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 New York Times bestseller. Renowned thinkers discuss the ancient and modern concepts that inform The Matrix. Also available in paperback from Open Court, www.opencourtbooks.com. The choice is yours, and you will have to live with the consequences for the rest of your life -- as you know it. Will ... more »

Une étrange tristesse, mêlée au célèbre humour cher à Collins, plane sur ces huit récits où l'écrivain se fait un malin plaisir de soulever, avec toute l'inconvenance souhaitable, le voile pudique où se drape la société victorienne de son temps, si prompte à cacher ses turpitudes sous les apparences ... 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 »

La mort viendra, et elle aura tes yeux... Et si ces yeux étaient ceux de l'épouvante ? Pourquoi craignons-nous de mourir ? Peur de la souffrance, insupportable regret de ce qu'on laisse après soi, chagrin d'une séparation sans remède ? Soit. Mais aussi, pourquoi ne pas l'avouer, crainte d'un Inconnu ... 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 »

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 »

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 »

Bringing fresh wonders and dangers to light in the skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd, who demonstrated his writing talents in the bestselling novels Dragon's Kin and Dragonsblood, return with their second collaboration: a thrilling adventure of discovery and fate. Pellar is an orphan taken ... 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 »