Adam-Troy Castro

Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant.But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life ....

"A stunningly illustrated and hilarious A-to-Z guide that bears witness to the zombie horde as it slowly overruns us."--Back cover.

When Gustav convinces Fernie's safety-conscious father to enter the Gloom Mansion with Fernie and Perlie to help rescue Gustav's father from the Dark Country, there is a prison break from the Hall of Shadow Criminals, endangering them all.

Zach, a human boy who is actually an extraterrestrial agent for the Galactic Union, travels to California's Lassen Volcanic National Park on a dangerous mission to save the Earth from evil aliens known as the Syndicate.

Fernie What, an adventurous young horror fan, moves into the house across the street from the dark mansion of a mysterious boy whose residence is haunted by evil shadows.

"Gustav and Fernie's adventures in the Dark Country continue as they search for their families. But as they get closer to discovering their families' fates, their mission is once again threatened by old foes--as well as some new, even more treacherous, ones. Will Gustav and Fernie be able to battle their way through and rescue their families before it's too late?" --

472 p. ; 23 cm

As Fernie and Gustav battle the Shadow Eater, who seeks The Nightmare Vault for his master, the evil Lord Obsidian, Fernie learns about Gustav's mysterious past and just what happened to his missing parents.

A anthology of short stories about female warriors. Friesner has edited several "Chicks" collections in the same vein, including Chicks in Chainmail, The Chick is in the Mail, Chicks and Chained Males. No Pain, No Gain | Elizabeth Moon Slue-Foot Sue and the Witch in the Woods | Laura Frankos A Young Swordswoman's Garden Primer | Sarah Zettel The Old Fire | Jody Lynn Nye Like No Business I Know | Mark Bourne A Bone to Pick | Marina Frants & Keith R.A. DeCandido The Attack of the Avenging Virgins | Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Oh, Sweet Goodnight! | Christina Briley & Walter Vance Awsten A Bitch in Time | Doranna Durgin Don't You Want to Be Beautiful? | Laura Anne Gilman A Night with the Girls | Barbara Hambly A Quiet Knight's Reading | Steven Piziks Armor Propre | Jan Stirling & S.M. Stirling A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Esther M. Friesner Blade Runner | K.D. Wentworth Keeping Up Appearances | Lawrence Watt-Evans La Différence | Harry Turtledove Tales from the Slushpile | Margaret Ball Yes, We Did Say Chicks! | Adam-Troy Castro

Counselor Andrea Cort answers a cryptic summons to the home world of the powerful Bettelhines, but a murder attempt greets her arrival at Xana's orbital entry port, and far graver peril awaits aboard the elevator transport meant to carry Andrea to the planet's surface. Trapped miles above Xana with a corpse liquefied by a 15000-year-old weapon, Andrea must unmask an assassin or die an equally hideous death.