Baxter, Stephen

"It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared. So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen, there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man, Walter Jenkins, the narrator of Wells' book. He is sure that the Martians have learned, adapted, understood their defeat. He is right. Thrust into the chaos of a new invasion, a journalist - sister-in-law to Walter Jenkins - must survive, escape and report on the war"-- Provided by publisher.

"Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, the author traces the human lineage forward through time.

A classic tale of courage and survival in a harsh world of natural wonders.

Pirius, a young pilot, disobeys Coalition rules to travel back in time to try to stop an alien race from destroying the world.

The fate of the human race balances on the actions of Prius, a young pilot who disobeys Coalition orders and risks his own life to travel back in time and stop the alien race of Xeelee before they can destroy the world.

Four hostages of religious extremists in Barcelona are released after five years in 2016, each to work in his or her own way on the problem of rising waters that are threatening to overtake the world's major cities, and it becomes clear after decades of struggle that there will soon be nowhere left to run.

It's 2010 and the Earth is on the brink of devastation. Reid Malenfant decides to build a spaceship to colonize other planets.

When a young man discovers a time machine, he finds himself stranded in a far off galaxy with no way to return home and nothing to defend himself with against the planet's inhabitants.