We have another great lineup this time, with original tales by Robert Lopresti (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Shannon Taft (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), Wayne Carey, Teel James Glenn, and JM Cyrus (who gets the honor of having the story with the longest title that we’ve [yet] published!)As always, it’s an eclectic mix, from traditional mysteries to supernatural crimes, from space opera to a fantastic world of moving islands…and everything in between! I h...

As guardian of the Universe's freedom from the domination by the Cyclan, Earl Dumarest is ruthlessly hunted by their agent, Cyber Broge, as he searches for the fortune necessary to finance his epic quest for the legendary, lost Terra -- the planet of his birth. Hunter and fugitive, predator and victim, Earl Dumarest lands on the planet Zakym.Zakym is a cadaverous, twin-sunned world where the spectres of the dead daily claim the lives of the living; a decadent world that threatens t...

The Cyclan was the greatest concentration of intelligence in a thousand worlds - and yet Earl Dumarest continued to elude it. For too long. Bochner was the greatest hunter of a hundred worlds - a man more than wise to the wiles of beasts and men. And now he was on the trail of the most dangerous and most challenging quarry of his career: Earl Dumarest. While Dumarest searched for lost Terra, the Cyclan and Bochner searched for him. Of all the nightmare worlds of the universe, the hunt this...

This collection brings together the first six titles in E. C. Tubb's epic SF saga, Dumarest, containing:The Winds of GathDeraiToymanKalinThe Jester at ScarLallia

In a distant future, a mysterious figure from a forgotten era lives out his rigid beliefs in military dominance and absolute control. Observed closely by those around him, his obsession with war and power creates an unsettling atmosphere, offering a haunting glimpse into humanity's darker tendencies.

Still driven by his search for Man's fabled birthplace, Earl Dumrest accepts a commission to guard the Lady Derai, heiress to the proud House of Caldor, on the feudal world of Hive.On Derai's home planet, Dumarest had hoped to meet a living witness to Earth. But instead he finds himself in the lists of the deadly Contest on Folgone - with the Lady of Caldor as prize.And on Folgone, for the first time, Dumarest confronts the Cybers: ruthless, emotionless tools of a great Ges...

Ships occasionally disappeared in hyperspace, regrettable sacrifices to the luxury of faster than light travel. But now one of the lost ships has been found and the wreckage is enough to terrify even the most cold-blooded witness.The lucky ones on the lost ship are dead. The others have been turned inside-out in gruesome parody of human beings and they are still alive.Disgraced Captain Kurt Varl is chosen to command a suicide mission to discover the cause of these disasters....

This collection, the Third Borgo Press Book of Science Fiction, was originally prepared for publication in 2011, but only the paperback version appeared. The field has changed a lot since it appeared, but quality writing still finds an audience. Here, then, in a time capsule from more than a decade ago: great tales of speculative fiction, including:BEST OF FOOLS: A SIME~GEN STORY, by Jean LorrahBEST-LAID PLANS, by William MalteseBOOG'/4 AND THE ENDICARAN K...

Dumarest has traced the lost planet of Earth to one remote corner of the galaxy, but he still lacks its precise co-ordinates.Somewhere on the cyber-dominated police-world of Technos lives the mysterious woman who can help him. And the only way to find her is to become a slave . . .(First published 1972)

The Cyclan was the greatest concentration of intelligence in a thousand worlds - and yet Earl Dumarest continued to elude it. For too long.Bochner was the greatest hunter of a hundred worlds - a man more than wise to the wiles of beasts and men. And now he was on the trail of the most dangerous and most challenging quarry of his career: Earl Dumarest.While Dumarest searched for lost Terra, the Cyclan and Bochner searched for him. Of all the nightmare worlds of the universe,...

Earl Dumarest, now a vanquished and captive mercenary, is offered the choice of surrender to the fearsome Cyclan or the chance of freedom by the beautiful and ruthless Lady Delphine. The risks are terrifying - but has Dumarest a choice?Intent on finding the legendary world of Terra - Earth - the planet of his birth; pursued by the brilliant and ruthless megalomaniac race, the Cyclan, whose secret key to Galactic domination only he possesses; trapped on a plague ship hurtling throug...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Hailed as heroes, they left Earth behind, bound for Venus aboard a fragile ship. Each man was indispensable—one a captain, one a scientist, one an engineer. But in the vast emptiness of space, where routine grinds down patience and ambition fuels resentment, tensions begin to rise. When disaster strikes, survival depends on their ability to work together—but trust is already crumbling. As they drift further from home, their choices will...