Science fiction

  • Dracula and Frankenstein: Two Horror Books in One Monster Volume

    Creator

    Stoker, Bram

    Shelley, Mary

    Abstract

    Victor Frankenstein is consumed by his desire to discover the secrets of life. After several years of research, Victor feverishly constructs a man out of old body parts and brings him to life. Victor is immediately horrified by his ambitious creation, and flees his apartment in remorse. The newborn monster disappears from Frankenstein’s laboratory and enters the world as an outcast, struggling with his own identity. What follows is a gripping tale of murder, injustice, and revenge. When Count Dracula departs Transylvania on a Russian ship, crew members begin to mysteriously disappear.

    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver

    Engage Books

    Not specified
  • John Carter: Barsoom Series (7 Novels) A Princess of Mars; Gods of Mars; Warlord of Mars; Thuvia, Maid of Mars; Chessmen of Mars; Master Mind of Mars; Fighting Man of Mars COMPLETE WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

    Creator

    Burroughs, Edgar Rice

    St. John, J. Allan

    Abstract

    When John Carter goes to sleep in a mysterious cave in the Arizona dessert, he wakes up on the planet Mars. There he meets the fifteen foot tall, four armed, green men of mars, with horse-like dragons, and watch dogs like oversized frogs with ten legs. His adventures continue as he battles great white apes, fights plant men, defies the Goddess of Death, and braves the frozen wastes of Polar Mars.

    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver

    Engage Books

    Not specified
  • Frankenstein (AD Classic Illustrated) Or, the Modern Prometheus

    Creator

    Shelley, Mary

    von Holst, Theodor

    Abstract

    Victor Frankenstein is consumed by his desire to discover the secrets of life. After several years of research, Victor feverishly constructs a man out of old body parts and brings him to life. Victor is immediately horrified by his ambitious creation, and flees his apartment in remorse. The newborn monster disappears from Frankenstein's laboratory and enters the world as an outcast, struggling with his own identity. What follows is a gripping tale of murder, injustice, and revenge.

    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver

    Engage Books

    Not specified
  • The Time Machine (AD Classic Illustrated)

    Creator

    Wells, H. G.

    Paul, Frank R.

    Abstract

    Testing his time machine for the first time, a Victorian scientist finds himself in the year 802,701 ad. Encountering a childlike people called the Eloi, who live in futuristic buildings and have no need of work, the Time Traveller speculates that the human race has evolved to live in a peaceful utopian society. But when his time machine is stolen by a brutish subterranean people called the Morlock, the Time Traveller must enter their realm in order to continue his journey through time. H. G.

    Publisher (Source)

    Vancouver

    Engage Books

    Not specified
  • Space Lift

    Creator

    Kay, Afsheen

    Abstract

    A child of Mars, Najib has a wanderer’s heart, and ventures to Psyche for work. But he finds factory life on the asteroid intolerable, and escapes to Callisto. When the arrivals officer misspells his name, Najib takes the opportunity to reinvent himself.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Iguana Books

    Not specified
  • Moral Hazard

    Creator

    Eldridge, J J

    Abstract

    Self-Sacrifice to Save the Planet. The year is 2065. Following a freak encounter with a mysterious woman, Brian, a bored and frustrated dentist in the midst of a personal crisis, finds himself in the position to expose a conspiracy to control world population. Fifty-five years earlier, the manipulators — a mysterious group with aims to influence the course of the world — set in motion an irreversible chain of events by creating genetically engineered prophets with God-like powers who healed the sick and preached self-sacrifice as the ultimate good, redefining humanity’s course.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Iguana Books

    Not specified
  • Rise : the complete Newsflesh collection

    Creator

    Grant, Mira

    Abstract

    Collected here for the first time is every piece of short fiction from bestselling author Mira Grant's acclaimed Newsflesh series. Mira Grant creates a chilling portrait of an America paralyzed with fear; only the brave, the determined, or the very stupid venture out into the wild.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Chimera

    Creator

    Grant, Mira

    Abstract

    The outbreak has spread, and the implanted tapeworms have turned their human hosts into a mindless mob. Sal and her family must find a way to compromise between the two sides of their nature before the battle becomes large enough to destroy everything humanity has built.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Lights out

    Creator

    Patterson, James

    Grabenstein, Chris

    Abstract

    Daniel is finally ready to take on the biggest threat in the galaxy: the Prayer--the same beast that brutally murdered his parents long ago. Daniel will have to push his powers beyond the brink in order to bring down a monster that has the powers of a god.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • The tourist

    Creator

    Dickinson, Robert

    Abstract

    When a tour bus takes a group to the mall, it is expected to be a normal excursion, until the tour rep notices one person missing. Most disturbingly, she is a woman who, according to the records, did not go missing.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified