Amanda is a brilliant violinist, a mathematical genius and a rebel. Impatient for the adult status her society only grants at age 30, but determined to have a real adventure first, she had repeatedly gotten into trouble and found herself in the courtroom of Magistrate Mohammed Abdel-Malik, the sole resurrectee ... more »

The sudden death of Emperor Leonid plunges the empire of Magravandias into bloodshed and chaos. As a dark cabal of Firemages seek to crown their chosen successor, the children of the Dragon Lord of Caradore summon ancient magics to try to place a True King on the throne. more »

THE GATE OF FIRE continues Tom Harlan's remarkable fantasy epic, following the increasingly dangerous conflicts both military and sorcerous. The sorcerer Dahak plots from his hidden citadel to regain the Peacock Throne. Prince Maxian, having raised both Julius Ceasar and Alexander the Great from the ... more »

It's always a special treat when this bestselling fantasy writer turns his hand to SF and Archform: Beauty is no exception. Five people tell their stories and the many parts become one story of justice and truth in a world beset by technological challenges, drowning in apathy and attacked by devious ... more »

Mystery, discovery and wonder on a cosmic scale are the core of Anderson's newest novel. Lissa, a human Earth woman, and her partner Karl--a giant alien academic who resembles a Tyranosaurus--are interstellar archaeologists investigating the remote and uncharted planet Jonna. There, they seem to have ... more »

With its down and dirty depiction of warfare written by men who know what it's like to be under fire, the Starfist saga is a runaway success across America. Now, in the explosive new Starfist adventure, packed with fierce action and danger, Marines at war in future space find themselves pitted against ... more »

Thirty years from now, a man enjoying a garden's blossoms, butterflies, and buzzing bees is stung between the eyes by a strange flying insect and is overwhelmed by an intense flood of memories. As he collapses, he manages to catch and hold the bug. At the hospital, medical technologist Pilar Ramirez ... more »

In this sequel to his novel Cold as Ice , Charles Sheffield returns to the human-settled solar system in the years after the Great War that nearly wiped out the human race. The Earth is recovering--at least in the southern hemisphere. Mars has a small population, and the asteroids and moons of Jupiter ... more »

With Cosmonaut Keep, Ken MacLeod launched a new interstellar epic with all the engaging characters and ingenious SF inventiveness of his earlier Fall Revolution novels. Now, with Dark Light, MacLeod delves further into a human future crammed with innumerable varieties of intelligent alien life. For intelligence ... more »

When Sir Arthur C. Clarke, the greatest science fiction writer ever, teams up with award-winning author Stephen Baxter, who shares Clarke's bold vision of a future where technology and humanism advance hand in hand, the result is bound to be a book of stellar ambition and accomplishment. Such was the ... more »

Thomas Harlan took SF and Fantasy readers by storm with his remarkable Oath of Empire series. Those books earned him not only rave reviews, but two nominations for Best New Writer of the Year. Now he turns his hand to science fiction as unexpected and exciting as that first fantasy series. In some far ... more »

Kiln People is set in a perilous future where disposable human duplicates fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters. Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, is on the trail of a discovery so revolutionary that it may alter humanity forever, so valuable it has ... more »