"Stand back. Let's see if it will stop a lightsaber."Han Solo is locked in carbonite, in the possession of Boba Fett. Luke, Lando, Leia, and Chewie are desperately searching for the bounty hunter, in the hopes of rescuing Han. Meanwhile, Prince Xizor of the Black Sun is angling to destroy his riv...
I had high expectations for this book. I wasn't disappointed, much.Not to say that a little disappointment isn't good for a book. Getting everything that you expect makes for a dull read. The Matador series has been anything but dull. Fact is it made several odd choice early in volume one that ha...
The ruling elite summons Bork, strongman of the Matadors, to save them from a secret brotherhood armed with the powers of an alien civilization.
Sentenced for a crime he didn't commit, Dain Maro has been incarcerated in the Omega Cage--a prison located on an isolated planet and housing the scum of the galaxy. Escape was supposed to be impossible, but the Omega Cage has never had to contain the likes of Dain Maro before.
Under the Galactic Confederation, there are very few ways to rise above your caste. One is to become a player in the extreme martial arts game known as the Musashi Flex. In the early 23rd century, three people will enter its violent culture: a battle-scarred veteran, an infiltrator, and a cunning...
Born on a desolate planet, Mwili dreamed of the stars. Ferret was a thief and a smuggler on exotic worlds. Pen was trained by master warriors, learning skills that would forge a legend. He was a man who lived three lives--the mentor and inspiration for The Man Who Never Missed. Reissue.
She is a sensei and he is a Matador, worthy of her four-hundred-year-old blade. Their only hope for survival and vengeance against their hidden, well-protected enemy lies in the strength of black steel...
"You watch people in this kind of fire...and you see what they're really made of"On the swampy world of Drongar, a fierce battle ensues between Republic and Separatists over bota, a plant that has amazing healing qualities for humans. On this outpost, a team of top doctors and nurses work to save...
IT TAKES MORE THAN DEATH TO KILL AN EVIL MANHer father is a hero, a legend, the man who changed the history of the galaxy. The Man Who Never Missed--a man she never met. The Confederation defeated, Emile Khadaji disappeared, and now she must find him.Her mother is a pawn in a dead man's game, bai...
Fate tosses the dice for Conan of Cimmeria, and they come up...death. Dimma, the Mist Mage, knows nothing of the muscular Cimmerian, but the vile necromancer's plans require his death. Thayla, beautiful Queen of the Pili, would rather take Conan to her bed, but her own plots mean he must die. The...
What can I say about a Conan book? I am not a huge Conan fan, but I did watch the movies when I was a kid, and I liked those. I ended up with three or four Conan books when I was a teenager, which I always liked due to the hot chicks on the covers. This one, done by legendary artist, Boris Vaj...
All Conan wants to do is make his way in peace, but the evil necromancer Katamy Rey has named him as his next victim.
Jedi Healer, by Michael Reaves and Steve Perry is the second and last of the Medstar duology. Good riddance. This book felt like a long and convoluted second half of a single volume. In the first book, titled Battle Surgeons, readers were introduced to a few, unknown characters who were part of...
On some worlds, the name of Khadaji is a prayer for resistance fighters...Khadaji... master warrior, martyr, legend. The one-man resistance to the Confed on Greaves. Known as "The Man Who Never Missed," he only let himself be taken when he'd done what he'd set out to do. With his death, Khadaji b...
“THAT’S NO MOON.”–Obi-Wan KenobiThe Death Star’s name says it all, with bone-chilling accuracy. It is a virtual world unto itself–equipped with uncanny power for a singularly brutal purpose: to obliterate entire planets in the blink of an eye. Its annihilation of the planet Alderaan, at the merci...
Annabelle Donohoe, the CEO of World Tech, is mad as hell. Her dreams of world domination died the day Zac Robillard discovered her evil plans and fled World Tech, taking his greatest creation, his beloved I-Bots, and all his research, with him. (Read about their origins in Isaac Asimov's History ...
“How so?” Jo said. “Computer, control systems, life support, recreation, you name it, everything is top-of-the-line completely integrated, state-of-the-art.” “Huh.” “And disguised. The boards look like antiques, but they are ...
“Ah, the infamous Junior Allen,” the speaker on the other end of the shielded com said. “‘The Butcher of Morandan,’ though if you say that aloud in public, his lawyers will be on you like stink on a spooked skunk.” Gramps smiled. He hadn’t heard that simile in a while. &nb...
They went to the island store. They are now on their way to the village near the largest of the sisal plantations.” Yamada nodded. “Keep them under observation. They will not leave this late in the day. Have the men set up the camp here. No fires, we must stay invisible.” ...
A few kilometers away, three-quarters of a million people had died violently only days earlier, but there was no sign of it here. There was no fear of the Void in these people, he understood that now. They were believers in soul regeneration, of being born anew after each cycle. Their High Priest...
“Not bad for the first run,” said Psy–4, clicking off his stopwatch. “Four-fifty-seven.” “But?” asked Killaine. “But . . . I want it down to a solid three minutes from the time we come through the doors.” “Three minutes?” exclaimed Radiant. “That doesn’t leave a lot of time for any variables.” “T...
Seated around the table were Gunny, Gramps, Doc, Formentara, and Kluthfem. Colonel Cutter leaned against the carbon-fiber inner wall near the room’s primary hatch. “All right, folks, listen up. We are on our way to Ananda, half of a binary system with Om, planets circling a class G2V star, FHND 3...