Nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Short Story in 1973. Views: 55
Before Narska, before Divine Protector Academy, there was Earth. Martin McDonnell is an ordinary guy with an ordinary job. One tragic event keeps him from enjoying life. Serika is a Shinigami, a god of death. She has one overpowering goal: to kill Martin McDonnell. But Martin’s time hasn’t come yet, and ending him is against the rules. Nevertheless, she’s hell-bent on carrying out this act, and she won’t let anything get in her way. Why does she want him dead so bad? Could the answer lie in her mysterious past? Regardless of the truth, she will carry out her deadly agenda, heedless of the threat her actions pose to the entire universe. This is the beginning of the end. Views: 55
Bound & Determined: Texas Cowboys, Book 4 Views: 55
Hank is a teenage hacker. Forced to barter her computer skills for a meager wage, she knows the work she does isn't exactly legal, but Hank needs the money to support her family. When a colleague is murdered before her eyes, she is forced to question what she does. Confronted with a chance to save a girl's life, Hank must choose between doing what's right or protecting those she loves. Hacker is the novella prequel to Sulan, a fast-action YA dystopian series. Views: 55
Hugo Award Winner! Original Title: Year 2018. Dec. 1967 Avon 5th Printing No. S210. This is Book 1 of the Cities in Flight novels. "In the year 2018, man undertook the most stupendous project in human history - to build a bridge on Jupiter. In that frozen, raging, gaseous hell, the space men built a fantastic, colossal bridge - thirty miles high, eight miles wide, and always growing in its astounding length. What was the purpose of this incredible object? Only one man knew - and he possessed the most tormenting knowledge in the Universe." Views: 55
The futuristic biotech world of Stableford's acclaimed SF novella Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), expanded upon in last year's novel Inherit the Earth, provides the foundation for this sequel. After an ecological collapse brought on by biological warfare and a runaway greenhouse effect, nanotechnology is regrowing lost forests as well as offering near-immortality to those who can afford it. Although the United Nations calls itself a World Government, the true power rests with the MegaMall, a company produced by generations of multinational mergers and buyouts. On this cusp of a new world, someone is murdering the pioneering scientists of the New Human Race, and it's up to Detective Sgt. Charlotte Holmes and Inspector Hal Watson, of the U.N. Police, to stop the killing. Charlotte and Hal are assisted by Michael Lowenthal, a "special investigator" from the MegaMall, and Oscar Wilde, a legendary bioengineer of specialty flowers. Evidence indicates that the murderer, a mysterious young woman, is somehow related to a genetic engineer who calls himself Rappaccini (after a character in a Hawthorne story). As the team investigates the murders, they realize that Rappaccini's taut game of hide-and-seek is leading them to the truth behind a much darker secret. Stableford's skill at creating technologically overwhelmed future worlds is evident here. His narrative teems with vivid, believable descriptions of man-eating flowers, hundred-year-old artists and rampant genetic engineering. His talent for mystery is less sure, featuring characters whose roles blur unconvincingly as the plot picks up speed. Although the novel's ending is weakened by premature revelations of Rappaccini's motives, the scale and audacity of Stableford's vision is a wonder. Views: 55
Caina Amalas is a Ghost nightfighter, one of the elite agents of the Emperor of Nighmar, and she has defeated both corrupt lords and mighty sorcerers. As the Padishah of Istarinmul prepares to make peace with the Emperor, the Ghosts must keep the Padishah's ambassador safe from assassins.But when an escaped slave begs for Caina's help, she finds dark plots stirring in the shadows—plots that threaten to devour the Empire and unleash terrible horrors. Views: 55
