Chester Burton Brown: 12 books

The complex puzzle of Chester Burton Brown's history of Mars is one piece closer to completion with this glimpse into Earth's official colonization attempt and the rebuff they receive at the hands of Earth's unofficial colonists. Earth's brand-sponsored culture and its penchant for show begs for exploitation,...

Across history and continents Lallo Long walks, doing laps around the Earth since prehistory. He understands neither why he is immortal nor what he should do with his power, and 'The Long Man' is the story of his quest to understand his fellow immortals and, ultimately, to discover his part in their...

When an allied soldier crash-lands deep in the jungle behind enemy lines, he becomes the guest of a troupe of lost chimpanzees inexplicably capable of sign language. Mike Zhang Cutherberson of NIGHT FLIGHT MIKE returns in this wilderness thriller as a leader of trained apes determined to escape the...

Captain Ting of Chester Burton Brown's seminal novel SIMON OF SPACE returns as the young, blustering skipper of an interstellar skiff called The Dollar. His mission is to escort an escaped concubine out of the system, but the concubine has a mission of her own: one that will alter the economies of worlds and the balance of power in the galaxy.

Dark humor and a unique spin on classic tropes makes the simple story of a man without memories recovering his identity into a twist-filled, idea-rich adventure through a complex galactic culture. Simon's quest to discover his hidden past uncovers ever larger secrets, including the resting place...

Chester Burton Brown's famous dark wit and striking imagery come to the forefront again in this gripping tale of two young lovers who are neither of them what they seem. IDIOT'S MASK is a layered story in which the voice of the narrator itself is a clue to the final mystery penetrated by the book's...

Mike is a scholastic eleven-year-old who decides to force his own coming of age by sneaking into a downtown night-club while his parents stay at a nearby hotel. Mike is immediately drawn into a mad parade of music, romance and crime as the club he's penetrated turns out to be the staging ground...

A grim but all too believable near future is painted in striking visual detail by science-fiction veteran Chester Burton Brown in this harrowing story of poverty and power during a global energy-crisis. We follow Luc Drapeau on his descent into the underworld of New York in a desperate bid to secure...

Olympus Mons is a mountain so high its peak extends above the atmosphere, casting a shadow on the sky itself. This is the mountain one young Martian has decided to climb in order to rekindle her self-worth after losing her job. But freezing temperatures, stratospheric storms and oxygen deprivation...

Gifted and insecure, Tim is surrounded by hardened marines and cliquish military scientists as he works on the most top secret project in the history of the Solar system. Little does he know that he stands at the cusp of a fork in history, where both man and robot are vying for control of the Martian...

Bobo is programmed for life in a retirement home, feeding and changing and mourning the residents there. When the home is closed down forever Bobo is cast out to make his own way in a world of hostile humans, insane robot activists, and the brutal firepower of police enforcer machines. Follow Bobo...

There are more cars on the road than there are drivers in town or visitors from abroad, a bizarre statistic observed by a Korean engineer with something to prove. The truth will prove even stranger than he had dared imagine when he joins forces with a handicapped aboriginal detective on the trail...