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House Harkonnen

by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

Dune: House Harkonnen continues t he unforgettable saga begun in Dune: House Atreides, as a vast array of rich and complex figures strives to shape a sprawling universe of mystery and vivid universe revealed in the thrilling pages of Frank Herbert's Dune. Dune: House Harkonnen At last Shaddam sits on the Golden Lion Throne, his precarious position as ruler of the Known Universe dependent on producing a male... (more)

Strange Highways

by Dean Koontz

A chilling collection of short fiction works that captures the bizarre aspects of the human experience is peppered with such characters as the denizens of hell, unlikely heroes, vengeful children, and human-like robots. Reprint. PW.

Velocity

by Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz’s unique talent for writing terrifying thrillers with a heart and soul is nowhere more evident than in this latest suspense masterpiece that pits one man against the ultimate deadline. If there were speed limits for the sheer pulse-racing excitement allowed in one novel, Velocity would break them all. Get ready for the ride of your life. Velocity Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who... (more)

Christopher Snow: Book 1

Fear Nothing (Dean Koontz)

by Dean Koontz

Christopher Snow is the best-known resident of 12,000-strong Moonlight Bay, California. This is because 28-year-old Chris has xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)--a light-sensitivity so severe that he cannot leave his house in daylight, cannot enter a normally-lit room, cannot sit at a computer. Chris's natural element is the night, and his parents, both academics, chose to live in Moonlight Bay because in a small town... (more)

Dark Rivers of the Heart (Dean Koontz)

by Dean Koontz

Dark Rivers Of The Heart Do you dare step through the red door? Spencer Grant had no idea what drew him to the bar with the red door. He thought he would just sit down, have a slow beer or two, and talk to a stranger. He couldn't know that it would lead to a narrow escape from a bungalow targeted by a SWAT team. Or that it would leave him a wanted man. Now he is on the run from mysterious and ruthless men. He is... (more)

Polgara the Sorceress

by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

Her mind guided by a mother she will not see again for centuries, Polgara beings life in the Vale, growing up in her uncle's Beldin's tower and in the prehistoric Tree that is the heart of that magical place. There she first learns the reaches of her powers and assumes the bird shapes that will serve her on her far-flung travels. As her adventures carry her far from the safety of the Vale, her spellbinding fate... (more)

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Book 1

Guilty Pleasures

by Laurell K. Hamilton

"I don't date vampires. I kill them" My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me The Executioner. What I call them isn't repeatable. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I've seen their victims. I carry the scars...But now a serial killer is murdering vampires -- and the most powerful bloodsucker... (more)

Acorna: Book 6

Acorna's Rebels (Acorna (Paperback))

by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Beloved by millions of readers, Anne McCaffrey is one of science fiction's favorite authors. Writing with Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, she has created the bestselling Acorna series featuring the adventures of the brave unicorn girl. Acorna's people, the Linyaari, have started to reclaim their homeworld from the ravages of the brutal alien Khleevi. But the expedition has unlocked a larger... (more)

The Tamuli: Book 3

The Hidden City

by David Eddings

WAR TO THE DEATH The Pandion Knight Sparhawk had bested the massed forces of the God Cyrgon upon the field of battle. But victory turned to ashes when the foul God's minions kidnapped Sparhawk's wife, the beautiful Queen Ehlana. Sparhawk must surrender Bhelliom, the awesome jewel of power--or Ehlana would die. But Cyrgon's lackeys had misjudged their foe. Sparhawk fought on, and none of his companions flinched... (more)

The Da Vinci Code

by Dan Brown

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously... (more)

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Rebecca

by Daphne du Maurier

The Remnant (Left Behind, 10)

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

Pride and Prejudice (Audio Education Study Guides)

Pride and Prejudice (Audio Education Study Guides)

by Jane Austen

The Saga of Recluce: Book 4

The Order War

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

The saga of Recluce, launched in The Magic of Recluce and continuing in The Towers of the Sunset and The Magic Engineer reaches a new climax in The Order War . "Modesitt has created an exceptionally vivid world," says L. Sprague de Camp, "so concretely visualized as to give the impression that Modesitt himself must have dwelt there." Publishers Weekly says, "Modesitt creates a complex world bgased on a... (more)

The Saga of Recluce: Book 3

The Magic Engineer

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Return now to the world of Recluce in The Magic Engineer.

The Saga of Recluce: Book 1

The Magic of Recluce

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

With The Magic of Recluce , L.E. Modesitt made his impressive hardcover debut, breaking out in wide scope and grand scale with a novel in the great tradition of the war between good and evil in a wonderful fantasy world. Modesitt had been producing fast-paced, slickly-written novels of SF adventure, often compared to the work of Keith Laumer and Gordon R. Dickson. Then, in his biggest and best book yet, he... (more)

Original Shannara Trilogy: Book 2

The Elfstones of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

Ancient Evil threatens the Elves, for the Ellcrys--the tree created by long-lost Elven magic--is dying, loosing the Spell of Forbidding that bars the hordes of vengeful Demons from the Races of Man.Allanon, the legendary guardian of the Earth, summons Wil Ohmsford to guard the Elven girl Amberle on a perilous quest as she carries a seed from the Ellcrys to the mysterious Bllodfire, there to be quickened... (more)

Original Shannara Trilogy: Book 1

The Sword of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

Long ago, the wars of ancient Evil had ruined the world and forced mankind to compete with many other races--gnomes, trolls, dwarfs, and elves. But in peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knew little of such troubles.Then the giant, forbidding Allanon, possessed of strange Druidic powers, to reveal that the supposedly dead Warlock Lord was plotting to destroy the world. The sole weapon against... (more)

Dragon's Kin (The Dragonriders of Pern)

by Todd McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey

Beginning with the classic Dragonriders of Pern , Anne McCaffrey has created a complex, endlessly fascinating world uniting humans and great telepathic dragons. Millions of devoted readers have soared on the glittering wings of Anne’s imagination, following book by book the evolution of one of science fiction’s most beloved and honored series. Now, for the first time, Anne has invited another writer to join her... (more)

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by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson

by Dean Koontz

by Dean Koontz

by Dean Koontz

by Dean Koontz

by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

by Laurell K. Hamilton

by Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

by David Eddings

by Dan Brown

by Daphne du Maurier

by Jonathan Swift

by Jane Austen

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

by Terry Brooks

by Terry Brooks

by Todd McCaffrey, Anne McCaffrey