In the vast reaches of space, there are natural means of intergalactic travel known as "gaps" or "wormholes". There are only four known wormholes in existence. But the location of one of them is hidden in a veil of mystery, lost in a conspiracy of murder. Its power belong to the first human who f...
Boy this was a stinker. After the very good last book in the series that surprised me with above average characterization this was a severe disappointment. Apparently both books have been written at the same time for there are a multitude of continuity errors regarding both story and characters. ...
Third in the national bestselling author's Drifter series. As an alien war shatters the galactic empire, both sides want Pik Lando's high-tech drift ship-minus Lando.
Well, if you're a Kile fan and want to know more about him you'll probably like this book.It's not really that exciting, then what Star Wars books are? Anyways, you get to know a little more about Kile and a bit abut Jan through the course of the story, and even though it's pretty light on charac...
Human and machine. Elite and Expendable. They are the Legion of the Damned. The Hudathans are on a rampage. They have created their own corps of cyborgs using copycat technology and psychotic candidates. They have refitted their hardware. Reloaded their weapons. Refueled their insanity. And targ...
Since her brother's absence, Princess Claudia has seized the throne and brought the Empire to the brink of war with the Il Ronn. Only the missing Prince Alexander can stop Claudia's plans. And McCade, the best bounty hunter in the galaxy, has only three months to find him. But Princess Claudia co...
Having stopped a mutiny against Earth's government, General Bill Booly and his troops face an even greater challenge: a battle for the future of every living being in the universe, against a fanatical human and his killer technology."Dietz's expertise in matters of mayhem is second to none." --Th...
Their human bodies destroyed. Reborn as living weapons. The cyborg troopers of the Legion are the Empire’s most lethal defenders. And the only defenders against an alien race who lack any human traits … except aggression. All that stands between humankind and extinction is the … LEGION OF THE DAMNED
Genre: Science Fiction, Space OperaThis was a disappointment, given how much I loved the first in the series, _Runner_. The characters in this book behaved in illogical and un-characteristic ways. For example, in the beginning of the book Lonni Norr picks a fight in a theatre with the circus mast...
[Legion of the Damned Book #6]Careful plotting and realistically messy detail help lift Dietz's sixth military SF novel (after 2003's For More Than Glory) about the Legion of the Damned, an army of biobod humans, aliens and brain boxes installed in mechanical bodies, which defends the Confederacy...
Lando is a smuggler's smuggler who's just keeping the family business intact. Until he gets involved with a beautiful client and a dangerous group of hell-bent revolutionaries...
A traitor is on the loose. A treacherous navy captain plans to sell military secrets to the alien Il Ronn. The only man who can stop him is Sam McCade -- an interstellar bounty hunter with a score to settle.Betrayed by his friends, stalked by his enemies, McCade is the only one standing between a...
The clone assassin has been played long enough–now it’s more than a game.Bred to kill, Agent 47 is The Agency’s most valuable assassin. So when a competing murder-for-hire organization decides to destroy The Agency, the first person they target for elimination is Agent 47. Tasking someone to off ...
From acclaimed author William C. Dietz, a novel of Sam McCade, interstellar bounty hunter. This time it's personal--pirate Mustapha Pong has kidnapped McCade's daughter. Usually, McCade works for pay, but this time, the only reward is seeing his daughter alive--and he'll do anything to make that ...
Rex Corvan is the World's Greatest Reporter. It's not the video camera implanted in his right eye. It's not his popularity with news audiences everywhere. What makes him a great reporter is his determination to run toward the story. With a killer on his tail, hopefully Rex can run fast enough. Wi...
He picked it up and looked into the mirror. It seemed as though the man reflected there was older than he should have been. “This is Hawkins.” The voice on the other end was female and sounded thin as if the connection could fail at any moment. “Hawk? Moller here…. We have a problem.” The customs...
When you dash the enemy’s sword aside, or ward it off, or force it down, you must slightly change the feeling in your thumb and forefinger. Above all, you must be intent on cutting the enemy in the way you grip the sword. Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings Standard year 1643 Legion Outpos...
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, on a draft of troops sent from England during the Peninsular CampaignStandard year 1809 PLANET ALGERON Andromeda McKee was riding Corporal Sam Vella, and he was running full out. And she was experiencing a wild mix of emotions. There was fear, and for good reason since she...
An abundance of sunlight had been piped in via solar tubes to provide the room with a sense of warmth. Well-chosen pieces of art conveyed a sense of restrained elegance, the huge granite-slab desk testified to Hingo’s authority, and the fact that it sat on a raised platform ensured Hingo’s domina...
She slapped the clock, knocked it onto the floor, and swore as it continued to bleat. The plan was to be up and dressed by the time Conti arrived, and the bastard was early! Lee rolled out of bed, silenced the alarm, and grabbed the Glock on her way out of the room. Then s...
The light had started to fade, the temperature had started to fall, and there was no place to take shelter. And, as if that weren't bad enough, Father Crono, who had led the pilgrims with such assurance up until now, had descended into a state of shock. Not just physical shock, but psychological ...
It hadn’t been that way just a few months earlier. Back then, before the Ramanthians landed, anyone looking east from a boat would have seen the sparkling lights of Long Beach stretched out in front of them.But the city was mostly rubble now. Just part of an urban wasteland that stretched all the...
Sheer canyon walls rose on every side exposing layers of sediment stained here and there with streaks of red.An island of solid rock stood in front of him. It had once forced a mighty river to divide itself in half forming two channels, one right and one left.The river was gone now, but rocks bot...
NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLIThe PrinceStandard year 1513 PLANET EARTH The room was large enough to accommodate a hundred people if necessary. Harsh lights threw short shadows from above, the walls were bulletproof, and a large drain marked the exact center of the concrete floor. Th...
That being the case, the metal bulkheads along either side of the passageway were shiny up to the level of the average Ra Na’s head but dark and grimy above that. And, because normal maintenance programs had been suspended in order to put the maximum number of slaves to work on citadel-related pr...
What little light there was came from the streetlamps beyond the curtains or slid in under the door from the hallway. Careful not to disturb his wife, Grace rolled off the bed. His bare feet were silent as he padded across the soft carpet, entered the bathroom, and closed the door behind him. At ...
It would be as reasonable to say that a duel is a matter for pistols and swords. Generals with their armies and admirals with their fleets are mere weapons by the hand of the statesman.—Sir John FortescueLectureStandard year 1911PLANET ALGERON, THE CONFEDERACY OF SENTIENT BEINGSThe planet blocked...
But a significant amount of work had already been accomplished. The wedge-shaped dam was 231 feet high and more than a thousand feet wide. Two turbines had been installed but never brought online. Still, since it had a small auxiliary generator, the facility had enough power to meet its own needs...
The parasitologist, pathologist, and diener all took a full step backward. “Did you see that?” Yano demanded. “It moved!” All sorts of thoughts raced through Devlin’s mind as she stared at the fleshy matrix. The scientist’s first inclination was to try and save the specimen since it would theoret...
So she woke up feeling rested and was only ten minutes late when she arrived at work. And that was the same thing as being on time in her book. After sitting through roll call, Lee went to her cubicle, where she was scrolling through her e-mail, when Yanty plopped down on ...
. . The way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death. Miyamoto Musashi A Book of Five Rings Standard year 1643 Worber’s World, the Confederacy of Sentient Beings General Natalie Norwood felt the usual sense of anticipation as she strode into her quarters, discarded her clothes, and settled...
Please join us as we celebrate the addition of a new ship to the company’s fleet, establish a new link to the civilized planets, and place a new star in the heavens.—Excerpt from the promotional holo distributed to the Interplanetary News Association (INA) on the day that the sentient vesselShewh...
Two weeks had passed since the garbage mine had been liberated, and a great deal had changed, not the least of which was the fact that all the mine’s diggers, sorters, and haulers were employees rather than slaves and free to leave whenever they wanted to go. And hundreds had. That was a loss in ...
—HARRY CHAPIN SOUTH OF YAKIMA, WASHINGTON It was a cold, wintry day in August as the convoy rolled onto Highway 82 and the soldiers began the thousand-mile journey to Arizona. The Humvee was out on point, about half a mile forward of the other vehicles, and Garcia was behind the wheel. Mac sat ne...
Fortunately, the motorcade’s schedule had been set to allow for a lengthy disembarkation process, so that wasn’t a problem. The convoy was to include four policemen on gyro-stabilized unicycles, two armored stretch limos, plus a so-called war wagon that was supposed to bring up the rear. The vehi...
Though the structure itself was reasonably modern, the inmates were the same scum who filled prisons everywhere, and something less than pleasant. Lando had been in four fights during the last twelve hours. Two involved protecting Cy from other prisoners, one centered around keeping his boots, an...
Kim felt her heart jump into her throat. "Yes? Who is it?" "It's J.D. Paxton. Come on . . . open up! I have a message for you." A variety of thoughts raced through Kim's mind. Paxton! Paxton was the killer! SIS said so, and more importantly, voice analysis said so too. The Havlik murder had gone...
What if this field generator worked differently? What if it didn't leap over them, but went through them instead? Or blew up? A thousand possibilities passed through his mind, each worse than the one before. Bull Strom had always said that he worried too much. “Listen, son, more than half of winn...