_Age of Wonders: Exploring the World of Science Fiction_ gives an insider's view of the strange and wonderful world of science fiction, by one of the most respected editors in the field, David G. Hartwell (1941-2016). David G. Hartwell edited science fiction and fantasy for over twenty years. In th

Billy Newman has purchased a South Seas island only to discover it's haunted by the giant shark-god Tadamona. Unfortunately the sharp-toothed entity wants more than ritual sacrifice; it's bent on destroying the entire island unless Billy battles it out like David (without the slingshot) versus Golia

In the movie The Big Sleep, Bogart as Philip Marlowe follows a trail of decadence and murder on the dark side of L.A. But even the seamy underside of the city of angels pales in comparison to the freak show found by undercover U.S. narcotics agent Bob Clark . . . in The Carnival of Death. Clark's

A one hundred grand reward for the return of billionaire George Rockham is more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance's head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who's offering the reward--Rockham's daughter Virginia--and he might lose his head altogether. As fast-talking as Jimmy Stewart in

Outlaw Brazos races to take a "hit job" from Whisper Monahan. But things soon take a supernatural spin when Brazos acquires a second shadow after killing a witch doctor, who with his last breath, swears a deadly curse upon his soul.

Bill Trevillian is as ruggedly handsome as he is bold and brave. Kip Lee is as strikingly beautiful as she is fiery and fearless. And they've got something in common. They're both test pilots ... for rival aviation companies. Put them together and sparks are bound to fly. The Second World War is

As brash and bold and daring as Steve McQueen, Lieutenant Lee Briscoe will never back away from a good cause or good fight. And when it comes to heroism, he and McQueen are in the same band of brothers. Briscoe's gone undercover to infiltrate a slave-labor camp on an island in Southeast Asia, knowin

Chuck Lambert is taken advantage of by an unsavory real estate swindler of a galactic economy that sells unwary customers like him a planet where they can’t sit down, because there’s something the matter with its matter. But even though swindled, Chuck may just end up getting the last laugh.

In the classic western movie The Searchers Jeffrey Hunter plays a young man with a mission in his heart and a chip on his shoulder. Such is eighteen-year-old Lee Thompson, a trail-hand on a mission of his own--to save his dad, an aging sheriff who's lost control of his town. Lee's plan is a dangerou

Unlock your inner Sherlock. Discover intrigue and blood curdling suspense in tales that appeared in the pages of the most popular pulp fiction magazines of the 1930's and 1940's. "Dead Men Kill is Frightful fun from yesteryear." --Fangoria This Collection includes: International Book Awards Winner:

Johnny Brice is a hotheaded, hard-working "picture-chaser" for the newsreels. He loves to fly into the mouth of danger (whether forest fire, shipwreck or flood), get the story first, shoot it and send the film back fast so that it can be turned into newsreels for theatres all across America. He's th

Drilling for oil is a dirty business, and for Bill Murphy, it's about to turn positively filthy. But Murphy's a man in the mold of a young John Wayne, and he's more than a match for everything Venezuela can throw at him. Everything, that is, except for Marcia Stewart. She's convinced Murphy killed h

A charming rogue cut from the same cloth as Robert Mitchum, American engineer Dan Courtney is learning fast that it takes more than a little charm to lay the groundwork for a railroad. Particularly when the plan is to build it across some of the roughest and most dangerous territory on earth. Cour

They call him Suicide, Smoke or simply Sudden Death. His name is Kit Gordon, and he's tall and tough as a young John Wayne. Now he's about to discover that it takes more than a quick draw and a sure aim to stand up like a man. Falsely accused of murder, Kit escapes to the next county over--and a who

A dark and riveting fantasy of three dragon siblings, from the author of The Vampire Earth novels The fourth in the Age of Fire series following *Dragon Champion*, *Dragon Avenger*, and *Dragon Outcast...* Scattered across a continent and scarred by their harsh experiences on the path

"With their longships storm-blown to the southern coast of Engla-land, Thorgrim Night Wolf and his men find themselves rich with plunder and safely ensconced in a priory called Christchurch. But that cannot last. Thorgrim, in a wolf dream, has seen the enemy armies closing in, and he knows that thei

**A quick-witted Irish safecracker juggles alchemy and automatons in the action-packed follow-up to the nineteenth-century United States steampunk adventure, *King of the Cracksmen*.** Liam McCool, the premier safecracker in 1877 New York, isn't the type to hang around fairy circles on the Celtic