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Barbarian Bahzell, originally an outsider to so-called civilization, has become the first hradani wind rider in history—a position that confers elite status within the territories of the powerful Sothoii. But certain very powerful and very nasty sorts are not at all happy about Bahzells' new status, and resentment stirs. Deadly resentment.
To complicate matters even further, Baron Tellian's daughter, the heir to the realm, is convinced that Bahzell is the only man—or hradani—for her. Yet Bahzell is no stranger to entanglements and threats, and his enemies are the ones who had best watch themselves. For they aren't just going up against any hradani barbarian, but a tried and proven champion of the War God Himself.
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 Armored-ARC
edited by John Joseph Adams
Armor up for a metal-pounding explosion of action, adventure and amazing speculation by topnotch writers—including Nebula-award winner Jack McDevitt, Sean Williams, Dan Abnett, Simon Green, and Jack Campbell—on a future warrior that might very well be just around the corner. Science fiction readers and gamers have long been fascinated by the idea of going to battle in suits of powered combat armor or at the interior controls of giant mechs.
It's an armor-plated clip of hard-hitting tales featuring exoskeleton adventure with fascinating takes on possible future armors ranging from the style of personal power suits seen in Starship Troopers and Halo to the servo-controlled bipedal beast-mech style encountered in Mechwarrior and Battletech.
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Pittsburgh, PA has been magically transported to a world of elves and magic in order to stave off a monstrous invasion of Earth. Now Tinker, once a downtrodden waif from that city, but now a full-blooded elf ruler, must root out and destroy an evil plot that involves the kidnapping and breeding of elf children.
Tinker uncovers ancient secrets and a web of betrayal as she searches for the lost elflings. Meanwhile, the orc-like oni gangster kidnappers will stop at nothing to win, so neither can she. At five foot nothing, Tinker’s greatest weapon has always been her intelligence. Politics, she discovers, is a battle of wits, and Tinker comes heavily armed.
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Lyonesse: a world formed by magic, where a dark power struggle is underway between an ancient sorceress with her shadow army and the human subjects of Lyonesse's power-mad wizard. The only spark of hope is a prophecy that tells of a Defender who will one day come and set things to right.
Young Meb doesn't think she's obligated to be the prophesied Defender of Lyonesse, but she is adept at the universe-folding skill of Planomancy and has been trained by a world-walking trouble shooter of the multiverse, the great Dragon Fionn himself—a dragon who is desperately searching the universes for his lost Meb, whom he's come to love.
As the legions of Shadow Hall gather and with the Dragon Fionn fast on the way, magical battle is joined, and the destiny of universes hangs upon the courage in one young woman's heart.
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Peril and strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington and company. After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system, Honor Harrington has rooted out a plan designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plan lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment. Task number one for Honor is to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source of the Star Kingdom's wealth and power—but also its greatest vulnerability. Yet this is an act that the ancient and corrupt Earth-based Solarian League inevitably takes as a declaration of war.
The thunder of battle rolls as the Solarian League directs its massive power against the Star Kingdom. And once again, Honor Harrington is thrust into a desperate battle that she must win if she is to survive to take the fight to the real enemy of galactic freedom—the insidious puppetmasters of war who lurk behind the Mesan Alignment!
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Captain Daniel Leary with his friend—and spy—Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights.
With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach.
And, of course, it's up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.
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Welcome to Tagon's Toughs, a mercenary company whose newest recruit is almost as much trouble as the new owners. They want to revolutionize space travel. Schlock just wants just wants to hurt people and break things.
This massive volume takes the reader through the first seventeen months of the hit comic strip Schlock Mercenary, and includes concept sketches, commentary, guest art, and a bonus story previously only available in print.
If you've been waiting to devour this strip from the very beginning, there's no better time to grab your big spoon and dig into The Tub of Happiness.
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Did you ever wonder what would happen to some of the famous philosophers in the 1632 universe? Well, Mark H. Huston has told us about one of them in "The Cartesian Way." And there's always been a recurring thread about indoor plumbing, which is further discussed in Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett's "The Porcelain Throne." Those two also wrote about industries that are being developed in "Ball Whats?"
Check with Kerryn Offord's "Saint George's Dogs" to see more developments in points east of Grantville, and John Zeek is taking care of the police in "Big Iron."
Terry Howard is back with "Reaping and Sowing," with those kids from the McAdam's Mining Company. There's more from our down-time nursing student in "Letters Home, 3 and 4" by Tim Roesch. You have to feel sorry for that rooster, really you do. Garrett W. Vance is back with two stories, his "Second Chance Bird, Episode Eight" as well as a story in our new department Time Spike. "The Good Samaritan and the Hanged Man," along with David W. Dove's "The Dragon Slayer" are the first selections for that department.
Iver Cooper discusses airship lift in "Sitting on Cloud Nine: Airship Lift and Altitude Control," while Karen C. Evans tells us how to make some condiments in "Feeding the Up-timer Addiction: Soy Sauce." Many of us do tend to crave Chinese food, after all.
The Universe Annex presents "A Season for Sisters" by Amanda E. Forrest, a fantasy story about a very odd situation. Enjoy!
Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Bud Webster continue their columns, with "Treasures" from Kris and "City Slickers, Country Bumpkings, Ant, Robots and Mutants, Part 2" from Bud.
Enjoy Grantville Gazette, Volume 39. It's full of great stuff!
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