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How Firm a Foundation by David Weber
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan, Merlin Athrawes, and their innermost circle of most trusted advisers do know... -
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The Adversary by Julian May
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPan edition paperback vg++ In stock shipped from our UK...Categorized as:
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![Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber]()
Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTURNING OF THE TIDECenturies ago, the human race fought its first great war against an alien race—and lost. A tiny population of human beings fled to distant Safehold. Centuries later, their descendants have forgotten their history; for them, life has been an eternal Middle Ages, ruled by the Church of God Awaiting, whose secret purpose is to prevent the reemergence of industrial civilization... -
![The Golden Torc by Julian May]()
The Golden Torc by Julian May
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBy A.D. 2110 nearly 100,000 humans had fled the civilized strictures of the Galactic Milieu for the freedom they thought existed at the end of the one-way time tunnel to Earth, six million B.C.But all of them had fallen into the hands of the Tanu, a humanoid race who'd fled their own galaxy to avoid punishment for their barbarous ways...Categorized as:
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![By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber]()
By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe world has changed. The mercantile kingdom of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exterminate it. Armed with better sailing vessels, better guns and better devices of all sorts, Charis faced the combined navies of the rest of the world at Darcos Sound and Armageddon Reef, and broke them...Categorized as:
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![By Heresies Distressed by David Weber]()
By Heresies Distressed by David Weber
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsNow the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun.The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom... -
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Midst Toil and Tribulation by David Weber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsDavid Weber's New York Times bestselling Safehold series of military Science Fiction adventure, which began with Off Armageddon Reef, continues with Midst Toil and TribulationWAR AND FAMINEOnce the Church of God Awaiting dominated all the kingdoms of Safehold... -
![The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper]()
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTepper's finest novel to date is set in a post-holocaust feminist dystopia that offers only two political alternatives: a repressive polygamist sect that is slowly self-destructing through inbreeding and the matriarchal dictatorship called Women's Country...Categorized as:
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![Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo]()
Skykeep by Joseph R. Lallo
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt has taken some adjustment, but Nita Graus has made quite a home for herself among the crew of the Wind Breaker. Under her skillful care it has become one of the only airships to stay aloft without the continuous repair and oversight of the vile and manipulative fug folk...Categorized as:
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![From the Deep of the Dark by Stephen Hunt]()
From the Deep of the Dark by Stephen Hunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe streets of Middlesteel are under attack by an unseen enemy, leaving bloodless corpses in its trail. The newssheets scream vampire, but the truth is even more deadly than anyone knows.Charlotte Shades, Mistress of Mesmerism, is a thief—and a darned good one at that...Categorized as:
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![At the Queen's Command by Michael A. Stackpole]()
At the Queen's Command by Michael A. Stackpole
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1763: The Crown Colonies of Mystria are in turmoil, trapped between warring empires and facing insurrection from natives and colonists alike...Captain Owen Strake, a wounded and battle-weary Redcoat of the Queen's Own Wurms, has come to this untamed land...Categorized as:
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![Third Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn]()
Third Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSneaking out of the palace wasn’t one of Aniri’s best ideas. But she’s the Third Daughter of the Queen of Dharia—zero responsibilities and zero royal duties. She’s just the backup daughter, in case her older sisters’ arranged marriages—to take the crown or broker an alliance—don’t quite work out... -
![The Forest by Justin Groot]()
The Forest by Justin Groot
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn an Earth with titanic forests instead of oceans, highly trained rangers brave the depths to bring back footage of treacherous landscapes and ferocious beasts. It’s a dangerous job, but it has its when a trio of ranger recruits stumble across a strange artifact, they begin to unravel a mystery with planet-spanning ramifications...Categorized as:
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![The Alexander Inheritance by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff]()
The Alexander Inheritance by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNEW TIME TRAVEL ALT. HISTORY FROM A MASTER: Flint's Ring of Fire and Boundary series have proved him to be a master of time travel alternate history. Here then, a new tale of persons displaced in time, fighting for their lives... -
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![The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt]()
The Kingdom Beyond the Waves by Stephen Hunt
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsProfessor Amelia Harsh is obsessed with finding the lost civilization of Camlantis, a legendary city from pre-history that is said to have conquered hunger, war, and disease with the creation of the perfect pacifist society. Without official funding, Amelia is forced to accept an offer of patronage from Abraham Quest, the man she blames for her father's bankruptcy and suicide...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returning home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea in mind... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe collection begins as Agatha finds a new ally in Krosp the Cat (a genetic experiment with a smattering of Napoleon's brain cells) and becomes better acquainted with Gilgamesh, the Baron's son -- who gently breaks the news that Agatha has the spark for Mad Science...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAgatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and on the run from the current ruler of Europe. In a fairy-tale castle on a mountain pass, she finds herself at the center of an evil plan to bring back one of the deadliest enemies of recent history...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Circus of Dreams by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Adventure, Romance & Mad Science continues as Agatha Heterodyne's damaged aircraft comes roughly to rest in the Wastelands. She encounters a traveling circus and proves her mettle by destroying a massive spider-clank as it attacks...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAdventure Romance, Mad Science ! Agatha Hetrodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returned home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea, and the Castle is a hopeless death trap...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually "worked," she seemed destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War...Categorized as:
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAdventure! Romance! Mad Science! Deep in the heart of the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne, Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory...Categorized as:
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![Warlord by David Drake, S.M. Stirling]()
Warlord by David Drake, S.M. Stirling
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRaj Whitehall was a young noble of the Civil Government, the last remnant of galactic civilization on the planet Bellevue, when he came across an ancient but still functioning Fleet Battle Computer named Center...
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