This book is the prelude to Beyond the Past, book 2 of the Supernatural Renegades.Three years ago, Gabby watched her lover and best friend, Lucas Tate, walk out of her life. Despite his promise that they'd be reunited after her high school graduation which would take place a few months later, Lucas' correspondence ceased and she never heard from him again.She encounters him once more on a snowy New Year's Eve when he walks into the convenience store where she's working. With the bad weather closing all highways, the two end up stranded together for the night, trapped with each other, along with their past. Will Lucas' reasons for abandoning Gabby be enough for her to forgive him and move into the future he so desperately wants with her?

Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide.In Scarface, Andre Norton tells the story of a swashbuckling adventure with a pirate crew on the Spanish Main!The boy Scarface watched the lights of Tortuga dim as the Naughty Lass stood out for the open sea. The Spanish Main promised rich prizes for Captain Cheap and his pirate crew. And this time Cheap had set his sights high—for no less a prey than Sir Robert Scarlett, his lifelong enemy, and Her Majesty's fleet at Bridgetown. His plan was daring. Muskets roared and swords flashed as redcoats and pirates fought savagely. The fate of Bridgetown hung in the balance—and with it the secret of Scarface's true identity.

Science fiction and crime go hand-in-tentacle, if you'll pardon the expression. Many of the science fiction field's greatest writers also wrote mysteries...and vice versa. And sometimes the science fiction stories were mysteries. Our latest MEGAPACK® contains nothing but those blended SF-and-Mystery stories, by some of the greatest writers in the field. Included are:ORIGINS OF GALACTIC LAW, by Edward WellenDragNeuroNet, by John Gregory BetancourtDON'T GET TECHNATAL, by Ron ReynoldsTHE CEREBRAL LIBRARY, by David H. Keller, M.D.THE FIVE WAY SECRET AGENT, by Mack ReynoldsLICENSE TO STEAL, by Louis NewmanDELAYED ACTION, by Charles V. De VetTHE MAGIC OF JOE WILKS, by Robert Moore WilliamsLIFE GOES ON, by Nelson BondMURDER FROM MARS, by Richard WilsonWOBBLIES IN THE MOON, by Frank Belknap LongTHE FREELANCER, by Robert ZacksNO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY, by Arthur Leo ZagatSWEET DREAMS, by Edward WellenTHE LOCUS FOCUS, by Richard...

The Wild Cards universe has been thrilling readers for over 25 years. One act of terrorism changes the life of Michael "Drummer Boy" Vogali forever in Stephen Leigh's "The Atonement Tango." Now without his band, Joker Plague, Michael must figure out a way to re-build his life—and seek revenge.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Riven has fought for a hard-won peace in her world, and has come to shaky terms with who and what she is—a human with cyborg DNA. Now that the rightful ruler of Neospes has been reinstated, Riven is on the hunt for her father in the Otherworld to bring him to justice for his crimes against her people.But when she receives an unwelcome visit from two former allies, she knows that trouble is brewing once again in Neospes. The army has been decimated and there are precious few left to fight this mysterious new threat.To muster a first line of defense, her people need help from the one person Riven loathes most—her father. But what he wants in return is her complete surrender.And now Riven must choose: save Neospes or save herself.

A bonus short story featuring Silhara and Martise from Master of Crows.In The Light Within, Silhara of Neith, now known as "the god-smiter," travels as the guest of honor to the winter festival of his father's people.The crow mage who destroyed one god must ignite sacred fires in honor of another. Yet the winter festival only reminds Silhara that the brightest light within him isn't the fire of a deity but the devotion of one woman.A tale of hope and celebration.————————Author note: This short story is approximately 3,700 words and takes place after the events in MASTER OF CROWS.

He drank tea instead of rum. He banned women and gambling on his ships. He never made his prisoners walk the plank, instead inviting them into his cabin for a friendly chat. And during the course of his extraordinary two-and-a-half-year career as a pirate captain, he captured four hundred prizes and brought trade in the eastern Caribbean to a standstill. In If a Pirate I Must Be..., Richard Sanders tells the larger-than-life story of Bartholomew Roberts, aka Black Bart. Born in a rural town, Roberts rose from third mate on a slave ship to pirate captain in a matter of months. Before long, his combination of audaciousness and cunning won him fame and fortune from the fisheries of Newfoundland to the slave ports of West Africa.Sanders brings to life a fascinating world of theater and ritual, where men (a third of whom were black) lived a close-knit, egalitarian life, democratically electing their officers and sharing their spoils. They were highly (if surreptitiously) popular...

The fifth book in the Tamar Black Saga“All The World’s A Stage”Tamar’s back! And this time, she’s off the chart and travelling without a map. There are Faeries in the woods and they’re not the cute little wingéd creatures from the stories your mummy read to you. Faeries are, at best, con artists and tricksters.And at worst, homicidal maniacs.And these Faeries are out to take over the world.Just for the fun of it.

Robert Sheckley was science fiction’s in-house reply to the black humorists of the 1950s and 60s: Bruce Jay Friedman, Terry Southern, and the young Thomas Pynchon were his nonetoo- distant relatives; Mort Sahl’s comedy, Charles Schultz’s cartoons, and Tom Lehrer’s songs all mined similar veins. Sheckley targeted the conformity and consumerism of our mid-century technotopia while it was still under construction. His new worlds, alternate universes, and future dystopias have only become more present with the passing years, even as his career, played out both in the pulp magazines and in front-line venues like Playboy and Omni, is a glimpse of a time when “science fiction writer” could be a kind of hipster credential. Mordant, absurdist, and deadpan, the best of Sheckley’s dissident farces represent science fiction’s high-water mark as an allegorical clearinghouse for twenty-century angst.