Book I of The Adventures of Oswald Bastable. Suppose that a few of our present inventions had been made earlier and others not discovered at all? How would the last century have evolved differently? Based on long-missing documents, this is the story of Oswald Bastable, a Victorian captain who found himself in an alternate future - 1973 (from Bastable's point of view, of course) and the airship rules supreme - a future thathas little relationship to his earth or his time. Cover art by Patrick Woodroffe.
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Contains all three books of the Oswald Bastable Trilogy: The War Lord of the Air; The Land Leviathan and The Steel Tsar. In 1903, Captain Oswald Bastable, in charge of a military mission in the Himalayas, enters the Temple of the Future Buddha at Teku Benga. He is catapulted into a brave new world decades in the future - a world where the British Empire is stronger than ever and giant airships rule the air. Cover art by Melvyn Grant.
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Book IV of The History of the Runestaff. As it is written: Those who swear by the Runestaff must then benefit or suffer from the consequences of the fixed pattern of destiny that they set in motion. Baron Meliadus of Kroiden had sworn such an oath, had sworn an oath of vengeance against all of Castle Brass, had sworn that Yisselda, daughter of Count Brass would be his, for he had fixed the pattern of fate...Cover art by Bob Haberfield. -
Book IV of The Elric Saga. Elric of Melniboné, kinslayer and last lord of a dying race, comes in search of the evil sorcerer Theleb K'aarna and arrives in Lormyr, the oldest of the Young Kingdoms. His former foe Myshella, Empress of the Dawn, awaits the doom-driven albino in Castle Kaneloon, offering a pact against the Pan Tangian sorcerer. But although Elric bears and destiny greater than he knows and controls the mighty runesword Stormbringer, his pursuit of vengeance drives him to look despair in the face. Previously published under the title The Sleeping Sorceress. Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
Book II of the Warrior of Mars trilogy. Michael Kane, 20th century scientist travels again through space and time to face the perils of eons-old Mars. I found myself in a tangle of soft yielding flesh that seemed boneless...And the faces! They were vile parodies of human faces and resembled nothing so much as the ugly little vampire bat of Earth, flat faces with huge nostrils let into the head. gashes of mouths full of sharp little fangs, half-blind eyes, dark and wicked... Originally published as Blades of Mars. Cover art by Tim White. -
Volume II of The London Novels. Dennis Dover, son of the last real Londoner to be hanged for murder, is born and raised in Brookgate, inner London. He grows up street-wise and savvy - and deeply attached to his beautiful, brilliant cousin Rose Beck. But neither can foresee the rise of John Barbican Begg - financial genius and unscrupulous schemer, who despite their best resistance, latches onto their lives, As Dennis pursues a dual career of underground rock guitarist and intrepid photojournalist while Rosie uses her intelligence and energies to feeding the poor of the world, Barbican builds a commercial empire of wealth and power that dwarfs that of most nation states. AS the three pursue their different paths they also draw towards a joint resolution of their destinies. -
Book V of Jerry Cornelius. Una and Catherine - lovers, revolutionaries and time travellers extraordinare - are now flashing through the dimensions in a dazzling kaleidoscope of real and imaginary twentieth centuries, a riotous extravaganza of alternative pasts, presents and futures in a madly unpredictable trip...filled with unruly, catastrophic and fantastic adventures. With Jerry Cornelius and a host of Moorcock creations close at hand, the action is immense! Cover art by Melvyn Grant. -
The Chronicles of Castle Brass, Being the Second Volume of the High History of the Runestaff. Dorian Hawkmoon, the invincible, the Eternal Champion, the Duke of Köln, is dying from melancholia. His wife Yisselda, beautiful daughter of Count Brass, has perished in the Battle of Londra - or so the evidence suggests. But somewhere in the caverns of his soul, Hawkmoon knows otherwise and some think him so mad that he will never again leave Castle Brass. When Katinka van Bak, Regent of Ukrania, arrives to seek his help in saving her Bulgar Mountain State from an army of alien demons, voices from centuries past tell him that the key to Yisselda's fate now lies in his grasp. He begins his journey with her, a journey that will take him through time and space and previous incarnations, where as Queen Ilian of Garathorm, he is once again the Champion Eternal of the Black Jewel, friend of the enigmatic Jhary-a-Conel and fabled destroyer of the Dark Empire. Cover art by Bob Haberfield -
Book II of The Books Of Corum. Prince Corum has defeated the Chaos Lord Arioch. But any peace for him and his faithful Rhalina is brief. His actions have evoked the murderous anger of Arioch's sister, the dreaded Xiombarg. The Prince in the Scarlet Robe must continue his odyssey, face the terror of the Mabden armies, and challenge the might of the Queen of the Swords. Faced with immense powers of evil on all sides, only the legendary City of the Pyramid offers a glimmer of hope. But Corum must get there first, and along the way he will encounter horrifying creatures, strange forms of sorcery, and new planes of existence. Cover art by Bob Haberfield.
