Freeman is a former lawyer, judge, and cop who fell into bad times, bad enough that he had to escape from Earth to the Asteroid Belt. A friend back on Earth helped get him the job he has now, acting as a private detective and personal enforcer on Pella, one of the larger asteroids in the belt between Mars and Saturn. Called The Rock, the gravity there is half that of Earth's, but the crime hasn't changed at all.Begun as a scientific station centuries ago, The Rock has grown into a ...

A deep and encompassing dive into the vast array of symbols and attributes that appear within the complex iconography of Tibetan BuddhismThe Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols is a portal into the rich, multifaceted, and profound symbolism of Tibetan sacred art. The succinct descriptions that accompany Robert Beer’s detailed line drawings reveal the origins, meanings, and functions of these symbols. Beer unravels the multiple layers of symbolism and mean...

Freeman is an ex-cop who fled to the Asteroids to escape prosecution for crimes he did not commit. Finding a position as a contract agent for a Belter Security Agency he settled into rebuilding his life. As he soon found out, the community inhabiting the Rock, carved into the miniature planet Pella was every bit as corrupt as the one he left back on earth, but far more deadly. The Rock, hold too many secrets and it likes it that way.

Tony Mandolin's past just came back to bite him.Hard.San Francisco's pickpockets are dropping dead, fingertips black with a toxin no morgue has ever seen. The money in their pockets is laced with enough poison to wipe out a city block. Someone is waging chemical warfare on the city's sleight-of-hand artists… and doing the taxpayers a favor.Until the Vatican decides Tony is the real problem.Turns out breaking up a child-slavery ring that reached into the upper fl...

A soldier experiences the toll of interstellar war against a deadly alien foe in this Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction masterpiece.In this novel, a landmark of science fiction that began as an MFA thesis for the Iowa Writers' Workshop and went on to become an award-winning classic—inspiring a play, a graphic novel, and most recently an in-development film—man has taken to the stars, and soldiers fighting the wars of the future return to Earth forever a...

An all-new Dresden Files story headlines this urban fantasy short story collection starring the Windy City’s favorite wizard.The world of Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard, is rife with intrigue—and creatures of all supernatural stripes. And you’ll make their intimate acquaintance as Harry delves into the dark side of truth, justice, and the American way in this must-have short story collection.From the Wild West to the bleachers at Wrigley ...

In this high-octane short story from the acclaimed anthology FaceOff, bestselling thriller authors Lee Child and Joseph Finder bring together their iconic heroes—Jack Reacher and Nick Heller—for the first time ever in “Good and Valuable Consideration”.When Reacher, the lone drifter and ex-military investigator, grabs a drink in a Boston sports bar, he expects nothing more than to catch a baseball game—despite being a Yankees fan deep in Red Sox territory. ...

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Thea Harrison comes a novel that is pure magic.Power can change a person…For months Molly Sullivan endures the inexplicable: electrical surges, car breakdowns, visions. She even wonders if she might be the cause… and wonders if she might be crazy. Then she discovers her husband has cheated on her. Again. Now Molly realizes she is a newly awakening witch and a woman push...

One of the very best science fiction novels of all time. An intelligent and thought provoking allegory for the Vietnam War.Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighti...

Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more.Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers' and grandmothers' knees—stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fanta...

PLAGUE WARS BOOK 9Under the threat of impending alien invasion, when the Professor and the rogue Septagon Shadow cyborg program surface in Russia, the world has a problem. When they seize the government in a coup, the world faces disaster, and Jill Repeth and Spooky Nguyen must do everything in their power to shut them down while fending off rivals bent on assassination and subversion.Earth's nations will need to cooperate ...

First in a funny, sexy new paranormal romance series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day.He's a warrior, hardened by years of protecting his town from vampire attack. She's a garden witch who sees the world in shades of sunshine and delight. Opposites don't only attract, they go supernova in this sizzling tale of magic and mayhem.“Alejandro, meet Bob,” Rose said, and he quickly looked around the room, only to confirm that nob...