Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plan lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task number one for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power—but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League inevitably takes as a declaration of war.

The thunder of battle rolls as the Solarian League directs its massive power against the Star Kingdom. And once again, Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she must win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom—the insidious puppetmasters of war who lurk behind the Mesan Alignment!

W201203 March 2012 Monthly Baen Bundle

A Rising Thunder

by David Weber

The Star Beast

by Robert A. Heinlein

The Forerunner Factor

by Andre Norton

The Amazon Legion

by Tom Kratman

Overkill

by Robert Buettner

Sir Dominic Flandry: The Last Knight of Terra

by Poul Anderson

Bedlam's Bard

by Mercedes Lackey and Ellen Guon

After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines. Now meta-hero organization Echo and sometime Russian ally CCCP must battle back. Task one: to hunt down the secret puppetmasters behind the Nazi robot invasion, the Thule Society. It's "go time" once again for the meta-heroes, including fire-bender John Murdock, hacker-witch Vikki Nagy, healer Belladona Blue, super-quick Mercurye—and most of all for their ghostly ally, Seraphym, the spirit of the world who uses her secret influence to direct the fight against a Thulian-based tyranny of evil and slavery that is fast descending upon the entire universe!

Night Shade Books is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

This series will present Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. The editorial decision to present these finely crafted tales chronologically, as opposed to thematically, was made in order to present Smith's fiction as part of a continuum—Smith's style evolved as he grew older, and gained access to the commercial markets. The ebb and flow of his prose over the course of his lifetime can be charted via the five volumes of this series.

The Collected Fantasies series is authorized by the Smith Estate, and is endorsed by Arkham House. Night Shade Books has been publishing weird and fantastic fiction, and related material, since its inception.

In addition to Smith, Night Shade has published H. P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, and Lord Dunsany. Night Shade has published dozens of contemporary writers of Fantasy, SF, and Horror.

The Last Hieroglyph is the fifth of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Dark Age" (April 1938) to "The Dart of Rasasfa" (July 1961). This volume also features an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Night Shade Books is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

This series will present Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. The editorial decision to present these finely crafted tales chronologically, as opposed to thematically, was made in order to present Smith's fiction as part of a continuum—Smith's style evolved as he grew older, and gained access to the commercial markets. The ebb and flow of his prose over the course of his lifetime can be charted via the five volumes of this series.

The Collected Fantasies series is authorized by the Smith Estate, and is endorsed by Arkham House. Night Shade Books has been publishing weird and fantastic fiction, and related material, since its inception.

In addition to Smith, Night Shade has published H. P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, and Lord Dunsany. Night Shade has published dozens of contemporary writers of Fantasy, SF, and Horror.

The Maze of the Enchanter is the fourth of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Mandrakes" (February, 1933) to "The Flower-Women" (May, 1935). This volume also features an introduction by Gahan Wilson, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Night Shade Books is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

This series will present Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. The editorial decision to present these finely crafted tales chronologically, as opposed to thematically, was made in order to present Smith's fiction as part of a continuum—Smith's style evolved as he grew older, and gained access to the commercial markets. The ebb and flow of his prose over the course of his lifetime can be charted via the five volumes of this series.

The Collected Fantasies series is authorized by the Smith Estate, and is endorsed by Arkham House. Night Shade Books has been publishing weird and fantastic fiction, and related material, since its inception.

In addition to Smith, Night Shade has published H. P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, and Lord Dunsany. Night Shade has published dozens of contemporary writers of Fantasy, SF, and Horror.

A Vintage from Atlantis is the third of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Holiness of Azédarac" (November 1933) to "The Colossus of Ylourgne" (June 1934). This volume also features an introduction by Michael Dirda, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Night Shade Books is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

This series will present Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. The editorial decision to present these finely crafted tales chronologically, as opposed to thematically, was made in order to present Smith's fiction as part of a continuum—Smith's style evolved as he grew older, and gained access to the commercial markets. The ebb and flow of his prose over the course of his lifetime can be charted via the five volumes of this series.

The Collected Fantasies series is authorized by the Smith Estate, and is endorsed by Arkham House. Night Shade Books has been publishing weird and fantastic fiction, and related material, since its inception.

In addition to Smith, Night Shade has published H. P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, and Lord Dunsany. Night Shade has published dozens of contemporary writers of Fantasy, SF, and Horror.

The Door to Saturn is the second of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Door to Saturn" (January 1932) to "The Hunters from Beyond" (October, 1932). This volume also features an introduction by Tim Powers, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Night Shade Books is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

This series will present Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather than publication. The editorial decision to present these finely crafted tales chronologically, as opposed to thematically, was made in order to present Smith's fiction as part of a continuum—Smith's style evolved as he grew older, and gained access to the commercial markets. The ebb and flow of his prose over the course of his lifetime can be charted via the five volumes of this series.

The Collected Fantasies series is authorized by the Smith Estate, and is endorsed by Arkham House. Night Shade Books has been publishing weird and fantastic fiction, and related material, since its inception.

In addition to Smith, Night Shade has published H. P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, William Hope Hodgson, and Lord Dunsany. Night Shade has published dozens of contemporary writers of Fantasy, SF, and Horror.

The End of the Story is the first of five volumes that collects all of Clark Ashton Smith's tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, faithfully following Smith's manuscripts. It includes, in chronological order, all of his stories from "The Abominations of Yondo" (1925) to "A Voyage to Sfanomoe" (1930). It features an introduction by Ramsey Campbell, as well as extensive notes on each story.

Clark Ashton Smith Bundle

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 1: The End of the Story

by Clark Ashton Smith

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 2: The Door to Saturn

by Clark Ashton Smith

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 3: A Vintage from Atlantis

by Clark Ashton Smith

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 4: The Maze of the Enchanter

by Clark Ashton Smith

The Collected Fantasies, Volume 5: The Last Hieroglyph

by Clark Ashton Smith

After an Earth-scarring apocalyptic battle, the meta-humans have turned back a massive invasion of super-science powered Nazi war machines. Now meta-hero organization Echo and sometime Russian ally CCCP must battle back. Task one: to hunt down the secret puppetmasters behind the Nazi robot invasion, the Thule Society. It's "go time" once again for the meta-heroes, including fire-bender John Murdock, hacker-witch Vikki Nagy, healer Belladona Blue, super-quick Mercurye—and most of all for their ghostly ally, Seraphym, the spirit of the world who uses her secret influence to direct the fight against a Thulian-based tyranny of evil and slavery that is fast descending upon the entire universe!

At last the generals were going to get their kind of President. At least that's what they thought . . .

The stock market crash of 1994 made 1929 look like a minor market adjustment . . . the rioters of the '90s made the Wobblies look like country-club Republicans . . . the Vice President of the U.S. resigns in a cloud of scandal—and when the military hints that they may let the lynch mobs through anyway, the President resigns as well.

But the President must first propose a new chief executive to succeed him—one approved by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Thus the generals get to pick a President. Imagine their surprise when the President they pick turns out to be his own man . . .

AFTER THE APOCALYPSE

After Apocalypse it will take centuries for Earth to rebuild a civilization--violent, hard centuries in which only the strong and those they protect will survive. In the bloody world of the neovikings, a powerful telepathic tyrant named Kazi is moving west against Europe with an irresistible army of Orcs at his back. The only hope of peace for the rest of the world is for Nils Jarnhann, the Yngling, to infiltrate Kazi's forces and assassinate him.

But neither Nils nor Kazi are aware that men from a star colony established by Earth centuries ago are about to return from the stars--or whose side they will take in the coming clash. . . .

***

Published previously in parts as The Yngling and Homecoming.

Invasion, defection—and a last stand to save Earth.

Dissident alien commander Arid Ricimer and his human allies, Captain Jim Coalbridge and Lieutenant Commander Griff Leher, are the courageous and very mortal heroes who must face down the forces of a tyrannical star empire.

Captain Arid Ricimer, an alien starship commander with integrity and a clever plan, attempts to defect to Earth with his officers and entire spaceship—a vessel that mounts a superweapon of almost unimaginable power. He's pursued by his former fleet, a force that has already devastated Earth once and is poised to wipe humanity from existence forever. In a thriller filled with echoes of The Hunt for Red October and cool hard science fiction technology, it's a desperate gambit for the alien captain and for humanity, as well. Yet after years of battling back from the brink of destruction, the U.S. space navy has the wartested heroes to rise to the challenge, among them attack ship captain Jim Coalbridge and alien analyst, Griff Leher.

The players are in motion and the greatest confrontation this sector of the galaxy has ever witnessed is at hand. All depends on the courage of an honorable alien warrior and the intelligence and daring of his human counterparts and would-be compatriots.

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by Mercedes Lackey with Cody Martin, Dennis Lee and Veronica Giguere

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by Tony Daniel

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by David Weber

The Crucible of Empire

by Eric Flint and K. D. Wentworth

Carousel Tides

by Sharon Lee

Earthblood and Other Stories

by Keith Laumer and Rosel George Brown
edited by Eric Flint

The General's President

by John Dalmas

The Orc Wars

by John Dalmas

Invasion, defection—and a last stand to save Earth.

Dissident alien commander Arid Ricimer and his human allies, Captain Jim Coalbridge and Lieutenant Commander Griff Leher, are the courageous and very mortal heroes who must face down the forces of a tyrannical star empire.

Captain Arid Ricimer, an alien starship commander with integrity and a clever plan, attempts to defect to Earth with his officers and entire spaceship—a vessel that mounts a superweapon of almost unimaginable power. He's pursued by his former fleet, a force that has already devastated Earth once and is poised to wipe humanity from existence forever. In a thriller filled with echoes of The Hunt for Red October and cool hard science fiction technology, it's a desperate gambit for the alien captain and for humanity, as well. Yet after years of battling back from the brink of destruction, the U.S. space navy has the wartested heroes to rise to the challenge, among them attack ship captain Jim Coalbridge and alien analyst, Griff Leher.

The players are in motion and the greatest confrontation this sector of the galaxy has ever witnessed is at hand. All depends on the courage of an honorable alien warrior and the intelligence and daring of his human counterparts and would-be compatriots.

Captain Daniel Leary with his friend—and spy—Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights.

With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach.

And, of course, it's up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.

IT'S THE DAWN OF THE 22ND CENTURY, AND THE WORLD HAS FALLEN APART.

Decades of war and resource depletion have toppled governments. The ecosystem has collapsed. A new dust bowl sweeps the American West. The United States has become a nation of migrants—starving masses of nomads who seek out a living in desert wastelands and encampments outside government seed-distribution warehouses.

In this new world, there is a new power. Satori is more than just a corporation, she is an intelligent, living city that grew out of the ruins of Denver. Satori bioengineers both the climate resistant seed that feeds a hungry nation, and her own post-human genetic Designers, Advocates, and Laborers. What remains of the United States government now exists solely to distribute Satori seed; a defeated American military doles out bar-coded, single-use Satori seed to the nation's starving citizens.

When one of Satori's Designers goes rogue, Agent Sienna Doss—ex-Army Ranger turned glorified bodyguard—is tasked by the government to bring her in: The government wants to use the Designer to break Satori's stranglehold on seed production and reassert themselves as the center of power.

Sienna Doss's search for the Designer intersects with Brood and his younger brother Pollo—orphans scraping by on the fringes of the wastelands. Pollo is abducted, because he is believed to suffer from Tet, a newly emergent disease, the victims of which are harvested by Satori. As events spin out of control, Brood and Sienna Doss find themselves at the heart of Satori, where an explosive climax promises to reshape the future of the world.

WE ARE NOT ALONE!

From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatcher... From ET to Close Encounters... creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out.

. . .

Please note that due to contractual limitations, Stephen King's "I Am the Doorway," which appears in the Trade Paperback of Alien Contact, does not appear in this e-book.

NS201111 November 2011 Night Shade Books

Alien Contact

by Marty Halpern

Seed

by Rob Ziegler

The fifth volume of our Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson.

Contents:

• Introduction by Ross E. Lockhart

Fantastic Visions

• The Valley of Lost Children
• Date 1965: Modern Warfare
• My House Shall Be Called the House of Prayer
• Judge Barclay's Wife
• The Getting Even of Tommy Dodd
• Sea Horses
• How the Honourable Billy Darrell Raised the Wind
• The Getting Even of 'Parson' Guyles
• The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois
• The Inn of the Black Crow
• What Happened in the Thunderbolt
• How Sir Jerrold Treyn Dealt with the Dutch in Caunston Cove
• Jem Binney and the Safe at Lockwood Hall
• Diamond Cut Diamond with a Vengeance
• Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani
• The Room of Fear
• The Promise
• Captain Dang
• Captain Dan Danblasten

Copyright Versions

• The Ghost Pirates
• Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
• The Dream of X
• Senator Sandy Mac Ghee
• The Last Word in Mysteries
• The Dumpley Acrostics

Alternate Versions
• An Adventure of the Deep Waters
• Captain Gunbolt Charity and the Painted Lady
• The Storm
• The Crew of the Lancing

Counterfeits
• The Raft
• R.M.S. "Empress of Australia"
• A Note on the Texts