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Zustand: Good. Pity the poor aliens who have to deal with those inexplicable creatures known as - humans.

Zustand: Very Good. The Moon and the Desert.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The future of cybernetic warfare. Robosoldiers. They take many forms, from disembodied AI to humanlike androids and more. But at their cores beat the cybernetic hearts of warriors! In these stories of hard military SF, you will journey to the battlefields of tomorrow with the veterans who have been there and the researchers developing the next phase of battle and get a glimpse into the future of warfare. New stories from David Drake, Richard Fox, Weston Ochse, Martin L. Shoemaker, T.C. McCarthy, Brad R. Torgersen, and more! Contributors: M.T. Reiten Martin L. Shoemaker Doug Beason Richard Fox Sean Patrick Hazlett Monalisa Foster Phillip Pournelle Weston Ochse David Drake T.C. McCarthy Brad R. Torgersen Stephen Lawson Philip Kramer About the contributors: ?[P]rose as cold and hard as the metal alloy of a tank . . . rivals Crane and Remarque . . .??Chicago Sun-Times on David Drake ?Brad Torgersen can write something technical and complex, yet still give it real emotional depth. He's one of the most talented authors I've ever read.??Larry Correia on Brad R. Torgersen ?A well written novel that makes you consider the costs of war in very personal terms.? ?SF Signal on T.C. McCarthy ?Shoemaker's story of an artificial life coming to terms with its own emotional world finds its place among the long and varied tradition of explorations of robot?human relations. . . . Recommended for any reader, genre or otherwise, looking for a pleasant and engaging read.??Booklist on Martin L. Shoemaker.…

Zustand: Good. Dead Easy.

Zustand: Good. SEEK BEYOND THE ELEVENTH GATE No one wants the city-states of the Eight Worlds to repeat the Terran Collapse by going to war. But when war accidentally breaks out, everyone seeks ways to exploit it for gain. The Landry and Peregoy ruling dynasties see opportunities to grab territory, increase profits, and settle old scores. The downtrodden underclasses use war to fuel rebellion. And suddenly ambitious heirs across the Eight Worlds can finally topple their elders? regimes?or try to. The key to victory and peace lies with two unlikely allies: Philip Anderson, a philosopher who seeks only the transcendent meaning of universal physics; and Tara Landry, the spoiled and defiant youngest granddaughter of an ancient dynasty. First Tara accidentally discovers an eleventh star-jump gate. Next, Philip figures out how to use it. Now everything is about to change for the Eight Worlds?for through the gate lies a planet of danger and mystery. Will what lies beyond lead to the ultimate collapse of civilization or to a new transcendent order? The answer lies somewhere behind the Eleventh Gate! About The Eleventh Gate: "Warring families and philosophies drive this complex science fiction thriller from Hugo and Nebula award?winner Kress (Sea Change.) . . .This swift, political story proves a rip-roaring diversion."?Publishers Weekly About Nancy Kress: "Nancy Kress at her very best . . . A first-contact novel like no other."?Greg Bear on Tomorrow's Kin "It's a rare and desirable hybrid: a literary, military, hard-SF novel."?Amazon.com on Probability Moon ?Nancy Kress is one of the best science-fiction writers working today."?Kim Stanley Robinson. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Collected short fiction from multiple bestseller Michael Z. Williamson. After a brutal car crash, a disabled young man beats all odds to pursue his dream of crewing the first starship. Outnumbered and outgunned, a Freehold warship must use guile, expert maneuvering and sheer courage to survive a pursuing UN fleet. Meanwhile, other Freeholders resort to terrifying psyops to destroy their invaders' morale. A family learns that their patriarch isn't as crazy as they thought when a zombie uprising actually happens. A young girl must use her knowledge of elementals and spirit beings to protect a king who is unaware of the threats against him. In an alternate Bronze Age, the descendants of dinosaurs fight with sentient felinoids for territory and survival. Humans reduced to cowering in caves find a most unlikely weapon against their alien invaders.With cutting satire on classic poetry and modern movies, a no-holds-barred lambast of several beloved firearms and their fan clubs, Williamson concludes with more of his Inappropriate Cocktail recipes, frequently both delicious and outrageously snarky, commemmorating celebrities, events and cultural memes.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Twice before, mysterious cosmic catastrophes have sent portions of the Earth across space and back in time?first, with the Grantville Disaster in West Virginia, and then again with a maximum security prison in southern Illinois. Now, the planet is struck.

Zustand: Good. Angie Kaneshiro never planned to be a spy. She was a veteran of the Freehold Forces of Grainne, and was now a tramp freighter crew-woman who hadn?t set foot on the dirt of a world in ten years. Angie was free, and that was the way she liked it.  Then the war with Earth started. One thing Angie knew was human space. She knew where the UN troops garrisoned, the methods they used to scan and chip their own to control them. Even better, she had a mental map of the access conduits, the dive bars, and the make-out cubbies people used to get around restrictions. The UN forces may hold most of the stations, the docks, and the jump points, but now the Freehold of Grainne has its own lethal weapon. The Intelligence branch sends a freighter crewed with Blazers, special forces troops. All Angie has to do is lead them through the holes. Responsibility for the explosions and wreckage will be theirs. But war is complicated, and even the most unwilling of heroes can be forged in its crucible. About A Long Time Until Now: ?[A] classic story of survival. They may not like each other, but must depend upon each other. Williamson shows how they pull together to create a solid society . . . outstanding entertainment. Each character is different and fully developed. Even those you may dislike seem worth caring about . . . [G]rabs readers from the beginning and keep them reading to the end.??Galveston County Daily News About Michael Z. Williamson: ?A fast-paced, compulsive read . . . will appeal to fans of John Ringo, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, and David Weber.??Kliatt ?Williamson's military expertise is impressive.??SF Reviews Novels of Michael Z. Williamson's Freehold Universe: Freehold series Freehold The Weapon The Rogue Contact with Chaos Angeleyes Ripple Creek series Better to Beg Forgiveness . . . Do Unto Others . . .  When Diplomacy Fails . . . Standalone A Long Time Until Now.…

Zustand: Good. Ashes of Victory.

Zustand: Good. Tom Kidd (illustrator).

Zustand: Fair. Once A Hero.

Zustand: Fair. Alternate Generals.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

Zustand: Good. Offers a collection of tales.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Twice before, mysterious cosmic catastrophes have sent portions of the Earth across space and back in time?first, with the Grantville Disaster in West Virginia, and then again with a maximum security prison in southern Illinois. Now, the planet is struck.

Zustand: Good. For really tough jobs, Emperor Colin, is your man. The only person in the galaxy ever to stop the genocidal Achuutani, he resurrected an empire that died 45,000 years ago. But the rest of the galaxy better brace itself, because his progeny are on the way. Not that Sean and Harriet aren't nice kids; it's just that they've had a bad day.…

Zustand: Good. It?s been five years since a cosmic incident known as The Ring of Fire transported the modern day town of Grantville, West Virginia, through time and space to 17th century Europe. The course of world history has been forever altered. And Mother Russia is no exception. Inspired by the American up-timers? radical notion that all people are created equal, Russian serfs are rebelling. The entire village of Poltz, led by blacksmith Stefan Andreevich, pulls up stakes to make a run for freedom. Meanwhile, Czar Mikhail has escaped house arrest, with the aid of up-time car mechanic Bernie Zeppi, his Russian associates?and a zeppelin. The czar makes his way to the village of Ufa. There he intends to set up a government-in-exile. It is to Ufa that the serfs of Poltz are heading, as well. The path is dangerous?for the serfs as well as the czar. They face great distances and highwaymen. But the worst threat are those in the aristocracy who seek to crush the serfs and execute the czar in a bid to drive any hope for Russian freedom under their Parisian-crafted boot heels. But the Russians of 1637 have taken inspiration from their up-timer counterparts. And it could be that a new wind of liberty is about to blow three centuries early?and change Mother Russia forever. About 1636: The Kremlin Games: ??a well-constructed plot filled with satisfying measures of comedy, romance, political intrigue, and action.??Publishers Weekly About 1635: A Parcel of Rogues: "The 20th volume in this popular, fast-paced alternative history series follows close on the heels of the events in The Baltic War, picking up with the protagonists in London, including sharpshooter Julie Sims. This time the 20th-century transplants are determined to prevent the rise of Oliver Cromwell and even have the support of King Charles."?Library Journal About 1634: The Galileo Affair: "A rich, complex alternate history with great characters and vivid action. A great read and an excellent book."?David Drake "Gripping . . . depicted with power!"?Publishers Weekly About Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: ?This alternate history series is . . . a landmark???Booklist ?[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.??Booklist ? . . . reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . . ??Publishers Weekly.…

Zustand: Fair. Ashes of Victory.

Zustand: Good. The author offers a tour through his bizarre universes as he discusses the smuggling potential of space travel, his role in the fall of the Soviet Union, and what it would be like to rent a body of one's choice.

Zustand: Good. In the near future, Los Angeles is an all but uninhabitable war zone, racked by crime, violence, pollution and poverty. But above the blighted city, a Utopia has arisen: Todos Santos, a thousand-foot high single-structured city, designed to used state-of-the-art technology to create a completely human-friendly environment, offering its dwellers everything they could want in exchange for their oath of allegiance and their constant surveillance . But there are those who want to see the utopia destroyed, whose answer to tomorrow's best and brightest hope is mindless violence. And they have just entered Todos Santos. . . .…

Zustand: Very Good. Angie Kaneshiro never planned to be a spy. She was a veteran of the Freehold Forces of Grainne, and was now a tramp freighter crew-woman who hadn?t set foot on the dirt of a world in ten years. Angie was free, and that was the way she liked it.  Then the war with Earth started. One thing Angie knew was human space. She knew where the UN troops garrisoned, the methods they used to scan and chip their own to control them. Even better, she had a mental map of the access conduits, the dive bars, and the make-out cubbies people used to get around restrictions. The UN forces may hold most of the stations, the docks, and the jump points, but now the Freehold of Grainne has its own lethal weapon. The Intelligence branch sends a freighter crewed with Blazers, special forces troops. All Angie has to do is lead them through the holes. Responsibility for the explosions and wreckage will be theirs. But war is complicated, and even the most unwilling of heroes can be forged in its crucible. About A Long Time Until Now: ?[A] classic story of survival. They may not like each other, but must depend upon each other. Williamson shows how they pull together to create a solid society . . . outstanding entertainment. Each character is different and fully developed. Even those you may dislike seem worth caring about . . . [G]rabs readers from the beginning and keep them reading to the end.??Galveston County Daily News About Michael Z. Williamson: ?A fast-paced, compulsive read . . . will appeal to fans of John Ringo, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, and David Weber.??Kliatt ?Williamson's military expertise is impressive.??SF Reviews Novels of Michael Z. Williamson's Freehold Universe: Freehold series Freehold The Weapon The Rogue Contact with Chaos Angeleyes Ripple Creek series Better to Beg Forgiveness . . . Do Unto Others . . .  When Diplomacy Fails . . . Standalone A Long Time Until Now. …

Zustand: Very Good. For really tough jobs, Emperor Colin, is your man. The only person in the galaxy ever to stop the genocidal Achuutani, he resurrected an empire that died 45,000 years ago. But the rest of the galaxy better brace itself, because his progeny are on the way. Not that Sean and Harriet aren't nice kids; it's just that they've had a bad day.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The year?s best military SF, space opera, and adventure SF stories. The second of a new series featuring the best stories of the year from the top magazines and online venues with a military and adventure science fiction theme.

Zustand: Good. There he was in his sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic, all alone and loving it. Well, there was a US Navy carrier group on his southern horizon, but he was US Navy himself, so he didn't mind. Then came the UFOs, hurtling in from the Outer Black to overfly the carriers at Mach 17. Their impossible aeronautics were bad enough - but then they started shooting at each other. And at the Navy. With nukes. Little ones at first, but winding up with a 500 megatonner at 90 miles that fried every piece of electronics within sight. Richard Ashton thought he was just a ringside observer to these now over-the-horizon events. Until the crippled alien lifeboat came drifting down and homed in on his sailboat; suddenly he had his hands full of an unconscious, critially wounded alien warrior - who just happened to be a gorgeous female, too. And that was when it began to get really interesting. …

Zustand: Fair. Larry Elmore (illustrator).

Zustand: Very Good. THE LATEST ENTRY IN TIM AKERS? KNIGHT WATCH URBAN FANTASY SERIES.

Zustand: Fair. Old Soldiers.

Zustand: Good. Old Soldiers.