Product DescriptionBook 2 in the Vitalis series.The crew of the space transport, The Rented Mule, has been stranded on a harsh alien world for months. They've given up hope of rescue when the flare of a ship entering the atmosphere bouys their spirits. The tricky part is in wrestling control of the ship from the inter-stellar pirates that followed them hoping to claim salvage.The Vitalis series begins with New BeginningsBook 3: ParasitesBook 4: ScreamerAbout the AuthorJason Halstead is a science fiction and fantasy author who spends his daytime hours as an IT Manager in the automotive industry. In his spare time Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, writing, and competitive powerlifting.He enjoys reading and responding to fan mail as well, so if you liked any of his books, don't be shy! Find him on the web at booksbyjason.com or email him at: [email protected]. Views: 19
Opposites attract... A year ago, Navy SEAL John Brady saved heiress Tansy Leighton from a hijacked yacht in the Mediterranean, and from the terrorist sympathizers who were demanding millions for her safe return. As the anniversary of the hijacking approaches, Tansy's father, financier Walter Leighton, receives a note threatening his daughter's life. And in spite of the best private security Daddy's money can buy, the only man Tansy trusts to guard her back, is John Brady. But as bullets start to fly around the Leightons' Main Line estate, can the coalminer's son and the billionaire's daughter survive long enough to give their relationship a shot? Or will their differences doom their budding romance before it has a chance to get off the ground? Views: 19
Widely acclaimed as Massie's finest novel, A Question of Loyalties engages with all the complexities and ambiguities of loyalty, nationality and family as they are put under threat by betrayal, by errors of judgement, or simply friendship. Etienne de Balafré, half French, half English and raised in South Africa, returns to post-war France to unravel the tangled history of his own father. Was Lucien de Balafré a patriot who served his country as best he could in difficult times, or a treacherous collaborator in the Vichy government? Rife with the anguish of hindsight and the irony of circumstance, this powerful book brilliantly explores the ties between fathers and sons and the pains of love and duty in a period of European history that is still characterised by wilful denial and hatred. Views: 19
Hailed as "one of the literary giants of science fiction" by The Denver Post, Gene Wolfe is universally acknowledged as one of the most brilliant writers the field has ever produced. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for best fiction collection, Storeys from the Old Hotel contains thirty-one remarkable gems of Wolfe's short fiction from the past two decades, most unavailable in any other form.Storeys from the Old Hotel includes many of Gene Wolfe's most appealing and engaging works, from short-shorts that can be read in single setting to whimsical fantasy and even Sherlock Holmes pastiches. It is a literary feast for anyone interested in the best science fiction has to offer.At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Views: 19
The long-dreaded nuclear conflict has come. The city is torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only beneath the wrecked streets—if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats, demonic offspring of their irradiated forebears, are waiting. They know that man is weakened, become frail—has become their prey. Views: 19
Bad luck has been biting at Allie Daniel's heels all her life, so when she inherits a cafe in a small Texas lake community she's sure there's a catch. But Allie decides to move and brings her grandmother along, since the cafe gives Nana a chance to do what she loves best-cook. As Allie settles in, she soon discovers that she's not alone anymore-and that sometimes, the only cure for bad luck is gaining the courage to love. Views: 19
