Allyn Vage was once a beautiful woman, but due to an accident - which may have been a murder attempt - she was now a hopeless cripple, burned and disfigured and without the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
When Ivan Wright stepped out of his mountain cabin, rifle in hand, to investigate the sound of a strange helicopter, he stepped right into the middle of a galactic crisis.
Originally published in 1955 Jack Finney's sinister SF tale has outgrown the initial debate about whether it satirized Communism or the conformity of US society at the time, to become a classic of paranoia; an examination of our fear of 'the other'.
From a comic "e;genius,"e; a World Fantasy Award-winning novel about a ship captain employed to tow God to His final rest is "e;deliciously irreverent"e; (Booklist).
From Stan Lee, the pop culture legend behind Marvel's The Avengers(TM), Black Panther(TM), X-Men(TM), Spider-Man(TM), The Fantastic Four(TM), and Iron Man(TM), comes a major literary event featuring two heroic teenagers-one born with extraordinary gifts, one unwillingly transformed.
Space adventure at its finest - Prime Deceptions is the outrageously fun sequel to Valerie Valdes' debut Chilling Effect, featuring the further adventures of Captain Eva Innocente and her misfit crew.
Seamlessly blending space opera, hard science fiction and cyberpunk, Neal Asher's Shadow of the Scorpion is a gripping prequel to the compelling Agent Cormac series.
'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on SundayThis 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Dirk Maggs, co-producer of BBC Radio 4's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases.
'One of the world's sanest, smartest, kindest, funniest voices' - Independent on Sunday This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast.
'Magical' - Sunday Express This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Monty Python star and author of Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic, Terry Jones.
'Sheer delight' - The Times This 42nd Anniversary Edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies.
Discover action, intrigue and mind-bending science in Hilldiggers, a gripping science fiction novel from Neal Asher where four siblings holding the keys to unthinkable power.
The fate of the Commonwealth hangs in the balance as Chief Investigator Paula Myo hunts for the mastermind behind an intergalactic war in this stunning sequel to Pandora's Star.
Planetside is a smart and fast-paced blend of mystery and boots-in-the-dirt military SF that reads like a high-speed collision between Courage Under Fire and Heart of Darkness.
THE THRILLING CONCLUSION TO THE SIM WAR SERIESTheres new hope for resolution of the decades-long war against the Sims: the discovery of Omega, a mysterious planet far from the fighting.
Abandoned on an alien planet, a young woman gains remarkable powers from a mysterious artifact, in the first installment of a sprawling, unforgettable science fiction saga.
We are closer to the Sims than we think For decades, mankind has been locked in a war with an alien enemy that resembles the human race so closely they are known as the Sims.
The fourth book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence Humanity had appeared to fend off the Sh'daar assault once and for all, though they never learned why the alien empire was driven to halt Earth's advancement toward technological Singularity.
The gripping new speculative fiction as rich as The Man in the High Castle and as packed with thrills as Ready Player One'Alt-history with a difference' GUARDIAN'There's real cleverness at work here' THE TIMESAlways run, never fight.
THE FIRST BOOK IN AN ELECTRIFYING NEW SERIES set in the world of the number one New York Times bestselling I AM NUMBER FOUR______________The Loric didn't make us monsters and they didn't make us heroes.