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Book II of Deathstalker. Owen Deathstalker - outlawed, with a price on his head and the blood of a mighty warrior lineage in his veins - had no choice but to embrace a dangerous destiny. With nothing to lose, only he had the courage to take up arms against Queen Lionstone XIV. Now as he gathers his unlikely allies - the legendary washed-up hero Jack Random, the beautiful pirate Hazel d'Arc, the original Deathstalker long since presumed dead, and the alien Hadenmen whose purposes no human can discern--the eyes of the downtrodden are upon him while the freedom of a galaxy hangs in the balance...Cover art by Steve Crisp. -
Book IV of Amtrak Wars. As the great mountain in the west speaks with a tongue of flame, the Talisman Prophecy is on the verge of fulfillment. The Federation rulers believe that Clearwater's unborn child is the Thrice-Gifted One. Cadillac and Roz are determined to free her, but Steve lured by a dazzling prospect within the First Family is no longer certain who to support or betray. Cover art by Steve Stone. -
In 1897 a Victorian gentleman falls into a sleep from which he cannot be waked. During his two centuries of slumber he becomes the Sleeper, the most well known and powerful person in the world. All property is bequeathed to the Sleeper to be administered by a Council on his behalf. The common people, increasingly oppressed, view the Sleeper as a mythical liberator whose awakening will free them from misery. The Sleeper awakes in 2100 to a futuristic London adorned with wondrous technological trappings yet staggering under social injustice and escalating unrest. His awakening sends shock waves throughout London, from the highest meetings of the Council to the workers laboring in factories in the bowels of the city. Daring rescues and villainous treachery abound as workers and capitalists fight desperately for control of the Sleeper. Cover art by David Bergen.
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A rare collection of shorts by the masters of classic sci-fi: The Man Who Lost The Sea, Theodore Sturgeon; March Hare Mission, Ford McCormack; The Earth Men, Ray Bradbury; Who Goes There? Don A. Stuart; In Hiding, Wilmar H. Shiras; Not Final! Isaac Asimov; And Be Merry...Katherine Maclean; The Witches Of Karres, James H. Schmitz; Resurrection, A.E. van Vogt. Cover art by Jim Burns. -
First published in 1973, this volume includes: The Lake of Tuonela, Keith Roberts; Wagtail In The Morning, Grahame Leman; Made To Be Broken, E.C. Tubb; The Eternal Theme of Exile: Three Enigmas II, Brian Aldiss; The Five Doors, Michael Stall; Sporting On Apteryx, Charles Partington; Rainbow, David S. Garnett; Accolade, Charles Grey; The Seed Of Evil, Barrington J. Bayley. -
His officially defined duty was to seek out threats to the Pax Terrestria and neutralise them - or, failing that, call in His Majesty's military forces, who will deal with them in an more drastic and final way. Flandry's definition of his duty: to stick his finger in the dike of civilisation, to hold off for his lifetime the inevitable coming of the barbarians and the Long Night. So he battles gloriously, murders remorselessly and betrays outrageously. His justification? To save the simple pleasures of human civilisation! Cover art by Michael Whelan. -
Glory Season: David Brin
$30.00Long ago, the Founding Mothers left old Earth and the Phylum Worlds, seeking a hidden place to reforge human destiny. Through genetic wizardry, they have altered human sexual patterns. For most of the year, any child born on planet Stratos is a clone of her mother, identical to all the sisters in her venerable clan. Only in summer are “vars” conceived - old-fashioned, gene-mixed girls, and even sometimes boys - each one garishly, ignobly unique. Maia, one lonely young var, grows up knowing she must summon all her skill to win a place in this world run by and for high-caste clanswomen. A world far gentler than those of the Old Phylum…except for those rare seasons of change, where the planet seems to call its people forth to glory. Preparing to set sail, Maia watches the strange, bearded faces of the seamen. Are the teachings true? Are men practically another species, fit only for brief encounters? Or might their arts and games and secret ways hint of something deeper to share with the women of Stratos? Ready to seek a place in the world, Maia sets forth expecting labor and hardship. What she finds is danger, adventure and a strange, half-innocent emissary, whose simple message may mean new hope…or a return to ancient terrors. From the vast unforgiving sea, to imprisonment, to rocky depths where she must wrest hidden secrets from the clutches of time, Maia comes to understand why the Founding Mothers sought a change in human life…and what a price their descendants must pay. Cover art by Gary Ruddell. -
Species I: She's attractive, intelligent, seductive and she can spell doom for the entire human race. When beautiful human/alien hybrid Sil escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch dispatches a government assassin, an empath, a biologist and an anthropologist to find her. Tracing her to L.A., the uncover her horrific plan -the mate with unsuspecting men and produce destructive offspring. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly Fitch and his team find themselves in a race that will determine the fate of humanity. Region 4. Also starring Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. Species II: Starring Natasha Henstridge; Marg Helgenberger and Michael Madsen: Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross is turning into a alien entity with only one thought - procreate with human women. While countless women suffer horrific deaths after bearing half alien offspring, scientist Lara Baker and assassin Press Lennox use Eve, an alien clone, to find Ross and his virulent brood. But they underestimate Eve's maternal drive and before long she escapes to mate with Ross to create a pure, unstoppable race that will mean the end of mankind. It's a battle of human brain over alient brawn as Darwin's theory - only the strong will survive - is put to the test. Region 2. Also stars Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell and Justin Lazard. -
When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Fearing his father may be stranded in time—or worse—Shel enlists the aid of Dave Dryden, a linguist, to accompany him on the rescue mission. Their journey through history takes them from the enlightenment of Renaissance Italy through the American Wild West to the civil-rights upheavals of the 20th century. Along the way, they encounter a diverse cast of historical greats, sometimes in unexpected situations. Yet the elder Shelborne remains elusive. And then Shel violates his agreement with Dave not to visit the future. There he makes a devastating discovery that sends him fleeing back through the ages - a discovery that changes his life forever. Cover art by Tony Mauro.
