A science fiction superfan is heading back to space on a new mission to save Earth in this hilarious follow-up to the “exhilarating” (Booklist, starred review) Randoms.

It’s difficult to return to Earth and live a simple, unadventurous life after having seen the wonders of the universe — especially when you find yourself with Smelly, a self-important artificial intelligence living in your head, reminding you how much of a primitive meat bag you are. But with Smelly’s help, Zeke is on his way back to space on a new, super-secret mission. Zeke may earn Earth a second chance at intergalactic membership — and better yet, he’ll be reunited with Tamret, the alien girl of his dreams.

However, things never go as planned for Zeke. Conspiracy abounds as he’s once again blamed for destroying a spaceship, and sent deep into the dangerous Forbidden Zone to find the military tech tree that the enemy Phands are already using. Will his knowledge of pop culture and science fiction that saved him in Randoms help again?

Zeke has returned to Earth and, as usual, nothing is going like he planned.

The plan was: escape from Junup, rescue Director Ghli Wixxix and Captain Qwlessl, stop the Phands, and finally get Tamret to officially be his girlfriend. Instead, he gets stuck in an Earth facility for disobedient children, is stranded on an unknown and supposedly deserted planet with Villainic, of all beings, and Tamret kind of broke up with him. He’s not entirely sure. Nothing and no one is as it seems, and all Zeke knows is that he’s tired of the Phands trying to take over the galaxy.

With Smelly gone and his friends scattered, though, it’s going to take a lot more than Zeke’s expert sci-fi knowledge to save them this time.

The DoubleDown series continues with two men, and some interesting issues they contend with – two stories, two authors, one book.

There was a time when Pete felt like he had the world in the palm of his hands, but lately everything is falling apart. His wife is growing cold, his business is in trouble, and even his friends show him nothing but contempt. Then a neighbor introduces him to paleo – the old way of eating, exercising, and even communing with the ancient sprits of the Neanderthals. All it takes is a little work, a little discipline, and a little blood sacrifice, and mysterious powers are within his grasp, but there’s a price Pete never expected. It’s a dark tale of terror, revenge, and suburban fads.

Eric can sell insurance, but he can’t sell anyone on what he knows for a fact: this world is about to go down in flames. Eric is forced to prep in secret. His wife won’t listen, neither will his clients. But Eric’s worst enemy has been making careful plans, and now he’s ready jump start the destruction. It’s the end of the world as we know it, and all the worst people are the best prepared.

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PETER PARKER is caught in a complicated web. Working in a cutting-edge laboratory, he’s a young scientist who’s trying to make a difference. Yet he’s constantly burdened by the responsibilities of his second career as the crime-fighting…

Wilson Fisk–the so-called Kingpin of Crime–has returned to New York, establishing himself publicly as an altruistic entrepreneur and philanthropist. Spider-Man knows better, but he can’t uncover Fisk’s scheme that, if executed, will make the crime lord “too big to fail.”

When a new threat–a deadly doppelganger with Spider-Man’s suit and abilities–wreaks havoc in the streets, can the real wall-crawler prove his innocence? With the clock ticking and lives on the line, can Spider-Man stop the brutal rampage of the Blood Spider? Will Spider-Man fall to his fears and foes, or will he rise and be greater?

What if the dead could be summoned from their graves—for a price? What if a quartet of distinctive storytellers took a stab at this deceptively simple idea—on a dare? The answers lie here, in Four Summoner’s Tales, as these acclaimed writers accept the challenge and rise to the occasion—in four brilliantly chilling ways. It’s all in the execution.

“A BAD SEASON FOR NECROMANCY” BY DAVID LISS In 18th century England , a rascally con man stumbles upon a book for raising the dead. But instead of using it to make money by reviving relatives for the rich, he’ll do just the opposite. Because some family skeletons need to stay buried

“SUFFER THE CHILDREN” BY KELLEY ARMSTRONG A preacher and his adopted daughter must solve the mystery of the newcomers to their isolated 19th century village—men who are preying on residents’ overwhelming grief with promises to bring the stricken back to life.

“PIPERS” BY CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN Twenty-three people have already lost their lives to the ruthless cartel terrorizing their small Texas border town. But one man has a plan for revenge, if the town’s survivors will let him use their loved ones—to raise an army of the undead.

“ALIVE DAY” BY JONATHAN MABERRY In war-torn Afghanistan , a U.S. military operative and his team face off against an ancient horror during a harrowing off-the-books search-and-rescue mission.

The Limbus saga continues with five more stories of horror, science fiction, and fantasy from some of the industry’s brightest stars – Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Laird Barron and David Liss.

Thomas Malone thought he’d seen it all during his twenty years in the Birmingham homicide division, until they found the body suspended above the opening of the Carver Mine, stripped of its skin, blood dripping into the chasm below. At the bottom of that shaft, two clues—a typed manuscript and a business card, blank but for a name and two words.

Malone couldn’t know that those two enigmatic items would lead him on a manhunt around the world, on the trail of a murderer and an organization of myth and legend. But he shouldn’t have been surprised. The business card said it all.

Limbus, Inc.

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