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Smash witchcraft and steampunk technology together and you get the world of Magnellum, where Witches are nobility and the populace depends on Magic to keep the Wild at bay. Witch-Born is a Fantasy with steampunk tendencies revolving around the lives of Elsie Delgora and Saldorian Feverrette. Fate literally thrusts these two together when Saldorian stumbles over the seditious plot Elsie has been conducting for 23 years. As the two struggle to find an accord the House Lands of Delgora begin to cru... more info>>
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The Orieli are the first aliens to confront the Serrll Combine in two thousand years. But the Orieli are at war with the Celi-Kran and the Serrll now faces invasion by creatures out of nightmare. On the Moon, caught in a web of Serrll power plays, First Scout Terrllss-rr is betrayed by his Wanderer brother Dharaklin. His ship is sabotaged and he crashes to Earth. Escaping, he now has American security forces after him and the secrets his crashed ship holds. Above the Moon, Serrll and Orieli ship... more info>>
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Fifth in the Trailblazing EPPIE Finalist Space Saga! In this EPPIE Award finalist novel, first Scout Terrllss-rr uses his power over Death to thwart the schemes of the Sargon-Palean alliance. The alliance seeks to dominate the two hundred odd star systems of the Serrll Combine--by eliminating selected political figures. Bearing the power of the God of Death, which can unleash universal, Terr is thrust into a confrontation with his bond brother bond brother Dharaklin, a confrontation that will ul... more info>>
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An experimental teleportation device fails, phasing the test pilot into another dimension, into three entities that can see and be seen but appear to be invulnerable to injury. This accident makes possible the Witness Corps--trained observers sent to high crime areas to observe and later testify against criminals. The program is so successful that just the presence of a phaser is enough to deter most crimes. Rob Stone, an operative on phaser assignment, is recalled to the Corps' secure compound ... more info>>
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"Behold the Tortoise: He maketh no progress unless he sticketh out his neck." But he maketh very little progress unless he pick the right time and place to "sticketh out his neck"--which can be quite a sticky problem for a man in a medieval culture! A classic science fiction story from "Astounding Science Fiction," edited by the legendary John W. Campbell, Jr.!
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The earth has forcibly been taken from it's orbit. It began with an extra-terrestrial pyramid on top of Mt. Everest. And then a "runaway planet" took the Earth as it's binary. And now harsh generations have passed since the inhabitants last saw the light of their sun, Sol. Society has grown rigid. The meek lambs have inherited the earth, even it's a very poor earth, indeed. It's a hard world for all. But Glenn Tropile is no lamb and if his citizens finds out he's a wolf, it will be the wolf that... more info>>
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When Clovis McLaurin received an urgent letter from his father, Dr. Ford McLaurin, he rushed in the dead of winter to his father's ranch. Clovis arrives to find the local townspeople are being attacked and killed by a pack of wolves. As he journey's to his father's ranch, a scientist who has been doing revolutionary experiments, he is attacked by wolves. But wolves are not the only thing running with the pack. Stella Jetton, the daughter of his father assistant, is running with the wolves dresse... more info>>
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Damion couldn't believe his eyes--the universe's most beautiful women in one single planet, and they were all GIANTS! But he shouldn't let that fact overwhelm nor deter him. That trip to planet Krinn was crucial--their alliance to the Federation would mean the alliance of all other planets left in the System. He would have to find a way to somehow convince the beautiful Queen Alidia that being a member of the Federation will be to her kingdom's best interests. Together with his long-time partne... more info>>
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"Three stories with a common theme: the female psyche, multiplied and divided," says Greg Bear in his introduction to this Women in Deep Time. "There's probably something Jungian in common with all three. At any rate, throughout my writing career (and for whatever reason) I've been fascinated by the feminine voice." Featured in this special collection are "Sisters," "Scattershot," in which the inhabitants of many universes meet in limbo, and the Nebula Award-winning "Hardfought," in which engine... more info>>
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A Quartet of Fantasy Classics! The Women of the Wood & Other Stories contains the complete text of four of A. (for Abraham) Merritt's greatest tales. Included are a short novel so long it has only been reprinted uncut twice since it first appeared in 1918, two novelettes, a long short story and an insightful introductory essay on the fascinating life and works of A. Merritt. Find out why the Saturday Review of Literature lauded him as, "The greatest of American horror writers;" Isaac Asimov as, ... more info>>
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Hugo Nominee's Classic Novel of Possible Earths. What if a single event in the past had a different result? What would the world be like? Dr. Simon Finch offers John Dow the possibility of entering such a world of 'if'. Finch is especially interested in having John visit this particular world of if because previous volunteers have mentioned John in their own reports. Finch is eager to find out if John's experiences will be similar. John agrees, and brings along one of his employees and best frie... more info>>
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IN A WORLD OF ONE SEX, ANOTHER MEANS DISASTER! Aubretia was a solid citizen of five thousand years from now. She looked upon herself as happy, normal, with the proper emotional interests, and well-adjusted to her work--which was the control and broadcasting of news. Then came the day when she was called in to look at a strange body found in the arctic ice. That was the first time she had ever seen a man. At that instant, she realized several shocking truths... that she wasn't really happy, she w... more info>>
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When Brion Bayard was kidnapped and brought to the alternate world where Earth's history took a different turn, it was not a pleasant experience. It was, however, a startling experience. Here was a world that was just like the Earth he was taken from--with just a few subtle changes. On top of all this, Brion was given a puzzling assignment by his captors. He was to secretly enter a palace, and kill a dangerous and tyrannical dictator. There was one, small catch--the hated dictator in this world ... more info>>
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The exciting conclusion to The Sex Gates trilogy. The mystery of the sex gates has at last been solved, but a horrible dilemma arises. The masters of the sex gates are gone, but they have left a potential catastrophe behind. All the people who have gone into gates and disappeared will be coming back, including psychopaths, the horribly injured and the very elderly. There is no way to tell in advance what condition they will arrive in, other than that their sex will have been reversed. Lee and Ri... more info>>
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Hugo Award Finalist Author. Lost pulp classic out of print over 60 years. Lin Carter, engineer engaged in top secret research, was shaving when the knock came at his apartment door. It could mean an interruption that would make him late for work, he feared - and his fears were realized with a vengeance as a girl so beautiful she was "out of this world" pushed the door open before he could reach it. Carter's apartment door was the -first of many doors she was to open for him in the rapid success... more info>>
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A link between yesterday and the tomorrow that was here already ? The closer you move to something the farther away it got ? Dreams constructed and maintained by society ? Stranded on an alien world with nobody to talk to except your spaceship ? A world-to-world search for an elusive secret ? The bizarre, weird, strange creations of thing and worlds only Science Fiction Grand Master, Clifford D. Simak could have written ? and make believable.
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Nolan expected a simple life when he moved to the wilderness, but the arrival of strangers into his quiet realm draws him into an ages-old conflict amongst higher castes of humans. These pureblood ancestors, each with unique psychic powers, utilize the infinite planes of reality within the mind for their battlefield. Nolan is thrust into the bloody fray, but does he have the strength to help save a selfish mankind from annihilation at its own hand?
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In the sequel to Wyld Wynd The Rising, Nolan battles for survival as the higher castes struggle for his control and supreme power. With his newfound and unstable psychic abilities, pieces of a long lost secret are found, but will he hone his skills and solve the puzzle in time to enlist the assistance of the elusive Wyld Wynd?
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In the finale of the trilogy, Nolan Harrison learns there are two stories of the Wyld Wynd. One version is considered folklore while the other is based in science, but which is he to believe? The pureblood races, gifted with psychic powers, have chosen an ancient world for their final battle and if Nolan chooses incorrectly, it will affect the outcome?and the future of mankind is at stake.
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Xenogenesis is a tale of change; inexorable and inevitable. Human beings are always craving change but when it comes it is frightening ... Sometimes to the point that we would prefer death. Pat Dalworthy is a tracker, ex-pilot cadet in space corps and a dabbler in physics. As a Tracker, a hunter of people who would rather not be found, he is the best there is in inner system and, to hear him tell it, outer system, too. One of the problems with being the best is that you sometimes get much, much ... more info>>
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Throsu planned to go into space, but the Menkti'an teen had no interest in Earth's human inhabitants--until her parents told her they planned to host a human scientist and her teenaged daughter for a year. And that the daughter would stay with Throsu, in Throsu's room! And very soon, that was the least of her worries.
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An unassuming young pharmacist falls into a cave filled with deadly giant wasps. When he climbs out, he becomes Yellow Jacket, the Crimefighter, ready to right the evils of the world.
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Rissa breathes a sigh of relief as the ship lifts off. It seems she's escaped danger, and no one has recognized the scientifically altered being as the beautiful young heir to the Hilzein Establishment--or so it seems. Possessing the only force capable of challenging the tyranny that devastated the Earth and Universe, Rissa can do almost anything--then again, almost anything can happen to her while she's doing it.
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The author of The Other Side of Infinity offers a collection of short stories and a novella that entices and dares the reader to suspend disbelief. Typical Kane, a vein of cynicism immersed in a strange brew of humor and sobriety snakes through these pages. Take a bumpy ride through a turbulent sea of extraterrestrials, ghosts, bizarre science, time travel, alternative realities, a teetering human psyche, a perilous manifest destiny ... Enjoy!
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The monumental social experiment begun in FIRST CHANNEL and continued in CHANNEL'S DESTINY culminates centuries later in ZELEROD'S DOOM. Klyd Farris and Risa Tigue forge an alliance to reorganize both the Sime and Gen Territories, politically and economically. But both Territories have factions that are willing to battle each other, while the social fabric of their world falls apart. Still, Klyd and Risa have given their word of honor, and have no choice but the proceed--or perish while trying t... more info>>
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