"The Forge of God" described the destruction of Earth itself by self-replicating robots, Von Neumann machines designed to use the planet's mass to create more robotic creatures and spread throughout the Galaxy. Only a few humans have survived, aided by a mysterious alien race known only as "The Bene[...]
"Moving Mars" is a story of human courage and love set within the greater saga of a planetary liberation movement. Mars is a colonial world, governed by corporate interests on Earth. The citizens of Mars are hardworking, but held back by their lack of access to the best education, and the desire of [...]
"A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.""Since then, I've traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me. ""You have asked me to tell you about[...]
In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now i[...]
"100,000 years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings. But one species--eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge--achieved dominance. They ruled in peace but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness. They were the Forerunners--the keepers of the Mantle, t[...]
"A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.""Since then, I've traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and out to the spaces between galaxies--a greater reach than any human before me. ""You have asked me to tell you about[...]
In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses.Too little, too late, the legal rate of Juridicals is only now i[...]
Multiple Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Greg Bear returns to the Earth of his acclaimed novel "Eon"--a world devastated by nuclear war. The crew of the asteroid-starship "Thistledown" has thwarted an attack by the Jarts by severing their link to the Way, an endless corridor that spans universes. The a[...]
Sharing aspects of Clark's Rendezvous With Rama, its uniqueness arises from Bear's bold imagination. Bear is a writer of passionate vision. EON is his grandest work yet.[...]
The discovery of a fantastic world whose evolution has been extraordinarily similar to Earth's reveals some eerie lessons about human destiny.[...]
In the sixth decade of the 21st century, the world has been transformed by two things. Nanotechnology has been perfected, giving humans the ability to change their environment and themselves down to the cellular level. And the study of the mind has brought a revolution in both human psychotherapy an[...]
"100,000 years ago, the galaxy was populated by a great variety of beings. But one species--eons beyond all others in both technology and knowledge--achieved dominance. They ruled in peace but met opposition with quick and brutal effectiveness. They were the Forerunners--the keepers of the Mantle, t[...]
The second in a new series of three HALO novels, Greg Bear's "Halo: Primordium" dives back into the Forerunner saga."A long time ago, I was a living, breathing human being. I went mad. I served my enemies. They became my only friends.""Since then, I've traveled back and forth across this galaxy, and[...]
In "Halo: Silentium," Greg Bear's final novel in the "New York Times" bestselling Forerunners series, it is the last years of the Forerunner empire and chaos rules. The Flood--a horrifying shape-changing parasite--has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene h[...]
Fusing historical events with a gripping fictional narrative, this first book in the Mongoliad trilogy reveals a secret history of Europe in the thirteenth century. As the Mongols swept across Asia and were poised to invade Europe in 1241, a small band of warriors, inheritors of an ancient secret tr[...]
In the aftermath of the Mongolian invasion of 1241, beleaguered Christians struggle with the presence of a violent horde and a world turned upside down. Apocalyptic fever sweeps through Europe, infecting even the most rational individuals, leaving all to wonder if they are seeing the end times ? or [...]
An untested group of Shield-Brethren initiates stand before the sprawling Mongol army in a bloody circus of sadistic violence, while a hardened company of their finest roam the desolate wasteland of the Mongol empire, wrapping their dead in blood-soaked soil and struggling to find the strength to fi[...]
An untested group of Shield-Brethren initiates stand before the sprawling Mongol army in a bloody circus of sadistic violence, while a hardened company of their finest roam the desolate wasteland of the Mongol empire, wrapping their dead in blood-soaked soil and struggling to find the strength to fi[...]
Greg Bear is "a writer who is rapidly redefining the shape of the modern hard science fiction novel" (Keith Ferrell, Omni Magazine), and in Moving Mars he explores one very plausible scenario for the future of Earth's neighboring planet. Mars is a colonial world governed by corporate interests on Ea[...]
A tribute to the late great science fiction icon Poul Anderson, and a wonderful collection of stories by some of the genres top writers Authors include Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, Greg Bear, Raymond Feist, Larry Niven, and Eric Flint.
Poul Anderson was one of the seminal figures of 20th century[...]
In the tradition of the greatest cyberpunk novels, "Blood Music" explores the imminent destruction of mankind and the fear of mass destruction by technological advancements. The novel follows present-day events in which the fears concerning the nuclear annihilation of the world subsided after the Co[...]