Hitting the first molecules of the upper atmosphere created friction that merely warmed the rod. The lower it fell, the more the heat built, until the entire length of the rod glowed red then yellow,...
Arthur’s program of discounting diamonds throughout his vast chain of
A young woman sat on the step in front of him, fiddling with the heel of a strappy shoe. She wore a white cocktail dress with a
Girls.
In this century wars will not be fought over oil, as in the past, but over water. The situation is becoming desperate. The world's water is strained by population growth. There is no more fresh water...
A snake can shed its skin but it still remains a snake.
Drove his new customized Tesla
Josh Thomas was sitting in Egan’s study, reading a chemical analysis journal, when he froze in fright. The rug in the center of the room suddenly rose from the floor as if a ghost were inside and then...
I must say one thing about southern down-home brewed coffee with chicory. If you have worms, you'll never have them again.
Giordino, on the other hand, simply sighed in resignation. Who else, he asked no one in particular, but Dirk Pitt could tramp off into a blizzard on an uninhabited backwater island in the Antarctic an...
Dangerous things, books.Look what it did to your brain.
Actually, Herbert-Miller. But call me Grace. Come in, please.
A season with the herd and you’ll be riding like an arat, Noyon said, referring to the local horsemen. A season in that saddle and I’d be ready for traction, Giordino grumbled.
It is now clear to me that behind a façade of amiable bumbling, you are extremely well informed about your fellow spies. In fact, I suspect you know more about them than the ships you’re supposed to b...
And chicken, grits with shrimp and crab, a southern coleslaw
Urquhart could somehow feel the glow on his skin as the hairs on his arms raised up and the thick pelt of man fur that covered his torso and back prickled as if the legs of a thousand insects were cra...
Take away the clothes of the greatest living man, his father once told him, and you behold a very embarrassed, naked and defenseless animal.
Life’s a daring adventure or nothing at all.
However, he hadn’t been this close to an agent from the MSS, China’s intelligence organization, since his CIA cover had been blown and he was forced to escape back to the United States. As a wanted fu...
Go like hell and go to the grave satisfied. He