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50 pages of Adam's unfinished novel THE SALMON OF DOUBT along with other writings culled from the 3000 unpublished files left on his disk drives.
Jereth, a former monk and sailor, struggles to find meaning in his blighted life and leaves everything to wander the devastated land, searching without direction. When he meets the Lady Trenara and her maidservant, Hwyn, he discovers that each has secrets of her own, and both are on a quest to save the world. But they must first save themselves, conquering their demons and rousing their strengths.
The fate of all the colonized worlds is threatened. Only Oskar DeSilvo, a man thought dead, can stop the collapse. But first he must be found, and only the man who knows him best, his nemesis Anton Koffield, has a chance of tracking him down.
Goliath is the nuclear submarine Commander Rocky Jackson designed a decade earlier, a top secret project he thought had been cancelled when its biochemical computer brain could not be controlled.
There are three known intelligent races. However, one of them, the Klikiss, seems to have disappeared, leaving behind a planet full of artifacts and remarkable technology. Humans begin to make use of this technology, in particular a device that turns useless planets into small suns. But when the device is used for the first time, it awakens the wrath of a previously unsuspected fourth race, the Hydrogues, and a galaxy-spanning war that threatens all life begins.
After the battle which restored Lepidor to freedom and the rule of its count - father to Cathan, the book's narrator - Cathan must set off on his travels again, to find an answer to the storm-magic he used so successfully to save his clan. But he soon discovers a new secret, which changes his life forever and leaves him open to being forced into leadership of the rebellious forces.
Two ancient beings living deep inside the moon are poised for a final conflict, ready to unleash a blood sacrifice of monstrous proportions. At last, Kane, Grant and Brigid Baptist will confront their creators - and ultimately their destroyers.
During the era of the Hundred Kingdoms, when Darkover is divided into a multitude of small belligerent domains vying for power and land, one corrupt and ambitious tyrant will not hesitate to use the terrifying matrix weapons in his bid for control of all of Darkover.
Eilan, known to the Romans as Helena, a British princess raised on the holy isle of Avalon, must bridge the pagan world of the goddess and the new Christian empire founded by her own son, Constantine. To do so she must embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
A visual guide to the seemingly endless alien races which populate the Uplift universe.
For Hal Kailas the only true power in the world is that of the dragons. As a child he loved to climb the high cliffs around his village and watch them nesting there. His only dream was to grow wings - or to learn to ride a dragon. But when the uneasy peace of the kingdoms is threatened by war, Hal's dream becomes a reality.
In a city of false faces, identity is fluid, easily assumed, easily sloughed away. Detective Lieutenant Dore Konstantin (of TEA FROM AN EMPTY CUP) pursues criminals and identity crime in Artificial Reality.
Peter Wiggin, Ender's older, more ruthless brother has a plan to restore Earth's unity and purpose. With Bean at his side and an irresistable hold on the loyalty of Earth's young warriors, he will reshape the future.
A human colony on the ocean world of New Ascension struggles for existence, for their new home world harbours a secret - a fatal pathogen that affects all life forms. The humans enslave the native sentient Khafra and drain their immune venom to save dying colonists. Devoted to finding an alternative cure, Jenette Tesla teams with seedship pilot Lindai Karr to save the Khafra and restore peace. Canadian author.
Young Vel has survived by living by his wits on the planet Hera, which is decimated by plague and political upheaval. A seasoned con man who has learned to think only for himself, Vel is forced to choose sides in a civil war. But his choice is made more complicated when Vel learns the truth about a mysterious alien race that predates the settlers of Hera - and that he may not be who he thinks he is.
Humanity is about to go extinct as inexplicable horrors erupt around the world. The only hope for survival lies with those who must penetrate the very heart of evil: a peculiar house in the hills, sealed for years from outsiders by those in power, where an imprisoned force not of this world has waited an eternity to break free.
A millenium from now nano-matter, called 'grist', will be used to construct nonhuman bodies to house the disembodied minds of humans. Against this background an interplanetary civil war is brewing. A dictator, a mystical religion, and a retired military commander are pursuing courses of action that are converging toward collision.
Science fiction sports stories. Clarke, Ian McDonald, Kim Stanley Robinson, Swanwick, Waldrop, Lethem, Alastair Reynolds and Reed are among those represented.
Apropos makes his living as a thief, estranged from his prostitute mother and fatherless since his unfortunate conception. But when the death of a young girl rattles his conscience, he forms an unlikely alliance with a hero of true nobility. This alliance forces a belated but still unwelcome period of self-examination. And now he is approaching the moment he must choose between honour and safety. Recommended.
Apropos is leading a quiet existence as a tavern owner. All that changes abruptly when the sorceress Sharee re-enters his life with the forces of the war-like Lord Bellicose hard on her heels - and the medieval era's most notorious antihero suddenly finds himself in the middle of events that he wanted no part of.
The young apprentice mage, Pierette, discovers that the pages in the history books are fading away. Is the Black Time coming, when evil will reign supreme? The answer lies in the long ago, when Provence was a Roman camp, and Pierette must brave the otherworld to journey there.
Swanwick, Ryman, Steele, Kress, Reed, Cassut, Stross and many more are included in the 672 pages that showcase the year's best in sf. Recommended.
The new HAMMER'S SLAMMERS novel. When the situation on a planet has gone beyond desperate into hopeless, be it invaders or insurgents, it's time to call Colonel Hammer and meet his price.
A supernatural tale of grief and mystery. One identical twin dies horribly, the other survives with no memory of what happened or who she is. Who is behind the tragic death and who is committing murders in retribution?
Magic and magical quests, war and deception, sex and romance, exotic cultures and landscapes. Karla, a young knifemaker, comes to the Allfair to ply her trade. A compulsive rock climber, she climbs Fallas Rock, sacred to the Istrians. To them it is blasphemy, a capital offense, for a woman to set foot on the Rock. Karla must cut her hair and go into hiding. Meanwhile a mysterious albino man has appeared among the nomadic Footloose at the Allfair. He is accompanied by two sorcerous entities and is selling maps to a legendary arctic fortress.
In Coraline's flat there is a locked door and behind the locked door a brick wall - until the day she unlocks it to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only it's different. The food is better. The toys are better. But there's another mother and another father and they want Coraline to stay with them and to be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Recommended.
TOO MANY MAGICIANS, MURDER AND MAGIC, and LORD DARCY INVESTIGATES in a single volume. Welcome to an alternate world where Richard the Lion-Hearted did not die in the year 1199 and where the great detective Lord Darcy and the sorcerer Sean O'Lochlainn combine occult skills and brilliant deductions to bring criminals to the King's Justice.
Terrell finds himself in the war-torn land of Myvatan, where no one can remember a time before conflict, and no one but the powerful sorcerers know the cause of it. Horrified to learn that the powers of nature are being harnessed for use as weapons, Terrell discovers that a volcano among the glaciers is home to a deadly presence. And this time even Terrel's power may not be enough to stop it.
An alternate history where the Ottoman Empire still dominates. Ashraf Bey is sprung from a Seattle prison by a woman who may or may not be his aunt. He finds himself adrift in the complex politics of the great North African metropolis of El Iskandriya, and within days he is the main suspect in a murder, the girl he was supposed to marry hates him and he has become responsible for the welfare of his 9-year-old cousin. Recommended.
Ashraf Bey is fugitive from US justice (definitely), son of the Emir of Tunis (possibly), and chief of detectives in the El Iskandriyan police force (apparently). His ex-fiancee Zara still doesn't want to see him and his 9-year-old niece is busy doing things with computers that are stricly illegal. Now the city suddenly starts to fall apart and Zara's father is accused of mass-murder.
In what would be the 7th century AD in modern history, the Roman Empire still stands, supported by the twin pillars of the Legions and the Thaumaturges of Rome. But can it stand against Dahak, lord of the seven serpents?
The great three-sided war continues, Rome against Persia against the desert tribes commanded by Mohammed of Mekkah. The tide has turned against the Eastern Empire, and Rome lies devastated by the long-pent-up eruption of Vesuvius. And in the hidden valley of Damawand, the Persian sorcerer Dahak plots his revenge.
Best of the year in fantasy stories features work by Poul Anderson, Marion Zimmer Bradley and Diana Paxson, Thomas Disch, Nalo Hopkinson, Tanith Lee and Ursula K. Le Guin.
In the centuries before he will meet Arthur, Merlin is both immortal and young. He becomes a friend of the Greek hero Jason, who seeks the Golden Fleece, and later of his wife, the enchantress Medea. When hate and treachery drives them apart, Merlin wanders until a chance meeting leads him to find and raise the hulk of the Argo, which contains the spirit of Jason. Thus a great quest begins, which ends in unlooked-for ways and causes Merlin to travel for the first time to the land which will become England.
One man believes he has discovered the hideous truth behind history: every great civilization has, rather embarassingly, been founded, run and then cunningly manipulated by a small gang of devious frogs.
Michael's girlfriend, the unfortunately (but accurately) named Cruella, doesn't approve of his obsession with the little people, but the problem is that they won't leave him alone. But it is his own stepfather who is responsible for causing them so much misery. Yes, Daddy George knows that elves can do so much more than the gardening.
Ax Preston, Sage Pender and Fiorinda of the Rock'n'Roll Reich have beaten the cascade of disasters that followed the collapse of the former United Kingdom in BOLD AS LOVE. Now they have to find a way to keep the impossible dynamics of their own relationship going, while the world keeps getting stranger. And that's when the lights go out. Recommended.
A master class in writing. King reveals the biographical roots of his vocation, and the essential habits and rules that he has developed. He offers practical and inspiring advice on everything from plot and character to rejection.
Sequel to TALISKER. Duncan Talisker watches as his daughter Regan takes up with Jahl, son of Talisker and Phyrr, sister to the dead god Corvus. In Edinburgh Jahl's influence rises through his cat's-paw Knox, leader of a religious community. As Knox prepares the way for Jahl to manifest in our world and Regan decides whether or not to kill her brother, Talisker must again take a hand in mighty events.
Bolos, gigantic tanks with enough firepower for an army controlled by a human-level artificial intelligence, are programmed to defend their creators at all costs. The Bolos battle on star systems across the galaxy to defend humans. And though the Bolos are cold steel, they have warmer hearts than many of the flesh-and-blood creatures they protect.
The descendents of Murdo Ranulfson continue the search for the grail. A thousand years after its disappearance the grail, the Mystic Rose, has been found. The Knights Templar, led by the ruthless and corrupt Renaud de Bracineaux, will stop at nothing to get it. But one person stands in their way. Cait, an indomitable young woman from the windswept hills of northern Scotland, has determined to claim the prize for her own.
Modern-day Dylan Matheson (of SON OF THE SWORD) returns to 18th century Scotland, where as a hunted outlaw he faces every mortal danger to reunite with his true love.
A prince in search of a adventure, and a wizard in search of a job each follow a folktale to a remote castle buried in the thorns and briars and find what they seek in this delightful non-Grimm fairy tale.
Raised by intelligent wolves, Firekeeper had to learn to cope with human society - and discovered that for someone raised in a wolf pack, the politics of a royal court weren't all that unfamiliar.
15 tales of animal - and other - companions. Rusch, Nye, Elrod, Braunbeck, Sherman, Norton and West are among the contributors.
Teenage brothers Tech and Marz, master gamers and hackers, earn serious cash in New York City on the Virtual Network as freelance cyber-sleuths, running down lost information and missing persons on the web. When a data recovery mission pits them against a deadly cyber-monster, they are plunged into a mystery that can actually kill them.
The Kundalan people are oppressed by the V'ornn invaders and the V'ornn's mysterious leaders, the Gyrgon, search for the lost Ring of Five Dragons, key to the door of the fabled Kundalan Storehouse, and perhaps to Kundalan sorcery as well. But misused, the ring has trigged an apparently inexorable annihilation for V'ornn and Kundalan alike. Now, from among the oppressed, must arise the hero of prophecy, the Dar Sala-at, who can alone wield the sorcerous power to save the world.
The Storehouse Door remains sealed because the spell that combined Annon Ashera and Riane into a single body also breached the Abyss, releasing daemons imprisoned there. Now the fiends must be vanquished, not only so the quest for the pearl can continue, but to save Giyan, who has been possessed by an archdaemon.
Something - or somebody - has left a series of satellites in orbit around various planets of the galaxy. Now a crew sets off to discover the origin of the satellites - and to learn if mankind is no longer alone among the stars.
Set in the same future as DESOLATION ROAD. One young woman, Sweetness Octave Glorious-Honeybun Asiim 12th, becomes the person upon whom the future of Mars depends. Driven away from the locomotive that has always been her home by the thought of a boring marriage, she consults her dead twin, Little Pretty One, about her future. But that future will take in religous cults, artificial intelligences that are as god - and the gods themselves. Recommended.
A phantasmic re-telling of the classic French fairy tale "East of the Sun, West of the Moon", in which a young woman enters into a strange, peril-filled marriage to a mysterious prince.
From the author of Clarke and British Fantasy award-winning PERDIDO STREET STATION. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, prisoners and slaves are being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. When the ship is besieged by pirates, the senior leaders are summarily executed and the surviving passengers brought to a floating city constructed upon the hulls of pirated ships. This is a place whose leaders harbour a sinister agenda.
Distant future. Media consultant Daryn Alwyn is the target of expensive assassination attempts. The reason is a mystery. Then his sister is killed and Daryn becomes one of the richest and most powerful men in the system.
Five people tell their stories and the many parts unite into a single tale of justice and truth in a world beset by technological challenges, drowning in apathy and attacked by devious evil.
A beautiful young scientist lies dead in a top-secret laboratory, a victim of an illegal experiment with the forbidden nanotechnology known as "LoVs" - intelligent organisms that live at the limits of human vision. In Vietnam's Mekong Delta, a daring journalist probes a mysterious cult rumoured to have awesome powers. A new stage of evolution is about to begin.
Three centuries ago, the unspeakable ravages of a devastating war nearly tore apart the kingdom of Eutracia. Those who masterminded the bloodshed - a quartet of powerful, conquest-hungry sorceresses - were sentenced to exile, but their unspeakable evil returns when the country is about to crown a new king.
Disaffected members of all races, druids, centaurs, elves, goblins etc, are gathering into a force that may spell the doom of the Seven Circles. Strangers to brutality and warfare, the inhabitants need a champion who can teach them to defend themselves. For this they recruit warriors from our world.
Poldarn is pursued by invisible enemies and haunted by demons of the past in a world he does not know. Attempting to piece together his own past from scattered fragments and dreams, he comes to the island he believes to be his childhood home. Will he find peace here - or more terrors for him to confront?
Escaping the clutches of the Empress Ykoriana, Carnelian and Osidian finds themselves captives of a barbarian tribe from the southern plain. Dark forces surface, threatening this new-found world.
The wizards of the Unseen University are confronted with a new problem. The planet Earth has picked up a parasite life form - elves. They get everywhere.
Many millenia ago the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect and suppress life, but after hundreds of millions of years the machines started to fail and intelligent cultures emerged. Then Dr. Dan Sylveste and the crew of 'Infinity' discovered what might have happened to the Amarintin race - and might have wakened one of the Inhibitors.
The Retrieval Artists are private detectives who investigate the most unusual crimes in the galaxy and help the 'Disappeared' find their way home. When three people aboard a stolen space yacht are found murdered in the signature style of an alien vengeance killing, that ship and another ship are linked to a Disappeared - a reluctant female outlaw on Mars.
Chung Mae is the fashion expert of the farming village of Kzuldah, Karzistan. The town gets Air, a new communication technology that will connect everyone without wires or computers. But the initial test of Air is a disaster; people are killed by the shock, and Mae ends up imprinted with the memories of a dying old woman.
Thirty years from now, a man enjoying a garden's blossoms, butterflies, and buzzing bees is stung between the eyes by a strange, flying insect and overwhelmed by an intense flood of memories. Somebody is literally bugging the planet. Can medical technologist Pilar Ramirez and her friends convince the government before it's too late?
The First Combine Regiment is recuperating on Earth, preparing for basic training. It's Sergeant Bart 'Dragon' Drak's job to ensure that the varied alien races learn to function as a team. But now Drak must lead them on a new mission against the Ilion Federation.
Sequel to PROSPERO'S CHILDREN and THE DRAGON CHARMER. Stalking present day England in her Prada stilettos, witch-queen Morgus has the mindset of the Middle Ages - and vows to rule the ancient kingdom of Logrez, now modern Britain.
Visiting a noble house thousands of miles from home, Joseph, the young scion of the House Keilloran, finds himself in the middle of a rebel uprising. Rescued by a loyal slave who is then killed in the revolt, Joseph is caught in enemy territory. He must traverse a hostile land populated by alien creatures - some dangerous, others more sympathetic than the humans he meets.
Originally published as CROWN DUEL and COURT DUEL. Countess Meliara swears to her dying father that she and her brother will defend the people from the growing greed of the king. That promise results in a war that threatens the homes and lives of the very people they are trying to protect. But war is simple compared to the fragile peace, with its intrigues and secret alliances, where friends and foes look alike.
Leaving her life in Manhattan, Cass Lumetto moves to Colorado to be near her new boyfriend - who is behind bars, convicted of murdering his wife. Cass wants to prove that he got away with another murder - that of her college roommate. She thinks she's tough enough to handle it, but she's dead wrong.
Roger Niemann is a centuries-old doctor hiding in New Orleans under an assumed identity and searching for a means to cure his vampirism. As 'The Ripper', Niemann is a vicious serial killer stalking the streets of New Orleans. Houston physician Matthew Carter has seen the killer's pattern of victims drained of blood before and begins a hunt to find Niemann.
In the wake of World War I, uneasy peace reigns between the United States and the Confederate States of America ... but not for long. With Socialists rising to power in the U.S., more than enough people are eager to return the world to war.
1924. In the United States the Socialists control the White House, but in the Confederacy the fascist Freedom Party is growing. If elected there, Jake Featherson will be in position to launch revenge against the blacks in the South and the hated enemy to the North. Canada remains annexed by the United States, but the embers of anger still glow hot, and rebellion is coming.
Leadership makes a difference, but other factors are at work. How would Sir Francis Drake have handled the Spanish Armada if a typhoon hadn't softened up the enemy first. If history is given a twist or two, how would the great commanders on land and sea fight their greatest battles?
The ALASTOR series. TRULLION: ALASTOR 2262, MARUNE: ALASTOR 933, and WYST: ALASTOR 1716, appear in a single volume.
The ruling Skolian family, separated for decades, begins once again to gather in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war. Too many have died and others are presumed lost. Yet Dyhianna the Ruby Pharaoh must move quickly if they are to reassume the throne of the Empire.
What SAS Captain Trevor Stirling doesn't know may kill him - along with every man, woman and child alive. His mission: follow a Northern Irish fanatic bent on murder into the year AD 500. The terrorist's mission is to kill Artorius, the Brittanic Lord of Battle before his greatest military victory, disrupt the time-space continuum, destroy the British nation, and, coincidentally, erase the rest of the world.
A new Myth Adventures novel (the first since 1995!). Skeeve, Ahaz and Tando journey into the Kowtow realm to retrieve a golden cow that gives gold-laced milk. But this strange land combines the Wild West with vegetarian cowboys and the vampire-cursed hills of Transylvania - where gold is as common as dirt and danger lurks behind every sagebrush.
This 3rd Myth Adventures omnibus finds Skeeve searching for missing partner Ahaz in another dimension where magic won't work in MYTH-ING PERSONS. In LITTLE MYTH MARKER Skeeve bluffs his way into a high-stakes poker game, where he wins Markie, a pint-sized IOU with a talent for trouble.
The Willowmere estate seems so out of place in the small town. Then Claire meets the owner, Dr. Myra Moore, who educates her on the Wiccan belief system. But Claire can't shake the feeling that Myra is holding something back, and gradually becomes drawn towards the past, to the witch trials of the 17th century.
Terpsichore Murray is growing up on Mars. She wants to quit school and become an eco-prospector like her father. She is along on one of her father's long trips, conducting a group of younger kids from the equator back to school in Wells City, when disaster strikes. It is up to her to get the survivors to safety, through several hundred miles of Martian wilderness. In the process she will encounter the self-engineered 'Mars-form humans' and the One True, the collective intelligence that dominates Earth.
Seyone, the slave-turned soldier of the acclaimed REVELATION and TRANSFORMATION, returns to face the demon inside of his soul. When he journeys across the borders of the world to confront his own haunted dreams, Seyonne discovers he will become all that he ever feared.
THE SHATTERED CHAIN, THENDARA HOUSE, and CITY OF SORCERY weave the tale of two valiant Amazon women who try to break the invisible chains of custom, convention, habit and expectation with which society binds women, and women bind themselves.
A mercenary outfit struggling for recognition, Star Risk contains a ragtag bunch of misfits, including an alien willing to invest his life savings into the company. Now if only they can succeed with their first mission: to spring a dangerous supersoldier trapped in a maximum security prison.
Set in the universe of MALIGNOS. From the cross-race marriage of the first Pike and his Malignos wife, down through the centuries, comes the Pike family saga, the Lords Soho, recounted in operas, myths and folk tales.
Marak has always hidden his madness - voices and visions that beckon him toward a silver tower. When betrayal brings him face-to-face with the mysterious dictator of his world, he is assigned a seemingly suicidal mission to cross the planet's vast desert and find that tower.
Alison, who can read anything - including the End of the World - crosses paths with: Wing Commander Leyton, pilot from the future and his bodyless navigator Jocelyn, the master of British intelligence Frederick Cleves, and vicious killer Douglas in search of a chip shop, the score of Cabaret and the composition of the Book of Revelation.
672 pages includes Joan Vinge, Christopher Fowler, Kelly Link, Jeffrey Ford, and many more.
At the centre of the entwined lives of all the Newford Tales stands a young artist named Jilly Coppercorn, whose paintings capture the hidden beings that dwell in Newford's shadows. Now here is her own story. Behind the painter's fey charm there's a dark secret and a past she's laboured to forget. That past is coming to claim her now. Recommended.
The conclusion to the series. High King Avall is captured by fanatical priests called the Ninth Face, who fan the flames of civil war and attempt to assassinate the remaining Clan and Craft chiefs. But Avall escapes, aided by the blind harpist Kylin. As royal armies prepare for siege, Avall and his comrades must retrieve the Lightning Sword - now lost by Avall's sister Merryn.
Former Green Beret Eric Dane has a cataclysmic dream that the earth was engulfed in flames years ago. Is it a warning of things to come? If the world's end came in 1962, then where is the world now? Dane and his team must find the answers before mankind becomes history at the hand of its oldest enemy - The Shadow, which invaded ten centuries ago and destroyed Atlantis.
Reptilian and insectoid monsters, commanded by wizards who are no longer human, are converging on the kingdom, as Garric and his sister Sharina struggle with the gathering chaos. Their friend Cashel is in a place not of this world, while Ilna studies a pattern too complex even for skills learned in Hell. Meanwhile the Mistress watches all from the blackness within her tomb.
With his new kingdom still reeling from the war that set the crown of Caledon upon his head, Rodgrigo must be stronger than ever to keep his position - and the fragile peace that surrounds him. Now he leads a divided army against powerful invaders, and only his expert use of magic of the Still can save them.
Sequel to 1632. Hurled back in time into the Thirty Years War by a mysterious cosmic force, the West Virginian coal miners led by Mike Stearns have allied with the King of Sweden to form the Confederated Principalities of Europe. Cardinal Richlieu, effective ruler of France, is bent on their destruction. As the greatest naval war in European history erupts, Mike's 'native' wife is trapped in war-torn Amsterdam, and his sister is a prisoner in the Tower of London. But Mike has some very explosive plans for correcting that situation.
A high-tech police procedural set in near-future Los Angeles. Police detective Angel Cardenas has a knack for knowing what others will do in any given situation. He will need his talent in the case of a murdered businessman who is missing all of his money and his vital organs. His investigation takes him to the victim's home, where an explosion nearly kills him. Why doesn't the victim's ID match his DNA scan? What happened to the woman and young girl who were living in the victim's house?
Tolomato Cemetery near St. Augustine, Florida, built on a sacred Indian burial ground, has been closed for years. Now a slaughtered Wiccan priestess is discovered on the grounds. Human remains are found in a nearby dumpster. And a cryptic message is haunting a woman's sleepless nights - a warning that the doors between two worlds are opening. History is coming alive. Grave by grave.
The Sun Mages have lost their magic and are no longer able to call the rains. Now the magic lies solely in the hands of a few women, the first ever to have developed the power. The men's anger leads to a series of violent attacks. Now Raeshaldis, Summer Concubine and Pomegranate Woman must band together and use their new power to save both the Yellow City and themselves.
Peace has settled across the land. But to the south, an empire lies ready to crumble. When the Dowager Empress dies with no successor, brutal war looms. And an old nemesis of Rhapsody's - presumed dead for centuries - resurfaces, forcing her to choose between facing his depravity or sacrificing her own life - and that of her unborn child.
Transformation and reclamation. Setting a course for a post-apocalyptic world, Hendrix tackles one of life's most enduring questions: What does it mean to be human?
Taggerung is a baby otter, born in Redwall, but kidnapped by Sawney Rath in the belief he is a legendary beast. Taggerung is raised to be a ruthless killer, but his Redwall past is not completely forgotten.
Jack has stumbled right into Faerieland. There's a whole lot of trouble on his trail - goblins, ogres, trolls, giants and who knows what. He needs an ally, someone with serious power, a wizard or a High Fairy. Not a dreamy young boggart named Spiggot..
The alchemical element is Earth. In a version of 16th century Venice two families feud over burial space on the overcrowded Isle of the Dead. 14-year old Meralda della Scorpia is killed in the conflict. In the ensuing years those responsible for her death begin to die. A humble gravedigger begins to suspect that a supernatural force has clawed its way out of the rotting superstructure of the city to attack the living.
The complete MED SHIP saga in 640 pages - THE MUTANT WEAPON, DOCTOR TO THE STARS, THIS WORLD IS TABOO, and SOS FROM THREE WORLDS. When the thousands of colonized worlds are threatened by disease, it's a job for the Interstellar Medical Service and a Med Ship is sent. Calhoun is the best they have, and hard experience has taught him that often the major obstacle to curing the sick is ... people. And removing that kind of obstacle may take very strong medicine.
Priscilla Delacroix is betrayed by her shipmates and abandoned on a distant planet. Starship captain Shan yos'Galen is about to join Priscilla's crusade for revenge. He's got his own score to settle with the enemy. But confronting the sinister crew will be easier - and safer - than confronting the demons from Priscilla's past.
A colony four light years from Earth hopes to slowly terraform their barely habitable world of ice and bitter cold. In the meantime, life is hard, and Manda is glad to get away from the constant crowding and zero privacy to work on a scientific project in the howling, frozen wastes. But what she discovers there makes it questionable whether she will ever make it back alive.
The three Heris Serrano military sf novels, HUNTING PARTY, SPORTING CHANCE, and WINNING COLORS, in a single omnibus volume.
The dark price to be paid by the people of Tuatha De Danaan for their choice of eternal life is made terrifyingly clear. From the shadows of legend, two creatures step forth, wreaking vengeance upon the Danaan - with only one Druid alive who fully understands the depth of their peril.
Classic Norton: STAR GUARD and STAR SOLDIERS in a single, omnibus edition, presenting a far-flung intersellar future in which the first starships from Earth have burst out into the universe only to encounter the stagnant alien federation known as Central Control. Only as interstellar mercenaries can humans go to the stars.
The classic JUDGMENT ON JANUS and VICTORY ON JANUS together in one omnibus volume. Naill Renfro, on the far-off jungle world of Janus, seeks to find the origin of his strange new memories of a time when he was not human, before the civilization of this world fell.
16 original stories form a guided tour to the planets of the solar system. Timothy Zahn, Roland Green, Jack Haldeman, Mike Resnick, Michael Stackpole and Brian Thomsen are among the contributors.
Christian belongs to the kamera. For centuries they've moved among mortals taking only what they need. Now something preys on the kamera - a contagion that slowly paralyzes them. Their only hope for an antidote is the blood of one extraordinary mortal. But The Others, lead by an evil vampire thought long dead, would gladly see the kamera perish.
When a white rat escapes its cage in a college bio lab, grad student Ben Collins follows the rodent into a storeroom - and through a secret gateway to another world. In this oddly medieval realm, practically everybody is a shapeshifter forced to transform daily from human to animal form. But Ben is the one who could really change their world - forever.
Graduate student Benton Collins is summoned back to the magical realm of inadvertent shapeshifters, for a perilous quest involving two young dragons.
Mike, a teen runaway, has sought refuge in Dreamworld, a fabulous Disney-esque theme park, figuring he'll lose himself behind the scenes. But someone else got there first. She looks like a 'character', but she's Annie, who had Mike's idea first - thirteen years ago. She helps him 'go under'. But there are others, who look like trolls. They're not from here at all. And each day there are more of them.
After years of bitter enmity, the battle for power between the Renne and the Wills families has reached a fever point. Fleeing a forced marriage, young Elise Wills has made a desperate bargain with a dark river spirit to save her own life. It is left to the wanderer Alaan, together with a band of brave companions, to find Elise - even as the dark knight Hafydd hunts Alaan for the secrets he possesses.
Conclusion to the Venus series. Mahala, a child of Venus conceived from rebel genetic material, must choose her destiny when the long-simmering conflict between Earth and Venus threatens to destroy the only life she has ever known.
Set ten years after PROSPERO'S CHILDREN. Fern has rejected her gift and built a successful PR career. But her fiancee insists on having their wedding at Yarrowdale, so Fern is forced to return to the scene of her earlier adventures. Recommended.
Alternate history. Fifty years after the truce that ended the war between the North American Union, the Third Reich and the Soviet Union, Peter escapes a Nazi prison camp and joins the Underground Home Army. But every step closer to the evil at the heart of the Nazi political machine brings more intrigue and betrayal.
The complete short stories, with the author's introductions.
Sulian ap Gwien was only 17 when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed, she could have defeated them. It took six to subdue her - and she will never forgive them. Thus begins the tale of a woman who rises to become the strong right hand to the great king who will reunite his people.
Young adult fantasy. It takes an extremely powerful Void wizard like Laenan Kite to keep the Lords of Nightkeep in check, but right now Kite has other worries and Nightkeep is growing strong. The Lords hunger for power and their attention has turned toward Earth. They plot to ensare our dreaming souls.
A five person crew become the first humans to walk the Red Planet in a landmark mission to Mars. But when their findings set off a wave of controversy and political upheaval back home, public opinion turns against the mission and they are left stranded. As their situation becomes more desperate, the crew must try to pull together - because if they don't save themselves, no one else will.
Elena has been in Toronto a year and is leading a normal life, with only the occasional midnight prowl to satisfy her inhuman cravings. But now the Pack has called Elena home to help them fight an alliance of renegade werewolves. She vows not to be swept up in Pack life again, no matter how natural it might feel.
Two Mythadventures in one. Former magician's apprentice Skeeve tumbles up the corporate ladder to the presidency of M.Y.T.H.
Cathan, son of a count, travels across the waterworld of Aquasilva to inform his father of the discovery of a cache of iron in their territory. On the way, however, he stumbles across a plot to unleash a new age of fundamentalism. The Domain, who hold supreme religious power, and their holy warriors, the Sacri, are ruthlessly supressing all change on Aquasilva. Cathan begins putting together an alliance against them.
NASA's made a monumental discovery in the caverns of Mars - alien artifacts that have already killed the first man who touched them. Now they're sending brilliant scientist Tau Wolfsinger to unlock the secrets of the artifacts. But Tau's in for a big surprise. And not just the one waiting for him on Mars...
Marty Strauss is trapped between his human masters and Hell itself, with just one last, desperate game to play... Recommended.
18-year-old Jak Jinnaka, living an apparently normal life on a moon-sized space station in the 36th century, is thrust into a new life when his girlfriend Sesh is kidnapped by thugs and he finds himself on a mission to ransom her from her captor, the mysterious and powerful Duke of Uranium.
The definitive short fiction collection of Bear.
Llesho was only 7 when the Harn invaded Thebin, slaying his father and selling the boy into slavery. On Pearl Island he was trained as a diver - until a vision changed his life completely. The spirit of his newly-dead teacher revealed the truth about Llesho's royal family - his six brothers were still alive but had been sold into slavery in distant lands. Now, to free them and himself, Llesho must train as a gladiator. He must go face to face with sorcerers. And gods. And more.
Llesho has succeeded in finding several of his brothers and winning the aid of allies such as the trickster god, the emperor, two gladiators, a young witch and a goddess. But can he discover the truth about his own identity? Can he harness his powers? And can he survive the ultimate masters of evil?
The DAWN OF AMBER trilogy will expand the Amber universe and answer the important questions left open, including how Amber was created, by whom and why. The events in the trilogy will precede those in the existing novels, but follow some of the same, immortal characters. We will discover how Chaos and Amber came to be at war and the true nature of the universal, sentient forces that Amber and Chaos represent.
Short stories: the Elliotts, a family of outlandish, great-hearted, and loving-spirited Halloween creatures, have an 'abnormal' adopted son - Timothy - who can see his reflection in the mirror.
Walker Boh, the last of the Druids, and his companions continue their journey deep into the land of the unknown in search of forbidden magic. But what awaits them at the end - an enigmatic presence known as "Antrax" - may prove too powerful even for the Druid.
The fate of the Four Lands hangs in the balance, but the end of the journey is at hand - and shocking revelations will challenge all the beliefs and events that have come before.
The first 'chronologically combined' Miles Vorkosigan omnibus edition includes 'Borders of Infinity', BROTHERS IN ARMS and MIRROR DANCE.
Private detective / wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world - and his soul - are at stake. He is hired to find out who murdered the Summer Knight and clear the name of the Winter Queen of Faerie.
From the groundbreaking forefathers such as Bester, Dick and Delany, to Gibson and Sterling, and forward to such innovators as Stephenson, Shiner and Rucker.
672 pages - on Halloween: classic novellas, never-before-published stories, essays on the history, literature and films, and real-life memories. Contributors include Koontz, Straub, Brite, Cave, Clark, Bradbury, Shirley, Laymon, Kiernan, Shiner, Navarro, Newman, Goingback, Etchison, Grant, Campbell.
From the streets of his famed Newford to the alleys of Bordertown to the realms of Faerie... a collection of his short stories that feature teenagers.
Classic de Lint, back in print.
Classic de Lint, back in print.
Sequel to DeathDay. Alex Franklin, the puppet president in the service of the occupying Sauron, experiences a change of heart and transforms from a collaborator into a secret agent in an underground war of resistance.
Set in Drake's universe of RANKS OF BRONZE. Earth's Roman Legions have proved they are the best in the galaxy at what they do best - to the dismay of the alien merchant princes who have been exploiting the planet. Novellas from Drake, Flint, Stirling, Van Name and Weber.
Gaborn, now the Earth King, must still contend with the threat of the huge, inhuman Reavers. Raj Ahten, however, is no longer a threat. And a young girl, Averan, who has eaten a Reaver and absorbed some of its memories, becomes a keystone in the search for the dark Reaver lair.
20 short stories, including a brand-new Pip and Flinx story.
Tom Kolczyskrenski joins up with two old buddies to set up a three-member motorcycle gang so that they can get a Dept. of Defense grant to study social interactions in motorcycle gangs. But they get distracted when they observe a strange phenomenon that can only be due to a time machine. When they find the plans for the machine they think they are going to get rich.
The 3rd and final volume in the Dune prequel trilogy. Emperor Shaddam Corrino directs research into the creation of a synthetic spice, amal, on the planet Ix. This attempt at absolute power goes out of control. Meanwhile the hostility between the Houses Atreides and Harkonnen intensifies as they prepare their own bids for power.
The Butlerian Jihad was pivotal in the later development of the DUNE universe. Here now is the titanic, multi-generational war waged by the human race against the domination of intelligent machines.
A classic reissued: heroes with psi abilities are pitted against threatening alien foes.
A classic reissue: a tale of genetic engineering and the possibility of immortality.
A classic reissued: mankind's future and the evolution of human intelligence.
A classic reissued: humanity is pitted against nature on a world where insects have gained supremacy.
A trio of all-new, hauntingly romantic vampire tales that transport readers back to Regency England.
Triss the squirrelmaid plans and executes a daring escape from the tyrrany of the evil ferret king Agarnu and his daughter, Princess Kurda. Meanwhile, in Mossflower forest, a pair of wandering Dibbuns has discovered what may be the long-lost entrance to Brockhall, the original home of the warrior badgers.
With the world's oil supply held hostage, and in the face of unholy UN treachery, Ben Raines and the forces of the Southern United States of America take on terror-master El Farrar in a battle that threatens to set the region ablaze from Baghdad to Teheran.
French Landing, Wisconsin, a normal, middle-American town is troubled by a serial killer known as 'The Fisherman'. He has taken three children. The local police are helpless, and the town's only hope is ex-detective Jack Sawyer.
Sequel to PROBABILITY MOON and PROBABILITY SUN. Humanity is losing the war with the alien Fallers. As the action moves from Earth to Mars to the farthest reaches of known space, four humans - armed with little more than an unproven theory - try to enter the Fallers' home star system. The fate of the entire universe may hang in the balance of this desperate gamble.
Humanity has expanded out into other solar systems using the remnanat of an ancient technology of star gates. But now an alien race has also discovered the gates. A new planet, inhabited by a human-like race, is found and a team of scientists is sent to contact and study them. It isn't long before the killer aliens arrive and the whole powderkeg explodes.
Conclusion. The land of Everien is in chaos. The Sekk have vanished, Jaya Paradox and the timeserpent are loose, and Istar's winged lover has permanently divided into three selves, one of whom is a mysterious Sekk warrior named Taratel. Now Istar, Taratel, Jaya and Tarquin the Free are on the most important quest of all - to knit both Everien and themselves together again.
A new horror novel from the Bram Stoker Award winner. We are sworn to secrecy.
From the author of WICKED and CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER. A British writer investigates a woman claiming to be haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper. Recommended.
In space no one can hear Goldilocks scream. 14 original stories combining science fiction and fairy tale, including contributions from Benford, Schmidt, West, Patton, Huff, and others.
Wick is a humble librarian in the isolated halls of Greydawn Moors until he is shanghaied and sold into slavery in a distant land. From then on, it's one adventure after another. He is adopted by a thieves' guild, pursued by assassins, and made to do battle with a very significant dragon who may very well hold the fate of the world at his beck and call.
A fantasy novel from the author of bestselling Victorian mysteries. She was an empress - until she lost everything. Now known simply as Tathea, she will wander the Lost Lands and become empowered by the teachings in a book - a book that will guide her onto a path even greater than the one she walked as a ruler.
Poe, Le Fanu, Gilman, Stevenson, Stoker, Machen, Jacobs, James, Wells, Blackwood, Lovecraft, Onions and Jackson are included.
An omnibus edition of all 4 of the FALKENBERG'S LEGION novels: FALKENBERG'S LEGION and PRINCE OF MERCENARIES by Pournelle, and GO TELL THE SPARTANS and PRINCE OF SPARTA by Pournelle and Stirling. As the CoDominium falls apart and the galaxy dissolves into anarchy, the planet Sparta hires John Christian Falkenberg and his mercenary legion to train its populace for war.
The universe's last criminal is hired to depopulate a planet - a crime that will tear apart the interstellar utopia. Keeping ahead of detection and preparing the crime, the killer voyages to numerous worlds to hone the instinct required for murder. And wonders who is behind the contract.
A full-length novel and much more. Humanity has spread throughout the cosmos and has split into two races - the standard planet-bound Walkers and the zero-gravity-adapted Swimmers. Crowell, born a Swimmer but now a Walker by choice, discovers that the recent escalation in hostility between the two races is being fomented by a hidden alien race.
After the death of his beloved Queen Lostris, Taita performs the rites of embalmment and burial for her. Then, stricken with grief, he retreats into the forbidding deserts of North Africa and becomes a hermit. Over the years that follow he devotes himself to the study of the mysteries of the occult until, armed with these extraordinary powers, he gradually transforms himself into the Warlock.
Vampire Deidre and her lover Mitch have opened shop in a seaside town with a pub ripe for tourist dollars - and tourist blood. But the Others are closing in and their situation becomes desperate. Mitch believes that a human mother and her mute child may be the key to thwarting their enemies.
Surgeon Cherijo and her husband have found safety aboard the star vessel Sunlace. But they have promises to keep - promises that will endanger everything she ever fought for - including her solemn oath to protect life.
An adventure of interstellar war, featuring Scott St. Andrew (of BROTHERS IN ARMS). He has joined the rebellion of the Seventeen Worlds. But now the alien genetic technology that transformed him into a lethal fighting machine is breaking down, aging him rapidly. Only one hope remains. A secret rebel splinter group is planning a coup and agree to correct his condition if he casts his lot with them.
Two hundred years after the daring recovery of the Sovereign Stone (see WELL OF DARKNESS), the mystic gem given to the four races by the gods in hopes of promoting peace, the powerful dark lord Dagnarus sends an undead minion from the depths of the Void to retrieve the powerful artifact.
Linnet, eleven years old, starts growing wings. She flees prejudice to a community of winged people located in Montana, and tries to learn to fly. She considers revealing her secret to the world.
The first in the Count Saint-Germain historical vampire series. A fiery and intelligent young woman named Madeline has fallen in love with the Count and a group of evil sorcerers have targeted her for their black mass.
Jakob Faraday is studying a herd of large space-going creatures known as the Qanska who live in the region of Jupiter. He convinces a quadraplegic to bond with a Qanska, becoming a hybrid. But then a rumour spreads on Earth that the Qanska have secret stardrive. Faraday, who knows the rumour is false, is replaced by Arbiter Liadof, who attempts to coerce the secret out of the Qanska.
The group of colonies known as the Empyrean has distributed objects called 'angels' to all of their officials to keep them honest. The Pax is sure that these 'angels' - particles emitted by the black hole called Angelmass and held in a special containment field and which have a quality that makes it impossible for its bearer to act unethically - are part of an alien plot to subvert the Empyrean. The Pax sends a spy, Kostas, to the Empyrean to try to alter the balance of power.
An old friend of Gregor Eisenhorn no longer can tolerate his methods and leaves in disgust. Then a monstrous foe arises from Eisenhorn's own creation. The aged inquisitor is left wondering which side of the fine line between the utilization of proper mystical resources to protect mankind and the corruptiong forces of Chaos he is now on.
First of six. Menzoberranzan the Mighty is the jewel of the subterranean world known as Underdark. There wizard Pharaun Mizzrym and his friend, weapons master Ryld Argith must solve a baffling puzzle or die trying. Meanwhile high priestess Quenthel Baenre battles demonic assailants dispatched by an unknown foe, and ambassador Faeryl Zauvirr learns that the matron mother has inexplicably turned against her.
The top-level agent wants out, but they won't let him quit. He quits anyway. Then suddenly he wakes up in captivity, in a seaside town packed solid with electronic surveillance hardware. This is the Village. He is the Prisoner. Can he escape?
Kirk has reached the end of his Starfleet career. As he Scotty and Chekhov join in the development of a new colony in a remote corner of Federation space, the devious Falorians seem to have something up their sleeves.
Kirk returns to Tarsus IV where, as a boy, he barely survived Kodos the Executioner's notorious massacre. Can he let it happen again? Meanwhile, the only other survivor of the massacre, Lt. Kevin Riley, serves on the Enterprise and his traumatic memories provide Spock's best hope of finding their captain before Kirk alters their time line.
An all-new adventure. The inhuman warriors of the Cylon Empire still pursue the last remnants of humanity, led by Commander Apollo and the crew of the battlestar Galactica, as they search for the legend called Earth.
Between the mountains of the Merciless Range and the forests of Hellwood lurks a foul, deadly presence. Although these are dark times for the citizens of Fairbye, their hope lies in four heroes who rise to the challenge to save the small hamlet from evil.
An adventure featuring Chancellor Valorum and Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn, set just before THE PHANTOM MENACE, that exposes the truth behind Valorum's fall from power. The two foil an assassination attempt on Valorum, but the greatest threat remains unknown to everyone but three conspirators - and Darth Sidious.
Some of the characters less often in the spotlight, neither Aces nor Jokers, are given the focus.
A Warhammer anthology - includes stories from Stableford (writing as Brian Craig), William King and others.
Lt. Jon Anderson is the Enterprise's new security officer. Tensions are mounting between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and Anderson has a secret. He is a Klingon infiltrator sent to kill Captain Kirk.
Sarah and John Connors continue the battle to save the future of humanity. Hidden in a top-secret government military base, the computer network Skynet is about to go on-line. And this time, even the Connors may not be able to prevent the war between man and machine.
The Kagonesti woman Kerianseray, prominent in the War of Souls trilogy, is the central character in this prequel. With her loyal band of resistance fighters, she quickly becomes the terror of the Dark Knights. Known as the Lioness, she is the king's own outlaw, his secret lover and secret weapon.
If the timeline has been altered so that neither the artifically intelligent satellite SkyNet nor its killer Terminators can ever be created, why are Sarah Connor and her son John being hunted by yet another Terminator from the future?
The Khyprian Empire stands as one of the few bulwarks of civilization among the bandit kingdoms known as the Border Princes. But a malignant force driven by revenge and an obscene, awesome power lies within its heart - and its plan is to bring the decaying realm of the Plague God to the Border Princes in all its putrefying glory.
The lost city of Ureh was home to the world's most accomplished magic wielders, and has been rumoured to have been a gateway to the High Heavens. Making the study of Ureh his life's work, the Vizjerei sorcerer, Quov Tsin, hires a group of mercenaries to solve the riddles of Ureh, only to discover too late that the gate is real - and leads straight into the blackest depths of hell.
When an elven village and a dwarf settlement are plagued by mysertious occurences, each side blames the other. Only a band of tried and true heroes can root out the sinister force manipulating these normally peaceful people.
Although the foul Horus was defeated, his legions of traitor Marines continue to fight in his name, serving the Chaos Powers. Now a new Warmaster has arisen, with plans to bring all of the galaxy under the dominion of his undying masters, and the corrupted ranks of the Iron Warriors are readying for battle.
Homicide detective Sara Pezzini is the possessor of the mystical weapon Witchblade. She and her partner Jake McCarthy are assigned to investigate a rash of killings that has all of New York City living in fear. Soon they find themselves neck-deep in trouble, not just from the NYPD brass, but from voodoo priests, evil spirits, a brother-sister team of hired killers, and a Goth band.
The Enterprise investigates a mysterious power source emanating from a planet supposedly populated by a race of primitive humanoids. Suspecting a Klingon plot, Kirk beams down to the planet with McCoy and a team of security officers.
Assigned to guard a vital starbase located perilously close to Klingon Space, Kirk is unaware he is being stalked.
Drizzt Do'Urden takes to the road with friends to find the missing Wulfgar. The only clue is the mark of the barbarian's lost warhammer Aegis-fang, found branded on the back of an outlaw. As they travel along the reaches of the Sword Coast, the companions grapple with the puzzle that Wulfgar's life has become.
The Steel Throne, seat of imperial power in Rokugan, sits empty. Ambition wars with justice and deception with truth as the emperor's heirs seek to gain the favour of the Clans. The fate of the Empire walks the edge of a blade, and before all is lost, the Lady of the Sword must step forward to restore honour to a land in need.
After the capture of Coruscant, a stunned galaxy fears nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Despite the crushing defeat, Jacen Solo is alive. The young Jedi Knight is in the care of a mysterious being of inscrutable arts. However, others are watching Jacen, wanting to use him for their own dire purposes.
The civil war between Prince Victor Steiner-Davion and his sister Katrina is heating up to the boiling point... as Victor recovers from the assassination of his love, Katrina's military rallies. He will have to draw on his strongest supporters in order to make a final bid for victory.
Definitive companion to the cult television series, now celebrating its 35th anniversary. It includes a full episode guide and has been authorized by Six of One.
Commander Elias Vaughn and the crew of the Defiant probe the unexplored regions of the Gamma Quadrant as political and religious forces throughout the Alpha Quadrant intersect at Deep Space Nine to determine the future of Bajor.
Conclusion to the series begun in SPELLFIRE and CROWN OF FIRE.
As the crew of the Defiant forges an uneasy alliance with an unusual alien species, political intrigue aboard DS9 escalates. Gul Macet's warship has arrived with an unexpected passenger - Cardassian Ambassador Natima Lang has returned to the station.
Although the land is in continual upheaval, there is civilization, albeit brutal and unforgiving. Pit fighters battle to death before tremendous crowds, making some rich, while others lose everything in one stroke of the sword.
The wizard or sorcerer who wins the well-known Duel Arcane will be awarded the Golden Wand, a magical device that holds incredible power. Magic users come from far and wide to compete, drawn to glory and to competition. But some come driven by an oath to a merciless death god.
Unarmed and under attack by hostile aliens? Here is how you construct a fully functional, heavily armed helicopter gunship, complete with crew, just by taking the back off of your tricorder and swapping a couple of transistors. Make sure you don't buy the kind of tricorder that comes with integrated circuits. If you do, you may have to lightly spray the positronic bus assembly with your phaser set to low power (on some models of phaser this will be the setting called 'Microwave Popcorn').
An elite paramilitary squad of combat-ready operatives battle terrorists and criminals across the many planets and systems of the known worlds - including the shadow organization known as the Sword of Shadoon.
A meteor strike plunges Earth into darkness in an event known as the Cataclysm. But an even greater evil threatens the remnants of Earth's population - both in the past and in the future.