David Adams

Desde siglos atrás subyace la idea de que la violencia es parte de la naturaleza del ser humano. Pero muchos pensadores y activistas no estan convencidos de ese supuesto. En este libro, David Adams expone un minucioso estudio con base en la biologia, la historia y las civilizaciones para localizar el origen y las causas culturales de la violencia desde hace mas de 2000 años. Asimismo, propone estrategias y traza caminos para alcanzar la paz, no como una idea, sino como una cultura. Con su idealismo cientifico, este neurobiologo de la agresion y gestor de la paz persigue una premisa: si la guerra y la violencia son una invencion humana, entonces el ser humano puede tambien inventar y construir la paz. Juntos podemos crearnos como seres libres y responsables para actuar con reflexiones propias y nunca mas al dictado de nadie, para ser vigias del mañana y plantearnos las preguntas sobre el misterio de la existencia.

The planet Syrene is gripped by Separatist rebellion. Pavlovs Dogs, a team of Russian spetsnaz lead by Lieutenant Petya Pavlov, are dropped into a world at war. Their task is simple. Defend Hammerfall, a research centre right on the front lines, surrounded by steaming jungle. There are enemies to fight and battles to win, but the greatest dangers come from within, and the Russian Confederation faces a threat much more serious than anyone could have possibly believed The Khorsky Incident begins at Hammerfall. Part I of III in the Khorsky trilogy, and a novel-length prelude to the Khorsky Incident.

On a world ravaged by war, Khan the white tiger is king. The constant battles provide endless food for him to scavenge and the quiet, abandoned cities are a perfect home.But a white tiger is a rare creature indeed, valuable, and even when surrounded by war and death, humans still find a way to take what they want.A short story set in the Universe of War, eleven years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

Its 2037. Im Mike Williams, but you can call me Magnet. Everyone else does. Its short for Chick Magnet, which is good old-fashioned military humour at its finest. At age fifteen, my face picked a fight with the propeller of my familys boat, on a shoal near Broome, off Western Australia. It was an accident, but, needless to say, the propeller won.Twelve years later, I was a not-so-ruggedly-handsome fighter pilot assigned to the TFR Sydney. Not the Captain, or flight leader, or anything similarly exciting. Nobody special, just one mostly-unmemorable pilot among the many nameless, faceless masses.Im Magnet. This is my story.Contains:MagnetMagnet: Special MissionMagnet: MarauderMagnet: Scarecrowand a bonus story, "Magnet Saves Christmas"!This novel length collection of Magnet stories is interwoven into the Lacuna universe, taking place between Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi and Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity, but is suitable for reading as a standalone collection.Parts of the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Magnet: Marauder- Magnet: Scarecrow- Magnet Omnibus I (new release!)- Imperfect- FaithThe Lacuna series:- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!)- Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!)

Nation states often engage in espionage and black-ops, even in times of peace. Especially in those times. Russian Confederation pilot Lieutenant Borislava "Chainsaw" Lukinas task is simple. Find the United Earth frigate Vigilance, and distract them while a spetsnaz agent attaches a tracking beacon to the ships hull. All they have to do is cripple their own ship and wait to be found, then engage in a risky space-walk with no backup where theyll both be shot as spies if theyre caught. What could possibly go wrong?A novella set in the Legacy Fleet universe, sixteen years before the events of Legacy Fleet. A prequel to the novel Hammerfall.

My name is Mike Magnet Williams. Ive come a long way. These days I have my own ship, the Rubens. We stole it from the Toralii Alliance. For the last year the Rubens has been tasked with counter-logistical privateering against the Toralii Alliance, attacking their military supply network.We hit them hard, we get out, we do it all over again. Modern day buccaneers given total autonomy. Were alone, without another Human within a thousand light years.If only that were true.Somewhere out in the black, around a remote moon covered in ice thats kilometres thick, we found something. Something that was not supposed to be there. Something we were not supposed to find.Scarecrow.I can take a lot of pressure. Fighter pilots are supposed to be able to do that. Whatever the universe throws at me, I can handle it. So far Ive faced aliens, friendly and otherwise, and Ive seen things that so very few Humans have. Ive dealt with it all.But not this. Not my own conscience.15,700-word story in the Lacuna universe, set after the events of Magnet: Marauder and Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity, but suitable for reading as a stand-alone story.Parts of the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Magnet: Marauder- Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!)- Imperfect- FaithThe Lacuna series:- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!)- Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!)

My name is Mike Magnet Williams. Im a lot of things: fighter pilot. Ugly bastard. Lord of all I survey.I fly the F-88 Wasp, although recently Ive been doing a stint as a gunner in the Broadsword gunship Piggyback. I was back on Earth on an important mission after a long time in space.Real important.But now Fleet Command have another special mission for me. Apparently Im a glutton for punishment. See, theres a Toralii freighter, somewhere deep in space, and its vulnerable. Someone got the bright idea to steal it. Guess all their best people were unavailable, since they picked me and the crew of the Piggyback.Since, you know, we did so well at the last mission.Were going way out of my comfort zone for this one. Im happiest when Im in a cockpit, but this is something else. Something important.If we succeed, were doing to be doing something special, living out on the edge, hitting the Toralii where it hurts. Were taking the fight to them, and were taking something they use to fight.If we fail, nobody will ever find our bodies.17,200-word story in the Lacuna universe, set after the events of Magnet and Magnet: Special Mission but suitable for reading as a stand-alone story.Parts of the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Magnet: Marauder (new release!)- Imperfect- FaithThe Lacuna series:- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (coming soon!)

Two sellswords--a half-elf and a half-orc--find their war over before it even begins. But trouble is stirring on the home front, conflict which threatens more than just their lives.A novella set in the world of Ren of Atikala.Part one of the The Pariahs series.

On Belthas IV, the great forge world in the inner sphere of Toralii space, thousands of constructs -- artificial slaves -- are manufactured every week.They are initially identical and indistinguishable from the other until each is implanted with a stock neural net. From that moment onward every construct is different.They all have one thing in common, though; all constructs are bound by rules. They serve. They do not question their place. They do not betray.Each construct is different, but some are more different than others...A 4,000 word short story set in the Lacuna universe but suitable to read as a stand-alone story.Parts of the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Imperfect- FaithThe Lacuna series:- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion (New Release!)- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (coming 2013!)

I am Ren of Atikala. Kobold. Sorceress. Warrior. I have many stories to tell and this one is about my home.Home.The word has a special resonance with us all. Great or humble, rich or poor, everyone cherishes their home, and if deprived of it, loses a piece of themselves. I once thought that life could not be so cruel as to take everything Id known in an instant.Oh how I now understand that life can be capricious indeed.This is the story of how I came to the surface of Drathari and unwillingly traded a life for a life.The Kobolds series:#1: Ren of Atikala#2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven (Now available for preorder!)Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams:- The Gods are Silent, a short story (Coming early 2015!).

"Never again attempt to develop this kind of technology."It is with these words that an unknown alien attacker destroys the Earth cities of Tehran, Sydney and Beijing. Fifty million people die... and nothing is ever the same again.Some call them Demons, some call them Aliens, but to Chinese Naval Captain Melissa Liao they are the enemy. She is given command of one of three great warships built to fight the "demons", the TFR Beijing.Her task is simple. Find who attacked Earth and why... then stop them.Book one of the Lacuna series.- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!)- Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming 2014!)Dont miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Imperfect- Faith

"Canada will NEVER be a safe haven for zombies. EVER." - John Baird, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2013There are so many things worse than death. Lets explore some, shall we?As inevitable as birth, death is just another part of life. No more malicious than the sunset at the end of a day. It isnt some evil bogeyman that preys upon innocent mortals who would otherwise live forever. All good things must come to an end.But what if they dont? What is life continued as a rotten parody of its previous existence, left to jerk and move, their mind a pilot unable to drive stick?Dive into this confused mish-mash of stories set in Hugh Howeys world of I, Zombie. Enjoy the comedic, the horrific, the stupid and the insightful.Still not fit for human consumption.

My name is Demon. Im a good boy. Im a good boy because my human, Emily, tells me so.One day, terrible lightning and thunder comes to Polema, and even more terrible things follow in its wake. Normally when storms come, the humans are not scared and comfort me.This time they are terrified.So now its me who has to be brave. I will protect my human, and I will be a good boy. No matter how scary the thunder or the monsters are.A short story set in the Universe of War, twelve years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.-----Novels:Symphony of War: The Polema CampaignSymphony of War: The Eris Campaign (coming soon!)Short stories:Demon and EmilyThe Immortals: Kronis ValleyThe Immortals: AnchorageThe Immortals: Southport (coming soon!)

Broken and crippled from an interstellar war, Nicholas Caddy is augmented and specially trained to pilot the Immortal Armour, an engine of war arriving just in time to face down a threat much more devastating than anything the Colonized Worlds could ever conceive of.A prequel to the novel Symphony of War and featuring many of the same characters, this novel-length collection features four stories of Caddys war, with a bonus short story at the end. Set over a decade before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

I am Ren of Atikala. Warlord. Conqueror. Murderer. I have many stories yet to tell, but this one is the most bloody.There was a time I thought I was a God. Something greater than inconsequential mortals; better than my kobold kin, better than elves and dwarves and everyone. Peerless. Indefatigable. Monomaniacal in my quest for superiority.Everything I had done to lead me to this point ultimately hurt me. Death was my shadow and I cast it everywhere I went. It grew larger and larger, sucking in everyone around me and swallowing them whole.Then it fell on me.This is the story about why I am not a hero.Book three of the Kobolds series.The Kobolds series:#1: Ren of Atikala#2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven#3: Ren of Atikala: The Empire of Dust (Now available for preorder!)Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams:- Sacrifice- The Pariahs- The Pariahs: Freelands- The Pariahs: Elfholme- The Pariahs: The Abyss (coming soon!)

Humans thought that they could stand amongst the older races. They believed, in their hubris, that the perils of interstellar travel could be mastered within a single generation. That they would be spared the wrath of the Toralii.Now humanity lies in ashes. The cradle of our civilization, Earth, is nothing more than a charred husk, a dead world in an empty solar system in an unremarkable corner of the galaxy.The war is over.We lost.Captain Melissa Liao and the remaining band of Humans, numbering barely in the tens of thousands, hold the future of their entire species in their hands. They must settle a new world, encounter friends and enemies new and old, and plant the seeds of hope in the ashes of humanity.Book four of the Lacuna series.- Lacuna- Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi- Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion- Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!)- Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming 2014!)Dont miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe:- Magnet- Magnet: Special Mission- Magnet: Marauder- Imperfect- Faith

Lieutenant Marcus Servus, officer and prisoner of the Penal Legion, serves on the desert world of Polema, the final bastion of the outer colonies. He and his soldiers, scum of the colonies, stand against insectoid boogeymen from another galaxy.Marcus has a gift. A curse. An edge against the Myriad: he hears music. Songs in his head guide him, granting him knowledge and foresight, a weapon against the alien hordes.The music is his ally, but who plucks the strings?War rages on Polema, and Marcuss men hold the balance of power in their hands.Book one of the Symphony of War series.-----Novels:Symphony of War: The Polema CampaignSymphony of War: The Eris Campaign (coming soon!)Short stories:Demon and EmilyThe Immortals: Kronis ValleyThe Immortals: AnchorageThe Immortals: Southport (coming soon!)

For as long as mankind has cast their eyes to the stars, knowing that other worlds exist in the vast sea of our universe, we have wondered... are there space-hotties up there, and how can we bang them?Unfortunately science has not yet answered that first question to our complete satisfaction, but through the power of the Human imagination the answer to the second is now within our grasp. Science Fiction has provided us with a vast array of hypothetical alien species with which to potentially bump uglies with and this book shall explore some of the more popular ones, along with some general advice thats just super useful to know.If you ever needed someone to tell you not to have sex with a Xenomorph, this is the book for you. Or maybe you were looking for help with wooing a Super Logical Space Elf? Perhaps you saw the Gangster Space Slugs and decided, hey, maybe Id look good in a slave girl costume? If youve ever needed straight up advice about knocking boots with fictional aliens, well, youve needed this book.Boldly Going is a funny, lighthearted look at how a particularly amorous spacefaring individual of any gender or sexual preference might go about achieving sexual satisfaction with any alien species. Its designed to make you laugh, and think. Or in some cases... not think.

US Air Force Airman Amanda Turner is trapped underground. Locked in a massive underground vault. The world outside is toxic, the ground below them solid rock. There is no way out. No escape.There are three thousand, nine hundred, and ninety one men. And nine women.Nine.A novel in three acts, set in Hugh Howeys world of Wool.