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The Howard Families were the product of a genetic experiment, an interbreeding programme which had produced one hundred thousand people with an average life expectancy of a century and a half. Now, at last, their existence was known on earth, and the entire world demanded to share the "secret" of eternal youth. "It is contrary to our customs to permit scientific knowledge to be held as a monopoly for the few" was what the expert said and it wasn't...
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Paksenarrion, having proven herself as a fighter, is accepted as a paladin-candidate by the fellowship at Gird, but before her training in diplomacy, magic, and the fighting arts is complete, she is sent on a mission that could yield either glory or ruin.
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Legend of Paksenarrion volume 1
Deed of Paksenarrion volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Deed of Paksenarrion volume I
Deed of Paksenarrion volume 1
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Deed of Paksenarrion volume I
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In the first book in the Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy, a young women named Paksenarrion opts to leave home and join the army rather than agree to the marriage her father has arranged for her.
4) Oath of gold
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Paksenarrion didn't marry the pigfarmer down the road. Instead she ran away to be a soldier. And thus she became a hero fit to be chosen by the gods.
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An unarmed human vessel was set upon by a warship from the planet Kzin, home of the fiercest warriors in Known Space. This was a mistake. Kzinti learned the hard way that the reason humanity decided to stop studying war was because they were so very good at it.
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In an alternate America that runs on magic, a potential environmental disaster plunges an overworked bureaucrat into a deadly conspiracy of evil gods and darkest sorcery. David Fisher pushes paper for the EPA in a world that's a lot like ours . . . only different. In this California-and throughout the alternate United States-all gods are real, science doesn't exist, and magic rules everything, running imp-driven computers and creating anxiety-inducing...
8) Drakon
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Gwendolen Ingolfsson, hurled into a parallel Earth filled with billions of unaltered, antique humans when the molehole experiment she was working on malfunctioned, is very clear where her duty lies. As a member of the Draka, genetically engineered to dominate crude, unmodified humans, her task is to build a molehole device in this universe and establish a bridgehead for the Race to come through. It had been some time since the Draka last had such...
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Monster Hunter International might be the premier monster eradication company in the business, but they've got competition. When hunters from around the world gather in Las Vegas for a conference, a creature left over from a World War Two weapons experiment wakes up and goes on a rampage across the desert. A not-so-friendly wager between the rival companies turns into a race to see who can bag the mysterious creature first. Only there is far more...
12) Fire with fire
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"2105, September: Intelligence Analyst Caine Riordan uncovers a conspiracy on Earth's Moon-- a history-makinging clandestine project-- and ends up involuntarily cryocelled for his troubles. Twelve years later, Riordan awakens to a changed world. Humanity has achieved faster-than-light travel and is pioneering nearby star systems. And now, Riordan is compelled to become an inadvertent agent of conspiracy himself. Riordan's mission: travel to a newly...
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"Agent Franks of the US Monster Control Bureau is a man of many parts--parts from other people. Franks is 6' 5", all muscle, nearly indestructible, animated by a powerful alchemical substance and inhabited by a super-intelligent spirit more ancient than humanity itself. Good thing he's on our side. More or less. Sworn to serve the US from all monsters, Franks has only one condition to the agreement. No matter what, the government is never, ever allowed...
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Baen volume 1
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"NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING AUTHOR. A world where Custer survives Little Bighorn and becomes president goes seriously awry. Following his unlikely but decisive (and immensely popular) 1876 victory over Sitting Bull and the Sioux at the Little Big Horn, George Armstrong Custer is propelled into the White House in 1880. Two years later, he finds himself bored and seeks new worlds to conquer. He and his wife Libbie fixate on Spain's decaying empire as his...
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"Once again, we return to the Old West with a new posse of top authors spin tales of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. We take no prisoners as they explore what really was, and mix in what might have been. Charlaine Harris [The Sookie Stackhouse Series, Midnight, Texas] shows us a glimpse inside her new series as a tormented gunfighter faces a true demon of her past. Mike Resnick [The Buntline Special] reveals what Doc Holiday thought was so funny...
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