Review"A wake-up call to a world slumbering in the opium dream of consumerisum; in the hazy certainty that we humans were in charge of nature. Science fiction is not about predicting the future, it's about elucidating the present and the past. Brunner's 1968 nightmare is crystallizing around us, in ways he could not have foreseen then. If the right people had read this book, and acted in accordance with its precepts and spirit, our world would not be in such precarious shape today. Maybe it's time for a new generation to read it."--Joe Haldeman"A quite marvelous projection in which John Brunner landscapes a future that seems the natural foster child of the present."--Kirkus ReviewsAbout the AuthorJOHN BRUNNER (1934-1995) published his first novel pseudonymously at the age of 17, and through the 1950s and early 1960s wrote many SF adventure novels. His work grew more ambitious in the late 1960s; Stand on Zanzibar, a Hugo Award-winner, is generally regarded as his greatest achievement.

In September 1943, retreating Germans were turning southern Italy into rubble and graveyards. And the armies of the Allied counter-assault were trapped on a Salerno beachhead—with no room to maneuver. Special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate was being flown into Greece to blunt the Nazis' desperate last stand by creating a diversion on the Balkan battlefront. But with spies and the Luftwaffe on his tail, Greece was out-of-reach—unless Mac could find a way to walk through enemy lines!

The Nazis have Corsica and the Free French want it back. But before the craggy Mediterranean island can be liberated the deadly harbor guns of Bastia have to be knocked out. When the mission is launched, Mac Wingate is along to provide demolitions expertise. But the briefing doesn't prepare Mac for the riddle of Corsica. From the unpredictable mountain rebels, to a mysterious army of children led by a beautiful "Witch", Wingate must unravel it all to smash the German juggernaut!

In April 1943, Warsaw was a city of terror drenched in blood - the staging ground for the Nazis' insanely brutal 'final solution' assault. Everyone who could was fleeing, but special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate was blasting his way in. His orders came directly from Roosevelt and Churchill. His mission - break into a Gestapo torture cell and smuggle out a man whose work on the mysterious 'Manhattan Project' could change the course of the war!

By June 1943, the Balkan countries needed a strong leader, one who could stand up against the Germans. But the country's divided guerrillas each had their own idea that man should be.So did General Patton.On orders from the general, special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate drops into the dark Albanian mountains to unite the disputing rebels and destroy a Nazi ammunition dump!

Mayhem at Anzio!In February 1944, the indigo sea at Anzio has turned blood red. Allied Command had made a massive strategic miscalculation and whole battalions fell before they even got a chance to fight.Special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate had been itching to get into the "real" war. At Anzio he got his chance. His orders were simple and straightforward: turn around the Nazi war storm at Anzio ... or die like the thousands of other Allied fighting men who had perished in the "Camp of Death."

By August 1943, the Germans were finally convinced that Churchill had persuaded the Allied Command to strike through the Balkans, the "soft underbelly" of Europe.The attack, they believed, would come up through Greece. It was a brilliant Allied deception — and so far, it had worked. Hitler had taken the bait.On orders from the high command, it's now up to special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate to lead an "invasion" of Crete — to destroy Nazi aircraft and U-boat pens and become a deadly decoy in the dangerous game of War.

In July 1943, the Allied counter-offensive in rubble-strewn Sicily was finally underway. But Field Marshal Montgomery's Eighth Army was trapped at the Adrano Pass, facing an implacable Nazi gun nest that poured lead into anything that moved. Special agent and demolitions expert Mac Wingate is assigned to get them out ... at any cost. With three men, no supplies and a gang of murderous Mafiosi at his back Mac faces his most deadly challenge of the war ...

September 1943. Norway lay crushed under the sadistic Nazi occupation when Allied commandos were sent to join the underground forces in a top-secret mission.But the whole operation is undermanned and poorly armed and the high command is relying on the one man with the guts and know-how to pull it off—Mac Wingate, special agent and demolitions expert.Never has Mac faced a more difficult job: to make his way through the frozen Arctic sea, penetrate the tight Nazi security and demolish Hitler's floating nightmare—and come out of it alive!

Remember Me is an astonishingly bold young adult novel from Estelle Laure, the critically acclaimed author of This Raging Light and MayhemIf you could erase all of your painful memories, would you?Blue Owens wakes up one day with the strangest feeling that something is very wrong. Everyone's acting weird and she's found a note in her closet telling her to get on the Little Blue Bus at 7:45, which she does, meeting up with the exact person she was supposed to avoid: Adam Mendoza. Even though she has no idea who he is, something about him is so familiar.When she confronts him, the truth is revealed—Blue has paid to have her memories removed, and Adam is one of those memories. As Blue struggles to piece together her history, she is torn between her desire to know why she would do something so drastic and her fear of what she will find.Remember Me is the bold and beautiful story of a girl who must find the courage to face the...

In this sequel to City of Villains by critically acclaimed author, Estelle Laure, teen detective Mary Elizabeth continues to unravel a dark conspiracy that has turned her best friend and boyfriend into villainous monsters—all while battling her own inner demons.Picking up where City of Villains left off, this sequel finds Mary Elizabeth reeling from the battle at Miracle Lake in which she watched, horrified, as her boyfriend James and best friend Ursula turned into full-fledged, villainous monsters. Now James, Ursula, and Maleficent have gone underground—and are plotting their revenge. Mary Elizabeth is determined to find them and bring the truth to light, digging deeper into the dark underbelly of Monarch City and the history of magic, and uncovering a conspiracy theory that reaches farther than she could have imagined. But a city divided by politics and ideologies, a new love interest, and her own inner demons might just stand in her...

"A powerful, poignant story about a girl rewriting her story on her own terms. Jo Beckett's journey of sexual and emotional agency is at once tender, painful, hilarious, and courageous."—Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces   An emotional and empowering novel about reputation and double standards, perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Sarah Dessen.Jo Beckett is looking for love. She's fallen for a few boys, but for some reason, they've never fallen for her. One night, at a party she didn't even want to go to, she finds out the truth. Those boys, who are on the wrestling team she manages, consider her just a “practice girl”—the popular term for girl who’s good enough to hook up with but not to date. With this crushing revelation, Jo feels so many things—heartsick, ashamed, betrayed, and angry. But she refuses to let that label...