On an alien world a very long way from home, Peter Alander is going out of his mind. The Frank Tipler is just one of a thousand survey vessels sent out into the bubble of space surrounding Earth, seeking habitable worlds and signs of advanced life. Its crew has stumbled across artifacts left behind by a benevolent trader species, but the decision to study them is fraught with danger and uncertainty. The Tipler's crew consists of forty flawed electronic...

The sole survivors of the human race... and their time is running out. In the wake of Earth's fall, Peter Alander has just one choice: to use the alien Gifts left behind on his distant colony world to warn other missions of their impending demise, a second wave of alien ships, this time intent on destroying everything in their path. Without the Gifts, humanity would have no hope at all--although no one truly understands them, and it is becoming increasingly...

The Nowhere Man is a figure shrouded in secrecy-a near legendary figure who helps the truly desperate, those with nowhere else to turn who are lucky enough to be able to reach out to him. When darkness closes in, the Nowhere Man is your last, best hope. Before he was the Nowhere Man, Evan Smoak was a highly trained government operative known to a few as Orphan X. But, he now lives by hiding in plain sight, keeping his head down and his eyes clear....

Betsy Sanders loves her life. She has a wonderful and often boisterous family. She has a job for a man who makes her a bit crazy, but it's good honest work, and she makes a decent wage. When a new man starts working for the auction house, she feels immediately drawn to him.Charles Brooks has been left with the burden of four younger siblings to raise. When he begins working for the local auction house, he's interested in getting to know the young...

Martha Sanders has always been the quietest and least understood of the orphans adopted by Edna Petunia Sanders, and she likes it that way. When she has the opportunity to move to her sister's ranch and help her out with her growing family, she jumps at it. After all, she's never planning to marry, so what difference does it make if she's stuck in the country or spending time in town?When Andrew Ford moves to the McClain ranch, he has no idea he is...

Als "Nowhere Man" wird Evan Smoak von Verbrechern auf der ganzen Welt gefürchtet. Für die, die ihn jagen, ist er "Orphan X", ein abtrünniger Regierungskiller mit eigenem Moralkodex. Um seine früheren Taten zu sühnen, nutzt er seine Fähigkeiten nun, um den Verzweifelten zu helfen. Doch Evan wird von seinen ehemaligen Auftraggebern gejagt. Da er bislang immer entkommen konnte, fordern sie ihn nun heraus: Sie attackieren den Menschen, der Evan...

Als "Orphan X" hat Evan Smoak jahrelang für die US-Regierung im Verborgenen getötet, bis er ausstieg und in den Untergrund ging, immer auf der Flucht vor seinen Auftraggebern. Um seine Taten zu sühnen, setzt er als "Nowhere Man" seine Fähigkeiten ein und hilft denen, die keinen Ausweg mehr haben. Doch der Schatten, den das "Orphan"-Programm auf Evans Leben geworfen hat, ist mit dem Tod dessen Schöpfers verschwunden. Nun will Evan auch den "Nowhere...

The land is at war! Amidst a landscape of bloodshed and turmoil, Ettalara, a young noblewoman, seeks to return crucial documents to her King. Despite a path fraught with danger, dragons, and dances, she forges ahead. But when she meets Quip and Trill, a pair of orphans with a decidedly different view of the war, her plans may come crashing to a halt.

Loyalties are tested in this sequel to Orphans of the Tide, a smart, unique middle grade read perfect for fans of Wildwood or The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Ellie and Seth know more than most people do about living amongst gods. Ellie, an inventor with a tragic past, was once forced to become the human Vessel for the most wicked god of all, the Enemy; Seth, a mysterious boy with no memories, has just discovered that he's actually a god himself. So...

Life is most definitely what you make of it. Jimmy Brown didn't have a head start or any say on where his life began. He had only two and one-half years with a caring mother before she disappeared from his life due to her inheritance of chromosomes that slowly took over her nervous system-known today as Huntington's Chorea-before she died. Jimmy Brown's story tells how the residents of a small town in the Midwest embraced him in his growing-up years...