<p>Empires rise and fall but the city of Sanctuary trudges on. The Age of the Rankan reign of Kadakithis, the occupation of the Beysib, and indeed the erstwhile Renaissance are all in the past. But the memories of the glory, savagery, and intrigue still live on. It is years later and the heroes of the past, Jubal, Tempus, Shadowspawn, and the Storm children, are consigned to the ranks of fallible memory, myth, and rumor. A lone survivor of the past, Molin Torchholder, is preparing to die in hiding, the victim of an assassination attempt by enemies long thought to be dead. But before he dies, he must arrange for a successor to guard the city's secrets. Cauvin, a refugee from one of the city's bloodiest eras, and a boy named Bec are enlisted to do his bidding and in doing so uncover the secrets of the past, present, and even the future of the legendary Thieves' World. Part tale of magical/political intrigue, part sword and sorcery, part Micheneresque fantasy epic of a city's history, Sanctuary is the book that Thieves' World fans have been waiting for for over a decade, part Coda to the past, part launching port for the future.</p>

Sanctuary

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lynn Abbey

Fantasy

Tom Doherty Books

<p>This book binds together two of van Vogt's better stories, "The Weapon Makers of Isher" and "The Weapons Shops of Isher," published in sequel-prequel order back in 1946 and 1951. These time-hopping, politically convoluted tales follow the struggle between the oppressive (but beautiful) Empress Innelda and the superadvanced libertarian Weapon Shops ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free," reads the storefront sign). Much of the melodramatic plot revolves around the Shops' immortal, ultragenius founder Robert Hedrock, his conflict with the Empress, and their differing visions for the future of humanity, but don't fret too much over the details: van Vogt keeps your head comfortably a-swim in a steady stream of whiz-bang gadgetry, plot twists, and breakneck action. --Paul Hughes About the Author A. E. Van Vogt was a SFWA Grand Master. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. in 1944, by which time he was well-established as one of John W. Campbell's stable of writers for Astounding Science-Fiction. He lived in Los Angeles, California and died in 2000.</p>

The Empire of Isher (The Weapon Makers and The Weapon Shops of Isher)

A.E.Van Vogt

Red Moon

2017: While America prepares for a return to the Moon in 2020, China lands a military expedition on the Moon's South Pole and in defiance of UN treaties, seizes the subsurface lunar ice fields and claims the Moon's resources as the property of the People's Republic of China. African American President Cordelier Price, thrust into her role as commander in chief by an assassin's bullet, must enlist the aid of discredited former NASA astronaut John McGovern to lead an international collation and stake a counter claim. McGovern however, finds he must share his command duties with beautiful Russian cosmonaut Natasha Polyakova, as they face traitors, saboteurs and the Chinese military that will stop at nothing to end their quest. As the coalition crew battles for their lives on the unforgiving surface of the Moon, China's true sinister plans for global domination emerge, sending the world on a collision course toward nuclear war.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Cassutt, Michael

Thrillers & Suspense

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