It didn't matter that the warrant was years old, or that Smoke Jensen had been cleared of all charges. A Texas bounty hunter named Bill Pike believed he could still collect a $10,000 reward for killing Jensen--and he intended to do just that. But when Pike and his men came calling, Jensen was nowhere ... more »

The final thrilling chapter in the Tristan and Isolde trilogy . . . Isolde, heir to the throne of the queens, is now a sovereign in her own right. With the glories of the throne comes the responsibility of a queen, and Isolde knows she must return to her beloved Western Isle. She can no longer tolerate ... more »

»Die Unberührten« erzählt die Geschichte von Antonia und Balthasar, zwei Bauernkindern aus dem Rheintal, die 1924, während der großen Depression, zur Kinderarbeit nach Amerika verkauft werden. Auf der Schiffspassage lernen sie sich kennen und bleiben fast sieben elende Jahre unzertrennlich. Sieben Jahre ... more »

From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author and critically acclaimed master of the short story, comes a classic collection of science fiction tales and what-if scenarios. In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove's literary ... more »

Morgan McCall was long, lean, and mean--and he didn't care who knew it. It took a hard man to tame a city of sin on the plains with nothing more than his fists and a rawhide whip. Kate Stewart was the lawman's worst nightmare. She was soft as silk, with more curves than his coiled whip. But she had more ... more »

Gaynell McGowan, forced to spend the summer of 1963 in her little town of Beulah, Alabama, returns home from college to face a provincial purgatory until classes resume in the fall. But history is about to strike Beulah like a deadly tornado. A federal order to integrate the high school shakes the town ... more »

In Gone for Soldiers , Jeff Shaara carries us back 15 years before the momentous conflict he has so brilliantly chronicled, to a time when the Civil War's most familiar names are fighting for another cause, junior officers marching under the same flag in an unfamiliar land, experiencing combat for the ... more »

It is 1613 and Heidelberg greets the dawn of a promising, magical age as it welcomes a beautiful English princess. But the promise is false and soon all of central Europe writhes in rebellion and war. Wind Time, Wolf Time follows the lives of two sisters and two brothers as they struggle to survive in ... more »

4 cassettes 4 hours Read by Stephen Lang The story of Gods and Generals begins with Michael Shaara, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Killer Angels . A native of New Jersey, Michael Shaara grew to be an adventurous young man: over the years, he found work as a sailor, a paratrooper, a ... more »

September 1939. As Warsaw falls to Hitler's Wehrmacht, Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground. His mission: to transport the national gold reserve to safety, hidden on a refugee train to Bucharest. Then, in the back alleys and black-market bistros ... more »

Es ist die Zeit der römischen Eroberungen, die Zeit Augustus'. Ganze Volksstämme werden von den Römern unterworfen. Elin und Fionna, die Töchter des Stammesführers der Rigusken, eines rätischen Volksstammes, werden vom Weisen ausgebildet - Elin zur Stammestocher und Fionna zu einer Priesterin der gro ... more »

The Valley of the Kings, 1907. Journey on a perilous adventure into antiquity with Amelia Peabody, fiction's most beloved archaeologist, and her captivating cohorts. Ape has it all -- exotic scenery, brazen tomb robbers, stolen treasures, vengeful gods, a mysterious cult -- and a ruthless, remorseless ... more »