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The Best of Galaxy's Edge (Magazine) 2013-2014
Edited by Mike Resnick
ISBN 978-1-61242-236-7, 246 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Whether it’s God walking into the Draco Tavern, stony spirits talking to relatives, a robot plotting the ultimate murder, or the ability to see distinct patterns in the vibrations caused by uttering words and phrases … these stories will entertain you, make you laugh, make you think and, most importantly, make you question your own long-held views on life, the universe and everything else.
The stories in this volume have been personally selected by Mike Resnick as his favorites among those that were published in Galaxy’s Edge magazine in 2013 and 2014. Authors include seasoned veterans such as Larry Niven and Mercedes Lackey, newcomers such as Andrea G. Stewart and Tina Gower, and writers from lands far and wide such as Sabina Theo from Bulgaria and Leena Likitalo from Finland.
But all the stories have one thing in common: They are great stories … and like all great stories, need great readers.
The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction Stories is a collection of stories taken from across the 19th century and into the early 20th that showcases many of the genre’s early attempts. “Science Fiction” of this period is rich with new ideas that reflect both the concerns and the imagination of the society and writers of its time.
Each of the stories included in this volume has stood the test of time and many of the themes reflected by these authors are still relevant to us today.
Humanity 2.0
Edited by Alex Shvartsman
ISBN 978-1-61242-309-8, 272 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
"Robert Silverberg's story stands out asunforgettable and of great importance in showing the potential danger ofmeeting extraterrestrial intelligent beings."--Forest Shultz, New Science Fiction an Fantasy Reviews
"All in all, anyone interested in this anthology's theme will likely enjoy it."--Tangent
What will it mean to be human in the future? How will we evolvein order to reach the stars?
Fifteen short stories collected in this book examine how interstellar flight might change humanity itself. Will we choose to upload our minds into a singularity? Enhance ourselves with alien DNA? Will our bodies remain the same, but our culture and societal norms adapt to accommodate for effects of time dilation, or become subsumed by advanced alien cultures?
Hugo and Nebula award winning authors, bestsellers, and some of the hottest new writers in the field of hard science fiction imagine an array of possible futures—from bright to dystopian—and different permutations of what's in store for us as a species.
Includes stories by Robert J. Sawyer, John Varley, Robert Silverberg, Brenda Cooper, Ken Liu, Mike Resnick, Jody Lynn Nye and many more.
The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction
Edited by Paul Cook
ISBN 978-1-60450-258-9, 208 Pages, Trade Paperback 6.14” x 9.21”
The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction Stories is a collection of stories taken from across the 19th century and into the early 20th that showcases many of the genre’s early attempts. “Science Fiction” of this period is rich with new ideas that reflect both the concerns and the imagination of the society and writers of its time.
Each of the stories included in this volume has stood the test of time and many of the themes reflected by these authors are still relevant to us today.
Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar; Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Birth Mark; Herman Melville, The Bell Tower; Ambrose G. Bierce, The Damned Thing; Jules Verne, In The Year 2889; H. G. Wells, The Empire of the Ants; Frank Lillie Pollack, Finis; E.M. Forster,
The Machine Stops; Rudyard Kipling, As Easy as A.B.C.;
Jack London, The Red One; H. P. Lovecraft, Dagon.
Anderson, Kevin J. 
(Author's website)
Tau Ceti (a Stellar Guild book)
(sequel novelette by Steven Savile)
WINNER OF THE LIFEBOAT TO THE STARS AWARD 2013
ISBN 978-1-61242-047-9 , 204 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
The Beacon has spent generations reaching a home away from home, only to discover that Earth now has faster-than-light ships and a ruthless dictator who wants to lay claim to their dream. Can Captain Jorie Taylor stave off almost certain disaster and save their dream?
ISBN 978-1-61242-099-8 , 180 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The rise and fall of a cursed town in rural Wisconsin, Tucker’s Grove, where legends and nightmares lurk in the shadows, a place where the dead don't necessarily stay dead, where preachers collect demons rather than cast them out, where haunted trains and a shadowy circus exist side by side with ancient gods and prehistoric echoes seeping up from the ground.
Anderson, Poul 
The Burning Bridge
ISBN 978-1-60450-232-9, 80 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Fleet Captain Joshua Coffin leads a cast of characters fleeing an unforgiving and unyielding Earth, to settle a colony around a far-away star.
But just as they are reaching “the point of no return,” they receive a short message from Earth indicating that things are settling down and giving them the choice of perhaps returning home instead of fleeing into the desperate unknown. Hard choices need to be made. Is Captain Coffin up to the task, and at what cost?
Security
ISBN 978-1-60450-240-4, 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
In a world where Security is all-important, nothing can ever be secure. A mountain-climbing vacation may wind up in deep Space. Or loyalty may prove to be high treason. But it has its rewards.
Attanasio, A. A. 
RADIX - A RADIX Tetrad Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-459-0, 402 Pages, Trade Paperback 6”x9"
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY JAMES O’BARR *
COVER ART BY JOHN BERGIN
NEBULA AWARD NOMINEE
A young man's odyssey of self discovery in a world eerily alien, yet hauntingly familiar.
Set thirteen centuries in the future, A. A. Attanasio meticulously creates a brilliantly realized Earth, rich in detail and filled with beings brought to life with intense energy.
In this strange and beautiful world, Sumner Kagan will change from an adolescent outcast to a warrior with god-like powers and in the process take us on an epic and transcendent journey.
“An instant classic.”—Washington Post *
“RADIX is sheer pleasure to read: brimming with living characters, splendid adventures....It is an exhilarating novel.”—Minneapolis Tribune
“Attanasio invents language, customs, hardware, history, small animals, and more good supporting characters than most writers can get into five books.”—Newsday
“Here stands a high talent; a truly amazing, original, towering talent.”—L.A. Times
“Alive with enough zest and daring to rise above the sf/fantasy run-of-the-mill”—Kirkus Reviews
In Other Worlds - A RADIX Tetrad Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-262-6, 204 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5”x8.5”
Schirmer spontaneously transforms into light.
Then, 130 billion years later, when all of spacetime is collapsing into the vast nothingness of the cosmic black hole, Carl Schirmer is remade from the remnants of his light. He is reborn in time’s last world, the strangest of all—the Werld.
There, Carl discovers the Foke, nomadic humans who travel among the floating islands of the Werld. Among them he finds the beautiful Evoë, and their life together is blissful in this kingdom that knows no aging or disease. But it is cut brutally short when Evoë is captured by the zotl, a spidery intelligence who hunt the Foke and eat them in an excruciating fashion. In order to save her life, Carl must return to Earth—130 billion years earlier—where he is shocked to discover that the Earth he’s come back to is not the one he left.
Can he meet the harsh demands of his task before the zotl find him and begin ravishing the Earth?
“Richly imagined and crafted...a compelling and often brilliant novel”—Publishers Weekly
“Brilliant...exuberantly entertaining”—Library Journal
“A dimension-spanning adventure that combines elements of hard science, classic SF plotting, and derring-do with a timeless love story.”—The Houston Post
Arc of the Dream - A RADIX Tetrad Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-263-3, 176 Pages, Trade Paperback 6”x9”
The ARC—Earth’s Last Hope?
The Arc, a being of immense power, trapped within a continuum too small, fights for its freedom.
Its monumental struggle will touch a few select individuals on Earth—and in doing so, change their lives forever. The Arc may also be the last hope for humanity’s survival.
“Arc of the Dream melds physics and metaphysics, adventure and speculation, intellectual entertainment and deeply felt emotion...A step forward for a major writer.”—Norman Spinrad
“A. A. Attanasio’s Arc of the Dream is a kaleidoscopic adventure, a potent piece of storytelling pulsing with menace, yet thoughtfully and gracefully rendered.”—Roger Zelazny
The Last Legends of Earth - A RADIX Tetrad Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-421-7, 304 Pages, Trade Paperback 6”x9”
Seven billion years from now, long after the Sun has died and human life itself has become extinct, alien beings reincarnate humanity from our fossilized DNA drifting as debris in the void of deep space. We are reborn to serve as bait in a battle to the death between the Rimstalker, humankind’s reanimator, and the zotl, horrific creatures who feed vampire-like on the suffering of intelligent lifeforms.
The reborn children of Earth are told: “You owe no debt to the being that roused you to this second life. Neither must you expect it to guide you or benefit you in any way.” Yet humans choose sides, as humans will, participating in the titanic struggle between Rimstalker and zotl in ways strange and momentous.
“A wondrously complex novel.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Cerebral and energetic.”—The Washington Post Book World
“Few novels have ever had a broader scope.”—The Denver Post
Centuries
ISBN 978-1-60450-283-1, 442 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Another mind-bending science fiction epic from a true visionary, Centuries explores a barely recognizable future where humans control their own evolution. Genetic manipulation and artificial intelligence shape an astounding destiny for our species.
With these wondrous changes come unexpected new truths of heart and mind that challenge the very definition of human, and that threaten not only our existence but the universe itself as our surprising powers—both miraculous and monstrous—evolve through the centuries.
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Solis
ISBN 978-1-60450-402-6, 164 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Mr. Charlie is a brain without a body, revived after being frozen for a thousand years.
Charlie Outis has no idea of what the world might be like in the far future after he decides to have his brain frozen with the slim hope of it being revived one day.
But even a thousand years from now, brains are a valuable commodity—even brains without heads. But who does the brain belong to? And who controls a mind without a body?
Solis is a thought-provoking and original exploration of what it means to be a sentient being by the author of the highly acclaimed Radix Tetrad, and an author the Los Angeles Times calls “a truly amazing, original talent.”
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As Big as the Ritz (ARC DOUBLE with The Mars Girl by Joe Haldeman)
ISBN 978-1-61242-316-6 164 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Clayton Donnor grew up in a hard-working mining asteroid community, so when he went to Earth to study at UCLA, he thought all his dreams had come true. Earth was gaudy, effervescent and, above all, it was fun.
Majoring in Comparative Astrophysics, and Minoring in Analytic Economic Morality, Clayton's aspirations were large. But he had no idea what would be in store for him when he first met Sylvia Rolland, and she invited him home to meet her father.
For Dr. Norman Rollan had created the elusive Brotherworld, a manufactured Hoop world a few kilometres thick, that circled around the Vortex of a black hole twenty kilometres away.
Why did Dr. Rollan not allow any Astrophysicists to visit? What were his colony of genetically- perfect clones hiding? Clayton was determined to find out...
The Lani People
ISBN 978-1-60450-251-0, 156 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Sex Toys? Pleasure Creatures? Animals? Humans? Who are the Lani People? Who created them?
A classic novel of the future that continues to question our basic value systems.
Brackett, Leigh 
The Long Tomorrow
ISBN 978-1-61242-013-4, 202 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
One of the original novels of post-nuclear-holocaust America, The Long Tomorrow is considered by many to be one of the finest science fiction novels ever written on the subject. The story has inspired generations of new writers and is still as mesmerizing today as when it was originally written.
Len and Esau are young cousins living decades after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization as we know it. The rulers of the post-war community have forbidden the existence of large towns and consider technology evil.
However, Len and Esau long for more than their simple agrarian existence. Rumors of mythical Bartorstown, perhaps the last city in existence, encourage the boys to embark on a journey of discovery and adventure that will call into question not only firmly held beliefs, but the boys' own personal convictions.
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The Big Jump
ISBN 978-1-61242-053-0, 136 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
What awaits us out in space?
New star-drive engines promise to open up the galaxy to humankind. But the first ship to use the engines disappears and a sole survivor returns ... alone and dying of some strange type of radiation.
No one can figure out what has happened to the ship or the crew. Nor does anyone know what happens to a ship travelling using star-drive technology.
Does some unknown horror await us out there?
The only way to find out is to go out again. And Arch Comyn is determined to be the one to solve the mystery.
But is he, and the rest of mankind, ready for whatever awaits us beyond The Big Jump?
Brunner, John 
(Author's Web site)
The Threshold of Eternity
with Damien Broderick
ISBN 978-1-61242-369-2 236 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The legendary John Brunner wrote the original Threshold of Eternity in 1957. Sixty years later Damien Broderick revisits the world Brunner created in that classic, forward-looking story and modernizes it to retell the exciting tale of time travelers, augmented intelligences and aliens.
When Korean war vet Ret. Corporal Lawrence “Red” Hawkins stumbles across a doctor from the future, he embarks on the most important journey of his life…with the future of humanity at stake. For he must travel thousands of years into the future to join in a galactic Time War where alien beings are poised to eradicate humanity in a conflict that never ends.
Spearheading the fight against the alien race (known only as the Enemy) is Artesha, a human so advanced, so damaged by a war she’s been fighting across endless time and space, that her physical form has been destroyed; she not only has been uploaded into the Center’s web where she runs humanity’s vast communication network—she has become it.
Bujold, Lois McMaster 
(Author's Web site)
The Mountains of Mourning Nebula & Hugo Winner
(A Miles Vorkosigan Adventure)
ISBN 978-1-61242-185-8, 102 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
While being a space-faring empire, Barrayar still harbors deep-rooted prejudices and superstitions, including those against “mutants.”
When a Dendarii hill-woman comes before Aral Vorkosigan seeking justice for the murder of her infant baby who has been killed because of her physical defects, the Barrayaran Lord sends his son Miles to a remote mountain village to discover the truth and carry out Imperial justice, and at the same time attack these long-held barbaric beliefs.
And who better than Miles Vorkosigan, who has himself struggled with these prejudices all his life because of his own physical deformities.
The Mountains of Mourning is a stand-alone novella that takes place (chronologically) between the events relayed in The Warrior’s Apprentice and The Vor Game. It won both the Hugo and the Nebula awards the year it was published, as well as an SF Chronicle Award for best Novella.
Carr, Terry Gene 
Warlord of Kor
ISBN 978-1-60450-252-7, 116 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
God, Machine—Or Listening Post for Outsiders?
Horng sat opposite the tiny, fragile creature who held a microphone, its wires attached to an interpreting machine. He blinked his huge eyes slowly, his stiff mouth fumblingly forming words of a language his race had not used for thirty thousand years.
“Kor was ... is ... God ... Knowledge.” He had tried to convey this to the small creatures who had invaded his world, but they did not heed. Their ill-equipped brains were trying futilely to comprehend the ancient race memory of his people.
Now they would attempt further to discover the forbidden directives of Kor. Horng remembered, somewhere far back in the fossil layers of his thoughts, a warning. They must be stopped! If he had to, he would stamp out these creatures who were called “humans.”
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Lilith: A Snake in the Grass - The Four Lords of the Diamond 1
ISBN 978-1-61242-022-6, 200 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Four worlds that cannot be visited.
Four worlds that must be visited.
Aliens are spying on Earth from one of the four worlds that make up the Warden Diamond. But it is impossible to send agents to any of the four worlds because of unique microscopic symbionts that make it impossible for visitors to leave the Diamond.
Seeking a unique solution, each of the four worlds making up the Diamond is sent a person whose mind has been stripped of everything and who is now controlled by an agent of the Confederacy.
Lilith is the first planet to be visited. Here, Cal Tremon, stripped of his own personality, must overcome incredible odds and survive not only the incredible perils of the foreign planet but his own controllers as well.
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Cerberus: A Wolf in the Fold - The Four Lords of the Diamond 2
ISBN 978-1-61242-023-3, 206 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Cerberus is the second planet to be visited. Qwin Zhang is stripped of her personality and left naked on the planet with her mind now occupied by one of the Confederacy’s best operatives. Can she/he survive long enough to find out the truth about the deadly planet known as Cerberus?
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Charon: A Dragon at the Gate - The Four Lords of the Diamond 3
ISBN 978-1-61242-024-0, 224 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Seeking a unique solution, each of the four worlds making up the Diamond is sent a person whose mind has been stripped of everything and who is now controlled by an agent of the Confederacy.
Park Lacoch's body (stripped of his own mind) is exiled to the hell-world of Charon, one of the Warden Diamond worlds being investigated for alien influences and presence. Can he survive long enough to complete his investigation in this unbearably hot world where strange creatures roam and witchcraft is a normal way of life?
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Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail - The Four Lords of the Diamond 4
ISBN 978-1-61242-025-7, 254 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
This frozen world is the last of the four worlds to be explored. But are Tarin Bul and his controller up to the job? The secret powers of the hated dictator, Lord Ypsir, are far more extensive than had been anticipated and may prove too much for them. Can the Agent With No Name save the mission?
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The River of Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods: Book One)
ISBN 978-1-61242-083-7, 242 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Something strange happens to Joe and Marge on the way to El Paso. They run into Throckmorton P. Ruddygore, a strange wizard who informs them that they are going to die in nineteen minutes and eighteen seconds.
But they also have a choice. They can abandon the current world by taking a ferryboat across the Sea of Dreams to a new life in a new world, full of magic, fairies and wonder.
But along with all its wonders, the new world is also the site of an ancient battle still being fought between the forces of Evil and Good, and the forces of Hell threaten to unleash perpetual darkness.Joe and Marge not only need their wits to survive in this unpredictable and dangerous world, but must somehow help prevent the oncoming Armageddon.
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Demons of the Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods: Book Two)
ISBN 978-1-61242-085-1, 232 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
While the initial battle for Husaquahr has been won, dark forces are gathering to the south. But before the Dark Baron and the Demon Prince can put their plans into action, they need to deal with Throckmorton P. Ruddygore, master sorcerer who suspects that all is not as it should be.
Once again Ruddygore must call on the help of the two humans, Joe and Marge, and together they must face the evil forces that threaten Husaquahr with annihilation.
One of the Council of Thirteen has to be the Dark Baron and the Baron is plotting with the Demon Prince to shatter the fragile peace and bring Armageddon to the magic world beyond the Sea of Dreams.
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Vengeance of the Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods: Book Three)
ISBN 978-1-61242-087-5, 242 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Husaquahr has been saved by the brave actions of Joe and Marge. The Dark Baron has been defeated and exiled to Earth where all his magical powers have been stripped.
But Ruddygore has badly underestimated his deadly enemy. The Dark Baron proves as resourceful on Earth as he was in Husaquahr and he enlists a computer to help him create even more effective spells to become more powerful than before.
Helped by the forces of the underworld, he is poised to unleash hell on Husaquahr and only Joe and Marge can stop him!
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Songs of the Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods: Book Four)
ISBN 978-1-61242-089-9, 274 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Joe has reunited with his son, who has accompanied Joe to Husaquahr. But their joy at being united is cut short by news that the Dark Baron has escaped once again and is gathering a force in the North to capture and enslave them all.
Can Joe and Tiana (and Irving) make another stand for their new world or is the Dark Baron finally going to vanquish Husaquahr?
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Horrors of the Dancing Gods (Dancing Gods: Book Five)
ISBN 978-1-61242-091-2, 258 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
In this final volume of the Dancing Gods series, Ruddygore and his heroes must face an ancient evil seeping forth from the Sea of Dreams. Long-dormant evil is rising to challenge reality as we know it and it will destroy Earth and the magical world of Husaquahr if left to its own devices.
The Rules require the Great McGuffin to challenge and stop the evil forces, but the McGuffin is lost in Hell and Ruddygore must once again depend on the skills of Marge and Joe (and Joe's estranged son, Irving).
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Midnight at the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well of Souls: Book One)
ISBN 978-1-61242-179-7, 357 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Nathan Brazil is a starship captain carrying passengers and cargo from planet to planet. Answering a distress call, he (with others) is suddenly transported to the Well World by a hidden gate.
There Nathan Brazil must stop mysterious forces from taking control of the Well World, and through the Well World, the universe. But to do so, he must deal with bizarre transformations which have changed people into centaurs, mermaids and giant insects. In this strange land, inhabited by these strange transformed creatures, who are his friends, and who are his enemies? And what of his own memories, which seem to have been deeply suppressed?
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Exiles at the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well of Souls: Book Two)
ISBN 978-1-61242-188-9, 339 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Gilgam Zinder finally discovers the secret to the Markovian Well World but is then forced by the evil politician and drug dealer, Antor Trelig, to develop a computer that can control the artificial construct.
Mavra Chang is a freighter pilot hired to rescue Zinder’s daughter, who has been kidnapped by Trelig, and to save the worlds populating the construct from Trelig’s malicious plans. In the process, Obie, the self–aware computer, accidentally causes a whole world to be automatically transported around the Well World, causing Mavra’s ship to crash on a “non-tech” hex-world.
As inhabitants of surrounding hex-worlds start to realize what is going on, they scramble to collect the pieces of the scattered ship in the hope of escaping the planet, resulting in a chaotic war between various races that might lead to the destruction of the Well World itself.
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Quest for the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well of Souls: Book Three)
ISBN 978-1-61242-196-4, 295 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Exiles at the Well of Souls left Mavra Chang captured by Olborn and partially converted into a beast of burden. Twenty-two years later, Chang has tried to escape numerous times, failing each time … each attempt leading to greater despair.
Moreover, one of two tiny hopes has already been destroyed. Two ships had crashed into the Well World: hers in the south and another in the inhospitable Northern Hemisphere. The attempt to recover her ship has ended in the destruction of that ship.
But a possible method of traveling to the North may offer a final hope and it ignites a new race between Mavra and her enemies … with the winner poised to gain control of Obie, the super- computer that can manipulate the very fabric of existence.
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The Return of Nathan Brazil (Saga of the Well of Souls: Book Four)
ISBN 978-1-61242-210-7, 276 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Humanity is reeling when the Dreel (a viral, hive-minded species) attack the Milky Way and seem ready to take over the galaxy. In desperation
they go back to the ancient
sciences of the defunct race of Markovians which no one really understands.
But using science concepts as alien and as powerful as those of the Markovians can have dire consequences, as the humans discover when they inadvertently create a situation which can lead to the destruction of the universe itself.
The Well World can help prevent total destruction, but the planet- sized computer has itself been damaged and must be repaired before it can be used to save the universe. Nathan Brazil can fix the damage, but where is Nathan Brazil? It is up to Mavra Chang and Obie the sentient robot to find Brazil before the entire universe is destroyed.
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Twilight at the Well of Souls (Saga of the Well of Souls: Book Five)
ISBN 978-1-61242-227-5, 286 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the Well World: a construct of an ancient defunct race known as the Markovians. The Well World acts both as the controller of and the gateway to 1560 worlds created by the Markovians at the end of their time.
Twilight at the Well of Souls is a direct continuation of the story started in The Return of Nathan Brazil. The rift in space created in the earlier book is now even larger and threatens to permanently damage the Well of Souls. Mavra Chang and Nathan Brazil race to reach the Well and find a solution before it is too late.
Arrayed against them is a myriad group of sentient beings who will stop at nothing to bring down Nathan Brazil. But Brazil is not that easily gotten rid of, and he has already snuck into the Well World without anyone realizing it. And he has special allies including Mavra Chang and Gypsy, who has surprising powers himself.
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Downtiming the Night Side
ISBN 978-1-61242-230-5, 248 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
When former Air Force officer and NSA agent Ron Moosic is assigned for special duty in charge of security for a nuclear power plant, he has no idea that the plant is only a cover for a top-secret project involving time travel.
The government has discovered a way to travel back in time and is sending secret observers to different periods. But there are serious limitations with the time travelling process. All travelers are automatically “re-born” into someone who is actually alive during the historical period, and staying in the past for too long causes memory loss and the risk of losing their own selves.
Suddenly Moosic is himself forced to travel back in time as terrorists infiltrate the facility. But little does he know that both he and the terrorists are just pawns in a much wider game played by future beings … a game that may result in the destruction of Earth itself.
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The Messiah Choice
ISBN 978-1-61242-078-3, 242 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Sir Robert McKenzie, owner of the Magellan Corporation, dies suddenly in a mysterious and grisly way. His daughter may be next, for a Satanic cult is determined to herald the arrival of the apocalypse.
Greg MacDonald unravels the mystery of the cult, run by scientists with a distorted sense of duty and a computer that may be the Antichrist itself.
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Clement, Hal 
The Best of Hal Clement (edited by Lester Del Rey)
ISBN 978-1-61242-246-6 , 370 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Hal Clement, one of the all-time greats of science fiction, was defining hard science fiction before such distinctions were even being thought of. He once described his approach to writing: “[T]he rules must be quite simple. They are; for the reader of a science-fiction story, they consist of finding as many as possible of the author’s statements or implications which conflict with the facts as science currently understands them. For the author, the rule is to make as few such slips as he possibly can.”
He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1999 and an annual award for Excellence in Children’s Science Fiction has been established in his memory and is presented each year at the annual Worldcon.
This collection presents some of his finest shorter pieces as collected by his friend and colleague, Lester del Rey.
Cook, Paul 
(Author's website)
The Engines of Dawn
ISBN 978-1-60450-190-2, 240 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The great engines of the Enamorati have enabled humanity to travel the stars, but at what cost? Little is known of the jealously guarded engines while a complacent humanity slowly loses its edge and becomes increasingly dependent on mysterious alien technologies.
However, when an engine failure strands a university ship, Professor Ben Bennet and a group of students challenge the status quo and start discovering hidden secrets that threaten the future of humanity itself.
“A lot of contemporary SF satisfies but doesn’t excite. Cook’s latest delivers everything you could want” —Science Fiction Chronicle
Fortress on the Sun
ISBN 978-1-60450-200-8, 216 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Ra is a 21st century prison camp that also acts as a facility for harvesting metals—from the Sun. The prisoners have all been banished here for extreme crimes, but none of them remembers anything from their past.
As a lethal disease slowly spreads through the camp and the prisoners are abandoned, Ian Hutchings must find a way out if he and his people are to survive. But dark secrets lurk, and as they try to survive both the illness and the inferno they live on, they will discover a truth even stranger than their own circumstances.
“A suspenseful scientific mystery and a good adventure story” —Science Fiction Chronicle
“Entertaining” —The Denver Post
“Highly inventive, highly engaging” —Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula Award-winning author of Starplex
“Provocative. A chilling and intriguing puzzle ... an unexpected and original resolution—and a great climax!” —Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times Bestselling Author
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Karma Kommandos
ISBN 978-1-60450-259-6, 212 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Chuckle has just hit the streets of 21st century L.A. with devastating results. A member of the L.A.P.D.’s Protean Set—special detectives who can change their appearances—Rory Koestler sets out after Bob Thermopylae, L.A.’s main dealer in Chuckle. Problem is, someone else is after him as well—assassins who step out of walls or just appear out of nowhere. Soon they turn their sights on Koestler and several other citizens. Who are they? Where do they come from?
They are the Karma Kommandos . . .
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The Alejandra Variations
ISBN 978-1-60450-451-4, 218 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Nicholas Tejada is a dreamer having his dreams harvested by Mnemos Nine—a computer used in a top-secret government project.
But where do the dreams end and reality begin? And what is the ultimate goal of Project Foresee?
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Tintagel
ISBN 978-1-60450-473-6, 204 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Music can be many things, but when it is used as a medium to spread a deadly virus that transports listeners to a deadly world of dreams, it threatens the future of humanity itself.
But not everyone is susceptible to the deadly virus and there is a group of 'stalkers' who are immune to its effects.
Francis Lanier is a stalker who can walk through the deadly dream worlds of others. He spends his time rescuing others from their dreams and races to find a final cure for this deadly infection.
"An imaginative thriller." —Publishers Weekly
"Paul Cook's Tintagel is readable and intriguing." —The Reference Library
"(A) mature work ... Cook renders the characters with sympathy and psychological depth." —Heavy Metal
"Ends with a marvelous surprise" — N.Y. Daily News
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Duende Meadow
ISBN 978-1-61242-002-8, 208 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
When the last great war came, a small group of survivors hid themselves below the fields of Kansas, living in a place of eternal twilight.
Over time the energy surrounding the descendants of these survivors turned them into Duendes, ghost-like beings, never having seen real light or knowing anything of the conditions of the world beyond their underground enclosure.
Six hundred years have passed since the war and now some Duendes want to leave the safety of their habitat and finally go “above.” But what will they discover once they have emerged into the sunlight?
Halo
ISBN 978-1-61242-003-5, 282 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The mysterious alien artifact called the Halo came quietly and mysteriously and then sowed the earth with seeds that threatened to destroy humanity by destroying their souls.
But the aliens had underestimated the human spirit and a band of Moon-based scientists survive to fight and take back what is rightfully ours.
A powerful, visionary and scary look into our future and a possible encounter with an alien species almost impossible to beat.
On the Rim of the Mandala
ISBN 978-1-61242-004-2, 256 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Lou Colleran is an immortal. But even immortals can be killed.
For the universe is being threatened by genetically designed creatures called calibans. And the only thing between them and the destruction of the worlds of the Mandala is Lou Colleran.
But can Lou Colleran, an immortal haunted by a woman dead hundreds of years, and preoccupied by seductive dreams, survive long enough to save the universe from destruction?
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The Tritonian Ring
ISBN 978-1-61242-376-0, 214 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Celebrated author L. Sprague de Camp recaptures our imaginations with this accounting of the relationship between of God and Man in a tale that critic Groff Conklin says is “…in the Conan tradition in every sense of the word, though better written.”
When the Gods of the West assemble to talk about the fate of the bronze age lands of Poseidonis, Drax, the Tritonian god of war declares that a danger to their kind hails from the kingdom of Lorsk, and more particularly, from the royal family. Entigta, sea-god to the Gorgons, appears before King Zeluud, ordering him to make war upon those who threaten them the most.
In the kingdom of Lorsk King Zhabutir’s twin sons, Vakar and Kuros, are at odds. Vakar, being the younger by a quarter-hour, is heir according to their old system of ultimogeniture, which Kuros finds unjust. But when the threat to their kingdom becomes known, Vakar is sent on a quest to obtain the thing that the Gods fear most—The Tritonian Ring—for he is the one man whose actions the Gods cannot divine, the one man for whom the gods do not appear in dreams.
Granting its bearer the ability to repel magic or interference from the gods, The Tritonian Ring could turn the tide of any battle. But as Vakar traverses the many kingdoms for the ring made out of metal fallen from the stars, many obstacles—distractions—will stand in his way….
“Pure swashbuckling fun with a touch of bawdiness.”—P. Schuyler Miller, reviewer for Astounding Science Fiction and Analog.
“A remarkable
job.”— Galaxy Science Fiction magazine
An Elephant for Aristotle
ISBN 978-1-61242-127-8, 376 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
What finer way for Alexander the Great to honor his old tutor Aristotle than to send him an actual Indian elephant?
After capturing a magnificent specimen from an Indian ruler, Alexander tasks Leon of Atrax, a cavalry commander, to deliver the animal to Aristotle in Athens. Leon leads a motley crew of companions (and the elephant) from India to Greece, encountering all sorts of dangers and adventures while attempting the long and arduous journey.
"An amazing narrative vehicle for the display of ... a fairly complete composite of the life and times of which the author writes." —The Chicago Daily Tribune
"By hybridizing a Middle-Eastern travelogue with an Alexandrine comedy of manners, the author has produced a specimen only slightly less rare then elephants in Westchester—to wit, a historical novel with a sense of humor."—The New York Times
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The Bronze God of Rhodes
ISBN 978-1-61242-144-5, 406 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The Bronze God of Rhodes is written as the memoirs of Chares of Lindos, a Greek sculptor born on the island of Rhodes. A pupil of Lysippos, Chares eventually built the Colossus of Rhodes, now considered to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
These memoirs present the trials and tribulations (some of them hilarious) of the sculptor as he undertakes various projects and is forced into a number of adventures, particularly in Ptolemaic Egypt.
This is the second historical novel that L. Sprague de Camp wrote, drawing upon his extensive and detailed historical knowledge of the period.
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The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate
ISBN 978-1-61242-158-2, 382 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Bessas of Zariaspa is a young officer in the Immortals regiment, sworn to protect and obey his King at all costs. The King wishes immortality and to that end tasks Bessas to find items that make an immortality potion, including the blood of a dragon and the ear of a king.
The Dragon of the Ishtar Gate is a swashbuckling historical novel with larger-than-life characters, set in a detailed historical background that only a scholar such as de Camp can create.
This is the third historical novel L. Sprague de Camp wrote, drawing upon his extensive and detailed historical knowledge of the period.
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The Arrows of Hercules
ISBN 978-1-61242-190-2, 302 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Set in the time of Dionysios I of Syracuse, at the beginning of the 4th century BC, The Arrows of Hercules tells the tale of Zopyros of Tarentum, an engineer who invents an improved type of catapult.
He is quickly drafted by Dionysios into Syracuse's war efforts against Carthage, which sets him on a series of adventures including a battle against Etruscan pirates and a kidnapping in Carthage.
L. Sprague's meticulous attention to historical accuracy makes this a remarkable read which entertains as much as it teaches us about fascinating events that shaped the course of history.
"Exciting and quite believable adventures." —Classical World
"Rousing piece of fiction ... pace is rapid and unrelenting."
—The Arizona Republic
"Highly Recommended ... intriguing novel." —Library Journal
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The Golden Wind
ISBN 978-1-61242-204-6, 248 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The Golden Wind is the last of the five classic historicals de Camp wrote (both historically and chronologically). The novel tells of the early adventures of Eudoxus of Cyzicus and Hippalus in their original voyages from Egypt to India by sea.
Eudoxus was a Greek navigator who is credited with exploring and mapping the Arabian sea for Egyptian ruler Ptolemy VIII, and Hippalus is, according to legend, the captain of Eudoxus’ ship during these explorations.
Following the successful exploration of the route to India, Eudoxus decides to break the Egyptian monopoly on trade with India by sailing around Africa, and encounters a myriad of different adventures and misfortunes as their ship attempts to circumnavigate the great continent.
"A tale of high adventure, rich in historical lore and erudite in the telling. Of Mr. de Camp's ... novels, this may well be the most ambitious and quite possibly the best." —Publishers Weekly
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Lest Darkness Fall & Related Stories
Related Stories by Frederik Pohl, David Drake and S.M. Stirling.
ISBN 978-1-61242-015-8, 290 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Rarely do books have such a great influence on a genre as Lest Darkness Fall has had on science fiction. Frequently quoted as one of the “favorite” books of many of the masters of the field, this book by L. Sprague de Camp helped establish time-travel as a solid sub-genre of science fiction.
An indication of the influence and longevity of the book is the number of best-selling writers who have written stories in direct response to, or been influenced by, Lest Darkness Fall. This new volume includes three such stories by Frederik Pohl, David Drake and S. M. Stirling written over a period of forty-three years—a testament to the timelessness of the book.
Similar, thematically, to Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, the book tells the tale of Martin Padway who, as he is walking around in modern Rome, is suddenly transported though time to 6th Century Rome.
Once in ancient Rome, Padway (now Martinus Paduei, Quaestor), embarks on an ambitious project of single-handedly changing history.
L. Sprague de Camp was a student of history (and the author of a number of popular works on the subject). In Lest Darkness Fall he combines his extensive knowledge of the workings of ancient Rome with his extraordinary imagination to create one of the best books of time travel ever written.
“Endlessly fascinating. The author knows a lot about Gothic Italy and almost as much about human nature, and he has a real gift for making the people of those days come alive.” —The New York Times
“Lest Darkness Fall [is] one of
the best time travel stories ever written …”
—A
Reader’s Guide to Science Fiction
“Good fun.” —The New Yorker
“A work of real and stimulating
imagination.”
—Saturday Review of
Literature
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The Glory That Was
ISBN 978-1-61242-220-6, 170 Pages, Trade Paperback 6"x9"
A true tour de force for de Camp, The Glory That Was brings together many of the themes the author excelled in writing about, including time travel and alternate history.
Earth in the twenty-seventh century is ruled by a constitutional monarchy, though both the World Emperor and his Prime Minister have plans to assume greater power by neutralizing the other. In the power struggle that follows, the Emperor is ceded total control of Greece for a secret experiment that has Greece cut off from the rest of the world by a force-field and people of Greek descent being kidnapped around the whole world.
When the wife of a prominent classical scholar disappears, he vows to get her back and he and his friend plan a way inside the barrier surrounding Greece. But they are hardly prepared for what they find inside ... a Greece reverted back to ancient times.
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Rogue Queen
ISBN 978-1-61242-071-4, 182 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Rogue Queen is a ground-breaking novel by L. Sprague de Camp that was one of the first science fiction books to deal with sexual themes, paving the way for more daring works by future authors.
Part of the Viagens Interplanetarias series, the story takes place on a planet circling the star Lalande 21185, also known as Ormazd. When humans arrive on the planet they find a hive-like society with a hyper-fertile queen being serviced by male drones.
All the other females of the species are infertile, or so it is believed. However, when one of the worker females rebels she discovers that the workers' infertility is largely a result of the diet they follow.
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The Best of L. Sprague de Camp
ISBN 978-1-61242-248-0, 342 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A science fiction collection by one of the all-time greats of science fiction, L. Sprague de Camp. These stories and poems exemplify de Camp’s unique outlook on life and mankind and are told with a quiet but sharp irony that became his trademark. Bold, inventive and humorous, this collection is a must for fans of the writer.
“Triumphant collection from SF's best-educated humanist.”—The Washington Post
“De Camp’s clever fusion of the droll and the sober is
evident throughout.”
—Booklist
Flint, Eric 
(Author's Web
site)
The Aethers of Mars (a Stellar Guild book)
(sequel novelette by Charles E. Gannon)
ISBN 978-1-61242-130-8 214 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
“Solid.”—Publishers Weekly
Welcome to Mars…circa 1900. Cecil Rhodes rules Mars and is on his way to transforming the British Empire into his vision of a powerful force, managed by the “right” type of people.
But what of Savinkov…presumably on board the British aethership Agincourt, travelling from Earth to Mars? Savinkov is a legendary revolutionary and assassin and, with Russian secret agents hot on his heels, is reputedly planning something truly dramatic and Mars-shattering.
Flynn, Michael 
The Forest of Time & Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-60450-479-8, 362 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
"Interesting, engaging, and believable."—San Diego Union Tribune
Here is an eclectic collection of science fiction stories (and three short poems) by multiple-award-winning writer Michael Flynn, author of such acclaimed titles as Eifelheim (Hugo nominee) and Firestar, called a “knockout” by the San Diego Union Tribune.
This collection includes two Hugo-nominated stories ("The Forest of Time" and "Melodies of the Heart") as well as a selection of some of the author's finest works of short fiction that were originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
Included in this edition are three humorous poems which also originally appeared in Analog.
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Captive Dreams
ISBN 978-1-61242-059-2, 266 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Fine literary writing meets Science Fiction. A thematic tour-de-force exploring the concept of being human through the eyes of imperfect protagonists struggling with their demons. More than just great SF, these are great stories told with style, wit and sensitivity.
"... great writing, vivid scenarios, and thoughtful commentary ... the stories will linger after the last page is turned" —Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Dark Universe Hugo Award Nominee
ISBN 978-1-60450-487-3, 182 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The classic tale of a post-apocalyptic world where humans have built a society in the dark underground. The descendants of the survivors only remember the pre-apocalyptic world in old stories, legends and myths.
Light itself is remembered as something holy, and Radiation is feared as the ultimate evil.
Jared is the son of the Prime Survivor, the leader of the Lower Level Clan. In a world of darkness and monsters both real and imagined, Jared embarks on a quest for Light. Little does he know just how dangerous his quest will turn out to be.
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Simulacron-3
(Afterword by Hugo & Nebula winner Mike Resnick)
ISBN 978-1-61242-020-2, 176 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
A virtual-reality novel from a time before virtual reality, Simulacron-3 is a prophetic tale of a future where nothing is as it appears to be.
Douglas Hall is part of a team that builds an artificial environment to simulate reality. This enables them to get public opinion polls without waiting for the opinions of people around them. But then something goes terribly wrong and his partners on the program start disappearing.
But is it a simulated disappearance, or is someone out to get them all? And what is the true nature of reality?
Stories based on Simulacron-3 have been adapted for both television and movies, and the book is considered a favorite of many of the masters of science fiction.
The Infinite Man
ISBN 978-1-61242-250-3, 220 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Milton Bradford is a very special man. God, the Creative Force, resides within him.
The Creative Force is hiding inside Bradford because the universe that the Force created has become terrifyingly complex. Plus, God can no longer control the Destructive Force, which God created to alleviate boredom.
Perhaps God might be able to manage existence better if the universe were less complex, but even then, would God be ready for the final battle with the Destructive Force?
Project Barrier
ISBN 978-1-61242-252-7, 222 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“If you haven’t read Galouye, Project Barrier is a fine place to start.”—Mike Resnick
Here is a unique collection from a distinctive author whose works include such classic titles as Dark Universe and Similacron-3. Project Barrier showcases five loosely-connected stories, never before published in the U.S.
In “Rub-a-Dub” Galouye helps us explore what it is that makes us human, in a future were advanced technologies can copy a person’s mental imprint – or is it their soul? – into someone else’s body. And in “Shuffle Board,” we leap forward into a potential future that explores the damage the human race has caused to Earth, and to our very own genome itself.
For what is it that makes us who we are? Our mind, or what it is housed in?
Galouye takes this concept one step further when he places humanity on new planets in “Recovery Area,” and Reign of the “Teletpuppets,” to show us how Man can (re)discover himself, when experiencing a first contact scenario. Do we rise to the occasion, as a race, or show our uglier side as a result of miscommunication and ignorance?
How better to answer that question, then to read what happens in the collection’s title piece, “Project Barrier,” where Galouye dazzles the reader with the most tantalizing “what if” in the entire book. The novelette is a fascinating study of a possible evolutionary decision we could make, as we expand our spiritual and galactic horizons.
Galouye is going to mess with your mind, and make you think, as you consider the moral implications this collection offers forth…. Enjoy the journey. It’s going to be one hell of a bumpy ride!
“Project Barrier collects five powerful novelettes and novellas, and serves to further cement his reputation in the annals of science fiction’s best practitioners.”—Mike Resnick
Gilman, Carolyn Ives 
Arkfall (Novella) Nebula Nominee
ISBN 978-1-60450-454-5, 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Humans live deep within an apparently lifeless planet covered by massive ice sheets. Having to survive in confined spaces has bred a unique culture where deference and non-confrontation make co-existence possible.
Osaji's opportunities are limited by the need to care for her aging grandmother. But all that is about to change as circumstances push her toward a journey like no other.
Halfway Human
ISBN 978-1-60450-440-8, 328 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A Starflight Reader nominee for best book of the year
Tedla is a “bland,” an asexual class of people who exist only to serve their fellow beings.
Val is an expert on alien cultures but has never seen a bland before. They come together after Tedla is found light-years away from its home planet—alone, isolated and suicidal. Val's mission is to help Tedla recover. But the more she learns about the beautiful alien being, the more she discovers about the torment Tedla and its kind suffer on their planet.
Little does the rest of the universe know of the hidden world of the blands, a world that hides shocking secrets and unspeakable crimes.
Halfway Human is a mesmerizing look at an intricately created alien world which is strange and distant, yet hauntingly familiar.
"Beauty, pain, wit, and wisdom all suffuse this powerful novel, as it uses imagined futures to reveal our own world in starkest clarity ... and yes, with a whisper of hope." —Locus
"The best science fiction novel I've read in a long time" —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"A major new voice in science fiction." —New York Review of Science Fiction
The Ice Owl Hugo & Nebula Award nominee
ISBN 978-1-61242-110-0, 44 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Set in the same universe as Arkfall (although a totally independent story), The Ice Owl tells a tale capturing that moment when we start to lose our childhood ... when we start to realize that our parents and the "grown-ups" are just as flawed as we are ... everyone struggling to deal with their own demons.
It is also a story about past crimes and the haunting echo of ghosts long dead, of a life-long quest for redemption and, for some, the final revenge for crimes lost in the stellar dust ...
Godwin, Tom
Space Prison
ISBN 978-1-60450-257-2, 148 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
After two centuries ...
The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly—the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them.
Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire ... with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!
Blue Limbo—A Mitch Helwig Book
ISBN 978-1-60450-434-7, 178 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Mitch Helwig is a cop on the edge, “a man who’s gone through the valley of the shadow and hasn’t quite made it out the other side” (Toronto Globe & Mail). Vengeance and heroism, the subtleties of family woven into the metaphysics of life and death, all come together here in a page-turner, “a near-future tech-noir thriller” (SF Site) that moves at breakneck speed.
"A chilling picture of Toronto in the not too distant future." —The Toronto Star
“He writes with a real and rare sympathy for his characters.” —The Atlanta Constitution
“A deft storyteller.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A wonderfully evocative writer.” — The Ottawa Citizen
“Solid entertainment, with more than a bit of heart.” —The Edmonton Journal
Barking Dogs—A Mitch Helwig Book
ISBN 978-1-60450-254-1, 190 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Is your boss lying to you? Your wife? Husband? Is everybody?
Suppose you could tell. Absolutely.
Suppose you had a Barking Dog.
Mitch Helwig is a cop who has gone over the edge. He’s got a Barking Dog—an infallible, illegal lie-detector, worn under street clothes—and he’s tired of being lied to.
He’s a criminal’s worst nightmare.
“A real page-turner… Not to be missed.” — Locus
“The near-future cop-thriller is a growing sub-genre, in which old-time heroes walk the dark and subtly altered mean streets of a cityscape we can all identify from Blade Runner. Barking Dogs is the first novel to turn Toronto into one of those darkly menacing cities.” —The Toronto Star
“Weird and wonderful … Green has created a novel that is part cop story and part psychological chiller, and the surprise is that it works on both levels.” — Globe & Mail
“Lingers long in the memory.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Likeable, beleaguered characters.” — Publishers Weekly
“Green is such an honest and perceptive writer, the book transcends its material.” — Orson Scott Card
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The Mutant Season (with Robert Silverberg)
ISBN 978-1-61242-146-9, 264 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
There are mutants living among us. People with golden yellow eyes, extraordinary powers and strange abilities. For centuries they have hidden themselves, fearing persecution. After rising tensions in recent decades, the mutants find new hope in the twenty-first century, with one of their own holding high political office.
But underlying prejudices are hard to eradicate completely. And even as the mutants find greater acceptance in society, a single event threatens to undo everything.
In 2017, the murder of a prominent politician sets off a series of events that will bring the mutants into direct conflict with “normal“ humans, and the world may never again be the same.
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The Mutant Prime
ISBN 978-1-61242-168-1, 222 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The world is a changed place since the events related in The Mutant Season. An uneasy peace exists between “normal” humans and the psychic mutants with the golden eyes.
While Michael Ryan gets entangled in an investigation into a lethal explosion on the moon, the world is faced with a "supermutant" with unknown origins, whose very existence threatens the fragile truce that exists between the communities.
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Mutant Star
ISBN 978-1-61242-192-6 222 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The world is on the threshold of major changes as mutants come out of hiding and start taking their rightful place among normal humans. But can these powerful mutants really overcome the fear and suspicions of non-mutants to be able to co-exist peacefully?
And what of the problems when a "null" mutant starts to change? Rick was born with no mutant abilities but has suddenly started developing them in an unheard-of combination of strength and versatility. His struggle to cope with these new-found powers threatens to destroy Rick as well as all those around him.
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Mutant Legacy
ISBN 978-1-61242-194-0 244 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Finally, after years of struggle, mutants are being accepted into the mainstream of human society. But just as things seem to be settling down rumors of strange happenings in the New Mexican desert start raising questions about mutants once again.
Rick Akimura, the long-sought supermutant, has established a cult-like base in the desert and once again threatens the fragile peace between mutants and normal humans. But Joachim Metzger, leader of the mutants, is determined to maintain the hard earned peace with the help of Rick’s own brother, the brilliant therapist Julian Akimura.
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The Hemingway Hoax Nebula & Hugo Winner
ISBN 978-1-61242-136-0, 132 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
The Hemingway Hoax is a Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella that weaves an intricate plot of a fake Hemingway manuscript with time travel, multiple universes, and the potential destruction of the omniverse itself.
Hemingway’s first wife, Hadley, lost a bag containing the manuscript of his first novel on a Parisian train. In 1996, John Baird, a renowned Hemingway scholar, decides to use that loss to account for a fake manuscript he creates.
Little does Baird suspect that his attempt to pass off the forgery as a recovered Hemingway manuscript will take him on a journey involving parallel universes and time travel. For Hemingway’s reputation is intricately linked to the fate of multiple worlds in the omniverse and any attempt to change that can have disastrous consequences.
The Mars Girl (ARC DOUBLE with As Big as the Ritz with Greagory Benford)
ISBN 978-1-61242-316-6 164 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Carmen Dula was just like any other girl. Or she used to be, before she spent six months on the spacecraft, John Carter, as part of the first nine families to settle on Mars.
Just like any other teenager she was curious about her new home—who wouldn't be?—but she did her schoolwork, enjoyed time with her friends, and she started to explore the red planet with the supervision of her guide and friend, Paul Santos; always within the rules set by the colony.
Yet the Administrator, Dargo Solingen, seemed to have it out for her. She had no idea why, but she was blamed for every slight; every transgression. Until one day she had enough.
At night fall, Carmen donned a biosuit and ventured outside on her own—during curfew, while her outside privileges had been suspended. She didn't have a set goal. All she knew is that she wanted to explore....
What happened next was beyond her most wildest dreams. But how can she prove what she saw that night, when almost everyone assumes she is lying?
The Best of Edmond Hamilton (Edited by Leigh Brackett)
ISBN 978-1-60450-489-7, 348 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Here is a collection of some of the finest short fiction penned by one of "fathers" of modern science fiction.
These stories were selected (and edited) by his wife Leigh Brackett, an author and a screenwriter. Her screen-writing credits include work on such films as The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo, The Long Goodbye and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
This collection spans nearly half a century of Edmond Hamilton's work and was selected from a repository of hundreds of stories that he had written over that period.
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Friday Hugo & Nebula Nominee
ISBN 978-1-61242-383-8 370 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“His best since The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.” Jerry Pournelle
“A charming protagonist in a story as sleekly engineered as a starship. This one should fly.”—Publishers Weekly
“One of Heinlein’s best, which is to say one of the best in all of Science Fiction—terrific story with a superbly realized heroine and world.”—Poul Anderson
Friday is a secret courier and ardent lover. Employed by a man she only knows of as “Boss”, she is given the most awkward and dangerous cases, which take her from New Zealand to Canada, and through the new States of America’s disunion, all the way out into the stars and the new colony of Botany Bay.
Thrust into one calamity after another, she uses her enhanced wits and very many skills to evade, seduce or even kill her way out of any sticky situation she finds herself in. For she is both superior and inferior to the average human.
As an AP—artificial person—the best humanity has to offer has been written into Friday’s DNA. Yet she is often treated like a second class citizen—if she were ever able to claim citizenship. Her mother was the test tube and her father the knife, as the saying goes, so she has less rights than the biologically-born human, and no soul, according to the church.
But in Friday Heinlein has created one of the most enlightened, warm, engaging and humane characters in the science fiction field, gifting us a novel of female empowerment that was well ahead of its time.
“One of Heinlein’s best, which is to say one of the best in all of Science Fiction—terrific story with a superbly realized heroine and world.”—Poul Anderson
Double Star Hugo Winner (Best Novel)
ISBN 978-1-61242-285-5 170 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Many of Heinlein’s fans consider the novels he wrote in the fifties amongst the author’s strongest work; when he was at the peak of his talents. Double Star is considered by many to be the finest of his titles. Brian Aldiss called it his “most enjoyable novel.”
Whether it is the simplicity of a lively tale, the complexity of the situation, or the depth of characterization, the book has developed a loyal following. It also won Heinlein his first Hugo.
The story revolves around Lawrence Smith—also known as “Lorenzo the Great”—a down-and-out actor wasting the remainder of his life in bars.
When he encounters a space-pilot who offers him a drink, before he knows what is going on, he is on Mars involved in a deep conspiracy with global consequences. He is given a mission where failure would not only mean his own death, it would almost certainly mean an all-out planetary war.
“Heinlein’s novels of the 1940s and 50s shaped every single science fiction writer of my generation and everyone currently writing science fiction. Or making science fiction movies ... and Double Star is an excellent example of all the reasons why.”—Connie Willis
Podkayne of Mars
ISBN 978-1-61242-262-6, 176 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“A delight.”—New York Herald Tribune
A tale beloved by many fans of Robert A. Heinlein, Podkayne of Mars tells the story of a young Marswoman and her inter-planetary adventures with her uncle and her genius brother.
Told largely through Podkayne’s diaries, the story details her travel to Earth with her two companions. Podkayne has very definite plans on what to do and how to do it, but not everything is as it seems. She is suddenly thrust into the middle of life and death situations when the liner they are travelling on makes a stop at Venus.
The original publisher of this book asked Heinlein to change the controversial ending, which Heinlein did extremely reluctantly. He felt the original ending much better suited the story line and was never satisfied with the modified ‘safer ‘ ending. This edition restores the book to how Heinlein originally wrote it. It also includes a letter to his agent, decrying the changes asked for by his original publisher.
Time for the Stars
ISBN 978-1-61242-330-2, 186 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“Rarely has Heinlein pushed his imagination further…a vivid, stirring experience.”—Chicago Tribune
“One of the superb Heinlein stories that has excitement, urbanity, humanity, rationality, pace, understanding, and is a joy to read.”—The New York Times
With over-population stretching the resources of Earth, the need to find and colonize other Terra-type planets is becoming crucial to the survival of the human race. But finding these planets is time-consuming and very costly.
With a seemingly inexhaustible budget, the scientists at the Long Range Foundation create the remarkable Torchships, which are able to traverse to different Star Systems within the matter of months. However, communication between Earth and these ships would still take countless years—even decades. How would they alert Earth of the planets they find?
Tom and Pat are recruited by LRF to become the human transmitters and receivers for the mission. Growing up together they had felt like they were so similar, so in sync, that it was almost as if they read each other’s minds…. Only to discover, that was indeed what they could do. Along with other telepathic pairings, their abilities are tested, and it is discovered that time nor distance impedes their connection; communication between Earth and the Torchships would be instantaneous.
But there is a catch: during the course of the mission, while one of them stays behind and grow old, on Earth, the other will be able traversing the stars, and—if he survives—will return a young man still.
“The word that comes to mind for him is essential. As a writer—eloquent, impassioned, technically innovative—he reshaped science fiction in the way that defined it for every writer who followed him…. He was the most significant science fiction writer since H. G. Wells.”—Robert Silverberg
Expanded Universe (In Two Volumes) - Volume One
ISBN 978-1-61242-238-1, 254 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“The single
most important and valuable Heinlein book ever published.”
—Spider Robinson
Robert A. Heinlein has been hailed as one of the most forward-thinking science fiction writers of all time, and Expanded Universe (presented in two volumes) offers the perfect collection of his works to provide readers with true insights into his uniquely creative mind.
Heinlein personally selected each story or essay for inclusion in this collection, which is ordered chronologically, starting with his first sale in 1939 of “Life-Line” to Astounding (for seventy dollars).This remarkable collection highlights the development of Heinlein’s writing style and his philosophy on life throughout his career.
More importantly, this collection is as close to an autobiography as anything Heinlein wrote during his life. Heinlein was an extremely private person who never wrote much about himself. In this exclusive collection, he offers forewords to most of his stories and essays (and an occasional afterword), giving readers a rare glimpse into the inner mind of the master.
Expanded Universe is a must-have for any Heinlein enthusiast and any fan of science fiction.
“From “Life-Line” (1939), one of his earliest works, to a tale of adventure on the moon (“Nothing Ever Happens On the Moon”), this collection demonstrates the formidable talent and irascible perceptions of one of the genre’s most outspoken writers.”—Library Journal
“This is the book I’ve always wanted from Heinlein.” —John Bruni, GoodReads
Expanded Universe (In Two Volumes) - Volume Two
ISBN 978-1-61242-240-4, 286 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Take Back Your Government
ISBN 978-1-61242-061-5, 246 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Before the Tea Party, the Coffee Party, the “Occupy” movement, Ross Perot or even the Libertarian Party, there was Robert Heinlein, a prophetic mastermind, calling to the people to organize in a grassroots movement to take back their government and to find an effective voice for their individual selves.
Originally titled How to be a Politician, the book was written in 1946 based on Heinlein’s own political experiences, in particular his efforts on behalf of Upton Sinclair to become the governor of California and for Sinclair’s landmark effort to End Poverty in California (EPIC).
Though Heinlein is best known for his science fiction work, he always had strong political views and often involved himself with various causes, including personally paying for advertisements in newspapers propagating his views.
Here is a fascinating look, both historically and philosophically, at a great visionary’s take on the political landscape in the United States, and what each of us can do to better this country.
Herbert, Frank 
Missing Link and Operation Haystack
ISBN 978-1-60450-230-5, 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
“Missing Link” and “Operation Haystack” are two independent stories starring Field Agent Lewis Orne. In “Missing Link,” he is sent to investigate a missing ship and runs into ‘native’ trouble on the planet Gienah III. In “Operation Haystack” Agent Orne must contend with genetic manipulation and dig deep into a complex political situation to untangle deep embedded secrets.
Code of the Lifemaker
ISBN 978-1-60450-456-9, 330 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Long ago, an alien “searcher” ship flew too close to a star gone nova. Though heavily damaged, the ship landed on one of Saturn’s moons, Titan.
Attempting to fulfill its original function of seeding suitable planets for exploitation, the ship creates a bewildering society of self-replicating machines that gives rise to a bizarre ecosystem and culture with intelligent beings and organically grown houses.
The intelligent beings are known as Taloids and they have developed their own brand of religion around a mythical figure, a creator of machines, and hence, life.
When humans descend from the sky, the Taloids see them as those creators.
However, powerful financial and industrial interests are all set to exploit the moon and the Taloids to maximize Titan’s vast production potential and the future for the Taloids looks grim.
But they find a champion from an unexpected source. Karl Zambendorf is a “psychic” who has wrangled a place aboard the human mission to Titan. And when all of man’s forces are conspiring to ruthlessly exploit Titan and the Taloids, Zambendorf becomes their champion and in the process challenges not only the religious imperatives of the Taloids, but the core of our own beliefs as well.
“Hogan skillfully draws the reader into a fascinating philosophical and theological debate, without ever forgetting he’s supposed to entertain and tell a good story.” —Newsday
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The Immortality Option (sequel to Code of the Lifemaker)
ISBN 978-1-60450-457-6, 288 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
In this spectacular sequel to the acclaimed Code of the Lifemaker, James Hogan returns to the strange world of Titan, inhabited by bizarre self-conscious robots.
Little is known about the civilization that gave birth to these machine intelligences until scientists discover blocks of embedded computer code that appear to be strangely out of place.
Reactivating the computer codes results in the re-awakening of ancient alien beings, creators of the strange robot culture, totally alien and immensely powerful. And they are unhappy at being restrained within the narrow confines of the machines they find themselves in. They would much rather be the masters of all.
But while the scientists are helpless against these mighty beings, Karl Zambendorf, the media-star “psychic” and his support team prepare to meet the challenge.
The alien intelligences might be intellectually superior and super rational, but this also makes them hyper-materialistic and mechanistic in their outlook and, hence, totally unprepared for such “higher” concepts as the spiritual, the mystical, and the transcendental. And selling such notions is precisely Zambendorf’s stock in trade.
“[Hogan] once again demonstrates his mastery” —Publishers Weekly
“... on the cutting edge of technology ... Hogan’s talent carries the reader from peak to peak in the story” —Booklist
“In the grand tradition of the classic super-science stories, but with more exciting science and with better writing too. What more can anyone want?” —Isaac Asimov
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The Multiplex Man
ISBN 978-1-61242-017-2, 312 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Winner of the Prometheus Award for Best Novel
Who is Richard Jarrow?
Is he the unassuming, mild-mannered teacher he thinks himself to be or something much more?
And how does the brilliant scientist named Ashling fit into the picture?
The Multiplex Man is an intriguing thriller set in a future where every aspect of life on Earth is micromanaged by authorities who consider any deviation from the prescribed path as dangerous.
Off-world colonies are considered dangerous enemies threatening to take Earth’s precious resources .
Jarrow must find Ashling, who holds the key not only to Jarrow’s own identity but to freedom itself.
The Man Who Bridged the Mist (novella) Nebula & Hugo Winner
ISBN 978-1-61242-119-3, 46 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The river of Mist, an almost living organism, divides the Empire in two. A few Ferries make dangerous and treacherous journeys across the Mist when they can, trusting in good fortune and the uncanny skills of those plying the trade.
A bridge across the Mist will greatly ease the suffering of those who risk crossing the river. The last bridge builder sent by the Empire died while building it.
Kit now comes to the town of Nearside to complete the task left unfinished by the dead bridge builder. Will he be the man who will finally bridge the Mist?
Kress, Nancy 
(Author's website)
New Under the Sun (a Stellar Guild book)
(companion novelette by Therese Pieczynski)
Includes 2013 Nebula nominee "Annabel Lee"
ISBN 978-1-61242-123-0, 190 Pages, Trade Paperback 8” x 5”
A brand-new book by master storyteller Nancy Kress. Set in the near future, Nancy Kress’ story gives us a world increasingly hostile to new ideas as religious fundamentalism dictates social agenda and where the primary use of science is to bolster these very same uncompromising attitudes. Annabel Lee is a child of this society, but unique. She has been infected by a long-dormant alien parasite. But this “infection” may be the only hope for the world, if she can survive long enough.
Therese Pieczynski’s companion piece predates the world Nancy Kress gives us and takes us to back to 1980s Nicaragua, where a strange demon lurks.
“Kress at her best” —Publishers Weekly
Oaths and Miracles
ISBN 978-1-61242-177-3, 343 Pages, Trade Paperback 9” x 6”
Judy Kozinski needs answers. Her husband, a prominent genetic scientist, has been found murdered and no one can find a motive.
In Las Vegas, a showgirl sends a cryptic message to FBI agent Robert Cavanaugh from a murdered friend.
How are the two related, and what does it all have to do with the mysterious drug company Verico in New Jersey? Kozinsky and Cavanaugh must work together to solve an intricate maze of deceit, murder, and mystery before an entire town is put at risk.
Stinger
ISBN 978-1-61242-200-8, 318 Pages, Trade Paperback 9” x 6”
FBI Special Agent Robert Cavanaugh has been consigned to a backwater office in Southern Maryland where he can stay out of trouble. Yet trouble follows him as a special strain of malaria is discovered in Maryland that selectively kills African Americans with the sickle-cell trait.
Melanie Anderson is an epidemiologist who is travelling across the world trying to find the cause of this highly selective disease. But as evidence starts pointing toward a man-made cause and a possible government cover-up, she and Cavanaugh must work alone to try and uncover the truth and a cure.
Act One (novella) Nebula & Hugo Nominee
ISBN 978-1-60450-455-2, 104 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
"One of the best of the year ... a compelling novella about a once-famous actress and her devoted manager who get much more publicity of an unfortunate sort when they inadvertently become embroiled with an act of biological terrorism with potentially world-changing results."—Gardner Dozois, Locus
Beggars in Spain (novella) Nebula & Hugo Winner
ISBN 978-1-61242-057-8, 100 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
PLEASE NOTE: This is the original novella which won the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered "Sleepless." Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the "Sleepless" a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future of humanity? Or will the small community of "sleepless" be hunted down as freaks by a world that has grown wary of its newest creation?
Future Perfect: Six Stories of Genetics
ISBN 978-1-61242-063-9, 246 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Nancy Kress is unrivaled in her treatment of genetic engineering. In 1991 she wrote the ground-breaking classic novella “Beggars in Spain” (Hugo/Nebula winner) and since then has only enhanced her outstanding reputation of telling stories set in the near-future and dealing with genetics.
This collection brings together six of these stories written between 1984 and 2008, including "The Flowers of Aulit Prison," which won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best short story.
The Body Human: Three Stories of Future Medicine
ISBN 978-1-61242-065-3, 114 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Nancy Kress is famous for creating realistic near-future societies based on technological advances and then studying the impact those technological changes have on our society.
Here is a collection of three outstanding stories that deal with innovations in medical science and how they affect our lives.
AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence
ISBN 978-1-61242-067-7, 128 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Nancy Kress is the author of twenty-two novels and numerous short stories. She is perhaps best known for the “Sleepless” trilogy that began with Beggars in Spain. Her fiction has won four Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the 2003 John W. Campbell Award (for Probability Space).
These two outstanding stories give us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.
Lackey, Mercedes 
(Author's website)
Reboots (a Stellar Guild book)
(prequel novelette by Cody Martin)
ISBN 978-1-61242-049-3 , 162 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
What better way to deal with space travel than to man ships with creatures that regenerate or don't need air, or are immune to various maladies? But what are the consequences of squeezing werewolves, vampires and zombies into the tight confines of a spaceship?
"Film noir runs smack-dab into space opera in Lackey and Martin’s sequel to Reboots, which populated an SF universe with paranormal creatures. Principled Humph the Boggart is a down-on-his-luck private investigator on the Mos Eisley–esque, downtrodden Planet Mildred when a case neither he nor his partners can resist walks into the office." —Publishers Weekly
"The wonderful story, a clever mixing of the paranormal and space opera subgenres, is a classic tale of espionage. From the outset, Martin, through deft use of self-deprecating humor, makes Skinny Jim a sympathetic protagonist who the reader desperately wants to “survive.” Martin’s writing is easygoing and comfortable, his characters well rounded and personable, and the story’s conceit both familiar and exciting. One can easily see why Lackey, who shares many similar writing traits, would pick Martin as an author to watch. I’d certainly like to see more stories from Martin, particularly in this same universe with a broader range of paranormal beings" —Grasping for the Wind
"Really prefer my zombies, reboots, as non-thinking shambling munchers; however, this was a lot of fun. Comedic and made me laugh. Lots of derring-do and space opera." —GoodReads Review
"Inventive combination of paranormal and scifi with a quirky sense of humor. Loved it!" —GoodReads Review
Reboots: Diabolical Streak (with Cody Martin)
ISBN 978-1-61242-138-4 , 148 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
The original Reboots was published as part of our Stellar Guild series, which pairs a veteran author with a newer author of the veteran's choosing. Each of the writers constructs a story set in the same universe, complementing each other.
Mercedes Lackey chose a promising young writer, Cody Martin, and together they created the universe of Reboots: a universe where paranormal creatures live side by side with regular humans ... and who best then to take on the rigors of space flight?
Spaceships full of zombies, werewolves and vampires ... what could be better?
Not much, it seems like, and we decided it was a world that needed more material. It helped that we kept getting requests for a sequel.
Leigh, Stephen 
(Author's website)
Dark Water’s Embrace Spectrum Award Winner
ISBN 978-1-60450-401-9, 304 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List
Tiptree Award Long List
Often compared to Ursula K. Le Guin’s ground-breaking The Left Hand of Darkness, Dark Water’s Embrace is a fascinating look at issues of human (and alien) sexuality. Stephen Leigh creates a rich world with elaborate care and uses this alien backdrop to delve into issues of survival, sexuality and the meaning of life itself.
“Gripping” —Starlog
“Haunting and thought-provoking” —Library Journal
“Intriguing, intelligent” —Mysterious Galaxy
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Speaking Stones (sequel to Dark Water's Embrace)
ISBN 978-1-60450-441-5, 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The descendants of humans marooned on the strange planet known as Mictlan have survived against almost impossible odds and have reached a tentative peace with themselves and the native inhabitants.
Perhaps the most terrifying change has been the development of a third human gender—the mid-male “Sa”—fundamentally changing the meaning of relationships and social structures humans have known for thousands of years.
Adjustments to these changes and influences have come at a terrible physical and emotional cost. The fragile peace governing the communities hides deep rivalries, prejudices and animosities.
Then a young human “Sa” is kidnapped and savagery rules as long-buried emotions and feelings burst forth and the planet is gripped in a storm of violence—a violence that threatens to destroy all.
Yet there may be salvation. For an imposing curved monolith called “The Speaking Stone” holds ancient knowledge that may help bring true peace to the people of Mictlan. But the knowledge itself is buried deep within cryptic hieroglyphs that must be deciphered if the planet's inhabitants are to survive.
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The Shape of Silence (originally published as Thunder Rift)
ISBN 978-1-60450-493-4, 318 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
First contact was never supposed to be like this.
A sudden rift appears in near-earth space, causing electronic components to permanently fail and cause total chaos. As Earth's fragile technological society disintegrates, no one can answer the obvious question: What is the rift, and who or what has created it?
A new generation comes to age attempting to answer these questions, and Taria Spears, an anthropologist, is selected as part of the crew on the exploratory ship Lightbringer. Lightbringer's mission is to investigate the wormhole-like Rift and, if possible, to pass through it to find out what lies on the other side, and to seek some answers.
But what if all they find is an alien culture where sound, not sight, is the primary sense?
"Replete with adventure, mystery, and sociological conflict."
—Publishers Weekly
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The Woods
ISBN 978-1-61242-096-7 , 190 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
There is a certain magic growing up with life-long friends. The charmed existence became almost dream-like with two young boys growing up in a small neighborhood surrounded by an old, dense forest.
But what happens when fantasies start becoming all too real? Grotesque and bloody rites give rise to a fey and magical girl who threatens to destroy the last remnants of the boys’ idyllic childhood existence ... whose mere presence may set the jealous boys at each other’s throats.
Hidden among the trees they know so well, Rob and Mark confront a grim, violent solution to their problems. This is a story of choices, a tale where the wild, romanticized dream-scape of youth intersects the gray world beyond, where fantasy collides and merges with reality.
“I was blown away by The Woods ...The magic in this story is both beautiful and disturbing ... Leigh’s prose is elegant, his plotting tight, his character work outstanding.” —David B. Coe, Crawford Award-winning fantasy author
The Abraxas Marvel Circus
ISBN 978-1-61242-094-3, 200 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Carlos Theopelli had been dead for years, and no one cared about his life’s work: the so-called “Destiny Matrices.” As far as most people were concerned, Theopelli was just another crackpot scientist, and pretty much a jerk, to boot.
But not to Angela. And not to the mage-dwarf Caleb Mundo and his pet mindbeast Alice. To them, Theopelli’s notebook—and his corpse—might be the key to survival. Everything swirled around the confused mind of Joan the Flower Man, who had used pages from the notebook to wrap the flowers she sold on the NYC streets.
Add into the mix Dirk, a former history professor turned rock singer, as well as Ecclesiastes Mitsumishi, an eccentric mortician, and Abel Henderson, a preacher with a pet prophet, and you’re ready for a wild romp through multiple realities, as well as world-saving heroics.
Lerner, Edward M. 
(Author's website)
Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction
ISBN 978-1-61242-365-4, 366 Pages, Laminated Hardcover 6” x 9”
“A must-have for every science-fiction writer. Edward M. Lerner has produced the best-ever guide to putting the science in science fiction, and he's done it with clarity, wit, and panache. A terrific book — I'm recommending it to all my colleagues, and to all those who hope someday to be professional SF writers.”— Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night
“I am entertained and enlightened.”—Larry Niven, author of Ringworld
“A great source book for SF writers.”—Bud Sparhawk, author of Distant Seas
“This is a book which covers a huge number of topics well and provides great scientific and science fictional stimulation.”—Dave Truesdale, Tangent Online
"Worth your time, your money, and your consideration, whether you're interested in accessible science, looking to understand trends in science fiction, or—optimally—both." — Trevor Quachri, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact (excerpted from his guest foreword to the book)
Men have walked on the Moon. Siri and Alexa manage—at least often enough to be helpful—to make sense of the things we say. Biologists have decoded DNA, and doctors have begun to tailor treatments to suit our individual genetic make-ups. In short: science and tech happen.
But faster-than-light travel? Time travel? Telepathy? A six million dollar—as adjusted, of course, for inflation—man? Starfaring aliens? Super-intelligent computers? Those, surely, are mere fodder for storytelling. Or wild extrapolations. Just so many “sci fi” tropes.
Sometimes, yes. But not necessarily.
In Trope-ing the Light Fantastic, physicist, computer engineer, science popularizer, and award-winning science-fiction author Edward M. Lerner entertainingly examines these and many other SF tropes. The science behind the fiction.
Each chapter, along with its eminently accessible scientific discussion, surveys science-fiction—foundational and modern, in short and long written form, on TV and the big screen—that illustrates a particular trope. The good, the bad, and occasionally the cringe-worthy. All imparted with wit (and ample references to learn more).
So forget what the Wizard of Oz advised. Let’s pull back the curtain…
Energized
ISBN 978-1-61242-367-8, 318 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“A taut near-future thriller”—Publishers Weekly
“Should appeal to fans of hard sf and technothrillers.”—Library Journal
“An amazingly tense and for-all-the-marbles thriller.”—SF Site
A geopolitical miscalculation tainted the world’s major oil fields with radioactivity and plunged the Middle East into chaos. Any oil that remains usable is more prized than ever. No one can build solar farms, wind farms, and electric cars quickly enough to cope. The few countries still able to export oil and natural gas—Russia chief among them—have a stranglehold on the world economy.
And then, from the darkness of space, came Phoebe. Rather than divert the onrushing asteroid, America captured it into Earth orbit.
Solar power satellites—cheaply mass-produced in orbit with resources mined from the new moon, to beam vast amounts of power to the ground—offer America its last, best hope of avoiding servitude and economic ruin.
As though building miles-across structures in space isn’t challenging enough, special interests, from technophobes to eco-extremists to radio astronomers, want to stop the project. And the remaining petro powers will do anything to protect their newfound dominance of world affairs.
NASA engineer Marcus Judson is determined to make the powersat demonstration project a success. And he will—even though nothing in his job description mentions combating an international cabal, or going into space to do it.
Dark Secret
ISBN 978-1-61242-322-7, 288 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
When the experimental ship Clermont is urgently recalled from a long-range test flight, neither Dana McElwain nor Blake Westford, its captain and crew, imagines that they are about to embark on a much more urgent voyage—or that this new mission will determine the fate of the human race.
A gamma-ray burst—the deadly beam of radiation spawned seven thousand years earlier in the death throes of doomed neutron stars—is about to wipe the Solar System clean of all life. Only the Clermont’s prototype Dark Energy Drive might carry anyone, and any of humanity’s legacy, to safety before that extinction.
And then what? Where beyond the Solar System is safe? What if the price of survival is to become less … human?
“Leave it to Edward M. Lerner to take a notion, run with it, squeeze every ramification out of it, and put it altogether in an irresistible page-turner. Dark Secret is a crackerjack novel—hard science fiction at its best.”— Robert J. Sawyer
“Dark Secret is a unique tale of catastrophe and survival on multiple levels, gripping and harrowing yet ultimately inspiring. Lerner shows what it might really be like to be forced from an out-of-control frying pan into a far worse fire, and how humanity might endure even if what the refugees bring with them is worse than what they find.”— Stanley Schmidt
“Gripping. Impossible to put down.”— Jack McDevitt
Small Miracles
ISBN 978-1-61242-232-9, 302 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
When Brent Cleary, demonstrating a beta-test protective "nanosuit" to potential customers, gets trapped in a massive pipeline explosion, only the nanosuit saves him. Smart nanobots integrated into the suit will do whatever it takes to protect the wearer ....
The explosion kills hundreds. It's so destructive that—despite his protective suit—Brent suffers severe injuries. He needs first aid—and lots of it—that the bots scurry to provide ....
But once inside his body, what will the bots do? Will they continue in their mission to improve and repair? How does one repair the imperfection that is a human being? Where and when does the bots' mission end?
"Suspense and action enough to fuel any thriller, and even to drive it to the big screen."—SFRevu
"An intelligent blending of science fiction and horror themes."—Winnipeg Free Press
"Smart, engaging, and tight, with all the little pieces fitting together in the long run. Highly recommended."—InterGalactic Medicine Show
Fools Experiments
ISBN 978-1-61242-234-3 386 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Fools’ Experiments is a near-future technothriller—a tale of artificial life, artificial intelligence, and world-threatening hubris. In a nutshell:
We are not alone, and it’s our own damn fault ….
Something demonic is stalking the brightest men and women in the computer industry. It attacks without warning or mercy, leaving its prey insane or comatose – or dead.
The mayhem is especially calamitous just now. Something far nastier than any virus, worm, or Trojan horse program is being evolved in laboratory confinement by well-intentioned but misguided researchers. When their artificial life-form escapes onto the Internet, no conventional defense against malicious software can begin to compete. As disasters multiply, computer scientist Doug Carey knows that unconventional measures may be civilization’s last hope.
And that any artificial life-form learns very fast ….
“Good science and entertaining writing make this a fast, entertaining read.”— Publishers Weekly
“Lerner puts his expertise in computer science … to good use in this exciting and unsettling near-future thriller. It’s an ambitious idea for a novel, and Lerner carries it off in style, capturing our interest and our acceptance of his premise from the very beginning.”—Booklist
“Part hard-wired sf and part intrigue and suspense. A good choice for readers who prefer their sf with a heavy dose of hard science along with fast-paced storytelling.”—Library Journal
Niven, Larry 
Author's website
Limits
ISBN 978-1-61242-069-1, 214 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Here is an extraordinary mix of fantasy and science fiction from one of the masters of science fiction, Larry Niven.
The Niven stories in this collection include some collaborations with authors such as Jerry Pournelle (“Spirals”) and Steven Barnes (“The Locusts”).
Larry Niven’s credits include the award-winning Ringworld series, his “Known Space” novels and the Man-Kzin anthologies. His collaborations with Jerry Pournelle include such titles as Lucifer’s Hammer, Inferno and The Mote in God’s Eye.
Red Tide
ISBN 978-1-61242-132-2, 214 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Loosely based on Larry Niven's 1973 novella "Flash Crowd," Red Tide continues to examine the social consequences of the impact of having instantaneous teleportation, where humans can instantly travel long distances in milliseconds.
This is a theme that has fascinated the author throughout his career and appeared in his seminal work Ringworld, where the central character celebrates his birthday by instantly teleporting himself to different time zones, extending his birthday. The author also discussed the impact of such instantaneous transportation in his essay "Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation."
Larry Niven is joined by two younger writers, Brad R. Torgersen and Matthew J. Harrington, as they take on this challenging idea and further develop the theories and concepts that Niven originally presented in "Flash Crowd."
Oath of Fealty (with Jerry Pournelle)
ISBN 978-1-61242-297-8, 290 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9"
“RareStorytelling…demands to be read at one sitting.” – Chicago Sun-Times
“Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle.” —Tom Clancy
“Exciting, swift and suspenseful.” – Theodore Sturgeon
In a dystopian future, where pollution and violence overrun Los Angeles streets, a Utopia flourishes. Todos Santos is thousand-foot-high arcology; a single-structured city that rises above the festering skyscrapers to offer its privileged residents the perfect blend of technology and security in exchange for their oath of allegiance and vigilance.
But is this orderly city elevating humanity, or shackling it? There are those who feel the constant video surveillance oppressive, rather than inclusive, or that the city is monopolizing hard-earned resources, and taking money away from the poorer Angelinos.
Connected through neural implants to MILLIE – the AI that runs all of Todos Santos’ systems – Art Bonner and Barbara Churchwood work with a team of dedicated staff to protect the city against the FROMATEs ("Friends of Man and the Earth”), who are a group of anti-technology zealots dedicated to destroying everything they have built. When three youths break into the city, to see if they can exploit its weaknesses, the repercussions of their actions threaten to bring one of humanities most ambitious projects to its knees....
Norton, Andre 
Key Out of Time
ISBN 978-1-60450-234-3, 140 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Key Out of Time is a book in the Time Trader Series. Ross Murdock and Arthur Ashe continue their grand adventure across Time and Space.
Ross and Arthur are helped by Karara and two trained dolphins on the World of Hawaika, settled by Hawaiian and Polynesian settlers.
Voodoo Planet
ISBN 978-1-60450-239-8, 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Dane slid his blade out surreptitiously, setting its point against the palm of his hand and jabbing painfully; but the terrible creature continued to advance ... There was no blurring of its lines ...
Dane Thorson of the space-ship Solar Queen knew there was only one way to win out over this hideous thing—a battle to the end between his rational mind and the hypnotic witchcraft of Lumbrilo, the mental wizard of the planet Khatka.
Nye, Jodie Lynn 
(Author's website)
Wishing on a Star
co-authored with Angelina Adams
ISBN 978-1-61242-264-0 266 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Selene has made some bad choices in the past, and she is now desperate to get back her rapidly fading prestige and fame.
Little does she know that her charity telethon is largely manned by members of the Fairy Godmothers’ Union Local 26-3 along with other members of various other magical guilds.
Even more surprising is the abrupt
appearance of Vickie, the clueless teenage genie, who will do anything she can
to fulfil her new mistress Selene’s demands. However, demanding too much of
such an inexperienced genie
can create havoc and do more harm than good. But
Selene just has so many needs…
Panshin, Alexei 
(Author's website)
The World Beyond the Hill Hugo winner
co-authored with Cory Panshin
ISBN 978-1-60450-443-9, 680 Pages, Hardcover
A study of science fiction like no other. Published to unprecedented critical acclaim (and a Hugo). Includes index/bibliography.
“The best, the best, history of science fiction I have ever read”
—Isaac Asimov
“This IS the history of science fiction.” —Science Fiction Chronicle
Farewell to Yesterday’s Tomorrow
ISBN 978-1-60450-264-0, 180 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A fascinating array of stories from the boundless imagination of Hugo- and Nebula-winning Alexei Panshin taking the mind on a journey from the near and familiar to the farther reaches of what we must become.
“A remarkable collection." —Sunday Oregonian
“Panshin, a young Ancient Mariner, dramatizes the struggles involved in getting rid of the albatross—our immaturity. In a sense, this book is a parabolic sequel to Darwin, Panshin’s Ascent of Man.” —Philip José Farmer
Earth Magic (with Cory Panshin)
ISBN 978-1-60450-417-0, 184 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
A Magical World of Witches, Warlords and Shifting Realities
Haldane, son of Black Morca, who would make himself King of the Gets, must suddenly flee for his life through a landscape grown alien, his only companion an aging wizard of uncertain skills, his only hope the perilous favor of the Goddess Libera, to find his true identity amidst the standing stones of power on Stone Heath.
Pournelle, Jerry
Oach of Fealty (with Larry Niven)
ISBN 978-1-61242-297-8, 290 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9"
“RareStorytelling…demands to be read at one sitting.” – Chicago Sun-Times
“Nobody does it better than Niven and Pournelle.” —Tom Clancy
“Exciting, swift and suspenseful.” – Theodore Sturgeon
In a dystopian future, where pollution and violence overrun Los Angeles streets, a Utopia flourishes. Todos Santos is thousand-foot-high arcology; a single-structured city that rises above the festering skyscrapers to offer its privileged residents the perfect blend of technology and security in exchange for their oath of allegiance and vigilance.
But is this orderly city elevating humanity, or shackling it? There are those who feel the constant video surveillance oppressive, rather than inclusive, or that the city is monopolizing hard-earned resources, and taking money away from the poorer Angelinos.
Connected through neural implants to MILLIE – the AI that runs all of Todos Santos’ systems – Art Bonner and Barbara Churchwood work with a team of dedicated staff to protect the city against the FROMATEs ("Friends of Man and the Earth”), who are a group of anti-technology zealots dedicated to destroying everything they have built. When three youths break into the city, to see if they can exploit its weaknesses, the repercussions of their actions threaten to bring one of humanities most ambitious projects to its knees....
Resnick, Mike 
(Author's website)
WHEN PARALLEL LINES MEET
co-authored with Lezli Robyn and Larry Hodges
ISBN 978-1-61242-307-4, 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
When Keelarah, Lead Interrogator in the Neuropsychsubdivision of the Cartheeli Military Caste, first meets the alien, she is prepared to do her duty. He is a trespasser on her planet, has caused the death of someone dear to her, and it is imperative she find out where he’s come from and whether his kind poses a threat to her and her people.
Often ruthless in her techniques, the interrogator uses her telepathic and empathic abilities to assault his mind, to draw out any whisper of information that can give them a better idea of what—who—they are dealing with. But she isn’t prepared for the prisoner to defend himself with comparable talents, to disarm her with equally astute observations.
Chief Surveyor Forrest Brown might not be the best example of humanity, but he doesn’t have to be to show Keelarah what it is to be humane. As they get to know each other, the line between captor and prisoner blur, which begs the question: is having different origins a more important factor, or the ability to find common ground? What if mutual alienation leads to the most profound bond of all.
SOULMATES (co-authored with Lezli Robyn)
ISBN 978-1-61242-314-2, 272 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
"This book will be remembered as one of the major collections of the decade."—Robert J. Sawyer
“…a satisfying sampler of solid stories from a team that rarely disappoints.” —Publishers Weekly
Multiple award-winning authors, Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn, get to the heart of the matter in Soulmates, which showcases all the words they have penned together over their years as collaborators (with a bonus solo piece by each). Whether a robot, alien, some kind of supernatural being or human, rising above our prejudices and ignorance allows us to make emotional connections that can have a profound effect on our lives.
Each of these stories examine a facet of the simple, yet incredibly complex, concept of companionship. They will make you laugh; will make you cry…but most importantly they will make you look at the very basic notion of soul-mates in a different light.
"Standouts include…Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn’s beautifully sad “Benchwarmer,” which takes us into the world of imaginary friends, and introduces us to one friend who simply can’t let go of the boy who created him."—io9
"That’s [Soulmates] the second story that will be considered by me for next year’s Hugos; this one in the Novelette category."—SFRevu
"In a classic example of cognitive estrangement, we learn the absurdity of our own cultural norms as seen by those on the outside…effectively played to humorous effect." (on :"Report from the Field")—SFSignal
INCI (co-authored with Tina Gower)
ISBN 978-1-61242-266-4, 176 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
“Nobodyspins a yarn better than Mike Resnick”—Orson Scott Card, New York Times bestselling author of Ender’s Game.
Four people uncover a secret that has the power to shake the foundation of faith as we know it.
Reverend Joshua Barker feels that it is his duty to bring the Word to the oppressed beings on alien worlds, to teach them to repent their sins and cherish the teachings of the Good Book. It’s a noble ambition… until he discovers something that challenges his understanding of everything he believes.
Barker’s heretical discovery is buried for centuries until Anita Inkle digs it up and rekindles her sense of hope. Thomas, her husband, will grasp at any straw if it will save his dying wife, even a straw that may have unseen consequences affecting not merely Anita, but every member of the race.
It remains for Gar Matthews, a professional iconoclast, a man with a mission to poke holes in every outrageous claim and story that comes his way, to uncover a truth that no one ever suspected, and to give a very special meaning to it.
Each of the four will be forever affected by the secret – as will every sentient being in the galaxy.
Soothsayer (Oracle I)
An Adventure Set in the Santiago Universe
ISBN 978-1-61242-270-1, 266 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Readersof Santiago and Mike Resnick’s other exciting and evocative novels know that the galaxy’s Inner Frontier is filled with some mighty dangerous characters, such as the Iceman, the Mouse, Merlin, the Yankee Clipper, the Mock Turtle, and more.
But we’ll bet you didn’t know that the most dangerous person on the Frontier, perhaps the most dangerous human or alien who ever lived, is a frightened little six-year-old girl who wishes she was anyone else.
Come meet her, and her one friend, and her multitude of enemies, in the pages of Soothsayer, the first book of the Oracle Trilogy – and experience an adventure similar in tone both to Santiago and to Josh Whedon’s TV series Firefly (and its follow-up movie Serenity).
Mike Resnick is the winner of 5 Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), as well as dozens of other major awards all across the world, and was the Worldcon Guest of Honor in 2012.
Oracle (Oracle II)
An Adventure Set in the Santiago Universe
ISBN 978-1-61242-272-5, 238 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
TheWhistler is one of the deadliest killers on the Galaxy’s Inner Frontier. He wants her.
The Injun is a death dealer without peer. He wants her.
The Iceman has dealt with her before. He doesn’t want any part of her, but he may have no choice.
The Jade Queen thought she wanted her, before she found out what she was. Now she’s not so sure.
And who is she? She’s Penelope Bailey, still in her late teens, and still the deadliest being, human or alien, who ever lived.
Come follow her strange and exciting story in the pages of Oracle, the second book of the Oracle Trilogy – and experience an adventure similar in tone both to Santiago and to Josh Whedon’s TV series Firefly (and its follow-up movie Serenity).
Mike Resnick is the winner of 5 Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), as well as dozens of other major awards all across the world, and was the Worldcon Guest of Honor in 2012.
Prophet (Oracle III)
An Adventure Set in the Santiago Universe
ISBN 978-1-61242-274-9, 236 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Her name is Penelope Bailey, a young woman of normal appearance. Yet during her brief, turbulent life she has been known first as the Soothsayer, then the Oracle, and still later the Prophet. She looks like none of the three, nor indeed like anything out of the ordinary, yet she is the most dangerous and deadly being in the history of the Galaxy.
It’s the Gravedancer’s job to terminate her. If he should fail – and he never has – then the Silicon Kid will try his best to end her extraordinary life. Also on her trail is the one who knows her best, the Iceman. And there is the Annointed One, a conqueror of unlimited power. Will she side with him or will she oppose him, and how do they choose which of them to support or attempt to kill?
Welcome to the conclusion of Mike Resnick’s classic Oracle Trilogy – and experience an adventure similar in tone both to Santiago and to Josh Whedon’s TV series Firefly (and its follow-up movie Serenity).
Mike Resnick is the winner of 5 Hugos (from a record 37 nominations), as well as dozens of other major awards all across the world, and was the Worldcon Guest of Honor in 2012.
Adventures: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Vol I. 1922-26
ISBN 978-1-61242-034-9, 194 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Mike Resnick’s accomplishments (to date) include 64 novels, 21 collections, 40 anthologies, two screenplays and approximately 250 short stories—resulting in a couple of shelves of major awards (including five Hugos from 35 nominations and awards from various countries including Spain, France, Croatia and Japan).
Of all the characters that Mike has created, Lucifer Jones remains his favorite. We are proud to republish this hilarious series of adventures starring a most unique character.
Adventures is the first volume of the Chronicles.
Being a Stirring Chronicle of Intrigue, Romance, Danger, Hairbreadth Escapes, and Thrilling Triumphs over Fierce Beasts and Fiercer Men in the Mysterious and Exotic Dark Continent, as Recounted by the Daring, Resourceful, Handsome, and Modest Christian Gentleman Who Experienced Them.
Exploits: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Vol. II 1926-31
ISBN 978-161242-035-6, 150 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Exploits is the second volume of the Chronicles.
Being a Thrilling Chronicle of Romance, Danger, Spectacle, High Adventure, Narrow Escapes, and Uplifting Triumphs Over Sinister Villains and Mystic Mages in the Exotic Continent of the East, as Recounted by the Bold, Daring, Handsome and Modest Christian Gentleman Who Experienced Them.
Encounters: The Chronicles of Lucifer Jones Vol. III 1931-34
ISBN 978-1-61242-036-3, 154 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Encounters is the third volume of the Chronicles.
Being a Romantic Chronicle of Intrigue, High Adventure, Danger, Spectacle, and Thrilling Triumphs Over Wicked Villains, Painted Women, and Horrific Monsters in the Sinful Nations of Europe, as Recounted by the Daring, Handsome, Resourceful and Modest Christian Gentleman Who Experienced Them.
Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos (edited by Mike Resnick)
ISBN 978-161242-032-5, 268 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Who better to parody science fiction than science fiction authors themselves?
In this classic collection of stories, compiled by Mike Resnick (winner of five Hugos, plus a plethora of other awards in multiple categories), such prominent authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Barry Malzberg and a host of others take their pens and wits to make fun of themselves and the genre they live for.
This collection was originally titled Shaggy B.E.M. Stories and was compiled exclusively for the 1988 Worldcon (Nolacon II). Seventy-five percent of the original edition sold out over the Worldcon weekend and the rest disappeared soon after.
Phoenix Pick is proud to republish this classic collection of parodies. All the original stories are included and the only changes that have been made are corrections of typos and other mistakes. One new poem ("There's a Bimbo on the Cover" by Michael F. Flynn) has been added to the book for obvious reasons—it just begged to belong to this irreverent collection.
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge Nebula & Hugo Winner
Also winner of The Homer Award, SF Chronicle Poll, The Ingotus Award (Spain), The Universitat Politecnica Award (Spain), The Prix Ozone Award (France) and The Futura Award (Croatia).
ISBN 978-1-61242-117-9, 44 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
In the far future, eons after the demise of Humanity and its far-flung galactic empire, a group of alien archeologists visits Earth to uncover the secret of the dead race’s initial overwhelming success and its ultimate death.
Digging through layers of archeological strata at Olduvai Gorge, they discover seven unique artifacts, each related to a different era of humanity’s history and each telling a unique story about humankind’s strengths and weaknesses. But are they prepared for their final discovery, which will change their worlds forever?
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most celebrated novellas ever written. It not only won both the Hugo and Nebula, but also the HOMer award and the SF Chronicle Poll and was a nominee for the Locus Award and the Sturgeon Award. It was also nominated for a number of international awards, winning the Ignotus and the Universitat Polytechnica Awards in Spain, the Prix Ozone Award in France and the Futura Award in Croatia.
Bully! Nebula & Hugo Nominee
ISBN 978-161242-032-5 48 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
In March 1909, Theodore Roosevelt went on a safari to central Africa. In this fictionalized account of that trip, Mike Resnick takes us on an amusing “what-if” with Roosevelt deciding to “liberate” the native Africans from Belgian rule and to set up a model democratic state in the heart of Africa.
Six Blind Men and an Alien
ISBN 978-1-61242-170-4 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
They tell the story about the four blind men and the elephant. One felt the elephant’s trunk and declared he was touching a snake. Another felt his leg and concluded that it was a tree trunk. A third felt his tusk and said it was a spear, and the fourth felt its tail and proclaimed that it was a rope …
Shaka II
ISBN 978-1-61242-258-9 94 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
Robert ole Buthelezi is a man of destiny.
He is the one the Zulu nation has waited for.
He is the ancient one the prophesies talk about.
He is the reincarnation of the great leader Shaka.
He will unite his people, he will lead massive forces of spaceships to conquer whole worlds, and he will establish an empire among the stars
He is the leader of the Zulus: their savior, their king, their ruthless tyrant.
But who will save Robert ole Buthelezi from himself?
Sheffield, Charles 
Georgia On My Mind & Other Stories
ISBN 978-1-61242-030-1, 326 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A collection of some of the finest short stories penned by a master of hard science fiction, this anthology includes Charles Sheffield’s highly acclaimed novelette, “Georgia On My Mind.”
“Georgia On My Mind” won both the Hugo and Nebula when originally published in 1993. The accompanying stories were written by the author between 1987 and 1994.
“Sheffield, a physicist, proves to be one of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years.” —Publishers Weekly
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
ISBN 978-1-61242-342-5, 342 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“Truly a love story of the ages.”—The Orlando Sentinel
“Will keep you on the edge of your seat.”—David Brin
“One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene.”—Publishers Weekly
“Ambitious, elegiac, and ultimately satisfying.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Ana is the love of Drake Merlin’s life. The woman he wants to grow old with, share every experience. But there is a hitch that is preventing them from obtaining their happily ever after….
Ana might be perfect for him, but she is dying.
Diagnosed with a rare disease, there is no cure for what ails her. At least, not in the 21st century. The only thing Drake can do—the one gamble that might, eventually, bring her back—is have Ana frozen and join her in cryogenic sleep until, one day, technology will have advanced enough be able to cure her.
Eons pass, and Drake is revived again and again, to see if humanity has evolved enough to be able to provide a solution. They try everything to help him bring her back or to encourage him to move on from his frozen soulmate—even creating a clone of his beloved. But it is not his Ana, his love. Nothing but her full revival will satisfy his obsession.
Millions of years pass before Drake learns that there is finally some hope for her restoration. At the Omega Point, the universe is collapsing, merging past and present; connecting the knowhow of now to the Ana of so long ago….
But first he must help the rest of humanity. Drake is revived one more time to fight an alien race who is hell bent on destroying the Solar System. For only a throwback from a past, where dissidence, material greed and violence were a part of human existence, will have enough fighting spirit to save a race that’s now too enlightened to understand war.
Dancing With Myself
ISBN 978-1-61242-406-4, 358 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years.”—Publishers Weekly
“A master of hard science fiction.”—Noumenon
This collection contains sixteen stories and science articles by the remarkable author, Charles Sheffield.
The stories range in length from being barely a page (“The Seventeen-Year Locusts”) to long novelettes (“The Courts of Xanadu”). They also range in mood from the “very silly to very somber.”
Each of them provides a unique and highly imaginative look at the impact of technology on the human condition from one of the most innovative minds in science fiction.
Charles Sheffield was a mathematician and a theoretical physicist who had that rare gift of making complex science understandable to everyone, as evident in this collection.
Godspeed
ISBN 978-1-61242-156-8, 308 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Jay Hara is an ordinary young man growing up on the isolated planet of Erin. But Jay dreams of adventure and escapades and the legend of the lost “Godspeed“ drive which allowed humans to travel at faster-than-light speeds.
His life changes when he joins up with the seedy spacer Paddy Enderton and Captain Daniel Shaker. Captain Shaker is a charming but ruthless adventurer who inspires both fear and admiration in equal measure, and he and his questionable crew are joined by Jay as they race to find the legendary drive Jay Hara used to dream about.
Godspeed is a true coming-of-age tale told in the classic tradition of R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island. A modern day pirate story, set among the stars.
The Billion Dollar Boy
ISBN 978-1-61242-181-0, 200 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Shelby Cheever is a spoiled brat. He is also the richest kid in the country. Actually, make that the universe. Bored with his all-the-amusements-money-can-buy life, he decides on a bit of interstellar action, Shelby-style. But it turns out life on a starship is not all fun and games. As part of a crew, Shelby has a few things to learn. Such as how to follow orders instead of simply giving orders. Can Shelby learn how to cooperate with his crewmates?
He may not have a choice. When Shelby becomes the target of a hostage-for-ransom scheme, he'll need all the help he can get.
Putting Up Roots
ISBN 978-1-61242-198-8, 218 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Scheming to get rid of obstacles, Josh Kerrigan's step-aunt ships him and her autistic step-daughter to Solferino to work for Foodlines. Josh and Dawn join a small training group that is ostensibly doing scientific research and exploration under the watchful eye of the company.
But as the days go by and strange occurrences and mysterious happenings continue, it becomes apparent that something is very wrong and that someone has very different plans for the planet.
Even more importantly, Josh and the other members of the training team realize that they are being lied to about intelligent life existing on the planet and then it becomes a race against time to save those creatures as well as themselves.
The Cyborg From Earth
ISBN 978-1-61242-206-0, 248 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Jefferson Kopal, the privileged son of a wealthy family, knows he is a coward and a failure. He dreads appearing for and then barely passes the Space Navy test to qualify for service as an officer-something that has been an integral part of his family's tradition.
He is assigned to the remote Border Command by the Navy and eventually to a ship commanded by Captain Dufferin, who hates everything that the Kopal family stands for.
But when he is abandoned by his Captain and the rest of the crew, left for dead and possibly framed as a traitor, he must find his inner courage and resolve, not only to save himself, but to save his world as well.
Silverberg, Robert 
(Author's website)
The Last Song of Orpheus
ISBN 978-1-61242-337-1, 152 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 6”
“I am Orpheus, the maker of songs. Great Apollo came tome often and instructed me in the art of melody so that what came from my lyre could touch the heart even of a stone, and when I went to my mother Calliope in her cave she taught me the secrets of making verses that would hold people entranced the way a magical spell might hold them. And so music has flowed from me all my life as though from an inextinguishable fountain, which is to say that there has been music in the world since the beginning of time and that music will endure to time’s end, and beyond it to the moment of beginning again; and so it was that a shaggy-haired Thracian princeling entered into his role in the universe.”
Gifted with the golden lyre, Orpheus—rumored son of the god Apollo, and yet recognized as the heir of Oeagros, King of Thrace—tells us of the tale of his life as he writes songs throughout the known world. From his role as teacher and spiritual adviser to the Ciconian people, to the profound love and loss of his beloved Eurydice, to his quest with Jason and the Argonauts to claim the Golden Fleece, Orpheus’ songs of his life experiences help him sculpt a world that, without his music, would be devoid of the passion and purpose only a muse of his power could provide.
Aware of his own fate before he sets out, Orpheus nevertheless continues on the path pre-ordained for him, to discover if knowing your future prevents you from experiencing your present with a sense of wonder and immediacy that can allow Orpheus to connect with the lives around him in order to fulfill his destiny.
Beyond the Doors of Death (with Damien Broderick)
ISBN 978-1-61242-112-4, 186 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“Broad, intriguing speculation on human evolution and first contact.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Born With the Dead” (the novella) was nominated for every major science fiction award when it was originally published in 1974, winning the Nebula and Locus awards.
The author now revisits the classic story with Australian author Damien Broderick. Broderick uses Robert Silverberg’s original novella as a starting point for a brilliant leap into the far future, widening the scope and tenor of the original story by revisiting some of its subtler implications.
“It's one of those pieces so powerful that I doubted anyone could create anything of matching strength in the same vein, but Broderick does a good job.” —Don D’Ammassa (DonDammassa.com)
Starborne
ISBN 978-1-61242-080-6, 299 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Is utopia a death sentence for mankind?
Does living in a perfect world destroy all that makes us human?
Fifty men and women, living perfect lives, decide to give it all up to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
Equipped with enough genetic material to populate a new planet, these fifty set out to travel to the farthest reaches of the galaxy, with their only link to home a fragile telepathic bond between a blind crew member and her sister back home.
Starborne is a thoughtful, introspective look by one of the Grand Masters of science fiction at what it means to be human and to live a life of meaning.
The Masks of Time
ISBN 978-1-61242-107-0, 202 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A Nebula-nominated classic by a Grand Master of Science Fiction, Robert Silverberg, The Masks of Time tells the story of Vornan-19 … a naked man who suddenly appears on the Spanish Stairs.
Vornan-19 claims to have come from the far future and has access to technological marvels that support his claim. But is he really what he claims to be?
Leo Garfield and his fellow scientists must unravel the truth about Vornan-19, but are they up to the job, or will they too fall under his magic-like spell, just like the rest of the world who is ready to worship a new kind of a messiah?
The Mutant Season (with Karen Haber)
ISBN 978-1-61242-146-9, 264 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
There are mutants living among us. People with golden yellow eyes, extraordinary powers and strange abilities. For centuries they have hidden themselves, fearing persecution. After rising tensions in recent decades, the mutants find new hope in the twenty-first century, with one of their own holding high political office.
But underlying prejudices are hard to eradicate completely. And even as the mutants find greater acceptance in society, a single event threatens to undo everything.
In 2017, the murder of a prominent politician sets off a series of events that will bring the mutants into direct conflict with “normal“ humans, and the world may never again be the same.
Thebes of the Hundred Gates
ISBN 978-1-61242-105-6, 92 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Edward Davis, a rookie of the Time Service, has already made several successful jumps to the past. Now he is given his most important mission.
Two members of the Service have disappeared in ancient Egypt and Edward Davis’s assignment is to locate and rescue them.
But is he ready for all that Egypt has to offer and for the surprising truths he discovers as he explores this ancient land of myths and mysteries—truths that jeopardize his own mission and return back to the future?
When the Blue Shift Comes (a Stellar Guild book)
(sequel novella by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro)
ISBN 978-1-61242-074-5, 190 Pages, Trade Paperback 8” x 5”
Life has spread across the stars, and everyone enjoys a long life. However, only those who are Earth-born are truly immortal. But what happens when the immortals of Earth are suddenly faced with their ultimate destruction?
Hanosz Prime, a near-immortal (though not truly so, not being of true Earth stock) travels to humanity’s ancient home to discover the ultimate answer to humanity’s end.
A grand adventure by a Grand Master of science fiction, a Silverberg story in the tradition of the old classics, with an accompanying novella by up-and-coming writer Alvaro Zinos-Amaro.
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Daughter of Elysium - An Elysium Cycle Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-444-6, 356 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The pristine city of Elysium floats on the water world of Shora,
inhabited by
“immortals” who have succeeded in unlocking the secrets of life.
Outsider Blackbear Windclan wants to share the secret of immortality with his own people, but can he, and the City of Elysium, survive the corruption and decadence that immortality has bred into the ageless society?
And what of the consciousness of self-aware nano-sentient servitors and their quest for vengeance?
"An enormously impressive achievement ... A marvelous array of cultures presented in astonishing depth" —Kirkus Review
"A thoughtful, well-crafted novel" —Publishers Weekly
"Masterful story" —Library Journal
"Magnificently detailed" —Chicago Sun-Times
The Children Star - An Elysium Cycle Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-445-3, 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Only children can colonize the planet Prokaryon, genetically modified for a world whose chemistry kills unaltered adults. A colony of orphans struggles to survive, and finds the planet hides strange secrets.
The Prokaryan landscape is ordered, as if by unseen gardeners, "hidden masters" no human has ever found. The weather behaves as though designed to meet the planet's needs. When fire threatens a forest, a rainstorm appears, only to dissipate when the fire is put out.
When a ruthless corporation threatens to terraform Prokaryon, to recreate it for "normal" humans, there is a sudden urgency to find the intelligent life form directing the planet. For only then can the colonists save their world—and reveal unexpected possibilities for the human future.
“A story that is not only exciting but also filled with memorable characters.” —Publishers Weekly
“This novel's fireworks in the final third admirably justify its long, slow fuse.” —The New York Times
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Brain Plague - An Elysium Cycle Novel
ISBN 978-1-60450-444-6, 308 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
“Fascinating, flawlessly developed, meticulously detailed.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“In Joan Slonczewski’s Brain Plague ... a starving artist on the planet Veledon agrees to let a colony of “brain enhancers” occupy her skull. These microscopic creatures live in the brain’s outer linings, causing bursts of genius—or irreparable harm. The creatures themselves are like tiny human beings; one of their greatest concerns is getting their young to breed.”—The New Yorker
“Slonczewski shows imaginative breadth of vision in her depiction of nanotechnology’s pervasive impact on Fold civilization ... her narrative, though hip-deep in biotech jargon, is rich in subtle analyses of the relationships between individuals and societies, art and life, the organic and inorganic, health and disease, free will and personal responsibility, and spiritual and scientific aspirations.” —Publishers Weekly
“A most compelling and engrossing read.”—SF Site
“One of the most interesting SF novels I have read in a long time ... Not to be missed.” —Nancy Kress
“Slonczewski’s world building is magnificent” —Booklist
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Smith, Cordwainer 
Norstrilia (includes the prequel story "The Ballad of Lost C'Mell")
ISBN 978-1-60450-216-9, 290 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to Old North Australia, or Norstrilia, the only planet that has "stroon," a substance that indefinitely delays aging in humans. Stroon is cultivated from huge, deformed sheep farmed by the wealthiest estate owners to ever exist in all of humanity's existence.
Rod McBan is the last of one of the oldest and most honorable families on Norstrilia. But he himself has shortcomings that would normally have led to his death under the strict laws governing population control on a planet where immortality is cheap and imperfect citizens are ruthlessly "culled" to make way for more productive members of society.
But even McBan's vaunted stature in the society is not enough to save him from the basest of human emotions—jealousy—as the enmity of a former friend forces him to escape to Earth, where McBan's unprecedented fortune quickly makes him a magnet for all manner of crooks and revolutionaries.
The Best of Cordwainer Smith
ISBN 978-1-60450-360-9, 342 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
"No one ever wrote like Smith, with his special blend of intense myth-making and rich invention!"—Publishers Weekly
Cordwainer Smith was one of the original visionaries to think of humanity in terms of thousands of years in the future, spread out across the universe. This brilliant collection, often cited as the first of its kind, explores fundamental questions about ourselves and our treatment of the universe (and other beings) around us and ultimately what it means to be human.
In “Scanners Live in Vain” we meet Martel, a human altered to be part machine—a scanner—to be able withstand the trauma space travel has on the body. Despite the stigma placed on him and his kind, he is able to regrasp his humanity to save another.
In “The Dead Lady of Clown Town” we get to know the underpeople—animals genetically altered to exist in human form, to better serve their human owners—and meet D’Joan, a dog-woman who will make readers question who is more human: the animals who simply want to be recognized as having the same right to life, or the people who created them to be inferior.
In “The Ballad of Lost C’mell” the notion of love being the most important equalizer there is—as first raised in “The Dead Lady of Clown Town”—is put into action when an underperson, C’mell, falls in love with Lord Jestocost. Who is to say her love for him is not as valid as any true-born human? She might be of cat descent, but she is all woman!
And in “A Planet Named Shayol” it is an underperson of bull descent, and beings so mutilated and deformed from their original human condition to be now considered demons of a hellish land, who retain and display the most humanity when Mankind commits the most inhumane action of all.
Smith, L. Neil 
(Author's website)
Down With Power: Libertarian Policy in a Time of Crisis
ISBN 978-1-61242-055-4, 302 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
HOW TO FIX AMERICA
The "land of the free" is in deep trouble—the deepest since the War Between the States—not just economically, but politically and every other way. Her greatest institutions are crumbling all around us.
In Down With Power, the acclaimed libertarian writer and thinker L. Neil Smith, author of more than 30 liberty-related books and 50-year veteran of the freedom movement, strips this crisis to its essentials, offering solutions—sometimes "radical", in that they go straight to the root, more often simple common sense—resulting in a body of ideas that can elevate America to her former greatness.
Subjects covered include: The Zero Aggression Principle; National defense; The moral effects of taxation; Limiting corporate power; The truth about money; The United Nations; terrorism and torture; Global warming.
If you're feeling politically homeless these days; If you're new to libertarianism and want to know what it's really all about; If you're a libertarian candidate and need a campaign guide; or If you just want to sort out the fakers from the real thing, Down With Power is the book for you! And possibly a book that can change the course of history.
Sweeter Than Wine
ISBN 978-1-60450-483-5, 152 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
With just one tiny exception, J Gifford is an ordinary, decent, small-town kind of guy. He pays his bills on time. He waters his lawn. He treats his neighbors and the folks with whom he does business with kindness and respect. He's good to children and small animals.
The tiny exception? He's a vampire.
Born in 1920, and "brought over" shortly after D-Day in a little French village, 90-year-old Gifford still looks and feels 24. He has friends, a place in the community, a thriving business, and a big orange tabby cat named Fiddlestring. He knows where all the good restaurants are. He's very tidy about that "tiny exception" and has never killed anybody. All he lacks in his life is the beautiful girl who made him what he is today -- and then mysteriously vanished.
Now, suddenly, after sixty-five years, she's back and needs his help. But is she his long-lost love or a serial-killing fiend? Only time and blood will tell.
Blade of p'Na
ISBN 978-1-61242-218-3, 250 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
When Shaalara of the Alteen Zirnaath, a sapient, medium-sized spider of the jumping variety came into Eichra Oren’s office to commission the Assessor of p’Na and his symbiote, canine detective Sam Otusam, to find the location of her fiancé, they were not expecting the ‘accidents’ that impeded their research, or the taking on even more unusual clients along the way.
For conducting an investigation on the Elders’ planet is not an easy task. The Elders—large squid-like Superbeings—had ‘Appropriated’ species from all across the omniverse, plucking sapient races from alternate Earths, where they had faced extinction, or simply fascinated their new omnipotent benefactors.
While the Elders’ had introduced the Appropriated Persons and their descendants to a world where there were no wars, and gifted them with lifetimes that averaged a thousand years—at least—it had long been determined that the peaceful beings should not have taken these species from their Earths; there was a sense of unease rising within the populace.
Eichra Oren’s primary role as an Assessor of p’Na was to assess the actions of his clients, and determine whether they had atone for them—at the edge of his sword, or otherwise—but what of the Elders’ actions? Those directly involved with the Appropriation had long since ended their lives, when the moral implications of their actions had been made clear to them. But what about the rest of the Elders?
Why were there whispers of new Appropriations? And who was the mysterious new race threatening Earth?
Eichra and Sam were determined to find out…. And maybe, just maybe, find a runaway groom along the way.Captain Agot Edmoot Mav, Extraordinary Inquirer for Their Majesties' Bucketeers, must solve the unsolvable mystery of who has killed a famed, but controversial, scholar.
The killing was done in a windowless room which was locked and the murder weapon itself is a mystery.
But Agot Edmoot Mav is nothing if not persistent, and as a loyal member of the Bucketeers, will not rest till the truth is revealed about this murder, most foul ... and most alien.
Their Majesties' Bucketeers
ISBN 978-1-61242-148-3, 200 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Captain Agot Edmoot Mav, Extraordinary Inquirer for Their Majesties' Bucketeers, must solve the unsolvable mystery of who has killed a famed, but controversial, scholar.
The killing was done in a windowless room which was locked and the murder weapon itself is a mystery.
But Agot Edmoot Mav is nothing if not persistent, and as a loyal member of the Bucketeers, will not rest till the truth is revealed about this murder, most foul ... and most alien.
Tom Paine Maru—Special Author’s Edition
ISBN 978-1-60450-483-5, 152 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Corporal Whitey O’Thraight may need to choose between his own survival and that of his home planet.
Whitey O’Thraight, the Ship’s Armorer on the first interstellar vessel launched by his home planet Vespucci, finds himself stranded on a strange planet with just one other survivor.
Captured by the local Baron, they are freed by a group of monks who are much more than they initially appear to be. Their new benefactors and friends have something special in mind for the two survivors, but going along with these plans might mean the destruction of Vespucci as they knew it.
Another breathtaking adventure by the author of the award-winning Pallas and The Probability Broach.
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The Venus Belt
ISBN 978-1-60450-442-2, 166 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
More than 150,000 women have been kidnapped without a trace or any ransom demand in the “normal” world run by the Federalists and the bureaucracy. But that is not the only problem, because the freedom loving population in the “alternate” reality of the North American Confederacy are facing their own crises.
People are disappearing across the Probability Broach, including Win Bear's closest friend, Featherstone-Haugh (who heads the Confederacy), and even Win's wife and assistant.
Ill (and deadly) winds are blowing and threatening to destroy the Probability Broach as we know it. Win Bear, keeping one step
ahead of lethal assassins and fighting incredible odds, must solve multiple
apparently disparate cases that all seem to lead to the end of freedom.
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The Crystal Empire
ISBN 978-1-60450-452-1, 378 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Earth is ruled by three mighty empires: The Saracen-Jewish Empire led by the Caliph of Rome, the Mughal-Arab Empire, ferocious in its determination to destroy its neighbor, and the great Sino-Aztec's Crystal Empire, led by a living God.
Little is known about the Crystal Empire, which spans most of western America. But it is the most powerful force surviving on Earth and its might is unchallenged.
One man, however, will change that. Sedrich Sedrichsohn, a legendary fallen fighter, has a chance at redemption and nothing will stand in his way to reclaim his life and his purpose, even if he must fight the Sun-God himself.
"Impressively Imagined" —Kirkus Reviews
"A vibrant,
science-fiction epic filled with verve, dash and inventive characters. It's
creative, and it's fun, a fine bit of escapist fare for winter reading" —The
Chattanooga Times
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Pallas (Book I of the Ngu Family Saga)
Prometheus Award Winner
ISBN 978-1-60450-475-0, 328 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Ex-U.S.-Senator Gibson Altman rules the prison colony where everyone is expected to live by rules that govern every aspect of their lives.
The inhabitants of the experimental colony survive in a society plagued by crime, corruption and despair, toiling endlessly at tasks they are appointed to. Altman lives a life of luxury, ruling the lives of the souls trapped within his experiment and brooking no opposition to mandate.
However, Pallas, the terraformed asteroid, is also home to Curringer, a society in stark contrast to Altman's prison. It is a community where individual freedoms are championed and men and women are free to live as they please.
Emerson Ngu escapes from Altman's prison colony and becomes a hero of Curringer. Altman is driven by a deep hatred of Emerson and his triumph and will do anything to get his revenge on him. But in the process will he also destroy his own daughter and even the world of Pallas?
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Ceres (Book II of the Ngu Family Saga)
2011 Prometheus Award Finalist
ISBN 978-1-61242-007-3, 490 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
In the 22nd century people have spread into the Solar System. Born and raised in a twentieth of Earth's gravity on the asteroid Pallas, young skater Llyra Ngu is grimly determined to compete and win on mankind's homeworld—an ambition that many say will cripple or kill her.
Her older brother Wilson is equally set on quitting his job as a surveyor's apprentice to become an asteroid hunter, a calling fraught with the promise of fabulous riches and the danger of sudden death. He will find a full share of romance and disappointment, love and loss, and pursue the asteroid hunter's holy grail, the legendary Diamond Rogue.
Llyra's training will require years, and a journey that will take her to Ceres, at one tenth Earth's gravity, where her father bosses the Ceres Terraformation Project, to the one-sixth gravity of the Moon, to Mars and one third gravity, and finally to Earth. Along the way, she will survive jealous rivals, a hostile press, terrorist attacks, and the hijacking of a spaceliner in order to achieve her goal.
In the end, Llyra and Wilson will hear the call of the stars, themselves.
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Brightsuit MacBear
ISBN 978-1-61242-162-9, 200 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Berdan Geanar has had a difficult life. Unsure of himself, and apparently hated by the grandfather he has lived with since the death of his parents, he has no idea of what to do with his life.
But when his grandfather abandons him, taking all the family money and a special space suit, Berdan decides to fight and take back what is rightfully his.
Set in the North American Confederacy universe (Probability Broach, Tom Paine Maru), Brightsuit MacBear is a coming-of-age story, an adventure tale, and a rallying cry for defending one's rights against the odds.
Taflak Lysandra
ISBN 978-1-61242-208-4, 195 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The planet Majesty is covered by a thick green growth, miles deep. Nobody knows what caused it or even what lies at the bottom of the growth.When Lysandra and her father (a coyote scientist) take on a mission to dive underneath the teeming bio-mass, no one knows what to expect. Even wild conjecture has not prepared them for the extreme strangeness that they will find around them.
Bizarre, three-legged beings inhabit the bottom layer amongst the ruins of an ancient civilization, which may also hide the secret behind the current state of the planet. More importantly, they realize that the Hooded Seven plan to attack the human Confederacy.
Can Lysandra and her father survive beneath the bio-mass long enough to understand Majesty, uncover the Hooded Seven's secrets and save their own world?
Hope (with Aaron Zelman)
ISBN 978-1-60450-293-0, 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Can Alexander Hope, the accidental President, restore basic values and freedom to the nation?
His opponents will stop at nothing to force their own agenda on the nation, including killing the President of the United States.
An electrifying what-if political thriller by Aaron Zelman (founding member of Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership) and four-time Prometheus Award winner L. Neil Smith, author of Pallas and Tom Paine Maru.
“A spell-binding novel of politics and passion that will appeal to women as well as men.” —Dr. Joanne D. Eisen & Dr. Paul Gallant
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The Warlock in Spite of Himself (Book I of the Gramarye Series)
ISBN 978-1-60450-485-9, 280 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Rod Gallowglass is a man of science who does not believe in magic.
Gramarye is a world of witches and warlocks. Of strange abilities and phenomena. A world where society mirrors Earth's own Middle Ages, and a world headed for doom.
Rod Gallowglass must become a part of the local fabric to save the world from both itself and external forces that threaten its existence. But to do so, he must put aside his own convictions and beliefs, and become a warlock, in spite of himself.
A grand adventure mixing science fiction with elements of fantasy, this is the book that launched a whole series (fourteen books and counting).
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King Kobold Revived (Book II of the Gramarye Series)
ISBN 978-1-61242-043-1, 198 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Christopher Stasheff wrote the original King Kobold in 1971. Twelve years later, based on feedback from readers as well as his own personal dissatisfaction with the book, he decided to rewrite the story.
While King Kobold Revived follows the same basic outline as the original 1971 edition, the book has been totally redone. The author had twelve years between the two writings to mull things over, and it shows. The plot is much tighter, the characters much more developed and the writing more fluid.
Enter the fantastic world of Gramarye once again, where magic lives with science and the Warlock in Spite of Himself, Rod Gallowglass, is once again called upon to save the planet from marauding evil ... if he can overcome the insidious mental fog that clouds his mind and threatens his powers.
The Warlock Unlocked (Book III of the Gramarye Series)
ISBN 978-1-61242-051-6 , 228 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
A scientist from Earth at heart, Rod Gallowglass has come to terms with the “magic” of Gramarye, and is just beginning to understand his own powers.
But when his family accidentally goes through a portal to what appears to be an alternate universe, he must follow them into a world where magic really does seem to work and where the laws of the universe seem to have been rewritten.
Bringing his renowned blend of science fiction and fantasy back to the world of Gramarye, Christopher Stasheff once again redefines what is real and what is “magic.”
On the Train (a Stellar Guild book)
(sequel novella by Rachel Turtledove)
ISBN 978-1-61242-076-9 182 Pages, Trade Paperback 5” x 8”
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“Turtledoves pčre and fille offer two stories set on a railroad-girt world. Harry Turtledove (Supervolcano) introduces Javan, a young man from the city of Pingaspor whose third-class ticket allows him to expand his worldview, and whose ambition allows him to make a life for himself in the narrow confines of the Train. Rachel Turtledove’s story describes the first-class travels of nanny Eli, hired by the Baroness Vasri, who becomes entangled in the world of the Directors of the Railroad and the slinkers who stow away. The world of the Train is insular even as it circles the planet, offering only fleeting glimpses into the wonders beyond, whether the ravages of war or the effects more magical regions have on the Train’s mechanism. The original setting and likable characters have a surprising number of possibilities that could easily be explored in future books.”
Over the Wine-Dark Sea
ISBN 978-1-61242-140-7 340 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper, the scholarly Sostratos, are sea-traders from the Greek island of Rhodes. Fearless sailors, they will travel any distance to make a profit or to search for rich treasures.
While they trade in fineries such as wine and silk (and even, to the chagrin of many, peacocks), they live in dangerous times with pirates, thieves and barbarians. As if avoiding death by the hands of these miscreants isn't enough (particularly the barbarians from an obscure town called Rome), they are also caught between the political intrigues of Alexander's former generals.
The Gryphon's Skull
ISBN 978-1-61242-142-1 339 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin), the scholarly Sostratos, are back in a new adventure.
Soon after their successful return to Rhodes the two cousins find that Greece is a dangerous place after the death of Alexander. Various factions fight and vie for power and the neutrality of Rhodes itself is threatened as opposing forces maneuver for advantage in the eastern Mediterranean.
Menedemos and Sostratos are determined not to let circumstances stand in the way of a profitable venture … especially since they are now in possession of a rare skull which appears to be from the mythical creature known as the Gryphon.
But can they survive long enough to benefit from their unusual discovery?
The Sacred Land
ISBN 978-1-61242-222-0 344 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Menedemos, the young dashing sea captain, and his helper (and cousin) the scholarly Sostratos, are back in their third adventure.
This time around the two cousins end up in the Sacred Land, Jerusalem, where they encounter a strange religion. This fascinates Sostratos, who wants to learn as much as he can about the strange monotheists living there.
The more worldly Menedemos looks more toward more common pleasures, particularly those involving pretty women (not letting small inconveniences like their marriage to other men get in the way).
But, as always, trouble follows them. From cargo they can’t sell to bandits and thugs waiting to jump them, they must once again use their quick wits to survive and, hopefully, make a profit from their long journey.
“Another solid entry in an entertaining series.” —Booklist
“Good pacing, a light touch, and a genuine feel for the
period.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Owls to Athens
ISBN 978-1-61242-254-1 348 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
"Scholar and bestselling author [Turteltaub], encapsulates his vision of the ancient world through the eyes of these two engaging merchants."-Historical Novel Society
After some long and perilous journeys, Menedemos and Sostratos finally head back to Athens just in time for the Dionysia, a bacchanalian festival of plays and celebrations.
Like earlier installments in the series, Owls to Athens has the cousins going through various adventures, trade negotiations and sexual escapades, all set against a finely painted mosaic of Hellenic life in the fourth century BCE.
However, this time, most of their time is spent in the City of Athens instead of sailing on the high seas. But even in the City, life can be treacherous, particularly when Menedemos decides to have an affair with one of the most influential and dangerous women in Athens.
"Owls to Athens demonstrates Turteltaub's excellent research skills ... an entertaining and intelligent story"—SF Site
Verne, Jules
The Moon Book (From Earth to the Moon & Round the Moon)
ISBN 978-1-60450-250-3, 232 Pages, Trade Paperback 6.14” x 9.21”
The Underground City
ISBN 978-1-60450-255-8, 132 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Mother Grimm
ISBN 978-1-61242-115-5 324 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Twila Grimm has lived her whole life inside the sterile limits of the Biodome, an isolated domed oasis in the middle of a ravaged Earth.
The outside is world of mystery and disease: where those infected by the deadly CM virus are sent to die. This is a land of disease and death; of warring tribes and half crazed factions that live on the edge of sanity.
But the outside is also where Twila Grimm’s destiny lies. For she is much more than what she appears, and the secrets about her own origins may prove to be the world’s salvation or its ultimate destruction.
The Earth Is All That Lasts
ISBN 978-1-61242-164-3 378 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Welcome to the North American continent after a series of catastrophes, including famine, plague and floods, have destroyed almost all of humanity.
Descendants of the survivors (those who stayed) have created a tribal society in the depopulated American West which lives side by side with an enclave of scientists.
But unknown to all, a spaceship is coming: one with humans on board who care little for the new tribal customs and ways of life. Financed by an influential family settled away from Earth, Homeward Bound is an exploratory ship sent back to see what has become of the home planet, and how best it can be used to further the aims of certain vested interests.
"The Earth Is All That Lasts is a sadly ignored novel which is currently out-of-print but deserves to be more widely read"-SFSite (review written before Phoenix Pick reprinted the book).
Children of the Earth
ISBN 978-1-61242-166-7 451 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Almost all of humanity has been destroyed on the North American continent by a series of catastrophes, including famine, plague, and floods.
Descendants of the survivors (those who stayed) created a tribal society in the American West which lives side by side with an enclave of scientists.
Earth has kept its rebirth a secret for some time, but when colonists throughout the stars begin to long for contact with the mother world, violence and greed could once again threaten the planet.
The Earth Saver
ISBN 978-1-61242-183-4 394 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
Tana Winthrop has longed to travel to Earth. When she is finally able to do so using new technologies she discovers the secret of the survivors living on Earth. But in doing so, Tana has also re-ignited the threat of extinction for those very survivors.
As word of her discovery spreads, she must race against time to save the newly vibrant Earth from the emerging threat and the only way to so is to enlist the help of a legendary hero who has been dead for over two hundred years.
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The First Men in the Moon
ISBN 978-1-60450-246-6, 176 Pages, Trade Paperback 6” x 9”
The Invisible Man
ISBN 978-1-60450-242-8, 132 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The Island of Dr. Moreau
ISBN 978-1-60450-245-9, 132 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The Time Machine (Afterword by Paul Cook)
ISBN 978-1-60450-247-3, 108 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
The Ultimate Earth
ISBN 978-1-61242-154-4 47 Pages, Trade Paperback 5.5” x 8.5”
Generations of clones on the moon chronicle the recovery of mother Earth, which has been destroyed and deserted. Eons have passed and a new generation of clones discover that their own base on the moon had been destroyed in the past and then rediscovered and rebuilt by the man known as Sandor Pen.
In the meantime the remnants of humanity have just started unlocking the mysteries of interstellar flight, but over the years their memory of old Earth has faded … a memory Sandor Pen intends to reignite.
The Ultimate Earth is classic Williamson. A multi-layered story with subtle interpretations. The novella was published to much critical acclaim, winning both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
