The second book in the Homecoming series finds Nafai and his family selected to help save the Oversoul--the artificial intelligence protecting the people of Harmony--even as dissent and chaos begin to spread on the formerly peaceful c...
Baen now launches an exciting new science fiction adventure series by the New York Times best-selling author: When a 60-kiloton explosion destroyed the University of Central Florida, and much of the surrounding countryside, the author...
Alvin Journeyman (Tales of Alvin Make...
Orson Scott CardA 1996 Locus Award Winner for Best Fantasy Novel Alvin is a Maker, the first to be born in a century. Now a grown man and a journeyman smith, Alvin has returned to his family in the town of Vigor Church. He will share in their iso...
The search for the Builders has led expert Darya Lang, adventurer Hans Rebka, and treasure hunters Louis Nenda and Atvar H'sial far outside the spiral arm, where they must confront the Zardalu who enslave entire races and exterminate ...
National bestselling author S. M. Stirling introduces us to the first generation of people to come of age on an Earth where technology no longer functions.
Traitor (Star Wars: The New Jedi Orde...
Matthew StoverFrom the depths of catastrophe, a glimmer of hopeAfter the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Still, that crushing defeat produces one small mirac...
After twenty-three years, Orson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed best-selling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game.In Ender's Game, the world's most gifted children were taken from their families an...
This posthumously published collection compiles a number of short writings by Adams, some fiction and some nonfiction, along with the title piece, an unfinished version of the the otherwise unpublished third volume in the Dirk Gently ...
Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand (Star War...
Aaron Allston'"Not since Emperor Palpatine have the Jedi battled such monstrous evil. Unless they succeed against staggering odds, the galaxy is doomed. Luke Skywalker's daring mission to halt the Yuuzhan Vong's nefarious plot to overthrow th...
In this massive epic (more than 700 pages long), Stephen Baxter traces the entire history of primate evolution from their first appearance in the age of dinosaurs through the explosion of the Sun and the end of life on planet Earth. A...
Five CDs, Approx. 5 hoursObi-Wan Kenobi and his 12-year-old Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, embark on an unexpected adventure when they find themselves in a strange world full of mystery and power. But evil ship designer Raith Seinar has ...
At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confi...
A fan's companion to the science fiction classic includes essays; a correspondence between the author and his famous editor; the article, 'They Stopped the Moving Sands,' which inspired the novel; the short work, 'Spice Planet'; and u...
Determined to rebuild her world after surviving an enemy's attack, Acorna becomes increasingly alarmed when her people, including her lifemate Aari, begin disappearing, and she discovers the remains of a subterranean world. Reprint.
...[T]his feel-good SF novel...earns its hopeful conclusion.... McDevitt is very good at imagining strange challenges--and at picturing humans coping when things don't work out as planned. His characters succeed in imposing their comp...
Against the Tide of Years (Island in ...
S. M. StirlingGeorge R. R. Martin hailed S. M. Stirling's bestselling novel Island in the Sea of Time as 'an utterly engaging account of what happens when the isle of Nantucket is whisked back into the Bronze Age.' Now the adventure continues with ...
A Fire Upon The Deep (Zones of Though...
Vernor VingeAfter a spaceship crashes in unknown and unfriendly territory, two young children, the only survivors, are left to fend for themselves, but with time being of the essence, a rescue plan must be put into place quickly before the clock ...
The Short Victorious War (Honor Harri...
David WeberThe families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent. But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power: a 'short victorious war' to uni...
The fifth novel in Asimov's popular Foundation series opens with second thoughts. Councilman Golan Trevize is wondering if he was right to choose a collective mind as the best possible future for humanity over the anarchy of contentio...
Called to the Spacer world to solve a case of roboticide, New York City detective Elijah Baley teams up with humanoid robot R. Daneel Olivaw to prove that the prime suspect, a renowned roboticist, is innocent of the crime. Reprint.
In the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U.N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assum...
An intelligent, complicated and deliciously convoluted novel, CHASM CITY reminds the reader again and again that fiction isn't only about the destination. For a book to really work on all levels, the journey must be fascinating, as we...
The invaders are coming¿the Posleen, a seemingly unstoppable horde who have conquered one star system after another, literally feeding on their conquests. Earth¿s dubious allies, the Darhel, have given the humans a number of highly-...
Extremes: A Retrieval Artist Novel (R...
Kristine Kathryn RuschHis name: Miles Flint. His occupation: Retrieval Artist. His job: Hunt down the Disappeared--outlaws on the run, wanted for crimes against alien cultures. The catch: Flint isn't working on the side of the law.
Star Wars, Episode II - Attack of the...
R. A. SalvatoreThere is a great disturbance in the Force. . . . From the sleek ships of the glimmering Coruscant skyscape to the lush gardens of pastoral Naboo, dissent is roiling. The Republic is failing, even under the leadership of Supreme Chance...
The Illustrated Man (Grand Master Edi...
Ray BradburyThat The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October C...
For the first time in paperback, here is Card's classic masterpiece, A Planet Called Treason, totally revised. Treason is a planet torn by warring factions and imprisoned by a superior human race. But now, the seeds of revolution a...
Force Heretic III: Reunion (Star Wars...
Shane DixThe Jedi move one step closer to saving the embattled galaxy— only to confront a formidable wall of resistance. The harrowing search for Zonama Sekot is finally over for Luke Skywalker, Jacen Solo, and the others aboard the Jade Sha...
Years after the colonization of space was halted due to the genetic mutations that began afflicting the colonists, the secret of space travel has been rediscovered and made safe. Due to their specific mutation, only pilots from the co...
Debt of Bones (Sword of Truth)
Terry GoodkindTerry Goodkind (Faith of the Fallen) presents Debt of Bones, a prequel to his Sword of Truth series that involves series character First Wizard Zedd in the time before the Boundaries were drawn. Abby, a poor peasant who has an ancient...