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Volume II of Mission Earth. Jettero Heller is on a secret mission to introduce advanced technology which can prevent Earth from destroying itself with pollution. When his partner betrays him, Heller becomes the target of every vested interest from drug smugglers to the CIA to the oil cartels - and they all want him dead. Cover art by Greg Winters. -
Book and DVD: Timeline: Michael Crichton
$5.00–$14.00An old man wearing a brown robe is found wandering disoriented in the Arizona desert. He is miles from any human habitation and has no memory of how he got there, or who he is. The only clue to his identity is the plan of a medieval monastery in his pocket. This mystery will catapult a group of young scientists back to the Middle Ages and into the heart of the Hundred Years War. Imagine the risks of such a journey - imagine the impossible! Cover art by Chip Kidd. DVD: Region 4; preloved.
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Thirty years ago the Empire of humans found, investigated and decided to use a blockade of space ships to prevent the spread of an alien culture called the Moties, who inhabited a single star system and were only just discovering faster-than-light travel. Now, because of a change in the stellar neighbourhood, the Moties will be able to leave their home system and spread across the galaxy, which will be bad for mankind because they combine great ingenuity with rapid and unstoppable population increase. Horace Bury, a wealthy trader, and his pilot Kevin renner (who is actually a serving member of the Imperial Space Navy) have spent the last thirty years travelling the Empire checking that no Moties have escaped; now they return to the Motie system to try to prevent the expected breakout. Their only real weapon is a symbiotic worm which can stop the continuous cycle of population increase that has caused so many problems. As soon as they enter the Motie system they are taken prisoner. Their plans have to be revised to find a solution that will be acceptable to both the Empire and the Moties. Cover art by John Harris.
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Book VI of The Childe Cycle. The men of Dorsai, the finest soldiers in the Galaxy, had been hired by El Conde, sovereign of Gebel Nahar, to transform his raggle-taggle army into a fighting force to be reckoned with. Now revolution had erupted and the men once trained by the Dorsai bore arms against him. Bound by their rigid code of honour, the mercenaries' first duty was to protect El Conde from the rebels. But what chance had a handful of warriors against the Naharese? Cover Art by Les Edwards. -
When the Ring aliens first thought to contact other worlds, they didn't think other species might be constructed differently to them. They were deep space dwellers - more like large complex bundles of genetic information that physical entities. They sent their probes into the night hoping to build a bridge between them and others. Most probes vanished into the infinity of space for all time. But one found Earth, and one was all it took to utterly disrupt life as Earth knew it for all time. Because the Ring dwellers sent their information coded in the form of a virus - a virus that would prove deadly to 90% of humanity. The society that rose from the rubble was unlike any that had come before...Earth's survivors experienced visions, deep, dark, disturbing visions - some of building a vast, superphysical bridge between universes, others of navigational instructions. But no-one had all of the Ring dwellers' information. And so the new, fragmented, half-mad society had to build the bridge of co-operation before they could embark on humanity's greatest enterprise...Cover art by Chris Moore. -
Star Wars. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away - a world is threatened...a young queen must save her people...a dark evil arises again...and a young Jedi is discovered. The Journey begins. Based on the screenplay and story by George Lucas. Features colour photographs from the film. -
Damia: Anne McCaffrey
$6.00Book II of The Tower And The Hive. Of all the Rowan's children, Damia was the most brilliant, the most difficult, the loneliest and the one who inherited the greatest Talent. It was obvious she would be a Prime with all the honours and burdens of that elite class. Her one friend was Afra - older, wiser, Talented in his own way but belonging almost exclusively to the Rowan and the workings of Callisto Station. As Damia grew her Talent became almost too strong to control and the solution was separation - from her parents, from Callisto and from her beloved Afra. Sent to distant Deneb, to her strange and gifted grandmother, Damia began the necessary training to turn her into a Prime of extraordinary gifts - one ho could contact the minds of approaching aliens through space, some of whom threatened to destroy the worlds of the Nine Star League. Cover art by Romas Kukalis. -
The world is held in the grip of a second Ice Age, and faces total destruction from rapidly advancing glaciers. Doctor Who, with Victoria and Jamie, lands at a top scientific base in England, where they have just unearthed an ancient Ice Warrior. Can the Doctor overcome these warlike Martians and halt the relentless approach of the ice glaciers? Cover art by Chris Achilleos. -
New Year's Eve, 2021. The one night of the year when the guards are less vigilant, and the perfect time for murder. Welcome to 21st century Edinburgh! Rogue detective Quintilian Dalrymple, a former bureaucrat who left his high-ranking job to work for the parks service and solve mysteries on the side, sets about catching a serial killer with a peculiar signature. The killer bites out the victim's throat, cuts out the tongue, removes the genitals, and leaves in the cavity a cassette of the electric blues of Clapton, Hendrix and others. In the allegedly crime-free Edinburgh city-state, blues music is contraband. So are casual sex, monogamy, fattening foods, all drugs, and more-than-weekly showers. So why does the killer leave cryptic messages via electric blues? -
For those of you who are worried about what the neighbors will think, there is what is purported to be an old Martian document which tells us what our nearest neighbor has to say about life on Earth. Clarke explains the proper etiquette for contacting and dealing with aliens from outer space, or what to do if they get here first...Ranging from the light fantastic to the extremely possible, this collection is divided into five sections: Talking of Space; Outward from Earth; The Technological Future; Frontiers of Science; and Son of Dr. Strangelove, Etc. From Martians to Magi, here is Arthur C. Clarke's unforgettable tour of the Universe - known, unknown and yet to come. -
Phantom: Terry Goodkind
$6.00Book X of Sword Of Truth. On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end. As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul. If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined. Cover art by Keith Parkinson. -
Chimera’s Cradle: Brian Stableford
$6.00–$20.00Book III of Genesys. Andris Myrasol, Princess Lucrezia and their companions are now spread widely across the face of the world. Yet they all struggle to reach the area known as Chimera's Cradle, facing ridiculous odds in order to solve the mysteries that led to their journeys so many months ago. The amazing Chimeras will be the least of the wonders that will be encountered on this final journey that leads to death, knowledge and transformation. Cover art by Mark Salwowski. -
Earthmen and Aleriona have met in space and neither can afford to let the other get too strong. The Aleriona claim that all the inhabitants of the captured human outpost, New Europe, were killed. The World Federation on Earth seems committed to peace at any price. But there are those - like ex-navy Captain Gunnar Helm - who know that further appeasement will only lead to more Aleriona aggression. He believes there must be a showdown NOW - before it's too late. Cover art by Tony Roberts. -
Alex Rider IV. Relaxing in the South of France with his friend Sabina Pleasure and her family, reluctant MI6 agent Alex Rider is finally able to feel like any ordinary fourteen-year-old. Until a sudden ruthless attack on his hosts plunges him back into a world of violence and mystery - and this time, MI6 don't want to know. Especially when Alex tells them that Damian Cray - celebrity, human rights campaigner and the power behind Gameslayer, a new state-of-the-art games console - could be involved. Alex is determined to track down his friends' attackers, even if he must do it alone. But it's a path that leads to a long-buried secret and a discovery more terrible than anything he could have imagined. For younger/teen readers. Cover art by Phil Schramm. -
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. -
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. -
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead is stirring. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light, and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy. On the green, unspoiled world of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice, Obi-Wan Kenobi, arrive to protect the realm’s young queen as she seeks a diplomatic solution to end the siege of her planet by Trade Federation warships. At the same time, on desert-swept Tatooine, a slave boy named Anakin Skywalker, who possesses a strange ability for understanding the “rightness” of things, toils by day and dreams by night—of becoming a Jedi Knight and finding a way to win freedom for himself and his beloved mother. It will be the unexpected meeting of Jedi, Queen, and a gifted boy that will mark the start of a drama that will become legend. Based on the screenplay and story by George Lucas. -
Book II of Dinosaur Planet. Having been in cryogenic sleep for at least two generations, Kai, Varian and their companions find the Dinosaur Planet much changed. There has been a regression to primitive barbarity and much necessary life support equipment has malfunctioned or has disappeared. A rescue ship is on the way but new problems have arisen. What are the motives of the mysterious Theks? Why are the intelligent Giffs acting so strangely? And what is causing the mindless hostility? -
When brilliant, driven and idealistic scientist Jeffrey Horton discovers the Trigger effect, he knows at once that he's changed the world. He is in possession of the ultimate weapon: a device that can disarm an enemy's entire arsenal, from rifle bullets to nuclear warheads. But the Trigger is not just a weapon - it can be used to end forever the power of the gun. Except that, in a world where violence is epidemic, anyone proposing en end to the use of weapons is a target for killers. Cover art by Bob Warner.
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The army's made Bill what he is today - the perfect Starship Trooper, proud of his two right arms and a lockerful of feet suitable for any occasion. But this time he's really put his foot in it - the Swiss-Army one with the special attachments, secret compartments, collapsible mess kit and condom dispenser. He's been volunteered to join a suicide squad run by Captain Cadaver to the well-known hell-hole planet of Eyerack. The orders are death or glory - and glory made a point of never returning the invitation to the war. So - can this really be IT? The Long Goodbye? Zero Hour? Harmonicas at dawn? The end of a brilliantly undistinguished career of military mishaps? It is - BILL'S FINAL INCOHERENT ADVENTURE! Cover art by Mark Pacella and Steve Fastner.
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An epic adventure that spans time and space. Captain Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 are faced with their most challenging mission yet—rescuing renowned scientist Zefram Cochrane from captors who want to use his skills to conquer the galaxy. Meanwhile, ninety-nine years in the future on the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, Picard must rescue an important and mysterious person whose safety is vital to the survival of the Federation. As the two crews struggle to fulfill their missions, destiny draws them closer together until past and future merge—and the fate of each of the two legendary starships rests in the hands of the other vessel...Cover art by Keith Birdsong. -
Book III of Revelation Space. Humanity has endured centuries of horrific plague and a brutal interstellar war. It's time for a few decades of peace and quiet. No such luck - there's a new threat. Stirred from aeons of sleep, the Inhibitors - ancient alien killing machines designed to eliminate any emergent intelligence - have targeted mankind. Fleeing the first wave of machines, a ragtag group of refugees headed by war veteran Clavain waits for the next phase of the cull. But with Clavain sunk deep in despondency, the leadership falls to Scorpio, the product of a flawed experiment in genetic engineering who has every reason to hate humanity. Then their little colony receives an unexpected visitor: an avenging angel, a girl born in ice, gifted with the power to lead humanity to safety and the ability to draw down mankind's darkest enemy. On Hela, where vast travelling cathedrals circle the world in endless processions, the witnessing of a miraculous event has created an apocalyptic new religion. And as the cathedrals crawl closer to to the treacherous fissure known as Absolution Gap, a dark and unsettling truth becomes apparent: to beat one enemy, it may be necessary to forge an alliance with something much, much worse...Cover art by Chris Moore. -
Star Trek No. 74. Captain Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior and his crew are kidnapped. When Federation-conducted negotiations come to a standstill, Captain James Kirk and the former officers of the U.S.S. Enterprise reunite to rescue their old comrade. The officers learn carrying out their mission could prove difficult when they encounter the kidnappers - a greedy little-known race called the Thraxians, who believe their way is the only way. Now the Thraxians are demanding super-powerful weapons in exchange for the hostages. With no other alternatives, Kirk is forced to consider giving in to the Thraxians to save the Excelsior crew - a decision that could save a few, but endanger the lives of an entire star system... Cover art by Dru Blair. -
Book I of Dinosaur Planet. On Earth they had died out 70 million years ago, but on Ireta the dinosaurs ruled in all their bizarre splendour. The expedition sent to explore this seemingly bland planet was trapped within its energy as quickly and mysteriously as their relief ship vanished. And half the expedition's personnel reverted to type and as predatory carnivores systematically hunted down their colleagues. Only the frozen sleep of cryogenics offered an escape. But for how long? -
Barry Cowan woke up screaming in a hospital room with a nightmare where his memory should have been. There was also a curious brass figurine in his pocket that made the nightmare seem likely to be true. Yet for all the emptiness there was a familiarity about the stranger who appeared, claiming to be his father - a horrific familiarity, somehow linked to the dreams of another world that invaded his sleep. Where had he been? What had shocked his mind so deeply that it refused to remember? Cover art by Ken Barr. -
Book I of The Inner Planets. As the New Earth Organisation rebuilds and Earth shattered by the Martian Wars, NEO sympathiser Kemal Gavilan receives a corpse and a cryptic message from the asteroids. The Mercurian prince sends master pirate Black Barney to find out what he can, but the answer is hot: they've uncovered a weapon that can focus the sun's energy for global annihilation. The Martian and Venusian powers insist that they are innocent. Kemal is forced to rtejoi the royal family he once rejected in order to learn the awful truth. Cover art by Jerry Bingham.
