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An alternate history set in 1973, which has been shaped by Washington losing the Battle of Lexington and being executed as a traitor. Now America is a British colony dreaming of independence. Columbus didn't discover the Americas and the cultures of South America have not been destroyed. Here is a British Empire which, in the 20th century, is still influenced by its Victorian creators. But this ideal is threatened by increasing unemployment and the threat of economic decline. The empire needs something to boost its fortunes. So is born an engineering project to link Britain with its colony: a tunnel beneath the sea. Employment will increase and manufacturing will prosper. Our hero is Captain August Washington, engineer & descendant of the traitor. As well as wishing to see the tunnel's success, he wants to see his homeland achieve independence or - at least - the dominion status of Canada and Australia. He's also in love with Iris, daughter of the genius behind the project, Sir Isambard Brassey-Brunel, who despises the upstart colonial engineer.If the project is a success, the credit will go to Washington and it is his hope that his success will at last erase the shame of George, hanged as a traitor to his king more than 200 years ago. Cover art by Rick Sternbach. -
The planet was called Pyrrus...a strange place where all the beasts, plants and natural elements were designed for one specific purpose: to destroy man. The settlers there were supermen...twice as strong as ordinary men and with milli-second reflexes. They had to be. For their business was murder...It was up to Jason dinAlt, interplanetary gambler, to discover why Pyrrus had become so hostile during man's brief habitation...Cover art by Peter Elson -
Professional gambler Jason DinAlt accepts an invitation to visit Pyrrus, the most lethal world in the known galaxy. For outsiders, Pyrrus usually means a quick and painful death, but DinAlt is fleeing the crooked casino masters of Cassylia - where he just broke the bank. But DinAlt is not prepared for the hellish Pyrrus, where every living thing seems bent on exterminating mankind. Pyrrus is a hostile, barbaric planet where technology and civilization have almost disappeared. Using his skills, DinAlt literally reinvents the wheel in his quest to escape. Cover art by Peter Elson. Originally published as The Ethical Engineer. -
Tony Hawkin 1. Your country needs you, Hawkin. When the voice of authority calls, Tony Hawkin assumes there is a glitch. After all, why would the nation possibly require the services of a man who runs the gift shop in the FBI Building? But there's no mistake - and soon Tony finds himself in the middle of Mexico, pursued by a ruthless killer and hot on the trail of a priceless work of art. He has to find the painting, determine its authenticity and return it safely to Washington. There's only one problem: everybody wants this particular painting. Now Tony must summon all his wits and courage to outsmart the forces of international espionage - tracking down the painting was easy - escaping the clutches of the KGB, the Mafia and the Mossad is more than he bargained for. And then there's the man, the one with a predilection for guns and sharp knives. Suddenly all Tony can think of is the warm comfort of his shop in D.C., and the sound of small voices: "Hey, mister, how much for the chocolate handcuffs?" Will he ever see those little faces again...? -
Tony Hawkin wasn't really made for the FBI. He rarely hit what he aimed at, forgot his own code name and had a tendency to panic at the slightest hint of trouble. Now he's gotten himself handcuffed to an attache case with two million dollars inside, and stuffed aboard a hijacked DC-10 bound for Scotland where he's being chased through the countryside by the hijackers, Scots patriots, a mad Cuban colonel and half the police force. All of them only want two things - the money and Tony's head in a noose. Once again, Special Agent Tony Hawkins must rely on his own brand of expertise to outwit and confound a nefarious array of foes. Tony's plan is simple: lead them all back to London, like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, and deposit them all at the gates of Scotland Yard. There's just one problem: London is five hundred miles away and Tony has no idea in which direction it is. -
'Space emergency! The hull of this ship has been holed. Follow space survival drill.' 'We are all dead men,' says First Engineer Holtz, when the spaceship Johannes Kepler is hit by a meteorite. But Lieutenant Donald Chase, a young doctor on his first flight, refuses to give in to despair. Soon he's in charge of the damaged ship, sailing off course without radio contact and heading for a solar storm. Can he get to Mars safely? Cover art by Tony Roberts. -
When brash young college students and would-be scientists Jerry Courtenay and Chuck van Chider develop a faster-than-light space drive in their homemade work-shed, they decide to sneak it aboard their football team's airplane as a prank. The boyish plan backfires, however, and the boys find themselves, along with their crush Sally and the seemingly loveable school caretaker, Old John, hurtling through the solar system towards Titan - an icy moon of Saturn inhabited by hideous ice creatures. Titan and the 20th century are only square one as the foursome becomes embroiled in a vast, intergalactic, century-jumping battle. A space yarn chock-ful of wild, galaxy-hopping adventures, iron-jawed heroes, damsels in distress, evil aliens, and epic scope and all written with Harrison's tongue firmly planted in his cheek, then this is your book. Cover art by Alan Craddock. -
Book III of Stars And Stripes. Defeated in Ireland, the British Government must think the unthinkable: Britain, the greatest sea power in the world, is now under threat from the navy of her own former colony. Only a miracle - or a great victory - can prevent ultimate humiliation... Cover art by Steve Stone. -
The best from the author of The Stainless Steel Rat series. In this volume: The Streets Of Ashkelon; Captain Honario Harpplayer, RN; Rescue Operation; At Last, The True Story of Frankenstein; I Always Do What Teddy Says; Portrait Of The Artist; Mute Milton; A Criminal Act; Waiting Place; If; I Have My Vigil; From Fanaticism, Or For Reward; By The Falls; The Ever-Branching Tree; Brave Newer World; The Wicked Flee; Roommates; The Mothballed Spaceship; An Honest Day's Work; We Ate The Whole Thing; Space Rats of the CCC. Each tale - whether it be mind-bending, controversial or outrageous - has a little intro by Harrison.
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