Kristine Kathryn Rusch Books In Order

The Black Queen

From one of the most acclaimed creators of fantasy fiction comes the epic tale of the Black Throne, a stirring saga of tumultuous conflict set in a magical world, in a powerful family, and in the tortured and divided mind of its monarch.

The Fey Empire has been at peace for fifteen years. But Queen Arianna, who holds the Black Throne, has become increasingly troubled by a mysterious presence that is waking in her mind. It is a force of ruthless power, determined to seize the throne even if it means destroying Arianna’s very essence in the process. And when the queen’s body is not her own, it spells trouble for a warlike empire already beginning to chafe under the strictures of peace.

Worse, it seems that the only person who can help Arianna is her brother, Gift, the legitimate heir to the Black Throne and the one the Throne itself has chosen as ruler. To refuse its summoning could bring disaster, but to accept it could be more dire still. So while his sister is locked in a battle to save her very soul, Gift must use his incomplete knowledge of magic in a desperate fight to discover a solution. At stake is the fate of the entire world which stands poised on the brink of unimaginable chaos.

The Black King

One of fantasy fiction’s foremost creators concludes the epic black throne saga with this magnificent tale of a world coveted by a ruthless spirit, returned to life in the mind of an innocent monarch. The Black KingFor Gift, who has renounced the Black Throne to become a Shaman, the news from Blue Isle is disheartening. There his sister, Queen Arianna, once a proponent of peace, has begun to prepare for war. For unknown to Gift, Arianna has been possessed by the dark soul of The Black King who nearly destroyed the Fey Empire generations before in his mad quest for power. Through darkest magic he has returned to life in Arianna’s body to finish what he started while the queen’s true consciousness has been hidden away by her most ardent supporters. Now Gift must somehow avert the tragedy that threatens his world. But looming above all is the ancient curse of Blood against Blood, forbidding one member of the Black Family from taking the life of another. Yet what choice does Gift have? If The Black King is allowed to assume the Throne he will plunge the world into a terrifying cataclysm that could destroy all who inhabit it.

Diving into the Wreck

Boss loves to dive historical ships, derelict spacecraft found adrift in the blackness between the stars. Sometimes she salvages for money, but mostly she’s an active historian. She wants to know about the past to experience it firsthand. Once she’s dived the ship, she’ll either leave it for others to find or file a claim so that she can bring tourists to dive it as well. It’s a good life for a tough loner, with more interest in artifacts than people. Then one day, Boss finds the claim of a lifetime: an enormous spacecraft, incredibly old, and apparently Earth made. It’s impossible for something so old, built in the days before Faster Than Light travel, to have journeyed this far from Earth. It shouldn’t be here. It can’t be here. And yet, it is. Boss’s curiosity is up, and she’s determined to investigate. She hires a group of divers to explore the wreck with her, the best team she can assemble. But some secrets are best kept hidden, and the past won t give up its treasures without exacting a price in blood. What Boss finds could rewrite history, cost lives, and start an intergalactic war.

City of Ruins

Boss, a loner, loved to dive derelict spacecraft adrift in the blackness of space…
But one day, she found a ship that would change everything an ancient Dignity Vessel and aboard the ship, the mysterious and dangerous Stealth Tech. Now, years after discovering that first ship, Boss has put together a large company that finds Dignity Vessels and finds ‘loose’ stealth technology. Following a hunch, Boss and her team come to investigate the city of Vaycehn, where fourteen archeologists have died exploring the endless caves below the city. Mysterious ‘death holes’ explode into the city itself for no apparent reason, and Boss believes stealth tech is involved. As Boss searches for the answer to the mystery of the death holes, she will uncover the answer to her Dignity Vessel quest as well and one more thing, something so important that it will change her life and the universe forever.

Boneyards

The novellas in the Diving universe have won three Asimov’s Readers Choice Awards. When multiple Hugo Award winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch decided to put her stamp on classic space opera, readers wanted more. Now Rusch’s popular character Boss returns in a whole new adventure, one that takes her far outside her comfort zone, to a sector of space she’s never seen before. Searching for ancient technology to help her friends find answers to the mystery of their own past, Boss ventures into a place filled with evidence of an ancient space battle, one the Dignity Vessels lost. Meanwhile, the Enterran Empire keeps accidentally killing its scientists in a quest for ancient stealth tech. Boss’s most difficult friend, Squishy, has had enough. She sneaks into the Empire and destroys its primary stealth tech research base. But an old lover thwarts her escape, and now Squishy needs Boss’s help. Boss, who is a fugitive in the Empire. Boss, who knows how to make a Dignity Vessel work. Boss, who knows that Dignity Vessels house the very technology that the Empire is searching for. Should Boss take a Dignity Vessel to rescue Squishy and risk losing everything to the Empire? Or should Boss continue on her mission for her other friends and let Squishy suffer her own fate?Filled with battles old and new, scientific dilemmas, and questions about the ethics of friendship, Boneyards looks at the influence of our past on our present and the risks we all take when we meddle in other people’s lives. Boneyards is space opera the way it was meant to be: exciting, fast moving, and filled with passion.

Simply Irresistible

Dexter Grant, the inspiration for the greatest superhero of all time, lives in reduced circumstances. Now he runs a pet store in Portland, Oregon, and privately calls himself a Kitten Superhero because he saves stray animals. He aspires to something greater, but his magic has been restricted by the Fates. The Fates, three women who control the magical universe. Only they ve lost their position, and they re on the run. They ve turned to an old friend for help, but that friend is dead. Her niece, Vivian Kineally, runs her estate. Vivian, who doesn t even know magic exists. Vivian, who loves comic books. Vivian, who also happens to be psychic. The Fates steer Vivian to Dexter Grant. They want his help. He’s not willing to give it. But now that he s met Vivian, he s not willing to give her up either. Dexter Grant must save the Fates and discover his own fate, all at the same time. With her series of magical romances, Kristine Grayson has carved out her own special and unique place in the romance genre. Romantic Times The reigning queen of paranormal romance. The Best Reviews

The Sacrifice

Defying their Black King in order to rally an attack on the peaceful Blue Isle, warrior prince Rugar and his fearless daughter, Jewel, do not suspect that the islanders, under young prince Nicholas, have prepared to defend themselves.

The Changeling

Years after a political marriage fails to bring peace to the land of Blue Isle, Jewel learns that the son she and her husband have been raising is a changeling and launches a rescue mission in the Shadowlands.

The Rival

Blue Isle, scene of a violent clash between its human native and the magical Fey, has now become the center of attention of the Fey king, Rugad. He is returning to finish the Fey invasion begun years ago but thwarted by the discovery that Blue Islander holy water was fatal to the aggressors. That stalemate has produced a wary coexistence, even intermarriage between royal families of the two races, but Rugad wants only one thing: total domination and he will stop at nothing to get it

The Resistance

For a conquered people, a long forgotten magic holds their only hope. Blue Isle’s capital lies in ruins, leveled by the new invasion force of Fey. But to hold his conquest, Black King Rugad must capture his two half Islander, half Fey great grandchildren: the fiery Arianna and the gentle Gift. For one of them will inherit the Black Throne, and Rugad will not rest until he owns them both, body and soul. Yet, in the wily and courageous Arianna, this legendary warrior may have met his match. Fugitives in a wasted land, she and her father, Blue Isle’s King Nicholas, plan the destruction of her ruthless great grandfather. Drawn to a forgotten sacred place in the shimmering Cliffs of Blood, they will find Arianna’s long lost brother, Gift. But an old enmity stands between Arianna and the reluctant warrior Gift, and an ancient Fey prophecy darkens their future and that of the world. The brilliant epic of the Fey continues in a blaze of beauty and savagery, treachery and enchantment.

Victory

The conflict on Blue Isle is rapidly reaching a head when one unexpected event suddenly gives the Islanders a fighting chance. Adrian’s son Luke, chafing under Fey rule, leads a group of his fellow farmers in a secret strike against a Fey outpost. They are seeking only to unbalance their conquerors, to prove that the Fey are not as vigilant as they believe, but in destroying the outpost, Luke and his fellows inadvertently destroy a stronghold of Fey magick, setting off a wave of power that cripples anyone possessing magickal powers. Meanwhile, in the town of Constant, Matthias is learning more about his mysterious powers and the truth behind a religion he had all but abandoned. While in the Place of Power, high in the Cliffs of Blood, King Nicholas has begun exploring the stored artifacts of the Blue Island religion, many of which may prove as deadly to the Fey as the once feared holy water. And as for Rugad, furious at Luke’s attack and feeling his control over his people and his slipping, he knows the time to strike is now lest he lose the opportunity altogether. Already, the Fey have lost their first battle to the Islanders in the Cliffs of Blood. And Rugad does not intend that it should happen again. Now, as Rugad’s forces march in force against the town of Constant, the fate of all the Blue Isle may rest on the most unlikely alliance of all. For if King Nicholas cannot join together with the man who once killed his wife, all of Blue Isle may pay the price.

Fantasy Life

The Disappeared

In a world where humans and aliens co exist, where murder is sanctioned, and where no one can find safe haven, one group of private detectives is willing to help the ‘Disappeared’ find their way home. Meet the Retrieval Artists. ‘One of the most sure footed authors in science fiction.’ Science Fiction Weekly

Consequences

Retrieval Artist Miles Flint brought one of the Disappeared out of hiding, believing she would be safe. But then she’s murdered, plunging Flint into a mystery involving an enigmatic alien race and the fate of the entire solar system.

Buried Deep

The skeletal remains of a human woman missing for twenty years is discovered on Mars. To determine what happened to her, Retrieval Artist Miles Flint must locate the woman’s children who disappeared with her and have remained in hiding ever since.

Paloma

The critically acclaimed science fiction mystery series continues Retrieval Artist Miles Flint undertakes the most personal investigation of his career when his mentor is murdered and all evidence points to the most powerful law firm on the Moon a firm that will stop at nothing to protect its clients and its executives.

Recovery Man

Retrieval Artist Miles Flint has uncovered a long held secret to his past linked to the Aleyd Corporation and a kidnapping by the mysterious Recovery Man, in a case that threatens the entire Earth Alliance legal system…

Duplicate Effort

Retrieval Artist Miles Flint is on a personal mission to bring down the corrupt law firm of Wagner, Stuart, and Xender. Then a journalist working with him is murdered, and Miles may be next. But before he can begin to investigate, he has a more personal crisis to deal with his daughter Talia is missing. Talia one of six clones of Miles long dead child has gone off to find the other five. As Miles pursues her, he begins to fear that her search for her sisters and his for the killer are on a collision course

A Dangerous Road

It’s February 1968, and tense race relations in Memphis are beginning to build into real conflict. The sanitation workers’ strike has been going on for almost three weeks, and marches are beginning to turn into riots. African American P.I. Smokey Dalton is hired by Laura Hathaway, a young white woman from up north, to look into her mother’s reasons for remembering Smokey generously in her will. Smokey reluctantly takes the case, as much to satisfy his own curiosity about these people he never knew as because he needs the work. What he uncovers is a thirty year old secret so powerful it will shatter both their lives. Furthermore, this turning point couldn’t come at a worse time for Smokey. As February turns to March, then April, Smokey must watch his city crumble around him and deals with the approaching visit of his childhood friend, now estranged from him, Martin Luther King, Jr. a visit that turns out to be the very destiny of both men, and the city itself. This wonderful novel launches a unique and atmospheric series, introducing an appealing character in Smokey Dalton and an equally compelling time period in our history.

Smoke-Filled Rooms

It’s a long, hot summer in 1968. After escaping Memphis with Jimmy, a ten year old boy who witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and saw the face of the true murderer, P.I. Smokey Dalton hopes to start a new life in Chicago. Their new beginning is shattered by the events leading up to the Democratic National Convention, where violence and paranoia have replaced political protest. Smokey does all he can to protect Jimmy from the police and his nagging fear that a rogue FBI agent is following them. But when a neighborhood boy disappears, and the body of another is found tortured on his doorstep, Smokey knows that he cannot run any longer. Only by diving headlong into the underside of the 1960s can he and Jimmy hope to stay alive…
AUTHORBIO: KRIS NELSCOTT lives and writes on the Oregon coast.

Thin Walls

‘I hear you help people find things.’So begins the latest case for Smokey Dalton, Kris Nelscott’s enigmatic African American p.i. But when Mrs. Alice Foster comes to the door of his small apartment, she’s not missing a pet, or even a loved one: She wants Smokey to find her husband’s killer. Three weeks ago, Louis Foster was found propped up against a tree in a city park, stabbed once through the heart. The cops have given up, and Smokey isn’t surprised: It’s 1968, and the Chicago PD cops who responded to the scene have clearly written off the death of this black man as a mugging gone wrong, or something equally unimportant. Case closed. Not for Smokey. He starts at the beginning, enlisting the reluctant help of a photojournalist who took pictures at the scene. Then, going back through newspaper archives, looking for patterns, clues, wild theories anything that will help him figure out why a middle class black man would be found dead in a public park miles from home Smokey learns something startling. Louis Foster doesn’t look to be the first. Amid trying to protect his adopted ten year old son, who’s being hassled at school by some older gang members, Smokey, the photojournalist, and two renegade cops who risk their careers to help him, set off on the hunt for a killer. Nelscott’s Edgar Award nominated A Dangerous Road, which introduced Smokey Dalton and told the story of the days leading up to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination in Memphis, launched an atmospheric crime series set during one of the most turbulent times of our recent past. Now, in this third installment, she delivers a gripping thriller about one man struggling to build a life in this divided city the only way he knows how, and the men who would kill to stop him.

Stone Cribs

Edgar finalist Kris Nelscott once again delivers a heart stopping novel that is part thriller and part chronicle of one of our country’s most turbulent times. It’s 1969 in Chicago. Smokey Dalton saves the life of a young woman after a botched illegal abortion, and this act of charity blooms into a more complicated situation when Smokey learns that the woman had been raped. Her ex husband, a black Chicago homicide detective, vows revenge but when he is murdered only Smokey cares enough to find the killer. With Stone Cribs, Kris Nelscott, one of the most nuanced, intelligent writers of crime fiction working today, has authored a complicated novel of a country ripped apart at the seams and a lone man doing all he can to put things right.

War at Home

It’s summertime in 1969 when African American P.I. Smokey Dalton heads east to look for a missing college student. Daniel Kirkland never showed up for his spring semester at Yale and seems to have disappeared without a trace.
The search for Daniel takes Smokey from the hallowed halls of the nation’s wealthiest university to the poorest slums on the outskirts of New Haven. The harder he searches, the more he learns about the dark side of the antiwar movement, in which the idealistic young Daniel may have become involved. And he keeps hearing rumors about bombs. When the trail finally leads Smokey to New York City, he discovers that someone might be trying to kill Daniel. Rumors become more concrete, and Smokey knows it’s only a matter of time before a bomb goes off. Because Smokey, a Korean War veteran, recognizes the pattern: he has stumbled into a war. A War at Home.
In this blistering new book, award winner Kris Nelscott continues her hard hitting look at the turbulence of the late sixties and early seventies, all in the guise of the modern crime novel.

Days of Rage

As racial tensions mount during the 1969 celebrity trial of the Chicago Eight, African American PI Smokey Dalton is keeping a low profile with his son, Jimmy, who knows a dark secret about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. When Smokey finds a group of skeletons hidden in the wall of a building he’s inspecting for investor Lara Hathaway, his investigation leads him into Chicago s racist past and implicates some of the nation s most powerful people in a deadly 1919 riot.

The Tenth Planet

2017: NEAR THE PLANET URANUS

After a deep space satellite mysteriously stops transmitting, the Hubble III telescope picks up a startling image. Astronomers don’t know what the strange object is only that it orbits past Earth every two millennia.

Meanwhile, archaeologist Leo Cross has discovered peculiar layers of black residue at dig sites around the globe. Stranger still, these thin bands occur like clockwork every 2,006 years, coinciding with some of the world’s darkest moments in history.

We have six months to prepare for the next arrival. This time we know something is coming. This time we have weapons to defend us.

This time we’ll be wrong…
again.

A science fiction saga set on near future Earth, The Tenth Planet challenges our basic beliefs about the solar system and ultimately our place in the universe. With cutting edge astronomy, blockbuster action, and high drama, the mystery is revealed in a trilogy of adventures.

Oblivion

2017: BACK FROM THE SUNFor aeons, Earth has been ravaged by so called natural disasters. Now we know the primary cause: overharvesting of our limited resources not by humans, but by the residents of our solar system’s tenth planet. Since before the birth of humanity, every two thousand years, this dark planet has plundered our world. But in 2017, Earth fought back. Now thousands of aliens face starvation. To survive, they must harvest Earth when their orbit brings them back from behind the sun. But the humans are not waiting for Earth to become as parched and barren as Mars. Every nuclear weapon has been aimed at the Tenth Planet. Their ultimate goal to blow the Tenth Planet to Oblivion. In part two of the Tenth Planet saga, cutting edge science and high drama combine in an adventure that questions humanity’s history, our place in the universe…
and our very right to exist. From the Paperback edition.

Final Assault

2018: COUNTDOWN TO APOCALYPSETwo worlds are locked in mortal conflict. The aliens of the Tenth Planet must harvest Earth’s vast resources soon before their world’s elliptical orbit hurls them back into deep space for another 2000 years. If they fail, their species cannot survive the long journey into the void. This is their last chance to avoid extinction. On Earth, scientists work frantically to stop the huge alien fleet, but even nuclear weapons have only slowed the attackers’ dreadful onslaught. Now the ultimate battle for the fate of Earth and all human life draws near. And as more powerful weapons are brought to bear, winning the war may be more devastating than the invasion.A thrilling science fiction saga of epic proportions, THE TENTH PLANET: Final Assault delivers high tech action and pulse pounding drama that culminate in the explosive finale to a rousing trilogy.

Afterimage

Just as the Joan of Arc killer a rapist who burns his victims before murdering them is murdering her, Rebecca Tamerlane finds her soul snatched by a group of shapeshifters, who transform it into the likeness of her killer.

Hitler’s Angel

A thrilling and twisting tale set in a dark and fateful time in history, this story by a renowned fantasy writer hints at what might have happened had Hitler been derailed early on by scandal ‘So we have blood and a supposed body. With all the death and riots in Munich, you believed this to be important?’ The sergeant licked his lips, swallowed, and then said, ‘The dead girl, sir. The dead girl, she is Herr Hitler’s niece.’ This much is true: Hitler was obsessed with his young niece, Geli Raubal. On September 19th, 1931, two years before he came to power, Geli was found dead of a gunshot wound in Hitler’s apartment in an exclusive area of Munich. Her death was ruled a suicide, but the suspicion of murder remained long after she had been laid to rest. It is 1972, and Annie Pohlmann, a young American student, arrives in Germany to interview retired detective Fritz Stecher, who headed the original investigation. She gets more than she bargained for when Stecher reveals the whole story of a case that not only nearly killed him, but almost changed the course of history.

Aftershock (With: Kevin J. Anderson)

Afterimage Aftershock the trade omnibus reprinting of Afterimage and the never before published sequel Aftershock. Afterimage He was known as the Joan of Arc killer a sad*istic rapist who burned his victims before he murdered them. Rebecca Tamerlane had been staring into this monster’s face as he hovered over her broken body, the smell of gasoline in the air. Suddenly her body felt completely whole and surprisingly strong only it wasn’t her body. Aftershock The darklings, or shapeshifters, have always lived in peace with the land. As a series of earthquakes rock California, the land is injured. Unable to use their magic to help themselves, the darklings begin to change, and die, with each new quake…
Unless they can find out what is wrong with their magic they will undergo changes. Changes like what happened to Rebecca Tamerlane, except they will never end until death.

Stories for an Enchanted Afternoon

The first story in this collection of the author’s best short fiction, ‘Millennium Babies,’ looks at the ‘losers,’ the infants who are not the first born in the New Year. Then in the novella ‘The Gallery of His Dreams,’ a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Awards, the life and talent of Matthew Brady, a daguerreotype photographer who photographs the horrors of future wars and atrocities in order to preserve the past, is detailed. The collection also includes ‘Skin Deep,’ ‘Echea,’ ‘Coolhunting,’ ‘Going Native,’ ‘Harvest,’ ‘Strange Creatures,’ ‘Monuments of the Dead,’ ‘Spirit Guides,’ and ‘Burial Detail.’

Five Fantastic Tales

The five magical stories in this short collection include stories of fairies and shapeshifters and magic shops. In this collection, you’ll find the heartwarming ‘Flower Fairies,’ the whimsical ‘The Poop Thief,’ the outrageous ‘Say Hello To My Little Friend,’ the political vampire tale, ‘Victims,’ and a tale of high school gone wrong, ‘Domestic Magic.’

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

Ancient Blood (By:Diane Carey)

To true Klingon warriors, no occasion is more sacred than the Day of Honor, when they pay homage to all that makes them Klingon. But honor demands its price…
. Worf finds his honor tested when he goes undercover to infiltrate a planetary criminal network. How can he root out the corruption on Sindikash without resorting to deceit and treachery himself? Worf’s dilemma is shared by his son Alexander, who searches for the true meaning of honor in his own human heritage. Along with his son, Worf must confront deadly danger and the inner struggles of his Klingon soul.

Her Klingon Soul (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

Even light years from the Klingon Empire, the Day of Honor remains an occasion of great importance. And sometimes honor is found in the most unexpected places…
B’Elanna Torres has never cared for the Day of Honor. Ashamed of her Klingon heritage, she regards the holiday as an unwanted reminder of all she has struggled to repress. Besides, something awful always seems to happen to her then. Her bad luck seems to be running true to form when she and Harry Kim are captured by alien slavers. Imprisoned by the enigmatic Risatti, force to mine for deadly radioactive ore, Torres will need all of her strength and cunning to survive and her honor as well.

Treaty’s Law (With: Dean Wesley Smith)

In part four of the sequel to Invasion, Captain Kirk and Klingon Commander Kor must rely on each other’s honor to survive a hostile alien attack.

Honor Bound (By:Diana G. Gallagher)

No occasion is more sacred to the Klingons than the Day of Honour; and to Klingon youth, honour is a hard learned lesson. Alexander is finding it hard to control his emerging Klingon traits, but a frightening confession from his own father, Worf, shows him how vital it is to learn self control.

Day of Honor (By:Michael Jan Friedman)

From the author of ALL GOOD THINGS and SHADOWS ON THE SUN, a science fiction novel in the STAR TREK VOYAGER series. Based around an episode from a programme due to be broadcast in Autumn 1997, the novelisation is a sequel to DAY OF HONOUR: HER KLINGON SOUL.

Infection (By:John Gregory Betancourt)

The USS ‘Enterprise D’ has been on its mission of exploration under the command of Captain Jean Luc Picard for less than a year when a virulant epidemic strikes Archaria III. Picard and his crew are dispatched to the planet to deliver aid.

Vectors (With: Dean Wesley Smith)

Like a strand of mutating DNA, a deadly conspiracy winds its way through the entire Alpha Quadrant, just as it stretches across several years of Starfleet history even to the Cardassian space station that will someday be known as Deep Space Nine . A virulent plague has stricken Terok Nor, striking down both the enslaved Bajorans and Cardassian oppressors, who blame each other for the growing epidemic. Dr. Katherine Pulaski, late of the Starship Enterprise , must work with the tyrannical Gul Dukat, as well as a rebel spy named Kira Nerys, to discover the true source of an infection that threatens them all!

Red Sector (By:Diane Carey)

Like the biological weapons they employ, a sinister conspiracy has spread across the Delta Quadrant and across many years of Starfleet History. Now the mysterious menace surfaces again to strike at the heart of the Romulan Empire. An artificial virus has infected the entire Romulan ruling family. Ambassador Spock must put aside his efforts at unification to summon his old friend, Dr. Leonard McCoy, who discovers that the only hope for a cure lies with a long lost Romulan heir whose blood and tissues have not been contaminated by the virus. But can the heir be found before the collapse of a ruling dynasty throws the entire Empire into chaos?

Quarantine (By:John Vornholt)

Like intertwining filaments of human and alien DNA, a ruthless campaign of revenge has threaded its way through the galaxy, touching billions of sentient beings and changing forever the life of Lieutenant Thomas Riker. Tom Riker, an identical duplicate of the ‘Starship Enterprise’sTM ‘ first officer, is serving as a Starfleet medical courier when he encounters a group of Maquis renegades, led by a former Starfleet officer named Chakotay. A planet in the Demilitarized Zone, now controlled by the Cardassians, has been stricken with the same deadly disease that has plagued the Alpha Quadrant for years, and only Riker can get the medical supplies the Maquis so desperately need. But the Cardassians would rather destroy all life on the planet than risk letting the epidemic spread!

Double or Nothing (By:Peter David)

The Next Generation meets the New Frontier as Captain Jean Luc Picard joins forces with Captain Mackenzie Calhoun to track down and confront the hidden architects of the recurring plague that is threatening the universe.

The First Virtue (By:Christie Golden,Michael Jan Friedman)

An insidious plot for revenge has spanned several years in the life of Jean Luc Picard, but how did this merciless vendetta get started? Like a double helixcurling back on itself, the final answer lies at the very beginning…
A series of terrorist attacks have heightened tensions between two alien races, bringing an entire sector to the brink of interplanetary war. While Picard,captain of the U.S.S. Stargazer, struggles to keep the peace, Lieutenant Commander Jack Crusher must team up with a Vulcan officer named Tuvok to uncover the hidden architect of the attacks, but the outcome of their quest would breed dire consequences for the future.

Caretaker (By:L.A. Graf)

Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager are transported by alien technology to the other side of the galaxy, years away from the Federation and everything they call home. There an enigmatic being known as the Caretaker kidnaps two crew members and transports them to a people known as the Ocampa. Captain Janeway must rescue her crew members, battle a hostile race called the Kazon Ogla, and solve the mystery which surrounds the Caretaker, only to begin the fantastic voyage back to Earth.

The Escape (By:Dean Wesley Smith)

The U.S.S. VoyagerTM is in desperate trouble, her systems damaged, her warp engines failing. Without immediate repairs the starship and her crew will be trapped forever between the stars. Captain Kathryn Janeway must guide her ship to an ancient, deserted planet that could hold the key to their survival a planet that is hiding more than one deadly secret.

Violations (By:Susan Wright)

Under the guise of helping the crew find a way home, a group of aliens board the U.S.S. VoyagerTM, and then steal the main computer. To get it back, Captain Janeway is forced to negotiate with the thieves who are from a consortium of planets where thievery is a way of life. But as Janeway and the crew fight to retrieve their computer in time to save the barely functioning ship, they become embroiled in a political battle that could not only destroy the U.S.S. Voyager, but the crew as well.

Incident at Arbuk (By:John Gregory Betancourt)

Tracking a shuttle’s distress signal to the nearly deserted Arbuk System, the U.S.S. VoyagerTM crew encounters an unusual weapon a thousand times more powerful than the Starship. Inside the shuttle, the crew discovers an unconscious alien and no more information about the device. Captain Janeway and her crew are attacked by a group of mysterious warships with an interest in the weapon’s power. With warp power off line, the crew of the Starship Voyager must find a way to save themselves from a group of aliens desperate to control the superweapon.

Incident at Arbuk (By:John Gregory Betancourt)

Tracking a shuttle’s distress signal to the nearly deserted Arbuk System, the U.S.S. VoyagerTM crew encounters an unusual weapon a thousand times more powerful than the Starship. Inside the shuttle, the crew discovers an unconscious alien and no more information about the device. Captain Janeway and her crew are attacked by a group of mysterious warships with an interest in the weapon’s power. With warp power off line, the crew of the Starship Voyager must find a way to save themselves from a group of aliens desperate to control the superweapon.

The Murdered Sun (By:Christie Golden)

When sensors indicate a possible wormhole nearby, Captain Janeway is eager to investigate, hoping to find a shortcut back to Federation space. Instead, she discovers a star system being systematically pillaged by the warlike Akerians. Janeway has no desire to get caught up in someone else’s war, but in order to the check on the possibilities offered by the wormhole and to save the innocent people of Veruna Four VoyagerTM has no choice but to challenge the Akerians.

Ghost of a Chance (By:Mark A. Garland)

Badly damaged in a close encounter with a dwarf star, the VoyagerTM discovers a planet being torn apart by tremendous volcanic stresses. The planet’s primitive inhabitants will surely perish unless the Voyager intervenes but the Prime Directive forbids them to act. And then the dilemma is increased by the arrival of another starship, a Televek vessel, whose crew offer to help both the Voyager and the people of the crumbling planet. But Janeway senses something amiss with their saviors, and she’s haunted by ghostly visions warning her of a threat that make her loathe to accept anything from the Televek, even though they may be her only hope.

Cybersong (By:)

Lured by a mysterious signal to a ghost ship floating adrift in space, Captain Janeway brushes aside warnings about the ship’s legendary reputation in the hopes that it contains information that may bring the Voyager crew back home.

The Final Fury (By:Dafydd ab Hugh)

For ages they have sought to claim our worlds. Now, at last, we take the battle to them…
. Far from the Federation’s desperate war against the invading Furies, the crew of the U.S.S. VoyagerTM encounters something they never expected to hear again: a Starfleet distress call. The signal leads them to a vast assemblage of non humanoid races engaged in a monumental project of incredible magnitude. Here is the source of the terrible invasion threatening the entire Alpha Quadrant and, for the Starship VoyagerTM, a possible route home. But soon there may not be any home to return to…

Mosaic (By:Jeri Taylor)

Mosaic tells the life story of Captain Janeway, a compelling tale of personal bravery, personal loyalty, tragedy and triumph. As told by Jeri Taylor, co creator and executive producer of Star Trek: Voyager, this is an in depth look into the mind and soul of Star Trek’s newest captain. Deep in the unexplored reaches of the Delta Quadrant, a surprise attack by a fierce Kazon sect leaves Captain Janeway fighting a desperate battle on two fronts: while she duels the Kazon warship in the gaseous mists of a murky nebula, an Away Team led by Lt. Tuvok is trapped on the surface ofa wilderness planet and stalked by superior Kazon ground forces. Forced to choose between the lives of the Away Team and the safety of her ship, Captain Janeway reviews the most important moments of her life, and the pivotal choices that made her the woman she is today. From her childhood to her time at Starfleet AcademyTM, from her first love to her first command, she must once again face the challenges and conflicts that have brought her to the point where she must now risk everything to put one more piece in the mosaic that is Kathryn Janeway.

Bless the Beasts (By:Karen Haber)

In desperate need of crucial repairs, the Starship VoyagerTM has come to Sardalia, a planet blessed with great natural beauty and apparently friendly inhabitants. The Sardalians welcome Voyager enthusiastically, but Captain Janeway soon grows suspicious. The Sardalians seem almost too eager to help. Janeway fears they are hiding some secret agenda. When Tom Paris and Harry Kim disappear while visiting the planet, the captain and her crew find themselves caught in the middle of a planetary war and faced with an agonizing moral dilemma.

The Garden (By:Greg Cox)

Desperately in need of vital nutritional supplies, the crew of the USS VoyagerTM must risk dealing with an enigmatic race known as the Kirse, legendary for the bountiful crops of their world and for their secretive ways. Despite Neelix’s warnings, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team to the Kirse homeworld. But when the hostile Andirrim attack the Kirse, Janeway finds herself caught in a deadly situation. Forced to fight alongside the Kirse, Janeway and her crew can only hope that their strange, new allies are not more dangerous than their common foe.

Chrysalis (By:David Niall Wilson)

When the sensors of the ‘U.S.S. Voyager’ detect abundant plant life on an unexplored planet, Captain Janeway leads an Away Team in search of fresh food supplies. They find lavish gardens inhabited by an enigmatic alien race that holds the gardens sacred. The fragrent blossoms are beautiful, enticing and far more dangerous than they appear. One by one, the Away Team begins to fall into deep comas from which they cannot be revived. Unwilling to spread the affliction to ‘Voyager,’ the Away Team is trapped on the planet until a cure can be found, but their investigation is perceived as desecration by the devout worshippers of the gardens. Pursued by a fanactical mob, slowly succumbing to the insidious effect of the blossoms, Janeway faces either a violent death or an endless sleep.

The Black Shore (By:Greg Cox)

After weeks of lonely journeys through a desolate region fo the Delta Quadrant, the crew of Voyager is badly in need of shore leave, so the planet Ryolanov seems just what the doctor ordered. Full of warm sunlight and gracious, hospitable people, Ryolanov is a veritable oasis amidst the endless reaches of uncharted space. Alerted by his spirit guide, Chakotay is the first to suspect that there may be a serpent lurking in this paradise, but he is not alone. Driven by a psychic call she cannot ignore, Kes must conquer her own fears to discover the terrifying secret lurking beyond the black shore.

Marooned (By:Christie Golden)

When an alien pirate abducts Kes, U.S.S. Voyager takes off in hot pursuit, but the first rescue mission fails disastrously; an ion storm forces the shuttle to crash on an unknown world. Now Captain Janeway and her Away Team must embark on a hazardous trek through a hostile environment in search of a way off the planet, while Voyager, commanded by Chakotay, confronts an enemy fleet in the depths of space.

Echoes (With: ,Dean Wesley Smith)

A swashbuckling planetary adventure with the crew of ‘Voyager’ as they continue in their quest to get back to Earth.

Pathways (By:Jeri Taylor)

In her acclaimed novel Mosaic, Jeri Taylor, co creator and former executive producer of the Star Trek: Voyager television series, explored the previously unrevealed past of Captain Kathryn Janeway, filling in the missing chapters of Janeway’s life with a compelling story of bravery, sacrifice, and personal triumph. Now, Pathways traces the winding roads that have led Janeway’s fellow officers and closest friends to what may be the greatest crisis of their long journey home. A deadly encounter with hostile aliens has left Captain Janeway’s crew separated from the Voyager and slowly starving to death in a disease ridden alien prison camp. To keep up their determination as they plot their escape, the crew shares with each other the unlikely paths that brought them all to the U.S.S. Voyager and the Delta Quadrant. These are the stories of the command crew of U.S.S. Voyager: of a fair haired youth who seemed destined for greatness or disgrace; of a troubled, half human woman who didn’t seem at home anywhere in the galaxy; of a traveler and treasure hunter who found the greatest prize of all; of a naive young man who lost his love in pursuit of his dreams; of a Vulcan who formed a surprising bond with a human woman of unusual courage and passion; of a child woman whose boundless curiosity led to a strange new world of marvels and dangers; and of the man who is perhaps closest of all to Kathryn Janeway, the man whose unspoken love and dedication may hold the key to her survival…
. They began as individuals, following very different pathways, but together, under the leadership of one remarkable woman, they have become one of the finest teams in the known universe, the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager.

Seven of Nine (By:Christie Golden)

Once she was Annika Hansen, an innocent child assimilated by the fearsome, all conquering Borg. Now she is Seven of Nine, a unique mixture of human biology and Borg technology. Cut off from the collective that has been her only reality for most of her existence, and forced to join the crew of the Starship Voyager , she must come to grips with her surprising new environment and her own lost individuality. Seven of Nine has already captured the imagination of fans all over the world. Now the most sensational new character of the twenty fourth century stars in her first full length novel. Resistance is futile.

Captain Proton (By:Dean Wesley Smith)

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when Real Men with ray guns and beautiful women in beguiling outfits battled hideous monsters from outer space! Return with us to the days when Captain Proton ruled the skyways!

When the queen of an evil space empire kidnaps Captain Proton’s faithful secretary Constance Goodheart, it’s only the first step in her diabolical plan to conquer the Incorporated Planets. It soon becomes clear that there is more to her plot than meets the eye when, on the very edge of death, Captain Proton is saved by a power Not Of This Universe. Caught in an eons old fight between two alien races, who can Captain Proton trust? No one not even his sidekick, ace reporter Buster Kincaid. Can Captain Proton save the Galaxy from the forces of evil and save Constance Goodheart from the Giant Demon Squid of Greyhawk II?

Extra! Dr. Chaotica plots the Death of the Patrol, Constance Goodheart must find Captain Proton before she shrinks to a size too small to be seen, and Buster Kincaid faces the Swamp of Doom!

Death of a Neutron Star (By:Dean Wesley Smith)

An alien scientist asks to join Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew in the investigation of an unprecedented scientific find. Soon U.S.S. Voyager is embroiled in a battle of wills among several alien races each intent on manipulating the discovery toward its own end and decimating whole worlds in the process. Janeway must stop a quest for knowledge from turning into a plot for destruction!

Battle Lines (By:Dave Galanter)

While exploring a sector of uncharted space, the U.S.S. Voyager is ambushed and forcibly pressed into service as part of the Edesian Fleet in their war against the enemy Gimlon. The Edesian commander claims that the Fleet is fighting only to defend his people against a merciless invader, but Captain Janeway is suspicious. War, she has learned, is seldom so simple or black and white. With Chakotay and several other crew members held hostage, and the Starship Voyager under the control of the Edesians, Janeway has no choice but to join the campaign against the Gimlon, only to discover that the enemy has developed a new super weapon capable of destroying entire worlds. Soon the Captain and her crew find themselves fighting a losing battle in a war they never wanted!

Equinox (By:Greg Cox)

Captain Janeway believed she commanded the only Starfleet vessel in the Delta Quadrant until the U.S.S. Voyager came to the rescue of the U.S.S. Equinox, a battered starship besieged by a ravening horde of extradimensional predators. Helmed by Captain Rudolph Ransom, the Equinox has been trapped in the Delta Quadrant even longer than the Voyager and the ship and its crew show the scars of a constant struggle to survive. But Ransom and his people are hiding something as well: a shocking secret that will ultimately pit captain against captain, starship against starship, in an explosive conflict that may cost Voyager the life of her captain! A powerful novel based on the thrilling two part television adventure!

Endgame (By:Greg Cox)

For seven tumultuous years, the U.S.S. Voyager has explored the Delta Quadrant, encountering strange alien civilizations and bizarre space time anomalies as it steadfastly made its way back toward the safety of Federation space. Captain Kathryn Janeway and her heroic crew have faced all manner of harrowing danger and hostile life forms including the Kazons, the Borg, and the Q while never losing sight of their ultimate goal: home. Now, at last, Voyager’s epic trek may be nearing its end…
After so many perilous and astounding adventures, will Captain Janeway finally bring her wayward starship back to the Alpha Quadrant? And what will become of her diverse yet tightly knit crew? Will Chakotay, B’Elanna Torres, and the other former Maquis freedom fighters face long delayed justice for their crimes against the Federation? And is there any place in Starfleet for the uniquely independent Borg known as Seven of Nine? As the ultimate destiny of Voyager is revealed, all that is certain is that nothing will ever be the same!

The Nanotech War (By:Greg Cox)

Throughout human history, mankind has turned its goals and dreams toward exploration. With wagon trains, ships, satellites and starships, humanity has chosen to seek out the new frontier, to explore new worlds, and to go where no human has gone before even to the furthest reaches of the Delta Quadrant. There, Captain Janeway and the crew of the Starship Voyager have discovered many strange and wondrous civilizations…
but few as alien as the Chiar. An advanced and scientific people who have made great strides with nanotechnology, the Chiar expanded internally rather than externally. Every inch of their planet is crawling with the tiniest bits and pieces of artificial intelligence imaginable, working in concert as the new lifeblood of this mechanical world. The people themselves are inseparable from their nanites, which layer their skin and provide extra limbs or senses as required. Caught up in a bitter civil conflict, some Chiar will try to take advantage of their meeting with the crew of Starship Voyager. They imagine that their homegrown nanites can harness the incredible power of the deadly Borg, and instead set in motion an experiment that goes devastatingly out of control.

Distant Shores (By:Marco Palmieri)

Washed up on a faraway galactic shore, Captain Kathryn Janeway of the U.S.S. Voyager faced a choice: accept exile or set a course for home, a seventy thousand light year journey fraught with unknown perils. She chose the latter. Janeway’s decision launched her crew on a seven year trek pursuing an often lonely path that embodied the purest form of the Starfleet adage ‘to boldly go…
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Committed to that difficult road, Voyager’s crew was rewarded with unimaginable experiences on strange and fantastic worlds, encountering exotic alien species and astonishing phenomena…
and challenged along the way by conflicts from within as well as from without. Yet none of their adventures tempered their shared determination to find a way back to friends and family.

Full Circle (By:Kirsten Beyer)

When the U.S.S. Voyager is dispatched on an urgent mission to the planet Kerovi, Captain Chakotay and his first officer, Commander Thomas Paris, must choose between following their orders and saving the lives of two of those dearest to them. B’Elanna Torres and her daughter, Miral, are both missing in the wake of a brutal attack on the Klingon world of Boreth. With the aid of their former captain, Admiral Kathryn Janeway as well as many old friends and new allies Voyager‘s crew must unravel an ancient mystery, placing themselves between two warrior sects battling for the soul of the Klingon people…
while the life of Miral hangs in the balance.

But these events and their repercussions are merely the prelude to even darker days to come. As Voyager is drawn into a desperate struggle to prevent the annihilation of the Federation, lives are shattered, and the bonds that were forged in the Delta Quadrant are challenged in ways that none could have imagined. For though destiny has dealt them crushing blows, Voyager‘s crew must rise to face their future…
and begin a perilous journey in which the wheel of fate comes full circle.

Unworthy (By:Kirsten Beyer)

Freed with a thought, the greatest menace to humanity, the Borg, are gone, absorbed into the Caeliar gestalt. But are they? Can this deadly menace that has hovered over humanity for decades truly be gone? Might some shadow of the Caeliar remain? The Federation decides that they have to know, and Starfleet is ordered to find out.

The Starship Voyager leads a fleet into a region of space that has lived in fear of instant annihilation for generations: the Delta quadrant, home of the Borg. Afsarah Eden the new captain of Voyager is charged with getting answers, to reach out to possible allies and resolve old enmities in the Delta quadrant.

The perfection that was given to the Borg was withheld from Seven of Nine. Left behind, she is living a twilight existence neither Borg nor human and slowly going mad. The whispers of the Collective, comforting murmurs she has always known, are replaced with a voice deep within her that keeps insisting she is Annika Hansen. Chakotay, the former captain of Voyager, offers to help Seven rendezvous with the ships that Starfleet Command has sent into the Delta quadrant, the probable destination of the mysterious Caeliar.

These are not the friendly stars of the Federation; the unknown and the unexpected are the everyday.

Children of the Storm (By:Kirsten Beyer)

YOU WERE TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO OUR SPACE. Little is known about the Children of the Storm one of the most unique and potentially dangerous species the Federation has ever encountered. Non corporeal and traveling through space in vessels apparently propelled by thought alone, the Children of the Storm at one time managed to destroy thousands of Borg ships without firing a single conventional weapon. Now in its current mission to the Delta Quadrant, Captain Chakotay and Fleet Commander Afsarah Eden must unravel whythree Federation starships the U.S.S. Quirinal, Planck, and Demeter have suddenly been targeted without provocation and with extreme prejudice by the powerful Children of the Storm…
with thousands of Starfleet lives at stake from an enemy that the Federation can only begin to comprehend…
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Jedi vs. Sith (By:Darko Macan)

According to legend, the Sith are always two A master and an apprentice. It was not always this way. A thousand years ago the Sith were many and they battled endlessly with the Jedi Army of Light. Lord Kaan ruled the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness and sought the destruction of Lord Hoth and his Jedi followers. Recruited into the war by a scout, three friends venture onto the battleground and march into destinies far greater and different than any of them could have ever imagined…

The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader (By:Ryder Windham)

The full story of Anakin Skywalker, from his birth in slavery to his death as the powerful Darth Vader…
told for the first time in its entirety by NYT bestselling Star Wars author Ryder Windham. Spanning all six Star Wars movie and including the pieces of the story that fill in the gaps, this novel will be a must have for any Star Wars fan.

Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (By:Matthew Woodring Stover)

Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader are dead. The Empire has been toppled by the triumphant Rebel Alliance, and the New Republic is ascendant. But the struggle against the dark side and the Sith Order is not over. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and their faithful comrades have had little time to savor victory before being called on to defend the newly liberated galaxy.

Powerful remnants of the vanquished Empire, hungry for retaliation, are still at large, committing acts of piracy, terrorism, and wholesale slaughter against the worlds of the fledgling New Republic. The most deadly of these, a ruthless legion of black armored Stormtroopers, do the brutal bidding of the newly risen warlord Shadowspawn. Striking from a strategically advantageous base on the planet Mindor, they are waging a campaign of plunder and destruction, demolishing order and security across the galaxy and breeding fears of an Imperial resurgence. Another reign of darkness beneath the boot heel of Sith despotism is something General Luke Skywalker cannot, and will not, risk.

Mobilizing the ace fighters of Rogue Squadron along with the trusty Chewbacca, See Threepio, and Artoo Detoo Luke, Han, and Leia set out to take the battle to the enemy and neutralize the threat before it’s too late. But their imminent attack on Mindor will be playing directly into the hands of their cunning new adversary. Lord Shadowspawn is no freshly anointed Sith Chieftain but in fact a vicious former Imperial Intelligence officer and Prophet of the Dark Side. The Emperor s death has paved the way for Shadowspawn s return from exile in the Outer Rim, and mastery of ancient Sith knowledge and modern technology has given him the capability to mount the ultimate power play for galaxy wide dominion. Dark prophecy has foretold that only one obstacle stands in his way, and he is ready even eager for the confrontation.

All the classic heroes, all the explosive action and adventure, all the unparalleled excitement of Star Wars come breathlessly alive as the adventures of Luke Skywalker continue.

From the Hardcover edition.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award-winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction–the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. IV (By:,L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. V (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. VI (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. VII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. IX (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XI (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIV (By:L. Ron Hubbard,Dave Wolverton)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XV (By:,L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents The Best of Writers of the Future (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

‘L. Ron Hubbard established the ‘Writers of the Future’ Contest in late 1983, offering new and aspiring writers a chance to have their works seen and read. Since that beginning, the imaginative works from these exceptionally talented new writers in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror have been published in one of the ‘L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future’ anthologies and have provided readers an escape to new worlds ever since. As was L. Ron Hubbard’s intention, many of these talents have gone on to become established writers. Now for the first time, sixteen creative stories from the first eight volumes that helped launch successful careers have been assembled, providing hours of reading entertainment your ticket to spellbinding adventures across the galaxy. The writers in this book include many you now know, who were in most cases first published in one of the earlier anthologies. These names include: James Alan Gardner, Karen Joy Fowler, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Robert Reed, Dean Wesley Smith, Ray Aldridge, Jamil Nasir, M. Shayne Bell, Jo Beverley, Leonard Carpenter, J.R. Dunn, Nancy Farmer, Astrid Julian, Michael H. Payne, Bruce Holland Rogers and Dave Wolverton. This first rate collection includes works from judges Anne McCaffrey, Frederick Pohl and Tim Powers, who if given the opportunity to enter this contest at the inception of their careers, would have done so with these well told tales. Also included are invaluable tips on writing from Frank Herbert and Algis Budrys. ‘Writers of the Future is a terrific program for new writers, and goodness knows, there are few enough of those. It has my heartiest support and unqualified recommendation.’ Terry Brooks ‘This contest has found some of the best new writers of the last decade.’ Kristine Kathryn Rusch ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVI (By:,L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVII (By:,L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XVIII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Your ticket to genuinely exciting new universes! What would you do if…
by traveling to Mars you could achieve immortality? Suppose…
you have been hiding on a remote human colony on the rim of the solar system…
and you were found? Imagine if you will…
traveling in time and getting lost somewhere in the vast, open galaxy. From the far reaches of space and the limitless edges of the imagination come thirteen original stories, a wonderful mix of spellbinding tales by the best new writers of science fiction and fantasy all winners of the internationally acclaimed L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest. Here is a first rate collection of works and illustrations providing great entertainment and a chance to escape if only for a little while to other distant and different worlds. ‘This has become a major tributary to the new blood in fantastic fiction.’ Gregory Benford Selected by judges who rank among the most famous names in the field of writing: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Andre Norton, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg, Jack Williamson, and Dave Wolverton. Illustrations selected by: Edd Cartier, Leo and Diane Dillon, H.R. van Dongen, Bob Eggleton, Will Eisner, Vincent Di Fate, Frank Frazetta, Frank Kelly Freas, Laura Brodian Kelly Freas, Shun Kijima, Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XIX (By:,L. Ron Hubbard)

For almost 15 years, this widely heralded, award winning anthology series has been propelling readers into realms beyond time and space, parallel worlds and alternate realities and place at the infinite edges of the imagination. The impetus for these startling voyages has come from the best new writers of speculative fiction the winners of the internationally acclaimed Writers of the Future Contest.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XX (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

This historic 20th anniversary edition of the L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future anthology, the bestselling and most widely influential anthology of its kind, brings you 15 exciting, strikingly original stories by the best new creative talent in speculative fiction, all winners of the Writers of the Future Contest that are guaranteed to ignite your imagination with strange new worlds, untraveled galaxies and bizarre dimensions and the mysteries of a universe of infinite size where somewhere out there, everything that is possible is real.

Created by L. Ron Hubbard out of his lifetime commitment to helping new writers and artists, and judged by Hall of Fame rosters of top professionals, the Writers of the Future anthology has provided a spectacular launching pad for fledgling writers who over the past two decades have gone on to publish more than 250 novels many of them international bestsellers and some 2,500 short stories and to help shape the field of contemporary speculative fiction and the literary future.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXI (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

The L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests discover and introduce the very best new talent in science fiction, fantasy and horror, with their entertaining and creative tales of worlds unknown, worlds to be and worlds only dreamed of, as selected by top professionals in these fields.

In the past twenty years, over 300 talented writers have been newly published many winners becoming the authors you now enjoy reading.

The volume contains the first works by authors who are sure to become equally well known over the years to come.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

The L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contests discover and introduce the very best new talent in science fiction, fantasy and horror, with their entertaining and creative tales of worlds unknown, worlds to be and worlds only dreamed of, as selected by top professionals in these fields. In the past twenty two years, over 300 telented writers have been newly published many winners becoming the authors you now enjoy reading. This volume contains the first works by authors who are sure to become equally well known over the years to come.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXIII (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

The best new science fiction and fantasy short stories from up and coming writers and every story is illustrated by budding new artists all winners of the annual Illustrators of the Future Contest. Established in 1983 by L. Ron Hubbard expressly for the aspiring writer, Writers of the Future has become the most respected and significant forum for new talent in all aspects of speculative fiction. The elite character of the contest is evident from the roster of judges: Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, Gregory Benford, Algis Budrys, Orson Scott Card, Brian Herbert, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Eric Kotani, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, Tim Powers, Robert Silverberg and K.D. Wentworth. In 1988, Mr. Hubbard’s vision inspired a contest for new and aspiring illustrators seeking to become speculative fiction artists. The list of judges for the illustrators’ contest is no less impressive than that of the writers’ contest and represents a virtual who’s who of the field including Frank Frazetta, Vincent DiFate, Bob Eggleton, Stephen Hickman and Stephen Youll. Since its inception, the contest has helped place more than two hundred and fifty novels and 2,500 short stories on bookshelves around the world. The Writers of the Future Award has also earned its place alongside the Hugo and Nebula awards in the triad of speculative fiction’s most prestigious acknowledgements of literary excellence.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXIV (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Enter 13 spectacular new worlds of imagination and the fantastic! The best new science fiction and fantasy of the year! 2008

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXV (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

Writers of the Future WOTF is a science fiction and fantasy story contest that was originated by L. Ron Hubbard in the early 1980s. Hubbard characterized the contest as a way of ‘giving back’ to the field that had defined his professional writing life. The contest has no entry fee and is the highest paying contest for amateur science fiction and fantasy writers. Notable past winners of WOTF include Stephen Baxter, Karen Joy Fowler, James Alan Gardner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jay Lake, Michael H. Payne, Patrick Rothfuss, Robert Reed, Dean Wesley Smith, Sean Williams, Dave Wolverton and David Zindell. The winning stories are published in the yearly anthology L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of Future. The contest enjoys a favorable reputation in the science fiction community,

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XXVI (By:L. Ron Hubbard)

This book holds between its pages the best new science fiction and fantasy stories and illustrations of the year, discovered by the judges of the Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests; a veritable who’s who in the field of speculative fiction writing and illustrating.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future: The First 25 Years (By:Kevin J. Anderson,L. Ron Hubbard)

Twenty five years ago, L. Ron Hubbard created and endowed the Writers of the Future Contest as a means for new and budding writers to have a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged. Since that time, the Contest has been a phenomenal success, inspiring a generation of new writers who have now become some of the most recognized and influential voices in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. For the first time in history, this full color coffee table style art book, presents a retrospective of a quarter century of the Contest containing over 1,100 photographs. You will find the historical highlights, the famed week long intensive workshops, the guest speakers and presenters who have included astronauts, industry leaders, futurists, filmmakers, actors, recording artists, and other visionaries. Each year, the awards ceremony is a celebration of creativity and the arts.

Wagon Train to the Stars (By:Diane Carey)

After saving Earth from the threat of V’Ger, James T. Kirk is called again to the final frontier. His new mission: to lead a valiant group of settlers to a distant world, to defend the struggling colony from alien threats, and to explore the diverse mysteries and dangers of a strange new Earth! Far from the Federation, a newly discovered M class world has been eyed as a potential home by a group of hardy and determined colonists. Star eet can spare only one starship to escort the would be settlers on their perilous voyage, but that ship is none other than the legendary Starship Enterprise , commanded by the most well known captain in the quadrant. Now Kirk finds himself responsible for the lives of 30,000 men, women, and children a task that grows all the more difficult when the expedition is caught in the middle of an ancient feud between two dangerous alien races!

Belle Terre (By:Dean Wesley Smith,Diane Carey)

The Starship Enterprise has embarked on its most ambitious assignment yet: to lead a courageous band of settlers to a far off planet, to defend the fragile colony from alien threats, and to unravel the mysteries of a brand new Earth! Belle Terre A six month distance from the Federation, the planet Belle Terre offers a new life to more than 30,000 families, pioneers, scientists, expatriates, go getters, loners, and entrepreneurs, all under the watchful eye of Captain Kirk and his crew. But the would be colonists have barely settled in the untamed wilderness of their new home when Spock makes a startling discovery: not only does the planet’s moons contain a rare ore of almost inestimable value, that same moon is also violently unstable. Within months, it will inevitably explode destroying all life on Belle Terre!

Rough Trails (By:L.A. Graf)

Captain Kirk’s latest voyage has brought him far into the final frontier. His new mission: to help a determined band of pioneers colonize a harsh and unforgiving world, defend the vulnerable settlers from the constant threat of alien invasion, and protect the planet’s unique and precious resources for the sake of the entire Federation! Rough Trails Months after their departure from Earth, the struggling colonists have barely established a precarious toehold on Belle Terre, a ravaged world still recovering from a catastrophic planetary disaster. Fierce cyclones, storms, landslides, and flash floods make the survival itself a never ending challenge. While Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise patrol the sector, on guard against predatory aliens and greedy space pirates, officers Chekov, Uhura, and Sulu stay behind to assist the hapless settlers in their desperate battle to put down roots in the turbulent soil of and angry planet. But the imperiled colonist are fractious and intensely individualistic group, not inclined to take orders or direction from their Starfleet guardians. Chekov and the others find their ingenuity and diplomatic skills tested to their limits to save a people who don’t want their help!

The Flaming Arrow (By:L.A. Graf)

Beyond the borders of the Federation, Kirk must bring peace and security to the final frontier. His new mission: to defend an isolated human colony an a newly discovered world, deter aggression from neighboring alien races, and ensure the survival of a brave new Earth! The Flaming Arrow Belle Terre’s stubborn colonists have survived the countless hardships and natural disasters of their new home, only to face a deadly foreign enemy. The alien Kauld, intent on claiming the world’s unique resources for their own are determined to destroy the human settlements at any cost. Months away from any hope of Starfleet reinforcements, the Starship Enterprise is all that stands between Belle Terre and an all out alien invasion. But Kirk and his valiant crew may not be enough to save the planet from a relentless assault by the ultimate superweapon!

Challenger (By:Diane Carey)

Far from the reaches of the Federation, the ‘Starship EnterpriseTM ‘ has been guiding the development of a once obscure planet upon whose fate the future of the galaxy may now depend. The ‘Enterprise’ has been the sole representative of the Federation, fighting a constant battle to protect the colonists from enemy aliens and standing alone against all those who have their own designs on the colony world. CHALLENGER But all adventure come to an end. It is time for Captain Kirk and the ‘Enterprise’ to turn over the guardianship of the colony to another ship and crew. The new ship arrives in the midst of a deadly attack on the colony and is destroyed. With the ‘Enterprise’ off fighting a new and powerful enemy that threatens the colony as well as its enemies, Commander Nick Keller, first officer and ranking survivor of the decimated crew, is marooned and at first alone but he must find a way to complete his original mission and come to the aid of the ‘Enterprise’ in what might be its most desperate hour.

Thin Air (With: Dean Wesley Smith)

Many light years away from the safety of the Federation, the Starship Enterprise stands guard over an alien world whose unique natural resources could change the balance of power throughout the galaxy. The ship’s crucial assignment: to maintain a Federation presence on the Planet below, to defend the world’s newly arrived inhabitants from hostile aliens, and to fight a solitary battle against all who would claim the planet’s riches for their own. Thin Air Against all odds, Kirk and his crew have preserved the struggling Federation colony on Belle Terre, but their heroic efforts may have been in vain In a last ditch attempt to drive the entrenched settlers off their new home, the alien Kauld have contaminated the planet’s atmosphere with a destructive biochemical agent that will soon render the entire world inimical to human life. With only weeks to spare, Spock races to find a scientific solution to their dire predicament, while Kirk takes the battle to the enemy, determined to wrest the secret of their salvation from the very forces out to destroy the future of this new Earth!

Midnight Mass and Other Great Vampire Stories

From the horrifying to the humorous, some of today’s finest authors share stories about one of mankind’s oldest imagined evils, the vampire. The contents of this original audio production include ‘Bite Me Not, or Fleur de Fur’ by Tanith Lee, ‘Food Chain’ by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, ‘Moonlight in Vermont’ by Esther Freisner, ‘Madeleine’ by Barbara Hambly, ‘Victims’ by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ‘Seat Partner’ by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and ‘Midnight Mass’ by F. Paul Wilson.

October Dreams

Classic novellas, never before published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real life memories of October 31st from today’s best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz Peter Straub Poppy Z. Brite Rick Hautala Steve Rasnic Tem Elizabeth Engstrom Thomas Ligotti Gary A. Braunbeck Jack Ketchum Thomas F. Monteleone Hugh B. Cave Simon Clark Christopher Golden Ray Bradbury Jack Ketchum Alan M. Clark Gahan Wilson Paula Guran John Shirley Tom Piccirilli Jack Cady David B. Silva Robert Morrish William F. Nolan Michael Cadnum Richard Laymon Douglas Clegg Douglas E. Winter Stanley Wiater Caitl n R. Kiernan Lewis Shiner Yvonne Navarro Tim Lebbon Kim Newman F. Paul Wilson Owl Goingback Dennis Etchison Stephen Mark Rainey Charles L. Grant Kelly Laymon Dominick Cancilla Kristine Kathryn Rusch Michael Marshall Smith Wayne Allen Sallee Ramsey Campbell Ed Gorman Stefan Dziemianowicz Peter Crowther

Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian

Janis Ian has inspired fans for years with her lyrical and evocative music. Now, this popular music legend has invited her favorite science fiction and fantasy writers to interpret her songs using their own unique voices. The result is the most unusual and exciting collaboration in the worlds of both science fiction fantasy and music.

Space Cadets

Space Cadets edited by Mike Resnick 24 stories illiciting memories of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. The late Frankie Thomas, who died just as this book was going to press, thrilled a generation of future fans and writers as Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, in the early days of television. L.A. Con IV, the 2006 World Science Fiction Convention, selected Frankie as its Special Guest, and this book of stories about Space Cadets, each and every one of them inspired by Frankies acts of derring do on the small black and white screens of the very early 1950s, is the conventions and Fandoms tribute to him. In these pages youll find stories by L.A. Con IVs Writer Guest of Honor Connie Willis, plus Mercedes Lackey, Harry Turtledove, Kevin J. Anderson, David Brin, Larry Niven, Mike Resnick, Gregory Benford & Elizabeth Malartre, Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith, Josepha Sherman, Todias Buckell, Craig Miller, Ralph Roberts, Kay Kenyon, Catherine Asaro, Stephen Leigh, Nick DiChario, Michael Burstein, Barry Malzberg, Brad Sinor, John DeChancie, and the book concludes with a novella by David Gerrold. Before he died, Frankie wrote down some of his experiences as a young actor portraying Tom Corbett, and they are included here as well. The cover art is by L.A. Con IVs Artist Guest of Honor James Gurney.

Future Weapons of War

A volume of visions of future wars, fought with weapons out of nightmare, by today’s top writers of military science fiction, as well as some writers who are not usually associated with military SF, such as best selling writer Gregory Benford, and award winning author Kristine Katherine Rusch. Also present are Michael Z. Williamson, author of the strong selling novels Freehold and The Weapon, award winning author of Bolo Strike, William H. Keith, and more.

Through the centuries, weapons have changed radically, but the soldier has remained much the same. But in the future, soldiers, too, may undergo radical changes. As editor Joe Haldeman puts it, Weapons are an extension of the soldier, and also an extension of the culture or species that produced the soldier. And they are sometimes more dangerous to the soldier than the enemy…
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Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe

Compiled by multi award winning editor, Ellen Datlow, this collection commemorates the second centenary of Edgar Allan Poe’s birth. It features Poe inspired tales by some of the finest talents in the field, including Kim Newman, Pat Cadigan, Sharyn McCrumb, Lucius Shepard, Laird Barron, Suzy McKee Charnas and others. This all star line up has several Hugo, Edgar, Tiptree and British Fantasy Award winners.

At the Scene of the Crime

With the long term success of procedural shows dominating prime time television, the readership for a forensic anthology extends well beyond traditional mystery readers.

Collected by Martin H. Greenberg the King of Anthologists this volume features the following contributors:

Brendan DuBois
Edward D. Hoch
Michael A. Black
Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens
Jeremiah Healy
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Julie Hyzy, John Lutz
Maynard Thomson
Noreen Ayres
Loren D. Estleman
Jeanne C. Stein

The Best American Mystery Stories 2009

Best selling novelist Jeffrey Deaver edits this latest collection of the genre’s finest from the past year. Featuring ‘gritty tales told with panache,’ this is a ‘must read for anybody who cares about crime stories’ Booklist.

Westward Weird

From a Western circus where monsters and heroes collide, to a Civil War robot that clanks into battle, to a mining family that encounters parallel universes, Westward Weird features thirteen original stories that open the Old West to new frontiers of science fiction and fantasy.