K. W. JETER

Una trilogía de novelas galáctica.Xizor casi se compadecía del cazarrecompensas. Aunque la compasión era una emoción que no había sentido jamás. Tanto si actuaba en beneficio delEmperador Palpatine como si implementaba secretamente la agenda criminal del Sol Negro,Xizor manipulaba a todos los que lo rodeaban con la misma indiferencia que mostraba por las piezas de un juego de mesa. Debia colocarlas y usarlas como dictase la necesidad, sacrificarlas y desecharlas cuando lo exigiera su estrategia. De todas formas, pensoXizor, un ser comoBoba Fett.El cazarrecompensas le merecia respeto, cuanto menos. Bajo el visor oscuro de aquel casco habia una mirada tan despiadada e insensible como la suya. Lucharia por su vida. Y lucharia bienPero eso formaba parte de la trampa en queBoba Fett ya habia caido. La ironia cruel, con la queXizor se deleitaba, era que ahora estaba condenado por su propia fiereza innata. Todo lo que lo ha mantenido con vida, en tantisimas situaciones mortales, ahora lo llevara directo a su destruccion.

Más aventuras de Boba Fett en esta novela del universo Star Wars.Cuando Boba Fett descubre pruebas que implican al Príncipe Xizor en el asesinato de los tíos de Anakin Skywalker, se granjea un enemigo que incluso el teme: el cerebro anonimo tras un colosal engaño, capaz de matar para borrar su rastro. Fett tambien custodia a una joven amnesica llamada Neelah, que puede ser la clave del misterioo un señuelo para atraerlo hasta una emboscada mortal. Su ultima esperanza esta en la lista de enemigos secretos de Xizor. Y esta es practicamente tan larga como la de los suyos, por lo que las posibilidades de supervivencia son escasas incluso para alguien tan dotado e implacable como Boba Fett.Es temido y admirado, respetado y odiado. Boba Fett tiene la dudosa reputacion de ser el cazarrecompensas mas exitoso de la galaxia. Sin embargo, incluso un hombre como el puede tener demasiados enemigos.

Travelt - a corporate flunkey at DynaZauber Inc. - is dead, but his prowler is still stalking the Wedge. Harrisch needs the prowler back, before it spews DynaZaubers secrets to the enemy.When Harrisch approaches ex-agent McNihil with the Travelt case. McNihils every nerve ending screams no - even though the payout might buy his late wife out of limbo. His days in the Wedge are over - too many ghosts, too many nightmares. But Harrisch wont take no for an answer.NOIR is a brilliantly atmospheric thriller, set in a Los Angeles that stands at the centre of an urban sprawl spanning half the globe. Where the haves live in splendour and the have-nots scrabble in the dark. Where the dead live on until their debts are paid.

He''s both feared and admired, respected and despised. Boba Fett is the galaxy''s most successful bounty hunter. Now he finds himself the hunted in the oldest game of all: survival of the fittest. The once powerful Bounty Hunter''s Guild has been shattered into warring factions. Now the posting of an enormous bounty on a renegade Imperial stormtrooper is about to start a frenzy of murderous greed. Hoping to fuel rumors of his death, Boba Fett abandons his ship, Slave I, and sets out to claim the prize. Yet his every move leads him closer to a trap set by the cunning Prince Xizor. Fett will die before becoming Xizor''s pawn in the Emperor''s war against the Rebels. And he may have to. For in order to gain his freedom he must outwit a sentient weapon that feeds on human spirits. Then he must escape a galaxy of deadly enemies who want to make the rumors of his death a reality.

WHEN GEORGES FATHER DIED, HE LEFT GEORGE HIS WATCHMAKER SHOP AND MORE.But George has little talent for watches and other infernal devices. When someone tries to steal an old device from the premises, George finds himself embroiled in a mystery of time travel, music and sexual intrigue. The classic steampunk tale from the master of the genre.With a nw introduction by the author, and an afterword by Jeff VanderMeer.FILE UNDER: Steampunk [ Intriguing Tech | Its About Time | Musical Interlude | Classic Steampunk ]

Hes both feared and admired, respected and despised. Boba Fett is the galaxys most successful bounty hunter. Now he finds himself the hunted in the oldest game of all: survival of the fittest.The once powerful Bounty Hunters Guild has been shattered into warring factions. Now the posting of an enormous bounty on a renegade Imperial stormtrooper is about to start a frenzy of murderous greed.Hoping to fuel rumors of his death, Boba Fett abandons his ship, Slave I, and sets out to claim the prize. Yet his every move leads him closer to a trap set by the cunning Prince Xizor. Fett will die before becoming Xizors pawn in the Emperors war against the Rebels. And he may have to. For in order to gain his freedom he must outwit a sentient weapon that feeds on human spirits. Then he must escape a galaxy of deadly enemies who want to make the rumors of his death a reality.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Hes the most feared and successful bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is Boba Fett, and even the most hardened criminals tremble at his name. Now he faces the deadliest challenge of his infamous career--an all-out war against his most dangerous enemies.As the Rebellion gathers force, Prince Xizor proposes a cunning plan to the Emperor and Darth Vader: smash the power of the Bounty Hunters Guild by turning its members against each other. Only the strongest and most ruthless will survive, and they can be used against the Rebellion. Its a job for the fiercely independent Boba Fett, who jumps at the chance to destroy his rivals. But Fett soon realizes the game is rigged, as he finds himself the target of murderous factions, criminal conspiracies, and the evil at the Empires dark heart. Boba Fett has always finished first. And in this game, anything less is death.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

JUST WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE TIME MACHINE RETURNED? Having acquired a device for themselves, the brutish Morlocks return from the desolate far future to Victorian England to cause mayhem and disruption. But the mythical heroes of Old England have also returned, in the hour of the countrys greatest need, to stand between England and her total destruction.File Under: Steampunk [ Coming Back | Its About Time | Old Gods | Classic Steampunk ]

A mind-boggling new sequel to Infernal Devices to celebrate thirty years of Steampunk.Some time after the events of Fiendish Schemes, George Dower finds himself a widower, of sorts. On her deathbed, Miss McThane entrusts Dower with a small, ticking clockwork box. The box is mysteriously linked to her. When she breathes her last, the box stops ticking and Dower is able to open it, to find hundreds of letters written in an unknown hand, signed only with the initial S. Theyre not love letters, but refer instead to the letter-writers ongoing search for some other person. The last is a simple note, reading Found himFile Under: Fantasy