Стивен Барнс – лучшие книги

Перед тем, как умереть, родители спрятали Кендрика в секретной комнате. Открыть дверь он был должен только дедушке, который произнесет пароль, известный им двоим. Теперь мальчик живет с дедом в его сельском доме, но с того страшного дня практически не говорит.

“Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi strides—and soars and plots and duels—again in this stirring new addition to the Star Wars saga. . . . This splendid adventure yarn offers a gut-wrenching surprise on nearly every page and a knock-the-socks-off ending.”—Publishers Weekly

When the economically depressed government of Ord Cestus threatens to sell incredibly deadly battle droids to the Separatists, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine dispatches a team led by Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi to the planet. Their mission: to halt the deal. A peaceful resolution is preferable, but if all else fails, the Republic will not hesitate to demonstrate the consequences of disloyalty by launching a full-scale attack—wiping out not only the means of biodroid production but countless lives as well. The prospect of such a slaughter only fuels Obi-Wan’s growing suspicions about the sinister path the Republic seems to be taking. Facing a crisis of conscience, Obi-Wan must find the wisdom and strength to prevent a bloodbath and safeguard the Republic—while abiding by the ancient code to which he has pledged his life.

В знаменитом парке аттракционов на одном из виртуальных игровых полей происходит убийство. Из лаборатории Парка Грез похищено сильнейшее психотропное вещество. За расследование берется начальник службы безопасности парка Алекс Гриффин. Под вымышленным именем он вступает в игру. Удастся ли ему отличить виртуальные ужасы от реальных преступлений?

Магия и технология, технология и магия сливаются воедино в виртуальном мире "Парка Грез". Но в ирреальном мире эскимосской мифологии, созданном инженерами и программистами "Парка", неизвестным злоумышленником совершается настоящие преступления. В игру вступает начальник службы безопасности Алекс Гриффин.

The Hive follows the story of Obi-Wan Kenobi as he is dispatched as a Republic envoy to the Outer Rim planet Ord Cestus, where he must halt the sale of potentially deadly "bio-droids" to the Separatists. Despite Obi-Wan's efforts, this mission quickly turns from diplomatic to dangerous. This planet, which was at one time self-contained, has long since been co-opted by unscrupulous offworlders, whose plunder of a vital natural resource has enabled the rise of a powerful corporation that controls the economy. Even the native population known as the X’Ting have been reduced to mere second class citizens in their own society.

Obi-Wan brings with him the knowledge of a legal technicality that would allow the X'Ting to retake control of their planet. Circumstances within the X'Ting civilization are less than desirable in which to mount such a revival. This once tightly knit race has splintered into battling factions as a result of a devastating plague, which wiped out many of the X'Ting rulers. Reunification can only come with the rise of new royals, whom all X’Ting are bound by blood to serve. The eggs that will spawn those sovereigns lie out of reach, however, secured in a secret chamber and booby-trapped by those whose knowledge died with them in the plague. Obi-Wan and his X'Ting guide, Jesson Di Blinth, travel down into the sealed egg chamber in an attempt to retrieve the last remaining royal eggs. They face many trials along the way, including a question and answer session for the final test. The questions are presented by a machine that holds the eggs, and threatens vaporization of them if answered incorrectly. Jesson is the only one who can complete this task because he is X'Ting, and the test seeks to determine one's knowledge of X'Ting history.

Оби-Ван соглашается помочь угнетенному коренному населению планеты Орд Сестус вернуть свободу и самоуправление.

Юная прелестная Ребекка, которую жадные опекуны намеревались продать в жены старому порочному герцогу, и красавец повеса Дэниел Невилл, которого дядюшка маркиз грозил лишить наследства, если он немедленно не вступит в брак, бежали в Шотландию и там поженились. И стали изгоями в обществе, притчей во языцех. Дядя даже не желает и слышать о Дэниеле, перед молодоженами закрылись все двери, от них отвернулся свет, – да еще и отвергнутый жених Ребекки лелеет планы жестокой мести. Но какое значение имеют позор и бедность, если Ребекка и Дэниел обладают величайшим в мире счастьем и сокровищем – любовью?..

The Seascape Tattoo : the latest spellbinding adventure in Larry Niven's acclaimed collaborations with Steven Barnes! Aros of Azteca and Neoloth-Pteor are the deadliest of enemies: Swordsman and Sorcerer, locked in mortal combat, who have tried to kill each other more times than either can count. But when the princess Neoloth loves is kidnapped, there is only one plan that offers any hope of rescue . . . and that requires passing off the barbarian Aros as a lost princeling and infiltrating the deadliest cabal of necromancers the world has ever seen. They cannot trust each other. They will betray or kill each other the first chance they get. But they're all each other has.

In an alternate Africa-ruled American South, slave labor is used from Europe to colonize the Americas. The Islamic African aristocratic family of Wakil Abu Ali indulge in luxury at their glorious estate called Dar Kush while white slaves--slaves like the young Aidan O'Dere and his Druid Irish family--work the land.

Disgusted with his life as enforcer for the Ortegas and their bloody empire of drugs, prostitution, and black market body parts, null-boxer Aubrey Knight realizes that he will have to become a hero if he is to walk away and still survive.