Forty thousand years in the future, the human Imperium struggles for survival against its relentless enemies. Inquisitor Jaq Draco uncovers a plot that threatens the psychic future of Mankind. Can he unravel the trail of con- spiracy before he himself is destroyed by its deadly clutches? Dazzling and frenetic, Ian Watson's Inquisition War presents a unique vision of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Believe us when we tell you that Space Marine is quite unlike any other Warhammer 40,000 novel you’ve ever read.First published in 1993 though completed some years earlier at a time when the background to the Warhammer 40,000 universe was still in a state of flux and not yet fully coalesced, the book follows three young Imperial Fist recruits from their formative years in the underhive gangs of Necromunda through to fighting as part of the First Company within the bowels (literally...

This rousing steampunk adventure with timeslip elements finds the intrepid Mademoiselle Hortense and her brave beau, Captain Pierre Marc-Antoine Dumont d’Urville, following a minor writer named Jules Verne "twenty-five leagues under the Earth" for an astonishing series of encounters--troglydytes, Germans, and dinos galore!

A Classic Warhammer 40,000 NovelThe Inquisition is given near-limitless power to protect humanity from any and all threats, but what happens when an Inquisitor IS the threat?READ IT BECAUSEThis classic Warhammer 40,000 story delves into everything that makes the Inquisiton interesting secret wars, the quest for power, and the price one pays for forbidden knowledge.THE STORYIn the grim darkness of the 4...

British Science Fiction award winner Ian Watson graces us here with a brilliant new collection of short stories and essays.Though he dazzles the reader with his footwork in the kaleidoscope intensity of his vision, each piece is plainly the work of a master craftsman. Whether he is dealing with a future culture where whales control us ("The Culling") or taking a hilarious poke at the matter of government funding ("The President's Not for Turning"), his concepts are clear and undeni...

Prior to what follows, our plucky quartet of Xiaolong, Zbeth, Yatta, and Ngela—who crew the time machine salvage ship Fibonacci which sets out from Cranberry, Oz, in 2776 Common Era aided by Homer the Artificial Intelligence to salvage time machines gone astray—became involved with tall aliens who left a dozen of their species in stasis cabinets in Antarctica 100K years ago until an asteroid melted Antarctica's ice-cap in 2072 CE. Alas, Ngela perished inside dwarf planet Ceres from a giant...

From vast glaciers to steaming volcanic lakes, experience the land of the midnight sun with Rick Steves. Inside Rick Steves Iceland you’ll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring IcelandRick’s strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favoritesTop sights and ...

Devastated by the death of a close ally, renegade Inquisitor Jaq Draco prepares to surrender his very soul to the gods of Chaos, so he may discover the mythical place where time is reversed and the dead may rise again. Only by renouncing his fanatical faith in the God- Emperor can he hope to achieve his ultimate goal - and an eternity of damnation!Read it becauseIt's the epic conclusion to the mind-bending trilogy that looks back at the Warhammer 40,000 univ...

A decade after the discovery of the Higgs Boson, the Large Hadron Collider at CERN still leads the world in the search to uncover what the universe is made of, how it was formed, and what fate may lie in store for it. If there is such a thing as a ‘cutting edge’, it surely lies 100 metres below the Swiss-French border, at the point where the beams collide.As part of a unique collaboration, this book pairs a team of award-winning authors with CERN physicists to explore some of the di...

Every city has its own rhythm, its own beat and character; none more so than Barcelona. To commemorate the 2016 European Science Fiction Convention being held in this historic city, NewCon Press invited many of Spain’s top SF and fantasy authors to join those from Britain, France, and Canada to write stories that cast the city in a whole new light. Original stories from the likes of multiple award-winning Elia Barceló (whose work has been translated into eighteen languages), and Spain’s mo...

The Very Slow Time Machine arrives on earth in 1985. Its sole inhabitant is old and mad. Soon it becomes apparent that for him, time is going slowly backward. With every day, he is getting younger and saner. The world, and its whole concept of time, science and philosophy, must wait for him to speak. But while the world waits, it changes...

Where do the metal death gliders come from? To the glass-sailors of the five villages the slow birds that inched over the Earth at shoulder height, appearing and vanishing, were a mystery - until young Daniel climbed aboard one of the scarred Missiles and vowed to find out where it wentIan Watson's third short story collection is his best yet: a brilliant array of original and imaginative inventions that plunge the reader into strangely familiar new worlds.