Lost in the dark, half a year into their journey to the colony world of Tantalus, Sakura Kimei, her family, and her best
friend, the alien "Bemmie" nicknamed Whips, are torn from the safety of their colony ship. In a crippled lifeboat, they
had one chance to find a habitable world. But even then, they would find that their apparent salvation was a world of a
thousand secrets.
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An adventure‑filled coming of age story set in World War II era Austin, Texas.
It is the summer of 1944, and young teen Charlie Hardin has been set loose on the streets of Austin, Texas with only
one command from his parents: stay out of trouble. Charlie means to do just that. He never wants to disobey, but
sometimes in a boy's life situations come up that he cannot ignore and still be true‑blue to his own restless soul. And
when that time comes . . .
It's up to Charlie Hardin.
It's up to Charlie Hardin when a secret path over a wall topped with glass shards needs cutting through an ancient oak,
even if that means venturing out on the brittle ends of tree limbs where any fall could break an arm, a leg–or a neck.
It's up to Charlie Hardin when a dog‑shooting neighbor must be taught to keep his hands off Charlie's loyal best friend,
even if that means inventing the world's most effective long‑range pumpkin slingshot.
And it's up to Charlie Hardin to explore a boy‑sized storm culvert that leads into darkness simply because that's what a
red‑blooded boy has to do, even if it leads to the heart of a perilous criminal plot built on Nazi schemes and greed.
Charlie understands that, no matter the cost, when danger arrives at his doorstep, to be brave, resolute, clever–and
sometimes just a tiny bit nuts–is the only thing that counts, when all is said and done. For the one surefire ingredient
every glorious summer adventure always requires is a willing and resolute adventurer. And in Austin, Texas, in the
summer of 1942, that adventurer comes in the form of one unstoppable young teenager named Charlie Hardin!
Cobra warriors: technologically enhanced human warriors designed to combat an implacable alien menace. Now, and
not for the first time, the Cobras are facing trouble from their own kind.
The Broom clan of Cobra warriors finds itself pressed between two star empires headed for war. On the planet
Aventine, the Broom's homeworld, pater familia Paul Broom has been taken prisoner by Commodore Santeros, an
implacable operative of the Dominion of Man. Paul is due to have his memories sifted through by the dreaded and
often destructive Dominion MindsEye in order to root out the location of legendary Qasamaa planet where huge
advances in military hardware, particularly a svelte powered armor, might give the Dominion of Man an edge in a
coming war with the alien Troft. Santeros hopes to strike a deal with Qasama and, if a deal cannot be struck, then
Santores and the Dominion are prepared to take what they want.
Elsewhere on Aventine and in the galaxy beyond, rebellion is brewing against Dominion atrocities and Dominion
scheming, with outlaw Cobra warriors Lorne and Jody Broom in the vanguard.
Meanwhile, Cobra Jason Broom poses as an escaped slave on a secret Troft prison planet where humans are sent to
gladiatorial combat to the death for Troft amusement and wagering. He is seeking information on Troft factions, for
not every Troft wants war with humankind, and if he can identify moderate elements, he may save the Cobra worlds,
and head off a massive interstellar war in the bargain.
The stage is set for adventure with one family of Cobra heroes once again fighting for freedom and peace in a galaxy
on the edge of war.
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The Mesan Alignment: a centuries‑old cabal that seeks to impose its vision of a society dominated by genetic rank onto the human race. Now the conspiracy stands exposed by spies Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat—one an agent of Honor Harrington’s Star Kingdom of Manticore, the other a Havenite operative. The outing of the Alignment has turned the galaxy’s political framework topsy‑turvy. Old coalitions have disintegrated. New alliances have been born.
For starters, the long and hard‑fought war between the Republic of Haven and the Star Empire of Manticore is not only over, but these bitter enemies have formed a new pact. Their common foe: the Mesan Alignment itself.
But more information is needed to bring the Alignment out of the shadows. Now, defying the odds and relying on genetic wizardry themselves for a disguise, Zilwicki and Cachat return to Mesa—only to discover that even they have underestimated the Alignment’s ruthlessness and savagery.
Soon they are on the run in Mesa’s underworld, not only hunted by the Alignment but threatened by the exploding conflict on the planet between Mesa’s overlords and the brutalized slaves and descendants of slaves who have suffered under their rule for so long. But if Zilwicki and Cachat succeed in rooting out the ancient conspiracy, a great evil may be finally removed from the galaxy—and on a long‑oppressed planet, freedom may finally dawn.
Sequel to national bestsellers Torch of Freedom and Crown of Slaves, Book Three in the Crown of Slaves, ‑ Honor Harrington universe.
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“Love’s not time’s fool,” Shakespeare wrote, though he might have added that men and women can be both love and time’s fools. For time and love are universally experienced, yet mysterious and only dimly understood. Here’s a collection of stories with both transcendental mysteries in high gear, as lovers, happy and otherwise, are caught in bizarre twists of time. On hand to twist time into pretzel shapes, if not into Moebius strips, are best-selling and award-winning authors such as Poul Anderson, John Wyndham, Christopher Priest, Richard McKenna, Michael Swanwick, Charlie Jane Anders, Tony Daniel, Sarah A. Hoyt, and more, as cupid hops aboard a time machine and the course of true love not only may not run smooth, but may run backwards and even sideways.
Includes stories by Richard McKenna (Nebula Award winning story), author of the award-winning novel The Sand Pebbles; John Wyndham, author of the mega-bestseller The Day of the Triffids; multiple-award winning author Poul Anderson, multiple award-winner Christopher Priest, author of The Prestige (BSFA Award winning novel); Charlie Jane Anders (Hugo Award winning story which is currently being developed for TV); Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award winning author Michael Swanwick; Hugo Award finalist and Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award winner Tony Daniel; Prometheus Award winner Sarah A. Hoyt; and more.
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#10 in the nationally best-selling Republic of Cinnabar Navy space adventure series.
Cinnabar's chief spymaster is a mother also--and her son is determined to search for treasure in the midst of a civil war. Who better to hold the boy's hand—and to take the blows directed at him—than Captain Daniel Leary, the Republic of Cinnabar Navy's troubleshooter, and his friend the cyberspy Adele Mundy?
The only thing certain in the struggle for control of the mining planet Corcyra is that the rival parties are more dangerous to their own allies than to their opponents. Daniel and Adele face kidnappers, hijackers, pirates and a death squad—even before they can get to their real business of ending the war on Corcyra. Only with planetary peace can the boy they're escorting get on with his mission.
The boy thinks the treasure he's looking for is a thousand years old. Daniel and Adele know that it's probably a dream—
But if the treasure is real, it just might be tens of thousands of years older than anyone imagines, and incalculably more valuable!
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The complete Harold Shea stories from SF master L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, together at last! In these five tales of the fantastic, psychologist Harold Shea and his colleagues travel to parallel worlds where magic works, and in which mythologies, legends, and literal fantasies of our world can be reached by a system of symbolic magic. The five stories collected in The Complete Compleat Enchanter explore the worlds of Norse mythology, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Irish mythology and more. Includes the complete text of the previous collections The Castle of Iron, Wall of Serpents, and The Incompleat Enchanter.
