Area 7: America's most secret Air Force installation, hidden deep in the Utah desert. The President has come to inspect Area 7, to examine its secrets for himself. But he's going to get more than he bargained for - hostile forces are waiting inside...Among the President's helicopter crew is a young Marine: quiet, enigmatic, hiding behind silver sunglasses. His name is Schofield, code name Scarecrow. Rumour has it he's a good ma in a storm. And judging by what the President's just walked into, he'd better be...
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Area 7: Matthew Reilly
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Death Watch: D.G. Compton
$30.00The future is dominated by television. Nothing is too gross or too sensational for the viewers. Katherine Mortenhoe is dying of an incurable disease, and NTV sign her up for the most spectacular show ever - her dying moments. She tries to escape but the sleepless eye of the camera follows her everywhere - implanted in the retina of a TV employee. Originally published as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe. -
If the Black Death of 1948 had killed three-quarters of the population of Europe instead of one-quarter - what would have happened to the world? Europe, weakened by such a catastrophe, would probably have been conquered by the Turks and the Americas would have remained in the hands of the Aztecs, Incas and other tribes. In this alternate world, 18 year-old Dan Beauchamp of New Istanbul (London) sets off the make his fortune in Mexico where the mighty Aztecs rule. When he arrives he hears that the nephew of King Moctezuma XII will reward followers who help him build a new empire and he joins the expedition to the Upper Hesperides, travelling in coal-powered Aztec automobiles. When this mad venture turns out badly, Dan becomes involved in other glittering schemes for winning golden empires, bringing him many marvellous and funny adventures on the way. Cover art by Terry Oakes. -
Avalon - the Forbidden World - was the only Terra-type planet ever to be discovered. But when the scattered remnants of Earth's people sought to migrate there, superstition and politics blocked them. After two thousand years, the domed colonies of a hundred barren worlds became convinced that Avalon was the one real enemy of their existence - and the cry went up to destroy the mystery planet. Jarn Tybalt, Warlord of the Drusus Colony, dared to make the first trip to Avalon in centuries. He found a world of wonders and enigmas - mutants, monsters, medieval knights, science-working dwarves and a lost city in the Far North where all the answers could be found. Cover art by Ken W. Kelly. -
Book III of Star Hounds. The Federated Empire is on the decline. The alien Jaxdron are on the offensive, their superior mind control more than a match for the Federation's advanced technology. Caught in the middle is Laura Shemzak. She hates the Federation for enslaving her brother, and using and betraying her. She's dangerous - a spy turned rogue.With a crew of interstellar outlaws aboard the Starbow she continues a lonely crusade for justice. And it's her hatred for both sides that gives Starbow a fighting chance. Cover art by John Harris. -
Featured stories and writers include: Vertigo, James White; Visions of Monad, M. John Harrison; Worm in the Bud, John Rankine; They Shall Reap, David Rome; The Last Time Around, Arthur Sellings; The Cloudbuilders, Colin Kapp. -
In this truly bizarre collection, Damon Wilson investigates the full stories behind some of the most incredible phenomena that have baffled scientists and fascinated the rest of the world for millennia. What causes frogs, periwinkles and even jelly to fall from the sky? How can people just disappear? Why do some objects seem to bring misfortune on the people who come into contact with them? Do people really combust spontaneously? Who or what caused everyone on board the Mary Celeste to abandon ship? Why have so many vessels and aircraft disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle? How much of the legend of the vampire is based on truth? Are there such things as miracles? These questions and many more are waiting to be explored... -
It is nearly three decades since the discovery of the sub-spacial alternates - twenty-four lumps of matter hanging in a limbo outside space and time, each sharing the name of Earth. Now there are only fifteen of them - the rest blown to extinction by the ruthless attacks of the D-squads. Even the surviving plants are doomed to a cruel, mutilated existence. Professor Faustaff's life is dedicated to fighting the merciless demolition teams, trying to correct the Unstable Natter Situations they create. But he feels it is a battle he cannot win. -
The Tempest: Susan Wright
$10.00Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, No. 19. When a ferocious plasma storm strikes the entire Bajoran system, Deep Space Nine becomes a port under siege, filled to overflowing with stranded space travelers, unpredictable aliens, and Klingon smugglers. Worf and Odo find themselves tested to the limit as they struggle to control the chaos that has consumed the station. But even greater danger faces Dax and botanist Keiko O' Brian when they must fly a runabout into the very heart of the storm and encounter a strange new form of life. -
Earth has become an ecological nightmare. On a vast metallic island in space, the scientists of the Trikon project undertake research too risky to be conducted anywhere else - research that could save the planet. The Commander Dan Tighe discovers the truth. Trikon's priority is espionage - the scientists, consumed by greed, lust and drugs - are running the lab for their own gain. And one of his crew is trying to destroy the Trikon Station. Only Commander Tighe can save Trikon - and only Trikon can save the Earth. Cover art by Gerry Grace. s -
Escape Velocity: Colin Brake
$25.00Doctor Who: Eighth Doctor Adventures No XLII. It is the first day of the 21st century, and a space race between rival Earth entrepreneurs is underway.Both teams are being aided by an alien race called the Kulan. They were stranded on planet Earth after their scout ship crashed there and, as far as the rival teams are concerned, the Kulan are motivated by a desire to get back to their home planet. What they don't realise is that in fact the wrecked scout ship was part of a Kulan invasion force, sent ahead of the rest of its fleet to investigate Earth. The Kulan are a ruthless race who invade planets to exploit whatever economic value they contain, and the rest of the fleet is due to arrive in 2001. However, the stranded Kulan need to escape planet Earth's radio-thick atmosphere to contact the fleet and arrange their rendezvous. Will one of the teams succeed in helping the Kulan to destroy Earth - or will the Doctor succeed in averting a catastrophic attack? -
Taronga: Victor Kelleher
$10.00An Australian post-nuclear war novel. Two years after the Last Day, Australia has become a dangerous place, a battleground for survival. Ben, who has the telepathic ability to control animals, is living in the bush of the Blue Mountains. Hoping for a kinder existence he makes for Sydney, only to be further disillusioned. Then he finds Taronga Zoo, strangely unaffected by the chaos. Or - has it? -
Earth in the year 2092 is covered with a grey blight of skyscrapers. Riots and anarchy threaten the breakdown of world order. Far distant, on the colonized planet Refuge, live the Loafers, a race of remarkable telepaths. Their affinity with the breshwahr or tree-the-lives provides an unexpected answer to Earth's problem. A solution that carries ominous implications for the future. -
A planet of giant Saurians, extinct on earth for more than 70 million years, rule the continents and seas of a newly discovered planet. Man and the other two intelligent life-forms are exploring and colonising the galaxy at breakneck speed, and so far, the three species have been able to work together since they require radically different types of planet. But Man and conflict are never far apart and the discovery of this incredible new planet heralds deep, deep trouble. Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
Book III of The Quintara Marathon. Three galactic empires existed in uneasy proximity. Each was led by completely different life forms with only one thing in common - demons. Each had a legend of humanoid creatures with hooves and horns, representing supernatural power and unspeakable evil. The similarity of the legends across the galaxy had led some to theorise that they had some basis in fact. Unfortunately, they were right; an expedition exploring an uncharted planet discovered, sealed in transparent cells, two horned creatures, gigantic in stature, perfectly preserved and very much alive. The three empires sent rescue missions which arrived too late to help the expedition members, slaughtered by the demons - but not too late to pursue the demons through a gate into another space-time continuum. The three missions have fought each other all the way but now they must help each other against the menace of the re-awakened demons - not just for their survival, but the survival of the 90 trillion Fausts, 90 trillion beings in danger of losing their souls. Fortunately - although the demons have proven themselves invulnerable to any weapon known in the three empires - the beings of the mission are about to discover that they have very unusual allies. After all, if demons - why not angels? Cover art by Darrell K. Sweet. -
Sinner: Sara Douglass
$15.00Book IV of The Wayfarer Redemption. Caelum SunSoar has succeeded Axis as supreme ruler of Tencendor, but simmering tensions threaten to tear his country apart. Caelum has known nothing but peace and is untried. Strange powers begin to manifest in their world and threaten the destruction of all he holds dear and Caelum must find the strength to face this threat - and to fight his mortal brother Drago, who is not as powerless as he appears to be. Something killed their sister and Caelum knows Drago is the culprit - but he must have proof, and has none. Time is growing short, and the demons are drawing near...Cover art by Luis Royo. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/crusader-sara-douglass/ -
G.O.D. Inc II. Brandy and Sam Horowitz are private eyes who handle cases for G.O.D. Inc, who run the Labyrinth, the inter-world railway that connects the infinite, alternative Earths. G.O.D. is worried - there's a new drug in town, coming from off-Earth. It's instantly addictive and it takes over the brain - and what it wants, the user does. Brandy and Sam have to stop the drug reaching the client's home world. But the opposition got fake Sams and Brandys already set up on the two worlds that might hold any leads: one a world that's never heard of civil rights, and one ruled by Nazis. Which is really bad news for a black, Jewish couple! -
In biblical lore, Jehovah halted the building of Babel, a tower meant to reach the heavens. But in the 2oth century, who will stop Project Babel...developed in the Soviet Union, new smart weapon of devastating psychology, destined to ensure that sound will never die. One man foresees the danger and knows what must be done. With luck, John Cornell, President of the United States, may avert the coming catastrophe. To eliminate Babel will mean rewriting history! Cover art by Fred Gambino. -
Genesis Echo: James Axler
$15.00Book XXV of Deathlands. Deathlands is a world savaged beyond recognition by a centuries-old nuclear blast. While many prosper on the savagery of this lawless land, Ryan Cawdor and his band of warrior survivalists carry the seeds of hope and courage in a daring quest to find the gateway to the future - the Tree of Knowledge. The band are reluctant guests in a reactivated 20th century medical institute in Maine. Here scientists still pursue abstract theories, oblivious to the realities of a world gone mad. But when they take an unhealthy interest in Krysty Wroth, the pressure is on to find a way out of this guarded enclave. Ryan's loyalty will be tested and Krysty's special powers may threaten her existence. Cover art by Michael Herring. -
When Master Fisherman Alemi takes young Readis out to catch redfins for the evening feast, neither knows the day will herald a a new chapter in the history of Pern. When a sudden squall blows up, their mast is splintered and broken, their boat is capsized and they are saved by the shipfish who hold them firm above the water, guides them back to land and above all, speaks to them. Alemi learns they are dolphins - brought to Pern by the early colonists to help and guide them through the oceans of a new planet. Now all the old dolphin laws had to be rediscovered. Readis is fascinated by the dolphins and aided by T'lion, the bronze dragon rider, he fights against parental opposition to become Pern's first dolphineer. Cover art by Steve Weston. -
In 1973 Sidgwick and Jackson published The Best Of Arthur C. Clarke 1937 - 1972 as one volume. In 1977, they reprinted it as two volumes: The Best Of Arthur C. Clarke Volume 1 1937 - 1955 and The Best Of Arthur C. Clarke Volume 2 1956 - 1972. In this volume: Venture To The Moon: Six stories in one of the first crewed mission to the Moon as a joint American-Russian-British mission, narrated by the British team commander. Into The Comet: an expedition sets out to discover what the comet is like at its core - mission accomplished...but when the ship's computer goes haywire, it will need all the crew's ingenuity to make it home again. Summertime On Icarus: Lone scientist Colin Sherrard is stranded on Icarus - an asteroid too close to the sun. Death And The Senator: An ambitious senior US Senator, who has sacrificed everything and everyone - friends, his wife, his daughter and his grandchildren - in pursuit of a political career contracts a terminal illness. His only hope for a cure is to accept a innovative treatment which he campaigned against funding... a decision for which he will be branded a hypocrite. Hate: When a downed Sputnik lands near a mussel-collecting boat, a Hungarian crewman wants revenge for what the Russians did to his family. Sunjammer (Variant Title: The Wind From The Sun): A spaceship designer develops a lightweight spacecraft with a large area of solar sail to participate sun-yacht racing. A Meeting With Medusa: When an experimental helium airship crashes, captain Howard Falcon is severely injured and takes over a year to recover. He then proposes an expedition to explore the atmosphere of Jupiter... -
Legacy: Greg Bear
$8.00Book III of The Way. EON's infinitely long artificial universe, the Way, contains a multitude of worlds. In its early days a beautiful place, Lamarckia, has been found. Over four thousand dissidents emigrate there illegally and the young Hexamon agent, Olmy, is sent to investigate the people and their new world. Lamarckia's evolution is stunning and unimaginable. Like nothing Olmy has ever seen, it leads him into the Heart of Darkness and beyond, to an understanding of Earth's legacy. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. -
Book I of Warlock. The lost planet of Gramarye wasn't so much evidence of galactic advances as a phoney shrine to the forgotten traditions, rites and graces of renaissance Europe. Aeons ago disenchanted Earthers established a feudal Utopia there. But now it's evil Medieval, with treacherous cosmic couriers, plots, intrigue and very uncivil war. Observing this human conflict are the enemies of the knight - witches, arlocks, elves and goblins. Pomp and unforeseen circumstances brought Earther agent Rod Gallowglass to Gramarye. With his epileptic, computer brained robot horse, Fess, to help him, he wanted to save the cast of thousands from themselves. But things became tough when he fell in love with a child queen and tougher when he fell in the hay with a witch. Dangerous, too...as the Gramarians had very imaginative torture methods...Cover art by Gino D'Achille. -
Book I of The Amtrak Wars. Ten centuries ago the Old Time ended when Earth's cities melted in The War Of A Thousand Suns. Now the lethal high technology of the Amtrak Federation's underground stronghold is unleashed on Earth's other survivors - the surface-dwelling Mutes. But the primitive Mutes possess ancient powers greater than any other machine. Cover art by Jim Burns.
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In this volume: The Marching Morons, C.M. Kornbluth: John Barlow, the victim of a freak accident involving a dentist's drill and anesthesia, is put into suspended animation and revived hundreds of years later - to a world that seems to be mad. Intelligent people are not having children and less intelligent people are breeding excessively! ...And Then There Were None, Eric Frank Russell: A Terran ship with a crew conscious of social hierarchies and capitalist principles, land on a planet inhabited entirely by matter-of-fact anarchists. Baby Is Three, Theodore Sturgeon: The boy went to the psychiatrist because he needed help - but his problem was something no analyst could handle. He knew his name - but not his identity. He knew what he did - but not what he was. Worst of all, he didn't know how many of him there were...Cover art by Eddie Jones. -
Deep Blue: Mark Morris
$20.00Past Doctor Adventures No. XX. When a lighthouse keeper reports seeing a ball of light plunging into the sea off Tayborough Sands, UNIT sends Mike Yates to investigate. The last thing he expects to find is an old friend - with a new face. The Doctor and his companions arrive on a pleasure beach in the 1970s, hoping for some time off. But they do not get to relax for long - violent incidents are at an all time high in the area, and people are going missing - or else changing into something more than human. The Doctor soon realises there is a sinister prescense lurking in the cold sea - and it's got designs on humanity. An adventure of the Fifth Doctor, taking place between Warriors Of The Deep and The Awakening.
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Star Wars. This volume comes between The Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The Emperor is dead, the remnants of his Empire are in retreat and a second Death Star has been destroyed. Many hope for new beginnings and new destinies - for Han Solo, it will mean settling his last outstanding debt, helping Chewbacca free the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk. Norra Wexley and her band pursue Grand Admiral Rae Sloane and the Empire's remaining leadership across the galaxy. But as more and more officers of the Empire are brought to justice, Sloane manages to elude capture by the New Republic, and Norra fears that Sloane is searching for a means to save the crumbling Empire from oblivion. But the hunt is cut short when Norra receives an urgent summons fro Princess Leia Organa. The liberation of Kashyyyk has led Han, Chewbacca and a band of smugglers into an ambush - Chewbacca is captured, and Han has vanished. Norra and her crew race toward the Millennium Falcon's last known location...Cover art by Scott Biel.
