Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=7431&N=3+7478+4294962532 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1556236 The new heads of American Centaurions Diplomatic Corps, newlyweds and new parents Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini are plunged into a politcally-charged world where they, plagued by explosions, assassination attempts and murder, must save the all the worlds leaders from the bad guys. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1681462 Jeff and Kitty Katt-martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no ones too surprised. Theyre also the least of anyones worries. Evil androids running amok, birds of all kinds and from all places creating havoc, a senator trapped in an ever-tightening web of intrigue, and escalating international tensions all seem tough but manageable. But the disappearance of Jeff Martini and Charles Reynolds during the International One World Festival signals more than the usual nastiness - and it looks like even ACE cant help them--Page [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1538606 13 original stories that open the Old West to new frontiers of science fiction and fantasy--cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1257785 Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt and the Alpha Centaurian she loves, Jeff Martini, should be finalizing their wedding plans. But that was before she discovers Jeff is in line to become Emperor back on his home world. Kitty knows she is everything a royal family wouldnt approve of, and is bracing herself for the worst. As it turns out, the royal family is just the beginning. Especially when extraterrestrial Amazonian terrorists are determined to start and end Kitty and Jeffs nuptial festivities with a bang.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1220015 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1198463 When an experimental space ship is unexpectedly returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Alien Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt and her team, while investigating this strange event, must deal with a mysterious space entity that has seized control of a group of astronauts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1153362 In an increasingly wired and computer-friendly world, massive multiplayer online games have become the ultimate form of entertainment. And the most popular gaming universe of all is Omnitopia, created by genius programmer Dev Logan. For millions of people around the world, Omnitopia is an obsession, a passionate pastime, almost a way of life. But theres a secret to Omnitopia, one that Dev would give his life to protect-the game isnt just a program or a piece of code. Its become sentient-alive. And its Devs job to keep it that way. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=994068 High Priestess Sissy and Confederated Star System Agent Jake begin negotiations to establish diplomatic relations between long-isolated Harmony and the wider universe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1024699 The world of Harmony, along with its close-knit colony planets, long ago isolated itself from the rest of the universe. But in a universe where the human-based Confederate Star System fleet finds itself hard-pressed to stand against ever-increasing attacks by the alien Marillon Empire, the Harmonic Empire cannot be left alone. For if the CSS cannot win an alliance with Harmony, the Marils will surely find a way to invade the planet and seize control of the unique and invaluable metal, which only the Harmonites can produce. Yet invasion is far from the only threat the people of Harmony face. The gulf between rich and poor, rulers and ruled continues to widen, threatening to destroy the very structure of their society--while the planet itself is becoming increasingly unstable. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=677087 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=679849 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=674712 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=635338 Exhausted from a two-year rescue mission to a distant sector of space, and with resources strained by four thousand extra mouths to feed, the crew of the starship Phoenix yearns for the luxuries of home. But when the ship makes the final jump into atevi space, they learn the worst: supplies to their home station have been cut off; civil war has broken out on the atevi mainland; the powerful Western Association has been overthrown; and Tabini-aiji is missing and may be dead.--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=559518 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=585123 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=605277 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=521107 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=532761 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=447499 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=424476 Cherryhs second triligy set in her Foreigner Universe comes to a thrilling conclusion with Explorer where a human delegate trapped in a distant star system faces a dangerous alien ship. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=469886 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=354450 Maya Witherspoon had lived most of the first twenty-five years of her life in her native India. As the daughter of a prominent British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste, she had known only luxury. Trained by her father in the medical arts since she was old enough to read, she graduated from the University of Delhi as a Doctor of Medicine by the age of twenty-two. Welcomed into her fathers lucrative practice, she treated many of the wives and daughters of the British military personnel who made up a large percentage of their patients in the colonial India of 1909. But the science of medicine was not Mayas only heritage. For her mother was a sorceress - a former priestess of the mystical magics fueled by the powerful and fearsome pantheon of Indian gods. Though Maya felt the stirring of magic in her blood, her mother had repeatedly refused to train her. Yet Maya suspected that something far more sinister than the virulent disease had overcome her powerful mother. But it was Mayas fathers death shortly thereafter which confirmed her darkest suspicions. For her father was killed by the bite of a krait, a tiny venomous snake. In the last hours of her mothers life, in the seeming delirium of her final fever, Surya had repeatedly warned Maya to beware the serpents shadow. With the sudden loss of her father, Maya knew she must flee the land of her birth or face the same fate as her parents.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=357973 The three-time Hugo Award winner continues her second trilogy in the Foreigner series--the epic story of a single human delegate on a hostile alien planet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=389164 This collection of 12 original tales of time travelers, time paradoxes, and alternate universes includes works by some of todays more forward-thinking science fiction writers. Contributors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Diane Duane, Dean Wesley Smith, James P. Hogan, and others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=433995 In the distant future, humans and several other races have been granted membership in the Confederation--at a price. They must act as soldier/protectors of the far more civilized races who have long since turned away from war. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=280357 This fifth volume in a popular anthology series features 24 sleek new tales about cats of the past and future and cats only too ready to take matters into their own paws. These fantastical romps from a cats-eye view come from todays finest writers, including Mercedes Lackey, David Drake, Barry Longyear, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Andre Norton, and others. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=161693 It has been fifteen years since Marguerida Alton returned to Darkover. Fifteen years since she discovered the terrifying powers of her special laran, met and fell in love with Mikhail Lanart-Hastur, heir designate to the throne of Darkover, and journeyed back in time to the Ages of Chaos to answer the call of a long-dead Keeper. Now Margueridas life is more settled. As the seconds-in-command to the aging Regent, Regis Hastur, and his consort Linnea, life in Comyn Castle for Marguerida and Mikhail is far from serene. But the real root of the current tensions on Darkover has more to do with the Terran Federation than anything internal to Darkover. The once pleasant relationship between Darkovers ruling families and the Terran envoys to Darkover has been shattered, primarily due to the machinations of Lyle Belfontaine, the corrupt and ambitious Station Chief at Federation Headquaters. When the sudden death of Regis Hastur leaves Comyn Council in turmoil, Belfontaine sees an opportunity to wrest by force what he could not gain through diplomacy, and plans a violent takeover on Darkover. Can Mikhail and Marguerida, new Regent and consort on Darkover, face the might of Terran weapons with only their combined telepathic laran powers?--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1389463 In a strange world of the near future, where virtual reality encompasses all aspects of society and boundaries are limited only by the power of the imagination, a dark conspiracy involving the worlds most powerful individuals threatens to destroy everything. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=427761 Filled with magic, intrigue, romance and adventure, Mercedes Lackeys world of Valdemar is one of the most popular domains in fantasy literature. Home to the Heralds and thier mysterious horselike Companions, the magical Tayledras Hawk-people, and of course, the powerful gryphons, Valdemar has garnered a devoted global following. Now these 17 new tales by fantasys greatest authors are sure to add their own chapter to the history of this enchanting land. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=180669 Six months have passed since the reappearance of the starship Phoenix - the same ship which brought humans to the world of alien atevi nearly two hundred years ago, leaving a small and vulnerable colony to struggle for survival in a hostile environment. During these six months, the alien atevi have striven to reconfigure their fledgling space program in a breakneck bid to take their place in the heavens alongside humans. But the return of the Phoenix has added a frighteningly powerful third party to an already volatile situation, polarizing political factions in both human and atevi societies, and making the possibility of all-out planetary war an even more likely threat. On the atevi mainland, human ambassador Bren Cameron, in a desperate attempt to maintain the peace, has risked alienation from his own people by communicating with the staff of the Phoenix as spokesman for the atevi, and has arranged for one human representative from the Phoenix to take up residence with him in his apartments, and for another to be stationed on Mosphiera, humanitys island enclave. Now, Bren has the difficult task of indoctrinating Jason Graham, a young man who has never before set foot on a planet, in the intricate, delicate, and potentially lethal maneuverings of the human-atevi interface. And this at a time when, thanks to the assassination of an atevi lord who had been one of Brens primary adversaries, and the near-collision of Brens personal plane with a jet manned by an unknown pilot, the relationship between atevi factions is becoming more strained by the minute.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=141915 In Storm Rising, mysterious mage-storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar, Karse, and all the kingdoms of the West, plaguing these lands not only with disastrous earthquakes, monsoons, and ice storms, but also with venomous magical constructs - terrifying creatures out of nightmare. Both Valdemars Heralds and Karses Sunpriests struggle to marshal their combined magical resources to protect their realms from these devastating, spell-fueled onslaughts. But as the situation becomes bleaker and bleaker, the still fragile alliance between these long-hostile lands begins to fray. And unless Valdemar and Karse can locate and destroy the creator of the storms, they may see their entire world demolished in a final magical holocaust.--BOOK JACKET. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=265188 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=201361 The brilliant first novel of an author destined to become an important new voice in science fiction. A young woman comes of age in an alien world where she is both a player and a pawn in an interstellar game of intrigue and politics, in which the ultimate prize may be freedom for humankind--or extinction.