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A Locus selection for Best First Fantasy Novel: The tale of a healer who must wield a sword to protect her people . . . War has its cost, and the Servants of the Bright Heart and the Servants of the Dark Heart have been locked in a struggle that has defined life—and death—for millennia....

In the ongoing debate about evolution, science and faith face off. But the truth is both sides are right and wrong. In one corner: Atheists like Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Jerry Coyne. They insist evolution happens by blind random accident. Their devout adherence to Neo-Darwinism...

An in-depth sci-fi and fantasy writing guide by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author and writer of the Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles.” David Gerrold, the acclaimed author of science fiction classics including The Man Who Folded Himself and the Star Wolf series, shares...

A prequel in the space adventure series by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author. In the prequel to Voyage of the Star Wolf, the starship Roger Burlingame is obsolete as it drifts through space on the brink of collapse. Yet, as its demoralized crew hopes for reassignment and its weary...

They were once humanity's last hope: a race of genetically engineered killing machines known as the Phaestor and their army of deadly Moktar Dragons. Now, the enemy long vanquished, the Phaestor themselves have become the enemy, seizing control of the galaxy and subjugating all lesser species-including...

H.A.R.L.I.E. (Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine) is an artificially intelligent machine. David Auberson, the psychologist responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood, struggles to understand his erratic behavior. When humans begin vocalizing their wishes...

Stories by a Nebula Award winner: “Gerrold proves that he can do all the things that made us love Heinlein’s storytelling—and often better” (Orson Scott Card). In “Franz Kafka, Superhero!” Kafka employs his unusual metamorphosis to fight evil throughout the world—and take on Sigmund...

Want to visit another world? It might not be as easy as you think . . . “One of [David Gerrold’s] very best novels” (Spider Robinson). When Kaer’s extended family signs up to emigrate to Linnea, a planet known for horses as large as houses and dangerously mistrustful natives, Kaer is...

From the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author, the sequel to the classic space opera Under the Eye of God. The Phaestor, a genetically altered vampiric race, have set in motion their final plan for the complete enslavement of the galaxy. However, they will not go unopposed, for on numerous...

Take an interstellar journey through a ruined empire in this novel by a Nebula Award–winning author . . . Mass comes from a harsh world named Streinveldt, where the gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth and only genetically engineered people can reside. Mass is humanoid, genetically evolved...

Nebula Award nominee for Best Novel: In the distant future, a woman struggles to find her identity and her destiny . . . She was born in the moonstar’s shadow, when the storms of Satlik raged their worst. Because of this, Jobe was different. The family never spoke of it, but everyone knew...

A father and daughter face danger on an Earthlike world, in this follow-up to Child of Earth from the Hugo Award–winning author. Young Kaer and her family have undergone rigorous training in order to immigrate to Linnea, a parallel world characterized by huge horses, dangerous giant wolves,...

The author of Into the Dark Lands returns with a new chapter in the fantasy epic . . . Erin—newly dubbed Sara—has been forcefully put to sleep for three hundred years, while her Lord finishes overtaking his enemies . . . and Sara’s kinsmen. After conquering and slaughtering the...

A warrior and healer continues her struggle against the forces of evil. . . . The harrowing tale of Erin Elliath continues in this novel of the battle between good and evil. When Erin rejects her position as Lady Sara, wife to the First Servant of the Dark Heart, she escapes from her husband’s...