Dek Valis, after suffering family tragedies, has sworn to survive the greatest test of all: The Labyrinth, an island complex of deadly mazes. Success means joining the ruling elite of the Sinkrus Empire, beset by treacherous political factions, threats from neighboring interstellar coalitions, and the galaxy-spanning Compnet and its cyborg clones. Val, within the Labyrinth, joins forces with the beautiful and dangerous Srinith Kavit, a female contestant of awesome physical prowess who becomes his lover. While they survive assault from men and beasts and solve the perplexing mazes,...

After Lieserl Meier, a beautiful physicist working on Germany's atomic bomb project, discovers she's not only Jewish, but the illegitimate daughter of Einstein, her life begins to rapidly unravel. First the Gestapo throws her mother in a concentration camp, and then a Nazi admiral, who knows her secret, plots to acquire her as his mistress. Meanwhile a secret agent working for British intelligence stalks her, with orders to kill her if she it turns out she knows how to build an atomic bomb. Threatened from all quarters, she struggles to find a way to free her mother and safely escape...

In "Empires of Light Part 2: Chaos Ascending," the independent Sinkrus Empire's Armada, led by Grand Marshal Dek Valis, is carrying out surreptitious operations against the Compnet, a powerful cybernetic network spanning the Insolaris Galaxy. That initiative is complicated by a growing conflict with Permania, a neighboring interstellar empire led by Morul Fistibula, a pugnacious simian humanoid eager to expand into Sinkri space. Yet the Sinkri government is divided, with different factions plotting against each other and interstellar corporations jockeying for power. And in the Compnet, which...

Volume 1 of COLLEGE PHYSICS, 11th Edition, is comprised of the first 14 chapters of Serway/Vuille's proven textbook. This book helps students master physical concepts, improve their problem-solving skills, and enrich their understanding of the world around them. The authors provide a consistent problem-solving strategy and an unparalleled array of worked examples to help students develop a true understanding of physics.