I could not repress a sigh at the thought of the havoc war had wrought in this part of England, at least. Farther east, nearer London, we should find things very different. There would be the civilization that two centuries must have wrought upon our English cousins as they had upon us. There would be mighty cities, cultivated fields, happy people. There we would be welcomed as long-lost brothers. There would we find a great nation anxious to learn of the world beyond their side of thirty, as I had been anxious to learn of that which lay beyond our side of the dead line. ~ ~ ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs created one of the most iconic figures in American pop culture, Tarzan of the Apes, and it is impossible to overstate his influence on entire genres of popular literature in the decades after his enormously winning pulp novels stormed the public's imagination. The Lost Continent is one of the rarest and least-known of Burrough's thrilling science-fiction adventure stories. Since its first appearance-in the February 1916 issue of All-Around Magazine, under the title "Beyond Thirty"-it has languished in undeserved obscurity. In the year 2137, global civilization has been in decline for nearly two centuries, and war-ruined Europe is but a distant memory, practically a legend, to the isolationist United States. But one intrepid American traveler is about to rediscover the Old World, which has become a startling and savage land in its solitude. American novelist EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS (1875-1950) wrote dozens of adventure, crime, and science fiction novels that are still beloved today, including Tarzan of the Apes (1912), At the Earth's Core (1914), A Princess of Mars (1917), The Land That TimeForgot (1924), and Pirates of Venus (1934). He is reputed to have been reading a comic book when he died.

Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume: Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where children had been bio-engineered to have four arms (and no legs) to function in zero gravity. Now that they’re no longer needed, a heartless mega corporation is getting rid of them before they eat into the profit margin. Leo Graf adopted 1000 quaddies—now he had to teach them to be free.  “Labyrinth”—When Miles Vorkosigan is captured while on a secret mission to a lawless world, his only hope of escape is an unlikely pair of allies: a quaddie and a teenage werewolf. Diplomatic Immunity— Miles Vorkosigan and his wife were heading home for the births of their first children, but a major diplomatic disaster is looming at Graf Station, colonized by the descendants of the original quaddies, and duty calls. Unfortunately, diplomatic immunity doesn’t carry over to immunity from a very nasty biological weapon. The downside of being a troubleshooter comes when trouble starts shooting back. . . .

I shall not bore you with dry, technical descriptions of our motors and equipment. Suffice it to say that the former were of three types--those which propelled the ship through the air and those which propelled it through ether, the latter of course represented our most important equipment, and consisted of powerful multiple-exhaust separators which isolated the true Barsoomian Eighth Ray in great quantities, and, by exhausting it rapidly earthward, propelled the vessel toward Mars.

Review

Ms. Brooks has a way of carrying the reader off into the stars where they discover worlds with amazing creatures and unique, exciting landscapes. (Sandra The Romance Studio 20090518)

Cheryl Brooks has created a world full of varying species that seem to blend effortlessly and allows readers to feel like you could easily fit in amongst them. Besides what woman wouldn't want to find herself loved by a man who's every desire is to please his mate. (Chrissy Dionne Romance Junkies 20090519)

The fourth novel in Cheryl Brooks' Cat Star Chronicles, Outcast will satisfy any one who is already a fan of this series and could possible create a few converts. (Jackie Morgan Literary Escapism 20090519)

I mean seriously, what's better than alien sex?!... I love the Zetithian race that Cheryl has created. They're captivating and sexy, not to mention loyal servants to those they love. (Shawn Remfrey Maymay's Memos 20090520)

[T]alk about sizzling... the story was so good I would still recommend this book to other romance lovers. (Debbie Suzuki Debbie's World 20090522)

Cheryl Brooks is at the top of her game with this excellent entry that will have her fans purring for more. (Harriet Klausner Genre-Go-Round Reviews 20090526)

Where else can you experience a man who purrs with such orgasmic results? It's a rich world and Ms. Brooks is making it better and better with each installment. I look forward to more. (Xeranthemum Whipped Cream Erotic Reviews 20090527)

Oh my God...this book is sexy... very different from any other romances I've ever read, no vampires or werewolves or the usual paranormal fair... more of a SciFi/Fantasy twist and I really Love it!! (Amy Castellano Chic Book Reviews 20090529)

It really is a series of which I have never read the likes of before. (Nikki Heffernan A Blog of Books 20090603)

[F]ans of scifi romantica should love this one and if they haven't been following the whole series I suggest they get on it soon. (Rhianna Walker Rhi Reading 20090604)

I can't say enough good about this series. It's just too much fun, full of imagination and did I mention the book is downright HOT? (Marta Hoelscher Marta's Meanderings 20090608)

Not only can you see the chemistry between the two main characters but you get to watch their relationship develop out of mistrust and hurt and into the love and care many people would be envious of. It will not only draw you into the story, the journey will also captivate you as they find themselves and each other. (Lyda Bitten By Books 20090608)

[T}here is a real upbeat and positive feel to this series, particularly how people whose planet has been destroyed and who have been scattered around the galaxy can find love as well as finding their old friends... enjoyable and interesting. (Curled Up with a Good Book 20090609)

Ms. Brooks knows how to write romance but she's also an expert at conveying what it means to love! (Kerensa Wilson Crave More Romance 20090824)

I enjoyed Outcast. It hit me on an emotional level that the other books never did... The best in the series yet! (Ames The Book Binge )

[D]efinitely a great romance novel. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves romance and sci-fi books! (Christine Plaisted Books 4 Moms )

Product Description

This fourth installment in The Cat Star Chronicles series maintains the qualities of excitement, world-building, sizzling romance, and great imagination that made Slave such a resounding success.

Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem. He is a favorite due to his feline gene, which gives him remarkable sexual powers, but after ten years, Lynx is exhausted.

Thrown out without a penny, Lynx is bitter and anti-female. He emigrates to a new planet but can only find a job with a female rancher.

Bonnie's boyfriend has left with all their money and she needs help with the ranch. Lynx is cynical, but honest, and though he has made it clear that he wants no part of a romantic relationship, Bonnie can't resist him. She finds out about his impotence and becomes determined not to let such a beautiful and sensual young man go to waste...

PRAISE FOR CHERYL BROOKS:

"Brooks presents a nice futuristic story with some interesting worlds and Aliens in this Cat Star Chronicles offering. Fascinating world customs, a bit of a mystery and the relationship between the hero and heroine make this a very sensual romance... the hero is quite interesting, and the heroine a strong, independent woman."
The Romantic Times

(20090506)

From Wikipedia

Back to the Stone Age is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the fifth in his series set in the interior world of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a six-part serial in Argosy Weekly from January 9 to February 13, 1937 under the title "Seven Worlds to Conquer." It was first published in book form in hardcover by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. in September, 1937 under the present title, and has been reissued a number of times since by various publishers. Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon

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The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of the original crew that sailed to Pellucidar with Jason Gridley and Tarzan who is left behind in the inner world. Von Horst wanders friendless and alone from one danger to the next among the Stone Age peoples, mighty reptiles, and huge animals that have been extinct on the outer crust for thousands of years. But woven among the tales of savage cave men in the country of the Basti, the hideous Gorbuses in the caverns beneath the Forest of Death, and the terrible Gaz is the story of the love this cultured hero feels for a barbarian slave girl who has spurned and discouraged him, working instead toward her own mysterious goal.

The year is 1901--it's been twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon. Since then, nobody on the island has grown a day older, and the Lost Boys continue their friendship with the Mollusk tribe, and their rivalry with Captain Hook. Meanwhile in London, Molly has married George Darling and is raising three children: Wendy, Michael, and John. One night a visitor appears at her door; it's James, one of Peter's original Lost Boys. He is now working for Scotland Yard and suspects that the heir to England's throne, Prince Albert Edward, is under the influence of shadow creatures. These shadow creatures are determined to find a secret cache of startstuff which fell to London many centuries ago. The starstuff is hidden in an underground vault which has only one key: the Sword of Mercy, a legendary weapon kept with the Crown Jewels. Molly is determined to help, but when she suddenly goes missing, it is up to her eleven-year-old daughter, Wendy, to keep the starstuff out of the Others' clutches. She has heard her mother's stories of a flying boy named Peter Pan, and he may be her only hope in saving the world from a shadowy doom...

THE WORLD IS NOT WHAT IT SEEMS. North America is one union; trade in illegal cloning is thriving; and the Biolution has changed all the rules. It's a dark new world in the 21st Century, and National Security Agency profiler Sonny Chaco is fed up with swimming the Net. His latest assignment is Alberto Goya, billionaire CEO of global media giant AztecaNet. The NSA thinks Goya is involved with racketeering, but Chaco knows that he has ties to the Mexican Mafia.Chaco's information is coming from Deja Moriarty, one of AztecaNet's brightest reality producers. Deja wonders if she's really helping her country, while Chaco seriously questions his feelings for his sexy informant.Just when Chaco thinks he's got the goods on Goya and is ready to pounce, his superior assigns him to investigate a mysterious and powerful man who has appeared on the grid. It's Chaco's first field assignment, but everything goes sideways when he discovers that Deja knows the mystery man. AztecaNet's head of security is soon on to Chaco and Deja, and there's nothing he won't do to stop them from bringing down his boss.Armed with only his wits and a cast of unlikely accomplices, Chaco soon realizes that the mystery man isn't just a threat to the nation...but the world.

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BLAST FROM THE PAST
Ten years had passed since mankind had won the Great War. The dreaded Al'ar, loathsome aliens who killed by mere sight or touch, had been vanquished. Now they were gone, forgotten, and humanity was free to expand throughout the galaxy.
But one man remembered. Joshua Wolfe had been a hero of the Great War. He had lived with the Al'ar first as a friend and then as a prisoner. He knew their ways, knew their disciplines, knew how to kill as they killed.
And Joshua Wolfe was the only man who knew that the conflict was not over.
Before the Great War, in a time of friendship, the Al'ar had given him a name: Shadow Warrior. Now he would fulfill its lethal promise...

Simon remembers his birth; he was 36 years old at the time. A victim of technology and circumstance, Simon's memory has been wiped clean, leaving him to rediscover his own identity in a world that is as frightening as unfamiliar, the clues to his personal history few and far between.The path from innocence to recovery takes Simon from planet to planet in a desperate hunt for the truth. Along the way he will befriend snotty robots, baffling alien beings, a precocious kid, and a dog with serious gastrointestinal issues - and he'll find out what kind of a man he really is. Originally published as a weekly serial on the internet, Simon of Space gained critical acclaim and a large fanbase, encouraging Cheeseburger Brown to release this newly-edited version in novel form.Expertly weaving comedy and philosophical sci-fi at breakneck speed, Simon of Space is a fun, witty novel, sure to entertain.

From the Publisher

The first book in an action–packed new SF adventure series. Vulcan is a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death. Vulcan breeds just two types of native — complacent or tough. Sten is tough. When his family is killed in a mysterious accident, Sten rebels, harassing the Company from the metal world’s endless mazelike warrens. He could end up just another burnt–out Delinquent. But people like Sten never give up.

From the Inside Flap

A Tale Of Revenge

Vulcan was a factory planet, centuries old, Company run, ugly as sin, and unfeeling as death.

Vulcan bred just two types of native -- complacent or tough...and Sten was tough.

When his family died in a mysterious "accident," Sten rebelled, harassing the Company from the metal world's endless mazelike warrens.

Sten would have ended up just another burnt-out Delinquent if he hadn't rescued a mysterious stranger who turned out to be his ticket off Vulcan -- and an express ride back!

The STEN Adventures:
Sten
The Wolf Worlds
The Court Of A Thousand Suns
Fleet Of The Damned
Revenge Of The Damned
The Return Of The Emperor
Vortex

From the Publisher

Sten’s luck seems to have deserted him. Having been assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds, he soon discovers that the Imperial Officers are more interested in having fun than honing their fighting skills. The enemy Tahn couldn’t have picked a better time or place to launch their long–planned attack against the Empire. Sten and his men are outgunned and outmanned… But Sten isn’t going to give up without a fight.

From the Inside Flap

Sten's luck was finally running out.

He had barely scraped through Imperial flight school when he was assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds, where the Imperial officers were more concerned with the perfect fit of their dress whites than with honing their fighting skills.

The enemy Tahn couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. Sten and his men were outgunned, outmanned, and outfought -- and no reinforcements could be expected from the besieged Eternal Emperor.

It looked like Sten's number was up. But if he had to go, he didn't intend to go alone...

The Sten Adventures:
Sten
The Wolf Worlds
The Court of a Thousand Suns
Fleet of the Damned
Revenge of the Damned

From the Publisher

Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking the Emperor’s greatest foe with him. Instead, he ended up a slave laborer in a POW camp deep in the heart of enemy territory. But sitting out the action had never been Sten’s style. And now that the war was building to a climax, the Eternal Emperor needed him more than ever. Not even the toughest prison in the known universe can keep Sten from his mission…

From the Inside Flap

Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking his Emperor's greatest foe with him. Instead he was a slave laborer in a P.O.W. camp deep in the heart of enemy territory.
But sitting out the action had never been Sten's style. And now that the war was building to a climax, the Eternal Emperor needed him more than ever. Not even the toughest prison in the known universe could keep Sten from his mission . . .

From the Publisher

The Eternal Emperor was dead, and the five members of the Privy Council ruled in his place. But they quickly discovered that their power would collapse around them if they didn’t locate the Emperor’s secret source of Anti–Matter Two, the economic keystone of the Empire. And so they sent a team of crack commandos to capture Sten, one of their late ruler’s few surviving confidantes. But Sten, as usual, had his own agenda. For he knew something about the Eternal Emperor that would shake the Empire to its foundations. And to play his part, all Sten had to do was kill the five most powerful beings in the universe…

From the Inside Flap

The Privy Council who ruled in place of the dead Eternal Emperor needed to find his secret source of Anti-Matter Two. Unfortunately, the only man who knew where it could be wasn't talking. He had an agenda of his own and was willing to destroy the universe if he couldn't get his way....
The STEN Adventures
STEN
THE WOLF WORLDS
THE COURT OF A THOUSAND SUNS
FLEET OF THE DAMNED
REVENGE OF THE DAMNED
THE RETURN OF THE EMPEROR

From the Publisher

The Empire is in chaos. The once–great Imperial Navy has been shattered in battle and lies burning in space, riven by a civil war that threatens to engulf humanity’s future. For the revered Eternal Emperor is not the man his subjects thought him to be — and may not even be human at all. And it is Sten — Imperial bodyguard, spy, assassin, renegade — who now leads humanity’s fight for survival. Taking command of the last rebel fleet, he sets out on a desperate quest to seek and destroy the dark source of his former master’s power. Denounced as a traitor, hunted by forces loyal to the Emperor, Sten must risk everything to annihilate the Empire he vowed to protect.

From the Inside Flap

The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead, to pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great leader could not halt the Empire's decline alone. And so Sten, master spy, military strategist, and assassin, found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the stability of the Empire itself.
Quelling a civil war was nothing new for Sten. But as one thing after another went wrong, he began to suspect that he was up against more than a mere local disturbance. Someone -- operating in deepest cover, with the highest authority -- was working behind the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that someone wanted nothing more than to see Sten dead . . .

When Alex was a child he lived to hear his grandfather's stories of his adventures in a mythical forest world. Now that he's older he has given up on believing in old faery tales. Too bad they didn't give up on him. Alex finds himself following in his grandfather's footsteps as he is swept away to the Green. Now to return home he must learn what it means to be a hero in a world where magic reigns.