Far from the shogun's court at Edo, Most Honourable Investigator Sano Ichiro begins the most challenging case of his career. Upon the insistence of his strong-willed and beautiful wife Reiko, Sano arrives with her at the emperor's palace to...
The rousing Mission Earth saga continues in paperback as the aliens' plan for taking over Earth takes even more complex twists and turns. Don't miss the daring exploits of Jettero Heller, the Countess and their evil spymaster as they ricochet...
Continuing in the tradition of her first book (Assassin's Apprentice) Hobb propels the Farseer saga into its second installment with irresistible plotting and memorable characters. Fitz is a trained assassin in the service of King Shrewd and also...
Peregrine Jay, owner of the Dolphin Theatre, is putting on a magnificent production of Macbeth, the play that, superstition says, always brings bad luck. But one night the claymore swings and the dummy's head is more than real: murder behind the...
In the elaborate fictional cosmos Michael Moorcock has created, Elric and the various von Beks are all aspects of the Eternal Champion who fights for the Balance, preventing both Law and Chaos from dominating the universe and trapping it in...
A riveting historical mystery – the second in the Akitada series – set amid the exquisite ritual and refined treachery of eleventh century JapanFrom the author of The Dragon Scroll comes an ingenious new novel of murder and malfeasance in...
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.Master and apprentice.Chosen by fate. Destined for conflict.A Senator's son has vanished. A secret squad of renegade students exists in the shadows of his elite leadership school. Do they...
As originally published in “The Shadow Magazine,” September 1, 1934.
A crook calls upon The Shadow to plan crime — and issues a challenge to the master of...
There was the heat of money. There w as the heat of wanting. There was the heat of the Bahamas and Golden Coast of Florida after the season had ended. Texas money had gone to the Bahamas by pleasure boat for a dirty purpose. Enough unrecorded cash...