Book Preview * * * * * Acknowledgements After six books in the Saga, I come to rely more and more on the advice and expertise of my colleagues. As always, my special thanks go to my readers and editors, Rebecca Moesta, Jaime Levine, Louis Moesta, Diane Jones, Catherine Sidor, Libby Vernon, and Kate Lyall-Grant; … Read more
Book Preview BOOKS BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON The Saga of Seven Suns Available from Warner Aspect Hidden Empire A Forest of Stars Horizon Storms Scattered Suns Of Fire and Night Book 6 coming in July 2007 Available from Wildstorm/DC Comics Veiled Alliances (graphic novel) TO DEB RAY, Who was a dear friend long before she … Read more
Book Preview Acknowledgments By the fourth book in the Saga of Seven Suns, the list of people who have helped me begins to rival the epic cast of characters. In particular, I would like to thank the editorial squad of Jaime Levine, Devi Pillai, John Jarrold, Melissa Weatherill, and Ben Ball; expert advisers and just … Read more
Book Preview BOOKS BY KEVIN J. ANDERSON Available from Warner Aspect The Saga of Seven Suns Book 4 coming in July 2005 who has offered his advice, ideas, and encouragement since the very beginning of my career. A long time ago, he told me to “think big” with my stories; now, with The Saga of … Read more
Book Preview The Saga of the Seven Suns is a multi-volume chronicle of a legendary war that spans half the Galaxy and nearly shatters the cosmos. This series follows the family intrigues, the loves and tragedies, pomp and pageantry among several competing races in an expanding stellar empire. Five years have passed since the beginning … Read more
Book Preview In our galaxy’s far future, humans are one of three known intelligent races. We are the “new kids on the block,” having had star travel for only a few centuries. The other races consist of the Ildirans, ruled by their Mage-Imperator, and the Klikiss, which seem to have vanished, but left behind worlds … Read more
Book Preview This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and should not be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. No part of this book may be used or reproduced … Read more
Book Preview At night we rode up to the old railroad tracks on the west side of town, turned the headlights off, and waited for the dead to appear. My cousin Nikki and I had seen the phantom lights of the old passenger trains maybe, just once when we were kids and sneaking out, but … Read more
Book Preview Introduction to the Ebook Edition I – Death of a Grandfather II – The Past That Was Like a Dream III – A Leap from the Tower IV – Favourable Temperature Gradients VI – “When I Were All Befuddock…” VII – A Cold Welcome for Phagors IX – In and Our of a … Read more
Book Preview 1 Althea Proserpine is raising her daughter on fairy tales. Once upon a time she was a girl named Anna Parks, one of the legion of midcentury dreamers who came to Manhattan with their hopes tucked into a suitcase. Then she went missing. Then she came back, and achieved an odd kind … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading YELLOWSTONE: SURVIVAL, the final installment in The Yellowstone Series, by Author Bobby Akart. For free copies of two of my novels, updates on new releases, special offers, and bonus content Click Here to Sign Up or visit my Amazon Marquee page at Amazon.com/BobbyAkart or visit me online at Read … Read more
Book Preview Thank you for downloading YELLOWSTONE: FALLOUT, book three of the Yellowstone series, by Author Bobby Akart. For updates on new releases, special offers, and bonus content Click Here to Sign Up or visit me online at BobbyAkart.com Thank you for downloading YELLOWSTONE: FALLOUT, book three of the Yellowstone series, by Author Bobby Akart. … Read more
Book Preview To my darling Dani and the girls. There is nothing more precious to me than the time I get to spend with you. I love our life together. To a courageous young lass in the United Kingdom named Ella. Your life is just beginning, with a disadvantage, to be sure. I hope one … Read more
Book Preview To my darling Dani, and the girls. There is nothing more precious to me than the time I get to spend with you. I love our life together. To a courageous young lass in the United Kingdom named Ella. Your life is just beginning, with a disadvantage, to be sure. I hope one … Read more
Book Preview THE MAJI CLANS IKÚ CLAN MAJI OF LIFE AND DEATH MAJI TITLE: REAPER DEITY: OYA ÈMÍ CLAN MAJI OF MIND, SPIRIT, AND DREAMS MAJI TITLE: CONNECTOR DEITY: ORÍ OMI CLAN MAJI OF WATER MAJI TITLE: TIDER DEITY: YEMỌJA INÁ CLAN MAJI OF FIRE MAJI TITLE: BURNER DEITY: SÀNGÓ AFÉFÉ CLAN MAJI OF … Read more
Book Preview I try not to think of her. But when I do, I think of rice. When Mama was around, the hut always smelled of jollof rice. I think about the way her dark skin glowed like the summer sun, the way her smile made Baba come alive. The way her white hair … Read more
Book Preview I try not to think of her. But when I do, I think of rice. When Mama was around, the hut always smelled of jollof rice. I think about the way her dark skin glowed like the summer sun, the way her smile made Baba come alive. The way her white hair … Read more
Book Preview In the jumbled darkness of the catacombs beneath the city of Amalo, there was a shrine to Ulis in his aspect as god of the moon. It was thousands of years old, and the carving of the four phases of the moon on the plinth had become almost undetectable, worn smooth by … Read more