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Stress of Her Regard

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Tim Powers

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Tachyon Publications

When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom. Joining forces with Byron, Keats, and Shelley in a desperate journey that crisscrosses Europe, Crawford desperately seeks his freedom from this vengeful lover who haunts his dreams and will not rest until she destroys all that he cherishes. Told in the guise of a secret history, this long-awaited tale of passion and terror is finally back in print after more than 20 years.

Island in the Sea of Time

29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By S.M. Stirling

£17.49 29 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

Island in the Sea of Time

29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By S.M. Stirling

£50.49 29 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

Island in the Sea of Time

29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By S.M. Stirling

£25.49 29 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

The Man with the Iron Heart

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harry Turtledove

£17.49 22 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

This thrilling new stand-alone alternate history from New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove is his most controversial epic to date.

The Man with the Iron Heart

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harry Turtledove

£50.49 22 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

This thrilling new stand-alone alternate history from New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove is his most controversial epic to date.

The Man with the Iron Heart

22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harry Turtledove

£25.49 22 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Tantor Media, Inc

This thrilling new stand-alone alternate history from New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove is his most controversial epic to date.

Island in the Sea of Time

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stirling, S. M.

£19.23 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Tantor Media

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

Island in the Sea of Time

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stirling, S. M.

£54.94 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Tantor Media

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

Island in the Sea of Time

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stirling, S. M.

£27.47 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Tantor Media

A provocative and endlessly inventive spin on the classic adventure story, Island in the Sea of Time takes you on a journey of wonder, discovery, and imagination.

Ha'penny

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walton, Jo

£4.39 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Tor Books

In 1949, eight years after the Peace with Honor was negotiated between Great Britain and Nazi Germany, England has completed its slide into fascist dictatorship. Award-winning author Walton continues her alternate history series in this brilliant companion to "Farthing."

Man with the Iron Heart

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harry Turtledove

£17.99 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Del Rey Books

The thrilling new stand-alone alternate history from "New York Times"-bestselling author Turtledove is his most controversial epic to date.

Sideways in Crime

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anders, Lou

£10.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Solaris

An anthology on the theme of Alternative History and Crime, featuring stories from the genre's foremost writers. Contributors include: Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Tobias Buckell, Pat Cadigan, Paul Di Filippo, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Theodore Judson, Jack McDevitt, John Meaney, Paul Park, Mike Resnick & Eric Flint, Mary Rosenblum, Chris Roberson, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and SM Stirling.

The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Brown, Cecil

£11.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Frog in Well

A tale of a young black American poet sleeping his way around 1960s Copenhagen on a satirical quest to find his identity.

History Revisited: Eminent Historians Take on the Great Works of Alternative History

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Markham, J. David Resnick, Mike

£16.46 01 Jun 2008 Compact Disk Audio Literature

Combining short fiction with speculative history, this entertaining book invites readers to look at what "didn7;t" happen to gain a richer understanding of what did. What if Napoleon had become emperor of the United States? Could one faulty screw have altered America7;s atomic bomb policy? If Lincoln had been assassinated during the Gettysburg Address, would the Confederate States have remained a separate country? Commentary from leading historians following each story is as fascinating as the stories themselves.

Paladins II: Knight Moves

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rosenberg, Joel

£5.50 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Baen Books

In an alternate 12th century, Mordred the Great defeated his father, Arthur the Tyrant, and founded the Pendragon Empire. Now, 500 years later, the Empire is defended by the knights of the Order of Crown, Shield, and Dragon, who carry swords each containing the soul of someone of great power. Original.

Malachi's Child

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Myers, Hiram

£8.76 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Durban House Publishing

Can't Buy Me Faded Love

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Rountree, Josh

£10.99 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Wheatland Press

Into the Storm

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anderson, Taylor

£13.16 01 Jun 2008 Hardback Roc

Settling Accounts in at the Death

01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£9.34 01 Jun 2008 Paperback Del Rey Books

The undisputed master of alternate history brings to a climactic conclusion his monumental, acclaimed drama of a nation's tragedy and the men and women who play their roles--with valor, fear, and folly--on history's greatest stage.

Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Crownover, Ashley

£13.16 01 May 2008 Hardback Iroquois Press

In Ashley Crownover's debut, the classic tale of Beowulf is retold from the perspective of Wealtheow, Queen of the Danes. After a century of silence, Wealtheow provides a woman's perspective on the issues facing her people, raising intriguing literary questions in a readable, modern writing style.

Jamestown

01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Matthew Sharpe

£9.99 01 May 2008 Book Harvest Books

A group of "settlers" (more like survivors) arrive in Virginia from the ravished island of Manhattan, intending to establish an outpost, find oil, and exploit the Indians controlling the area. But nothing goes quite as planned (one settler, for instance, keeps losing body parts). At the heart of the story is Pocahontas, who speaks Valley Girl, Ebonics, Old English, and Algonquin--sometimes all in the same sentence. And she pursues a heated romance with settler Johnny Rolfe via text messaging, instant messaging, and, ultimately, telepathy.
Deadly serious and seriously funny, Matthew Sharpe's fictional retelling of one of America's original myths is a history of violence, a cross-cultural love story, and a tragicomic commentary on America's past and present.

The Messiah

07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Marek Halter

£14.99 07 Apr 2008 Hardback Toby Press Ltd

David Reubeni is a Jewish prince from the lost kingdom of Chabor. Arriving in Venice, he begins spreading his own gospel of the return of Jews to a homeland in Palestine. Reubeni scours the European courts for support, pleading his cause to Pope Clement VII, to whom he promises control of holy sites of Jerusalem in return for the Pontiff's aid.

The Messiah

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Halter, Marek

£14.99 01 Apr 2008 Hardback Toby Press

The Camel Bookmobile

01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hamilton, Masha

£7.66 01 Apr 2008 Paperback Harper Perennial

Fiona Sweeney's family is astonished when she travels to Africa to help start a traveling library. Seamless and haunting, this powerful saga captures the riddles and calamities that can occur when two cultures collide.

History Revisited: Eminent Historians Take on the Great Works of Alternative History

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Resnick, Mike Markham, J. David

£16.46 01 Mar 2008 Compact Disk Audio Literature

Combining short fiction with speculative history, this entertaining book invites readers to look at what "didn't" happen to gain a richer understanding of what did. What if Napoleon had become emperor of the United States? Could one faulty screw have altered America's atomic bomb policy? If Lincoln had been assassinated during the Gettysburg Address, would the Confederate States have remained a separate country? Commentary from leading historians following each story is as fascinating as the stories themselves.

The Thin White Line: A History of the 2012 Avian Flu Pandemic in Canada

01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dilouie, Craig Paul

£10.96 01 Mar 2008 Paperback Future Shock Books

The Lion's Way

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Marsan, Marco

£17.50 01 Jan 2008 Hardback Greenleaf Book Group

Juve, a member of the government's secret police, scents the rot behind the facade of the Roman Republic's greatness. He recruits a gang of revolutionaries to bring down the dictatorship. But at the crucial moment, Juve learns a shattering truth, a revelation that destroys everything he loves and believes in.

Navigator: Time's Tapestry, Book Three

01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Baxter, Stephen

£13.71 01 Jan 2008 Hardback Ace Books

As William the Conqueror's men attempt to stamp out the flames of rebellion, a prophecy is uttered. A bedraggled woman in a ruined chapel speaks of civilizations in conflict, armed by the engines of God... And that prophecy proves to be true as the fearsome war between Christianity and Islam leaves its mark across the land. In Spain, a rogue priest dreams of the final defeat of Islam, for he has found a rent in the tapestry of time, a point where agents from the future used diabolical weapons of destruction to change history. Centuries later, in 1492, as men of vision weary of the strife and are drawn to the unknown West, one such explorer seeks the funding for his voyage-while a mysterious Weaver plots to unravel the strands of time and stop him.

Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Crownover, Ashley

£7.66 01 Dec 2007 Paperback Iroquois Press

Wealtheow: Her Telling of Beowulf

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Crownover, Ashley

£13.16 01 Dec 2007 Hardback Iroquois Press

Opening Atlantis: A Novel of Alternate History

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£16.48 01 Dec 2007 Non-Book Item Tantor Media

* Mp3 CD Format *. New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove has intrigued readers with such thought-provoking "what if..." scenarios as a conquered Elizabethan England in Ruled Britannia and a Japanese occupation of Hawaii in Days of Infamy and End of the Beginning. Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent: Atlantis.

Opening Atlantis (Library Edition): A Novel of Alternate History

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£43.95 01 Dec 2007 Compact Disk Tantor Media

New York Times bestselling author Harry Turtledove has intrigued readers with such thought-provoking "what if..." scenarios as a conquered Elizabethan England in Ruled Britannia and a Japanese occupation of Hawaii in Days of Infamy and End of the Beginning. Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent: Atlantis.

Opening Atlantis: A Novel of Alternate History

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£21.97 01 Dec 2007 Compact Disk Tantor Media

History Is Dead: A Zombie Anthology

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Johnson, Scott A.

£8.21 01 Dec 2007 Paperback Permuted Press

Opening Atlantis

01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£13.71 01 Dec 2007 Hardback Roc

"New York Times" bestselling author Turtledove has intrigued readers with such alternate history titles as "Days of Infamy" and "End of the Beginning." Now, in the first of a brand-new trilogy, he rewrites the history of the world with the existence of an eighth continent.

Godspeed

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Baer, Will Christopher

£13.19 01 Nov 2007 Hardback MacAdam Cage

Set alternately in modern-day California and the gothic underworld of the Presidio--a lawless purgatory--this tale is equal parts dark fantasy and sinister noir, a Paradise Lost for a new generation.

The Lateral Truth: An Apostate's Bible Stories

01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Bradley, Rebecca

£8.76 01 Nov 2007 Paperback Scroll Press

Was Moses really such a great liberator? How did a thug as thick as Samson get to be a hero? Wasn't the miracle at Bethesda about as merciful as pulling wings off flies? The fifteen stories in "The Lateral Truth" follow selected biblical themes through to their illogical conclusions, building on questions the author was never brave enough to ask in Sunday school.

Good Friday

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Tony, Walk

£8.21 01 Oct 2007 Paperback Ooligan Press

Ha'penny

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Walton, Jo

£14.26 01 Oct 2007 Hardback Tor Books

<div>Following Farthing, another thriller of resistance in a world darkened by triumphant Fascism</div>

Reserved for the Cat

01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Lackey, Mercedes

£14.26 01 Oct 2007 Hardback Daw Books

In 1910, in an alternate London, a penniless young dancer is visited by a cat who communicates with her mind to mind. Though she is certain she must be going mad, she is desperate enough to follow the cats advice to impersonate a famous Russian ballerina.

The Last Troubadour: Song of Montsegur

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Armstrong, Derek

£13.71 01 Sep 2007 Hardback Kunati Inc.

The Sunrise Lands

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Stirling, S. M.

£13.71 01 Sep 2007 Hardback Roc

First in a new trilogy, this book continues the successful alternate history saga of "A Meeting at Corvallis, The Protectors War," and "Dies the Fire," all of which have been selections of the Science Fiction Book Club.

Rising Sun Victorious: An Alternate History of the Pacific War

01 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Tsouras, Peter G.

£4.39 01 Sep 2007 Paperback Presidio Press

This utterly realistic collection of what-if scenarios features ten riveting accounts by leading military historians of what might have happened had the Japanese won World War II.

Republic

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Sheehan-Miles, Charles Edward

£9.31 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Cincinnatus Press

A domestic terrorist attack evokes a violent and oppressive response from the U.S. government... a labor dispute ends in violence... a young boy lies dying of a rare disease with no hope in sight. When the conflict focuses on a small town in West Virginia, Ken Murphy, Iraq veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the West Virginia National Guard, must find a way to protect his family and community in a world turned upside down. In a future America terrifying to behold, Republic evokes the specter of civil war in a world that is simultaneously familiar and changed beyond recognition.

Farthing

01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Walton, Jo

£3.84 01 Aug 2007 Paperback Tor Books

A stunning what-if in the manner of "Fatherland" and "The Plot Against America," this novel of alternative history is set during a post-World War II world--one in which the upper-crust Farthing set that had overthrown Churchill and had negotiated peace with Hitler eight years before is in control.

54 Cancelled

01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Ming, Wu

£8.24 01 Jul 2007 Paperback Harvest Books

Set during the height of the Cold War--with the world divided into East and West--this novel features Italian partisans, KGB agents, Parisian lowlifes, and cameos by David Niven, Marshal Tito, and Grace Kelly in a cinematic romp that is by turns edgy social satire and modern comic send up.

MacArthur's War

29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A Novel of the Invasion of Japan

By Douglas Niles, Michael Dobson

£18.99 29 Jun 2007 Hardback Saint Martin's Press Inc.

In this alternate version of the WWII South Pacific campaign by the acclaimed authors of the Fox duology, MacArthur's war plans call for the invasion of Japan.

Never Call Retreat

01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen

£7.99 01 Jun 2007 Paperback Saint Martin's Press Inc.

After his great victories at Gettysburg and Union Mills, General Robert E Lee's attempt to bring the war to an end by attacking Washington, DC, fails. However, in securing Washington, the remnants of the valiant Union Army of the Potomac are destroyed. For Lincoln, there is only one hope left, that General Ulysses S Grant can save the Union cause.

Olga Forever

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Taibo, Paco Ignacio, II

£8.76 01 May 2007 Paperback Ediciones B

El Mesias: El Nino Judio

01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Rice, Anne

£12.61 01 May 2007 Paperback Ediciones B

The Camel Bookmobile

01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Hamilton, Masha

£13.71 01 Apr 2007 Hardback HarperCollins Publishers

Reminiscent of "Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Camel Bookmobile" is a captivating novel about a young American woman who leaves her everyday life behind, to bring the joy of reading to a small African village.

Fiends of the Eastern Front

05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By David Bishop

£9.99 05 Feb 2007 Paperback Games Workshop

An edition of David Bishop's "World War Two" magnum opus. Here, we see Lord Constanta dictate his vampire cadre to influence the outcome of the war with unholy terror, from the Russian front in 1941, the Siege of Leningrad in 1942, to the bloody climax in Berlin, 1945.

Beyond the Gap

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£16.48 01 Feb 2007 Non-Book Item Tantor Media

* Mp3 CD Format *. Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters' camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it's the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though they still feel the breath of the great Glacier in every winter's winds, the ice cap itself has retreated beyond the horizon.

Beyond the Gap (Library Edition)

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£43.95 01 Feb 2007 Compact Disk Tantor Media

Count Hamnet Thyssen is a minor noble of the drowsy old Raumsdalian Empire. Its capital city, Nidaros, began as a mammoth hunters' camp at the edge of the great Glacier. But that was centuries ago, and as everyone knows, it's the nature of the great Glacier to withdraw a few feet every year. Now Nidaros is an old and many-spired city; and though they still feel the breath of the great Glacier in every winter's winds, the ice cap itself has retreated beyond the horizon.

Beyond the Gap

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£21.97 01 Feb 2007 Compact Disk Tantor Media

In High Places

01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

By Turtledove, Harry

£3.84 01 Feb 2007 Paperback Tor Books

Teenager Annette Klein and her family are secret agents of Crosstime Traffic, sending commodities of the future back to their own timeline. During an attack Annette is separated from her parents, taken as a slave, and her RownersS take her to an "unofficial" crosstime portal.

The People of Welgeval

01 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT

By Tema, Botlhale

£8.21 01 Dec 2006 Paperback Struik Publishers

"The People of Welgeval is a beautifully written epic about life, death, suffering and survival." -- The Star Tonight (South Africa)