Anne McCaffrey draws the reader back in time to an earlier Pern to tell the story of one of Pern’s great and true heroines.An air of pleasant anticipation hung so thickly over the Halls, Holds and Weyrs of Pern that it had affected even the businesslike ways of Moreta, the Weyrwoman of Fort Weyr, where her dragon, Queen Orlith, would soon clutch.Then without warning, a runnerbeast fell ill. Soon myriads of holders, craftsmen, and dragonriders were dying; an...

Book 4 in the Order of the Dragon seriesWith the Order of the Dragon in retreat Alto's thoughts turn to home and his future with his betrothed, Lady Patrina of Kelgryn. But the future, once a shining light guiding him through a dark tunnel, has grown cloudy with indecision and confusion.One last torch in the darkness remains, directing him to revisit some of his darkest times and put to rest the ghosts of his past. The ghosts he finds are more than...

Espionage thrillers make great edge of your seat films--but when they're true, things get a little more...chilling. At the height of the Cold War in 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet airspace. What follows is a tale of cover-up, lies, and, of course, spying.With page turning suspense, this book looks at the incredible true history of one of the United States greatest spying stories.

Prostitution required the violation of my body. Piracy required my soul. The first enslaved me. The second set me free.The triumph of the notorious Zheng Yi Sao is the fierce and unflinching adventure of how a prostitute became the most powerful and successful pirate in the world.Xianggu is sold into slavery to work on a floating brothel, her virginity bought by the highest bidder. Determined to rise above her poverty and lowly status, she learns t...

As time runs down for the players trapped by the evil Lich-Lord in the hyper-realistic MMORPG Fantasy Realms Online, Kromgorn the Barbarian is still stuck playing as the gorgeous, pleasure-fueled Lacey the Courtesan, a character designed to level fastest when she's getting busy with every NPC in sight. It's a humiliating way to have to play the game, but at least he—er, she's getting better at it!But now that Lacey has leveled her character up to an unprecedented level for a Courte...

I get a telephone call, at home, from a Senior Vice President on a Saturday afternoon. A company project up in the high desert is in bad trouble. I'm ordered to get my ass up there and sort things out. I'm to be there and working no later than Monday at 08:00 hours (8AM for you non-military types.)With no real choice, I throw a few things in a suitcase and book the next flight to the high desert. The next flight gets me there Sunday afternoon.When I get to the military base, ...

Its 19th Century London, stablehand Wylie Petford has just suffered extreme tragedy.It is this tragedy that leads her to a magical device and her greater purpose.The alluring Dracosinum holds a key to her hidden heritage and opens the door for a fantastic future while leaving her love Lord Adrian in the past. The taking over of her hometown by the Villainous Lord Ukridge rips her from her closest friend and further destroys what little good is left in her life. Now, with th...

The year is 1900 and once again China is plunged into barbaric chaos. The Boxers, a cult of young peasants who blame the foreign barbarians living in their country - particularly the missionaries - for the nation's ills, are rampaging through the country, killing foreigners. China's Dowager Empress - 'The Dragon Lady' - secretly encourages them.Into this maelstrom land former captain and army scout Simon Fonthill, his wife Alice and '352' Jenkins, Fonthill's former batman and truste...

Is a wizard's spell for courage enough to save Wiglaf when the "Mother of all Dragons" (or at least of 3,684 of them) comes looking for the lad who slayed son number 92?

In a period of civil unrest before the War of Liberation, a wealthy and influential couple leave Britain to make a new life in 1950s Rhodesia.Opening with the shooting of Lady Virginia 'Ginie' Courtauld in her tranquil garden in 1950s Rhodesia, The Dragon Lady, so called for the exotic tattoo snaking up her leg, tells Ginie's extraordinary story.From the glamorous Italian Riviera before the Great War to the Art Deco glory of Eltham Palace in the th...

This sword and sorcery saga consists of eigh novels covering some ten thousand years; fortunately the characters are mostly immortal. Holy Dragonlady covers the last four novels in the series and takes our bypolar heroine to her true destiny. Enjoy the ride.

What is it like to wrestle with a Dragon or dance with a Lady? This is the challenge all U-2 pilots must face when flying the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady.When first seeing the aircraft, the plane resembles an awkward albatross bird from a prehistoric age. The Dragon Lady is always the most unique aircraft on any military ramp. She has 104 feet of wing span across her tiny fuselage. Two wheels make up her landing gear. Like a bicycle, one wheel is in the front and the other near the re...