Book Preview Cover art by Gary Ruddell ISBN: 0-812-50929-3 First edition: August 1989 First mass market edition: October 1990 Printed in the United States of America 0987654321 THE PLAYERS IN THE MANY-FACED GAME Qushmarrah-The conquered city where events take place Called veydeen by the Dartar tribesmen, the literal meaning of the word being stone-sitters. Applicable … Read more
Book Preview The Heirs of Babylon A Matter of Time The Dragon Never Sleeps The Tower of Fear Sung in Blood A Cruel Wind (Containing A Shadow of All Night Falling, October’s Baby and All Darkness Met)A Fortress in Shadow (Containing The Fire in His Hands and With Mercy Toward None)The Wrath of Kings (Containing … Read more
Book Preview A RESTLESS couple sat on a blanket on a twisted, rusted girder, holding hands sadly, occasionally glancing toward the ancient ship at the pier in the distance, silent love islanded in a forest of broken steel madness. The girl moved nervously, stared through the bones of the shipyard, hating the ship that would … Read more
Book Preview Guardship: VI! Gemina On rest station in trojan L5 off R jaksonica 3 11/2.3 shipsyear 368!; year 43 of the Deified Kole Dictate: The Deified Anseh! Ronygos, dct 12 WarAvocat Hanaver Strate, dct. I Alert status: Green Three WarCrew sleeping [,03 duty section] Surveillance Mode: Passive All was quiet in Hall of the … Read more
Book Preview Death stalked the night. It haunted the shadowed alleys of Shasesserre. Those it passed near hurried away, driven by the knives of fear. Death wore the guise of a squat, gnarly man in a vile yellow mask, the mask of a shantor, a carrier of the weeping sickness. Death was a liar, a … Read more
Book Preview I am the bastard child of the Shadowline. That jagged rift of sun-broiled stone was my third parent. You cannot begin to understand me, or the Shadowline, without knowing my father. And to know Gneaus Julius Storm you have to know our family, in all its convolute interpersonal relationships and history. To know … Read more
Book Preview In a desperate galactic war, they are the confederation’s only hope — and the fiercest fighting fleet ever known. In The War For The Human Race… The Confederation calls them “climbers.” Stripped-down tin cans that bristle with weapons, they hit and run, ducking when they must into the frightful void of Null space … Read more
Book Preview One: 3049 AD The Main Sequence The death cry of an exploding sun illuminated a starfleet the likes of which few men had ever seen. There were six great starships in the convoy. The smallest was forty kilometers long. No drive glow enveloped those ships. No ion wake marked their passing. They were … Read more
Book Preview Starfishers Triology – Book 2 Allied with the biggest creatures in space, they were the rich harvesters. Now they would be the hunted as well… Starfish: Treasure Troves Of Power They were creatures of fusion energy, ancient, huge, intelligent, drifting in herds on the edge of the galaxy, producing their ambergris, the substance … Read more
Book Preview Starfishers Triology – Book 1 The Vendetta In Space…had started centuries before “Mouse” Storm was born… with his grandfather’s raid on the planet Prefactlas, the blood bath that freed the human slaves from their Sangaree masters. But one Sangaree survived — the young Norbon heir, the man who swore vengeance on the Storm … Read more
Book Preview BAD COMPANY He was short. He was ugly. Troops of nonhuman adventurers had enjoyed themselves swinging through his family tree. Most must have been ill-tempered and eternally suspicious because their descendant was in a bad mood and suspicious all the time. I was face-to-face with Director Relway of the Unpublished Committee for Royal … Read more
Book Preview Praise for the Garrett, P.I., Novels “A wild science fiction mystery that never slows down for a moment.” —Midwest Book Review “Garrett, private detective, returns after too long an absence. . . . Cook makes this blending of fantasy with hard-boiled-detective story seem easy, which it isn’t, and manages to balance the requirements … Read more
Book Preview Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 … Read more
Book Preview WHISPERING NICKEL IDOLS Things seemed to be going pretty well for Garrett one morning until he finds a strange kid named Penny Dreadful hanging around his house, gets summoned to a meeting by Harvester Temisk, Chodo Contague’s lawyer, and nearly has his door knocked down by an ugly thug wearing green plaid pants. … Read more
Book Preview Book Ten of The Garrett Files Scanned by Wicman99; proofed by Nadie. If you enjoyed this e-text, why not consider buying a print copy? C ONTENTS Chapter 1Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 2Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 3Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 4 Chapter 5Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 6Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 7Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 8 Chapter 9Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 10Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 11Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter 12 Chapter 13Â Â Â Â Â Â Chapter … Read more
Book Preview It ought to start with a girl. The best ones always do. She ought to be kick the lid off your coffin gorgeous. She ought to be in hot water right up to her cute little . . . ears. She shouldn’t quite know why, or maybe she just won’t say why the guys with the bent … Read more
Book Preview I greeted the morning the only way that makes sense. I groaned. I groaned some more as I pried me off the sheet. Several thousand maniacs were raising hell out in the street. I muttered dreadful threats, dropped my feet into the abyss beside my bed. My threats didn’t scare up any peace. … Read more
Book Preview There ain’t no justice, I guarantee absodamnlutely. There I was, comfy as could be, feet on my desk, a pint of Weider’s porter in my hand, Espinosa’s latest potboiler in my other hand, and Eleanor reading over my shoulder. She understood Espinosa better than I did. For once the Goddamn Parrot wasn’t squawking. … Read more