Alan Dean Foster
1) Cachalot
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Humanx Commonwealth volume 2
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From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a sci-fi fantasy set on an aquatic planet, where cetaceans are thriving and humans dying at an alarming rate.
Welcome to Cachalot, a planet made almost entirely of water, an ocean refuge for Earth's marine mammals, rescued from near extinction at the hands of humans thousands of years ago. Free from predators and human impact, the whales thrive in their new home, growing in size and intelligence. Everything...
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Earth is being invaded by the shetani--spirit creatures so small and stealthy that only one man knows about the increasing peril. The potential savior is an African elder named Olkeloki who is capable of fighting evil both in this world and the spirit one. But to be successful he must recruit the help of two others: government agent Joshua Oak and a feisty young woman named Merry Sharrow. Only the three of them can keep the shetani from destroying...
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Humanx Commonwealth volume 4
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From a #1 New York Times–bestselling author, a research expedition to an alien planet takes a treacherous turn for married scientists in this sci-fi fantasy.
As the first humans granted permission to explore Tslamaina, Etienne and Lyra Redowl should have been ecstatic. The planet's massive river valley is like no other in the known universe, with three intelligent species living along its waters-a dream expedition for the geologist–anthropologist...
4) Madrenga
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Madrenga volume 1
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"A vital message. A desperate queen. A hero in the making. He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to ... Madrenga. Accompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take. But things are not always what...
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"Taking place in an alternate timeline created when the Starship Kelvin was destroyed by a Romulan invader from the future, this all-new tale follows Captain James T. Kirk and an inexperienced crew commandeering a repaired U.S.S. Enterprise out of spacedock for a simple shakedown cruise. When a distress call comes in, the Enterprise must aid a large colony ship of alien refugees known as the Perenoreans, who are under siege by an unknown enemy. But...
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"High tech, murder, and intuition set the fast pace in a thriller" of a detective in a futuristic world from the New York Times–bestselling author (USA Today).
Located in the Namerican Southwest, the Montezuma Strip is the Western hemisphere's largest concentration of industry, commerce, assemblage, cutting-edge technology-and trouble. So it's no surprise to Insp. Angel Cardenas that there's been yet another murder. What is surprising is the...
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Humanx Commonwealth volume 6
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Enter another realm in the amazing world of the Humanx Commonwealth-the interstellar empire governed jointly by humans and aliens!
The newly discovered planet of Senisran was a veritable paradise-a sprawling world of vast oceans dotted with thousands of lush islands and copious deposits of rare-earths and minerals. First-contact specialist Pulickel Tomochelor's mission to Senisran was straightforward: Secure mining rights for the Humanx Commonwealth...
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The Sonderberg family does not know it yet, but this is not going to be any ordinary road trip. After they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend, in a desperate attempt to save the world they...
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Journeys of the catechist volume 2
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From the New York Times–bestselling author of Carnivores of Light and Darkness comes the second fantasy adventure in the Journeys of the Catechist saga.
With his two companions-Simna ibn Sind the swordsman and the massive black cat Ahlitah-at his side, Etjole Ehomba continues his honor-driven quest to find the Visioness of Laconda. Imprisoned in the fortress of an evil necromancer, she is both her captor's obsession and his torment.
Seeking...
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A group of motley castaways on an ice planet help a race of cat-like aliens, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller.
After crash-landing on the icy planet Tran-ky-ky, salesman Ethan Frome Fortune wants to get back to his life and back to his business. So he and his burly sidekick, Skua September, head to the trading post of Brass Monkey to book passage home.
However, when they learn that profiteers and bureaucrats...
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Thirteen science fiction tales by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Icerigger Trilogy and To the Vanishing Point.
From fighting giant bugs to defeating an interstellar empire without firing a shot; from scientific idiot savants toying with the universe to how the robots will really win the robot apocalypse, these thirteen flavorful tales are guaranteed to entertain, amuse, awe, and maybe even enlighten. Includes the first appearance...
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Three sequential tales of alien warfare in one epic volume from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Force Awakens and Star TrekInto Darkness. For millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great "Purpose." The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare focuses more on outthinking and outmaneuvering your foe than destruction....
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Three epic adventures in the trilogy "of tales within tales, like those of Sinbad and his many voyages . . . Foster at his best, thoughtful and fun" (Booklist).
Follow a humble herdsman as he embarks on an honor-driven quest to rescue a beautiful Visioness in this "fast-paced mix of wry humor, high fantasy, and amazing new places and creatures" (Publishers Weekly).
Carnivores of Light and Darkness
A dying man implores Etjole Ehomba for...
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A crew of castaways races to uncover what's heating up an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author.
Seemingly marooned on the freezing cold planet of Tran-ky-ky, Ethan Frome Fortune doesn't know if he'll enjoy the warmth of his old home ever again. That is, until a group of scientists at the Brass Monkey outpost detect something unusual in the atmosphere.
Aboard the massive icerigger Slanderscree...
15) Jed the Dead
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New York Times–bestselling author Alan Dean Foster's Jed the Dead is a comedic science fiction buddy road trip of interstellar proportions.
En route from Texas to the West Coast, Ross Ed Hager has an encounter of the most unusual kind when he comes across the corpse of an alien. Naming the three-eyed, six-limbed dead extraterrestrial Jed, Ross takes his new companion on the road so he doesn't have to see the sites alone.
Along the...
16) Cyber Way
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The New York Times–bestselling author creates "a fascinating amalgam of sf/detective fiction and Native American lore" (Library Journal).
A wealthy industrialist and folk art collector is murdered in his home and left beneath where a painting had been hanging. But theft is not the motive. The artwork-a Navajo sandpainting-has been completed pulverized. And no blood was found at the scene.
Assigned to the case is bulldog detective Vernon...
17) Icerigger
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A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller.
A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn't one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . .
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The #1 New York Times–bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood.
Author Alan Dean Foster is a Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction. He has written both original tie-ins and script novelizations since the 1970s, bringing his straightforwardness-a favorite to readers but a nuisance to directors-to his many projects. For Foster, Hollywood is a unique world that has allowed...
19) Codgerspace
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Technology becomes self-aware-and goes haywire-in this comedic science fiction adventure by New York Times–bestselling author Alan Dean Foster.
Without warning, kitchen appliances, laundry machines, and every other electronic gadget humans came to depend upon ceased to perform the tasks they were manufactured to do. Ignoring their programming, these devices now sought the meaning of life from an intelligence nonhuman in origin.
Their...
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Fifteen tasty tales from a master of fantasy!
The dead. The undead. Those who wish they were dead. They're all here, along with a legend from a Pacific island, a legend from beneath a Pacific island, and much, much more. Frogs and dogs, knaves and slaves, and maybe a smidgen of real but impertinent food. Extend your imagination and have a nibble. You'll come back for more.
Includes the never before published story "Fetched."