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Tony Daniel & David Drake

"Sequel to The Heretic, Book 10 in the nationally best-selling General series. FROM HERETIC TO SAVIOR Duisberg is one of thousands of planets plunged into darkness and chaos by the collapse of the galactic republic, but where other worlds have begun to rebuild a star-travelling culture, Duisberg remains in an uneasy balance between mud-brick civilization and bloodthirsty barbarism. The people of Duisberg have a god: Zentrum, a supercomputer from the ancient past. Zentrum has decided avoid another collapse by preventing civilization from rising from where it is. This is known as the Stasis. And because even a supercomputer and the powerful religion which it founded cannot block all progress, Zentrum has another tool: every few centuries the barbarians sweep in from the desert, slaughtering the educated classes and cowing the peasants back into submission. These are the Blood Winds, and the Blood Winds are about to blow again. This time, however, there's a difference: Abel Dashian, son of a military officer, has received into his mind the spirit of Raj Whitehall, the most successful general in the history of the planet Bellevue--and of Center, the supercomputer which enabled Raj to shatter his planet's barbarians and permit the return of civilization. One hero can't stop the tide of barbarians unless he has his own culture supporting him. To save Duisberg, Abel must conquer the very land of his origin and attempt to destroy the computer A.I. "god" who has doomed his world to an everlasting Dark Age. Abel is a heretic, but now he must go beyond and become--THE SAVIOR. "--

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David Fentiman

A dark power is rising, and the galaxy is in danger! Meet the brave new heroes who must battle to protect it. Join them in their fight against evil. Can they stop the First Order's sinister plans?

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A. E. van Vogt

Colonel Morton was sent to Diamondia to report on the war between Earth-descended colonists and the guerilla warriors of the inhuman Irsk. Because something was going terribly wrong -- a darkness was setting in, mental confusion was epidemic, and there was evidence of outside interference. The Darkness was impartial, and Morton's encounters with it were the most disturbing events of his career. For it seemed as if the Outside were deliberately stirring up the planetary pot, mixing minds with minds, and personalities with personalities. But when Morton realized that the only solution might be to find and use the incalculable power of the Lositeen Weapon, he realized also that the decision was too great for any one man -- even for all men together -- to make.

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James Blish

Back Cover Description "Cross the threshold to the universe of tomorrow, as time sweeps across the horizon separating the present and the vast unknown. "And Some Were Savages" takes humans on a daring spaceship mission to save another planet - from Earth". "Writing Of The Rat" contains the galactic search for the most dreadful creatures in the universe, and their surprising identity. In "A Style In Treason", a cloak of interplanetary treachery disguises a saviors secret plan. " The stories contained are: Preface (by James Blish) A Style In Treason - where treason is an art, guilds and everything! The Writing Of The Rat - there are other races out there And Some Were Savages - a story of a failed doctors redemption, almost out of Dantes Inferno A Dusk Of Idols (Appears in a later "Dusk Of Idols" collection) None So Blind - a weird allegory...the end is "different" No Jokes On Mars - another Mars story, about even there money talks How Beautiful With Banners a dark little story...things on Titan can get difficult