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A deadly game of hide-and-seek played out in 18 days over 4000 miles of ocean. Red October is the Soviet Navy's newest ballistic missile submarine. When the whole crew decides to defect, the Soviet fleet sets out to destroy it, while the US and British fleets attempt to prevent them.

Tai-Pan

by James Clavell

Dirk Straun, a pirate, smuggler, and ruthless individual, finds glory beyond his dreams as the Tai-Pan, or supreme leader, of Hong Kong. Reissue.

As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

The Bundren family try to give their deceased matriarch her desired burial in neighboring town Jefferson, but the trip is fueled by selfish desires from each family member as secrets are unravelled in this multi-narrated portrait of a disturbing family.

Cross The Stars (Hammer Universe)

by Drake

Don Slade is coming home to the planet Tethys, to his son and the woman he loves. But the ways of space are dark and cold--and should he ever reach his home, there will be surprises in store for him. Reissue.

Xanth: Book 4

Centaur Aisle

by Piers Anthony

Dor agreed to act as King of Xanth so long as Trent was gone for a week. But the weeks passed and Trent did not return. Dor knew he had to rescue his king but with no magic powers, how could it be done...?

The Maltese Falcon

by Dashiell Hammett

Sam Spade, a slightly shop-worn private eye with his own solitary code of ethics, stars in Hammett's detective fiction, a novel that has haunted 2 generations of readers.

Xanth: Book 6

Night Mare

by Piers Anthony

Although the Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth, Mare Imbrium discovered that ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle her job of delivering bad dreams. Exiled to the day world with a message for King Trent, Mare met the relentless, unforgiving Horseman. For the night mare, it began to be all a horrible nightmare!

Voice of the Whirlwind

by Walter Jon Williams

Steward is a clone. A beta. His memories are fifteen years old, because his alpha never did have a brain-scan update. And in those fifteen years, the entire world has changed: The Orbital Policorp which held his allegiance has collapsed; dozens of his friends died in an off-planet war which he survived; an alien race has established relations with humanity; both his first and second wives have divorced him. And... (more)

High Jinx: Blackford Oakes Mystery (Blackford Oakes Novel)

High Jinx: Blackford Oakes Mystery (Blackford Oakes Novel)

by Jr. William F. Buckley

Blackford Oakes takes on the Russians and a top level traitor during the Cold War in this tale of treason and action-packed adventure. Buckley is the author of See You Later, Alligator and The Story of Henri Tod.

Brightsuit Macbear

by L. Neil Smith

At Any Price (Hammer's Slammers Ser.)

by David Drake

Col. Alois Hammer's indomitable Slammers are called in to support human colonists against a native uprising in this novel-length adventure. But even though the natives' off-world weapons are no match for the Slammers, their ability to teleport gives them a frightening advantage! Reissue.

Partisans

by Alistair MacLean

In wartime, people are either friends or enemies. In wartime, friends are friends and enemies die.

The Merchants' War

by Frederik Pohl

A masterful sequel to Pohl's sf classic satire on advertising and consumerism, The Space Merchants (1953, co-authored with C.M. Kornbluth). On Venus, advertising executive Tennison Tarb helps his executive girlfriend Mitzi Ku subvert the adamantly anti-commercial "Veenies." Later, having narrowly avoided a suspicious "accident" (Mitzi was seriously injured), Tarb returns to Earth, only to stumble into an area... (more)

UNDER THE WHEEL (Alien Stars; V. 3)Gregory Benford

UNDER THE WHEEL (Alien Stars; V. 3)

by Gregory Benford

On Wings of Eagles

by Ken Follett

Number-one bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring, true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1979, and of the unconventional means Ross Perot used to save his countrymen.

In Alien Flesh

by Gregory Benford

Reginri was just trying to make some extra cash, doing some off-planet work. He knew the risks, but he didn't know how his life would be changed forever by his contact with the huge aliens on a watery world.

Fortress (Tom Kelly)

by David Drake

Fortress is America's guarantor of freedom, an orbiting arsenal of laser weapons and nuclear missiles. It was considered impregnable--until now. Former CIA officer Tom Kelley is sent to learn the secrets surrounding a dead alien found in Turkey and discovers a maze of lies and treachery that could transform America's shield into an engine of global terror. HC: Tor.

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