New Releases by Julian May

In Pliocene Europe, warring races of aliens and humans face a new threat from North America in the third novel of the Locus Award–winning sci-fi series. A group of misfits from the twenty-second century have travelled six million years back in time to the Pliocene Epoch. But instead of an uninhabited paradise, they discover a land overrun with two alien races—each possessing great psychic powers—locked in bitter war. After escaping the knightly Tanu, a group of humans forms an uneasy alliance with the dwarfish Firvulag. But even after they succeed in destroying the Tanu capital, the war is far from over. Aiken Drum, a human with awesome mental powers, has usurped the Tanu throne. Aiken faces opposition from skeptical Tanu factions, as well as the revitalized Firvulag, who now out-number the Tanu-human coalition that Aiken has patched together. But another menace emerges to threaten Aiken''s rule: a group of fearsome rogues from the year 2083, who have been living quietly in North America for decades. Led by Marc Remillard, they now seek to take advantage of the chaos in King Aiken''s Many-Colored Land in order to seize control of the time-portal. The Nonborn King features the same blend of adventure, rich pageantry, humor, and fantastic eroticism that characterized The Many-Colored Land and The Golden Torc.

Second in the series that portrays “one of the best-thought-out futures ever encountered in science fiction” from the author of The Many-Colored Land (Joe Haldeman). Six million years in the past, a proto-Europe is inhabited by two extraterrestrial races, the chivalric Tanu and the dwarfish, forest-dwelling Firvulag—both of which possess far-reaching psychic powers. But now, time-traveling humans from a future society have become involved in the age-old struggle between the two. One group of captured humans is brought to Muriah, the stately capital of the Tanu kingdom. Among them is Elizabeth Orme, who was once, in her own world, a Grand Master Metapsychic. In spite of Tanu harassment, she begins to recover her lost powers. The other human group, which has managed to overcome its Tanu guards and escape into the northern forests, includes Chief Burke, a Native American, and Felice Uindry, an athlete gifted with certain psychic powers of her own. This group, with the ambiguous aid of the Firvulag, determines to launch an attack against the very heart of Tanu dominance. At the end of the Grand Combat tournament between Tanu and Firvulag comes the astonishing climax to this astonishing novel. Praise for the Saga of Pliocene Exile “Enchanting and engrossing . . . I was captivated.”—Fritz Leiber “Julian May has woven a many-colored tapestry of exotic adventure.”—Roger Zelazny “Action-oriented and vivid.”—Vonda McIntyre “An amazing journey from the distant future to the distant past . . . High adventure.”—SFReviews.net

In the year 2034, Theo Quderian, a French physicist, made an amusing but impractical discovery: the means to use a one-way, fixed-focus time warp that opened into a place in the Rhone River valley during the idyllic Pliocene Epoch, six million years ago. But, as time went on, a certain usefulness developed. The misfits and mavericks of the future—many of them brilliant people—began to seek this exit door to a mysterious past. In 2110, a particularly strange and interesting group was preparing to make the journey—a starship captain, a girl athlete, a paleontologist, a woman priest, and others who had reason to flee the technological perfection of twenty-second-century life. Thus begins this dazzling fantasy novel that invites comparisons with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Quin. It opens up a whole world of wonder, not in far-flung galaxies but in our own distant past on Earth—a world that will captivate not only science-fiction and fantasy fans but also those who enjoy literate thrillers. The group that passes through the time-portal finds an unforeseen strangeness on the other side. Far from being uninhabited, Pliocene Europe is the home of two warring races from another planet. There is the knightly race of the Tanu—handsome, arrogant, and possessing vast powers of psychokinesis and telepathy. And there is the outcast race of Firvulag—dwarfish, malev-o olent, and gifted with their own supernormal skills. Taken captive by the Tanu and transported through the primordial European landscape, the humans manage to break free, join in an uneasy alliance with the forest-dwelling Firvulag, and, finally, launch an attack against the Tanu city of light on the banks of a river that, eons later, would be called the Rhine. Myth and legend, wit and violence, speculative science and breathtaking imagination mingle in this romantic fantasy, which is the first volume in a series about the exile world. The sequel, titled The Golden Torc, will follow soon.

Relates the history of Baltimore''s football team, detailing their 1971 Super Bowl game against the Dallas Cowboys.

Highlights the team''s history from its founding in 1919 through the 1979 season, including the championship seasons of 1965 through 1967.

Chronicles the history of the Cincinnati Bengals.

A simple discussion of new evidence that dinosaurs were warm-blooded animals and not reptiles as previously believed.

A brief history describing the games and players of the Los Angeles team that won three NFC West titles in a row.

A brief history of the Washington, D.C., football team that after a long losing period turned into one of the country''s strongest teams.

A brief history of the Minnesota Vikings from their first game in 1961 to 1975 when they won twelve out of fourteen games.

A brief history of the Oakland Raiders describing the games and the players of the team considered "the best in the West."

A biography of the tennis star who was named Female Athlete of the Year in 1975.

Discusses the nine horses that have won in a single year all three races comprising the Triple Crown Championship: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

A history of the America''s Cup competition, the classic race between American and foreign yachts which began in 1851.

Discusses the various events composing the Winter Olympics and the history of these events.

Discusses the circuit leading to the World Championship of Driving and some of the victors in this world-wide, year-long race series.

Discusses boxing in the United States and some of the heavyweight champions of the world.

A brief history of the Masters Golf Tournament, an open tournament held each year at the Augusta, Georgia, National Golf Club.

A brief description of the United States Open Golf Tournament, one of the world''s major annual tournaments, open to both amateurs and professionals.

The life of Evel Knievel, professional motorcycle stuntman who will try jumping over almost anything, including the Snake River Canyon.

Follows Muhammad Ali through his Golden Glove Championships, his Olympic gold medal, and his continued winning as a professional boxer.

A biography of Roy Campanella, voted baseball''s most valuable player three times, whose career was cut short by an accident which left him partially paralyzed.

Describes the Dolphins'' push for and eventual success in winning the Superbowl two years in a row.

Describes the migration of animal life to the North American continent and its subsequent evolution.