The high frontier was the only hope of humanity, and too important to be controlled by corrupt governments.

The sequel to THE BURNING CITY - a powerful and original fantasy novel from the bestselling authors of THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.

The first book in a major new fantasy series from the bestselling authors of THE MOTE IN GOD'S EYE.

In the near future, Los Angeles is an all but uninhabitable war zone, racked by crime, violence, and poverty. But above the blighted city, a Utopia has arisen: Todos Santos, a thousand-foot high single-structured city. But there are those who want to see the utopia destroyed, whose answer to tomorrow's best and brightest hope is mindless violence.

This is the sequel to "The Mote in God's Eye". Humankind has spent 100 years agonizing over the threat posed by the only aliens they have ever threatened, the Moties. The three-armed aliens have been quarantined within the confines of their own solar system - until now.

Aliens - Moties - were first contacted in AD3017 in the region of space known as the Coalsack. The eponymous mote in his eye, which has winked out, much to the distress of pious Himmists, just might have been Motie laser light. It might even indicate the position of their home planet.

Reeling under a new ice age, the lunatic fringe of the environmental movement controls the US government. Abandoned by Earth, the space colonies replenish their air by scoop-ships diving into the atmosphere - but Alex and Gordon's ship was hit by a missile, and they are now wanted dead or alive.

This title is the epic sequel to 'The Burning City' from the authors of 'The Mote in God's Eye'.

1001 Computer Words You Need To Know is a comprehensive guide to the language of modern computing for the layperson. Terms are defined in plain English, using the Oxford core-and-subsense arrangement that crystallizes understanding. Sidebars make dry topics (such as wireless networking and computer security) entertaining.

A teenage delinquent on a crowded, corrupt Earth, Garrett was given a choice: rot in prison on Earth, or be deported to Mars to work in the colony there. But when Mars revolted against the multinational corporations that controlled the colonist's lives, Garrett was on the front lines in the battle for planetary freedom.

Presenting a study of the Roswell incident, this book views that after an exhaustive investigation, no alien craft or bodies were found at Roswell. It shows that the US government has no physical evidence of aliens, how critical weather data refute claims of Roswell believers, and why the case rises and falls on the testimony of just one witness.