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In Rip-Off!, 13 of today’s best and most honored writers of speculative fiction face a challenge even they would be hard-pressed to conceive: Pick your favorite opening line from a classic piece of fiction (or even non-fiction) - then use it as the first sentence of an entirely original short story.

In a transformed mid-19th-century America dominated by plantation owners and kept in line by Southern military forces, a mild-mannered academic from Maine, Professor Joshua Chamberlain, stands accused of crimes against the nation. In court alongside him is Abraham Lincoln, whose fiery rhetoric brands him a "threat to the security of the United States of America". Convicted, Chamberlain is sentenced to 40 years hard labor, while Lincoln's fate is indefinite detention at Fortress Monroe.

When Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain took down the Dark Mechanics and Dark Mages at Dorcastle, they thought they’d covered their involvement well enough to divert their Guilds’ suspicions. The assassins sent after them by their Guilds, which had trained them from childhood, indicate otherwise. Armed with the knowledge that their respective Guilds are now trying to kill them, and knowing their strengths are greater together, they reunite.

Trapped within the dead city of Marandur, Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain must escape both merciless barbarians and the pitiless Imperial Legion. Beyond those dangers lie the mightiest and most unforgiving powers in the world of Dematr: the Great Guilds that rule the world with iron fists.

A Storm that will wreck a world threatens Dematr. Only Mari, one of the Mechanics who control all technology through their Guild, has a chance to stop it. She and Mage Alain have survived numerous attempts to kill them and have gained many more followers, but the Storm of chaos, born of centuries of enslavement, grows ever closer.

The Great Guilds, fearing the loss of their control of the world of Dematr, have gathered their power and joined it with the relentless legions of the Empire. The full might of that host will fall upon the fortress city of Dorcastle. If Dorcastle falls, the revolt led by Master Mechanic Mari and Mage Alain will fail, and their world will soon descend into chaos.

The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny, zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch.

For centuries, the two Great Guilds have controlled the world of Dematr. The Mechanics and the Mages have been bitter rivals, agreeing only on the need to keep the world they rule from changing. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind her to stop the Storm, but the Great Guilds and many others will stop at nothing to defeat her.

Now captain of her own pirate ship, Jules of Landfall faces ambushes by Mage assassins and threats from Mechanics who can’t decide whether to kill her or try to use her for their own ends. The Emperor has made her an offer he doesn’t think she can refuse, but Jules wants nothing to do with that gilded cage. Now, the Emperor’s forces are redoubling their efforts to capture her. The free ships of the pirates have never gathered around any single leader, but when the Mechanics seek to limit the power of the Empire, Jules sees an opportunity....

Authors Jack Campbell and Elizabeth Moon discuss fact vs. fiction in science fiction and fantasy; reviving old series and bringing new series to an end; steampunk; and much more.

The centerpiece of Borrowed Time is "Betty Knox and Dictionary Jones in the Mystery of the Missing Teenage Anachronisms". When you've traveled through time and are stuck in the body of your 15-year-old self, it isn't the best time to have some other time travelers looking to kill you. Especially when the person who's supposed to be keeping an eye out for the bad guys is stuck in his own 15-year-old body.

Waffles Waffles Waffles is a Comedy podcast by Stand-up Comedian and promoter Jack Campbell and Radio/IT nerd Jamie Taylor. Listen in every week as they waffle on about their daily lives, write sketches and feature some of their excellently funny friends, all to try and make you laugh and bring a bit of positivity to a crazy world.

Fantasy sports Podcast by 2 Chicago Suburbs kids. We talk fantasy, sports, life as a college football player, and everything in between

This podcast takes a deeper look into the world of Bible translation, learning more about how it works, the challenges it faces, and the people that are involved in it. The host Jack Campbell is a linguist with Wycliffe Bible Translators.

Als einzige verbliebene Supermacht der Erde wollen die USA ihre Dominanz auch im All durchsetzen. Sie entsenden Truppen, um die Kolonien auf dem Mond unter ihre Kontrolle bringen. Doch dort müssen Sergeant Ethan Stark und seine Kameraden nicht nur gegen verzweifelte Gegner kämpfen, sondern auch gegen mangelhafte Ausrüstung und fragwürdige politische Entscheidungen. Um das Überleben seiner Männer zu sicher, muss Stark sich entscheiden, welche Befehle er befolgt... und welche er verweigert.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary befindet sich auf der Jagd nach den dunklen Schiffen, die bereits zwei Sternensysteme angegriffen haben und keinen Unterschied machen zwischen Raumschiffen der Allianz und der Syndikatwelten. Er muss sie unbedingt ausschalten, bevor bekannt wird, dass es sich nicht um einen mysteriösen Feind handelt, sondern um Schiffe der Allianz - gesteuert von einer außer Kontrolle geratenen künstlichen Intelligenz.

Admiral Geary und die Crew der Dauntless haben gerade eine Eskortmission zur Erde abgeschlossen, da verschwinden plötzlich zwei von Gearys Offizieren. Die Suche nach den vermissten Männern führt ihn an den schlimmstmöglichen Ort: einen Mond, der wegen eines tödlichen Virus unter strengster Quarantäne steht. Jedes Schiff, das trotzdem dort landet, muss für immer bleiben oder wird zerstört. Wie soll Geary seine Männer retten? Und darf er es überhaupt?

Admiral Gearys Erste Flotte hat die Reise tief in den unerforschten interstellaren Raum überlebt. Jetzt hat Geary die Mission, das Midway-Sternensystem zu sichern, das sich gegen das schwächelnde Imperium der Syndikat-Welten aufgelehnt hat. Als wäre das nicht schon kompliziert genug, muss Geary dazu in das Raumgebiet der Allianz zurückkehren, nicht nur mit Vertretern der Tänzer, einer außerirdischen Spezies, sondern auch mit der Invincible.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary hat seinen Dienstgrad mehr als verdient. In zahllosen Gefechten hat er die Allianz zum Sieg gegen die Syndic-Welten geführt. Doch seine Vorgesetzten zweifeln an seiner Loyalität und übertragen ihm das Kommando über die Erste Flotte. Sein Auftrag: Die gefährlichen Raumgebiete jenseits der Syndic-Welten zu erforschen.

Der siebte Band der Reihe "Die Verschollene Flotte". Jack Campbell bietet dem Leser Action von schwindelerregender Rasanz. Eine höchst plausible Zukunftsvision, deren Held John "Black Jack" Geary zu den eindruckvollsten Figuren der modernen Science Fiction zählt.