Summon

With the sequel to Oath of Swords (1995), the new series by the creator of the popular Honor Harrington yarns has been promoted to hardcover. In it, Bahzell Bahnakson and Brandark, two hradani (i.e., humanoid giants with foxlike ears), take several more steps in their venture to advance Bahzell's father's plans for uniting and civilizing the hradani and the war god Tomanak's plans for opposing the grim, dark god Shama. Along the way, the pair acquire several companions, including a young knight who has to be forcibly cured of prejudice against hradani, and give readers what amounts to a guided tour of a well-realized fantasy world, most of whose elements are genre staples. Still, Weber deftly fleshes out such concepts as the underground cities of the tale's dwarves, the immortality of its elves, the power of its demons to destroy those who summon them (and name-spelling errors be damned), and so on. Even the Scots flavor of hradani speech patterns charms more often than not.

Eve Levinepart demon, part angel, raised as a witch, former teacher of the dark arts, and current celestial bounty hunter in the employee of the Fatesis ready for a vacation. Unfortunately, just as she is leaving, the Fates summon her to stop some wayward djinn who are getting out of order. With their demon leader in exile and his minion possibly trying to stage a coup, its up to Eve to make them toe the line. Along the way she exposes plots and traitorous double dealings as she tries to get to the bottom of the problem before she can link up with her lover, Kristof Nast, for their long-awaited, pirate-themed vacation.

Forced to flee his city of Melnibone, Elric and his sorcerous blade Stormbringer journey through barren hills to the edge of a black sea. Elric finds a dark ship and begins a voyage that will bring him face-to-face with all the champions Time can summon - and more.

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Rogue Imperial pilot Hawk Hunter goes AWOL, searching for the mythical Home Planets. Battling across the galaxy, Hunter finds his goal-Planet America-possible birthplace of humanity. But his celebration is short-lived. For an alien armada has targeted America for destruction, and Hawk will have to summon all of his inborn warrior skills to stop them…

Tom Clancy's Patriot Games is filled with the exceptional realism and authenticity that distinguished the author's two previous bestsellers, Hunt for Red October and Red Storm Rising. Patriot Games puts us on the cutting edge of another type of war – the international battle of terrorism.

Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross delivers "credible and bold SF" (Science Fiction Weekly) that continually pushes the boundaries of the genre. With Glasshouse, Stross pens a Kafkaesque tale set in a 27th-century of teleport gates and mind-attacking network worms.