Dan Simmons
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
777 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".
2) Black Hills
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Haunted by Custer's ghost, and also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of legendary men like Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa plans to silence his ghost forever and reclaim his people's legacy--on the very day FDR comes to Mount Rushmore to dedicate the Jefferson face.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Revenge has never been served so cold.
Joe Kurtz, former investigator and convicted felon, is on parole. But the years he spent in Attica didn't make his old haunts any safer. Back on the streets of Buffalo, he's already marked by a local Mafia don.
As if watching his back weren't enough work, Kurtz has also been hired by a gravely ill John Frears, whose daughter met a grisly fate at the hands of a murderer. Frears wants one thing before he dies:...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Darwin Minor travels a dangerous road. A Vietnam veteran turned reluctant expert on interpreting the wreckage of fatal accidents, Darwin uses science and instinct to unravel the real causes of unnatural disasters. He is very, very good at his job. His latest case promises to be his most challenging yet. A spate of seemingly random high-speed car accidents has struck the highways of southern California. Each seems to have been staged-yet the participants...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
617 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1893, Sherlock Holmes and Henry James come to America together to solve the mystery of the 1885 death of Clover Adams, wife of the esteemed historian Henry Adams--member of the Adams family that has given the United States two presidents. Clover's suicide appears to be more than it at first seemed; the suspected foul play may involve matters of national importance. Holmes is currently on his Great Hiatus--his three-year absence after Reichenbach...
6) Hardcase
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Once Joe Kurtz needed revenge--and revenge cost him eleven years in Attica prison. Now Kurtz needs a job, and the price is going to be higher. Out of prison, out of touch, Kurtz signs on with the Byron Farino, Don of a Mob family whose son Kurtz had been protecting on the inside. Farino enlists Kurtz's help to track down the Family's missing accountant--a man with too much knowledge of Family business to have on the loose.
But someone doesn't want...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
554 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
America, 2036. Powerful magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs ex-cop Nick Bottom's services, and, in particular, his memories. As head of the original investigation into the murder of Nakamura's son, Bottom's flashbacks hold the key to solving what was the toughest case of his career. But as Nick delves deeper, the harder it becomes to trust those around him. And when he uncovers a connection to his wife's death, it is not only Hiroshi Nakamura who wants...
8) Ilium
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 576 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Trojan War rages at the foot of Olympos Mons on Mars -- observed and influenced from on high by Zeus and his immortal family -- and twenty-first-century professor Thomas Hockenberry is there to play a role in the insidious private wars of vengeful gods and goddesses. On Earth, a small band of the few remaining humans pursues a lost past and devastating truth -- as four sentient machines depart from Jovian space to investigate, perhaps terminate,...
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 436 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
It's the summer of 1942, and FBI agent Joe Lucas has come to Cuba at the behest of the Director to keep an eye on Ernest Hemingway in the Caribbean. Lucas thinks of it as a demotion-a babysitting job for a famous writer who has decided to play spy, assembling a team of misfits including an American millionaire, a twelve-year-old Cuban orphan, a Spanish jai alai champion and more in a would-be espionage ring Hemingway dubs the "Crook Factory."
But...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Viewing this program is like holding a mirror up to your mind. Use it to explore five often hidden forces that shape beliefs and judgments. How we frame events influences our judgment and beliefs, and the ability to shape perceptual frames is the power to persuade."--Container.
11) Hyperion
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Del Rey trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
481 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
It is the 29th century and the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat. Invasion by the warlike Ousters looms, and the mysterious schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore bring chaos ever closer. On the eve of disaster, with the entire galaxy at war, seven pilgrims set fourth on a final voyage to the legendary Time Tombs on Hyperion, home to the Shrike, a lethal creature, part god and part killing machine, whose powers transcend the limits...
Author
Series
Publisher
Spectra/Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
517 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, the far future is resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will ever be the same.
13) Carrion comfort
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st St. Martin's Griffin ed. ; 20th Anniv. ed.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 767 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Plunging into the darkest corners of 20th-century history, Simmons weaves fact with the fantastic to reveal a secret society of beings that may--or may not--exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events.
14) Hard as nails
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
15) Endymion
Author
Series
Publisher
Gollancz
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
617 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from an android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior priest. And the Shrike. Which haunts them all..." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
709 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the...
18) Flight or fright
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson,...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like--gulp!--a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before...but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and...