring you fated mates, steamy alphas, and plenty of space adventures. Start reading today! Book One: Ruwen Dead alien walking... Ruwen NaNaran knows he's a goner. His alien species is cursed by a deadly genetic quirk and he'll be dead before the month is out, unless he finds his denya. She's the only woman in the universe who can save him. It's too bad that most Detyen women are dead. Down on her luck and lost in space... Lis Jaynx just wants to go home. Kidnapped from Earth by unknown foes, she's dropped on a inhospitable planet with little food and no hope. She'll do anything to find a ship to take her back to Earth, but Polai is hostile to all alien life, and Lis is running out of places to hide. An unexpected chance... From the moment he sees her, Ru knows Lis is his denya. But she's already wounded and distrustful of aliens, even those who claim they want to help. Will the explosive chemistry between them be enough to topple Lis's fears? Or will their bond break before it even forms, leaving Ru a dead alien walking and Lis all alone in the black of space. Book Two: Tyral One week to live... Captured by pirates with only a week to live, Tyral NaRaxos is on the verge of losing all hope. With no denya, he is doomed to die on his next birthday, if his captors don't finish the job first. A price on her head... Someone is after Dorsey Kwan and she doesn’t know why. Captured by pirates, she’s wasting away, dreading death or slavery. A chance escape with a fellow prisoner gives them both a chance, but nowhere is safe with a bounty on her head. A desperate passion... From the moment he sees her, Ty knows Dorsey is his mate. But even if they can defeat the pirates, there are worse enemies after both of them. A man living on borrowed time doesn't care about making enemies, but given the chance he will fight with everything he has to ensure his mate's survival... and his own. Book Three: Stoan An alien spy... Unless he finds his mate, Stoan will die when he turns thirty, which makes him willing to take the most dangerous jobs. When he spots the human woman who awakens the denya bond within him, he knows they can never be. A shattered woman... Reina Draven almost lost everything at the hands of a warlord’s ambition. As she’s pulled into a world of danger and intrigue, her only stable force is the closed off blue alien assigned to be her partner on a mission she's been drafted into undertaking. Though the flame of desire sparks hot between them, she doesn’t know if she’s ready for romance, and he seems determined to keep away from her. A bond too strong to be denied... Their mission takes them deep into enemy territory, and Reina and Stoan need to learn to trust one another or face fatal consequences. As the danger heats up, so does the spark of their bond. But when a surprise from Stoan’s past throws a wrench in the works, their future is threatened by something even more dangerous than a brutal general's attention. Will Stoan choose to step into the future with his denya? Or will his secrets swallow him whole? Detyens are doomed to die at the age of thirty if they don't find their fated mates in time. The series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Enjoy fated mates, steamy alphas, alien romance, and plenty of space adventures. This book is great for readers of paranormal romance and sci fi romance who love to read in their free time!

The impetus behind this collection of original essays is the tension between the aesthetic emphasis on stylistics in science fiction and fantasy writing and the critical limitations imposed by prevailing literary theory. From a variety of perspectives, the contributors show how a new, or expanded, set of methods and models can enrich critical exchange within the genre and between it and other types of fiction. The focus of the book is not entirely on critical restraints but also on the genre's robustly subversive, creative drive--its unwillingness or inability to pause for critical validation. The essays examine the proliferation of stylistic acts and experiments in science fiction and fantasy writing as assess the genre's revolutionary qualities: its reordering of narrative priorities, inversion of consecrated categories, and elevation of "minor" devices.

Superhero Romance and Adventure Like You've Never Seen Before! Can love blossom when a touch is deadly? Sometimes a superhero is just too powerful to enjoy life. But Londo (Valiant) Rand's foes have temporarily blasted away his powers, leaving him to outrun a mercenary army across an otherwise deserted South Pacific island— accompanied by a beautiful woman, Lina O'Kelly. If they're lucky they can reach safety until Londo's powers return. But Londo doesn't want those powers back, not yet. This is the one day in his life he'll be able to touch someone without the potential of accidentally tearing them to shreds. Too bad that psychic Lina is acutely phobic to touch. What the world's greatest superhero asks for is what she's unable to give. Can they escape terrorists, gales and ghosts to find haven? If they should fall deeply in love, how will they cope when Londo's powers return and he's too strong to hold Lina in his arms? Two books in one! The original Touch of Danger has been combined with Star-Crossedto bring you a larger adventure in one volume. Now the story reaches out to the stars and other worlds. Londo's life hangs by a thread. Are Lina's psychic healing techniques enough to save him, or will she need the help of unearthly science—and a beautiful alien man's powers? Lina begins to understand just how dangerous it is to get close to the galaxy's most famous hero. Even his friends are plotting against her. Can she make Londo realize that all this can't possibly work? Even above her own heart, she must protect his.

On trial for her life... And her heart! The exciting THREE WORLDS superhero romance saga continues! Lina O'Kelly, psychic and interstellar transporter, is finally reunited with her love, Londo (Valiant) Rand, the galaxy's most powerful parahero. He was forced to leave her on their wedding day, but their reunion is bittersweet. He brings news of a hero's death, and then cannot stop a formal inquiry into the charge of mind control that the Mega-Legion commander has leveled against Lina. She stands to lose her very mind if the judgment goes against her. ˃˃˃ Dark secrets revealed No matter which way the trial goes, they both carry secrets that could tear apart their new relationship. Jae (Neutrino) Rallene, the last of his mysterious kind, holds the key that could seal Lina and Londo's happiness... or keep them separated forever.

A hunky alien with only a week left to live finds love with a human woman while on the run from pirates! Balanced on the edge of life and death... Death comes early for unmated Detyens, and Tyral is heading home to say goodbye. But when pirates attack his ship and kidnap him, he finds a hope he never imagined. Most Detyen women are dead. Could a human really be his mate? Someone wants her dead... When pirate scum abduct Dorsey from a journey that should have been safe, she can’t believe it. And when they let slip they were hired to grab her she’s even more confused. Who would kill a simple freight hauler? Her only hope for survival lies in the hands of a mysterious alien stranger who awakens things within she’s never felt before. His kiss is strong enough to claim her soul. What does he mean when he calls her denya? Ty has enemies of his own, and they’ll have to work together to fight them off and carve a life for themselves. Can a human woman make a life with an alien mate? Detyens are doomed to die young if they don't find their fated mates. The Mated to the Alien series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Get your taste of these fated mates in ebook, print, or audio! Enjoy fated mates, steamy alphas, and plenty of space adventures. This book is great for readers of paranormal romance and sci fi romance who love to read in their free time!