YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR ONLY TREASURE …     These words buoy Mike as he recuperates in Thermalene, the shell of an abandoned turn-of-the-century spa. Pitched from a speeding Cadillac when the deal went bad, he has come to this haven at the edge of his life.     The waters here are said to heal. But in this Oregon desert all is dry and dead-and Mike will be too, unless the waters' powers are for real.     The desert souls and parched dreams within this book are real and frightful, and demonstrate the exceptional literary prowess that has made K. W. Jeter one of today's most important young writers.     1993 Locus Poll Award (Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel, place: 10).      ***          From Kirkus Reviews     Gritty, spare but rather empty horror yarn from the author of Dr. Adder, Farewell, Horizontal, Infernal Devices, etc. Vicious drug-dealer Aitch and his reluctant sidekick Charlie beat their erstwhile partner Mike, a doctor and drug addict, to a pulp, then throw him from a car in the high desert of eastern Oregon following an attempted double-cross. Brought, barely alive, to an abandoned spa resort by a concerned trucker, Mike suffers wild dreams of bodies splitting asunder, and of an ancient doctor waving a scalpel-who subsequently appears alive, bathing in a pool of the spa's sulfurous water. Mike too bathes and drinks, and is healed in body, indeed possessed of extraordinary strength. The old doctor, Nelder, tells him that the water is an ancient evil, somehow alive-and it likes Mike. Enthralled by the horrid dreams conferred by the water, Mike now attacks his girlfriend, Lindy, whom he phones for help before drinking the water, and the trucker's son, Doot, who has also helped him. He mutilates the hapless Lindy, breaks Nelder, revenges himself bloodily on Aitch and Mike, then threatens Doot-who, somehow, acquires the water's powers and rips Mike apart while himself remaining uncontaminated by the evil. Jeter can write, and his tightly controlled individual scenes succeed, often handsomely. But the overall picture-the slender plot, the repulsive yet uninteresting atrocities, uncertain character motivations, and the improbable desires of the sentient spa-doesn't add up. Gripping in patches, then, but the patches conceal a number of leaks.      ***          "Wolf Mow by K. W. Jeter is characterized by a somber elegance that is Jeter's own trademark. The pace never lets up. This book grabs you and pulls you irresistibly into a disturbing and splendidly delineated world. Jeter details his story with hallucinogenic clarity. Don't miss this one!"     -Robert Sheckley          "Jeter's is one of the most impressive bodies of work in my field today. Sometimes reminiscent of noir fiction but far darker, oppressively intense and hallucinatorily vivid, deeply felt and unflinchingly honest, these books are what I believe contemporary horror fiction should be."     -Ramsey Campbell          "K. W. Jeter sees through the human to the grotesque underneath, a singular kind of vision that grabs you on the first page, fascinates and terrifies you all the way through, and haunts you long after the last page is over."     -Pat Cadigan          "Jeter is a writer who resists categorization in genres obsessed with categorization, and there is a steely consistency in the worldview through which his fiction is filtered. It produces novels which are densely textured, bleak but with a saving note of grace, and edged with razor-sharp sarcasms generated by a refusal to accept genre tropes, to take shared assumptions at face value."     -Paul J. McAuley          "The best of the 'new' horror writers today."     -Joe R. Lansdale

Batman Begins Bruce Wayne is dead. The young heir to the Wayne empire disappeared seven years ago. His vast fortune has been given away, and the crime wave that began with the brutal murder of his parents has turned Gotham City into a living hell. The last holdouts against corruption—the cops who can't be bought, the D.A.'s who can't be intimidated—are outnumbered and outgunned. They need help . . . fast. A world away, in a dank Himalayan prison, a nameless, hardened man fights every day to survive. He has spent seven years scouring the globe, studying the criminal mind, looking for an answer to the ugly riddle of his childhood. but something has been looking for him, too. Here, in the darkest places of his own anger, Bruce Wayne will discover his destiny—and an ordinary man will become a legend.

Miles is back for another round of hardboiled pulp action in the two-fisted sequel to The Man Who Crossed Worlds. Freelance Tunneler Miles Franco is having a bad time of it. He’s facing a trial that could see him spend the rest of his days in prison. Hallucinations of dead men haunt him day and night. And to top it all off, one of his bandmates has been poisoned by a toxin from another world. Miles doesn’t take kindly to people killing his friends. Now he’ll have to walk the darkest road he’s ever been down. With corrupt corporations on one side and fanatical interdimensional gangsters on the other, he doesn’t hold out any hope he’ll come out of this alive. But he has a promise to keep. And Miles will burn every last world to the ground if it gets him answers.

Let's face it, Mike is a loser. Despite being born with the proverbial silver spoon, he's a failure at just about everything. After being hit in the head with a baseball, Mike wakes up unable to see, prompting his grandfather, Steve to take him across the stars in search of cure.

STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS Long believed to be just a Nalori myth, the shii has turned out to he devastatingly real! The monster -- seemingly invulnerable, undeniably powerful, and completely rutbless -- as carved a swath through the Nalori construction project on the crystal planet of Sarindar. The project's supervisor, Commander Sonya Gomez, must find a way to stop the deadly creature before It destroys the entire project and its workers. But when the truth behind the shii is revealed, Gomez realizes that even one of the S.C.E.'s top officers may not be able to solve every problem... The exciting conclusion to the gripping, all-new two-pail adventure!

Amazon.com ReviewThe past and future of Sanctuary hang in the balance in this tale of intrigue, politics, magic, and sacrifice from veteran writer Lynn Abbey.Life in the city of Sanctuary has moved on from the days of Jubal and Tempus, and the epic adventures of gods and men are already degrading into myth and superstition. Molin Torchholder, who carries the only living memories of these times, knows that the future of Sanctuary depends on preserving them. With assassins on his trail, Molin must prepare a successor to hold and protect the secret truths of Sanctuary. And Cauvin, a survivor of the cruel pits of the Bloody Hand, will have a series of difficult choices to make as he is drawn deeper into Molin's desperate struggle.Readers new to Sanctuary (the core setting of numerous Thieves' World stories) will find enough backstory to make this novel accessible. Fans should be delighted with the wealth of historical references, new and familiar characters, and high adventure that Abbey weaves together. --Roz GenesseeFrom Publishers WeeklyFans of Thieves' World will relish this sprawling epic, rich with sword and sorcery archetypes, from one of its cocreators. Those not so well-acquainted with the original 12 landmark collaborative anthologies, the subsequent graphic novels or game, however, may find it difficult to immediately access the magic. Touted as the book that unlocks the many secrets of Thieves' World, it relies on far too many history lessons to pad the plot; as a result, the action drags. Happily, Abbey's deft characterizations of Cauvin, a young man who once served the Bloody Hand, and Bec, his nine-year-old foster brother, an imaginative imp who adores him, brighten the story considerably. Both serve the ancient and wise Lord Molin Torchholder, who wishes to turn over his power and the city's secrets before he dies. Sanctuary, once a place where heroes reigned, is now a tawdry place where evils long thought dead have arisen. Lord Torchholder, mortally wounded in an assassination attempt, hopes Cauvin and little Bec, with the help of Torchholder's faithful friend, Soldt, will make Sanctuary a true haven again by fighting the bloodthirsty Dyareela, the Mother of Chaos, and her minions, who may include Cauvin's beloved childhood sweetheart, Leorin. "The Torch" is passed after much convoluted machination - and after 10 years, the gates to this famed city are reopened, assuring all that more adventures are just around the corner.Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

The first book in an original novel series!Immediately following the destruction of the Separatist battleship Malevolence, a small team of Clones and their Jedi General are sent deep into the dangerous Wild Space to uncover the secret of the mysterious ship?s origin. This novel is written by acclaimed writer Ryder Windham, who has authored over 50 Star Wars books.

War has broken out between the humans of the Seven Realms and the long-lost draykoni race. Llandry's home city is under attack, its defenders scrambling to find a way to fight the draykon enemy. The outcome of the conflict seems certain – until the draykoni vanish. Where could they have gone, and why?Lady Eva Glostrum is convinced that this means bad news. The Lokant sorcerer Krays is still at large, and his mysterious projects centre on her world – and the draykoni. Could he have something to do with their disappearance? If so, why? And what will it mean for the Seven Realms when the draykoni come back?As Llandry fights to defend her home, Eva sets out in pursuit of Krays. Determined to learn the truth, she'll go to any lengths to prevent him from damaging the Seven. Her quest will take her right into the heart of Krays's Library – and there she will uncover another long-kept secret.Orlind is the third and final book in the Draykon Series. It is a full-length novel of...

The explosive conclusion to the thrilling series from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Tomorrow Code, Brainjack and The Project.