This special hardcover edition contains all three novels in Chris Bunch's "Shadow Warrior" trilogy: Wind After Time, Hunt the Heavens, and Darkness of God. Plus, completing the series, is the previously uncollected short story: Backblast"!

The Vampires of Malibu High is the first collection of Chris Bunch's short fiction. We've gathered the very best of his stories published in magazines such as Absolute Magnitude, Fantastic Stories, Dreams of Decadence, and Realms of Fantasy. Each story is a polished gem waiting to satisfy Bunch's legion of readers. Bunch is best known as a novelist, but these science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories demonstrate Bunch's mastery of the short form.

Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native - complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world's endless mazelike warrens. It's a fool's errand, of course - no man can stand against the might of the Company and expect to live. But Sten isn't just any man. From the corrupt and brutal factories of Vulcan to the plots and intrigues of the Imperial Court, the galaxy is about to come face-to-face with the ultimate warrior. Sten's already learned how to survive - now he wants more; he wants control of his own destiny. And he'll do whatever it takes to get it. No compromise, no retreat, no surrender. Only Sten. This omnibus edition contains: STEN, THE WOLF WORLDS and THE COURT OF A THOUSAND SUNS.

THE WARRIOR RETURNS: For those who thrilled to the adventures and wonders of the voyages of the Anteros, here is the book where all the secrets from KINGDOMS OF THE NIGHT are finally, dazzlingly, revealed. In this fourth and final volume of the Far Kingdoms books - written by Sten co-author, Allan Cole - all of Orissa believes that Rali Antero, legendary warrior and sorceress extraordinaire, was dead, lost at sea during some grand adventure gone wrong. In fact, Rali is not dead, but was left entombed in ice to dream for eternity--until a goddess awakens her for one last desperate quest . . .

It's Christmas in Berlin, 1944. The city is under constant bombardment. Hitler is in his bunker and the Russians are advancing on the Oder River, intent on exacting bloody revenge. Other than the poor, only the Nazis and the criminals remain in the city. Max is a thief, which in this brutal world gone made, makes him one of the good guys. To escape with his lover, Brigitte, he makes a deal with the devil - a Nazi bishop - to steal a fabled Satanic cross from the art collection of Herman Goering. Max must move fast. The Reichsmarshall is planning his own escape, along with his looted art. At present, Goering is holed up in his fortress/mansion, Karinhall, where he drifts in and out of morphine dreams of a long lost love.

It's 1837 and a young man finds himself stranded high in the Rocky Mountains and thousands of miles of wilderness from home. After burying his father, a preacher bound for Oregon to bring religion to the "heathen Indians," Isaac Burns picks up his father's Hawken rifle and sets off on a journey that cannot end in anything but tragedy. And then, out of the darkness, strides a shaggy angel clad in buckskins and furs. His name is Noah Smythe, a mountain man who is struggling with his own personal battle to hold on to a world that will soon slip from his grasp. Reluctantly, he takes Isaac under his wing and they set off a incredible journey that will test both spirit and flesh and will reach its shattering climax in a wilderness rendezvous that will go down in legend as The Last Green River.

THE FAR KINGDOMS: Allan Cole and Chris Bunch - the bestselling authors of the Sten series - now turn their storytelling talents from science fiction to epic fantasy--with a magnificent quest novel. The Far Kingdoms: a place of wonders, riches, magic, and terrors . . . a place where a young trader will seek wealth beyond imagination and find the adventure of a lifetime. Finalist in the World Fantasy competition. "Fantasy of the year." - Locus Magazine. "Breaks new ground." Publishers Weekly. "Classic " Kirkus Reviews. The novel was a finalist in the World Fantasy Best Novel competition.

THE WARRIOR'S TALE: In a stunning sequel to The Far Kingdoms, fantasy, feminism, and feats of breathtaking wonder blend masterfully in the hands of authors who "celebrate the spirit of adventure" (Locus). In this outing, the authors of the Sten series turn their attention to Amalric Antero's warrior sister, Rali - captain of the all woman Marinon Guard. Adventure abounds as Rali and her soldier sail uncharted seas, searching for the Archon, or sorcerer, who is determined to destroy them and their beloved city of Orissa.

It's 1799 and the African slave trade is at its height. Chima - a young Ibo blacksmith - is carried away with his whole village by brutal slaveraiders. Chima and his best friend, Ofo - an Ibo holyman - are sold to Virginia planters. There they struggle to maintain their African identity, but in the end Chima's friend is killed by a white overseer. To Chima the murder has also doomed his friend's ghost to wander this inhospitable land forever. He kills the overseer and escapes, barely eluding packs of dogs and white slave hunters. Then, with every white hand set against him, he travels west - seeking freedom in the lands where the sun goes to rest. And where Arochuku - the sun god - reigns over all.

The Wars Of The Shannons... In Book Three Of The Shannon Trilogy, young Patrick Shannon is the heir-apparent to the Shannon fortune, but murder and betrayal at a family gathering send him fleeing into the American frontier, with only the last words of a wise old woman to arm him against what would come. And when the outbreak of the Civil War comes he finds himself fighting on the opposite side of those he loves the most. In The Wars Of The Shannons we see the conflict, both on the battlefield and the homefront, through the eyes of Patrick and the members of his extended Irish-American family as they struggle to survive the conflict that ripped the new nation apart, and yet, offered a dim beacon of hope.

KINGDOMS OF THE NIGHT: The Anteros series, one of the freshest, most exhilarating fantasy series in years, (Publishers Weekly) begun in The Far Kingdoms and The Warrior's Tale--continues. A mysterious figure appears to Amalric Antero, who has grown old before his time, and issues a challenge: find the real Far Kingdoms . . . the Kingdoms of the Night Penned by the authors of the Sten series, the wonders of the unknown unspool before two bold adventurers.

Screenplay For The Further Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

During the Vietnam war, GIs who managed to survive their tour of duty in one piece - more or less - were flown home in chartered airliners. They called those planes "Freedom Birds." This is the story of three young men - from wildly different backgrounds - who meet on such a plane and make a pact to spend three days together in San Francisco. Their goal: to spend every cent of their mustering out money in a party of a lifetime. And they'll get more than they bargained for: because when they land, it is July 1967 - in a time that would come to be known as "The Summer Of Love." A place and time where each young man will have to confront the ghosts who followed them home from the jungles of Vietnam and contemplate a future none of them had imagined.

The year is 1778 and the Revolutionary War has young America trapped in the crossfire of hatred and fear. Diana, an indentured servant, escapes her abusive master with the help of Emmett Shannon, a deserter from the desperate army at Valley Forge. They fall in love and marry, but their happiness is shattered and Diana Shannon must learn to survive on her own. From that moment on she will become a true woman of her times, blazing a path from lawless lands in the grips of the Revolution, to plague-stricken Philadelphia, to the burning of Washington in the War Of 1812.

A gripping war story. For the first - and only - time in fiction, A Reckoning For Kings tells the story of the Vietnam Conflict from both sides - Americans, as well as North Vietnamese. In four short months - during the lightning quick, bloody campaign known as the Tet Offensive, two bitterly opposing armies will clash in an epoch-shattering encounter that will alter the course of the war and the shape of the world forever. It was a time when America won the battle, but lost the war.

Down a thousand miles of jungle trail the enemy came. The Tet Offensive was about to explode:

THEIR SIDE: The attack, their long awaited General Offensive, will begin during the traditionally peaceful celebration of the Vietnamese New Year - the Year Of The Monkey. Their leader is General Vo Le Duan, a soldier who knows his patriotic duty, but knows also he will never see, in this messy, endless war, the glory that he dreams of.

OUR SIDE: Blooded and ready, all they need now is an enemy. Not one that murders from the ditch, or from the darkness of the night, but an enemy in the open. One of the men who must lead the ranks is Major Dennis Shannon, who discovers vital information that could nail the enemy - but no one on his side is listening.

WITHIN THE SPAN of four short months, during the lightning quick, bloody campaign known as the Tet Offensive, two vastly different cultures and two bitterly opposing armies - the generals, the guerrillas, the grunts - will clash in an epoch shattering encounter that will alter the course of the war and change the shape of the world forever.

"A Classic war novel." - San Diego Tribune

"An excellent piece of work." - Los Angeles Times

"Sets high standards for other Vietnam War novels." - St. Louis Post Dispatch

"It has an enormous cast of characters and a compelling plot enhanced by an intimate knowledge of the land and people of Vietnam." - Chattanooga Times

"An authentic action story." - San Diego Tribune

"Rings with authenticity." - Austin American Statesman

The year is 1778 and the Revolutionary War has young America trapped in the crossfire of hatred and fear. Diana, an indentured servant escapes her abusive master with the help of Emmett Shannon, a deserter from the desperate army at Valley Forge. They fall in love and marry, but their happiness is shattered and Diana Shannon must learn to survive on her own. From that moment on she will become a true woman of her times, blazing a path from lawless lands in the grips of the Revolution, to plague-stricken Philadelphia, to the burning of Washington in the War of 1812.

In the turbulent age of the human Confederation empire, a forgotten branch of the Army patrols the farthest reaches of civilisation. And as the volatile Confederation begins to implode, they become humanity's hope for the future - the men and women of the Last Legion. A fresh batch of recruits are shipped to the frontier planets of the Cumbre System. Their job is to keep the peace - among the ruling class, the local aliens, and a terrorist faction bent on revolution. But when the Confederation falls silent - and the hit-and-run violence of the rebels escalates - the army becomes the law. And a planet on the edge of nowhere will set the stage for the crumbling empire's final stand ...

Joshua Wolfe must save mankind from a mysterious alien virus. He has only one hope: to recover the lost crystal of Ur'Lumina, which may offer a cure. It won't be easy. A powerful cult, the Federation government, and an angry shipping baron looking for revenge lie in the way . . .