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There were four of them. Three were bipeds of various hues, but with subtle differences which indicated strikingly dissimilar origins. The fourth was smooth, pale, egg-shaped with two eyestalks. They had come across thousands of light years to the primitive planet Lankor to collect the glowing, blood-red crystals so valuable to galactic civilization.

But Lankor was a heavy-gravity planet they could never set foot on. The crystals were closely guarded—so to gather the crystals for them, they needed the strongest and smartest man on Lankor.

Thuron the barbarian was the strongest, but hardly the smartest. Garr was the smartest, but he was hardly the strongest—and he was certainly not a man. Gaar was one of the despised cat-people. Together Thuron and Gaar would be the greatest fighting team Lankor had ever seen—conquerors of the planet and masters of the crystals. But first they had to be brought together—and learn not to despise each other!

Take a pinch of Conan, a dash of Middle Earth, and a generous helping of Larry Maddock's comic imagination—and your result will be what Hugo and Nebula winner Donald A. Wollheim rightly called "A terrific science fiction adventure!" by the writer whose work Analog hailed as "Lively fun!"

An enthralling science fantasy novel by the author of the now-classic Agent of T.E.R.R.A. series.

If There Were No Hannibal Fortune...

EMPIRE, the evil force of time-criminals, never interfered with history unless they had a good reason—and this time, their reason was the most devious of all. EMPIRE was altering Earth's timeline, making Rome lose the Second Punic War...all because this tampering was certain to lure T.E.R.R.A.'s top agent, Hannibal Fortune.

And EMPIRE wanted Hannibal Fortune, wanted him dead. So they trapped him in otherwhen, in a time period he'd already been in, thus violating the deadly Rule of Doubletime: no man can exist twice in the same moment.

It meant that Hannibal Fortune would simply not exist at all.

Don't miss this classic time travel adventure first published in 1970. Here is what Analog - Science Fact & Fiction said when it first came out:

"The is the fourth—and by far the best—of the 'Agent of T.E.R.R.A.' time-agent series. T.E.R.R.A. (Temporal Entropy Restructure and Repair Agency) is dedicated to keeping the time threads untangled when others try to remake the past and future to their own advantage.

"This time something is going wrong in the war between Carthage and Rome. The victors are becoming the vanquished—so Hannibal Fortune and his symbiotic buddy Webley are sent back to 203 B.C. to find out what is happening and see that it is fixed before the history of Planet Earth—Galactic Federation No. 38—runs wild. He does, he finds the baddies on the scene trying to make Rome lose, and he is suckered into violating some of the basics of time travel, in particular the Rule of Doubletime—no man can exist twice at the same time.

"One of the best time-travel adventures in a long time."

Three of the Most Acclaimed, Most Filmed SF Novels of All Time in One Ebook!

Here are three of the greatest novels of the legendary science fiction master, H. G. Wells in one eBook: The Invisible Man; The War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Moreau.

The Invisible Man dreams of power and wealth from his secret ability, but finds only difficulty and danger. The War of the Worlds brings Earth to its knees, prey of all conquering aliens who can kill anything—except hope. The Island of Dr. Moreau shows one man how close the animal is to the human—and how close the human is to the animal.

All three sf classics complete and unabridged—over 1,800 pages in hardcover.

Cover Frank R. Paul circa 1927

Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, said he'd "wait in line in the rain for one of Stu Byrne's stories." But you don't have to stand in line in the rain to read them! Read all of this legendary 1950s sf author's stories in this first-ever collection brought to you exclusively by Futures Past Editions. These sf classics have never reprinted and were all but unobtainable for fifty years. Drawn from pages of magazines whose very titles evoke sf's golden age (Other Worlds, Imagination, Amazing, Science Stories, etc.), these are true "sense-of-wonder" epics that will hold you fascinated and provoke you to think.

With his unique blend of adventure, romance, hard science and metaphysics, Byrne was one of the greatest, and most readable, sf writers of his age. Now you can read lost classics like "A Space Ship Named Desire," in which a spaceman begins to wonder if the soul of his dead wife might have begun to haunt his ship; the powerful off-world love story, "Beware the Star Gods"; the haunting novelette of a harsh dictator's strange encounter with fate, "The Bridge"; the hilarious spoof of alien invasions, "Gsrthnxrpqrpf" and others.

Plus, as a special bonus, you will find the first ever publication of three stories with themes so hot they were rejected as too controversial by sf editors of the time! "The Man who Challenged God" is about exactly that, while "The Ghost of Future-Past" may be the most metaphysical sf story every written; discover for yourself the then-taboo "A Star Fell on Okajuma."

This first-ever edition of The Music of the Spheres contains a special introduction by the author, as well as introductions to the individual stories. Decide for yourself if Gene Roddenberry was right! After reading this collection, maybe you'll find yourself willing to stand in line in the rain just to read another book by Stuart J. Byrne.

The Best of Joe Vadalma!

A Box on the Seashore collects stories personally chosen by the author of over forty novels and many short stories in the fantasy, science fiction and paranormal fiction genres. The stories in this anthology are "my own personal favorites", he tells us. These 14 selections include the title story, plus:

A Mind Odyssey
The Sands of Time
Immortal Homecoming
Psychic Pop-Up
The Adventures of Prince Woden and Knight Noise
Count Poperazi
Mordrake's Apprentice
Shadow in the Sky
Paddy's New Girl Friend
Kumiko
Gloomy Sunday
Subway Seductress
One Strange Night in a Graveyard

Joe Vadalma's stories and novels are "a great read," raves Scifi Guy, "[they have] everything, interesting characters, high fantasy, gothic suspense, hi-tech. A mixture of the modern with the medieval. ...real page turners."

The Award-Winning SF Saga!

Voted "best work of original fiction" by the readers of Startling Science Stories! Get set for pulse-pounding action! Scout tells the story of about a young man, Miguel Santana, who lives in a United States that has been devastated by biological and chemical warfare. It is a dangerous continent, one filled with mutated soldiers, cannibalistic hordes, and flesh-eating insects. As Santana fights to survive in this bizarre new environment, he joins forces with two other survivalists: There is Zozobra, a modern-day combination of Army Ranger and Marine Green Beret, who saves Santana's life after he is bitten by a disease-infested cannibal. And there is Thin Lizzy, a motorcycle-driving, rifle-toting girl who has been at war with a throng of cannibals who have established a foothold in White Rock, New Mexico.

As Santana soon learns from Zozobra, there is a new hazard facing an already weakened America. Certain forces within the fledgling US government intend to secure and then detonate a biological weapon, thereby starting another conflict with the Middle Eastern alliance that almost destroyed the US during the first confrontation. At first Santana and Lizzy support Zozobra's plan to stop these forces, but as they battle the Scout's adversary, a shadowy sniper known only as the Tracker, the duo begin to question Zozobra's motives. Is Zozobra attempting to stop a new world war or is he pushing forward a personal agenda of revenge and murder?

Filled with rich detail that paints vivid images of the Southwestern landscape, provides accurate descriptions of conventional and advanced weapons and munitions, and unfolds exciting accounts of long and close-range combat, Scout presents a plausible vision of a future America filled with those willing to exploit it and a public whose single, simple goal is to survive. The action never stops.

Octavio Ramos Jr. works as a technical writer-editor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, the home of the world's first atomic weapon. He has published several books (such as Cerro Grande: Canyons of Fire, Spirit of Community and Raising Cane: Introductory Techniques), a short story collection (Smoke Signals), and a chapbook ("Folio of Edicts"). In addition, he has more than 200 publications in magazines, such as Sounds of Death Magazine, Pit Magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum, Glyph, Fighting Chance, Weird Times, The Zone, Double Danger Tales, Sepulchre, Bizarre Bazaar, Starfleet Mysteries, The Silver Web, Black Lotus, Best of the Midwest, Project Mars, Showcase, The Police Marksman, and Sheriff Times. He lives in White Rock with his wife, Christine, and their two children.

The Saga of a Classic SF Heroine Concludes!

Gerry Carlyle, the Interplanetary Huntress who brought 'em back alive from the jungles of Mars, Venus, and the moons of Jupiter in the golden days of the science fiction pulps, returns for a final outing, up against the most dangerous challenge in the nine planets!

When the sexist Professor Erasmus Kurtt insultingly challenges her to prove she's the "better man" in a race to Saturn and back to capture the planet's deadliest lifeform, Gerry's blood boils—and it's off for Saturn with her fiancee, Tommy Strike, at the helm of her atom-powered rocketship, The Ark.

But Erasmus Kurtt is no professor; he's a ruthless schemer with a secret plan of his own. Soon, the Interplanetary Huntress soon finds herself marooned on Saturn, her ship sabotaged, while she must lead her crew into barehanded battle against the sharp-clawed, ten-foot Dermaphos, the eight-legged Kite, and the superdeadly Gora.

Treachery, secrets, a friendly alien race, and a last-minute battle against monsters that test Gerry Carlyle's knowledge and skills to the limit show why Galaxy Science Fiction said, "This will take you back to the good old days of S-F. The heyday of Gerry Carlyle, the fabulously gorgeous interplanetary hunter ... sizzling stuff ... surprisingly readable. If you like a huge collection of assorted BEMs and well-thought-out gimmicks in tight situations, you will assuredly go for this."

Out of print for over fifty years, The Interplanetary Huntress' Last Case is the third and final volume in the Futures Past Editions republication of the adventures of the fabulous Gerry Carlyle. If you haven't read them yet, see the "Related Products" tab for Volumes 1 and 2!

The Interplanetary Huntress returns for more of the unique blend of action, humor and romance that made Femme Fatales, a website devoted to "pulp's crime-fighting heroines," proclaims her "an adventuress of the first water."

Here is more of the interplanetary "bring-'em-back-alive" gal, Gerry Carlyle, science fiction's first heroine. First, she's off to the moon to rescue a colony from certain death when the heat, oxygen and gravity fail due to the chilling menace of the energy-eaters.

But Luna is only the launching pad for her real adventure, a rocket voyage around the sun for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rendezvous with Almussen's comet—where she comes face-to-face with the "seven sleepers"—a dangerous alien lifeform within the comet! When danger calls, when the odds are long, when men are helpless—that's when the icy-eyed Gerry Carlyle arrives on the scene. (And you can be sure her carefree, sardonic co-pilot, Tommy Strike, the man she loves to hate and hates to love, won't be far behind!)

Return to the thrilling futures of yesteryear, before computers were invented, before spaceflight grew tame, when women and men rocketed from planet to planet in search of—and finding—high adventure and a life that challenged them to be the most they could be. As Galaxy Science Fiction put it: "This will take you back to the good old days of S-F—the days of monsters and gimmicks.... The heyday of Gerry Carlyle, the fabulously gorgeous interplanetary hunter—sizzling stuff—surprisingly readable. If you like a huge collection of assorted BEMs and well-thought-out gimmicks in tight situations, you will assuredly go for this."

The second in a three-volume edition. See the "Related Products" tab for Volumes 1 and 3!