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Peter David is the author of Tempest Fugit (2005), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Tong Lashing (2003), Hulk (2003), Spider-Man (2002), A Rock and a Hard Place (2000).

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Tempest Fugit

release date: Jan 01, 2005
Tempest Fugit
Thinking about Bruce Banner''s past, the Hulk wanders onto a tropical island populated with victims and some unexpected monsters and other characters that should not be there.

Spider-Man 2

release date: May 25, 2004
Spider-Man 2
Follow the adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time in the official novelization of the major motion picture! Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour. Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.

Tong Lashing

release date: Aug 19, 2003
Tong Lashing
Sir Apropos of Nothing finds himself in a magical ancient land where, confronted by monsters and other fantastical enemies, he starts construction on a gigantic wall that appears to go on forever.

Hulk

release date: Apr 29, 2003
Hulk
From acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee, a dark vision of the beast that lives inside the man . . . In a Berkeley lab, Bruce Banner, a young man haunted by his murky past and the parents he never knew, works intensely day and night. A bright scientist with repressed emotions and few social skills, Bruce and his colleague, the sharp and beautiful Betty Ross, experiment with the body’s ability to repair itself and fight disease. But their research draws unwanted attention. For the power of regeneration catches the eye of the military, which sees its potential on the battlefields of the future. But when Bruce is exposed to radiation in an accident that should have killed him, a ferocious truth about his past begins to emerge—along with something else, something deep inside his own body that is triggered when he is provoked . . . when he is pushed beyond reason . . . when anger takes over and he transforms into . . . THE HULK From the Paperback edition.

Spider-Man

release date: Mar 19, 2002
Spider-Man
It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man! Follow Spider-Man’s action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man’s vow to fight crime to the ultimate test . . .

A Rock and a Hard Place

release date: Sep 22, 2000
A Rock and a Hard Place
Commander Riker of Stark Trek: The Next Generation is sent to a terraforming planet, only to discover a horrifying secret. Under the best circumstances, terraforming is a tough, dangerous task that pits the hardiest of pioneers against an unforgiving environment. When the terraformers on the planet Paradise fall behind schedule, Commander Riker is given temporary leave from the USS Enterprise and sent to assist. Riker’s replacement on the Enterprise is a volatile officer named Stone whose behavior soon raises questions about his ability and his judgment. Meanwhile, Riker has become enmeshed in a life and struggle with Paradise’s brutal landscape. However, he soon learns that not all of the planet’s dangers are natural in origin when he comes face to face with Paradise’s most hideous secret.

Wrath of the Prophets

release date: Sep 22, 2000
Wrath of the Prophets
When a fatal disease spreads over Bajor, threatening the entire planet with extinction, Captain Sisko must accept aid from an unexpected source: Ro Laren, Starfleet officer turned Maquis renegade. Major Kira and Ro reluctantly join forces to track the alien plague to its source -- even as the disease claims new victims on Deep Space Nine itself. Dr. Bashir struggles to find a cure, but the secret of the virulent invader may hide deep in the shadows of Dax''s past.

The Captain's Daughter

release date: Sep 22, 2000
The Captain's Daughter
A Star Trek adventure set during The Original Series era from New York Times bestselling author Peter David! When Demora Sulu, an exemplary young Starfleet officer, suddenly attacks her commanding officer, who kills her in self-defense, everyone is stunned. No one is more grief-stricken than her father, Captain Hikaru Sulu of the U.S.S. Excelsior. Determined to learn the truth behind his daughter''s bizarre death, Sulu goes to the planet where she was killed, and finds himself confronted by an old enemy eager to destroy Sulu''s reputation and his life!

Strike Zone

release date: May 23, 2000
Strike Zone
Deep in the uncharted regions of our galaxy, the Kreel, a primitive, warlike race have stumbled upon weapons powerful beyond their wildest imagination. The Kreel have used those weapons to attack their most bitter enemies, the Klingons. Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. EnterpriseTM are called in to mediate the dispute by ferrying diplomatic teams from the two warring races to the source of their conflict, the mysterious planet where the weapons were discovered in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, and discover the origins of the super-powerful weapons. Before the entire galaxy errupts into a full-scale war...

I, Q

release date: Jan 01, 2000

Renaissance

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Renaissance
The surviving crew of the Excalibur are assigned to new posts within Starfleet as Captain Shelby attempts to prevent a war and Dr. Selar struggles with his own demons.

Requiem

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Requiem
With the sudden complete destruction of the USS Excalibur, Starfleet has lost one of its finest starships. But the crew of the Excalibur have lost much more - their captain, and their home. Now, as they mourn their ship and Captain Mackenzie Calhoun, First Officer Elizabeth Shelby and the remaining crewmen of the Excalibur wait to hear what new assignments and adventures will take them far apart from one another. For Lieutenant Soleta, this means a painful reunion with her Romulan father, while Zak Kebron and Mark McHenry are sent undercover to investigate a series of mysterious alien abductions on a low-tech world. Going their separate ways throughout the Alpha Quadrant, the Excalibur''s survivors must face their diverse challenges and dangers on their own. The ship may be history, but the adventure continues...

The Quiet Place

release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Quiet Place
Ever since the fall of the Thallonian Empire, Si Cwan has been searching for his younger sister, the only other survivor of the royal family. Now it seems his quest may be nearing its end. On the planet Montos a mysterious young woman, her past shrouded in secrecy, finds herself pursued both by the fanatical Redeemers and a vicious race of feral predators known only as the Dogs of War. All are after information regarding the true nature and location of the Quiet Place, a mystical realm celebrated in myth and legend. Is Riella indeed Si Cwan''s long-lost sister? Before he can learn the truth, he and his companions - Mackenzie Calhoun, the scarred, alien captain recommended by Jean-Luc Picard; Commander Shelby, ambitious first officer and Calhoun''s fomer lover; Dr Selar, the Vulcan physician formerly assigned to the Enterprise; Ops officer Robin Lefler, and the rest of the Excalibur''s crew - must brave the unchecked savagery of the Dogs of War - and enter the terrifying heart of the Quiet Place.

The Long Night of Centauri Prime

release date: Jan 01, 1999
The Long Night of Centauri Prime
The beginning of an exciting new adventure that continues the Babylon 5 legacy . . . Bombed to the brink of oblivion, the planet Centauri Prime is starting the slow and painful process of rebuilding, under the watchful eye of Emperor Londo Mollari. But Londo is in turn being watched--and manipulated--by the conquest-hungry Drakh. The malevolent beings are reshaping the Centauri Republic into a secret seat of power from which to strike out at their enemies--especially the Interstellar Alliance. All but helpless to resist, Londo watches as his beloved Homeworld is transformed into a ruthless police state. And the Drakh have willing allies, including one of Londo''s own countrymen--Durla, a powerful official with his own sinister agenda. As the abuses of the repressive new Republic escalate, the double-edged Drakh master plan begins to unfold. Their goal is to smash the Interstellar Alliance by assassinating its president, John Sheridan, and to obliterate Earth, using a fabled, monstrous Shadow weapon known as a Planet Killer . . .

The Last Avengers Story

release date: Jan 01, 1996

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Imzadi

release date: Aug 29, 1995
Star Trek - The Next Generation: Imzadi
On a delicate mission involving negotiations with an aggressive race called the Sindareen, Deena falls mysteriously ill and dies. But her death marks the start of an adventure which takes Riker across time, pits him against one of his closest friends and forces him to make tough decisions.

Q-Squared

release date: Aug 01, 1995
Q-Squared
In all of his travels Captain Jean-Luc Picard has never faced an opponent more powerful that Q, a being from another continuum that Picard encountered on his very first mission as Captain of the Starship Enterprise™. In the years since, Q has returned again and again to harass Picard and his crew. Sometimes dangerous, sometimes merely obnoxious, Q has always been mysterious and seemingly all-powerful. But this time, when Q appears, he comes to Picard for help. Apparently another member of the Q continuum has tapped into an awesome power source that makes this being more powerful than the combined might of the entire Q continuum. This renegade Q is named Trelane -- also known as the Squire of Gothos, who Captain Kirk and his crew first encountered over one hundred years ago. Q explains that, armed with this incredible power, Trelane has become unspeakably dangerous. Now Picard must get involved in an awesome struggle between super beings. And this time the stakes are not just Picard''s ship, or the galaxy, or even the universe -- this time the stakes are all of creation...

What Savage Beast

release date: Jul 01, 1995
What Savage Beast
Dr. Bruce banner has led a life of endless struggling against the rampaging beast within that was spawned in the heart of a gamma bomb explosion. Now, an experimental operation may hold the key to the cure he has long sought. But the risk carries with it an unexpectedly high price, especially when the horrific secret of his wife Betty''s pregnancy is revealed.

X-Factor Vol. 2

X-Factor Vol. 2
Collects X-Factor #7-12. The divisiveness of Civil War has spread to Jamie Madrox''s X-Factor team: Half of them want to cooperate with the government; the other half wants to take a stand against it. And matters aren''t being helped by Quicksilver, who offers Rictor the opportunity to get his powers back -- but at what price?
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