Tom Derringer in the Tunnels of Terror


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A would-be conqueror had accused Tom Derringer of being a part of Gabriel Trask's cabal of spies and assassins.Tom had never heard of Gabriel Trask.The experts of the Pierce Archives knew only that Mr. Trask had some connection with the late Emperor Norton, self-proclaimed Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, so Tom set out across the continent in pursuit of the truth. Did Trask truly control spies and assassins?And if so, had Tom made himself their target? Someone was certainly taking an unwelcome interest in Tom's activities...




Tom Derringer & the Electrical Empire


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Professor Aloysius Vanderhart has been kidnapped, and his daughter has asked young adventurer Tom Derringer to find him and bring him home. Other scientists and adventurers have also gone missing. Who took them, and why? The search for those answers plunges Tom into new adventures -- and into the heart of a mad millionaire's electrical empire!




Tom Derringer and the Steam-Powered Saurians


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In 1884 the "Bone Wars" between rival paleontologists were in full swing, driving fossil hunters to outrageous lengths in pursuit of the latest finds, when reports came out of the Wasatch Mountains in the Utah Territory of the most amazing discovery yet. An adventurer went into the mountains to investigate - and he didn't come back. Fresh from his adventures in the tunnels under Los Angeles, Tom Derringer is hired to find the missing man. With his assistant Betsy Vanderhart he sets out into the wilderness, where he finds more than he bargained for...




Shining Steel


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Godsworld was settled by Christian fundamentalists who sought to escape the sinful Earth. They were certain Earth was doomed, and spent a century in suspended animation to reach their new home. But Earth survived, and now the heathens have found them. John Mercy-of-Christ is leading the resistance to the invasion -- but the heathens have far more powerful technology than the Godsworlders.




Denner's Wreck


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The lost colony planet Denner's Wreck was found by a group of immortal, high-tech tourists who decided it would be fun to hang around for a few centuries playing at being gods for the low-tech descendants of the original colonists. One of the Powers, Geste the Trickster, played a prank on a mere mortal, Bredon the Hunter, and Bredon didn't let it go. He held Geste to account, and found himself caught up in the affairs of the immortal Powers -- one of whom is a murderous psychopath...




Celestial Debris


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Twenty stories by Hugo-winning author Lawrence Watt-Evans, spanning the cosmos from spaceships to unicorns.




Among the Powers


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The lost colony planet Denner's Wreck was found by a group of immortal, high-tech tourists who decided it would be fun to hang around for a few centuries playing at being gods for the low-tech descendants of the original colonists. One of the Powers, Geste the Trickster, played a prank on a mere mortal, Bredon the Hunter, and Bredon didn't let it go. He held Geste to account, and found himself caught up in the affairs of the immortal Powers -- one of whom is a murderous psychopath...




Nightside City


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Carlisle Hsing is a down-on-her-luck detective in Nightside City, a resort town on the planet Epimetheus that's going to be uninhabitable in twenty years -- so why is someone buying up soon-to-be-worthless real estate? A group of squatters hire Hsing to find out.




Dragon Venom


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Arlian was winning his war against the dragons -- but he was discovering the costs of that victory might be far higher than he had expected, and more than he was willing to pay. Could he find a way to save humanity from both the dragons, and the wild magic the dragons had kept at bay?




Dragon Weather


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The dragons only emerged from their deep caverns when the weather was right, with thick clouds and sweltering heat. It was on such a day that Arlian's home village was destroyed, his family and friends slaughtered. He survived, though, and swore vengeance on the dragons, and on the looters and slavers who had captured him in the ruins. But no one had ever slain a dragon; how could a mere slave hope to do so?