The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is based on a prediction of nuclear weapons of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort than the world has yet seen. It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free. A frequent theme of Wells's work, as in his 1901...

"The people of Perizzi have survived the Battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever. Byrne is a Guardian of the Peace, investigating a series of murders in which the corpses were drained entirely of blood. Fray's expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Guardians destroyed his father years before. Choss, renowned as a fighter, must work for peace and defuse a war in the underworld that will make the...

Voechenka is a city under siege. Decimated by the Battlemage war, its restless dead attack every night, begging the living to join them beyond the grave.

Teado is a shape-shifting military asset trained to win wars. His platoon has been stationed in the Bavares high plains for years, stranded. As they ration supplies and scan the airwaves for news, their numbers dwindle. Desperate and starving, the team jumps at the chance for a risky resupply mission.

Everyone has been trying to keep Gregor from seeing "The Prophecy of Time". That is because the final prophecy calls for the warrior's death. With an army of rats quickly approaching and time running out, Gregor must defend Regalia and get his family back hom safely. There is a code that must be cracked, or all will be lost. It is a war designed to end all wars. The fates of the Underland and the great warrior, Gregor the Overlander, masterfully unfold...

"Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn't want to be Rin anymore -- not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her only way out is to join another tribe, which means a one-way trek through the coastal rainforest. Killing a colonial soldier in the woods isn't part of the plan. Neither is spending the winter with Tiernan, an immigrant who keeps a sword with his carpentry tools. His log cabin leaks and his stories about other worlds raise more...

For fans of Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch, and Mark Lawrence comes a brutal grimdark fantasy debut of dark gods and violent warriors. The Mireces worship the bloodthirsty Red Gods. Exiled from Rilpor a thousand years ago, and left to suffer a harsh life in the cold mountains, a new Mireces king now plots an invasion of Rilpor's thriving cities and fertile earth. Dom Templeson is a Watcher, a civilian warrior guarding Rilpor's border. He is also the...

"'All's fair in love and war,' according to airship captain Josette Dupre, until her hometown of Durum becomes occupied by the enemy and her mother a prisoner of war. Then it becomes, 'Nothing's fair except bombing those Vins to high hell.' Before she can rescue her town, however, Josette must maneuver her way through the nest of overstuffed vipers that make up Garnia's military and royal leaders in order to drum up support. The foppish and mostly...

From New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, this is a thrilling story of the unfathomable costs of war, the allure of dark magic, and two principled and conflicted characters drawn together despite everything they stand to lose. Alyssa ana'Raisa, the reluctant princess heir to the Gray Wolf throne of the Fells, feels more comfortable striking with a sword than maneuvering at court. After a brush with death, Lyss goes on the offensive,...

George Washington's slave Caesar escapes to fight for the British against his former master — in this action-packed historical adventure set against the spectacular background of the American Revolution. In 1773 a new slave arrives at George Washington's Virginia estate and is given the name Caesar. But the looming war for independence will soon bring a turn of events neither master nor slave could have predicted. Within months they will be fighting...