Soul Catcher (31 page)

Supposedly.

Then came Danal. He was murdered, a
sacrifice from the ever-growing cult of neo-Satanists who sought
heaven in the depths of hell. But as a Servant, Danal began to
remember. He learned who had killed him, who he was, and what
Resurrection, Inc. had in mind for the human race.

This prequel novella to Kevin J. Anderson’s
international bestselling space opera
Saga of Seven Suns, is
based on his 2004 graphic novel
Veiled Alliances
from
Wildstorm/DC Comics.

The novella offers glimpses into the origin
of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining
operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss
robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran
expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship
Burton
and the tragedy that leads to sinister breeding
experiments.
Veiled Alliances
is an excellent starting point
for readers new to the Saga, as well as an unforgettable adventure
for fans of the series.

by Kevin J. Anderson
& Doug Beason

Nebula Award Nominee
. The crew of
Moonbase Columbus make an amazing discovery on the far side of the
Moon—a massive alien structure is erecting
itself
, built up
atom by atom by living machines, microscopically small,
intelligent, and unstoppable, consuming everything they touch. The
mysterious structure begins to expand and take shape, and its
creators begin to multiply.

Is this the first strike in an alien
invasion from the stars? Or has human nanotechnology
experimentation gone awry, triggering an unexpected infestation? As
riots rage across a panicked Earth, scientists scramble to learn
the truth before humanity’s home is engulfed by the voracious
machines.

A supertanker crashes into the Golden Gate
Bridge, spilling oil. Desperate to avert environmental & PR
disaster, the oil company uses an oil-eating microbe to break up
the spill. But the microbe, becomes airborne . . . and mutates to
consume petrocarbons: oil, gas, synthetic fabrics, plastics. When
all plastic begins to dissolve, it’s too late. . . .

NASA—you have a problem. In this high-tech
action adventure from Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason, terrorists
seize control of the Kennedy Space Center and hold the shuttle
Atlantis
and its crew hostage on the launchpad. But
astronaut “Iceberg” Friese, grounded from the mission because of a
broken foot, is determined to slip through the swamps and rocket
facilities around Cape Canaveral and pull the plug on the
terrorists. With their years of experience in the field, Anderson
and Beason have packed
Ignition
with insider information to
create an extremely plausible, action-packed thriller.

Three collected tales from Kevin J. Anderson
and Doug Beason: “Reflections in a Magnetic Mirror”—Gripping
science fiction story set at a Magnetic Mirror Fusion Facility.
“Rescue at L-5”—The short story that became the basis for their
novel
Lifeline
. “Prisons”—On a harsh prison planet, the
warden and the staff are as much prisoners as the convicts, but a
risky prison break might free them all. Bonus material includes
deleted chapters from their eco-thriller novel
Ill Wind
.

Activist Elizabeth Devane wished for an end
to nuclear weapons. Surely, she thought, if they’d known what they
were unleashing, the scientists of the Manhattan Project would
never have created such a terrible instrument of destruction. But
during a protest action, the unthinkable happened: a flash of
light, a silent confusion, and Elizabeth awakes to find herself
alone in a desolate desert arroyo . . . and almost fifty years in
the past. June 1944. Los Alamos, New Mexico. While the Allies
battle in the Pacific and begin the Normandy invasion in Europe,
Nazi Germany deviates from the timeline Elizabeth knows and uses
its newfound nuclear arsenal against America. Somehow, someway,
Elizabeth has been given the chance to put the genie back in the
bottle . . . yet could she—should she—attempt the greatest sabotage
in history?

Craig Kreident 1:
Virtual Destruction

At the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory in California—one of the nation’s premier
nuclear-weapons design facilities—high-level physicists operate
within heavy security to model and test new warhead designs. But
politics can be just as dangerous as the weapons they design, and
with gigantic budgets on the line, scientific egos, and personality
clashes, research can turn deadly.

When a prominent and abrasive
nuclear-weapons researcher is murdered inside a Top Security zone,
FBI investigator Craig Kreident is brought in on the case—but his
FBI security clearance isn’t the same as a Department of Energy or
Department of Defense clearance, and many of the clues are
“sanitized” before he arrives. Kreident finds that dealing with red
tape and political in-fighting might be more difficult than solving
a murder.

Written by two insiders who have worked at
Lawrence Livermore,
Virtual Destruction
is not only a
gripping thriller and complex mystery, but a vivid portrayal of an
actual US nuclear-design facility.

Craig Kreident 2:
Fallout

They call themselves Eagle’s Claw, one of
the most extreme militia groups in the United States. They have
infiltrated the Device Assembly Facility at the Nevada Nuclear Test
Site, and the most frightening display of nuclear terrorism is
about to unfold.

Only the Nebula-nominated collaboration of
Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason could masterfully blend
hard-as-nails high-technology with hard-driving intrigue to deliver
such an explosive thriller. FBI Special Agent Craig Kreident—the
unforgettable hero from
Virtual Destruction
—returns in this
breathtaking tour de force of terrorism, cutting-edge technology,
and raw emotional power.

Written by two insiders who have worked at
the nation’s nuclear design laboratories and high-security research
facilities, including the Nevada Nuclear Test Site,
Fallout
is a pulse-pounding thriller of an extremist group and stolen
nuclear weapons, as well as a detailed portrait of what happens
behind the fences of government facilities.

Craig Kreident 3:
Lethal Exposure

At Fermilab near Chicago, researchers use
the world’s largest particle accelerator to unlock the secrets of
the subatomic universe. While working late one night, Dr. Georg
Dumenico—candidate for the Nobel Prize in physics—is bombarded with
a lethal exposure of radiation. He will die horribly within
days.

FBI Special Agent Craig Kreident knows it
was no accident—but he has to prove it, and the clock is ticking.
The nation’s most valued research is at stake, and only Dumenico
himself knows enough to track down his own murderer . . . if he
survives long enough to do it.