Russell's ebook Library
Weaponized [May 26, 2022]
Neal Asher
A bright new future for humanity – or a dark and inescapable past. Ursula has lived twice the normal human lifespan, courtesy of the latest technology. But now she’s struggling to find excitement and purpose, so signs up to the Polity’s military. She...
Value of Assurance Management Practices [May 5, 2022]
APM
About the research and why is it important?Our Value of Assurance research was led by experienced project professionals Sarah Coleman (Business Evolution) and Dr Andrew Schuster (PwC) with support from the APM Assurance Specific Interest Group (SIG)....
Getting Started in Project Data [April 28, 2022]
APM
This collaborative report is part of our research collaborations. Research collaborations seek to bring together like-minded individuals and organisations to develop and generate innovative research that supports the needs of practice whilst helping ...
Eyes of the Void [April 28, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Final Architecture [2]: What waits in the shadows as we fight our greatest foe? After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, forty years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. Thi...
Wakers [April 28, 2022]
Orson Scott Card
Side-Step Trilogy [1]: Laz is a side-stepper: a teen with the incredible power to jump his consciousness to alternate versions of himself in parallel worlds. All his life, there was no mistake that a little side-stepping couldn’t fix. Until Laz wakes...
Galaxias [April 21, 2022]
Stephen Baxter
What would happen to the world if the sun went out?By the middle of the 21st century, humanity has managed to overcome a series of catastrophic events and maintain some sense of stability. Space exploration has begun again. Science has led the way.Bu...
Light Chaser [April 21, 2022]
Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell
A love powerful enough to transcend death can bring down an entire empire.Amahle is a Light Chaser – one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories. But when she listens to...
Seal of the Worm [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [10]: An ancient enemy stirs once more...The Empire has vanquished its enemies at last, but at a terrible price. With her chief rival cast into the abyss, Empress Seda must face the truth of what she’s unleashed in her hunger for p...
War Master's Gate [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [9]: A city makes its last stand...Relentlessly advancing towards Collegium, the Empire is again seeking to break down the city's walls. The mighty imperial armies have learnt from their failures, and Empress Seda will brook no wea...
The Air War [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [8]: An empress demands her birthright...All is in turmoil as the world moves towards war. In Solarno, spies eye one another and ready their knives – while the people of Myna watch troops gather at its borders. Emotions run high as...
Heirs of the Blade [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [7]: The greatest foe is the enemy within... Tynisa is on the run, but she cannot escape the demons of her own mind. Amidst the fragmenting provinces of the Dragonfly Commonweal, her past will at last catch up with her. Her father'...
The Sea Watch [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [6]: A shadow is falling over Collegium. Despite the tenuous peace, Stenwold Maker knows that the Empire will return for his city. Even as he tries to prepare for the resurgence of the black and gold empire, a hidden threat is work...
The Scarab Path [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [5]: Ancient powers are waking... The war with the Wasp Empire has ended in a bitter stalemate, and Collegium has nothing to show for it but wounded veterans. Cheerwell Maker finds herself broken in ways no doctor can mend, haunted...
Salute the Dark [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [4]: As spymaster Stenworld makes a stand in his home city, others must chose where their loyalties lie. All must face the end of days...The mighty Wasp armies are on the march. And with war imminent, spymaster Stenwold must finall...
Blood of the Mantis [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [3]: A dread ritual casts a deadly shadow...Driven by the ghosts of the legendary Darakyon, the seer Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez - but he has only days before this magical artefact will be l...
Dragonfly Falling [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [2]: Every hero must be tested...The Wasp Empire’s armies are on the move – and the city of Tark will be first to feel their might. Salma and Totho prepare for battle, alongside their Ant-kinden brethren. And within Tark’s walls, t...
Empire in Black and Gold [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Shadows of the Apt [1]: The days of peace are over...The Lowlands’ city states have lived in peace for decades, hailed as bastions of civilization. Yet that peace is about to end. A distant empire has been conquering neighbours with highly trained so...
Spiderlight [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord Darvezian, armed with their wits, the bl...
For Love of Distant Shores [April 6, 2022]
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Tales of the Apt [3]: In a narrative reminiscent of Phileas Fogg meets Professor Challenger, For Love of Distant Shores features the exploits of scientist-cum-adventurer Doctor Ludweg Phinagler, as recorded by his (semi-)faithful assistant, Fosse. A ...
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