Philip Kerr, who sold his four previous novels to Hollywood for thousands of dollars, has worked out the art of writing the book of the film. A Five Year Plan has the ingredients — drugs, girls, high-octane climax — and all in a single boat. But...
In A Flash of Green John D. MacDonald brings his storytelling magic to a larger and more ambitious theme than any he has yet considered. The question is this: Can a town resist the pressures of irresponsible get-rich-quick operators, or arc...
The acclaimed author of the bestselling Jane Austen mysteries brings rich historical immediacy to an enthralling new suspense novel centered around Queen Victoria's troubled court...and a secret so dangerous, it could topple thrones.
Windsor...
Early 1941. Her Morse-keyed scream for help was loud, clear — and indisputable.
MV CYCLOPS TO ALL SHIPS: URGENT RELAY TO ADMIRALTY — TORPEDOED AND SINKING… MASTER AND OFFICERS DEAD: NO HOPE OF SAVING SHIP… WE ARE ABANDONING…
Far to...
With the publication of the "Recognitions" in 1955, William Gaddis was hailed as the American heir to James Joyce. His two subsequent novels, "J R" (winner of the National Book Award) and "Carpenter's Gothic," have secured his position among...
War takes everything.
From Tinnstra, it took her family and thrust her into a conflict she wanted only to avoid. Now her queen's sole protector, she must give all she has left to keep Zorique safe.
It has taken just as much from Jia's...
Novelization of the BBC TV Series A for Andromeda.
Originality, excitement, pace, and scientific accuracy—readers who appreciate these elements in science fiction will enjoy thoroughly this outstanding novel of adventure. A for Andromeda is...
What would happen if someone invented a machine that could create an exact duplicate of anything? That is the simple but remarkable premise of Damon Knight's classic 1959 novel, A for Anything. "The Gismo," as the machine is known, seems like it...