The appearance of a white star bathing the world in a deadly glare turns Earth into a nightmare of fear and death. Rape and murder are as common as suicide. Medical help is allowed only for certain diseases, and only the most resourceful and corrupt survive.

This is Pam Sargent’s The Sudden Star.

Dr. Simon Negron dares to defy the medical code by giving insulin to a diabetic. His crime makes him a fugitive with only a young prostitute as an ally, a haunted man running for his life in a nightmare world of increasing madness.

For more wonderful fantasy and science fiction by this award-winning author, visit Pam Sargent’s author page.

“What wonders and adventures he has to tell us,” is how Ursula K. LeGuin characterized the world of Robert Silverberg, and in The Longest Way Home, he takes readers on another dazzling odyssey.

Joseph, just fifteen and alone in the land known at Getfen, awakens to an attack on the Great House in which he is visiting. Narrowly escaping with his life but still pursued by enemies who wish to see him killed, Joseph must journey across a dark, unfamiliar world in his quest to return to his home of Helikis…and his father. He has thousands of miles to travel and much to learn, about this perilous alien world in transition, and about himself.

“What the greatly changed Joseph might find at the end of his journey, and how he might react, are questions that I came to care deeply about.” — New York Times Book Review

“One of the world’s finest stylists and storytellers.” — San Antonio Express-News

A New York Times Notable Book

From School Library Journal
Adult/High School-A coming-of-age story set on a distant planet…., Silverberg masterfully conveys the reality of death, and all of the emotional pain and ethical conflict that such a choice presents to a person of conscience. At the end of Joseph’s journey, readers will be left wondering how he will deal with the dilemma of being in charge of a social system that he now understands cannot last. This engaging, entertaining book is a fast read with many thoughtful themes.
Christine C. Menefee, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc

From Library Journal
The latest novel by sf veteran and master raconteur Silverberg (The Majipoor Chronicles) relates the coming-of-age of a young man raised in luxury who learns resilience and compassion in the face of adversity. A good choice for most sf and YA collections.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

A reviewer covering Thin Air by George E. Simpson and Neal R. Burger wrote: “I bought this book by chance. Once I started it I was hooked and immediately went looking for other books by the authors…. Where have these two authors gone?”

The answer is, they’ve gone to E-Reads!  We’re reissuing five of their amazing thrillers, starting with our bestselling Fair Warning.

Now comes Thin Air – a deeply disturbing unsolved mystery that takes us back to World War II. What happened to the USS Sturman and its crew? For Naval Investigator Nicholas Hammond, the search will challenge him…and the answers will, like bodies floating on the ocean, chill him.

A man wakes, screams. A series of memories have shaken him, “something to do with the Navy.” For another man, his child-like drawings of men holding hands in frightened unity shatter his sanity. What both men share is fear.

Enter Hammond, cocksure and independent, assigned to find the link between these incidents and the disappearance of the Sturman. Was it a last act of war from a defeated enemy, or was it something more sinister…an experiment gone wrong from within? Was the Sturman victim of The Philadelphia Experiment, an Einsteinian concept so visionary that only today, sixty years later, have scientists realized it is perfectly plausible.

What reviewers say:

I first read this book back in about 1984 when i was 12 yrs old, my dad had a copy lying around and i picked it up and read it with no real idea what it was about. I though the book was fantastic and when i got married and left home many years later i looked for the book, but could not find it. The book is based around naval testing – much like the Philadelphia experiment stories, around making ships invisible and the following cover up. This was released i believe around 1977 and is a book i can read again and again. I would recommend this book to anyone.

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I have read this book many times in the last 20+ years. It has an eerie fascination. The characters are vivid and very strange. Good read for those who are familiar with paranormal and borderland science.

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When I first saw this book in ’77, I was allured by it’s cover. Now it is the novel I judge all novels by. I do not presently have a copy, but I remember its engrossing narrative that kept me up all night. When I saw the movie “Philadelphia Experiment”, I was disappointed with it, I saw similarities, but this was the novel that started all, and it’s told far better here.

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When I was a teenager, my father told me about the Philadelphia Experiment. A few years later I read this book and the story has stayed with me for 20 years….If you can find a copy of this book, I’m sure you will find it as memorable as I did.

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My father had a well-worn copy of this book, and when I sat down to read it it became worn some more because I had to read it several times. It’s an incredible tale, and just for the record I ought to mention a timeline (I’m pretty sure this is accurate): This book was first. The movie “The Philadelphia Experiment” was BASED ON THIS BOOK, not vice-versa (at least that’s what I’ve been told). Then came “The Philadelphia Experiment” (the book), then came “The Philadelphia Experiment II” (the movie). If anyone knows if this is true or not, please let me know.

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This has to be one of the best Science Fiction/Mystery novels ever written. Based on the Philadelphia Experiment, it’s a mystery combining fact and fiction that you can’t put down until the last page. The back cover says it all… “They faded…They went zero…The men, the ship, everything. They disappeared into…”.

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Paralyzed since birth, a young man named Innowen happens upon a sorceress along the road. She grants him the ability to walk, but there are two conditions—he can only walk between dusk and dawn and, to keep this ability to walk, he must perform a dance in the witch’s honor each night.

What at first seems harmless comes with a sinister price. Anyone who witnesses Innowen’s dance is soon compelled to act out his or her darkest, most horrific desires. Eased of his physical affliction only to be burdened with a moral one, Innowen sets out on a quest to find his nameless “benefactor” in order to lift the curse. What he finds instead are long-protected secrets that threaten to bring down the entire kingdom.

Filled with twists and turns, Shadowdance, this dark fantasy from author Robin Wayne Bailey (Frost trilogy) will remind readers that the most powerful magic hides in the dark of night.

When Ruth Dickson released her 1967 book Married Men Make the Best Lovers, it went off like a bombshell. Defenders of the “sanctity” of marriage rose up to dismiss her frank, innovative, thoroughly researched book. But why? Why cling to the broken ritual of marriage? What comfort is there in a crumbling institution held together by meaningless tradition and out of touch patriarchy?

In this thoughtful follow-up, Dickson examines marriage itself. As she explains, “It’s no secret that the divorce rate is reaching astronomical proportions, yet nobody seems to do anything about the sole cause of divorce: marriage.”

Expertly weaving historical research, personal anecdotes, and scalpel-sharp philosophy, Marriage Is a Bad Habit makes the case that a life without marriage is a life of freedom—a woman’s freedom from male dominance and abuse, a man’s freedom from female resentment and martyrdom. In this new world it’s time for the sexes to find a new way of living together. Or, more specifically, a new way to live apart.

Ruth Dickson tells the truth, makes you laugh, gives you innovative ideas and thoughtful advice on how to navigate the tricky waters of true freedom of choice.

Being fans ourselves, if there’s one thing we understand about fans is that they’re not happy until all books in a trilogy, quartet or series are together on their shelves or stored in the memory of their e-reader.  We recently filled in the missing novel of Ted Wood’s “Reid Bennett” detective series; the fourth book in Dave Duncan’s “Seventh Sword” quartet; and the missing title in Barbara Parker’s “Suspicion” legal thriller series.

We’ve got another one for you.

With Orion’s Dagger, Paula E. Downing presents the thrilling final installment of her “Cloudships of Orion” trilogy, which Starlog magazine called “a thoroughly engrossing story.” Downing’s fans will remember that the trio was originally published under the penname P.K. McAllister.

In the first novel, Siduri’s Net, gypsy descendent Pov Janusz races through space to find the rare molecules of tritium to save his people’s mothership, which has been damaged by an errant comet.

In his second adventure, Maia’s Veil, the Sailmaster and his cohort return to the fleet, only to be forced to choose between slavery and a risky escape to the Pleiades.

Now Pov faces his toughest test yet: travel to the mysterious areas of the Orion Nebula and mine the untold fortunes waiting there while battling adversaries—some of which inhabit his own ship—who want nothing more than to see him fail.

Orion’s Dagger finds Pov ready to launch his newly constructed ship on its first mission. But he already faces a handful of challenges—members of his own crew are at odds, while the cloudship consortium is ready to crumble at any second. Plus the galaxy’s most sought-after secret is his ship’s drive, the key to entering the Nebula. Can he lead his band of fellow sailors into the undiscovered depths of the Nebula to complete his nearly impossible task with the pressure mounting? Read the stunning conclusion to find out as E-Reads reunites the three adventures of “The Cloudships of Orion” for the first time since 1996.

What do a cunning old man, a code-slopper gone rogue, a pair of lowlife tech-runners, a sexually frustrated AI, and a hermaphrodite underworld boss have in common? They’re all out to get Benito Funcitti, owner of the first lunar resort: Fun City. Oh, who’s that old man? He’s Benito Funcitti too, thanks to a TeleCompositor “accident”  that left behind a double who shouldn’t exist.

With two Benitos squaring off, the adventure is sure to include daring, fun, and maybe a little something on the side.

The Man in the Moon Must Die, Jeff Bredenberg’s classic of 1980s cyberpunk, has been refurbished for modern audiences, presenting an image of the near future that’s both divergent and immediate.

On a January afternoon in 1893, men hunkered down behind sandbagged emplacements in the streets of Honolulu, with rifles, machine guns and cannon ready to open fire. Troops and police loyal to the queen of the sovereign nation of Hawaii faced off against a small number of rebel Honolulu businessmen–American, British, German, and Australian. In between them stood hundreds of heavily armed US sailors and marines. Just after 2.00 p.m., the first shot was fired, and a military coup began.

This is the true, tragic and at times amazing story of the 1893 overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii and her government. It’s also the story of a five-year police state regime in Hawaii following the overthrow, and an attempted counter-coup by Hawaiians in 1895. And of how Hawaii became a US possession.

In Taking Hawaii, award-winning author Stephen Dando-Collins (Standing Bear is a Person, Legions of Rome, Tycoon’s War) reveals previously little-known facts uncovered during years of research on several continents, in the most dramatic and comprehensive chronicle of the end of Hawaii’s monarchy ever published. Using scores of first-hand accounts, this often minute-by-minute narrative also shows for the first time how the queen’s overthrow teetered on a knife-edge, only to come about purely through bluff.

Taking Hawaii reads like an exciting novel. Yet this tale of a grab for power, of misjudgment and injustice, truly took place. Judge for yourself whether you think the queen of Hawaii was wronged, or was wrong.

Visit the Stephen Dando-Collins website for a complete list of dramatic histories of Roman Legions and other distinguished nonfiction works.  And for an inspiring fictional tale of a Roman investigator on whose judgment the success or doom of the cult known as Christianity depended, you must read The Inquest.

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Fans of Canadian police chief Reid Bennett have waited a long, long time for all ten thrillers in Ted Wood’s series to be back under one roof. Oddly, we had #s 1 through 7 plus 9 and 10, but the eighth, Snowjob, had met with production delays.  But that’s all behind us: Snowjob is back in print and the series is now complete.  And if you’re worried about Bennett’s German Shepard sidekick Sam, don’t be – he’s back too.

The faithful companion is still by his side in a case that takes them across the border to Chambers, Vermont, where an old buddy needs Reid’s help.

Doug Ford, a black policeman in the all-white town, has been charged with murdering the attractive bookkeeper of a local ski resort. Only Reid believes Doug’s story that he and the woman were working together to investigate an entrenched money laundering conspiracy. But, as new bodies pile up and the Mafia rears its ugly head, things start to fall in line with Doug’s story. Can Reid untangle the mystery before more blood gets shed? He’ll have to act fast–an unseen hand seems willing to stop at nothing to keep its secrets safe.

Intense action, sinister prejudices, and duty to old friends make for another attention-grabbing thriller from Canada’s favorite crime author, Ted Wood.

Nine other Reid Bennetts await you. Visit Ted Woods’ author page to see them all.

Elizabeth A. Lynn stands as a ground-breaking author of fantasy and science fiction. Her stories weave richly-drawn characters and complex scenes of daily life into the intricate tapestry of speculative fiction. But, beyond her technical skill, Lynn has changed the landscape of fantasy writing as one of the first authors to incorporate themes of gender and gay relationships into her work. Importantly, these themes are not part of the fantastic storyline but simply part of the unremarkable, normal relationships around which the fantasy occurs.

The Woman Who Loved the Moon, a deeply felt collection of Lynn’s early short stories, serves as a wonderful introduction to her influential work. Soaring emotions, eloquent prose, and fully-realized worlds are truly a joy to become lost within. That explains why the namesake short story “The Woman Who Loved the Moon” won Lynn one of her two World Fantasy Awards.

With The Woman Who Loved the Moon, readers will delight in an author whose work George R.R. Martin has described as “the sort of fantasy we don’t see enough of: lyrical and literate, and a treat from the first page to the last.”

For other great books by Lynn, including her other World Fantasy Award winner, Watchtower, visit her author page.