In the years since the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, the Republic has continued to crumble, and the Jedi are needed to help the galactic government maintain order. As Star Wars: Episode II opens, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker have just returned from a mission on a world called Anison. This work tells the story of that mission.
When the Sith Wars were over, the Jedi thought the Sith had been destroyed. But one remained: Darth Bane, the most powerful Sith Lord ever. And now, in secret, he is setting out to build his new Sith Order, with which he intends to rule the galaxy, with his new apprentice by his side.
They're the last defenders of humanity, the lone wolf bad boys - and girls - who do dark deeds for the right reasons. Modern day knights who are sexy, funny, mad, bad and dangerous to know because they do what most of us only dream about... and get away with it.
Practical Josephine 'Jo' Burke has no patience for the paranormal - even if she's been having some strange visions lately. But if she is losing her mind, at least it would explain her new attraction to her co-worker, the least suitable man she could ever fall for.
This enchanting little hardback is an essential companion for any reader journeying through The Hobbit, perhaps in anticipation of the forthcoming films. Featuring an entertaining text and detailed gazetteer by acclaimed Tolkien author Brian Sibley, this gift edition also contains a removable fold-out poster-map of Wilderland by John Howe.
The Sith Lord, Darth Sidious, is meeting with the Neimoidian Viceroy and his seconds-in-command. But where there are three Neimoidians, there should be a fourth. Angry and suspicious that his secrets are being blabbed, Sidious sends out his apprentice, Darth Maul, to find and kill all concerned.
A farmer Borin who would spend his days tilling fields is disrupted when he stumbles across a wizard (Melchiot). Borin is deceived by the wizard Melchiot, whom set him upon his journey and is forced into submission by threat that an amulet he is forced to wear and unable to remove contains a deadly virus capable of destroying hundreds of acres.
The Brainiacs, a group of six extraordinarily gifted children, save humankind from a world-ending virus. This work presents an adventure that encourages young adults to think about such controversial issues as euthanasia, human cloning, and genetic manipulation. It is intended for ages 12+.
Monsters surround us. They're everywhere; on TV, in movies... they haunt our nightmares. But are they real? Do Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies really exist? And if so, how can we survive against them? This guide instructs you on how to be the first to catch one of these mysterious Cryptids.
No child should ever be a soldier. Jon Moore knew that better than most, having learned to fight to survive before he'd hit puberty. So when a former comrade, Alissa Lim, asks for his help in rescuing a group of children pressed into service by rebels on a planet no one cares to save, he agrees.
An influential corporate lawyer with a trunk filled with unregistered IVs of blood are discovered in the aftermath of gangland massacre. The investigation leads the Stonehaven Gang Related Task Force to Divinity Medical Center; a holistic hospital where alchemy, faith healing, and magic are practiced in conjunction with secular medicine.
Marriage has not changed Han and Leia much - they still bicker and banter with each other, but now they have something new to disagree on: whether to have children. Han wouldn't mind being a father, but Leia is terrified that whatever turned her own father into Darth Vader might be genetic, and she can't risk giving birth to a monster.
In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn.
Includes the novel Machvarius Point and four related works. This title also includes five short stories - one set in London, the rest in the author's home city of Derby - that wrestle with existential themes, joke along with Death, shuffle into the afterlife and contemplate other planes in which there may or may not be life.
A collection of stories that focus on those who will inherit a world overrun with the living dead: a young man who takes up the family business of dealing with the undead, a girl struggling with her abusive father.. .who has become a zombie, a poet who digs up the wrong grave, and a Viking maiden imprisoned with the living dead...
When Avry was growing up, Kazan was a prosperous land, rich in resources and served by a respected tribe of healers; until the plague came. Developed by the poor territories to the north and west, the terrifying disease ravaged the people of Kazan and drove Avry's family away.
In a remote city on the edge of two worlds, three far-flung friends unite on a quest to save their families. The quest, to find Sal Hrvati's father and an unknown creature, entangles Sal and his companions in a hunt for magical treasure on the floor of the Divide, a mighty crack in the earth inhabited by creatures that are not remotely human.
Rosemarie Barrows has successfully defeated an ogre uprising that threatened the lives of humans and supernaturals alike. Now she's trying to forget her lingering attraction to her handsome Fey advisor, Ambrose Minuit, and settle in to life with her new husband, Gareth, Lord Shenley.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are on a secret mission to one of the many worlds caught in the middle of the struggle between the Republic and the Separatists. A pastoral planet, Lanteeb wants only to be left alone to survive - but it is the source of what could be one of the most devastatingly destructive weapons ever.
A comprehensive boxed set of 3 volumes offering coverage from Anakin to Zuckuss (the bounty hunter) in the Star Wars galaxy. Packed with full-colour artwork and photos, it takes in various incarnations of Star Wars, from the movies, including The Clone Wars, to radio dramas, comics, novels, cartoons, short stories and video games.
Twenty years ago, a young woman on the edge of adulthood spent a wondrous season with beings out of legend. Margaret Christmas drank tea with dwarves, befriended elves, questioned reality, and discovered her own unprecedented talents. Now, a conquering horde smashes across the local universe. Dvarsh civilisation mobilises in response.
Lucas Simone, leader of the L A wolf shifter pack, has a reputation that makes most people stay far away. When Lucas is set up for murder, the last thing he expects is to receive help from a sexy stranger. Sarah King comes to Lucas when he's trapped in a jail cell, offering an alibi.
Elena and her army of outlaws and rebels have defeated the forces of evil and released the arcane secrets of the Blood Diary. But the Dark Lord has unleashed the Weirgates - black wells of perilous energy that are his greatest source of power. Elena must find and destroy the Gates.
Worlds collide and passion ignites when small-town florist Addy Corwin meets Brand, an ancient warrior and interdimensional demon hunter in pursuit of a rogue demon. After the demon marks Addy, strange things happen. Dogs talk, and reanimated corpses and supernatural creatures stalk the quiet streets of Hannah, Alabama.
Presents twelve tales. The Witch Hunter has a young girl accused of sorcery, but the man sent to condemn her is not as he seems. Baby Blues presents a dark future where family planning is controlled by the state and it is illegal to make love. In The Glass Guitar, Meg thinks a haunted guitar would be just the gift for her musician boyfriend.
Five centuries after the destruction of the Mages of Alasea, a young girl, Elena, inherits the wild powers the Mages had so carefully concealed from their pitiless enemy. She must continue their battle with her hard-won outlaw army and her own mastery of the blood magick.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker are trapped on the Separatist controlled planet Lanteeb, on the run from General Lok Durd and his droid army. After being forced to abandon their jerry-rigged groundcar they continue on foot, hunted, as they try to find a safe place to hide and regroup before escaping the planet altogether.
Imagine the world if the Allies had lost the Second World War. This book trips the switches of our minds with a vision of the world as it might have been: the African continent virtually wiped out, the Mediterranean drained to make farmland, and, the United States divided between the Japanese and the Nazis.
The explosive final volume in Ken MacLeod's far-future trilogy. Nova Babylonia is in decline. The expected alien invaders never came and the Regime has fallen. Into this corrupt city arrives an outsider whose purpose is ambiguous. But businessman or spy, he is not the only visitor.
Vlad finds himself in the last place any self-respecting assassin wants to be: the army. Worse, he's in the middle of an apocalyptic battle between two sorcerous armies, and everyone expects him to perform a role that they won't explain. Vlad may kill people for a living, but this is ridiculous.
Ninianee and Erianthee possess different magical talents. Eri can craft entertainments out of thin air, and Nini can communicate with fur-bearing animals. Erianthee is bound for Court and the attentions of suitors while Ninianee must star near Vildecaz Castle. But during the visit of Yulko Bihn, mysterious events change everyone's plans.
Six Jedi Masters, 12 Jedi Knights, and 50, 000 additional support personnel boarded an incredible starship and left on their adventure... only to disappear without a trace. This was the Jedi's first encounter with the aliens called the Chiss. This is the story of these Jedi Masters and Knights, their heroic quest, and their mysterious end.
The Jedi order has been crushed under the devious hand of Emperor Palpatine. A new order has risen, one that seeks to dominate the galaxy using the iron fist of Darth Vader. But Vader cannot control an entire galaxy alone. He has selected his own apprentice from among those gifted with Force-sensitive abilities.
A were-cheetah with a troubled past and a human with a troubled present are the only hope for a child's survival. Selfless pilot Sinclair Duval gave up two promotions, a beautiful condo, and a lover to protect her three-year-old niece from the lifestyle that destroyed the child's scheming mother, Sinclair's sister.
Standing on the cliffs of 12th century Ireland following the disappearance of his twin, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith is visited by the goddess Morrigan and is charged with the ultimate of tasks: saving his and all future worlds. His enemy - the beautiful but deadly vampire queen Lilith - has had over two thousand years' experience in cruelly killing and changing humans into her own kind - including Hoyt's brother, Cian. Now, Hoyt, a sorcerer, must travel across the world and through time to find and train the five others Morrigan has foretold will join him as a circle and do battle against Lilith's army of vampires.
Fate brings him first to Glenna Ward - a modern witch who can make her own kind of magic. Hoyt and Glenna find themselves drawn together, but is their love strong enough to survive not just the battle ahead but the centuries that separate them?
Morrigan's Cross is part of The Circle Trilogy, Nora Roberts' magical new series of paranormal romances. Other titles in this series are Dance of the Gods and Valley of Silence.
This enchanting little hardback is an essential companion for any reader journeying through The Silmarillion or The Children of Hurin. Featuring an entertaining text and detailed gazetteer by acclaimed Tolkien author Brian Sibley, this gift edition also contains a stunning fold-out poster-map of the First Age of Tolkien's Middle-earth.
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, his Padawan Asohka, and his Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, are on a mission to rescue the kidnapped son of Jabba the Hutt. But Count Dooku and the Separatists also want to rescue baby Hutt - because whoever succeeds in returning Jabba's son, will gain support of the Hutts in the war between the Republic and the Separatists.
Amber is one real world, casting infinite reflections of itself, shadow worlds, that can be manipulated by those of the royal Amberite blood. But the royal family is torn apart by jealousies and suspicion, the disappearance of the Patriach Oberon intensifying the internal conflict.
It is 2020 and a bloody reckoning is coming. Princess Adele is heir to the Empire of Equatoria, a remnant of the old tropical British Empire. She is eager for an adventure before she settles into a life of duty and political marriage to a man she does not know. But her quest turns black when she becomes the target of a merciless vampire clan.
A Star Wars novel that features a younger Han, Leia, Luke, and also Mara Jade. Mara Jade is hoping to find evidence that a governor might be funding the Rebellion. Luke, Han and Chewbacca are on a mission to help rebel supporters. Leia is busy being a diplomat. Their paths crisscross as they come closer and closer to meeting up with one another.
The third book in the trilogy in New Jedi Order series. With the Jedi Order splintered by conflicts of conscience, and a war erupting between the Killiks and Chiss that could spread across the entire galaxy, Luke Skywalker takes charge. His plan will play all sides against each other and carry those closest to him deep into hostile territory.
Before the arrival of homo sapiens, five Patron Lines were established to govern the creation and interaction of species. Over time the Lines and the Galactic Library have been corrupted. But a human expedition to the sun begins to uncover hidden secrets. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula award.
Delving into a world where the living dead really do walk the earth, this title turns the myth of zombies into a frightening - and hilarious - reality. It suggests that the future human race integrate themselves with zombies, simply accepting the inevitable loss of life in the long run.
The Shadow Guardians: a vampire, a werewolf, a demon, a dragon and a fae are united in brotherhood - and war. Shadow Guardian Kenrick is an alpha werewolf forever in his prime. When Sybil, a beautiful apprentice witch, unknowingly opens a realm to the Otherworld, there is a sudden influx of demons - and it's up to Kenrick to help her stop them.
Hybrid demon Zane Wynter specializes in tracking the most lethal criminals, whether human or Other. But Jana Carter is nothing like his previous targets. She's an Ignitor, able to conjure and control fire. She's also sexy beyond belief - and used to playing dirty... Jana knows she's being set up. She even knows who's responsible.
Cassandra is an experimental design - more intelligent and more creative than any that have preceded her. But with her intellect come questions, and a moral awakening. This work follows the adventures of Cassandra Kresnov, an artificial person, or android, created by the League, one side of an interstellar war against the conservative Federation.
Thousands of years two Sith ships were sabotaged, resulting in the crash of one on a distant, isolated planet, and the loss of the other in a hyperspace anomaly. The survivors of the crashed ship evolved into the Lost Tribe of Sith. But the other ship was lost in a kind of time warp, finally exiting hyperspace far, far in the future.
The second book in a trilogy in Mew Jedi Order series. Despite being given new worlds to populate, the insectoid Killiks have not found peace. An unknowable enemy has been attacking the new nests - and the Killicks hold the jedi responsible. Travelling back to the Unknown Regions, the Skywalkers and Solos discover an even more terrifying evil.
Kotana, Tohoj, Enoh and Sahinou make up the world of Moonpek. Peace has lasted for 16 years, but unlike war, hatred never dies. Scores will be settled, new threats will emerge, and a young fox's idea of life will be shattered by; attempted assassinations, powerful revelations and the love of a beautiful woman.
A militia of ghostly hunters is employed by the mysterious Ministry of the Wraith to find and destroy 'sleepers' - evil, violent creatures from an invisible world. Bishop Kane, one of the vigilante wraiths, is sent on a mission to the small Alaska town where he was killed nearly 30 years ago. His prey is the wife of the of the town sheriff.
Assistant DA Erin Jerome has a secret. Make that two. One: She's not entirely human - she's Other, desperately trying to keep her supernatural strength under wraps. Two: she's got a killer stalking her - an Other rogue set on gifting her bloody corpses, not to mention nights lying awake in terror. Small wonder she's been having bad luck with men.
Tells the story of the Death Star, from the start of its construction to its final destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance. This book is suitable for Star Wars fans - not just the core fans who read everything the so-called 'expanded universe' has to offer, but also all those who loved the original movies.
Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine are targeted for assassination by rogue Imperial officers; Princess Leia gets her first taste of war and the sacrifices the coming rebellion will require; Vader, after surviving the destruction of the Death Star, must fight to become the leader of a pack of savage beasts; and many other stories.
Kit Milner is caught up in a world of dreams and nightmares, trapping him in a sequence of breathtaking exploits. Kit grapples with human and inhuman deception and the guiles of a beautiful woman as he fights the burgeoning horror of the Powers of Darknes
Jay, the orphan boy, doesn't want to hurt anyone. He tries so hard not to. Yet he has a frightening secret hidden under the ancient ruin. Nurse Laura Parris is determined to protect the children in her care. After Laura meets Victor Brodman, a widower, sh
A man lies in a coma, his body broken, his memory vanished. He finds himself in the surreal world of the bridge - a world free of the usual constraints of time and space, a world where dream and fantasy, past and future, fuse. The author's previous novels
With the New Alliance firmly established, Princess Leia Organa has taken a strong leading role in government, but even now safety and security are not assured. As Luke Skywalker and Han Solo take advantage of the stability of the new order, Leia's and Han's children are kidnapped.
Keeborns are the Guardian Sect of what was once an ideal Kee Nation, but impending destruction of their beautiful world forces the Keeborns to flee to Doroon, their new home planet. As Racton Wilcurt ('Race') walks though the perpetual green forest of Doroon, he discovers a Keeborn Cat (named 'Satin') caught in the jaws of a colonist's steep trap.
When professor Peyton Cache bought a big, gloomy, romantic Victorian house, he should have expected a ghost. He certainly got one, the kind that likes to float his undies around and drop slime in the stairwell for fun. But the professor can't let the rest of the faculty know he's lost his mind, so he hires a ghost hunter on the down-low.
When civilization needs someone to run generating stations three kilometres below the surface of the Pacific, it seeks out a special sort of person for its Rifters program. It recruits those whose histories have pre-adapted them to dangerous environments, people used to broken bodies and chronic stress.
Deep in the corner of this graveyard lies the cause of such unrest, Jack Carey, christened 'Black Jack' by those who knew him in life. Death has not stopped his tormenting. His evil moves through the soil like a tentacle, tainting everything it touches, spreading misery and unrest. It moves over the bones of the dead.
Her father named her Bright Sea Bird, but that was before she met Demetri Vasile and was introduced to the pleasures and pains of the Kingdom of Shadows. Now hiding in plain sight, her name is Khalida Raven. On tour with Sinister Sisters, Khalida and the vampire Lincoln J Daynes will have to rely on their charm, wit, and seductive abilities.
Hellboy is called to Amalfi, Italy, by Franca, a young member of the Esposito family. Hellboy unearths the shriveled corpse of a demon hunter who was buried during the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, and it tells him of the fire-demon that escaped the grip of the volcano leading to that devastating eruption.
For the Vampire community, the Solstice Choosing has been the holiest night of the year - for a hundred thousand years. But this year, something new is about to happen. The oldest prophecies are about to be fulfilled - and the Festival of Blessings is finally upon us.
On the day Tancredi was born, scientists discovered a new star. They called it Surprise. They should have called it Armageddon. James Palumbo's brutal satire on the philosophy of short-termism is reminiscent of THE LITTLE PRINCE. Shocking and profound, it is undercut with the dark humour that made TOMAS so scandalous and successful.
Ruling from the island of Acacia, the emperor of the Known World has inherited an apparent peace and prosperity won by his ancestors generations ago. He's an intelligent man, a widower who dotes on his four children and it is this devotion that obliges him to hide a terrible secret from them.
Cassandra Kresnov is a highly advanced hunter-killer android. She has escaped the League and fled to Callay, a member of the Federation. This is a story with a cracking plot and strong characters. At its heart is the enigma of Cassandra: Is she more human than human, or is she totally untrustworthy?
Twenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force. Following the tragedy, their father set out to teach the boys everything about the paranormal evil - and how to kill it. This work contains descriptions of more than two-dozen otherworldly enemies, from vampires, to ghosts, revenants and reapers.
The rightful High Druid of Shannara has been banished to the harsh world called the Forbidding by a treasonous fellow druid. Her only hope for rescue is her nephew Pen - but Pen is under siege as well. Both he and his parents are sought by the druids, who want to make sure their magic will never help the real leader to return.
Be careful what you wish for. Young men in search of adventure... explorers driven to investigate the ends of the earth... a girl trying to find the perfect hiding place... a curiosity-seeker drawn to an abandoned amusement park. All of them are looking for something - and unfortunately, they usually find it.
In this fifth book of The Wheel of Time, legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. The Chosen are free and already planning the Great Day of Return, when the Dark One will walk the Earth again.
Deirdre Griffin didn't choose to be a vampire. But she is. And she's determined to make the most of her fate. For Deirdre that means surrendering to the raging hunger ignited by even the slightest whiff of blood - a hunger that pulses through her body like a fever, demanding release.
Greetings, adventurer! We lay before you this most comprehensive gazetteer encompassing all the streets of Ankh-Morpork, as well as information on its principal businesses, hotels, taverns, inns, and places of entertainment and refreshment, enhanced by th
An enormous tidal wave on the west coast of North America has just killed millions. Lenie Clarke, in a black wetsuit, walks out of the ocean onto a Pacific Northwest beach filled with the oppressed and drugged homeless of the Asian world, who have gotten only this far in their attempt to reach America. Is she a monster or a goddess?
By the author of The Wasp Factory and Walking on Glass, this book is set in Japan and on the Panama Canal. It concerns a world famous Japanese cellist, who refuses to fly, and as a result finds herself involved in the ominous realm of global realpolitik.
Led by an adult John Conner, the Resistance has battled its way to the gates of Skynet's Colorado stronghold. The loss of life along the journey had been great, but humanity at last has an opportunity to destroy the super-computer that's long sought to exterminate all life on the planet.
Alongside its golden wheat fields and shimmering northern lakes, Saskatchewan holds a rich folkloric collection of ghost stories; until now, no one has paid much atention to these tales. This title showcases Saskatchewan's most intriguing ghost stories: accounts of misty apparitions, unexplained noises, violent poltergeists.
Alex and Susan Wendt are the perfect couple in search of the perfect Brooklyn brownstone - and the house at 56 Cranberry Street is too good to pass up. Sure, the landlady seems a little eccentric. And the creepy handyman drops too many strange remarks about the previous tenants.
Luke and Ben Skywalker continue on their quest to learn the ways of non-Jedi Force-users and to try to understand just what went wrong with Jacen Solo that caused him to become a Sith. In the meantime, Han, Leia, and Jaina Solo - along with Jag Fel and the other Jedi - try to deal with the escalating problem of Jedi Knights seemingly going insane.
Luke and Ben Skywalker arrive in the mysterious part of space called The Maw in search of more clues as to what caused Jacen Solo's downfall into the dark side. But they are not the only ones exploring The Maw: a Sith Master and her apprentice arrive there, too, having followed the delinquent ancient Sith ship.
Corina Lairsey has just clawed her way free from one controlling relationship when she finds herself in another - only this guy, Aleximor, has really gotten under her skin. Literally. A 400-year-old sorcerer who gathers the drowned dead off the ocean's floor for the King of the Seaborn, he's inside her head and is wearing her body like a wetsuit.
The world as mortal kind knows it stands to fall and the age of humans is about to end. Extinction is only moments away. Two heroes rise to challenge the Adversary. For the sake of the Multiverse, humanity, every other living creature and for the pure lif
The Malwa empire lies across sixth century India. The people who command its bureaucracy and armies are cruel, ruthless men with depraved appetites which their power permits them to indulge in, but the thing that commands them from the future is worse.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. And Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe.
Rhianna Lancaster has always been 'different' - and not in that quirky, small-town Texas way. Nope, Ria's unique qualities are downright bizarre, which is why she tries to keep them to herself, thank you very much. So maybe she should be glad when, out for a run, she encounters a guy even weirder than she is - not to mention naked.
Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who survived the slaughter of Order 66. Now he ekes out a living as a private investigator in the bowels of Coruscant, trying to help people in need while avoiding revealing himself as a Jedi to those who are still ready to kill any Jedi who remain alive - and especially Darth Vader.
If you ask Killian O'Brien, Hell gets a bad rap. True, he's a demon, so he's bound to be a little biased. But he's got great job security, all the women he can handle, and free reign to do exactly as he likes. Or he did, until teenager Daisy Reed and her two friends summoned him to find Daisy's unsuspecting older sister, Poppy, a boyfriend.
The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. The Rix are machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary size. They seek to end the Emperor's prolonged rule, and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty.
Gryffyth Pendragon has done his bit for the war effort when he comes back to sleepy Brytewood from the battlefront at Trondheim. It cost him a leg, and his chance to use his dragon's strength against the Nazis - or so he thinks. Until he finds out that his little village is facing a plague of vampire spies set on delivering it to the Third Reich.
Here they come, and they're out for blood! For too long have hot-blooded babes in brass bras and chain link bikinis been held up to scorn as the embodiment of male fantasy. You think their swords won't cut, their clubs won't crush? You think they look cute? It's time to take sword-swinging amazons more seriously!
The Tailor never travelled further than Scotland, yet the breadth of the world could not contains the wealth of his humour and fantasy. All human life is here - marriages, inquests, matchmaking, wakes - and always the Tailor, his wife and their black cow.
Spans the creation of Avalon itself, right up to the birth of King Arthur. This novel presented through the successive lives of its three powerful priestesses: Caillean; Dierna; and finally Viviane, high priestess of Avalon and Lady of the Lake who safeguards the Grail.
When police officer Sarah Petit investigates a disturbance in an abandoned building, she expects to find a few underage drinkers. Instead, she's attacked by creatures straight out of a horror movie. Waking a week later in a hospital, Sarah is visited by Special Forces soldier Captain Xavier Beauvoir.
After Armagedden came a Renaissance - or was it a false rebirth? The world of the past eventually died in the conflagration toward which it had been doggedly heading. A more fragmented and diversified order has emerged from the ruins and technology has reappeared to a greater or lesser degree in some places and not at all in others.
This is a collection of ghost stories based on a mixture of local history and folklore. The stories are from past and present. Some, such as The Hauntings of Glamis Castle or The Tale of Major Weir are well known, while others are less familiar, such
Stranded on Tatooine with a broken-down hyperdrive, Dash Rendar and crew - his Nautolan copilot, Eaden Vrill, and a droid named Leebo - have to find a way to raise credits. It comes in the lovely form of Javul Charn, a multi-talented human holostar being stalked by an over-zealous fan.