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Robert Thurston


Alicia II

Robert Thurston

The only thing worth dying for is... Imortality.

Q Colony

Robert Thurston

No one paid attention to Q colony, one of the less significant planets in the Trisystem. Until aa enterprising archaeologist discovered the Stoner Journals.

Peiced together from fragments of Henery Stoner's diaries, they tell the story of the first human expedition to Q, headed by Dominique LaPointe, explorer-turned-ruler with an insatiable thirst for power. They tell the story of Oonaa, the outwardly passive inhabitants of Q, who's bodies gave men un-dreamt of pleasure - and spelled their doom. Not one among them survived to tell the tale of lust and horror.

Robot Jox

Robert Thurston

In a futuristic world, global wars have been replaced by single combats between colossal robotic war machines, creating a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a few men and women. (movie tie-in)

Set of Wheels

Robert Thurston

Lee Kestner didn't want one of the new low pollution, low performance cars. He wanted a muscle machine. He found a '67 Mustang, a blast from the past, from Earth's glorious vanished Golden Age. The cops would be out to crack him for illegal drivng But they'd have to catch him first.

It was time to take that wreck of a Mustang and teach her to roll. Put the pedal to the metal. Earth can be like Heaven again if you've got Wheels...

Battlestar Galactica: Classic

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 1

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

Battleship Galactica: Flagship of the 12 Worlds' Warfleet, she was as large as a planet, yet as swift as the Starhound fighters she launched from her bays. For generations the vast ship had led the thousand-year war against the Cylon for control of the known Galaxy. Now that war was in its last phase, and 'Galactica' had one final mission, win or lose: blast through the deadly grid of the Cylon Starfleet and dash for deep space in a desperate attempt to find the legendary "Stonehenge" of the universe---the lost planet the ancient microfilms call "EARTH"...

The Cylon Death Machine

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 2

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

Adapted from Battlestar Galactica TV episode "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero", teleplay by Don Bellisario & Glen A. Larson, story by John Ireland Jr.

Starbuck and Apollo battle a planet of lost clones, mind-slaves of the cylon warrior Vulpa, who are aiming the ultimate weapon at the embattled starfleet of humankind.

The Tombs of Kobol

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 3

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

Adapted from Battlestar Galactica TV episode "Tombs of Kobol", written by Glen A. Larson & Donald Bellisario.

At the end of a bloody thousand-year was against an invincible enemy, an uneasy peace has finally been achieved between humans and the dreaded cyborg warriors of the Cylon Empire. But peace soon turns into bloodshed when the Cylons launch an unexpected attack against humanity's twelve Colonial worlds, wiping out most of the inhabitants.

The Young Warriors

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 4

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

On a routine reconnaissance mission, Starbuck crashlands on a world where the Cylons have wiped out most of the adult population, leaving tribes of children in charge. It's Lord of the Flies meets The Guns of Navarone as Starbuck leads the children in a daring raid to free their father from the Cylons.

The Nightmare Machine

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 11

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

Lucifer invents a device that projects uninhibited emotions in humans and Baltar takes advantage of it to cripple the Galactica.

Die, Chameleon!

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 12

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

Intent on abandoning the caravan, a mutiny takes place on the fleet ship Eureka; meanwhile, space pirates capture both Colonial and Cylon members to become unwilling participants in an interstellar reality show.

Apollo's War

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 13

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

The beautiful planet Yevra is being ravaged by a decades-old conflict, a war that has gone on so long no one can remember its cause. Lured to the planet by the promise of provisions for the Galactica fleet, Apollo, Croft, and Sheba are captured. Quickly forged into a fighting unit, they are cannon-fodder in a war not their own. Apollo struggles to keep his comrades alive in the heat of battle - and wonders if he will ever see Battlestar Galactica again!

Surrender the Galactica!

Battlestar Galactica 1: Book 14

Glen A. Larson
Robert Thurston

In an original space adventure, Apollo and Starbuck have been chosen to test-run the Superviper, the most awesome ship ever created to wipe their enemies from space. But the deadliest enemy is among them as Lucifer, the Cylon robot assassin, prowls the Galactica, reprogrammed to terminate Adama.

Way of the Clans: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Vol I

Battletech: Book 1

Robert Thurston

In the 31st century, the BattleMechs ar ethe ultimate war machines. 30 meters tall, and vaguely, menacingly manshaped, they are unstappable engines of destruction. In the 31st century, the Clans are the ultimate warriors.

Bloodname: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Vol II

Battletech: Book 2

Robert Thurston

Truebirth - born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan's fearsome BattleMech war machines.

Freebirth - Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their truebirth superiors. Despised for their imperfections, they fight where and when the Clan commands.

Aiden has failed his Trial of Position, the ranking test all truebirth warriors of the Clan Jade Falcon must pass. He is cast out. Disgraced. His rightful Bloodname denied him.

But with a Bloodname, all past failures are forgiven. With a Bloodname comes respect, With a Bloodname comes honor.

Aiden will do anything to gain that name. Even masquerade as the thing he has been taught to despise.

A freebirth.

Falcon Guard: The Legend of the Jade Phoenix Vol III

Battletech: Book 3

Robert Thurston

from the creator of the bestselling Battlestar Galactica series. After demonstrating his valor in battle, Aiden earned the highly coveted Bloodname and became a decisive Star Captain. Now Aiden must prove himself once again as the Jade Falcon Clan is pitted against the all-powerful Comstar force. Original.

I am Jade Falcon

Battletech: Book 17

Robert Thurston

Star Commander Joanna fights to recapture the glory of her victory at Tukkayid, but her age could work against her and she wonders if her status of Jade Falcon will prove enough for her to overcome the legendary Black Widow in a repeat battle.

Freebirth: Twilight of the Clans Vol. IV

Battletech: Book 36

Robert Thurston

Ordered to investigate the secret experiment being carried out by the Falcons on the Smoke Jaguar homeworld, the freeborn warrior Horse is dispatched to the planet Huntress on a perilous covert mission. But when he is unexpectedly caught in a Smoke Jaguar trap, Horse finds himself duty-bound to the enemy...and closer to the strange mysteries of the Falcon stronghold than he ever could have imagined...

Falcon Rising: Twilight of the Clans Vol. VIII

Battletech: Book 43

Robert Thurston

A WARRIOR NEEDS A WAR

As the Khans of the Clans gather on Strana Mechty to plan a new invasion of the Inner Sphere, Jade Falcon Khan Marthe Pryde strives to rebuild her Clan to its former glory. She bloods new warriors and wins others in Trials from other Clans, but she cannot waste any fine warrior - even those who are freeborn. She gives a Trinary composed entirely of freeborns to a freeborn Star Captain and allows Diana, the freeborn daughter of a Jade Falcon hero, to compete for a bloodname. The Khans of the Steel Vipers -- long-standing rivals of the Falcons -- use these radical moves against Marthe, attacking her in the Grand Council.

In the midst of this war of intimidation, the Inner Sphere accomplishes the unthinkable -- an invasion of Clan space. But even that cannot stop Marthe Pryde or the Steel Vipers as their ripening conflict explodes into war...

Intruder

Isaac Asimov's Robot City: Robots and Aliens: Book 3

Robert Thurston

BEYOND ROBOT CITY AWAITS A BRAVE NEW GALAXY OF ROBOTS AND ALIENS

His name is Derec. At last returned to the original Robot City, he finds that things are strange--very strange. The city has been reprogrammed in ways that do not make sense. Derec has the power--but he did not do it. Dr. Avery has the skill--but he did not do it.

Her name is Ariel. Her love for Derec endures in the face of Dr. Avery's insane opposition. Now she must cure Avery's madness--or let hime drift deeper into a delusion that can cause the destruction of Robot City.

It will take all thress of them to find an defeat the Watchful Eye, the strange force that has bent Robot City to its own endds. Can they solve the new mystery of Robot City before it comes tumbling down around them?

For the first time in his distinguished career, Isaac Asimov has opened up his world of robots to challenge today's hottest new science fiction talents. The traps Asimov has set for them will astound you. In a mystery governed by the Laws of Robotics, the finest minds in science fiction enter the most futuristic landscape in robot history!

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