Wednesday, January 31, 2007

New Arrival: Off Armageddon Reef, by David Weber

Just in is the new novel by David Weber, Off Armageddon Reef. Humanity has been nearly destroyed by a powerful, mysterious alien race. The only survivors are on a far-off world, settled by a colony ship. In order to try to escape the aliens' notice, the leaders of the colony created a religion which strictly forbids the development of technology. One faction, however, led by an android from the original colony ship, begins to fight against these restrictions. What will this mean for the survival of the colony, and of mankind?

New Arrival: Allegiance, a Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn

Just in is the new Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn, Allegiance. Set between the end of the Star Wars movies A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, the story follows the paths of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo after the destruction of the Death Star. Another story line follows a young rival to Darth Vader, the Countess Mara Jade Claria, who has been trained in the Force by the Emperor.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

New Arrival: The Book of the Ler, by M.A. Foster

Just in is a reprint of M.A. Foster's classic trilogy from the 1970's, The Book of the Ler. This edition reprints the 3 novels The Warriors of Dawn, The Gameplayers of Zan, and The Day of The Klesh. It traces the history of the "Ler", a bioengineered superhuman strain of humanity which leaves Earth to explore the stars.