Major Sharpe should be fighting the French — but his worst enemies are in England… Views: 10
Publisher's WeeklyThe third volume of DeAndrea's cold war espionage series, launched with Cronus and Snark, brings back his hero under the name Allan Trotter (he appeared previously as Driscoll, Dekker and Bellman). Trotter is a super spy who works for ''The Agency,'' which is run by ''The Congressman,'' who used to be ''The General'' and who reports only to the President. The Agency is an ultra-secret organization whose sole purpose is to keep the Soviets in check by combating liberalism in America, especially as it is fostered by the Cronus project, a communist plan to infiltrate the families of America's most powerful men. Azrael concerns the infiltration of the family that runs the most influential newspaper syndicate in the U.S. DeAndrea takes the opportunity to lambaste the liberal media for helping the Russians appear to be anything other than the bloodthirsty maniacs they really are. Right-wingers and red-baiters will love Azrael. Others may find that there is little difference between the Russian atrocities DeAndrea deplores and the U.S. heroics he applauds. As for the story itself, it is little more than a litany of cold war cliches, complete with crafty communists, token blacks, helpless women and psychopathic killers. Library JournalThe American agent extraordinaire from Cronus and Snark is back. Once again, the man's name has changed (now it is Trotter), but his ambivalent feelings for the Agency and his father, the Congressman (who directs the Agency), are not. Trotter's assignment this time involves another Cronus (Soviet) operation. KGB ''sleeper'' Petra Hudson is the head of a nationally influential media group. When she ignores the first KGB call-to-action, the home office employees' children begin to die. The stakes rise when Azrael, the Soviet-directed assassin, penetrates her family circle. Trotter must guard his own life and that of Petra's daughter while stopping Azrael and neutralizing Cronus once and for all. Fast-paced action and developing relationships make this an entertaining spy novel. V. Louise Saylor, Eastern Washington Univ. Lib., Cheney Views: 9
1st Edition 1969Author Introduction Edition 1976This ePubBased on the 1987 Mass Market Paperback editonBook DescriptionWhen The Left Hand of Darkness
first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, "Once in a long
while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth,
Dune—and such a world is Winter." Twenty-five years and a Hugo and
Nebula Award later, these words remain true. In Winter, or Gethen,
Ursula K. Le Guin has created a fully realized planet and people. But
Gethen society is more than merely a fascinating creation. The concept
of a society existing totally without sexual prejudices is even more
relevant today than it was in 1969. This special 25th anniversary
edition of The Left Hand of Darkness contains not only the
complete, unaltered text of the landmark original but also a
thought-provoking new afterword and four new appendixes by Ms. Le Guin. When
the human ambassador Genly Ai is sent to Gethen, the planet known as
Winter by those outsiders who have experienced its arctic climate, he
thinks that his mission will be a standard one of making peace between
warring factions. Instead the ambassador finds himself wildly
unprepared. For Gethen is inhabited by a society with a rich, ancient
culture full of strange beauty and deadly intrigue—a society of people
who are both male and female in one, and neither. This lack of fixed
gender, and the resulting lack of gender-based discrimination, is the
very cornerstone of Gethen life. But Genly is all too human. Unless he
can overcome his ingrained prejudices about the significance of "male"
and "female," he may destroy both his mission and himself. Views: 9
Makin' Whoopee(Loveswept - 182)Sara Love knew all about dream lovers--they were the only kind she'd allowed herself while devoting all her energy to her career. But living behind walls had its dangers--you had to worry that someone would scale them when you weren't looking! Her partner Charlie Sanderson-he of the sapphire blue eyes and wicked sense of humor--teased her outrageously, but the tickling fingers and casual touches barely disguised his true feelings for the woman who made flannel nightgowns seem sexier than skimpy silk! Afraid of complicating her life, Sara succumbed to Charlie's tempting caresses only in her fantasies... until the night her good-time Charlie declared a loving war--with no quarter given to the lady whose heart he longed to capture for keeps! Views: 9
Alice Hollister grows up a migrant crop picker so desperate to escape the many abusive men in her life that she runs away from her beloved sister to make a new life for herself. Shortly after, she marries Barry Cordiner, an aspiring lawyer who is part of a close-knit family in the movie business. Although her new in-laws take every opportunity to remind Alice that she isn't good enough for Barry or their family, Barry's uncle agrees to let Alice work as an extra at his studio, and she jumps at the chance. Alice is quickly noticed by directors and executives for her beauty and allure. Over the span of only a few months, she transforms herself into Alyssia del Mar, the ultimate screen love goddess. Her husband, however, is not supportive of her success, and their relationship deteriorates into his making constant emotional ploys forher attention. Meanwhile, Alyssia is pursued by Barry's cousin, Maxim, in whom she has no interest, but she finds herself falling in love with Maxim's... Views: 9
Hawks had refused to help the ambitious Lazlo Chen in his quest to find the five gold rings that could break Master System's hold over humankind — and that refusal had landed him on the deadly prison planet Melchior.But when Hawks and some fellow prisoners engineered a bold escape, it seemed almost too easy. Hawks guessed that Chen was pulling the strings, but he couldn't shake the feeling that there was another, greater power involved. And that scared him.Now the stakes were rising, and Hawks was more determined than ever to find the gold rings. But Master System was out to capture him, and Chen was trying to follow him — and the only place his small band of rebels could hide was smack in the middle of pirate territory... Views: 8
The kidnapping of Frank Hardy's girlfriend at an antiterror convention in Washington, D.C., sends the brother sleuths running straight into a terrorist deathtrap. Views: 8
An attempt to help their kidnapped uncle leaves the Hardy Boys stranded in a strange city far from home, being hunted down by two desperate gangs. Views: 8
A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma ... Enigma 88, a tiny planet in the orbit of Arc, is a world with so little mass that it should have no atmosphere. But it does—and to find out why is the final study assignment that will earn five students, each the best of their species, their prestigious Respected Opinion degrees. But from the moment they arrive on Enigma, none of their careful calculations seem to fit; on the surface, the riddle seems insoluble. And when one of their wind robots disappears under the surface, closely followed by the Human, Molly, they find the mystery is indeed inside Enigma. For the vast subterranean network of caves and tunnels Molly tumbles into supports a rich profusion of life-life that can’t possibly exist ... Views: 8
Amazon.com ReviewIn the flood tides off Mont St. Michel, revered Resistance-hero Guillaume du Rocher is drowned. Already assembled at the Rocher estate to deal with family business, members of the Rocher clan instead read his will. The next day a partial skeleton is found in the cellar and Gideon Oliver, a physical anthropologist, is called to examine the bones. They are those of a young man who died 50 years prior and Gideon believes the deceased was tied to the Resistance movement. When Gideon is threatened, and Claude, Rocher's principal heir, is poisoned, Gideon begins to unravel a web of espionage, family deceit and murder, whose dramatic resolution lies in the secret held by the old bones. This taut thriller won the 1988 Edgar Award for best mystery novel. From Publishers WeeklyWhen revered Resistance-hero Guillaume du Rocher drowns in a rushing flood tide off Mont St. Michel, members of the familysummoned by Guillaume on undisclosed urgent businessare already assembled at the domaine du Rocher, where, instead, they hear his will. The next day in the basement, a partial skeleton is uncovered, and Gideon Oliver, American physical anthropologist known as the "Skeleton Detective," is called from his lectures at an international forensics conference to examine the bones. Gideon confirms the remains, determines that they are those of a young man dead almost 50 years, suggesting a connection to local Resistance actions, including one in which Guillaume's brother Alain was executed after Claude Fougeray, a du Rocher cousin and now Guillaume's principal heir, collaborated with the enemy. While Gideon gleans more and more information from the skeleton, Claude is poisoned and Gideon himself is threatened. An intricate plotmore substantial than it promises initiallyis weighed down by a school of weak red herrings, by too much multisyllabic information about bone structure and by characters more caricatured than lifelike. Elkins (The Dark Place and Fellowship of Fear), is better on the muck and sand below the abbey where the action, especially a thrilling final scene, gallops along as fast and compelling as the tide itself. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Views: 8
Leslie Fairfield came to Atlantic City to enjoy
herself. Her fantasy started at Falcon's Flight--the ideal playground
for indulging her every wish. Everything was fine until the
devastatingly handsome owner captured her interest with one intense
gaze.
No one could tame Flint Falcon; he valued his freedom above all else.
But at first glance, the regal redhead had laid claim to his thoughts.
As a gambler, Flint knew getting involved was risky, but he was willing
to take a chance. Both Flint and Leslie soon found that the stakes were
higher than either had expected--and so was the payoff. Views: 8
Would you be wary if someone gave you the assignment of delivering five million dollars to a Philippine terrorist—never mind from whom or why? Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert just fired from his job at a bashful organization that never admitted its mount in the Washington merry-go-round, is wary. So wary that he cuts in con man “Otherguy” Overby, who in turn involves Artie Wu, pretender to the throne of China, and his partner, Quincy Durant. Obviously, good patriots don’t want to hand over all that money to bad guys. Better they keep it for themselves. Which inevitably raises the question: Who among them will end up with the money?The award-winning author of the bestselling Briarpatch delivers a brilliant, highly acclaimed new thriller about an American con man embroiled in a multimillion-dollar plot to overthrow the Aquino government. "Mr. Thomas has never been more devious and duplicitous."--The New Yorker. Views: 8
Heinrich Copernick and Martin Guibedo came to the States as penniless refugees after World War II. By 1999 they had made huge fortunes in the field of medical instrumentation. But Heiny and his Uncle Martin weren’t just filthy rich, they were also the world’s best gene engineers. And their latest inventions could free Humanity from want and oppressive governments forever. At least, that was the plan. Imagine: Free homes with all the furnishings and utilities! Free food! Even free babysitters! Heiny and Uncle Martin even thought they should give their inventions away. Free. That’s when their troubles began. Views: 7
