Lemire, Jeff

The universe is tilting toward war, the young android TIM-21 is at the center of it, and his allies and enemies are gathering above Mata, the ocean planet--even so, nothing has prepared TIM for the secrets he will find below the planet's waters.

"One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A ... cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world"--From English version.

"All the various factions thatt have been hunting TIM-21 finally converge around the ocean planet Mata, just as the robots launch their galaxy-wide revolution. But nothing can prepare the young android Tim . . . for what happens next"--Back cover.

"Tim-21, Telsa, and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile, Andy and his ragtag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revelations"--Back cover.

When a surprise new member of the family arrives in the fading industrial town of Royal City looking for answers, the past and present all come together and the Pike family must face the truths about their youngest brother's death, decades earlier.

"Picking up immediately where we left off--Lucy Weber has become the new Black Hammer and right as she's about to reveal to our heroes how they got stuck on the farm--and how they can escape--she vanishes"--Back cover.

"One young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A ... cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world..."--Back cover.

"Derek Ouelette's glory days are behind him. His hockey career ended a decade earlier in a violent incident on ice, and since then he's been living off his reputation in the remote northern community where he grew up, drinking too much and fighting anyone who crosses him. But he never counts on his long-lost sister, Beth, showing up one day out of the blue, back in town and on the run from an abusive boyfriend. Looking to hide out for a while, the two siblings hunker down in a secluded hunting camp deep in the local woods. It is there that they attempt to find a way to reconnect with each other and the painful secrets of their past ... even as Beth's ex draws closer, threatening to pull both Derek and Beth back into a world of self-destruction that they are fighting tooth and nail to leave behind"--Jacket flap.

Travel back to the year 1993 and follow the then-teenaged Pike siblings and see the the last week of Tommy Pike's life unfold. The mysteries of his death and all the sins that now plague the Pike family are brought to light in this heartbreaking and new story-line.

Follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing mother and his brow beaten father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his youngest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades ago. As each member of the family struggles to keep themselves above water, it quickly becomes clear that Tommy's death isn't the only dark secret tearing the town, and this family, apart at the seams. Can each member of the Pike family come to terms with their own guilt over Tommy's death, and make peace with the many versions of Tommy that still haunt them, or will they all be dragged down below the river along with his lingering ghost?.