<div>A musician is transported into a land of magic&mdash;from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek Into Darkness. Jonathan Thomas Meriweather is a typical college student, interested in girls, music, and an occasional taste of reefer. But when a journey through an interdimensional portal lands him in a world of talking animals and ominous sorcery, he finds he is on a very different trip indeed. Here, when he plays a strange instrument called a duar, peculiar things happen: powerful magic that may be the only way to stop a dark force that threatens his new world&mdash;and his old one. Reluctantly, he finds himself teaming up with a semi-senile turtle wizard; a thieving, backstabbing otter; and a bewildered Marxist dragon to rally an army for the war about to come.Spellsinger, the first in Alan Dean Foster&rsquo;s eight-book Spellsinger series, introduces a world of magic and mayhem, where animals are people and plunging ahead no matter what the consequences may be the only way to survive.</div>

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Spellsinger

<div>Demonic spirit-beings are stealing into our world in this fantasy adventure from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy. Earth is being invaded by the shetani&mdash;-spirit creatures so small and stealthy that only one man knows about the increasing peril. The potential savior is an African elder named Olkeloki who is capable of fighting evil both in this world and the spirit one. But to be successful he must recruit the help of two others: government agent Joshua Oak and a feisty young woman named Merry Sharrow. Only the three of them can keep the shetani from destroying reality as we know it. </div>

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Into the Out Of

<div>Aliens in the mirror are closer than they appear. The #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Relic takes readers on an out-of-this-world road trip. The Sonderberg family does not know it yet, but this is not going to be any ordinary road trip. After they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend, in a desperate attempt to save the world they love.</div>

To the Vanishing Point

<div>A notorious criminal pursues peace&mdash;and power&mdash;with alien enemies in this sci-fi novel from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The Damned Trilogy. No one knows the true motives of Kees vaan Loo-Macklin. He&rsquo;s a mastermind criminal who gave up his place at the head of the dark underworld to become a legitimate member of Evenwaith&rsquo;s cities. But soon he was reaching out to powerful enemies&mdash;-the slimy aliens called the Nuel. Loo-Macklin negotiates an illusory peace agreement and gains precious alien secrets in the process. Is he after peace, power or pure evil? With enemy starships beginning to amass, we won&rsquo;t have to wait long to find out. </div>

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The Man Who Used the Universe

<div>Another tale of talking animals and misdirected magic in the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author&rsquo;s whimsical series: &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn&rdquo; (Starlog). Jon-Tom has been trapped in a strange land of talking owls and wizarding turtles for a year now, his sole consolation that in this universe his musical abilities have inadvertently made him something of a sorcerer. But when an encounter with some burglars leads to him snapping the magical duar that channels his power, he finds himself an ordinary human again&mdash;on a quest to repair his instrument with nothing but his staff and his semi-faithful, ever-complaining otter sidekick to defend him. The journey takes them to the ends of the earth&mdash;and beyond. On the run from some half-wit pirates, they dart into a cave and find themselves in San Antonio, the shortcut to home that Jon-Tom has long dreamed about. But Texas wants nothing to do with this long-haired wizard, or the unpleasant creatures who are tracking him.</div>

The Time of the Transference

<div>An adrenaline-fueled travel memoir of life in the wild among the planet&rsquo;s most ferocious and fascinating predators.Over the last forty years, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has journeyed around the globe to encounter nature&rsquo;s most fearsome creatures. His travels have taken him into the heart of the Amazon rain forest on the trail of deadly tangarana ants, on an elephant ride across the sweeping green plains of central India in search of the elusive Bengal tiger, and into the waters of the Australian coast to come face-to-face with great white sharks. Packed with pulse-pounding adventure and spiked with rapier wit, Predators I Have Known is a thrilling look at life and death in the wild.</div>

Predators I Have Known

<div>A middle-aged, out-of-shape spellsinger yearns for one last great adventure, in this rollicking fantasy by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Jon-Tom and Mudge are bored.Their adventuring days long behind them, the spellsinger and his once-thieving otter sidekick have settled into a life of tepid domesticity, and they are sick of it. They hunger for an old-fashioned adventure, but there are no more great evils to combat. And so they decide to follow the music. Literally. A drifting cloud of lost chords has taken to floating around Jon-Tom, and following it puts them on the trail of an evil that terrifies the spellsinger. Something is stealing music. Finding out who, and why, is responsible for the silencing of the instruments will put Jon-Tom and Mudge into great peril, at the hands of a selfish elephant, a greedy black bear, and a whirlpool with a filthy sense of humor. Seeking adventure, they&rsquo;ve stumbled into one turn that may turn out to be their last.</div>

Chorus Skating

<div>Hoping to duplicate the adventurous yarns of their parents, the children of spellsinger Jon-Tom and his otter sidekick Mudge set out on a perilous quest of their ownDecades have passed since college student Jon-Tom Meriweather was first marooned in a strange land of magic, and over the years he has married, raised a son, and honed his voice so that the effects of his spellsinging&mdash;whereby he calls up magic with song&mdash;are almost predictable. His son&rsquo;s voice is another matter. Buncan wants to follow in his father&rsquo;s adventurous footsteps, but his every chord brings more discord, and there seem to be no good quests to be had. When one falls in his lap&mdash;investigating something called the Grand Veritable, whose very name is enough to send wizened wizards hiding under their covers&mdash;he seeks the help of two of his friends, children of Jon-Tom&rsquo;s old otter sidekick Mudge, whose voices are as pure as Buncan&rsquo;s is muddy. The determined trio runs away from home, ready to pit their teenage talents against a very adult danger. </div>

Son of Spellsinger

<div>To save his wizard mentor, a spellsinger&mdash;and his otter sidekick&mdash;must cross time and space, in this novel by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Jon-Tom and his friends have seen better days. After his motley crew moved heaven and Earth to save civilization at the battle of Jo-Troom Gate, his merry band went its separate ways. Mudge, the foul-mouthed otter, eagerly returned to thieving, drinking, and whoring, while Talea, the girl of Jon-Tom&rsquo;s dreams, embarked on her own adventures, leaving him to study magic with Clothahump, the irascible wizard whose inept spell trapped him in this weird otherworld in the first place. But now Clothahump is dying, and not even Jon-Tom&rsquo;s spellsinging can make him well. In search of medicine for the centuries-old turtle, he and Mudge venture across the seas on a dubious quest that will require the assistance of an Amazonian white tiger, a ferret, and a gender-challenged unicorn. They&rsquo;re going to need all the help they can get.</div>

The Day of the Dissonance

<div>Marooned in another universe, a musician leads a motley army to save two worlds, in an entertaining tale by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Jon-Tom just wanted to go home. Trapped in a world where animals speak and magic is real, the American college student yearned for an ordinary dorm-room life. But here his music has magical power&mdash;even if he can&rsquo;t control it&mdash;which may be able to save the world from the army of the Plated Folk, whose sinister queen plans on killing and eating every warm-blooded mammal she can get her pincers on and taking over their lands. The great battle is coming, and Jon-Tom, whose posse includes a wizarding turtle, a cowardly bat, and an otter with a filthy mind, must raise an army to fight it. To find allies they must make an impossible journey, across mountains and rivers no one has ever passed before. Survival will be a miracle&mdash;but Jon-Tom is no ordinary musician.</div>

The Hour of the Gate

<div>A trapped cosmic creature may drive the whole world mad&mdash;unless the spellsinger can set it free: &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn&rdquo; (Starlog). It&rsquo;s an ordinary day in the Bellwoods, save for the fact that Jon-Tom the spellsinger has awoken as a six-foot blue crab. He soon reverts to normal&mdash;as normal as a college student trapped in a world of magic and talking animals can be, anyway&mdash;but the bizarre changes keep happening, affecting not just him but the whole of this strange world. His wizardly mentor suspects these are the effects of the perambulator, a cosmic being whose presence distorts reality. One has been imprisoned in the mountains, and unless they free it, it will rip the world to shreds one insane illusion at a time.So Jon-Tom sets out, backed by the wizard, a boozehound owl, a gutter-minded otter, and a warrior koala with a taste for leather. Saving the world will be a cinch, as long as they don&rsquo;t lose their minds along the way.</div>

The Paths of the Perambulator

<div>The spellsinger Jon-Tom faces off against a malignant magic&mdash;from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Relic. Far to the south of the peaceful Bellwoods, where Jon-Tom the spellsinger continues trying to master the art of turning music into magic, a sinister force has awakened: a magician with great ambition and unheard-of power. He summons lightning to do his bidding, commands an army of faceless flying demons, and claims to come from another world&mdash;one Jon-Tom suspects might be his own. If he can somehow reason with the unknown magician, perhaps they can combine their talents and find a way to go home together. Wary of this new wickedness, Jon-Tom&rsquo;s suspicious mentor sends the spellsinger and his companions on a journey to the southlands, assuring him that the land they are to visit is &ldquo;tropical, friendly, and largely uninhabited.&rdquo; As Jon-Tom learns all too often, in this mysterious world much will be proven catastrophically wrong.</div>

The Moment of the Magician

<div>Three novels from a New York Times&ndash;bestselling author: an exhilarating adventure that follows a group of human castaways stranded on an icy alien planet. Icy, desolate, and sharply carved by hurricane-force winds, Tran-ky-ky is a terrible place to crash-land. But a botched kidnapping aboard the interstellar transport Antares sends Ethan Frome Fortune and a handful of his fellow travelers tumbling toward the stormy planet. Stranded and cut off from civilization, the castaways struggle to survive. In this page-turning trilogy, Fortune confronts vicious predators (even the plants want to make a meal of him) and forges an alliance with a native Tran. As he searches for a way off Tran-ky-ky, he helps the Tran gain admission to the Humanx Commonwealth and learns about their troubled history. Just as Fortune accepts that he&rsquo;ll never escape the harsh planet and acclimates to its relentless winter, he learns that scientists have detected rising temperatures in the atmosphere. This sinister change leads Fortune to a thrilling and unexpected final adventure.</div>

The Icerigger Trilogy

<div>A jungle planet must defend against exploitative aliens in this novel by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. From the rich imagination of science fiction great Alan Dean Foster comes the story of Midworld, a Humanx Commonwealth planet that&rsquo;s equally fragile and hostile. Covered by a lush rainforest, Midworld is home to a primitive society that lives in harmony with the natural world. But the arrival of an exploitative human company, whose workers know nothing of Midworld&rsquo;s delicate ecosystem, sparks a conflict. Should Midworld&rsquo;s villagers aid the humans or stand against them? The hero of Foster&rsquo;s addictive page-turner, Born, decides to lead two humans across the perilous jungle. His choice propels Midworld toward annihilation&mdash;and leads him headlong into a battle for survival.</div>

Midworld

<div>Rabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind&rsquo;s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure The Quozl just need somewhere to call home. A gentle race of extraterrestrial rabbits, they have a propensity for reproduction that has left their home planet, Quozlene, dangerously overpopulated, and in their search for greener and less-crowded pastures, they have discovered the perfect place to start over: the third planet away from a healthy, warming sun. What they don&rsquo;t realize is that this world they call Shiraz is already inhabited by a species of violent sentient creatures known as humans. But there&rsquo;s no going back now. In the midst of the brutal and helpfully distracting global conflict the Shirazians call World War II, the colony ship lands undetected, and the space rabbits immediately go into hiding. But a secret like the Quozl can be concealed for only so long, especially when their numbers start to increase and certain rebellious members of the long-eared society decide the time is ripe to claim their place in a world they believe is rightfully theirs. One of the most admired and prolific authors in the science fiction arena, Alan Dean Foster will delight readers who hunger for something different with this funny, thoughtful, and wildly inventive novel of first contact and coexistence. Once you meet the Quozl, you will never forget them. </div>

Quozl

<div>A decidedly non-Ordinary family (and their talking cat) must embark on a magical mission in this tale from New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. For any normal teenage boy, having two and a half younger sisters would be enough to deal with. But Simwan Deavy&rsquo;s life isn&rsquo;t normal. His family is non-Ord&mdash;short for &ldquo;non-Ordinary&rdquo;&mdash;which means that at school, he and his sisters learn hexing and enchanting along with history and math. It also means they have a ghost for an uncle and a cat who talks. Still, everything is going well for Simwan&mdash;until a bottle of Truth is stolen from the local pharmacy. Now the Deavys&rsquo; favorite woods are under threat from development; their mother, whose life depends on the Truth, is growing weaker; and the world as they know it might never be the same. With the help of their cat, Pithfwid, the Deavys track the loathsome, horrible Crub to his lair in New York City. But the Crub has laid traps, turning a dangerous city into a deadly one. To succeed at their mission, the Deavys will have to stick together&mdash;or the Truth may be lost forever.</div>

The Deavys

<div>A sweeping historical novel set in nineteenth-century New Zealand from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. The only son of a poor British coal miner, Robert Coffin sets sail for the far ends of the Earth in search of his fortune, leaving his young bride and infant child behind in England. In the sordid and dangerous South Pacific port of Kororareka, on the sprawling island the native Maori call &ldquo;the Land of the Long White Cloud,&rdquo; Coffin builds a successful new life as a merchant. He gains an unwavering respect for the aboriginal people and their culture, and finds comfort in the arms of his fiery Irish mistress, Mary. But the unexpected arrival of a China-bound clipper bearing his wife, Holly, and son, Christopher, throws Coffin&rsquo;s world into turmoil&mdash;compounded by the ever-increasing tension between the Maori tribes and the mistrusted &ldquo;pakehas&rdquo; who are plundering their land. As the years of a volatile nineteenth century progress, the indomitable family of the stalwart adventurer the Maori have named &ldquo;Iron Hair&rdquo; will struggle, sacrifice, and endure through war, chaos, catastrophe, and change.</div>

Maori

<div>Humans are caught up in an alien war in this epic from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek Into Darkness. For millennia, the Weave, an alliance of species, have fought to resist the telepathic Amplitur, who strive to unite all self-aware life-forms in their great &ldquo;Purpose.&rdquo; The Weave is slowly losing ground, but for both sides, warfare focuses more on outthinking and outmaneuvering your foe than destruction. In fact, most regard violence as hideously barbaric, and even the thought of harming another sentient being is beyond imagining. Then they come to Earth . . . A Call to Arms When one of its scout ships lands on Earth, the Weave quickly realizes that humanity&rsquo;s almost innate ability to wreak havoc and death may hold the key to turning the tide in their fight. Unfortunately for all, the Amplitur have the same idea&mdash;and mankind is caught in the middle. The False Mirror When the Amplitur unleash an elite cadre of fighters, it soon becomes clear that they have subjected their human prisoners to horrific genetic manipulation. But if the Weave attempts to undo the effects, they may change the former warriors into something far, far worse. The Spoils of War With mankind&rsquo;s help, the Weave is finally on the verge of victory against the Amplitur. Until an alien scholar uncovers a terrifying truth: Earthlings might not even be capable of being civilized&mdash;and a shadowy group of powerful humans is already poised to unleash war across the entire galaxy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alan Dean Foster including rare images from the author&rsquo;s collection. </div>

The Damned Trilogy

<div>Three fantasy novels of music and magic in the beloved series by a #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. A college slacker&rsquo;s world is turned upside down when he&rsquo;s transported to a new land where music can create magic. There, he teams up with other magical brethren and creates bonds of friendship he will honor for life. Spellsinger: Jonathan Thomas Meriweather is a typical college student, interested in girls, music, and pot. But when an interdimensional portal lands him in another world, he learns that his musical ability can create magic, which he&rsquo;ll need in order to stop a dark force. The Hour of the Gate: Jon-Tom, whose posse now includes a wizarding turtle, a cowardly bat, and an otter with a filthy mind, must raise an army to fight the Plated Folk and end their queen&rsquo;s plans to eat all the mammals in the land. The Day of the Dissonance: Jon-Tom&rsquo;s merry band went its separate ways after the battle of Jo-Troom Gate. But now the wizarding turtle, Clothahump, is dying, and Jon-Tom must embark on a new quest with his friends to search for a cure.</div>

The Spellsinger Adventures Volume One

<div>A first-contact novel written from an alien perspective by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Trek Into Darkness. Ryo is one of the Thranx, a race of social arthropods. From his larval years to now, his life has been normal, though his love of learning and insatiable curiosity set him apart. He has settled into his work as an agriculture specialist and is premated to a lovely female. Yet Ryo still feels something is missing from his life, and when he heroically defends his colony from the Thranx&rsquo;s reptilian nemesis, Ryo gets a taste of excitement that&rsquo;s hard to forget. Then his premate shares a garbled message from her starship-captain cousin&mdash;one that hints at the discovery of a completely new, completely alien space-going intelligence. Even when the captain backtracks and denounces the experience as a deep-space nightmare, Ryo can&rsquo;t let it go. He becomes obsessed, leaving his colony and family behind to chase rumors of a murderous alien race, horrible beyond imagining. And when he finally makes it to an isolated military outpost rumored to harbor the captured aliens, he comes face-to-face with . . . humanity. Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London) &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.&rdquo; &mdash;SFRevu.com &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn.&rdquo; &mdash;Starlog &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.&rdquo; &mdash;Bookbrowser</div>

Nor Crystal Tears

<div>A mind-blowing cosmic adventure from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Adventures of Pip &amp; Flinx. It&rsquo;s just another boring late night in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for Seeth, a disillusioned punk rocker with too much time on his hands and too little money. That is, until he heads to a bowling alley and runs into Kerwin, a geeky graduate student who&rsquo;s there doing research for a sociology assignment. While trying to distract Kerwin from his scholarly pursuits, Seeth notices two burly cops trying to unlawfully arrest a lone bowler, and for laughs, he jumps in to save him. When it turns out the bowler, the cops, and even the bowling ball are all different races of aliens involved in an interstellar chase, Seeth and Kerwin find themselves on a ship careening through space&mdash;protecting a mysterious, all-powerful lifeform that might possibly be the most valuable thing in the universe. Seeth&rsquo;s found the excitement he wanted. And he didn&rsquo;t even have to leave Albuquerque&mdash;just Earth. Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London) &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.&rdquo; &mdash;SFRevu.com &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn.&rdquo; &mdash;Starlog &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.&rdquo; &mdash;Bookbrowser</div>

Glory Lane

<div>One man struggles to survive on a hostile alien world in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Madrenga. Some people are convinced they can do anything; Evan Orgell is one of them. So when his company president sends him off-world to investigate a breakdown in communications from a small research station on a newly discovered planet, he&rsquo;s all in. The planet&rsquo;s resources could mean massive profits for the company&mdash;and a successful mission could mean massive advancement for Evan. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Clad in a Mobile Hostile World suit, Evan has no doubts about his safety&mdash;until he lands on the world of Prism. Though he&rsquo;s already dealt with thousands of theoretical extraterrestrial problems, nothing prepares him for what he finds there. Hungry, invading lifeforms are everywhere. Over two dozen highly trained people have been overwhelmed and killed, some with their bones eaten from the inside out. It&rsquo;s utter devastation. Then, while Evan searches for survivors, his indestructible suit meets its match&mdash;and he must face the bloodthirsty predators of Prism alone, unprotected, with only his wits to rely on . . . Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London) &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.&rdquo; &mdash;SFRevu.com &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn.&rdquo; &mdash;Starlog &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.&rdquo; &mdash;Bookbrowser</div>

Sentenced to Prism

<div>A crew of castaways races to uncover what&rsquo;s heating up an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. Seemingly marooned on the freezing cold planet of Tran-ky-ky, Ethan Frome Fortune doesn&rsquo;t know if he&rsquo;ll enjoy the warmth of his old home ever again. That is, until a group of scientists at the Brass Monkey outpost detect something unusual in the atmosphere. Aboard the massive icerigger Slanderscree once again, Ethan and his companions are headed south to investigate a mysterious warm spot on the ice planet. However, no one is prepared for what they find&mdash;open water. And this global environmental disaster is not a natural phenomenon . . . Ethan helped bring civilization to the Tran, but civilization seems to be pushing back. Now, he and his crew must determine the causes of this chaos before their friends are out of a planet . . .</div>

The Deluge Drivers

<div>A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn&rsquo;t one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . . Tran-ky-ky is an icy, desolate planet sharply carved by hurricane-force winds. It&rsquo;s a terrible place for an emergency landing, but a botched kidnapping on the Antares sends Ethan, Skua, and some of their fellow travelers hurtling toward the stormy planet. Now, surrounded by hungry killer plants and cat-like natives, this ragged bunch of castaways led by Ethan must keep their wits about them if they ever hope to escape . . .</div>

Icerigger

<div>A group of motley castaways on an ice planet help a race of cat-like aliens, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. After crash-landing on the icy planet Tran-ky-ky, salesman Ethan Frome Fortune wants to get back to his life and back to his business. So he and his burly sidekick, Skua September, head to the trading post of Brass Monkey to book passage home. However, when they learn that profiteers and bureaucrats are victimizing their native friends, the Tran, Ethan and Skua decide to stick around. This means helping the Tran gain admission to the Humanx Commonwealth. To do so, they must board their icerigger once more and search for a fabled city, uncover the history of the Tran, and battle some of their fiercest enemies yet . . .</div>

Mission to Moulokin

<div>From a #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author, a sci-fi fantasy set on an aquatic planet, where cetaceans are thriving and humans dying at an alarming rate. Welcome to Cachalot, a planet made almost entirely of water, an ocean refuge for Earth&rsquo;s marine mammals, rescued from near extinction at the hands of humans thousands of years ago. Free from predators and human impact, the whales thrive in their new home, growing in size and intelligence. Everything is perfect. Until humans decide to establish floating towns on Cachalot, drawn by the planet&rsquo;s abundant natural resources. Now someone or something is killing off Cachalot&rsquo;s human population, a mystery a team of marine biologists has to been sent to Cachalot to solve&mdash;a mission that could cost them their lives. &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)</div>

Cachalot

<div>From a #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author, a research expedition to an alien planet takes a treacherous turn for married scientists in this sci-fi fantasy. As the first humans granted permission to explore Tslamaina, Etienne and Lyra Redowl should have been ecstatic. The planet&rsquo;s massive river valley is like no other in the known universe, with three intelligent species living along its waters&mdash;a dream expedition for the geologist&ndash;anthropologist duo. But the intolerable climate makes their research arduous, as does the growing tension between them. Fortunately, the husband-and-wife team are well prepared for their adventure, with a state-of-the-art hydrofoil and the assistance of the native inhabitants. But nothing could have prepared them for the dangers they encounter as they make their way to the river&rsquo;s source. &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)</div>

Voyage to the City of the Dead

<div>The #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood. Author Alan Dean Foster is a Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction. He has written both original tie-ins and script novelizations since the 1970s, bringing his straightforwardness&mdash;a favorite to readers but a nuisance to directors&mdash;to his many projects. For Foster, Hollywood is a unique world that has allowed him to chat with Catwoman, ask out Diana Rigg, attend a movie screening with Alice Cooper, and have burgers and milkshakes with John Carpenter. To think, he was almost a lawyer . . . In The Director Should&rsquo;ve Shot You, Foster shares all the colorful stories behind his adaptations of films, TV shows, and video games. He had the honor of working on big-name properties like Star Trek, Terminator, and The Thing. He served as ghost writer for the novelization of the original Star Wars and got to write the sequel&mdash;sort of. There are, of course, his lesser-known works, like an adaptation of the special two-part abortion episode of Maude . . . that never made it to print. And in between his work for Hollywood, he managed to become a hugely successful science fiction and fantasy author with series like the Adventures of Pip &amp; Flinx and the Icerigger Trilogy With humor and wit, Foster retraces his path to &ldquo;Grand Master,&rdquo; with all the successes, disappointments, and lumps he&rsquo;s taken along the way. In the process, he shines a spotlight on the unusual world of studio marketing in Hollywood. The result is a memoir that will have you looking at some of your favorite films in a whole new light. Praise for The Director Should&rsquo;ve Shot You &ldquo;Foster puts all this down in easygoing prose that . . . is quite readable. . . . I can&rsquo;t see how this book could not be a must-read, and indeed, it is must reading, pure and simple.&rdquo; &mdash;The Bedlam Files</div>

The Director Should've Shot You

<div>A hero&rsquo;s quest begins in this first book of &ldquo;perhaps [the] most highly regarded fantasy trilogy&rdquo; from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author (Black Gate). They washed up on the beach, dead men clad in strange, intricate garments. The Naumkib tribe will eat well tonight. Simple herdsman Etjole Ehomba is wandering among the corpses, when he hears a faint cry . . . One of the men is still alive&mdash;and he implores Etjole for help. His countess-to-be, the Visioness Themaryl of Laconda, has been abducted, carried off by Hymneth the Possessed. The dying man charges Etjole with the duty to find her and restore her to the people of Laconda. Etjole&mdash;herder, fisherman, father, warrior, tracker&mdash;is a man of conviction. He cannot ignore a brave and noble man&rsquo;s plea. So he sets off on a journey to find a woman many men were willing to die for and to face his destiny in the Unstable Lands, where people are swallowed up by unreality&mdash;by things that should not even exist . . . &ldquo;Odd and engaging . . . A wondrous journey.&rdquo; &mdash;Locus &ldquo;Inventive and filled with flavorsome incident.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;An epic series which is sure to please many readers.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site</div>

Carnivores of Light and Darkness

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author creates &ldquo;a fascinating amalgam of sf/detective fiction and Native American lore&rdquo; (Library Journal). A wealthy industrialist and folk art collector is murdered in his home and left beneath where a painting had been hanging. But theft is not the motive. The artwork&mdash;a Navajo sandpainting&mdash;has been completed pulverized. And no blood was found at the scene. Assigned to the case is bulldog detective Vernon Moody&mdash;sent to Arizona to investigate. It&rsquo;s an unfamiliar environment for the born-and-bred southerner: dry air, altitude, and a booming economy spurred by high-tech manufacturing on the reservations. Still ancient superstitions linger, suggesting a motive for the crime. There is magic in traditional sandpaintings&mdash;a power that, when paired with technology, could unleash forces beyond human control . . . Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;A master storyteller.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site &ldquo;One of the most consistently and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London) </div>

Cyber Way

<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Carnivores of Light and Darkness comes the second fantasy adventure in the Journeys of the Catechist saga. With his two companions&mdash;Simna ibn Sind the swordsman and the massive black cat Ahlitah&mdash;at his side, Etjole Ehomba continues his honor-driven quest to find the Visioness of Laconda. Imprisoned in the fortress of an evil necromancer, she is both her captor&rsquo;s obsession and his torment. Seeking to cross the blighted Semordria Ocean, Etjole and his sidekicks find no one willing to risk its legendary monsters&mdash;until they meet a collector of rare animals. He points them to the northern realm of Hamacassar, and then drugs them in order to steal Ahlitah. Escaping the man&rsquo;s conjured assassins, the trio head to the Thinking Kingdoms, across snow-covered mountains to Laconda, with danger and dark magic nipping at their heels . . . &ldquo;Foster&rsquo;s latest series combines elements of epic fantasy with folkloric motifs in an engaging picaresque tale of a simple man&rsquo;s honor-bound journey into adventure.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal &ldquo;The story&rsquo;s swift pace and Foster&rsquo;s boundless imagination deliver something very different from the usual fantasy quest saga. In these magical lands, Foster shows that character and common sense can be as important, and as powerful, as any magic.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt that Alan Dean Foster is a master storyteller. I finished Into the Thinking Kingdoms in a single sitting.&rdquo; &mdash;Black Gate &ldquo;Splendidly packed with illustrious incidents, not to mention a protagonist who grows steadily more intriguing and enigmatic.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Into the Thinking Kingdoms

<div>Three epic adventures in the trilogy &ldquo;of tales within tales, like those of Sinbad and his many voyages . . . Foster at his best, thoughtful and fun&rdquo; (Booklist). Follow a humble herdsman as he embarks on an honor-driven quest to rescue a beautiful Visioness in this &ldquo;fast-paced mix of wry humor, high fantasy, and amazing new places and creatures&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Carnivores of Light and Darkness A dying man implores Etjole Ehomba for help: find the Visioness Themaryl of Laconda and restore her to her people. Etjole&mdash;herder, fisherman, father, warrior, tracker&mdash;is a man of conviction, so he sets off to face his destiny in the Unstable Lands, where people are swallowed up by unreality&mdash;by things that should not even exist . . . Into the Thinking Kingdoms Now with two companions at his side&mdash;a swordsman and a gigantic black cat&mdash;Etjole Ehomba seeks to cross the blighted Semordria Ocean to reach the Visioness being held captive by an evil necromancer. But first he&rsquo;ll have to head into the Thinking Kingdoms, with danger and dark magic nipping at his heels . . . A Triumph of Souls Together Etjole and his loyal friends have crossed the Semordria Ocean, languished in its doldrums and fenced its winds, with the help of sargassum men, crabs, and krakens. Their journey is coming to end. And the showdown between humble herder and malevolent wizard will unleash forces that the world has never seen . . . Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;A master storyteller.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site &ldquo;One of the most consistently and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)</div>

Journeys of the Catechist

<div>&ldquo;High tech, murder, and intuition set the fast pace in a thriller&rdquo; of a detective story set in a futuristic world from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author (USA Today). Located in the Namerican Southwest, the Montezuma Strip is the Western hemisphere&rsquo;s largest concentration of industry, commerce, assemblage, cutting-edge technology&mdash;and trouble. So it&rsquo;s no surprise to Insp. Angel Cardenas that there&rsquo;s been yet another murder. What is surprising is the victim: an apparently well-off man with a clean ID. Well, two clean IDs . . . Trying to nail down the man&rsquo;s real identity takes Cardenas and his partner to a good side of town, where a woman&mdash;living as his wife &mdash;and her daughter reside. But that gets them nowhere, especially when they barely escape the high-tech security system that blows up the house and everything in it. Relying on his intuit abilities, Cardenas learns that the woman was on the run from Katla&rsquo;s father, a nasty felon with a long rap sheet. Going rogue, Cardenas follows their tracks from the gritty urban underworld of Quetzal to a lush primate paradise in Costa Rica. Because what twelve-year-old Katla knows&mdash;what she is&mdash;makes her the target of not just her father, but a host of others willing to kill to possess her . . . &ldquo;Bestseller Foster elevates this well-paced, hard-boiled SF police procedural through the use of a highly imaginative setting . . . The amazingly versatile author plays with a full deck of futuristic elements.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Exciting, fast-paced, futuristic action.&rdquo; &mdash;Science Fiction Chronicle</div>

The Mocking Program

<div>Detective Angel Cardenas polices the crime-ridden US-Mexico borderlands in five futuristic stories from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author. A century in the future, greed flourishes on the Montezuma Strip, a string of high-tech that follows the old and frayed USA-Mexico border stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico. First World technology meets Third World cheap labor, while both the rich and the poor fall into the widening chasm between them. In five stories set among the chaos, Tex-Mex cop Angel Cardenas puts his intuit ability to good use as a living lie-detector. After being blinded on the job and then having his sight restored with an optic nerve transplant, Cardenas uses his heightened intuition to get to the truth, whether it&rsquo;s figuring out how two genius software designers were killed&mdash;with no visible causes of death&mdash;in &ldquo;Sanctuary&rdquo; or stopping a deadly heavenly vision (that could be a military-ware tactile projection) in &ldquo;Our Lady of the Machine.&rdquo; In three more stories&mdash;&ldquo;Heartwired,&rdquo; &ldquo;Gagrito,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Hellado&rdquo;&mdash;Cardenas learns that in a land where everything and everyone can be bought and sold, even justice has a price. Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;A master storyteller.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site &ldquo;One of the most consistently and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times (London)</div>

Montezuma Strip

<div>The New York Times&ndash;bestselling author&rsquo;s epic fantasy finale to the series &ldquo;featuring a fast-paced mix of wry humor, high fantasy, and amazing new places and creatures&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Hymneth the Possessed has been warned. He is coming&mdash;and he&rsquo;s not alone. A master of necromantic arts, a questioner of all that is unanswered, a seeker of justice. Hymneth feels no threat in the warning, for no one in all the kingdoms in all the realms is as powerful as he is. His only weakness is the beautiful woman trapped in his tower: the Visioness of Laconda. Since her captivity, she has continued to ignore and despise him. He possesses no more of her presence than he does of her passion. But herdsman Etjole Ehomba is on his way, hardened by his adventures, ready to complete his quest to find the Visioness and return her to her people. At his side are his loyal companions&mdash;a swordsman, a gigantic black cat, and an ape-like creature. Together they have crossed the Semordria Ocean, languished in its doldrums, fenced its winds, helped by sargassum men, crabs, and krakens. Their journey is coming to end. And the showdown between humble herder and malevolent wizard will unleash forces that the world has never seen . . . Praise for the Journeys of the Catechist Trilogy &ldquo;The effect of this book is that of tales within tales, like those of Sinbad and his many voyages; a thousand dissimilar elements somehow fit together seamlessly. This is Foster at his best, thoughtful and fun.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist </div>

A Triumph of Souls

<div>Humanity makes first&mdash;and possibly last&mdash;contact with an alien species in this sci-fi adventure from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Humanx Commonwealth series. Earth&rsquo;s most elite team of scientists has made an astonishing discovery. Far from our solar system is the life-sustaining planet Xica, home of an advanced intelligent species who have created a human-like civilization. Invited to visit, the scientists explore a world of miraculous wonders that defies the very laws of nature as they know it. But Xica&rsquo;s secrets may threaten not only their lives but the lives of everyone on Earth . . .</div>

Life Form

<div>A far future conspiracy comes to light in this science fiction mystery by New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. The Colligatarch is an artificial intelligence that has guided humanity for more than a century, influencing everything from Earth-bound business and politics to interstellar relations with alien species. With world leaders following the AI&rsquo;s advice, Earth has become a near utopia. In Phoenix, Arizona, design engineer Eric Abbott is an exemplary citizen with an enviable career. He has no reason to stray from the path of the societal system that has rewarded his work ethic and allegiance&mdash;until the day he sees a woman whose beauty and aura have no peer. Her name is Lisa Tambor. To find her, Eric will sacrifice the life he&rsquo;s built. Suddenly, he&rsquo;s traveling incognito, defying authority, and trespassing on secret, private properties. And he&rsquo;s demonstrating superhuman abilities of strength and endurance he didn&rsquo;t know he had. Eric&rsquo;s quest to find Lisa has caught the attention of very powerful factions involved in interplanetary intrigue. And they see Eric as a threat to be eliminated with extreme prejudice . . .</div>

The I Inside

<div>Technology becomes self-aware&mdash;and goes haywire&mdash;in this comedic science fiction adventure by New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Without warning, kitchen appliances, laundry machines, and every other electronic gadget humans came to depend upon ceased to perform the tasks they were manufactured to do. Ignoring their programming, these devices now sought the meaning of life from an intelligence nonhuman in origin. Their quest ends in the most unexpected of places. Beneath the grounds of an upstate New York retirement community lies an alien spaceship. Inert for millennia, the machines have awakened the ancient intelligence within it. Programmed to wage war against an enemy race, the spaceship threatens to destroy the entire galaxy. And now the fate of all organic andinorganic life lies with five senior citizens&mdash;and a food processor . . .</div>

Codgerspace

<div>New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster&rsquo;s Jed the Dead is a comedic science fiction buddy road trip of interstellar proportions. En route from Texas to the West Coast, Ross Ed Hager has an encounter of the most unusual kind when he comes across the corpse of an alien. Naming the three-eyed, six-limbed dead extraterrestrial Jed, Ross takes his new companion on the road so he doesn&rsquo;t have to see the sites alone. Along the way, the odd couple&mdash;accompanied by a woman who hitches a ride in Ross&rsquo;s convertible,&mdash;are pursued by government operatives, bounty hunters, Hollywood agents, UFO fanatics, and intergalactic cops. And when Ross starts exhibiting strange, uncanny abilities, it may be a sign that Jed may not be as dead as he appears to be . . . &ldquo;Foster twists a black comedy about an alien corpse into a hilarious, weird, and out-of-this-world road trip, full of memorable characters, witty dialogue, and plenty of surprises.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Jed the Dead

<div>An investigator must solve a seemingly impossible theft in this comedic sci-fi mystery by New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster . The room&mdash;surrounded by cameras, motion sensors, and alarms, and guarded by rotating security crews twenty-four seven&mdash;was supposed to be impenetrable. No one should have been able to approach the vault unseen. So how did the irreplaceable pharmaceuticals stored there get stolen? How did someone breach the vault three times and escape unnoticed and without leaving a trace? It&rsquo;s a mystery that falls to insurance adjuster Roderick Manz to solve. Assisted by a humanoid robot, an AI, and an off-world partner named Vyra with secrets of her own, Manz is on the hunt for the most clever thieves he has ever encountered. </div>

Greenthieves

<div>Six unlikely heroes must save a magical realm from dark sorcery in this delightful fantasy from New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Wizard Susname Enyndd was the Gowdlands&rsquo; kingdom&rsquo;s most powerful protector. Then the sinister Khaxan Mundurucu and a band of goblin-warlocks from the Totumakk Horde conjured up a curse that reduced the wizard to ash and leeched all the color from the land. But with Enyndd&rsquo;s death came a spell that enchanted his six familiar pets&mdash;the terrier Oskar, the songbird Taj, the boa Samm, and the cats Cezer, Cocoa, and Mamakitty&mdash;transforming them into human beings capable of wielding magic. Now, the six companions must embark on a quest into a rainbow to find the one thing that can lift the evil curse: the White Light. As they travel through myriad colorful kingdoms while avoiding deadly enemies, each must learn how to control their magical powers&mdash;and try to get the hang of being human. But at the end of the rainbow, the heroes discover an unsettling truth about their quest&mdash;and about the magic that can bring about the end of everything . . . &ldquo;[An] action-packed fantasy, one that might have come straight from the vaults of Disney.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Humor and wit enliven this quest-tale.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal</div>

Kingdoms of Light

<div>A corrupt corporation crosses swords with a man possessing uncanny superpowers in this sci-fi thriller from New York Times&ndash;bestselling author Alan Dean Foster. Old Jake Pickett is an unusual man whose mind-over-matter abilities can reduce bullets and buildings to dust and rubble. But he prefers using his &ldquo;magic&rdquo; to entertain the poor kids in his neighborhood near the chemical dumpsite, and to communicate telepathically with his disabled niece, Amanda. Pickett lives in a valley near Riverside, California, that has become ground zero for tons of putrid toxic waste, courtesy of a corporate cover up. The company&rsquo;s executives have employed most of the people who live above the valley, paying them to keep quiet to any government agents investigating the area. Jake has no interest in taking corporate money, but when the people who work there discover his strange talents, they see him as someone who can make them even more profit. </div>

Slipt

<div>Cat &bull; A &bull; Lyst is a purrfectly hilarious science fiction adventure from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Humanx Commonwealth series. There&rsquo;s more to movie star Jason Carter than his smoldering good looks, but Hollywood&rsquo;s honchos aren&rsquo;t interested in casting him as a dramatic lead. With little to do on camera beyond running around a battlefield in a Civil War film, Jason decides it&rsquo;s time to take a vacation. He finds the perfect destination in the Peruvian Andes, where he believes there is treasure to be found. Instead, Jason stumbles upon a hidden civilization of Incas from an alternate dimension planning to conquer Earth. Now, he&rsquo;s on the run with a band of companions including an Amazon warrior, an archeologist, a tabloid journalist, and a cat who just may hold the key to saving the world.</div>

Cat • A • Lyst

<div>An epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. In this adventure under the sea, Oshenerth: Blue Magic, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster (Alien, Star Wars: Force Awakens) uses his extensive knowledge and experience from diving and traveling to bring to life the mysterious world of reef dwellers under the sea in an imaginative, fascinating new epic fantasy that takes place entirely underwater. Best friends Chachel and Glint, a merson and a cuttlefish, are returning from a shark hunt when they stumble upon an unconscious female demon. Taking her back to their reef community to recover, while they decide what to do with her, they wind up stumbling into a unique friendship, one which will change their lives and community for better as the reef dwellers and the demon together fight to preserve themselves and their way of life in the face of enemies and their blue magic. </div>

Oshenerth

<div>A vital message. A desperate queen. A hero in the making. He is plainly too young and too inexperienced for the mission, but on the advice of her aged adviser Natoum, and with her husband off at war, the Queen reluctantly assigns the task of delivery to&hellip; Madrenga. Accompanied only by a runt of a pony and a scrap of a pup, he sets off to transport the royal message to its destination. No matter what it might take. But things are not always what they seem. Heroes are sometimes made of the strangest stuff, and love is to be found in the most unexpected places. If one doesn&rsquo;t die while treading the lethal path&hellip; &ldquo;Rip-roaring action sequences and the mystery of Madrenga&rsquo;s curious powers propel the story through a series of consistently surprising twists and turns.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is the modern day Renaissance writer, as his abilities seem to have no genre boundaries.&rdquo;&mdash;Bookbrowser &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science-fiction and fantasy.&rdquo;&mdash;The Times (London) &ldquo;Foster&#39;s brisk and eventful novel should please any reader looking for a quick and diverting adventure.&quot;&mdash;Booklist</div>

Madrenga

<div>Fifteen tasty tales from a master of fantasy! The dead. The undead. Those who wish they were dead. They&#39;re all here, along with a legend from a Pacific island, a legend from beneath a Pacific island, and much, much more. Frogs and dogs, knaves and slaves, and maybe a smidgen of real but impertinent food. Extend your imagination and have a nibble. You&#39;ll come back for more. Includes the never before published story &quot;Fetched.&quot; </div>

The Taste of Different Dimensions

<div>Thirteen science fiction tales by the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of the Icerigger Trilogy and To the Vanishing Point. From fighting giant bugs to defeating an interstellar empire without firing a shot; from scientific idiot savants toying with the universe to how the robots will really win the robot apocalypse, these thirteen flavorful tales are guaranteed to entertain, amuse, awe, and maybe even enlighten. Includes the first appearance in print of the Icerigger novellete &ldquo;Chilling&rdquo; and a new novelette, &ldquo;Valentin Sharffen and the Code of Doom.&rdquo;</div>

The Flavors of Other Worlds

<div>If they&rsquo;re coming for us, who&rsquo;s coming for them? A first contact novel from the #1 New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Relic. The galaxy is vast, and not everything is what it seems. The invasion we always feared is here. Which begs the question: what do the invaders fear? If not us, then what . . . or who? And what happens to the would-be peacemakers when they find themselves in the middle of something else? Something dangerous, something highly advanced, and . . . something familiar? If humanity is wise, we will prepare for everything we can imagine. But we cannot prepare for what we cannot imagine. It might be benign, it might be malign, or it might be a sign. You just have to know where to look. Praise for Alan Dean Foster &ldquo;Provocative.&rdquo; &mdash;The Washington Post &ldquo;One of the most consistently inventive and fertile writers of science fiction and fantasy.&rdquo; &mdash;The Times &ldquo;Alan Dean Foster is a master of creating alien worlds.&rdquo; &mdash;SFRevu &ldquo;Foster knows how to spin a yarn.&rdquo; &mdash;Starlog &ldquo;Foster does a fine job with his misfit heroes and even with his minor characters.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

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