In an era when the country s first line of defense, intelligence, is more important than ever, this story opens the CIA s infamous closed doors and gives an insider s view into the Agency: how trainees are recruited, how they are prepared for the spy game, and what they learn to survive. James Clayton might not have the attitude of a typical recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he s just the person that Walter Burke wants in the Agency. James regards the CIA s mission as an intriguing alternative to an ordinary life, but before he becomes an Ops Officer, James has to survive the Agency s secret training ground, where green recruits are molded into seasoned veterans. As Burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game, James quickly rises through the ranks and falls for Layla, one of his fellow recruits. But just when James starts to question his role and his cat-and-mouse relationship with his mentor...

In the year 2080, the world is connected by a massive computer network. Combiners have developed a process that allows them to merge the souls of human and machine/cyborg...

Aspiring actor Norman is having trouble being seen in Hollywood. But when he stumbles on an invisibility formula, he finds that not being seen in much more fun... and all the girls love him! Boldly going where no man has been unseen before, Norman in journeying into a comic adventure of barely visible proportions.

Against the background of an Australian desert landscape, so much space and so few people, Sandy, a geologist, and Hiromitsu, a Japanese businessman, play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe. The end of the journey leaves no-one capable of going back to where they started from.