Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "e;a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery"e; (Booklist, starred review).
Colonists on Mars fight to prevent their own extinction in "e;a suspenseful genre-bending combination of straight SF and mystery"e; (Booklist, starred review).
Seeking freedom from their oppressive government on Earth, a ragtag group of idealists embark on a perilous journey to found a new world light-years from homeOn a future Earth, gone are the halcyon days of the early space program, when the universe held endless promise and excitement.
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.
In a near-future new age of corporate control, hacker mercenaries, and electronic terrorism, a public relations executive on the rise finds herself caught in the violent epicenter of a data warTwo decades into the twenty-first century, the world's nations are becoming irrelevant.
Far-future convicts get "e;ringed"e;-and lose their free will-in this novel of "e;chilling extrapolation"e; cowritten by the New York Times-bestselling author (Clifford D.
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.
First in the Merquan Chronicles, a science fiction adventure of a revolt against tyranny in a postapocalyptic world from "e;a writer to watch closely"e; (Roger Zelazny).
Nebula Award Finalist: A "e;brilliantly crafted, engrossing"e; dystopian novel of environmental disaster by the Hugo Award-winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (The Guardian).
A down-on-his-luck actor finds himself directed toward self-sabotage in this science fiction thriller from the award-winning author of Stand on Zanzibar.
Nebula Award Finalist:Mankind has been reduced to slavery by technology and surveillance, in this near-future novel from the author of Stand on Zanzibar.
Telepathic children hold the fate of humanity in their hands in this "e;compulsively readable novel"e; from the Hugo Award-winning author of Stand on Zanzibar (The Washington Post).
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.
Human reproduction has ceased and society slowly spirals in this "e;adult Lord of the Flies"e; by a Grand Master of Science Fiction (San Francisco Chronicle).
The city of Mera is a fortress hidden from the rest of humanity, a sanctuary for the diverse group of people rescued from death by the Oracle that rules the city.
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).
A special four-in-one edition of Edward Whittemore's epic Jerusalem QuartetIn Sinai Tapestry, it is 1840, and 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.
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.
A washed-up novelist navigates the dreamscape of a cataclysm-ravaged Los AngelesIn the apocalyptic Los Angeles of Amnesiascope, time zones multiply freely, spectral figures roam the streets, and rings of fire separate the city from the rest of the country.
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.
