Sudden Fury

The year is 2117... Human colonies are spread throughout the Sol System. Once controlled by the United Terran Republic, the colonists have been angling for independence for quite some time. The Galilean Federation, once Earth's colonies on the moons of Jupiter, had already achieved independence without a shot fired some 25 years ago. Now, the Martian colonies want independence as well. The newly formed Martian Colonial Union, representing the separatist movement on Mars, has determined it will stop at nothing to achieve its sovereignty from Earth, even if it means war. The Terran Space Force once only had an exploratory and protective mission, but time and tension have forced it to evolve into a full-fledged military service. Now, its warships would have to face-off with those of Mars in a deadly game of cat and mouse. As one side presses for its freedom, the other pushes to avoid war.

For years, Bob and Kay Swartz yearned for children. Eleven years after adopting a son, they lay dead at his hands. Reissued with stunning new cover featuring TV tie-in art. Soon to be an NBC TV movie starring Neil Patrick Harris, who plays Doogie Howser, M.D. 8-page photo insert.

The famous gunfighter come face to face with a deadly legend of another kind in this action-packed western by the New York Times–bestselling author. Deep in the forests of Northern California, something is killing humans like an animal. The loggers call it “The Terror of the Redwoods.” A local timber baron has put a bounty on the hide of this man-beast, and the woods are teeming with so many trigger-happy dolts and half-cocked drunkards that someone's bound to get hurt—and bad. Frank Morgan doesn't believe in such creatures and decides to get to the bottom of this tall tale. But when he meets the timber baron's beautiful daughter, all bets are off. Something is out there. Someone's set a trap. And Morgan just stuck his Bigfoot right into it.

In the final novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher's acclaimed Codex Alera series, the people of Alera—who use their unique bond with the elementals of earth, air, fire, water, wood, and metal for protection—must face the ultimate conflict… For Gaius Octavian, life has been one long struggle. Battling ancient enemies, forging new alliances, and confronting the corruption within his own land, he became a legendary man of war and leader of men—and the rightful First Lord of Alera. Now, the end of all he fought for is close at hand. The brutal, dreaded Vord are on the march, using fear and chaos to turn the Alerans against one another, and forcing those who will not submit to flee to the outer reaches of the realm. Perhaps for the final time, Gaius Octavian and his legions must stand against the enemies of his people. And it will take all his intelligence, ingenuity, and furycraft to save their world from eternal darkness...