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High Tech Sci Fi

One Jump Ahead is the first novel in the Jon & Lobo series. Jon Moore is a nanotech-enhanced warrior who wants a quiet life and a way back to his home world. Lobo is an AI-enhanced Predator-Class Assault Vehicle, a mobile fortress equipped for any environment from the seabed to interstellar space. Put the two together and anything but a quiet life results. Rich in exotic settings, fast action and real tech as well as mechanically-enhanced animals, corrupt megacorporations and, of course, a beautiful woman who's as deadly as a cobra, this first Jon and Lobo adventure is more than just another military sci fi story.

-	Slanted Jack: the second John and Lobo adventure

Drizzt is Back!

It was clear that the uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows wouldn't last long. The orc tribes have already begun fighting each other. Dwarven king Bruenor is determined to finish the war that nearly killed him and almost destroyed everything he's worked to build. Dark elf Drizzt knows it will take more than swords and axes to bring a lasting peace to the Spine of the World. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to change the way they see each other. They may have to start to talk. R.A. Salvatore begins a new trilogy with this new Drizzt adventure.

-	Upcoming sequel: The Pirate King

Interstellar Adventure

January Dancer tells the fateful story of an ancient pre-human artifact of great power and the people who found it. Our story begins with Captain Amos January, who quickly loses the artifact. This Is Not Good as we encounter many others who will fight, scheme, and kill to get it. The quest to recover the artifact travels throughout the complex, decadent, brawling, mongrelized interstellar human civilization the artifact might save --- or destroy. This is a thrilling yarn of love, revolution, music, and mystery and it ends, as all great stories do, with shock and a beginning.

Funny Fantasy

Skeeve was a magician's apprentice--until an assassin struck and his master was killed. Now, with a purple-tongued demon named Aahz as his companion (a demon his master summoned as a joke!) Skeeve is on a quest to get even. Even though he’s lost his powers, Aahz still manages to keep Skeeve out of most kinds of trouble. But when Skeeve is summoned to the court of Rodrick the Fifth of Pssiltum to audition for the position of Court magician, it could be trouble. Will the court and kingdom survive if Skeeve gets the job? If you like humor in your fantasy you’ll find plenty here. Don’t “myth” it.

-	More Myth Adventures

History with a Twist

Naomi Novik’s triumphant debut, His Majesty’s Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of Napoleonic heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence. In the newest adventure it is a grim time for dragon and master. Temeraire has been removed from military service–and his captain, Will Laurence, has been condemned to death for treason. If they can be reunited, master and dragon might rally Britain’s scattered forces and take the fight to the enemy as never before–for king and country, and for their own liberty. But can the French aggressors be well and truly routed, or will a treacherous alliance deliver Britain into the hands of her would-be conquerors?

-	The Temeraire series

Wacky Sci Fi

Terry Bisson has been described as the "sci fi clown-prince who madly embroiders ludicrous premises with wordplay, nutty incongruities, goofy character humor, and outrageous irony." It might be true. See what you think.

-	Bears Discover Fire
-	The Pickup Artist

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Sci-Fi and Fantasy Resources


	The SF Site This site lists and reviews the best science fiction and fantasy titles, both in print and audio.

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Featured Fantasy Author

R.A. Salvatore's D&D style fantasy novels are popular the world over.