Frank Carlson Library

There's a heavy price to pay for the manipulation of nature in this novel from the revered author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. It begins as a boon for mankind-the creation of the substance Herakleophorbia IV. When fed to farm animals, it causes them to grow to enormous size. But when it is accidentally allowed to enter the local food chain, the consequences prove monstrous: Human children exposed to it grow into giants, reaching...

When the powerful families who control the Board bring their battle for supremacy to Port Authority, Falise Taglioni is chosen to ensure her family emerges triumphant, while the inhabitants of Port Authority, genetically altered, tough and self-reliant, prepare to defend their planet. "Three years after Ashanti spaced for Solar System, Turalon reappears in the Donovanian sky. The Corporation has returned. Donovan's wealth is a lure for the powerful...

Kia wants more than survival. She wants vengeance and her freedom. Kia has joined Lord Rial's elite guard and is collecting secrets. Secrets that can get her killed. The pretense of being Rial's consort offers some protection, but neither of them trusts the other. When the chance for retribution on her father's betrayers comes, she takes it. But there is a price to pay. Her feelings toward Rial change, and Kia is shocked when she discovers the emperor's...

Reeling from shock after the Bot Invasion on Pink, the synthetic moon constructed by her father, Heart is surveying the destruction when she hears a high-pitched wail, and comes upon the little clockworks dog, Yippee. He leads her a pile of stone under which his mistress is trapped. Heart quickly mobilizes the surviving clockworks, mechanical, and bio residents of Pink to save her.Filled with fury and grief at the relentless wicked destruction, Heart...

"Detective Josh Solomon always believed his wife's death was the result of a home invasion. But when he is pulled into a case with striking similarities, it doesn't take long for him to realize the chilling truth--the attack that took his wife's life was far from random."-- Detective Josh Solomon always believed his wife's death was the result of a home invasion. When he is pulled into a case with striking similarities, it doesn't take long for him...

An android named Harley Doon finds himself caught in a battle between human and alien. It's not his fight, but somebody has to save the world. Years ago, when humans and androids crash landed onto the planet Zuul, whatever remained of their society quickly succumbed to the ravages of earthquakes and a never-ending winter from volcanic dust clouds. As humans and machines scavenged to stay alive, they also faced the Zid, an alien race that abhors all...

Cars propelled with magnetism. Hologram images of past and present movie stars projected into the room for you to dance with and talk to. Waterless showers. All part of life in Femeron by the end of the century. This humorous scifi satire is a tale that takes the Battle of the Sexes to new heights. We are in the year 2090, the United States long ago allowed California and the other western states to secede from the Union. Inside the re-formed United...

A Protective Cyborg finds his soulmate from across the galaxy.The second Lena's ship enters Grus space, Rykal knows that his mate has arrived.But when she's threatened to be taken from him by the man who'd turned him into a cyborg,he kidnaps her. On the run, Rykal will stop at nothing to make Lena his while keeping her safe from the unseen alien threat that could destroy them all.If you like hot cyborg males proving their love and smart, courageous...

Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated. Book 2 in the Grounded Trilogy My name is Lydia and I'm a Spark, genetically altered to be electrokinetic. I can't change my origins, but I can change my future. After my harrowing experience at the hands of Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic, I am relieved to return to the plain and simple life of Hemlock Hollow. I've made my decision. I choose to be ordinary. My focus now is on helping Korwin to fit...

Alliance Commanders Brandt Carver and Hawke Summers have a new mission. Take command of Space Station: Alpha X2, get it running smoothly again, and find out how the last station commander wound up murdered in the middle of a Krytos sanctuary. The two Elites are experienced trouble-shooters, specializing in fixing problems and putting out fires all over the galaxy, but this assignment is going to be the greatest challenge of their careers. T'karra...