'Action-packed, brilliantly unique' - Andy Weir, author of The MartianA compulsive, mind-bending exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is a breathtaking thriller from the author of Dark Matter, Blake Crouch.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best NovelJurassic Park meets Parks & Recreation in The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi - a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set on an alternate Earth.
Two explosive novels set in the perilous days when the world stood on the brink of chaos-from the New York Times-bestselling author of Enemy at the Gates.
Blending alternate history, time travel, and detective thriller, the "e;able and impressive"e; Nebula and Hugo Award nominee gives us Nazis, Tories, and togas (The Washington Post).
A revolution is waged against a totalitarian regime in this "e;courageous"e; novel of a dystopian near-future America by a #1 New York Times-bestselling author (Chicago Tribune).
An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award-winning author of Stations of the Tide Taking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge.
In an alternate Middle Ages, a new chapter begins in the magnificent fantasy saga of the Deryni, as the magical race faces annihilation by royal enemies and a radical churchThese are the darkest days for the Deryni of Gwynedd, the magical race that once ruled this medieval kingdom but now find themselves despised and hunted by the governing regents following the death of King Cinhil.
On an eighteenth-century Earth crippled by alchemical disaster, a secret American cabal led by Benjamin Franklin strives to prevent the annihilation of humankindThe dark magic that the great alchemist Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed with his discovery of philosopher's mercury has taken a devastating toll on Earth: The destruction of Europe and the advent of eternal winter have aided the mysterious malakim in their apparent quest for the annihilation of the human race.
In an alternate eighteenth-century Europe devastated by alchemical disaster, Sir Isaac Newton and his able assistant, Benjamin Franklin, confront enemies who seek humankind's destructionSir Isaac Newton's discovery of philosopher's mercury in 1681 gave rise to a remarkable new branch of alchemical science.
This novel of Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton, and a demonic Louis XIV is "e;eminently worthwhile reading for both fantasy and alternate-history lovers"e; (Booklist).
Angels and demons alike watch and wait as the last warriors of old Europe invade the New World in this magnificent conclusion to the Age of Unreason alternate history seriesThe alchemical catastrophe that Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed late in the seventeenth century has transformed Europe into a cold, dead wasteland in the eighteenth much to the delight of the otherworldly malakim, who have set humanity at war with itself for the sin of dabbling in the arcane.
This novel by the New York Times-bestselling "e;master of alternate history"e; explores an America reshaped by a twist in prehistoric evolution (Publishers Weekly).
Nebula and World Fantasy Award Finalist: A fantastic tale of intrigue, love, war, magic, and swashbuckling adventure set in an alternate universe where fairies mingle freely with Englishmen and all of Shakespeare's fictional characters are realWelcome to an alternate civil-war-torn seventeenth-century England a world where Hamlet once brooded and Othello jealously raged.
The war for a million Earths spreads to an alternate eighteenth century in the second book of the epic science fiction series the Timeline WarsJohn Barnes has reinvented alternate-history science fiction in his ingenious saga of the battle to save the multiverse from enslavement by an alien enemy who can transcend time and reality.
In this sci-fi fantasy, a scientist is ordered to master the challenges of space travel in order to satisfy the political schemes of an ambitious leader.
Guided by the Archangel Raphael, Damiano runs from his own demonic powers in this alternate Italian Renaissance of wizards, witches, and faith-based magic.
Native Americans win the battle for the post-Civil War American West in a fascinating alternate history fantasy from "e;one of the genre's best writers"e; (The Washington Post).
Earth's past and future are altered by twenty-fourth-century time travelers in this "e;significant work of science fiction"e; from the author of Arkwright (Rocky Mountain News).
In Edward Whittemore's masterful and surreal alternate history, a man's search for answers about his vanished parents propels him on an odyssey from the present into the past, from a bar in the Bronx to Tokyo and Shanghai during the Second World WarQuin, born in China and raised in the Bronx, is orphaned in the closing days of the Second World War when his parents go missing and are presumed dead in Shanghai.
Sinai Tapestry, the brilliant first novel of the Jerusalem Quartet,is an epic alternate history of the Middle East in which the discovery of the original Bible links a disparate group of remarkable people across time and spaceIn 1840, Plantagenet Strongbow, the twenty-ninth Duke of Dorset, seven-feet-seven-inches tall and the greatest swordsman and botanist of Victorian England, walks away from the family estate and disappears into the Sinai Desert carrying only a large magnifying glass and a portable sundial.
The second book of the Jerusalem Quartet, in which the fate of the Holy City is determined by an epic poker game played in the back of a Jerusalem antiques shopOn New Year's Eve, 1921, three men sit down to a poker game.
The third book in Edward Whittemore's acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet is a riveting tale of espionage and intrigue in which the outcome of World War II and the destiny of the Middle East could hinge on the true identity of one shadowy manOn a clear night in 1941, a hand grenade explodes in a Cairo bar, taking the life of Stern, a petty gunrunner and morphine addict, nationality unknown, his aliases so numerous that it's impossible to determine whether he was a Moslem, Christian, or Jew.
The stunning conclusion to Edward Whittemore's Jerusalem Quartet: The remarkable story of an Israeli agent who infiltrates Syrian intelligence, keying victory in the Six Day WarYossi is an ideal agent for the Mossad an Iraqi Jew, an idealist, and a charming loner, fluent in Arab dialects.
In a desperate effort to liberate herself, a fourteen-year-old slave-mistress to the man who invented America-finds herself flung into a different time and worldSteve Erickson's provocative reimagining of American history, Arc d'X begins with the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
The course of a century is rewritten in this fabulously warped odyssey, named a best book of the year by the New York TimesTours of the Black Clock is a wild dream of the twentieth century as told by the ghost of Banning Jainlight.
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**Number One Sunday Times Bestseller**Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret.
'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you ll read this year' - ObserverRoland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van.
