The first colonists to reach Tigris thought they had found Eden. But the planet had a horrifying effect on their children. Babies born there developed frightening telekinetic powers at the age of five. No one could control them - and as the changelings grew and became aware of their abilities they initiated a bloodbath of chaos and violence that nearly destroyed the planet.
Two...
Angelmass, a black hole deep in space, emits "angels," small particles that render humans calm, reasonable, and virtually incapable of lying. The Empyrean, human colonies in the far reaches of the galaxy, has discovered the angels and the power they wield. All members of Empyrean government must carry an angel. The Earth-based Empire, the Pax, view the angels as an alien plot...
The blackcollars - an elite, genetically enhanced fighting force - may be humanity's only hope. Decades after a successful invasion of Earth and the Terran Democratic Empire by the Ryqril - hostile, leathery-skinned aliens-resistance fighter Allen Caine is training for an undercover mission. He will assume the identity of an aide to the senate-part of the government that colludes...
Denver, Earth. The twenty-fifth century. After a devastating alien invasion, the Terra Democratic Empire is occupied by the Ryqril race. The once-heroic resistance warriors known as the blackcollars now serve as strong-arm security for Denver’s criminal elements. When Allen Caine completes his year-long blackcollar training on the planet Plinry, he and his elite team head to...
Damon Lathe and his blackcollar combat team were sent to capture five hidden Nova-class warships from under the Ryqril conquerors' snouts. Against all odds they had succeeded, sharing their prize with the Terran Democratic Empire's erstwhile Chryselli allies, who were themselves the current focus of Ryqril aggression. Lathe had followed that by successfully entering Earth's last...
Zahn tackles social issues including abortion and genetic experimentation and even predicts the rise of online gaming communities, communal content creation and competition decades before they became daily realities. If you are looking to explore worlds or the inner self, you are in the right place, and what an entertaining place it is too. The Giftie Gie Us (1981). The...
The colony worlds Adirondack and Silvern fell to the Troft forces almost without a struggle. Outnumbered and on the defensive, Earth made a desperate decision. It would attack the aliens not from space, but on the ground - with forces the Trofts did not even suspect. Thus were created the Cobras, a guerilla force whose weapons were surgically implanted, invisible to the...
The Cobra Worlds are petitioned by the Trofts to stop a hostile alien civilization on the planet Quasama that is a threat to both them and the Cobra worlds, offering five uncolonized, hospitable worlds in exchange. Unable to decline the offer of additional planets, the Cobra Worlds agree to the offer, and dispatch a task force to the planet, where, much to their astonishment, they...
The main character (Jasmine "Jin" Moreau), the first of the female Cobras, is sent as part of a Cobra strike team sent to investigate Troft claims of Quasama developing space flight. When her shuttle is shot down, she finds herself the sole surviving member of the task force. Though very nearly killed by the native Quasaman wilidlife, she manages, with the aid of a Quasaman who...
Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award-winning author of "The New York Times" best-selling "Star Wars" trilogy, blazes a spectacular new path across the sky in an epic original novel of star-spanning action adventure, mystery and intrigue. A long era of peace and prosperity in the interstellar Commonwealth has suddenly come to an end. Four alien starships of unknown origin have attacked,...
In Conquerors' Pride , Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Star Wars(r) trilogy, unfurled an epic tale of drama and courage as the interstallar Commonwealth faced savage invasion by alien starships of unknown origin. Now he probes deeply into the world of the invaders themselves in one of the most powerful evocations of an alien society...
While humans and alien Zhirrzh prepare for galactic war, a handful of individuals from both sides learn that the reason was all a misunderstanding. Both were mistaken. To avoid extinction for both their races, this band becomes the focus of a subtle dangerous force that intends overall destruction.
Because of the deadly effect sphere, the only way into or out of the system containing the metal-rich Ring Mines of Solitaire is by performing a human sacrifice. Now every ship heading there carries two death-row felons. It's a bizarre, but effective method of execution — until it's discovered that one of the doomed criminals is an innocent man.
In love with fellow telepath Colleen Isaac, Dale Ravenhall realizes that the very thing that enables him and Colleen to read each other's minds would kill them both if they came within twenty miles of each other. Red Thoughts at Morning (1981). Dark Thoughts at Noon (1982). Black Thoughts at Midnight (1992). The Peaceful Man (1982). The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1986)....
Jack Morgan, 13, has a dragon on his back - literally. The warrior K'da species are symbiotes, can only live six hours without their humanoid host. Draycos 30s is the sole survivor of the three ships destroyed scouting for their refugees, and Jack is the only possible choice. They may be an odd couple, but together they're more than the sum of their parts. They are destined to...
Jack Morgan, 14, aka Montana enlists with youngest trainees for Whinyard's Edge mercenaries, hired by Parprin daublite mining colony humans from "Agrist claim-jumpers", who in turn employ Shamshir mercs. Honorable warrior-poet Draycos 30ish hides as 2D tattoo on Jack's back, and encourages noble values while their space-ship Uncle Virge continues the tradition of his late selfish...
Jack, 14, with honorable K'da warrior-poet Draycos 30s, symbiote 2D dragon on host's back for six hours, hope their spaceship intelligence Uncle Virge (for dead inspirational selfish real Virgil) can convince the human slavemaster Grazen of the wealthy Choochook family in their Brummgan fortress, to buy the boy thief. But a hotbox punishment, electrocuted "frypan" pen,...
""Music hath charms." and, like any powerful tool, it must be handled with care.
The bar was a small local job, a bit shabby but clean enough, tucked away in an out-of-the-way corner of an equally worn working- class neighborhood.
I looked around as I sipped the beer I'd ordered. The clientele was pretty much the same mix I'd seen here every other evening for the past week:...
When Matt Raimey had his accident, he thought his life was over. He never dreamed, in his wildest fantasies, that he’d end up in a spot like this. In the toxic atmosphere of Jupiter, born into the body of an enormous creature that looked like a cross between a manta ray and a dolphin, he is living a new life, unlike any humankind had previously experienced. An unbelievable turn...
Spinneret is a science fiction novel by Timothy Zahn. It was published in 1985.
The novel is set on year 2016 Earth, with several interstellar ships being launched by the US and the EU in the hopes of finding habitable worlds to alleviate the overpopulation of Earth, only to find that while inhabitable worlds exists aplenty, they are all taken by a Commonwealth of alien...
From the gripping title novella to the short story that packs a twist you'll never see coming, here are six stories from an author who has rightfully taken his place at the forefront of the science fiction field today. Point Man (1987; New Destinies 1). Narrator Third Engineer Travis, always at "the wrong place, the wrong time" is the only crew member with any military Services...
Fool's Bargain was a novella which was written by Timothy Zahn in 2004 and was originally in E-book format. The story is a supplement to his novel Survivor's Quest and was subsequently included in the paperback version which was published on December 28, 2004 by Del Rey. Fool's Bargain details the exploits of the 501st Legion shortly before the events of the novel.
It is the...
"Hero of Cartao" was a serialized short story written by Timothy Zahn and illustrated by Douglas Chaffee that appeared in Star Wars Insider magazine. It was separated into three parts: "Hero's Call" (Issue 68), "Hero's Rise" (Issue 69), and "Hero's End" (Issue 70). It featured such characters as Jafer Torles and the pre-existing Zahn character of Kinman Doriana. It took place in...
"Hero of Cartao" was a serialized short story written by Timothy Zahn and illustrated by Douglas Chaffee that appeared in Star Wars Insider magazine. It was separated into three parts: "Hero's Call" (Issue 68), "Hero's Rise" (Issue 69), and "Hero's End" (Issue 70). It featured such characters as Jafer Torles and the pre-existing Zahn character of Kinman Doriana. It took place in...
"Hero of Cartao" was a serialized short story written by Timothy Zahn and illustrated by Douglas Chaffee that appeared in Star Wars Insider magazine. It was separated into three parts: "Hero's Call" (Issue 68), "Hero's Rise" (Issue 69), and "Hero's End" (Issue 70). It featured such characters as Jafer Torles and the pre-existing Zahn character of Kinman Doriana. It took place in...
It began as the ultimate voyage of discovery – only to become the stuff of lost Republic legend...and a dark chapter in Jedi history. Now, at last, acclaimed author Timothy Zahn returns to tell the whole extraordinary story of the remarkable – and doomed – Outbound Flight Project. The Clone Wars have yet to erupt when Jedi Master Jorus C’baoth petitions the Senate for support...
Sometimes it seems a Jedi’s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his wife are still learning the ropes of being a couple—and struggling to find time together between the constant demands of duty. But all that will change when they’re united on an...
He's the most feared and successful bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is Boba Fett, and even the most hardened criminals tremble at his name. Now he faces the deadliest challenge of his infamous career-an all-out war against his most dangerous enemies.
As the Rebellion gathers force, Prince Xizor proposes a cunning plan to the Emperor and Darth Vader: smash the power of the...
"The southwest corner of the black fortress wavered in the scope image, its clean lines obscured by distance, a rapid-moving line of wispy clouds, and the distortion that came from the natural turbulence of Minkta's planetary atmosphere. From Defender Fifty-Five's synchronous orbit twenty-two thousand miles above the surface, Jims Harking reflected, there was a lot of distance and...
Tree-hiding Greens and mountain-hiding Grays hide in Manhattan, alien refugees from a cataclysmic war, until two teens from opposing sides find both species have survived. On a cold October night, Roger and Caroline Whittier accept an unexpected burden at gunpoint: Melantha Green, 12, the Peace Child ready to die, prevented by NYPD Detective Thomas Fierenzo.
From Timothy Zahn, Hugo Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of two landmark Star Wars series, comes an original new tale featuring a renegade space pilot, his unusual alien partner, and an unknown cargo that can change the course of galactic history. Jordan McKell has a problem with authority. Unfortunately for him, the iron-fisted authority of the powerful...
Technological intrigue-international and intersteller - a hard edged conflict with alien races. This book includes the following eight short stories of varying length: Ernie: A youth boxing coach discovers that one of his boxers has an unusual talent, the ability to teleport an inch at a time, and a desire to be or do something great with himself. 17 pages. Raison D'etre: Our...
For one researcher, Triplet is a marvel promising both advanced technology and magic. But a world of sinister secrets lurks just below the surface... Grad student Danae Panya’s dream assignment has been approved. She’ll study Triplet, the strange planetary system scarred by nuclear war and connected through portals. The most experienced Courier of Triplet, Ravagin, will lead...
The aliens were pacifists - but all living things were their friends. When humanity first ventured out among the stars, it seemed that we were alone in the universe, the only tool-users in the galaxy - and thus were free to mold the very cosmos to our heart's desire. It would take us a long time - our star drive wasn't very fast - but it was our Manifest...
Без выходных данных. Перевод сделан О.И. Сергачевым и О.Н. Ярыгиным по книге “Cascad Point”, 1986. Впервые на русском языке представлена повесть Т. Зана “Cascad Point” – «Каскадный переход», которому на Всемирной конференции научной фантастики 1984 г. в Лос-Анджелесе была присуждена премия Хьюго за лучшую повесть года. В повести отражены не только космические путешествия в...
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