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Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear. Cover Art: John Rheaume (illustrator). 1990 Edition. © 1979: An omnibus of the first three books in the 'Empire Of The East' series of books. 1st printing of 1990 paperback edition:- Contents: The Broken Lands / The Black Mountains / Changeling Earth:- Review(s): "Ranks favorably with Tolkien. Exceptional in sheer unbridled zest and imaginative sweep. Saberhagen's style is noteworthy for its detail, the depth and humour of his characterizations, and his ability to imbue villains with wicked charm" - School Library Journal / "A fine mix of fantasy and science fiction, action and speculation" - Roger Zelazny / "The most seamless splicing of SF and fantasy I've found since Bradley's 'Darkover' came into being" - Baird Searles, Asimov's / "'Empire Of The East' is one of the best science fiction fantasy epics - Saberhagen can be justly proud. Highly recommended" - Science Fiction Review / "I couldn't really put the book down and regretted every page turned because it made one less page to discover. 'Empire Of The East' is the work of a master" - Algis Budrys, F & SF:- (original cost £0.35).

First Edition. Condition: vg+. vg+ 1st Baen 1996 paperback, In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Condition: vg. vg 1st Baen 1994 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

paperback / softback. Condition: fine. 1st edition Baen 1996 paperback fine condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.35.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.38.

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephen Hickman (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1992: A stand-alone novel by Charles Sheffield. 1st edition, 1st printing paperback:- Synopsis: The power of one. Job. Against all evidence he never lost faith in his fellow man. Job. Born on the bottom rung in an age that made ours seem Golden, his life went rapidly downhill from there. Job. Cast adrift into a world he never made, but would change forever. Job. Sometimes, one true man can make the difference:- Review(s): Praise for Charles Sheffield - "One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years" - Publishers Weekly / "Sheffield is a master. The Asimov or Clarke of the future" - Noumenon / "A creator of far future romances with all the sweep and grandeur of the best Arthur C Clarke" - Dan Chow, Locus:- (original cost $4.99).

Paperback: 6½" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Kevin Davies (illustrator). 1988 Edition. © 1988: 2nd in the 'Deed Of Paksenarrion' series of books. 4th printing of 1988 edition:- Synopsis: Once a sheepfarmer's daughter, now a seasoned veteran, Paksenarrion has proven herself a fighter. Years with Duke Phelan's Company taught her weaponry, discipline, and how to react as part of a military unit. Now, though, Paks feels spurred to a solitary destiny. Against all odds she is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the Fellowship of Gird. Years of study will follow, for a paladin must be versed in diplomacy and magic as well as the fighting arts. But before she is fully trained, Paks is called to her first mission: to seek out the fabled stronghold of Luap far to the west. The way is long, the dangers many - and not even the Marshal-General of Gird can say whether glory or ruin awaits:- Review(s): "This is the first work of high heroic fantasy I've seen that has taken the work of Tolkien, assimilated it totally and deeply and absolutely, and produced something altogether new and yet incontestably based on the master. I'm deeply impressed" - Judith Tarr:- (original cost $5.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Alan Gutierrez (illustrator). 1989 Edition. © 1989: 1st in the 'Wizardry' series of books. 3rd printing of 1989 edition:- Synopsis: What do you get when a computer geek crosses a wizard? Answer: A very angry wizard - and a computer geek in a lot of trouble.Spells are a lot like computer programs: they're both formulas, recipes for getting things done. And they both can be buggy. The spell that called master hacker 'Wiz' Zumwalt to the world of the Black League was very buggy. The wizard who called him is dead, Wiz is magically in love with a red-headed witch, who despises him, and no one - not the elves, not the dwarves, not even the dragons - can figure out what this computer wiz is good for. Oh, yes. The entire Black League wants Wiz dead - he might be good for something after all - and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want:- (original cost $4.99).

hardcover. Condition: vg++/vg++. vg++ near fine book in vg++ near fine dw 1st edition 1st print Baen 2002 hardcover In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Cover Art: Wayne Barlowe (illustrator). © 1990: A stand-alone novel by Algis Budrys. 1st printing of 1991 edition. This novel contains material © 1959 by Pyramid Communications and represents the complete text of this classic novel:- Synopsis: Wireman came back to a vanquished Earth on a mission to save it. What he learned was that the guerillas were corrupt and the average citizen would just as soon be left alone. And he wasn't in very good shape himself:- Review(s): "A cracking good yarn" - Galaxy Magazine:- (original cost $3.95).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephen Hickman (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1993: 1st in the 'Serrano Legacy' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: Heris Serrano was an officer born of a long line of officers. Being forced by a treacherous superior to resign her commission under a cloud was not just the end of a career path; it was the end of everything that gave her life meaning. Still, even ex-captains grieving for lost careers must eat, and Heris has wound up as "Captain" of an interstellar luxury yacht. Being a rich old lady's hyperlight chauffeur isn't quite the same as captaining a dreadnought, but nothing Heris will ever do again will compare to that. Or so she thinks. For all is not as it seems aboard the good ship 'Sweet Delight', and soon Heris finds herself fighting for her life against as varied and villainous a bunch of cutthroats, smugglers, and 'sportsmen' as ever had the misfortune to cross her path when she was a captain of the fleet:- (original cost $5.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Darrell K Sweet (illustrator). 1993 Edition. © 1961: A stand-alone novel by Poul Anderson. 1st printing of 1993 edition. Originally serialised in 2 parts in The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction (September & October 1953):- Synopsis: Before science, before magic, there was chaos. Holger Carlsen was a skeptical engineer with no interest in fairy tales. So it seemed very unfair that a near-miss in a firefight had somehow transported him into a world of knights, dragons, witches and fairy-folk, and even more unfair that he had arrived just as the forces of Chaos were preparing to march forth. Both sides in the looming battle thought that Holger was the key figure in the conflict, able to throw back the powers of Chaos; Holger had no idea how he was supposed to do that. Arrayed against him were dragons, giants, elven warriors, the beautiful sorceress and seductress Morgan leFay - indeed all the forces of Chaos. On his side was a vague prophecy, a quarrelsome dwarf, a beautiful woman able to transform herself into a swan - and a magnificent battle-horse and a full set of armor which had been waiting for him when he entered this magical realm. On the shield were three hearts and three lions, a clue to and proof of his true identity - if he could live long enough to learn its meaning:- (original cost $4.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Tom Kidd (illustrator). 1985 Edition. © 1968: A stand-alone novel by Gordon R Dickson. 2nd printing of 1985 edition:- Synopsis: A hundred years in the future, the first expedition from Earth reaches Alpha Centauri only to discover a vast human empire, long established and sternly ruled by the aristocratic High-born. In a stroke Earth becomes merely another primitive outpost, its people dubbed 'wolflings' by the rulers of the Throne World. Painstakingly chosen and meticulously trained, Jim Keil was sent merely to observe conditions on the Throne World. The High-born would consider him no more than a diversion. Until Keil cast away his orders from Earth and proved a Wolfling indeed:- (original cost $2.95).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Good: Moderate signs of wear. Cover Art: Stephen Hickman (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1993: 4th in the 'Falkenberg's Legion' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: The Helot War - Part II. Together the new Royal Spartan Army and its instructors, the 5th Battalion of Falkenberg's Mercenary Legion, have defeated the initial assault of Grand Senator Bronson's terrorist hordes and their techno-ninja allies. But Bronson's hatred of Sparta and the Legion was as strong as ever; thanks to his limitless wealth and high office, the Helots were able to reform, retreat - and fight again. This time they are doing better. Besieged within, blockaded by the Co-Dominium without, Sparta grimly fights to preserve its precious experiment in liberty. But just as it seems that the Spartans and their allies might prevail, Bronson has supplied his minions with a battle plan that will bring something worse than a Helot victory: Codename Endlosung - Final Solution:- (original cost $4.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Darrell K Sweet (illustrator). 1994 Edition. © 1993: A stand-alone novel by Piers Anthony & Mercedes Lackey. 1st printing of 1994 edition:- Synopsis: No uppity males in Mazonia! In the Age of the Mazonians women rule through magic - and men suffer what they must. Magical creations only last for a single day (magical food is great for dieting), but that is quite long enough for casting a giant wet blanket (if you're feeling kind) over a would-be rampaging male - or a block of granite (if you're not). No uppity males in Mazonia! But then as now some people rise above what they've been taught. One such is Xylina; somehow she has always understood that being of the wrong gender, or even lacking magical power, is no reason for stripping a human being of dignity. How ironic, then, that the Queen has ordained that in order to avoid execution Xylina must use her magic to publicly conquer the most glorious male Mazonia has ever seen - and how doubly so that together he and Xylina will transform the world. Join bestselling fantasy superstars Piers Anthony and Mercedes Lackey in a marvelous fantasy quest that examines the war between the sexes and the ethics of desire:- Review(s): "A tale of bravery, treachery & cunning" - Voya / "A huge audience is guaranteed" - Kliatt:- (original cost $5.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Daniel R Horne (illustrator). 1992 Edition. © 1989: A stand-alone novel by Piers Anthony & Robert Kornwise. 1st printing of 1992 edition:- Synopsis: A chilling beginning to a glorious adventure: "What a turn reality had taken! He had been about to drown and then turned up on a world where magic governed. Now he was committed to a quest whose nature he knew virtually nothing about, except that it would be dangerous" - from 'Through The Ice":- Review(s): "The writing is skillful and seamless. A surprising yet logical plot" - Publishers Weekly / "A complex tapestry of fantastic adventures" - Mystery Scene / "Has the directness, vigor and simplicity associated with youth, yet shows the hand of an experienced writer" - The Horn Book:- (original cost $5.99).

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Gary Ruddell (illustrator). 1st Edition. © 1996: 2nd in the 'Time Scout' series of books. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: In the early part of the 21st Century disaster struck - an experiment on an orbiting station went wrong - bad wrong. The Accident almost destroyed the universe, and ripples in time washed over the Earth. Like the plagues of an earlier millennium, Earth was depopulated, and then it rebuilt. And the people of the post-disaster world learned that things were going to be a little bit different. They'd be able to travel into the past, utilizing remnant time strings. It took brave pioneers to map the time string gates. It turns out that if you aren't extremely careful, you can zap yourself out of existence with a careless jump. So elaborate rules are evolved, and Time Travel stations have become big business. But wild and wooly pioneers aren't the most likely people to follow rules. And for Skeeter Jackson, one of TT86's wooliest residents, scamming is a way of life. A man's got to follow his calling - but it just may get him in trouble. And then he'll be raking in the Wagers Of Sin:- (original cost $5.99).

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Larry Elmore - Cover (illustrator). 1ST OCTOBER 1987. COVER HAS A FEW CREASES AND A LITTLE SHELF WEAR. 345 PAGE TEXT HAS ONLY LIGHT WEAR. FANTASY. 4.25" X 7". WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Larry Elmore - Cover (illustrator). COVER HAS LIGHT CREASING WITH LIGHT EDGE AND SHELF WEAR. 344 PAGE TEXT HAS LIGHT WEAR WITH TWO CORNER FOLDS AND A SMALL TEAR. FANTASY. 4.25" X 7". WE USE BUBBLE MAILERS.

Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Larry Elmore (illustrator). 1993 Edition. © 1978: 2nd in the 'Laurie Jo Hansen' series of books. 1st printing of 1993 edition:- Synopsis: Kevin Senecal was nobody's hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at Cal Tech, Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous 'youth gang' - and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That's when it all changed: "You don't kill juvies in this town" the Homicide Detective told him. Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the run, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide:- (original cost $4.99).