Stephen Goldin

Hawker was a good soldier-so good, in fact, that the Army asked him and his buddies to sign on for an extended hitch. What they couldn't know was that the extension would last forever. Century after century, Hawker and his comrades were resurrected to fight on alien planets. But one goal remained in Hawker's mind: Somehow there had to be a way out of the loop. And he was determined to find it.

The first great space opera decalogy of the 21st century, this boxed set represents the first time all 10 books have been gathered together in a single volume. It follows the exciting adventures of undercover agents working to preserve the peace and unity of a galaxy-spanning empire, despite treachery that turns up around every corner. The books include: Tsar Wars Treacherous Moon Robot Mountain Sanctuary Planet Stellar Revolution Purgatory Plot Traitors'...

This is Book 3 of the Parsina Saga. Storyteller Jafar al-Sharif continues his reluctant odyssey through an exotic world of djinni and flying carpets as he copes with fiendish assassins, a city of apes, the King of the Winds, the Isle of Illusions and a mysterious long-vanished underwater city while attempting to save the life of his beloved daughter.

Volume I of the Parsina Saga. In the Arabian Nights world of Parsina, Jafar the storyteller must escape from the dungeons of the Holy City and outwit the world's mightiest wizard.

On a trading mission to a backwater planet, starship captain Ardeva Korrell finds herself with a fight on her hands; she and her small crew must battle an army of robots and defeat the tyrannical, god-like beings who have enslaved the native population. The task before them is straightforward: to storm the gates of Heaven itself!

GHOSTS, GIRLS, & OTHER PHANTASMS is a comprehensive collection of Stephen Goldin's solo short fiction, containing most of the stories from his earlier collection THE LAST GHOST AND OTHER STORIES. (The Angel in Black stories have been broken out into their own volume.) These stories run the gamut from humor to pathos, and are guaranteed to entertain.

For centuries, now, humanity has expanded into space without encountering an alien civilization. Suddenly, the peaceful outlying planet Omicron is attacked by an ominous outside threat-and the Imperial Special Investigation Service finds itself joining forces with the conspiracy it's been battling for years to save mankind from external danger.

Blasphemous...highly offensive...and VERY funny! Meeting Polly is an adventure where you'll discover: why snowmen can't dance; a scene from a previously unseen Marx Brothers movie; the Three Laws of Thermodynamics; and the secret of the universe. Oh, and also the recipe for the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Just remember: Nothing's ever hopeless unless you lose all hope.

Birk Aaland is a political outcast from Earth's tyranny, and has been living for years on a planet inhabited solely by robots. Now another ship has crashed, and there is again a sole survivor -- a woman desperate to warn Earth of an alien invasion. But Birk is perfectly happy with his current exile -- until a twist of fate intervenes, causing each of them to re-evaluate their lives.

Space pirates harass interstellar shipping On the frozen world of Gulag-where the Empire's worst traitors have been exiled for centuries-dangerous plots are hatching. Time is running out for agents of the Imperial Special Investigation Service to save the Empire from the most serious revolt in its centuries-long history.