Down in Old Mexico for a hunting expedition, Jim Sundance ran into an old friend, down-and-out lawyer Jorge Calderon, who was engaged in a lonely battle to save a poor Indian tribe from slavery - the "forgotten ones" - Los Olvidados. The half-breed gunfighter joined the fight against a bloodthirsty Mexican army colonel and ruthless landowner Lucas Bannerman, the mind behind the slave ring. Sundance knew how desperate and dangerous it was to try to fight the enemies of his people. Views: 569
Long ago, in a distant part of the galaxy, two alien races met - and fought a war of mutual extinction. The sole legacy of that war was the weapon that ended it: the death machines, the BERSERKERS. Guided by self-aware computers more intelligent than any human, these world-sized battle craft carved a swath of death through the galaxy - until they arrived at the outskirts of the fledgling Empire of Man.
These are the stories of the frail creatures who must meet this monstrous and implacable enemy - and who, by fighting it to a standstill, become the saviors of all living things. With help from wherever they can find it, including World War I fighters and stomatopods, earth descended humans face the ultimate enemy of all life.
A Saberhagen classic book length collection of the nine Berserker stories: The Smile, Pressure, The Annihilation Of Angkor Apeiron, Inhuman Error, Some Events At The Templar Radiant, Starsong, Smasher, The Game, Wings Out Of Shadow. Views: 567
Bruno Walton and Boots O'Neal try to think of ways to raise money for a school swimming pool like the one their archrivals have at York Academy. Views: 558
Paul is a monk, which is better than a warrior on the planet Tarot, where religions are wielded like swords. Views: 552
Jan Darzek, former private detective from Earth and now First Councilor of the Galaxy, has encountered his most baffling case. The planet Nifron D has been inexplicably turned into a sun. A quarter of a galaxy away, a native on the planet Skarnaf has been found horribly disfigured by an impossibly massive dose of radiation. While Darzek searches for a connection between the two events, the populous and prosperous world of Vezpro receives a blackmail letter that threatens it with the fate of Nifron D. In a crimeless society, has a master scientist turned master criminal? Darzek must decide quickly whether the letter is a monstrous hoax. If it is not, how can the impossible demands be met -- or five billion inhabitants evacuated in time?** Views: 549
A LITTLE SECRETMother and DaughterJamie Archer loves her four-year-old daughter, Ashley, more than anything in this world. But Jamie has a past she's ashamed of, a past she needs to keep hidden. So she's created an entirely new life for herself and Ashley—a life that's threatened when Kyle Radcliff reappears.Father and ChildKyle doesn't immediately realize who she is, but Jamie recognizes him right away. He's Ashley's father. Even though he doesn't know it….A Family Now?For Ashley's sake, for all their sakes, Jamie has to tell him the truth—something that seems to become harder every day. Because she's falling in love with him. For the second time…. Views: 548
The bestselling master of medical suspense Robin Cook mines the mysteries of Egypt's magnificent past to deliver a one-of-a-kind thriller packed with compelling realism and unrelenting suspense.
An excitement-packed thriller. (Chicago Thriller)
Rates top marks for unmitigated tension and surprise. (Los Angeles Times) Views: 541
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, a missile strikes a jumbo passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, three survivors must achieve the impossible. Land the plane. From master storyteller Nelson DeMille and master pilot Thomas Block comes Mayday, the classic bestseller that packs a supersonic shock at every turn of the page....the most terrifyingly realistic air disaster thriller ever.
Like a growing tidal wave, the escaping air was gathering momentum. A teenaged girl in aisle 18, seat D, near the port-side aisle, her seat dislocated by the original impact, suddenly found herself gripping her seat track on the floor, her overturned seat still strapped to her body. The seatbelt failed and the seat shot down the aisle. She lost her grip and was dragged after it. Her eyes were filled with horror as she dug her nails into the carpet, as the racing air pulled her toward the yawning hole that led outside. Her cries were unheard by even those passengers who sat barely inches away from her struggle. The noise of the escaping air was so loud that it was no longer decipherable as sound, but seemed instead a solid thing pounding at the people in their seats......
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A marvellous contemporary writer NEW YORK DAILY NEWS * Fascinating, frightening, and furiously paced...a story of almost unrelenting suspense NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * An intelligent and accomplished storyteller WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD * DeMille's narrative energy is unflagging BOSTON GLOBE *
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"An intelligent and accomplished storyteller" WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD "DeMille's narrative energy is unflagging" BOSTON GLOBE "A marvellous contemporary writer" NEW YORK DAILY NEWS "Fascinating, frightening, and furiously paced...a story of almost unrelenting suspense" NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Views: 541
Faber and Faber - Faber and Faber Views: 531
Fritz Tolm has risen to the most powerful position in Germany. With fame comes fear and vulnerability. Threats to his life are met with the all-pervasive “safety-net” of police protection and surveillance. Trapped in a house they dare not leave, where every visitor is suspect and every object a potential bomb, Tolm and his family wait to discover when and how terrorism will overtake them. Views: 513
New readers will fall in love with New York Times bestselling author LaVyrle Spencer's unforgettable novels—and for those who have already read her timeless romances, rediscover the passion and magic . . . .
Two brothers work a rich and bountiful land—and one extraordinary woman shares their lives. To Jonathan Gray, Mary is a devoted and giving mate. To Aaron, she is a beloved friend. But seven childless years of marriage have forced Jonathan to ask the unthinkable of his brother and his wife—binding the two people he cares for most with an act of desire born of compassion . . . awakening Mary to the pain of infidelity, and to all the bittersweet joy and heartache that passionate love can bring. Views: 500
Dalton Trumbo’s posthumous work, this novel tells the story of an old unrepentant Nazi official named Grieben. Former chief of the Auschwitz concentration camp, the protagonist is motivated by a boundless desire for power & by what seems to be an inability to receive love. In autobiographical form, Grieben ensnares us in the sadism of his youth, the cruelty of his relationship with a woman who was half-Jewish & the indescribable horror of the Holocaust. Views: 483
Sixteen-year-old Miro had instructions to kill the bus driver immediately.
They would then take the busload of children to the bridge and begin the standoff. Artkin was Miro’s mentor; the mastermind behind this act of terrorism that would get the world’s attention.
But Artkin had told Miro that the bus driver would be an old man.
Sixteen-year old Kate sometimes substituted for her uncle and drove his bus when he was ill. She even got a special license to do so, and she’d always liked kids. She wondered what was going on when the van in front of her stopped, but when the man and the boy with guns forced their way onto the bus, she knew her worst nightmare was beginning. Views: 480
