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The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in
popular culture, with a brand-new illustrated standalone novel by
New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling, tied directly to
the famous tales written by Robert E. Howard. Mercenary, thief,
soldier, usurper... CONAN OF CIMMERIA As sword for hire for a
mercenary troop, Conan finds himself in Sukhmet, a filthy backwater
town south of the River Styx considered "the arse-end of Stygia."
Serving in the company known as Zarallo's Free Companions, he
fights alongside soldiers of fortune from Zingara, Koth, Shem, and
other lands-a hard-handed band of killers loyal to anyone who pays
them well. In a Sukhmet tavern he encounters one soldier in
particular-Valeria of the Red Brotherhood, a veteran of freebooters
with whom Conan also sailed, launching raids out of the Barachan
Isles on the Western Sea. Valeria's reputation is that of a deadly
swordswoman, a notoriety she quickly proves to be accurate. When
she runs afoul of an exiled Stygian noble, however, things take a
deadly turn, embroiling them both in the schemes of a priest of the
serpent god Set. The first new Conan novel in more than a decade,
Blood of the Serpent leads directly into one of Robert E. Howard's
most famous sword-and-sorcery adventures, "Red Nails." As a bonus
feature that story, as well, is included in this volume.
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More Than Honor
David Weber, David Drake, S.M. Stirling
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The first entry in the Worlds of Honor anthology series, featuring
stories set in David Weber's New York Times best-selling
Honorverse. Featuring "A Grand Tour" by master of military SF David
Drake; "A Whiff of Grapeshot" by best-selli
Both Sarah and John Connor have survived repeated attempts on their lives by advanced Terminator killing machines sent from a grim tomorrow to ensure the total destruction of humankind. Now, hiding out from the U.S. Government in Paraguay, Sarah and her brilliant son have linked up with Dieter von Rossbach -- a former counterterrorism operative and the human model for the original T-800 -- awakening him to the nightmare to come and drawing him into their revolution. Because the Cyberdyne Corporation's plan to launch its dread Skynet program was not destroyed, merely postponed. And the machine masters of the near future have sent a terrifying new breed of enforcer back to the Connors' time: a cyborg so humanlike that detection is virtually impossible; a relentless hybrid killer who understands how her human prey think and feel...and die.
The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the
island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered
all electronic devices and fuels inoperable. What follows is the
most terrible global catastrophe in the history of the human
race-and a Dark Age more universal and complete than could possibly
be imagined.
""Dies the Fire" kept me reading till five in the morning so I
could finish at one great gulp..."--New York Times bestselling
author Harry Turtledove
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of
the city.
Though gifted beyond his peers, Jimmy is merely a pickpocket
with potential--until he aids Prince Arutha in the rescue of
Princess Anita from Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, and runs afoul of "Black
Guy's" secret police. Facing a choice between disappearing on his
own or in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbor,
Jimmy chooses the former.
Forced to flee the only home he's ever known, Jimmy finds
himself among the unsuspecting rural villagers of Land's End, where
he hopes to prosper with his talents for con and thievery. But
Land's End is home to many who tread the crooked path--and to a
dark, dangerous presence even the local smugglers don't recognize.
And suddenly Jimmy's youthful bravado and courage are leading him
into the maw of chaos . . . and, quite possibly, to his doom.
Rudi Mackenzie's quest to find the source of the world-altering
event known as The Change ends in Nantucket, an island overrun with
forest and inhabited by a mere 200 people who claim to have been
transported there from out of time. Only one odd stone house
remains standing. Within it, Rudi finds a beautifully made sword
seemingly waiting for him. And once he takes it up, nothing for
Rudi or for the world that he knows will ever be the same...
Master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting,
Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard's favorite writers. Here at
last is every pulse-pounding, action-packed story of Lamb's
greatest hero, the wolf of the steppes, Khlit the Cossack. Journey
now with the unsung grandfather of sword and sorcery in search of
ancient tombs, gleaming treasure, and thrilling landscapes. Match
wits with deadly swordsmen, scheming priests, and evil cults.
Rescue lovely damsels, ride with bold comrades, and hazard
everything on your brains and skill and a little luck.
"Wolf of the Steppes" is the first of a four-volume set that
collects, for the first time, the complete Cossack stories of
Harold Lamb and presents them in order: every adventure of Khlit
the Cossack and those of his friends, allies, and fellow Cossacks,
many of which have never before appeared between book covers.
Compiled and edited by the Harold Lamb scholar Howard Andrew Jones,
each volume features never-before reprinted essays Lamb wrote about
his stories, informative introductions by popular authors, and a
wealth of rare, exciting, swashbuckling fiction.
In this first volume, Khlit infiltrates a hidden fortress of
assassins, tracks down the tomb of Genghis Khan, flees the
vengeance of a dead emperor, leads the Mongol horde against
impossible odds, accompanies the stunning Mogul queen safely
through the land of her enemies, and much more. This is the stuff
of grand adventure, from the pen of an American Dumas.
Jimmy the Hand, boy thief of Krondor, lived in the shadows of the
city. The sewers were his byways and a flea-ridden, rat-infested
cellar his home. Although gifted beyond his peers, he was still but
a nimble street urchin, a pickpocket with potential. Until the day
he met Prince Arutha.Aiding the Prince in his rescue of Princess
Anita from imprisonment by Duke Guy du Bas-Tyra, Jimmy runs afoul
of Black Guy's secret police. Given the choice of disappearing on
his own or in a weighted barrel at the bottom of Krondor's harbor,
Jimmy flees the only home he's ever known, venturing south to the
relatively safe haven of Land's End. Suspecting that the rural
villagers have never encountered a lad with his talent and nose for
finding wealth--other people's wealth--he's fairly optimistic about
his broadening horizons. But Jimmy is completely unprepared for
what greets him.For Land's End is home to others who tread the
crooked path, and more, to a much darker secret: a dangerous
presence unknown even to the local thieves and smugglers. And
Jimmy's youthful bravado and courage will plunge him deep into the
maw of chaos and even--if he isn't careful--death.
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Swords from the Sea (Paperback)
Harold Lamb; Edited by Howard Andrew Jones; Introduction by S.M. Stirling
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Vikings, pirates, heroes, rogues, and explorers . . . all have
heard the siren call of the sea, and master storyteller Harold Lamb
chronicled some of their most daring exploits. This single volume
contains all of Lamb's historical seafaring stories, drawn from
rare and fragile pulp magazines. Never before collected, these
short stories and novels are a treasure trove of adventure. Best
known for his stirring tales of Cossacks and crusaders, Lamb was no
stranger to swashbuckling, and his sea stories deliver it in
buckets. Sail with John Paul Jones as he fights to save the
crippled Russian fleet from the Turks, one eye always alert for the
knives of his czarist rivals. Venture across the desert with a lone
American on a desperate venture against the Barbary corsairs. Seek
the Northeast Passage, beset by ice, storms, and traitors from
within, at the side of explorer Ralph Thorne. Ride the whale road
with the Vikings, plying their swords from Iceland to Byzantium.
Introduced by best-selling author S. M. Stirling, this volume
concludes with a rare behind-the-scenes look at Harold Lamb's
writing secrets, penned by the editor who made him famous.
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