English literature

The Binder's Road

by Terry Mcgarry

The sequel to Illumination

A troubled land.

A priceless gift.

And the dawn of a new light.

Six years after a conflict that extinguished all magelight, Eiden Myr is in chaos. Wilding weather destroys crops. Drought...

The Human Division

Old Man's War #5

by John Scalzi

Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.

The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of...

The Stars Down Under

The Outback Stars #2

by Sandra McDonald

Chief Terry Myell and Lieutenant Commander Jodenny Scott are in that most precarious of military situations, a mixed marriage. Enlisted and officer. It’s unnatural.

Terry and Jodenny have been assigned to...

The Outback Stars

The Outback Stars #1

by Sandra McDonald

Lieutenant Jodenny Scott is a hero.  She has the medals and the scars to prove it.

She's cooling her heels on Kookaburra, recovering from injuries sustained during the fiery loss of her last ship, the Yangtze,...

The Houses of Time

by Jamil Nasir

David Grant has a singular talent--he can affect the course of his dreams.

Quite by chance, he discovers the existence of the Trans-Humanist Institute and their lucid dreaming lessons. He discovers that under...

The Destruction of the Books

by Mel Odom

Mel Odom's award winning quest fantasy The Rover was hailed as a successor to the legacy of Tolkien and Terry Brooks. The tale of "Wick" the lowly librarian who rises to the occasion and becomes a great adventurer...

Boneslicer: The Quest for the Trilogy

by Mel Odom

Young halfer Juhg, the new master librarian, is still growing into his job as Grandmagister when an ally from the past returns. The wizened wizard Craugh bears warnings of an ancient threat that may resurface,...

Sold for Endless Rue

by Madeleine E. Robins

After a blighted childhood, young Laura finds peace and purpose in the home of a midwife and healer. Later, she enrolls in Salerno's famed medical school—the first in the world to admit women. Laura and her...

Mending the Moon

by Susan Palwick

Melinda Soto, aged sixty-four, vacationing in Mexico, is murdered by a fellow American tourist.

Back in her hometown of Reno, Nevada, she leaves behind her adopted son, Jeremy, whom she rescued from war-torn...

Lucky Bastard

Lucky O'Toole #4

by Deborah Coonts

Lucky O’Toole, the newly promoted vice president of Customer Relations for the Babylon, Las Vegas's primo Strip property, has never met a problem she couldn't handle. But when a young woman is found dead,...

The Stone Canal

The Fall Revolution #2

by Ken MacLeod

Life on New Mars is tough for humans, but death is only a minor inconvenience.  The machines know their place, the free market rules all, and only the Abolitionists object. Then a stranger arrives on New Mars,...

The Star Fraction

The Fall Revolution #1

by Ken MacLeod

Britain in the 21st century is a Balkanized mess. Moh Kohn is a security mercenary unaware that he holds the key to information which could change the world. Janis Taine is a scientist who needs Mohs help. And...

Tunnel Out of Death

by Jamil Nasir

Heath Ransom, former police psychic turned machine-enhanced “endovoyant” private investigator, is hired to find the consciousness of the rich and comatose Margaret Biel and return it to her body. Tracking...

A Taste of Magic

Five Senses #5

by Andre Norton & Jean Rabe

"The Green Ones favored me this day."

Thus begins A Taste of Magic, the latest magical world creation by Andre Norton.

Wisteria is magically attuned to the world around her. Her senses relish the tastes of magic...

Shattered Trident

Jerry Mitchell #4

by Larry Bond

While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to see the Chinese boat torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship.

This blatant act of aggression is the opening...

Sagas of Conan

by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter & Bjorn Nyberg

Imagine a world of gods and demons, where men are warriors, women are beautiful, life is a fantastic adventure, and the fate of kingdoms balances on the bloody blade of a fabulous hero: Conan of the iron thews,...

Exodus From The Long Sun

The Book of the Long Sun #4

by Gene Wolfe

It is the far future, and the giant spaceship, The Whorl, has traveled for forgotten generations toward its destination.  Lit inside by the artificial Long Sun, The Whorl is so huge that whole cities can be...

Door Number Three

by Patrick O'Leary

John Donelly's life is changed forever the day Laura, a young therapy patient, tells him that she has been left for a year on Earth by the Holock, an alien race. If she can convince one person - and she has...

Necessary Evil

The Milkweed Triptych #3

by Ian Tregillis

12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England:  the early days of World War II. 

Again. 

Raybould Marsh, one of “our” Britain’s best spies, has travelled to another Earth in a desperate attempt to save...

The Summer Queen

The Snow Queen Cycle #3

by Joan D. Vinge

Sequel To The Hugo Award-Winning Bestseller The Snow Queen

The Summer Queen is the extraordinary sequel to one of science fiction's most celebrated novels, The Snow Queen. Set in a fully realized universe of...