A powerful psychic takes a final stand in this classic science fiction adventure by the five-time Hugo Award–winning author of Oracle.Gifted with the power to see the future and manipulate events and minds, Penelope Bailey is a force of nature feared by many. Everyone of power across the galaxy has sought to either control her or kill her since she was a child, but she has managed to survive . . .A seasoned assassin and bar owner, the Iceman is the...

Bounty hunters race to find a powerful psychic in this classic science fiction adventure by the award-winning author of Soothsayer.People across the galaxy have feared Penelope Bailey ever since she was a child. She has the power to see the future and manipulate events—and minds. Governments and criminals sought to control her, and hundreds of bounty hunters like the Iceman once tried to capture her. But Penelope eluded them all and disappeared . . .

The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author "has cultivated in these pages an epic history that spans millennia and the breadth of the galaxy" ( Tampa Bay Newspapers).Duncan Rojas, an employee in the research department of Wilford Braxton's Records of Big Game, rarely gets such a request. Bukoba Mandaka, the last descendant of the Maasai, wants his help finding a relic that has been lost for three thousand years: the tusks of the famous Kilimanjaro El...

When you're the most wanted man alive, your legend never dies. An adventure of interplanetary law and disorder from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.Santiago is a legend, known far and wide across the galaxy as the greatest killer and thief alive. He's the subject of songs, the faceless wanted poster on the wall, the bogeyman that parents name to scare their children into behaving. And he's the target of every bounty hunter in the universe.Se...

Retirement is a dangerous game for a cloned bounty hunter, in the third and fourth books in the series featuring Jefferson Nighthawk.There's no rest for the lethal—no matter what version—in the science fiction adventure series that proves "nobody spins a yarn better than Mike Resnick" (Orson Scott Card, New York Times–bestselling author of Ender's Game).The Widowmaker UnleashedAfter more than a century in d...

There's a new bard in the galaxy—and he's looking for a hero. The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author returns to the frontier that spawned a legend.Danny Briggs is a simple yet conflicted thief. To successfully ply his trade, Briggs can't draw attention to himself, but he longs to do something worth remembering. Luck is on his side when he hits the mother lode: discovering the original manuscript of the balladeer who wandered the spaceways a century ago, recording ...

Jambo, Reader. Between 1989 and 2012, a span of 23 years, the members of the World Science Fiction Society have seen fit to honor Mike Resnick with 36 Hugo nominations, 30 for his fiction, more than any other science fiction author. The 30 nominated short stories, including the five winning tales, are included in this volume. As you read through these stories, you’ll find Theodore Roosevelt attempting to bring civilization to the Congo . . . and to London. You’ll return, with some regulari...

A religious fanatic wages war on an intergalactic bordello in this classic space opera by a five-time Hugo Award–winning author.The crown jewel of the Vainmill Syndicate's Entertainment and Leisure Division is Velvet Comet. This exclusive, extravagant, and exotic pleasure palace, orbiting Deluros VIII, is the go-to place for the rich and famous to play, relax, and indulge. But one of the guests has come for an entirely different purpose . . .The Reve...

The epic story of humanity writ large across the galaxy: "A tour de force . . . an award caliber novel . . . a profound contribution to science fiction" (Barry Malzberg, author of Beyond Apollo).In the twenty-fifth century, settlements are established on Mars and the inner planets, but the stars are still light-years away, just a twinkle in humanity's eyes. Hyperspace is a myth—until it's not. A young scientist devises a theory for an engine that propels a ...

A bounty hunter has a legacy that he—and his clones—can't escape in this explosive science fiction adventure from the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author.After more than a century in deep freeze, Jefferson Nighthawk is waking up from his sleep, finally cured of the disease that almost killed him. Now sixty-two years old, he's ready for a new kind of life, one of peace and quiet. The former bounty hunter has made enough widows, not to mention clones, one of whom sti...

A hard-bitten thief must protect a powerful little girl from danger in this classic science fiction trilogy opener by a five-time Hugo Award winner.Mouse may be a tough, cynical, professional thief, but when she sees a little girl in need of rescuing, she knows she must help. But just who exactly is this innocent-looking child?Penelope Bailey is potentially the most powerful weapon in the galaxy. Three governments want her captured. Almost two hundred men a...

Now in one volume: the duology featuring the folk hero who leaves a mark on the galaxy that can never be erased—from the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.SantiagoSebastian Cain is a former revolutionary who has killed hundreds of criminals for the right price. But one has always eluded him: Santiago. Now, Cain has gotten a lead on the elusive outlaw, and it's too hard to resist. But unraveling the threads of Santiago's l...