Book Preview Meetpoint was in one sense the center of Compact space: in another sense, this place where all the Compact met for trade was the hindside of every species’ separate territory, and, along with its cosmopolitan character, it had that chancy watch-your-back kind of feeling on its dockside, even in these days when weapons … Read more
Book Preview Chanur’s Homecoming by CJ Cherryh (Chanur book #4) In our last episode… Two years previous, the aggressive kif, natives of Akkht, had a hakkikt, a leader so fearsome he united more than the usual number of kif behind him in a pirate band. This hakkikt, Akkukkak, had seized a ship of … Read more
Book Preview The Kif Strike Back by CJ Cherryh (Chanur series book #3) In Our Last Episode. . . . (As told in: The Pride of Chanur and Chanur’s Venture.) A kifish prince named Akkukkak acquired a prize and an unprecedented opportunity: an alien ship and crew fell into his hands-promising him new … Read more
Book Preview ———————— C.J. Cherryh Chanur’s Venture (c)1984 DAW Science Fiction e-text version 1.0 ———————— Chapter One The encounter of old friends was common enough on Meetpoint Station, where half a dozen species came to trade; and one such old friend came walking Pyanfar Chanur’s way when she had no more than put … Read more
Book Preview Copyright O 1981, 1982, by C.J. Cherryh. All Rights Reserved. Map of Compact Space by David A. Cherry. Cover art by Michael Whelan. For color prints of Michael Whelan paintings, please contact: Glass Onion Graphics, P.O. Box 88 Brookfield, CT 06804 DAW Book Collectors No. 464. I There had been something loose … Read more
Book Preview Information about External Hyperlinks in this ebook Please note that the endnotes in this ebook may contain hyperlinks to external websites as part of bibliographic citations. These hyperlinks have not been activated by the publisher, who cannot verify the accuracy of these links beyond the date of publication Read the full book by … Read more
Book Preview The Five Love Languages Men’s Edition The Five Love Languages Gift Edition The Five Love Languages of Children The Five Love Languages of Teenagers The Five Love Languages for Singles Parenting Your Adult Child The Other Side of Love Five Signs of a Loving Family Toward a Growing Marriage Hope for the Separated … Read more
Book Preview Prologue “Can you see me?” Cole yelled over to them. He was standing on the south shore of the reservoir, barefoot and facing the water. He looked like he was thinking, but Janet knew better. The scrunch in Cole’s expression came from trying to keep his belly in a six-pack. “I’ve got you,” … Read more
Book Preview Island of the Holy Monastery, Thirty-Second Summer. Island of the Holy Monastery, Thirty-Second Summer. According to the Monk Eusebius According to the Monk Eusebius “I am here to redeem the lives of my wife and daughter. I’ve brought the offering.” Those were the first words of Da-Ren, the man who would become my … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 MY entourage of guards struggles to keep pace as I fly down the corridors of my palace. Servants in starched frocks and shined shoes line the way, bowing like dominoes as I pass. From far away comes a low thrum, filtering even through walls of stone and mortar, steady as falling … Read more
Book Preview Chapter 1 PRAYER candles flicker in my bedroom. The Scriptura Sancta lies discarded, pages crumpled, on my bed. Bruises mark my knees from kneeling on the tiles, and the Godstone in my navel throbs. I have been praying—no, begging—that King Alejandro de Vega, my future husband, will be ugly and old and fat. … Read more
Book Preview This book is based on hundreds of interviews with more than 150 people, including more than sixty former Theranos employees. Most of the men and women who appear as characters in the narrative do so under their real names, but some asked that I shield their identities, either because they feared retribution from … Read more
Book Preview Author’s Note This book is based on hundreds of interviews with more than 150 people, including more than sixty former Theranos employees. Most of the men and women who appear as characters in the narrative do so under their real names, but some asked that I shield their identities, either because they feared … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions. Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. … Read more