Arla Lightrider is the newest captain of the Profit and Luck, her late father's aether tradeship. She plans to follow in his footsteps, shuttling cargo through the tradelanes as a member of the Galactic Merchants Compact.
Though her work is complicated by the new Imperium government's crackdown on the Compact's unregulated free traders, she thinks she can handle anything the stars throw at her. But... [click here for more]
Summer, 1934: the heat is up and the heat is on as the Great Midwestern Crime Wave that began the previous year reaches dramatic new heights. Watching from the sidelines is Billy Foster, a young small-time thief hiding out in the supposedly haunted system of underground tunnels and abandoned speakeasies he calls "Undertown." After growing up in the shadow of the Prohibition-era underworld, Billy considers... [click here for more]
Benny tries to ignore the payment-overdue messages he keeps getting from "Forget What?," a memory removal company. Benny's a slacker, after all, and couldn't pay them even if he wanted to. Then people start trying to kill him, and his life suddenly depends on finding out what memories he has forgotten. Benny relies on his wits, latent skills, and new friends as he investigates his own past;... [click here for more]
The Vingin are a peaceful species, who are genetically incapable of violence. Humans and Zirans are their protectors. While Humans have shown a frightening appetite for violence, they have never reveled in it the way that their alien counterparts have. For Zirans are a brutal species with a lust for war. Human and Ziran muscle managed to defeat a horde of genocidal aggressors. But the aftermath of... [click here for more]
Texas cowboys Billy Birthday (aka Shortcut) and Wallace F. Fidgle (aka Tapes) are touring Florida to see the lighthouses there. In the midst of a storm, they give a ride to a jogger who turns out to be the governor of Florida. And as soon as they drop him off, he's murdered. Stuck in a hotel on remote Gasparilla Island by the vicious tropical squall, the pair are accused of murder by the Lieutenant... [click here for more]
Continued from book 1 After fleeing from the burning ruins of Saardam, Johanna, Prince Roald, Loesie and Nellie have been captured by a group of bandits and are being taken to a place unknown through a forest rife with magic. Loesie, struck mute by an unknown but powerful sorcerer, is behaving increasingly strange. The friends try to escape, but is Loesie helping them or is she a danger to them? ... [click here for more]
HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
Anders Tomason already found a magic sword and clashed with his evil uncle in SWORD BEARER. Now he returns in WIND RIDER -- and continues his struggle with the evil chemical forces that threaten his world, enlisting, in the process, the help of the dragons. NOTE: This novel is the second volume of the series RETURN OF THE DRAGONS. This novel,... [click here for more]
Gaming History Meets Bathroom Reader Did you ever wonder: ♞ What makes Clue the best movie based on a game franchise? ♝ What does the doubling cube in backgammon do? ♜ How trains are even supposed to operate in Ticket to Ride: Antarctica? ♛ How the designer of the board game Pandemic feels now that he's living through an actual global pandemic? ♚ Whatever happened to the... [click here for more]