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Illustrated edition with bonus (never before published) short story.Once, Dan flew amongst the stars as a decorated Fleet Officer. Now destitute, he sleeps on the streets of Gleam, trading his body for a drug called Haze that dulls the pain of what he’s lost with nothing left to his name but a battered knife, a damaged mind, and a past he can’t escape. But he is given a rare second chance when former comrades track him down and make an offer that he never expected.Across the galaxy, the invisible lanes of faster-than-light travel—the shunts—are beginning to fail. One has already vanished without warning. If the rest collapse, entire civilizations will be cut off, stranded, and left to die. The Fleet needs someone who can read the hyperspace currents like no one else. Someone like Dan. But bringing him back into the fold won’t be easy—and keeping him alive may be even harder.Thrown together with a crew of misfits and old friends carrying wounds of their own, Dan boards a disguised merchant ship on a secret mission to uncover the truth. What they find will challenge everything they believe—about the shunts, about the Fleet, and each other. And through it all, Dan must battle the addiction that nearly destroyed him… and still might.Haze is a bold, character-driven space adventure that blends high-stakes intrigue with raw emotional depth. Gritty, moving, and impossible to put down, it’s a story of redemption, found family, and the fragile ties that hold the stars—and ourselves—together.

Widely regarded as a true classic in science fiction, Nostrilia remains extremely popular and influential. Neil Gaiman and Gene Wolfe have both cited the influence of the book on their fiction.Nostrilia is often cited as an important precursor to the cyberpunk movement of the 1980s, which was characterized by its gritty, urban settings and its focus on the intersection of technology and humanity. Additionally, Smith's unique style has been noted as an influence on a number of other science fiction authors.The story takes place on an alien planet called Norstrilia, which is home to a unique breed of sheep that produces an incredibly valuable substance known as stroon. Rod McBan, the richest person on Norstrilia wants to circumvent the strict export laws governing the trade of stoon and gets involved in a complicated web of politics and bureaucracy in order to achieve his goal.His ambition takes him to various places, and subjects him to various adventures and he meets a woman named C'mell, who is a member of an alien race that can shape-shift into human form. C'mell becomes a close ally of Rod's and helps him to navigate the complex politics of the ruling Instrumentality.Overall, Nostralia is a complex and engaging story that explores many themes, including the nature of power and wealth, the importance of personal relationships, and the dangers of unchecked bureaucracy and politics. Through the character of Rod McBan, Cordwainer Smith offers anuanced and thought-provoking commentary on the human condition and the potential for both good and evil in all of us, which is as relevant today as it was when he first wrote the book.

The Elvenbane has shattered the certainty of the immortal elven lords. The halfblood wizards they thought destroyed have survived, dragons have revealed themselves, and the old order has learned to fear the children it once hunted in secret. Within the House of Treves, Sheyrena lives as a dutiful elven daughter, dressed, displayed, and bartered toward a marriage chosen for politics rather than love. She dreams of dragons, freedom, and a life beyond the suffocating walls of her father's estate, but dreams are dangerous in a house where women are possessions and obedience is survival.Her brother Lorryn has an even deadlier secret. Raised as the heir to an elven lord, he is in truth a halfblood wizard, protected only by illusion and his mother's sacrifice. Now the High Lords, terrified by the rise of the Elvenbane, are testing their own children for hidden human blood. If Lorryn is exposed, he will be executed.Their only possible path leads toward the very legends their world fears most: the outlaw wizards, the hidden dragon Kin, and Shana, the girl called Elvenbane. But the dragons and wizards are building a new refuge of their own, and not every ally who offers rescue can be trusted.Before Sheyrena can escape the cage built for her, she must decide what she is willing to risk for her brother, her freedom, and a world no longer ruled by fear.An epic of hidden heirs, dragon magic, court intrigue, and forbidden bloodlines, in the tradition of Anne McCaffrey's Pern. Elvenblood continues the saga begun in Elvenbane — newly revised and illustrated, and complete at last with the long-awaited finale.

A visceral political thriller and medical drama capturing the horror of a father watching his child run toward a global disaster he cannot stop.While the world is busy holding its breath, Ishmael Weinberg is just trying to fix his fountain pen. He has spent thirty years hiding in the thirteenth century, writing about obscure kings and falconry while the modern world goes to hell. He thinks he can outrun history by writing it, but he is wrong. When a city he’d never heard of—Wuhan—becomes the only word that matters, the status quo doesn't just shift; it evaporates.While the President promises the virus will vanish like a miracle, Ishmael stares at the indicators on his phone. His daughter, a CNN stringer at ground zero in Japan, watches refrigerated trucks roar past with taped zippers. The air itself is the enemy. Ishmael doesn’t trust the stable geniuses in Washington or the man on the news promising miracles. He trusts his wife, the emergency N95 masks she hid in a steel shed, and the doctor who gave him the only advice that matters: don’t breathe.Realistic alternate history medical thriller and domestic suspenseEerie exploration of global collapseHauntingly familiar society in freefall

A stand-alone novel in the City of Shadows series.Hardboiled Noir meets Urban Fantasy in a post-WWII Los Angeles where vampires, zombies, and demons are part of the social fabric.Magic is just another way to get killed in the City of Angels.Los Angeles, 1940s. The war is over, but the shadows are growing teeth. In this gritty Historical Urban Fantasy, detective work requires more than a badge and a .38. It requires an understanding of the runes that thrum beneath the pavement.It started with a knock on the door. It usually does. Now there’s a body, a missing musician, and a trail of magic that smells like ozone and bad luck. The LAPD is out of its depth. The "square" world is waking up to a reality they aren't prepared to handle.Between the smoky jazz clubs of Central Avenue and the grease-stained floors of neighborhood garages, a new kind of power is rising. It’s electric. It’s ancient. And in the wrong hands, it’s a death sentence for the whole city.Harry Turtledove returns to the City of Shadows with a high-stakes mystery that stands entirely on its own. Whether you are a veteran of the series or stepping into this magical 1940s Los Angeles for the first time, the runes are waiting.A Standalone Noir Tour de Force No "homework" required. Jump straight into the action with a self-contained mystery that delivers a complete, hardboiled experience from the first page to the last.The Noir ReinventedExperience a Los Angeles where spells are as common as reefers and the "fuzz" has to watch out for more than just lead. It’s the Philip Marlowe detective story, transformed.Masterful Alternate HistoryNobody builds a world like Turtledove. Every detail of post-war life is rendered with surgical precision—until the magic starts to bleed through the cracks.“Old Man Mose had been sleeping on the beat-up old sofa in my office. My fuzzy red accomplice is no braver than he has to be. He disappeared under the sofa, just in case.”The shadows are calling. Order your copy of this standalone Urban Fantasy mystery today.