From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins and award-winning suspense novelist Rebecca Cantrell comes a disturbing story of vengeance, bloodshed, and creatures that prowl the night.In the haunted, war-torn highlands of Afghanistan, amid the ruins of Shahr-e-Gholghol, an archaeology team is massacred in the night. Sergeant Jordan Stone and his crack forensic team are called in to examine the site, to hunt for the perpetrators of this horrific act. But the discovery of a survivora child of tenwill shatter all the team knows about life and death. Among the crumbling bones of dead kings, something hoary and murderous stirs out of the ancient past, lurching forward to claim vengeance on those still living.Included with this thrilling story is a sneak peek at The Blood Gospel, where the further exploits of Sergeant Stone and his team will be revealed. Views: 43
An aetheric chain-reaction sends a wave of death rolling around the world, warping living beings and aether-based technology alike. Cities go hungry. The Loyale traveling circus survives the aether storm mostly unscathed. When the circus comes to Seppanen Town, all seems well until a ragged fugitive plunges into their camp and begs for sanctuary. Views: 43
In By the Skin of His Teeth, 17-year-old Ted MacIntosh, whom author Ann Walsh showcased earlier in Moses, Me and Murder and The Doctor's Apprentice, befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend. Views: 43
Imagine if, one day, without warning, the entire human race turned against you . . . hell-bent on killing you. Views: 43
The project was so secret that it had no name and no records, yet--without even knowing it-the entire personnel of Hart-Ewing were busy building something weird and incomprehensible... something involving a new method of conquering space... something so brilliant that it reduced the astronauts to a condition of imbecility. And Carson, the hated and seemingly inefficient security officer of the aerospace workshop, was the man who stumbled on the secret-the man who had to buy his survival at a steep price... Views: 43
Kristin Bjornsen lived a normal life, right up until the day the spaceships floated into view above Denver. As human slaves were herded into the maw of a massive vessel, Kristin realized her normal life was over and her fight for freedom was just beginning...The alien Catteni value strength and intelligence in their slaves—and Kristin has managed to survive her enslavement while hundreds of other humans have not. But her trial has just begun, for now she finds herself part of a massive experiment. The aliens have discovered a new world, and they have a simple way of finding out if it's habitable: drop hundreds of slaves on the surface and see what happens.If they survive, colonization can begin. If not, there are always more slaves. Views: 43
BALROG WINNER'S FANTASY COLLECTION.The Balrog Award Winner's First-Ever Fantasy Collection! Eleven unforgettable stories of magic and the supernatural. Plus, all her tales of "Hermione," the Cat Fantastic, including a brand new one, never published before. It's a fantasy lover's feast by the a author of Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey, How the Gods Wove in Kyrannon, Lords of the Triple Moons, Runes of the Lyre, Soul-Singer of Tyrnos, BattleTech: The Sword and the Dagger, Warlock's Gift, and The World Ends in Hickory Hollow. Among the stories are: "Knyghte Kellin," "The Twilight Dancer," "A Snap of the Fingers," "A Cat's Private Diary," "Hermione to the Rescue," and many others. Discover for yourself why SF Book Reviews calls Ardath Mayhar a "self-styled mean little old lady [who writes] "lyrical, dream like style" and why Joe Lansdale calls her "science fiction's national treasure." Views: 43
