Leigh Brackett: 38 books

Born of Earth parents. Raised on Mercury**. Mercenary on Mars and Venus. Warrior of the Solar System. ** "For hours the hard-pressed beast had fled across the Martian desert with its dark rider. Now it was spent. It faltered and broke stride, and when the rider cursed and dug his heels...

Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian citywith every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran hungering for that magic jewelahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creaturesat his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!

MacIan was a man with a secret, and it had followed him to Venus and the Legion, escape was impossible…

Few men have gone beyond that barrier into the vast mystery of Inner Venus. Fewer still have come back.

Erik John Stark is sent on a perilous mission into the Valkis and encounters the Queen of the Martian Catacombs.

One of the original novels of post-nuclear-holocaust America, The Long Tomorrow is considered by many to be one of the finest science fiction novels ever written on the subject. The story has inspired generations of new writers and is still as mesmerizing today as when it was originally written. Len...

An American author, particularly of science fiction. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Contents A World is Born (1941) The first ripples of blue fire touched Dio's...

Harker and his intrepid crew look for a new home in the Sea of Morning Opals on Venus…

A quest to the Mountain of Life to save what remained by humanity from the machines that were bent on destroying them.

What awaits us out in space? New star-drive engines promise to open up the galaxy to humankind. But the first ship to use the engines disappears and a sole survivor returns...alone and dying of some strange type of radiation. No one can figure out what has happened to the ship or the...

In the freezing night the great ship held mysterious secrets secrets that the Piruts and the Hans wanted.

Attempting to make Venus safe for colonists turns out to be a very dangerous job for Tex and his partner Breska.

Mercury is a lush, hot world. Mel Grey and a group of pioneers and prisoners are working hard to make the planet habitable for man kind. But there are those who would have the world all for themselves. Romance and adventure await Mel Grey on this savage planet!

Eric Falken couldn't run any more. At least he'd led the Hiltonists away from the pitiful starving holes where his people hid on the outer planets and barren asteroids and dark derelict hulks floating far outside the traveled lanes.