<div>A novel of star-crossed love from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Nebula and Hugo Award&ndash;winning novel Dreamsnake. In a future where space travel moves at faster-than-light speed, starship crews can only survive transit if drugged nearly to death. Then there are those like Laenea Trevelyan, who want to become pilots so badly they will go through years of training and major surgery to free themselves of biological rhythms. But though they become literally heartless, their emotions are just as human as before. Laenea discovers this herself when she immediately falls for crewman Radu Dracul upon her early release&mdash;some might say escape&mdash;from the hospital after her procedure. She is not unknown to Radu; Laenea was the first offworlder he ever saw when she and her crew delivered a vaccine for the cryptovirus that decimated his family and his planet. However, their intense attraction cannot last. Laenea&rsquo;s modifications will not survive in close proximity to Radu&rsquo;s biorhythms, which are too strong to allow him to become a pilot. But even in the vastness of space, where ships and hearts can be lost, fate&mdash;and danger&mdash;can have a hand in bringing two people together again . . . &ldquo;Smoothly told . . . with the sturdy character conflicts snugly worked into the hyperspace-navigation backdrop.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

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Superluminal

<div>The first two books in &ldquo;the most important series in science fiction&rdquo; from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Dreamsnake (Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea series). Starfarers The Starfarer is a self-sufficient spaceship with a functioning ecosystem, able to navigate from one star system to another via cosmic string, and it is about to embark on a deep space expedition in search of alien contact. Its global crew has come together in the spirit of cooperation and scientific advancement. But Earth struggles with anti-science and anti-technology factions, and there are those who want to turn the Starfarer into a military base. One of them is on board. And he will stop at nothing&mdash;including sabotage&mdash;to enforce his agenda . . . Transition After the crew members of the Starfarer hijack their own ship, they intercept an alien message and attempt to decipher its complex patterns. It could be an introduction, a warning, or a trap. In Tau Ceti, the first star system humans have ever visited, they discover worlds possessing life but no higher forms of intelligence. And with a saboteur still in their midst, tensions rise as the ship and its team hurtle toward a meeting more than three millennia in the making . . . Praise for the Starfarers Series &ldquo;McIntyre is a master SF stylist, creating well-rounded, believable and distinctive characters, and she excels at lush descriptions that allow the reader to visualize the action.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;The series features a diverse cast, especially for its 1989 debut date, and a series of interstellar hijinks, the likes of which only McIntyre could conjure.&rdquo; &mdash;Tor.com &ldquo;A fine novel of adventure.&rdquo; &mdash;Greg Bear on Starfarers &ldquo;The most exciting and satisfying science fiction I have read this year.&rdquo; &mdash;Ursula K. Le Guin on Metaphase</div>

The Starfarers Series Books 1–2

<div>The Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning novel from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of The King&rsquo;s Daughter. On an Earth scarred by nuclear war, Snake harnesses the power of venom to cure illnesses and vaccinate against disease. The healer can even ease patients into death with the power of her dreamsnake. But she is not respected and trusted by all, and when she tries to help a sick nomad child, the frightened clan kills her dreamsnake. Ashamed of being misjudged and grieving the loss of her dreamsnake, Snake has one choice to maintain her livelihood: she must travel to the city, which jealously guards its knowledge. And before she faces the prejudices and arrogance of the people there, Snake must make her way across a barren desert, surviving storms and radiation poisoning, helping those she can&mdash;all while a madman stalks her every move . . . &ldquo;[Dreamsnake] is filled with scenes as suspenseful as anyone could wish . . . but most of all it addresses the humanity in all of us.&rdquo; &mdash;The Seattle Times &ldquo;A haunting, rich, and tender novel that explores the human side of science fiction in a manner that&rsquo;s all too uncommon.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert Silverberg &ldquo;A splendid tale, combining the sensitivity and attention to mood of the new generation of SF writers with a gripping and well-worked-out adventure . . . The novel is rich in character, background and incident&mdash;unusually absorbing and moving.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Instead of kicking butt, the lead character is dedicated to saving lives. . . . Snake&rsquo;s blighted world is expertly drawn, and her encounters with dysfunctional societies can be bracing and challenging reading.&rdquo; &mdash;The Guardian &ldquo;This is an exciting future-dream with real characters, a believable mythos and, what&rsquo;s more important, an excellent, readable story.&rdquo; &mdash;Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series</div>

Dreamsnake

<div>A story of feline first contact by the Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author that &ldquo;recalls Robert Heinlein&rsquo;s excellent stories for this age group&rdquo; (Publishers Weekly). Twelve-year-old Barbary has been dreaming of going to space for as long as she can remember. Now, the orphan is on her way, joining the family of her mother&rsquo;s best friend on the research station Einstein&mdash;but she won&rsquo;t be going alone. Barbary can&rsquo;t bear to leave behind her only friend, a Manx tabby cat named Mickey. Getting used to zero gravity is just one challenge the pair will face on their journey; when they finally land on Einstein, Barbary will have to trust her new sister with her secret stowaway. But Mickey&rsquo;s mischievous nature may get Barbary kicked off of her new home for good&mdash;and put all of humanity at risk as an alien ship flies their way . . . &ldquo;Excitement about space, living on a frontier, and . . . down-to-earth mechanical details . . . McIntyre displays the talent that won her acclaim.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Engrossing. A lot of physics and engineering are woven unobtrusively into the book. Good for buffs and newcomers.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Barbary

<div>A collection of eleven stories from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author, including Nebula Award winner &ldquo;Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand.&rdquo; This brilliant collection of short fiction showcases renowned author Vonda N. McIntyre&rsquo;s sparkling lyricism, captivating vision, and advocacy of the different. The titular story is one of alienation and discrimination, as a woman transformed into an &ldquo;ugly&rdquo; lifeform&mdash;a clumsy &ldquo;digger&rdquo;&mdash;seeks to escape her servitude to humans, but is denied sanctuary by the beautiful and graceful &ldquo;flyers.&rdquo; Also included is the acclaimed story &ldquo;Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand,&rdquo; which became the first section of McIntyre&rsquo;s Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning novel, Dreamsnake. In it, a woman who harnesses the power of snakes&rsquo; venom to heal saves the life of a nomad boy in the desert&mdash;but the price she pays may be too much to bear. In &ldquo;Aztecs,&rdquo; later expanded into the novel Superluminal, a woman undergoes biological modifications in order to pilot ships during faster-than-light travel. &ldquo;A quality selection . . . Zoning in on McIntyre&rsquo;s penchant for intense, dark stories with human pain and transcendence at their core . . . Fireflood, as with all of McIntyre&rsquo;s fiction, is written in a brooding, pulsing prose that drops the reader into a setting with little to orient themselves save the words on the page.&rdquo; &mdash;Speculiction &ldquo;Eleven stories by one of the most widely admired of the younger science-fiction writers . . . From awkward to wonderful&mdash;an interesting record of an up-and-coming talent&rsquo;s present whereabouts.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Fireflood

<div>The final two books in &ldquo;the most important series in science fiction&rdquo; from the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Dreamsnake (Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea series). Metaphase Cast out from interstellar civilization, the crew of the Starfarer encounters an extraterrestrial whose reputation is equally bad: the squidmoth. Contact specialist J.D. Sauvage risks her life to befriend the creature, trusting her instincts instead of the warnings of the alien human. The welcome Sauvage receives and the connection she makes will help her overcome her innate fears and prejudices, and she will be given a gift that will save her from being left behind in an empty star system&mdash;as well as redeem the Starfarer and its mission . . . Nautilus After their encounter with the squidmoth, and with their ecosystem immunized by the alien human, the crew of the Starfarer makes contact with representatives from the Four Worlds. J.D. Sauvage is sent to meet the furry creatures&mdash;as large as lions and as lithe as otters. They have been waiting for humans for a long time. But there is something they want from the Starfarer team: Earth&rsquo;s one advantage over space civilization&mdash;a new, faster algorithm for interstellar navigation. Praise for the Starfarers Series &ldquo;McIntyre is a master SF stylist, creating well-rounded, believable and distinctive characters, and she excels at lush descriptions that allow the reader to visualize the action.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;The series features a diverse cast, especially for its 1989 debut date, and a series of interstellar hijinks, the likes of which only McIntyre could conjure.&rdquo; &mdash;Tor.com</div>

The Starfarers Series Books 3–4

<div>Winner of the Nebula Award and now a major motion picture: &ldquo;A luminous, radiant novel&rdquo; (Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea series). During the late seventeenth century, Louis XIV&rsquo;s natural philosopher and explorer, Father Yves de la Croix, does what no one has done for four hundred years: he brings a living sea monster to land. Thus begins a stunning fantasy, a journey into science and superstition, and an alternate history in which Yves and his sister, Marie-Jos&egrave;phe&mdash;a lady-in-waiting with her own finely tuned intelligence and insatiable curiosity&mdash;struggle to learn from and protect the sea woman. As Marie-Jos&egrave;phe translates the sea woman&rsquo;s songs into stories, she hopes to stave off the creature&rsquo;s inevitable execution&mdash;for Louis XIV believes the wondrous being holds the secret to the immortality he craves, a twisted obsession that will force brother and sister to choose between their conscience and their loyalty to king and country . . . The basis for the movie starring Pierce Brosnan, The King&rsquo;s Daughter is &ldquo;a dazzling and spirited evocation of the passions, intrigues, and preconceptions of the age, along with a dandy pair of misfit, star-crossed lovers: an enchanting slice of what-if historical speculation&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). &ldquo;A wonderful book! Adventure, love, history, magic.&rdquo; &mdash;Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of Outlander &ldquo;A plot that sings, enchanting romance, and a depth of insight into human nature.&rdquo; &mdash;SF Site &ldquo;A marvelous alternative-history fable about greed and goodness, power and pathos set at the 17th century court of Louis XIV, France&rsquo;s glittering Sun King . . . [McIntyre&rsquo;s] imaginings enliven her history with wonder, but, as in the best fantasy, they serve less to dazzle by their inventiveness than to illuminate brilliantly real-world truths&mdash;here, humanity&rsquo;s responses, base and noble, when confronting the unknown.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly, starred review &ldquo;Combines two demanding genres, with some remarkable twists unlike anything I&rsquo;ve seen before. It is a science fiction story of first contact with an alien race, but told in a setting more often associated with fantasy. It is also historical romance at its best, the type of meticulously researched work that brings another era to life. McIntyre infuses it all with her marvelously unique style.&rdquo; &mdash;Catherine Asaro, award-winning author Previously published as The Moon and the Sun</div>

The King's Daughter

<div>Prepare yourself for warp-10 excitement! The Galaxy's ultimate future is in the hands of James Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the indomitable crew of the Enterprise. The Galaxy's ultimate weapon is in the hands of the evil Khan and his followers. A battle that will shake the universe cannot be avoided...And the ultimate adventure is about to begin!</div>

Vonda N. McIntyre
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Books By Vonda N. McIntyre (8 Books)

Superluminal

The Starfarers Series Books 1–2

Dreamsnake

Barbary

Fireflood

The Starfarers Series Books 3–4

The King's Daughter

The Wrath of Khan

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