Magic is about to get an upgrade Ravirn is not your average computer geek. A child of the Fates--literally--he's a hacker extraordinaire who can zero in on the fatal flaw in any program. Now that twenty-first-century magic has gone digital that makes him a very talented sorcerer. But a world of problems is about to be downloaded on Ravirn--whos just trying to pass his college midterms. Great Aunt Atropos, one of the three Fates, decides ...

Murder, madness, and revenge. Meagan Connors is young and beautiful, but her dreams are driving her mad. She seeks the help of psychologist Donovan Grey, and he begins to unlock the secrets to Meagan's troubled past. But Dr. Grey develops a secret of his own--he's falling in love with his patient. Paul Connors is Meagan's much older husband. Victim of an abusive childhood and haunted by horrid images of his dead mother, he's begun the ...

Kris Longknife is back--and ready for battle. Kris Longknife has been given her first independent command in the very remote system of Chance, an assignment that's as much exile as promotion. But Kris isn't on the job long when she captures pirates hiding the location of an uncharted and unpopulated planet of miraculous technology.

A heart-pounding tale-part historical suspense, part medical thriller-set in the final months of World War II In 2004, Gregg Keizer put an unforgettable new spin on the World War II suspense novel with his debut, The Longest Night. Now, with Midnight Plague, Keizer sets the bar even higher with a fresh and thrilling blend of war and medical suspense. As the secret countdown to the Normandy invasion gets under way, a fishing boat runs aground ...

Aurora was born to wealth and privilege but was spirited away as an infant to a place of safety after viscous threats to her life. Raised with an alias, and practically a prisoner of the three little old ladies who raised her, Aurora, at twenty, feels like Sleeping Beauty, just waiting for her life to start. When she meets a gorgeous "struggling" artist, she seizes the opportunity to take her life into her own hands ...

The story of Ruis Elder--a man without psi powers on a world where they are prized. An outcast, Ruis must overcome all society to survive, pursue his passion for restoring ancient Earth technology, and win his love--Judge Ailim D'SilverFir.

A murder reveals a deadly plot against Elves, particularly the highest members of the Alfheim government, and Lee Enfiled, and her fayhound partner Gelert must infiltrate Alfheim to discover the truth.

Our annual February issue celebrates the World's Greatest Fictional Detective, Sherlock Holmes, with work from two of our readers' favorites authors: a reprint of Edward D. Hoch's "The Adventure of the Dying Ship," which finds Holmes aboard the Titanic, and a brand-new Big Red/Old Red yarn, "Greetings from Purgatory!" from Steve Hockensmith. We have new cases for several other popular series detectives: Claudius Lyon, Loren D. Estleman's would-be Nero Wolfe ("Wolfe at the Door"), Inspector ...

Comic-book heroine Angelina Avenger battles dastardly criminals and alien invasions. But her creator Marlie Montague's life isn't as exciting?until Marlie opens the front door and finds the business end of a pistol pointed right at her. Her plan: to channel Angelina fast! Recruiting her new next-door neighbor, who looks like a rock-hard action hero, couldn't hurt either.... The last thing Navy secret agent Joel Hunter expected on this surveillance gig was a luscious brunette bursting ...

Dragons are monsters, mages, heroes, horrors. Dragons thrill our dreams and haunt our legends. Now Margaret Weis, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance and Death Gate series, author of the Star of the Guardians series, and one of the world's leading dragonists and dracophiles, gathers the greatest classic dragon stories of our time, written by the winners of every award in the fields of fantasy and science fiction.

Pete Fowler seems caught between dullness and more action than he can handle. He moves at top speed from stakeout duty on a Denny's parking lot to a murder scene on Memorial Avenue. Tulsa is growing and crime has kept in the background...until now. When he is put in charge of the murder scene at the upscale Memorial Avenue address it looks like a simple killing. When blackmail rears its ugly head, the simple factor ...

Helena of Rivenloch refuses to allow a Norman, Pagan Cameliard, to force her little sister into marriage. But when she tries to slay the bridegroom, she's apprehended by his right-hand man, Colin du Lac. Clever Helena manages to turn the tables, taking Colin hostage and spirits him away to a secluded cottage while she waits for a reply to her ransom demand. But Colin knows there will be no reply. Indeed, his abduction--by a woman--will ...