When a Plain Jane called Cube whispers a wish to be beautiful, she finds herself on a search for the mysterious Cube Route.

Clio, the Muse of History, sits down to pen the 28th volume in the Chronicles of Xanth and is stunned to discover that it is already written but is totally unreadable. The Good Magician Humphrey requires Clio to rescue Xanth's dragons from extinction before he can give her a solution to the problem.

Kurj, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. When he meets Roca, a beautiful and mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat. But a chance storm strands them in the mountains, inadvertently causing a great interstellar war and birthing the next generation of rulers for the Skolian Empire.

Revised reissue of the classic (1983) military SF novel.

Maris has escaped the slums to work with the local underworld on a huge space station. She escapes the station by impersonating a diplomat who apparently committed suicide there. But she soon discovers her impersonation has landed her in a web of corruption that has made her a target for elimination.

Candy Quackenbush's adventures in Abarat continue with the henchmen of the evil Christopher Carrion (and his fiendish grandmother Mater Motley) in close pursuit. The Army of Night will soon conquer the islands unless the forces of Day can ready themselves and Candy can unlock the mystery she carries inside.

Avalon is suffering from mysterious droughts and the very stars are beginning to lose their light. The fate of Avalon rests with Tamyn, a wandering wilderness guide, and apprentic priestess Elli, and young eagleman Scree. One of them is the true heir to Merlin. And one is the child of dark prophecy, fated to destroy Avalon.

Features the stories "Webster". "The White Horse Child", "Sleepside Story", "Dead Run", "Through No Road Whither" and "Petra".

The war between Farsala and Hrum begins. The separate resistance movement begun by Jiaan and Kavi has hindered the Hrum's victory. Soraya has important strategic information and must come together with Jiaan and Kavi if they want to successfully defend their homeland. Mistrust, hatred, and Time's Wheel seem destined to keep them apart.

Vampire Richard Dunn (of HIS FATHER'S SON and KEEPER OF THE KING), once known as Lancelot, faces Charon, an old enemy from his past. Charon has acquired new powers that are anninhilating the nebulous Otherside. Unless balance is restored, Realside too will be destroyed. Dunn musters allies from the Yucatan to Glastonbury to do battle.

Maximus commands the single legion left on the Empire's Rhine frontier in the year 406. He is torn between his duty to defend the frontier and those who urge him to proclaim himself emperor.

Conclusion of the trilogy. Prince Lynan was ignored by his family until he inherited the magical "Key of Union". Then, driven from his rightful position at court, he was forced into exile. Now, after war and hardship he is no longer a callow prince - he will allow nothing to stand between him and his return to the capital and to the throne.

In the realm of Alera, where people bond with furies - elementals of earth, air, fire, water and metal, 15 year old Tavi struggles with his lack of furycrafting. But when his homeland erupts in chaos and rebels war with loyalists and furies clash with furies, Tavi's simple courage will turn the tides of war.

Dr. Lennox Price discovers a hallucinogenic moss in the ancient forest of Goodmanswood. After his death his family becomes entangled in the lure of the forest.

Alvin Maker, seventh son of a seventh son, and his wife Peggy seek to create the Crystal City of his vision. Nuevo Barcelona is about to experience a plague, a test that will draw all Alvin's power, and which will bring him to call on the aid of the Red Prophet.

Early 19th century Britain. The rich, reclusive Mr. Norrell is the first real magician to appear for many years. But no sooner does he start practice than another appears. Mr. Norrell accepts Jonathan Strange as a pupil, but his wild protege becomes fascinated by the figure of the Raven King, a changeling who became king of both England and Faerie, and was the most legendary magician of all. But the pursuit of this ancient lore proves very dangerous. Recommended.

The Wraeththu, once a wild and beautiful race living on the land and reveling in their power and sexuality, have become tamed as the years have passed. The race of hermaphrodites has now come into its own, not relying on humanity to propagate itself. Now it must learn to survive politics, governing, and wars amongst itself.

When Gwen "Gigi" Gelman, a ten year veteran of the Providence, Rhode Island vice squad, is made the scapegoat of a routine bust that goes wrong, she starts her own PI business that specializes in runaways and family problems. Gigi is doing well until she takes on a suspected kidnapping of a 14 year old.

Young adult. When her family moves to Newford, Imogene finds life there unusual. Her friend Maxine's rigid life plan is in stark contrast with the character of her other friend, the ghost Adrian, who has a huge crush on her.

A bumbling middle-aged bookstore clerk is given access to infinite worlds by the arrival of a dimension-hopping artificial intelligence.

The Legion of the Damned returns to fight the far future battles that no one else can fight. General Bill Booly does not realize that on the remote world of LaNor another revolution is brewing. There a career Legionnaire with a reputation for bucking authority and an inexperienced, overly ambitious diplomat will become key to dealing with the deadly web of terrorism that threatens the entire Confederacy.

When FTL technology is discovered in the alien Ramanthians' possession, General William "Bill" Booly III and First Lieutenant Antonio Santana face an epic struggle - on two fronts - to save the Confederacy at any cost.

Ten years have passed since Thomas Covenant was sacrificed, as his companion Linden Avery looked on in horror. Linden comes home one day to find her child building images of the Land with blocks and is consumed by foreboding. She had thought that she would never again be summoned to the Land - nor ever again see her beloved Thomas Covenant. But in the Land, evil is unmaking the very laws of nature.

Led by Brutus, wielding the magic of the Gods, the remnants of Troy are drawn to Albion (Britain), where they construct a new Labyrinth. However, it is never completed and the ancient magic is set free. A thousand years pass but the old magic is not finished with the players: new faces, new bodies, old souls. Court intrigues and a warrior who waits across the sea are ready to complete what began centuries ago.

The Grand Duchess, disguised as a man, arrives seeking assistance from the Blades to regain her domain from a sinister sorceror who can command the dead. Only two potential candiates for the Blades are even remotely prepared for such a dangerous quest.

Sir Wolf, the King's Killer, is given the mission to rescue Lady Celeste. He must battle magical foes in an unknown land and will discover perilous secrets that could destroy Chivial. Recommended.

As the Elder Gods prepare to transfer their power to the Younger Gods, the evil Vlagh plans to take advantage of their weakened state and neutralize them. To do so it is breeding a force of monsters and demons. But there exist four children called the Dreamers. They alone hold the power to stop the Vlagh.

Omago, human friend to the god Veltan, works with heroes from the lands of the goddess Zelana, to protect peaceful farmers from the Vlagh. However, there is a new factor at work in the form of the gold-coveting outlander Jalkan who is unleashing soldiers against the villagers to convert them to the religion of Amar.

Stories from Laura Resnick, Carole Nelson Douglas, Susan Krinard, and many more.

The classic collection is back in print after decades, with a new story included.

Today's top authors: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Tanya Huff, Fred Saberhagen, P.N. Elrod and others, take an infamous nosferatu tour of 1890's London. This collection of 16 inventive stories center on Dracula's activities in London when he wasn't stalking Mina Harker & Lucy Westenra.

The new Pip and Flinx novel. Flinx is spirited away and enlisted in a battle against a monstrous extra-galactic threat. Hidden behind the Great Emptiness, evil is approaching him, accelerating.

The incomprehensible alien artifacts known as Angel Stations are the key to human expansion through interstellar space. The one that orbits the planet of Kaspar becomes key to repelling a fast-approaching threat.

Behind the stately Boston brownstone mansion the Menagerie marshals their last defense against the minions of utter darkness who have already begun their quest to resurrect the most malevolent of the fallen angels.

Thirteen all new holiday tales of dark fantasy and the supernatural that give a new meaning to the term holiday spirit. Includes stories by Julie Czerneda, Peter Crowther, Esther Friesner, David Bischoff and others.

Anita Blake is called on to consult on the case of a vampire serial killer who preys on strippers. She fears her judgment may be clouded as a result of her association with Jean-Claude, Master Vampire of the City, as well as sundry passionate contacts with vampires, werewolves and the shapeshifter Micah. So she does something unprecedented: she calls for help.

A classic Heinlein story back in print. Grand adventure about a Vietnam veteran's journey through twenty universes on a quest to retrieve the stolen Great Egg.

Jamie Sommers was conceived in adultery and born in sin. The nuns told him that he was destined to repeat the sins of his parents. He sought out danger and adventure and in Hawkes Harbor, Delaware, Jamie discoverd something that was enough to drive him insane and change his life forever. Jamie Sommers - petty criminal and lost soul will find redemption through his encounter with a monster.

PAINT YOUR DRAGON and OPEN SESAME in a single volume.

Empress Ouriana rules by evil sorcery. Her priests have become monsters by magic and bring destruction as they spread darkness to one kingdom after another. But rumours are circulating about a young girl who may be able to end Ouriana's reign. A band of heroes set out to find the hidden girl, racing Ouriana herself.

The Node has failed. As hordes of alien Lyrinx swarm out of the tar pits of Snizort hoping to fall on the survivors of the battle, Tiaan is held prisoner by the vengeful Vithis, determined to extract her geomantic secrets. Nish and Irisis are cast out, and humanity must depend on the wiles of the Scrutator Xervish Flydd.

Santa's twin Bob has been building a robot Santa to halve Santa's delivery time. But he left a few screws loose on his creation and now a badly malfunctioning robot Santa Claus is coming to town! Illustrated by Phil Parks.

In an alternate world millenia ago, the devas-nature spirits came to earth. Some renegade devas were imprisoned. In the time of Julius Caesar, these devas, now called "The Stone God", are ready to break free. A band of warriors, Rhenna of the Free People, Cian a panther shape shifter, Tahvo a Northern shaman, and Quintus, a Tiberian rebel, must come together to fight for humanity's survival.

The dark Queen's forces are on the move and the forces of Light are beset on all sides. Kellan, a young Knight-Mage valued for his skills as warrior and wizard, is part of the ELves' war councils. His sister Idalia fights beside Jermayan, an Elf Knight bonded with a dragon to become the first Elven Mage in 1000 years - but he knows nothing of Magic.

Alberich, now one of Valdemar's heralds, becomes the personal protector of young Queen Selenay, despite the prejudice against him. But can he protect her from the dangers of her own heart? Sequel to EXILE'S HONOR.

A TRACE OF MEMORY, PLANET RUN (with Gordon R. Dickson) and a host of novelettes collected in one volume.

More than 20 stories in 496 pages, edited with an introduction by S. T. Joshi.

A re-telling of the Snow White story. The author of WICKED and CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER takes us to Renaissance Italy, where the poison apple is connected to the Borgia family.

A vampire's quest to unite his race with humanity, a garrulous steamboat captain's dream of immortality, and the haunting power of an ancient river. Recommended.

Only a few desperate souls and adventurers still populate the dying planet of Worlorn. Here exists a barbaric visionary who is determined to atone his violence by saving lives, a civilized woman bound to him by love and duty, and a man bound to one by love and the other by hate. And then comes one last adventurer to the end of time, a rogue and a wanderer. Can he break their triangle and perhaps allow a new future?

Identity, artificial intelligence, and murder in a near-future Japan - from the author of TIME FUTURE, winner of Australia's George Turner award. When an accident with one of her robots results in a death, Eleanor McGuire helps with the investigation. She is alarmed when more deaths occurs, and discovers the involvement of a cult that believes computers will bring about the next stage of human evolution.

The Archipelago's Warlord Daish Kheda will journey north for answers, assisted by the wizard Dev, hungry to discover the secrets of the powerful, dark magic. This causes turmoil among Dev's northern countrymen, leading to a political battle where strength in magic is key to the high rank of all.

Six water-related tales of mysterious merfolk and magical humans.

It is up to 13-year-old Dana (of THE LIGHT-BEARER'S DAUGHTER) to find the Book of Dreams, somewhere in Canada. But all the portals to Faerie are closed. She will need Gwen (of THE HUNTER'S MOON) and Laurel (of THE SUMMER KING) to protect her from dark forces that seek to destroy her. And how does Jean, a handsome fifteen-year-old Quebecois classmate, figure in all this?

Cut off from home, her immediate family killed, communication lines blocked, ship captain Kylara Vatta is determined to find who is behind these vicious attacks. When intrigue escalates to violence she will have to prove she's prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure that Vatta stays in business and that she and her crew stay in one piece.

A couple of techno-geniuses on the wrong side of the law, a corrupt politician, and a secret civilization of freaky-looking subterranean dwellers all add up to one big pain for Remo in this new episode.

Classic science fiction: the first two Dane Thorson/SOLAR QUEEN novels in one volume: SARGASSO OF SPACE and PLAGUE SHIP.

Wendy Ward thought it was over when she destroyed Elizabeth Wither, leader of a murderous coven. But Wither cursed Wendy and now the young wiccan must use her supernatural gifts to defeat a 7-foot monster with sharp fangs and a taste for human flesh.

Part of the Tortall Canon. Aly, daughter of Tortall's 2nd in command of spies (Alanna the Lioness) and the realm's most famous knight, is captured by pirates and ends up as a slave to a wealthy family. Enter the god Kyrios, also known as The Trickster. Aly makes a deal with him.

Aly is now spying as part of an underground rebellion against the colonial rulers of the Copper Isles. She is busy keeping the potential teenage queen and her younger siblings safe while at the same time keeping them in the dark as to their potential destiny.

David is recovering from a bad breakup with the beautiful and mysterious Sienna when he finds a dead woman half-buried on the beach. To his astonishment, the body is identified as Sienna and he becomes prime suspect in her murder. But Sienna is leaving messages on his answering machine, and though his memory is fuzzy of their last night together, he's certain he didn't kill her.

The alien Heechee who created a gateway through which humans have explored space, have retreated to the galactic core. There both the living and the "stored" Heechee live in peace. People of Earth are living with the Heechee but there is a threat: the alien Kugel are threatening the galactic core and Wan Enrique Santos-Smith who has an insane hatred of the Heechee plots the destruction of the entire galaxy.

The winner of the Hugo, Nebula, Locus SF and Campbell Awards finally returns to print.

Featured artists include Kidby, Howe, Edwards and Wyatt.

Con artist Moist von Lipwig faces a difficult choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.

An historical novel based on the life of Alexander the Great, from the author of GATES OF FIRE, TIDES OF WAR, and LAST OF THE AMAZONS.

Andrea Mitchell takes a second chance to travel back to the 16th century and back to Per, the young Sterkarm warrior she fell in love with once before. But she quickly finds that things are not as she expected - she may have just made the biggest - and deadliest - decision of her life.

Magic, time travel and football. The lads rally when they learn that property developers are planning to destroy Brentford's beloved football ground and build executive homes on the site.

PANDORA and VITTORIO, THE VAMPIRE in a single volume.

Cally O'Neal (of HELL'S FAIRE), trained interplanetary assassin, tries to recapture her soul. But it isn't easy when her employers think she knows too much to live and the scores of enemies she has made still have her at the top of their hit lists.

The snow starts falling and doesn't stop, falls until it is three miles thick across the whole of earth and six billion people have died. 150,000 survive to encounter the lies. Lies about how the snow started, who is to blame, who is left, and what is really under the snow.

BERSERKER series omnibus: BERSERKER MAN, BERSERKER'S PLANET, THE BERSERKER THRONE, and BROTHER ASSASSIN.

Silverberg's best short fiction, spanning six decades.

Ukiah Oregon, on the run from a fanatical cult, is surprised to discover Atticus Steele, an unknown brother. He is even more surprised when Atticus involves them in the traffic of an alien drug that could end up getting them both killed.

Includes stories from Anne Perry, Charlaine Harris, Sharon Shinn, Simon Green, Donna Andrews, Anne Bishop, Laura Anne Gilman, Dana Stabenow, John Straley and others.

The conclusion to the Baroque cycle in the year 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England to join forces with his friend Isaac Newton. They must hunt down a shadowy group that is planning to blow up Natural Philosphers with a time bomb.

Willy Patrick, author of a respected young adult novel, believes she is losing her mind, haunted by her dead daughter. Timothy Underhill, struggling with a new book, is confronted by the ghost of his nine year old sister April and begins receiving emails from dead people he knew in his youth. The two will meet to confront the evils surrounding them.

Timothy Underhill (familiar from KOKO and THE THROAT) returns to his hometown of Millhaven after his teenage nephew Mark disappears and Mark's mother kills herself for no apparent reason. Underhill comes to believe that his nephew encountered the last and greatest secret of a local, abandoned house - a lost girl who coaxed Mark deeper and deeper into her mysterious domain. Bram Stoker nominee.

Detective Sergeant George Llewellyn's assignment is to restore order to the chaos of London during the Blitz and to solve a series of child slayings. The gypsies have given the killer a name: werewolf.

Historical fact and fantastic legend clash when Merlin's descendant Roland takes up the Quest for the Grail against Arthur's ancient enemy.

The Saxons ruled England for 500 years but a wave of change approaches with the birth of William, the bastard son of a duke and a magical woman of Druid descent. In an epic battle that spans worlds and ages, magical forces and earthbound armies will be drawn together by William as he fights to achieve his destiny and reign as King of England.

Vampire Diedre Griffin goes missing and the life of her unborn child is jeopardized. Mitch, her lover, sets off on a desperate search to New Orleans to take his revenge in blood.

Bright the sun burning, night will come turning. Mothwings go spinning, end and beginning, eye of the Star, where old gods are. Players, take your places...the Land itself calls Game!

A revised, illustrated edition. 40 illustrations by Ted Nasmith.

In an alternate history of 21st century San Francisco where the Kaiser's Germany won WWI, Paul Gomes and his father, Lawrence, are secret agents for our timeline. They set up a radio/record shop, but their real job is to obtain raw materials for our timeline. The German police start harrassing them and put the enterprise of Crosstime Traffic at a deadly risk.

Teenager Jeremy Solter is left in charge of the family business of acquiring wheat in a timeline where the Roman Empire never fell. His parents ducked back home to get some antibiotics and when they left the gateways stopped working. But now the locals are starting to get suspicious of their operation: where are they getting all this superior merchandise and why do they want all that wheat?

Maggie Shayne, Barbara Hambly, and Charlaine Harris contribute to this Halloween anthology in which three women face their destinies in the shadows of the night.

Backwoods fantasy stories from David Drake, Henry Kuttner, and Eric Flint with Ryk E. Spoor.

Great songs and ballads of English, Irish, and Scottish traditions re-imagined by Neil Gaiman, Sharyn McCrumb, Charles de Lint, Jane Yolen, Charles Vess, and others.

Sequel to THE PEACE WAR, but 50 million years later.

New in the DREAM OF EAGLES sequence. Clothar is sent by his mentor, Bishop Germanicus, to Britain. It is Clothar's job to find Merlyn before Arthur's coronation in order to remind him of his promise: to establish in Britain a new order dedicated to the greater glory of God. It's a mission that forever changes Clothar's life.

Haunt-tech is a technology which works by harnessing energy from the realm of the dead. But who are the mysterious race known as the Kami who brought haunt-tech to earth? Are they saviours from another world, or something else entirely? And how does the child named Lunae who can manipulate time with a thought fit into the puzzle? It is up to the Martian warrior Dreams-of-War to answer these questions before life as she knows it comes to an end.

Kate and Cecey and their husbands are off on a Grand Tour of Europe when mysterious things begin to happen. Wellington himself charges them with preventing a magical plot to take over Europe.

Sequel to DIME STORE MAGIC. Someone is murdering the teenage offspring of the underworld's most influential cabals. Paige Winterbourne is drawn into the hunt for the unnatural-born killer through her association with Lucas, heir to the powerful Cortez cabal. She will be pitted against shamans, demons and goons.

With total victory of hybrid over human hanging in the balance, Kane and the companions must thwart the barons' attack into the sacred territory of Uluru.

Princess Ailia has joined her father, the king, on the world of Arainia where, with her trusted companions Damion, Jomar, and Lorelyn, she struggles to control her growing powers while gathering political allies. But Dargon Prince Mandrake and the tyrant Khalazar have assembled an army for an attack on Arainia. Jomar and Damion return to Mera to battle their enemies, Ailia embarks alone on a perilous mission - one that will place her in Mandrake's power...

Tom cannot resist the forbidden allure of the sunken heathen city of San Francisco. His defiance brings down the wrath of the gods - gods that are actually artificial intelligences. Tom must follow the mystical Prometheus Road to a virtual reality battleground - with enemies that are half human half machine and where war-faring computers demand Tom's destruction.

4034 AD: Fassin Taak, a slow seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, is seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of. He has to travel among a people populating a gas giant on the outskirts of the galaxy and dismissed by the rest of civilization as barbaric. As a devastating war approaches, he searches for a secret hidden for half a billion years.

Barnes' college friend, Travis Bismark, relates tales of a Gaudeamus machine that bends physics to enable teleportation and time travel. Travis tells tales of other independent groups trying to invent the Gaudeamus machine and tales of 5 scientists who wear clown suits while piloting a flying saucer by day and playing awful punk rock at night. Barnes' commentary blurs the line between fiction, fact, and metafiction.

Aliens launch projectiles from Ganymede that vaporize Earth cities. In a spacecraft scaveneged from scraps and armed with Vietnam-era weapons, foot soldiers like 18-year-old Jason Wander - orphans no one will miss - must dare man's first interplanetary voyage and invade Ganymede.

Eddi McCandry sings rock and roll, but her boyfriend dumped her, the band broke up, and life could hardly be worse. Walking home through downtown Minneapolis, she is drafted into an invisible war between the faerie folk. LOCUS award for Best First Novel.

With the ending of the war against the Roche, dragons and dragonmasters have been cast aside. An old concern re-emerges - who is savaging the dragons in their native land? Hal and his comrades embark on a new crusade to discover the threat to dragons and man.

Satoris, who began the Shapers' War which sundered the world, now sits in Darkhaven with Tanaros Blacksword as his chief lieutenant. Blacksword, once a mortal man betrayed by King and Wife, has left his humanity behind. If Satoris is destroyed, the world might be made whole again. Blacksword is sent to capture the Lady of Ellylon to prevent her alliance with the last High King of Men.

The noble-born Uhtred is captured as a child and raised by the Danes and so almost thinks of himself as one of them by the time the Northmen begin their assault on Alfred's Kingdom of Wessex. But when Alfred unexpectedly defeats the Danes, Uhtred must decide which side he is on.

When communications go down on the Sorensen 4 mining colony in suspicious circumstances, a secret meeting is convened to decide on a course of action. Can they resolve the problem without arousing the critical eye of the media? And what exactly will they find on Sorensen 4 when they get there?

Our world is only one of the four "moments" of reality, but it is the home of the only persons capable of saving the wider universe: a bag lady, a boy billionaire, a young journalist, and the girlfriend of a drug czar. It is the duty of Jack, the King's Tramp, to collect them up for their job.

Lieutenant Mike Borgue is one of a kind: the only native Martian to be a commissioned officer. Just a man trying to do his job as a tactical analyst, Brogue prefers to leave politics to civilians and government commitees. When he saves a top Terran official from an extremist plot, the only way to avoid the spotlight is to get shipped to Phobos, one of the small moons of Mars. Something has been killing people at the research station and he soon learns that Phobos is not a safe haven from political upheaval.

Garric or-Reise, the son of an innkeeper on Haft, has sworn to become the true Lord of the Isles. With his four companions, they have undertaken a Royal Progress to renew the bonds of fealty among the Isles. On Sandrakkan, Earl Wilduf is willing to resume his ancestral obligations, and the Countess Balila schemes with the court wizard to destroy Garric in order to make Wilduf new King of the Isles.

The Sisters of the Blade rule Medalon with an iron fist--the gauntlet of the Defenders are sworn to uphold the Sisters and keep Medalon free of heathen influence. R'shiel, daughter of the First Sister of the Blade, and her half-brother Tarja, run afoul of their mother and must flee to save their lives. Soon they are caught up in a rebellion against the Sisters.

R'Shiel is mortally wounded and the only hope is the healing powers of the Harshini. Meanwhile Taja Tenragen, R'Shiel's half brother is seeking an alliance with the Hythruns to stand against the invaders of Karien.

The mysterious cosmic phenomenon which the former West Virginians call the "Ring of Fire" hurled the town of Grantville back in time to the middle of the Thirty Years War in the 17th century. Despite their superior technology, they are badly outnumbered.

Flinx attempts something that may be impossible for the heretofor undefeated hero. His mission: to take a vacation. But it will not be relaxation and reflection, for trouble follows Phillip Lynx everywhere he goes.

The CHICKS IN CHAINMAIL series continues with all new adventures of fearless women warriors from such authors as Flint, Turtledove, Nye, Wen Spencer and Friesner herself.

Correctional officer Tim Stage's first job takes him to a prison that was formerly an asylum for the mentally ill. It is more challenging than he anticipated. The prisoners are channeling the spirits of the patients, and the spirits are seeking restitution for the inhuman punishment they received at the asylum.

The First Wizard at Ayindril does not realize that in agreeing to help a young woman during the war against D'Hara and the tyranny of Panis Rahl he will be bound by the woman's Debt of Bones. This will commit him to pit his power against Panis Pahl himself. This is the first separate paperback publication of the novella-length intro to the series.

17 year old Joss is a student of time travel at the Centre for Neo-Historical Studies. When his alien roommate falls ill Joss will have to break the Centre's strictest rule and go back in time to change history.

A lavish, full-color illustrated collection of the best-of-the-best comics from the 1930's to today. Includes early Archie to Superman, the New Mutants, Tin Tin and others.

When Davy was a teen, he discovered that he could teleport and went to work for a secret government agency. Davy is captured by a mysterious group who want to use his abilities for their own purposes. Davy's wife Millie is the only one who can rescue him if she can learn to control her own teleporting ability.

The Dream was a telepathic place of existence where a psychic race known at the Silent could twist the laws of reality. A madman's lust for power has torn the Dream asunder and only a handful of the Silent can enter it. Kendi Weaver is one of the Silent and it is up to him to protect the dream.

Maureen Pierce (of THE SUMMER COUNTRY) has come to terms with her magical heritage and has elected to stay in the enchanted land. But before she can fully embrace her new home - and new love, Pengragon warrior Brian Albion - Maureen must face the sorceress she believed was vanquished forever.

Maureen Pierce has led an ordinary life, but everything changes when she meets Brian Albion. He claims she carries a blood legacy that goes back to the old country where deadly battles are still fought with magic, and a woman who carries the blood of the Old Ones is a prize to be desired - or a threat to be destroyed.

WISH YOU WERE HERE and DJINN RUMMY in one volume.

Canadian author. When three Caribbean slave women gather one night to bury a stillborn baby, their collected mournings braid into a powerful calling, and a deity is born. So begins the epic journey of a spirit who crosses time and space to inhabit the minds of living women throughout history in order to discover her own nature and identity.

Final book in the trilogy. Shakespeare learns that his son has disappeared, lost in the forest where the Elven king Quicksilver reigns. He ventures once more into the realm of the unnatural, only to learn that Quicksilver is not to blame, that he must face an inhuman being of dark power to save not only his son, but all the realm of magic.

[BC author]. Baro Harkless has devoted his life to the service of the Archonite Bureau of Security, a task force that keeps the peace among the city states of Old Earth. Baro forms an easy truce with Luff Imbry, a criminal of Sherit, in order to capture the greatest con-man of them all, Horselan Gebbling.

Fantasy and forensics. Dubric Bryerly, head of security for Faldorrah's castle keep, hunts for an untraceable serial killer living in the castle walls. Evidence begins to amass that points to the king's grandson.

The dead communicate with a short order cook in a small desert town named Odd Thomas. He helps them out. But now a mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet filled with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like ghosts following him wherever he goes.

In the realm of Five Hundred Kingdoms, where fairy tales and happily-ever-afters are an everyday occurence, the newest fairy godmother in the land has a difficult task. Can she sort out each fate of three seemingly hopeless princes to fulfill their destiny while saving the kingdom from a nefarious sorcerer king?

The mummy, once a beautiful Egyptian princess, now pursues a new career, stalking her prey, killing it, eating it messily, etc.

A collection of his short stories.

Firekeeper and her wolf companion, Blind Seer, are kidnapped and dragged overseas, then forced to maneuver for their lives in a new and dangerous society.

In a land where people can shake the ground with a fist or pull fire out of the air with a thought, those with no such powers are extraordinary. But however powerful, everyone must face the destructive fury of the Worldstorm.

Sequel to THE EYES OF GOD. Norvor has fallen to the Diamond Queen Jazana Carr, and her mercenary army now begins to turn its attention toward Liiria. The Baron, however, will oppose his former lover; he steals the cursed armor known as the Devil Armor and rides forth against the Diamond Queen. But he is corrupted by the armor and allies himself with Jazana.

Third volume of stories in the shared universe of WILD CARDS.

When Joel, the youngest child of the sineater, tries to lead a normal life, strange occurrences affect the community. Before long, no one is safe from the dark forces set loose, and Joel must discover if the havoc emanates from the sineater, the community itself, or some other mysterious force....

Using Terry Gilliam's diary, Bob McCabe chronicles the pre-production nightmares of the film THE BROTHERS GRIMM, the horrors of filming in an artificial forest in Prague.

Acorna has triumphed. Yet not all is well. She is reunited with her beloved lifemate Aari, but he barely remembers her and his actions are growing increasingly sinister. Moreover, she must deal with a vicious criminal and the deadly Khleevi who have returned to conquer Acorna's planet for good. Conclusion to the series.

The luxury space yacht Polaris carried an elite group of the wealthy and the curious thousands of light years from Earth to witness a spectacular stellar phenomenon. It never returned. The search party found the yacht empty and adrift in space, the fate of its pilot and passengers an unsolved mystery. Six years later antiquities dealer Alex Benedict is determined to find the truth behind Polaris.

The story begun in THE ENGINES OF GOD is concluded, as Earth's military and scientific experts band together to save an alien society from a deadly force speeding toward its home planet. Recommended.

In a world that bears a disturbing resemblance to the middle East, two young people are caught in a never-ending war between their nations. When Chamus, a young Altiman fighter pilot is forced to make an emergency landing in enemy country, Riadni, a Mocranen, becomes Chamus' only hope for survival.

A thrilling retelling of the Cinderella story finds Xing Xing to be the unloved one in her family. Stepmother and Sister care nothing for her. Stepmother has big plans for Sister and forbids Xing Xing to attend the annual festival. Napoli returns this familiar and much loved Cinderella tale to its Chinese roots in this haunting retelling.

The SWORD AND SORCERESS series continues, under the editorship of long-time Bradley collaborator Diana Paxson, with this 21st edition of original stories by Rosemary Edghill, Dorothy J. Heydt, Esther M. Friesner and others.

A young woman with amnesia tries to rebuild her life, but she can't escape the evil forces calling to her from the other side of the mirror. Or their warnings that something is coming for her.

128 pages, with words by Pratchett and art by Kidby.

The 2005 Almanac for the city of Ankh-Morpork and Surrounding Areas and Beneficies.

In the village of Raven's Mill, Edmund Talbot finds that refugees are flooding in, bandits are roaming the woods, and enemies, new and old, gather like jackals around a wounded lion. But what the jackals do not know is that hidden in the past is a mystery that has waited until this time to be revealed. You cross Edmund Talbot at your peril, for a smith is not all he once was.

More than a century ago, the death of the King of Ayr catapulted the families of the Renne and the Wills into a battle for control of the kingdom. Ancient sorcerers and a dark knight have powers that could destroy the world unless they can be stopped. Recommended.

Geneticist Mary Vaughn and Neanderthal physicist Ponder Boddit plan to conceive the first hybrid child and must decide whether religious faith, a quirk of Homo Sapiens neurology, should be instilled in the child. Meanwhile Earth faces the impending collapse of its planetary magnetic field. Recommended.

Anthology of all-new short novels by 11 major fantasy authors writing in their bestselling universes. The hardcover is broken into two volumes. This volume includes Gaiman, McCaffrey, Tad Williams, Hobb, Silverberg and Feist.

This volume includes Brooks, Martin, Gabaldon, Card and Haydon.

Miriam Beckstein, a successful reporter, is fired by the editor when she uncovers a money-laundering scheme. Before the day is over, she receives a locket left by her mother. Hypnotized by the knotwork pattern on the locket, she has transported herself to a parallel world of knights who chase their prey with automatic weapons and where her true family is in charge. Whoever killed her mother in the other world will be happy to see Miriam dead before she claims her mother's fortune and power.

In the 24th century, human have built a star-spanning Confederacy that encompasses 83 worlds--plus one. The 84th planet is Bakunin, where power belongs to whoever can seize it. Criminals and mega corporations find Bakunin a perfect home base with no taxes, no antitrust laws, & no governing body.

New Mexico State Trooper Lee Nez cannot long conceal his identity as a Navajo Nightwalker from FBI agent Diane Lopez. Together they are hunting three vampires. To compound the problem, Lee is being hunted himself - by Navajo skinwalkers, shapechangers, eager to attain immortality by drinking his blood.

Deluxe slipcase edition. Tolkien's own paintings and drawings.

A three-volume, beautifully designed boxed set to celebrate fifty years since the first publication in 1954. It includes the complete text and - for the first time - pages from the Book of Mazarbul, illustrations done by Tolkien himself, and a full-size fold-out map of Middle Earth.

Sequel to CITY OF PEARL. Cavanagh's Star is the front line, a dangerous place of intrigue and death where first contact between worlds and species has created a flashpoint in the battle to expand across the universe. Leading a mission to explore the planet and rescue a lost colony, Shan Frankland crossed the line between human and alien, between honour and morality to save a world. Now, as four races prepare to battle for control, she must find a way to stop the coming invasion.

In this novel of alternate history, it is December 7, 1941, and the Japanese have launched an attack on US naval forces stationed in Pearl Harbor. The Japanese will follow up their air attack with the invasion and occupation of Hawaii. There is no one to stop the Japanese from using the island's resources to launch an attack against America's western coast.

What if Germany won WWII and the Nazi regime's rule over most of Europe and North America continued into the 21st century? Within the heart of the Nazi regime, a secret lives. Under a perfectly Aryan facade, Jews survive, living their lives, raising their families, and trying to avoid discovery.

Vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters rule the night. This anthology features stories by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, L. A. Banks, and Lori Handeland.

After many years of peace in the Lands of Men, there came Dragon Weather: a wave of incredible heat, oppressive humidity, dark angry clouds, and dragons. As Arlian begins to destroy the evil beasts, wild magic seeps into the Lands of Men, sowing chaos and destruction in its wake. Will his all-consuming quest for justice consume humanity as well? Conclusion to the Obsidian Chronicles.

Honor Harrington's students from the Manticore Navy's academy are featured. The midshipmen are assigned to a quiet cluster aboard the Hexpuma, under a war-weary captain. At least, it was supposed to be a quiet cluster.

The first volume of an epic fantasy trilogy. Shadowmarch Castle finds it must reengage with the world. Southmarch is being attacked from within and without. From the south, the god-king Autarch is bringing his armies to extend his empire, while to the north, Ynnir, the blind king, has gathered the Twilight People to destroy humanity.

Sir Able returns to the world of Mythgarthr from Skye following his fight with the dragon Grengarm. Twenty years older and with Cloud, his unicorn steed, he has special magical powers he has sworn not to use, in return for the hope of meeting his beloved Aelf queen. He battles giants, evades a sorceress who tries repeatedly to seduce him, and serves the mercurial dragon King Arnthor in a final war with the Osterlings.

Krakatoa erupts and the vampire Count Saint-Germain and his faithful manservant, a female shaman, and her nomadic tribe make their way slowly towards Europe, hoping to find safety in the West.

Sianna had never connected her childhood song with the three silver buttons on her jacket. Dread Mary, the sea witch saw at once that they were magic and stole one. That left two--two powerful wishes.

The winner of 1966 Hugo Award, back in print.

Santuary, a lawless city governed by evil, powerful magic, and political intrigue. A recent storm has left a ship filled with exotic cargo and arcane secrets wrecked off the shore of Sanctuary. All new stories in this shared world anthology by Abbey, Brust, Cherryh, Paxson and others.

The early years of the Skolian Empire and the beginning of the war between Skolia and the Aristo Traders: the story of young Sauscony's rift with her father, Revel.

The crumbling ruins of what was once Mexico City are now under siege by a bloodthirsty tribe of aboriginal muties. Ryan and his warrior group ally themselves with a fair and just baron and seek hope amidst a terrible fate of destruction.

Alec Checkerfield is the 7th Earl of Finsbury, pirate, renegade, hero, once and future love of Mendoza. Mendoza, a botanist and immortal cybord, is a Preserver sent from the 24th century by the Company to recover things from the past and is a woman in love with Alec. But she is stranded in 150,000 years in the past when suddenly a time faring pirate falls out of the sky.

Smith, formerly a successful assassin belonging to the feud-prone people known as The Children of the Sun, is trying to retire but agrees to be the master of a caravan traveling from the inland city of Troon to Salesh by the sea. But trouble follows.

The far future: a far-flung humanity has perfected war as a way of life. It is a future of promise and deadly threat, and now humanity must battle to survive against an implacable alien foe.

When his father dies suddenly, George Poole stumbles onto a family secret: a sister he never knew existed - a twin raised in Rome by an enigmatic religious group. The Order is almost two millenia old and a human hive with a female queen. George must confront his own complex feelings and make a drastic decision about the Order. Is the hive the future of humanity - or its end?

Third in the series of anthologies of alternate history stories. The focus here is on warfare.

Rogue Winter is King of the Maori Commandos. His lover is the beautiful Demi Jeroux, who has been kidnapped by the villainous, demonic Manchu Duke of Death. Rogue must search the entire solar system to find Demi, from the Paradise of Carnal Pleasures to the bloody torture chambers of Triton. Rogue's final confrontation with the Duke will determine not only the fate of his beloved, but the future of the system and its freedom from the evil Manchu Empire.

A healer and a killer escape from the ruined Copper Country to the city of Ashamoil. But their attempts to salvage new lives from the debris of the old brings the realization that the ghosts of the past are also the ghosts of the future.

Includes the first Darkover novel ever written, another classic Darkover novel, and a short story. THE WORLD WRECKERS, THE PLANET SAVERS, and WATERFALL.

Sequel to CLADE. Fola is a moletrician, working on engineered plants and ecotecture on the Mymercia colony, deep in the Kuiper Belt when a piece of rogue code threatens to dismantle the clades. Somehow she must reach L. Mariachi, burnt out Mexitallic singer, now working on the ryce vats in Colorado, and convince him to do the one thing he swore he'd never do again.

Epona, Incarnate Priestess of an ancient Greco-Roman civilization has born a daughter. Elphame, a new goddess, is daughter to Epona and the centaur High Shaman. Her journey of self-discovery will take her on an epic adventure.

The saga that began with the popular trilogy THE SWORD, THE RING, & THE CHALICE continues from where THE KING BETRAYED left off. Pheresa, Queen of Mandria, is ready to claim her crown and her destiny. When Pheresa vanishes in the deadly mist that fills the cathedral, only Sir Talmor, her sworn protector, can find and save her.

A school for special children, an unsolved murder, a terrified widow, a stranger with an unpseakable secret: it all comes together in the afterlife.

Sequel to HIDDEN TRUTH and FORGOTTEN TRUTH. In the conclusion to this series, Alissa, a shapeshifting student, has dreams that lead her to a distant land where countless Masters live in a flourishing magical society. Alissa finds that the leader, Keribdis, thinks that she should be Alissa's teacher; however, Alissa rebels and risks her magic and her life.

Time travel: a band of old believers and malcontents who call themselves the "Crux" goes back in time to prevent the Time of Troubles. There is a war in time to change the past and the future.

An anthology of speculative fiction that explores the future of computerized intellect, and how humanity will interact with machines that can outthink them. Includes stories by Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Gregory Benford, Nancy Kress, and others.

3rd adventure to feature Daniel Leary and Adele Munday. They enter the employ of the Klimovs, a pair of mad Russians. The Klimovs seek the Earth Diamond, the only known map of old Earth, and they now own the Cinnabar. Leary and Munday get the Diamond, but learning of Alliance treachery, must trade it for the Cinnabar, so that they can reconvert it to a warship.

In a world of sentient animals and humans, wizard Clothahump searches across the dimensions for another wizard to help defeat the armies of the Plated Fork. He finds a part-time rock guitarist and janitor who can perform magic by playing a unique instrument called a duar. The problem is, the magic they create is something completely unexpected.

The sequel to PATH OF FATE. Two years after Reisil's arrival, Kodu Riik is decimated by plague and famine, and a race of sorcerers is trying to take over. Reisil's power is feared by the nobility and her fellow ahalad-kaaslane as her healing magic fails to stem the rising plague. Reisil has lost her power to heal but discovers that she now possesses a surging new ability.

THE CROSS-TIME ENGINEER, THE HIGH-TECH KNIGHT and THE RADIANT WARRIOR in one volume. Conrad has only a decade to prevent a massacre by the Mongol hordes and to introduce modern conveniences into 13th century Poland.

The European Union enacts far-reaching human rights legislation to protect the incompetent. And now a murder has been committed and our possibly incompetent detective must solve the crime.

The recently located first novel, with a foreward by Spider Robinson. Perry Nelson crashed his car in 1939 and awakens in 2086, the ways of the future radically different from his own time. He receives a fascinating education in US and global history. Perry must absorb it all, and help his new world advance - with a little help from the past.

Prince Dutiful has vowed to journey to the Out Islands to slay the dragon Icefyre who has been frozen in a glacier for untold millenia. As Dutiful and his Skillmaster FitzChivalry make the perilous journey, they find themselves up against the Fool - a formidable opponent determined not to slay Icefyre, but to free him. Recommended.

Second in the three-book reissue of the original Howard Conan stories. "People of the Black Circle", "A Witch Shall be Born", and "The Hour of the Dragon".

A small but determined band of fighters led by the disgraced Scrutator Xervish Flydd is the last hope of the human resistance to the conquest of Santehnar by the winged Lyrinx. But they are now condemned to death for supposed treachery. Can two rebels - the geomancer Tiann and the arch-traitor Nish, make the difference between victory and certain annihilation?

Fifteen all new tales by top authors written from the viewpoint of the "evil" relatives from classic fantasy and fiction. From Grendel to Santa Claus' son, to Cinderella's step-mother--these wonderfully provocative tales prove there is more than one side to any story.

Reissue of the World Fantasy Award winner: Tornor is the legendary tower that guards the winter end of a summer land. But when Tornor is overrun by riaders, a young prince is the tower's last hope.

This is the time when the dragonriders learn about the special talents of the dragons' distant cousins, the watch-whers. From this point on, thanks to the efforts of two very special young people, the dragonriders will be able to save more lives than ever in their ongoing fight against the Thread.

They took her clothes and her sneakers. They dressed her in a long red gown. And they shackled her to the wall of an abandoned mansion - within easy reach of a figure stirring in the moonlight. She knows it is a vampire. She knows that she's to be his dinner, and that when he's finished with her, she will be dead. Yet, when light breaks, she finds he has not attempted to harm her. Recommended.

Set in the same universe as THE PARAFAITH WAR: the story of Commander Albert, a brave and resourceful officer who once defeated a larger enemy ship but caused the loss of a civilian liner in the process.

7-year-old Joshua believes he has seen Santa struck down by a shovel to the head. But it's not Santa - it's the town's evil real estate developer Dale. The angel Raziel is determined to grant Joshua's wish. He commands Dale Pearson to arise again. But it's not only the dead Dale who hears the call.

UN Peacekeeper Major Catherine Li, veteran of 37 Faster Than Light jumps, has risen through the ranks by concealing her identity as an illegal clone. Now she is sent to a mining colony, the world of her origin, after a botched raid. There she must deal with the death of a renowned physicist who just happens to be her clone twin. Double and triple-crossed, Li finds herself chasing a killer in an alien world with only Cohen, a seductive, brilliant specimen of AI, as an ally. Recommended. Philip K. Dick Award nominee.

Alexander the Great conquered the ancient world in only 11 years. In 323 B.C. the great Alexander is dead and Machon, his renowned friend and ally is being scapegoated for Alexander's downfall. On trial by Greek accusers, Machon will tell the stunning, tragic truth behind the meteoric rise and fall of a peerless military leader who proclaimed himself a god and lost his humanity. Two Major motion pictures to be released in 2004-2005.

The second installment of a career-spanning collection of award-winning stories from a master of the horror genre.

The first new WITCH WORLD novel in more than a decade tells the tale of Aisling, a young witch from a family gifted with magical power. Her brother Kirion wields a power he gains by killing another who holds power. Aisling fled Kars when Kirion tries to kill her. Now she returns in disguise with her younger brother Keelan to undermine Kirion's power and defeat the evil duke of Kars.

A continuation of the saga that began in TATHEA, the fantasy debut of the author of Victorian-era mysteries. Tathea, the Empress of Sihinabar, has wandered the Lost Lands for 500 years, spreading the teachings of a mystical Book to prepare mankind for the inevitable battle with the Great Enemy. Now the time has come, but Tathea stands alone.

A rogue meteorite destroys the freighter Star Queen. Damage control is undertaken by a mysterious woman known only as Sparta.

From the author of MARROW. Millions of years from now mankind has been saved by the creation of a super-race that could could create a future safe for humankind and the rest of the galaxy.

Standalone noir thriller set in the REVELATION SPACE universe. .

Aging baby-boomer Russell Walker is caught in a predicament. He is the only possible intermediary between a telepath so sensitive he can't stand to be near most people and a skeptical police officer. The telepath has information about a monstrous serial killer. The three must find a way to work together if they wish to stop the fiend.

Forensic anthropologist Leda Hubbard and Egyptologist Gavriella Farouk - Cleopatra 7.1 and 7.2 respectively - face recriminations from the US government for illegal DNA blendings as well as the good and ill effects of playing host to an Egyptian Queen. Sequel to CHANNELING CLEOPATRA.

A search for her lost friend leads Kris Longknife, the female space warrior, into a galactic hellhole with no way out.

The alien invasion of Kingdom has been repulsed and the Marines of L Company reluctantly return home, minus their leader Gunnery Sergeant Charlie Bass. But on Kingdom a ruthless new regime has taken control, and a man awakes in the wilds of the planet. His memory is missing, but he finds himself drawn to a village of war refugees.

A series of accidents on a colony world looks to be the work of the alien Skinks. The 34th FIST arrives and finds a predatory life even stranger than the Skinks - and a secret war between two human worlds.

Caroline Cater Williams is a hotshot financial analyst who has ridden the waves of cyber trading and holds her place as a valued salaryman. CC is sent to a mining colony in deep space to uncover fraud and insider trading practices but discovers something that has the potential to crash Earth's entire monetary system and wipe out humankind.

A carload of students takes a wrong turn off the interstate and ends up at the gate to hell, an isolated house filled with unspeakable tortures and horror.

Pittsburgh now exists mostly in the land of the elves and is home to Tinker, inventor and girl genius. When a pack of wargs chase an Elven noble into her scrap yard, she finds herself taking on the Elven Court, the NSA, the Elven Interdimensional Agency, technology smugglers, and college-minded xenobiologists as she tries to stay focused on what's really important: her first date.

The crew of the hijacked starship Alabama fled their colony on Coyote after more colonists arrived, along with a new, repressive government and all of Earth's social ills. Now, the iron-fisted colonial governor is building a bridge to exploit the virgin territory where the Alabama's crew are believed to have resettled. But a movement is underway to reclaim Coyote for those who truly love freedom.

Chosen to lead an expedition to reclaim the renegade mages, powerful Shapers who hold no allegiance to either Empire or the Brethren, young Shaper Gyalo must journey across the mystic Burning Lands in a deadly adventure of danger and temptation. His destination, the hidden enclave of Refuge, conceals a shocking truth about the very nature of the world itself, a secret that will start a war without end.

Physicist Neal Clemons has developed a warp drive. However, the US government's project to build the first FTL probe that would use the drive is being attacked by hostile forces.

Peter DelaSangre now enjoys a peaceful existence wih his family on a private island retreat just off the coast of Miami. Peter receives an unexpected visitor named Lorrel, a member of a sea-dwelling dragon race who will force Peter to face his bloodline's secret past. These revelations may separate Peter from his family forever.

Young Ghyl Tarvok has become a rebel against the feudalistic anti-machine system of Halma. In a pirated spaceship, he searches neighboring planets for the secret that might change his homeworld's culture. His search appears to lead to Earth, the mysterious and terrifying ancestral planet.

Rejoin the adventures of Myron Tany as he tours the galaxy on a very questionable interstellar freighter, in a crew of actors, musicians, thieves, and ne'er-do-wells.

Five sibling dragons attempt to deal with the death of their father. One son goes to law for his inheritance, one agonizes over his father's deathbed confession, one daughter falls in love, one becomes involved in the abolition movement, and another sacrifices herself for her husband. Recommended.

Four Weber stories set in Keith Laumer's Bolos universe, one appearing in print for the first time.

Former lawyer Cal Griffin has gathered a small group of outcasts to fight the evil source of chaos. Uncovering a link, Cal and his brave cadre head across the West to save Cal's sister Tina, and to stop an evil phenomenon.

A wild and wooly tale of ancient evil in the modern world and an uncanny group of adventurers fight against the evil.

On the ice world of Shadrac, Sergeant Marlin leads his unit of guardsmen away from the tyranid hordes. While his troops are preparing for certain death by the vicious aliens, an unexpected band of savage Space Wolves join the fray.

In this new four-book sequence, Ibram Gaunt and a hand-picked squad of the galaxy's best stealth soldiers go deep into Chaos territory. Their mission: track down the officer who has been captured by the enemy, and terminate with extreme prejudice.

An all new anthology showcasing the dragons of the Forgotten Realms world, including stories by R.A. Salvatore, Ed Greenwood, Elaine Cunningham and Richard Lee Byers. It fleshes out the details of the YEAR OF THE ROGUE DRAGONS trilogy by Richard Lee Byers.

The Clan Sea Fox is about to be torn asunder. ovKhan Sha Clarke wants to rule his own faction of warriors, and take his rightful share of wealth, glory, and power. ovKhan Petr Kalasa knows Sha is plotting a rebellion and will stop him at any cost.

Excalibur captain MacKenzie Calhoun is in the centre of things when the Thallopnian Republic refuses to aid the Federation at a critical point and the Federation in retaliation threatens to cut off relations with all of sector 221-G.

The sequel to BEING HUMAN. A crewman has been murdered aboard the Trident and all evidence points to Ensign Janos of the Excalibur. Calhoun, reluctant to believe the accusation, investigates, precipitating a diplomatic crisis that threatens to pit him and Captain Elizabeth Shelby against the Federation - and the Enterprise.

On the cusp of their epic battle with Shinzon, many of the Enterprise crew are headed to new challenges. Promoted to captain, William Riker marries Deanna Troi, Dr. Beverly Crusher starts a new career at Starfleet Medical, but the story of what set them on paths away from the Starship Enterprise has never been told until now.

The Vampire Durham Red and her crew explore Morrowghast, a war grave planet where survivors have formed a brutal religion with churches made from skulls, etc. Its disciples despise Red with a passion and gear up to tear her limb from limb.

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.

Incited by an outspoken radio host named MacLindley, hordes of monster killers have descended upon the Los Angeles area. Angel realizes that these demon hunters don't distinquish between good and bad demons. No one is safe from this rabid pack of do-gooders...not even a vampire with a soul.

In one volume, McIntyre's three novelizations of Star Trek movies, WRATH OF KHAN (2), THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (3) and THE VOYAGE HOME (4).

Dhamon Grimwulf, now a shadow dragon, is on a quest to recover his lost humanity. Along the way he is reunited with Feril, a Kagonesti druid he once loved fiercely.

The embattled medics Vandar and Divini continue to fight to save lives during fierce fighting between the Republic and Separatists on Drongar. Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been stretched to the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could very well lead to her death - and that of countless others.

Sequel to THE THOUSAND ORCS and THE LONE DROW, featuring once again the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden.

The Warhammer world is under constant threat from the influence of Chaos. Kurt Leitzig, once a noble warrior of the Empire, now stands on the brink of immortality. Can his former lover Ursula raise an army to follow him and stop him from turning into a daemon that would destroy them all?

Essay and photographs celebrating thirty years of events, games, art and personalities.

Katerina Hansebourg was believed lost when her father's merchant caravan was attacked while crossing the vast wilderness beyond the Empire. Rumour has it that a savage girl is living alongside ogres in the mountains to the east. For Florin and Lorenzo, this sounds like an easy way to earn some gold.

Two classic Klingon novels in one volume: THE FINAL REFLECTION by Ford and KAHLESS by Friedman.

Traveling on board the Voyager refugees from a world devastated by the Dominion War insist on returning to their ravaged planet. When they arrive the crew finds the symbol of the mysterious Sky Spirit, who had genetically altered Chatakoy's people.

Having escaped from the dead area of non-space called the Ur Cloud, the ragtag fleet of Colonials find themselves delivered to the planet Paradis. Commander Apollo is once again drawn into conflict with ego-driven civilians who manipulate the Council of Twelve toward their own ends. As tensions mount among the Colonials, a treacherous plan is hatched that threatens to destroy everything the commander has worked so hard for-as well as Apollo himself.

In the Warhammer 40000 series, an epic background book of the entire saga of the Chaos Warmaster Abaddon's last great crusade. Includes maps, illustrations, and photogaphs.

A first novel in the new series featuring the Ragged Company, a motley band of militiamen that seem very shabby and undisciplined alongside the knights and foot trops of the Emperor's army. When daemon hordes of the Ruinous Powers are hurling themselves against city walls, no one worries about clean uniforms.

Continuing the story begun in THE WELL OF ETERNITY of the maverick mage Rhonin and his dragon ally Krasus as they are propelled into their world's past - while the Dark Lord Sargeras plans to overrun the free peoples of the universe.

Second exploration of worlds in the Deep Space Nine universe. (1) Trill participation in an assassination has its roots in the origins of the race. (2) Political intrigue on Bajor lays the groundwork for a new storyline in the continuation of the Deep Space Nine story arc.

In a battle for mankind's survival Space Marine commander Uriel Ventris faces Honsu, the corrupt Chaos Marine, to the death.

This prequel to all previous RESIDENT novels reveals what happened to the first team of urban commandos who faced the horrors created by the Umbrella Corp. After Bravo Team's helicopter crashes on the way to Raccoon City to investigate a series of murders, they discover an overturned military transport truck riddled with corpses.

Vambran and Emriana have survived assassination attempts, family feuds, arranged marriages, and monster-guarded secrets. But now things are starting to get really dangerous.

Rogue Trooper, the sole survivor of his unit, is on the trail of a traitor - a general who sold out Rouge and his friends, three of whom accompany him in the form of sentient life-chips stored in his weaponry. But as he searches the vast ruins of Nordstadt, a master sniper is hunting for him.

To take back a communication hub from the Separatists, the Republic sends a detachment of clone troopers under Jedi Knight Nejaa Halcyon and Padawan Anakin Skywalker. Anakin does not know that this will prove to be his own personal Jedi Trial, where he may win the title of Jedi Knight.

A Clone Wars adventure based on the new LucasArts video game STAR WARS: REPUBLIC COMMANDO.

A collection of the best Dragonlance short stories from the past 20 years by Weis & Hickman. Their tales have defined the entire Dragonlance saga.

When resistance fighter Danny Avila begins to have dreams of the past, John Connor realizes that his nightmares might somehow be connected to the events leading up to Judgment Day. In a bold, dangerous move, the resistance attempts to thwart the deadly plans of Skynet.

Paul Keeley is a member of the human Resistance against Skynet's AI-driven assault on humanity in 2029. Paul has been brainwashed, but he must gain control of himself and capture a T-X terminator model. The T-X model assumes the guise of Eliza and has used Paul to gain information to defeat John Connor.

When senior judges from around the world gather to sign an important treaty, notorious crime boss Jesus Bludd steps out the shadows after evading justice for decades. For Dredd it's a race against time before Bludd takes control of the entire city.

Prequel to the film, using the same characters, that shows the origins of the rival clans of vampires and werewolves who have been pursuing their secret war in the shadows of the mortal world. Now the bloody carnage threatens to spill out into the daylight.

Exarch Damien Redburn has called for the election of his replacement. As Paladins assemble, vying in the nomination process, Heather GioAvanti and Jonah Levin investigate suspicious activities swirling around this high-level gathering.

SPOCK'S WORLD and SAREK in a single volume.

Based on the computer game. The Blood Raven chapter of the near-superhuman Space Marine warriors are on a mission to destroy the planet Cyrene and its heretical populace. For Brother-Captain Angelos this is no easy command, since Cyrene is his home world.

A Cardassian scientist has a deadly plan to build a dangerous army, and with Chakotay's Sky-Spirit-tainted DNA, he may just be able to succeed. Can Chakotay do what it takes to stop the evil, even if it means sacrificing his sister's life?

Exarch Damien Redburn has called for the election of his replacement. As Paladins assemble, vying in the nomination process, Heather GioAvanti and Jonah Levin investigate suspicious activities swirling arount this high-level gathering.

Fleeing on limited power, Dylan Hunt, Beka, Valentine and the crew on the Andromeda seek a supply depot. They can only reach a nearby abandoned station, that apparently is inhabited by something dark and evil. Space adventure based on the hit TV series "Andromeda".

Events come to a crisis as Captain Sisko returns, his child is born, the planet Bajor enters the Federation and a new era begins.

Jedi Master Yoda, during the Clone Wars, must once again face his great adversary, Count Dooku.

Completes the trilogy dealing with Dragonlance's ancient history.