Anthony James

When a Daklan annihilator drops out of lightspeed, make sure you're in a different solar system. Humanity is trapped in a decades-long conflict with a warlike alien species known as Daklan. The military's high command has played it safe for too long and now defeat seems inevitable. Dealing with the consequences on the frontline, warship captain Carl Recker is a man with enemies on both sides. A routine mission takes him to a distant world upon which he finds technology from a war fought by an unknown species. The Daklan are interested in it too, and they have an annihilator class battleship at their disposal, while Recker is flying the smallest lightspeed capable warship in the human fleet. What follows will test Recker to his limits. Relentlessly pursued by the unstoppable battleship and seemingly forsaken by his superiors, he must hunt down answers from the past while fighting enemies from the present. Powerful relics of an ancient, terrible war are scattered on the fringes - finding them and unlocking their secrets may be the only hope for humanity. War from a Distant Sun is a traditional-style science-fiction action adventure. Expect space combat, ruthless aliens, mysterious tech and lots more.

War from a Distant Sun

Fifty-three years after it vanished, Earth's only Super-Devastator warship, the ESS Crimson sends out a distress signal... Humanity is fighting against an implacable foe. The Ghasts – a ruthless alien race - seem hell-bent on wiping out mankind. They have a vast warfleet and their technology is advancing at a terrible rate. Captain John Nathan Duggan and his crew are given a mission – find the missing ESS Crimson and bring it home. Little does Duggan realise, this is no ordinary mission. As he struggles against enemies both within and without, he desperately tries to unlock the mystery surrounding the Crimson’s disappearance and the unknown weapons it carries. He soon discovers the missing warship might be the only hope for salvation that mankind has left. When everything is veiled in secrecy nothing is easy, as Duggan is about to find out. Crimson Tempest is the first instalment in an epic sci-fi action-adventure series.

Crimson Tempest

Negation Force. A planet without power, locked down by an alien war fleet. The human Confederation has known an unprecedented time of peace, unheard of in a universe where every other species is not only technologically advanced, but also incredibly hostile. The good times are about to end. Out on the fringes, the planet Atlantis is attacked by an alien foe remembered only by the oldest members of the Space Corps. These aliens – known as Vraxar – are abominations of flesh and metal, driven to exterminate every other life form in the universe. Now it’s humanity’s turn. In the ruins of the Tillos military installation, Sergeant Eric McKinney is determined to fight back and find out why the Vraxar have come. Meanwhile, a response fleet is mustered with the intention of facing the enemy head-on. It’s a mission with no hope of success. As events unfold, it becomes apparent the Vraxar have secrets which give clues to their purpose. The answers are more shocking than anyone could have imagined. The lives of strangers are intertwined and together they must try and salvage something from this first exchange in a war that will not end until one side is utterly defeated. Luckily, the Tillos base holds secrets of its own…a warship with an exceptionally powerful Obsidiar core is contained within an underground bunker. It is the only hope for Atlantis… Negation Force is a science fiction action and adventure book which begins The Obsidiar Fleet series.

Negation Force

This bundle contains: Augmented (Book 1) When hundreds die in a sub-surface alien military facility, two of the Space Corps' augmented officers – Lieutenants Becky Keller and Joe Nation - are sent to check it out. Deep underground, something waits. It's hostile and immune to every known weapon. Its arrival threatens much more than this single planet. What begins as a standard in-out mission leads to warfare on a galactic scale and a confrontation between two well-armed fleets. Keller is the best spaceship pilot in the Corps and Nation has his own unique skills. They're going to have a hard time turning this situation into a positive. Fleet Vanguard (Book 2) For the human Confederation, war is never far away. Each hard-fought victory against the universe's endless variety of alien species brings more of them crawling out of the celestial woodwork. It begins again. A huge fleet of spacecraft emerges close to one of the Confederation's worlds. The aliens onboard – known as Trivar – claim to be peaceful. After countless wars, the Space Corps' high command isn't ready to believe, and with good reason. The Trivar have many demands. It doesn't take long for two of the Corps' most decorated officers to become embroiled in a war which appears impossible to win. Lieutenants Joe Nation and Becky Keller can fight and they can fly. Both skills will be required in abundance against an opponent immune to the Confederation's most advanced weaponry. While Nation hunts for a weakness aboard the main Trivar ship, two huge space fleets clash. Nothing is easy in this universe and the key to victory lies with humanity's once-greatest enemy. Unfortunately, the Estral already have their hands full and they aren't about to give their military secrets away any time soon. It's just another day in the never-ending fight for survival… Far Strike (Book 3) Humanity's first engagements with the invading Trivar have not gone to plan and the aliens have shown no mercy in exacting punishment, destroying several Confederation worlds and killing billions of people. Surrender is not an option. One of the Space Corps' monitoring stations finds hints of a Trivar world, countless galaxies away, and a mission is formed to search for a way to counter the enemy space fleet's seemingly impregnable defences. The newly-promoted Captain Becky Keller is in charge and with her is Lieutenant Joe Nation, as well as a contingent of the Space Corps' best soldiers. The Confederation knows how to fight. What this mission promises is savage conflict and endless destruction. An enemy base on a distant world holds a secret which answers many questions about the Trivar, as well as hinting at further players in this particular game. Keller and Nation will require every ounce of skill and guts to win this one. Luckily, they've been sent to battle in a legend from the Space Corps fleet - the heavy cruiser ES Rampage has seen a thousand battles and never once been destroyed. The Trivar will soon learn that the reputation of this warship for toughness is well-earned.

The Transcended Books 1-3

When hundreds die in a sub-surface alien military facility, two of the Space Corps’ augmented officers – Lieutenants Becky Keller and Joe Nation - are sent to check it out. Deep underground, something waits. It’s hostile and immune to every known weapon. Its arrival threatens much more than this single planet. What begins as a standard in-out mission leads to warfare on a galactic scale and a confrontation between two well-armed fleets. Keller is the best spaceship pilot in the Corps and Nation has his own unique skills. They’re going to have a hard time turning this situation into a positive. Augmented is a high-action science fiction adventure involving massive space battles, overwhelming odds and new technologies. It is the first book in the Transcended series.

Augmented

Jacob Bronowski (1908-1974) lived through what he described as 'the two great catastrophes of the twentieth century: the rise of Hitler in 1933 and the dropping of the atomic bombs in 1945', and yet the keynote of his astonishingly rich and varied life and work was an enduring optimism. Bronowski was a professional scientist, scientific administrator, poet, philosopher, dramatist and television and radio personality, possessing an energy and versatility that make him a rare figure in our cultural history. His final achievement, the groundbreaking television series The Ascent of Man, first shown in 1973, influenced and inspired millions of ordinary people by bringing an awareness of human evolution and the adventure of science into their homes. Anthony James describes his own journeys to key locations in Bronowski's television series The Ascent of Man, from Auschwitz, a monument to human depravity that has haunted the conscience of contemporary society, to Iceland, where democracy in northern Europe was born more than a thousand years ago. Bronowski would not have been surprised by our dilemmas today, but he would have insisted that confidence in our ascent as a species is a far greater force than the cynical destructiveness of politicians. Although human beings are inevitably fallible, the pursuit of knowledge is, in Bronowski's philosophy, an adventure: in his own words a 'happy passion'.

A Personal View of Jacob Bronowski

The Happy Passion

Dragged from her homeworld, young Mahra Kaitan must discover the key to fighting an insidious alien threat. The Sirona promise to subvert and control humanity, but it is Mahra alone who holds the solution.

The Jump Point

Tim J. Spencer

A Celtic storyteller and a Roman historian recount the story of the Warrior Queen, Boudica, who leads a revolt against the Romans, destroying three cities. This work provides an insight into the worlds of both the Celtic natives and the Roman invaders while chronicling the clash of two very different cultures.

Boudica and the Romans

Warrior Queen

God Ship. The tormentor of worlds.For thousands of years, the Vraxar have brought ruin and misery across the universe. Each species they find has met the same fate - extinction and conversion into new soldiers for their ranks.An upstart race - humanity - has wiped out the aliens' advance fleet. The Vraxar will not give up - they must clear a way through Confederation Space in preparation for their future wars. Captain Charlie Blake is always in the wrong place at the right time. He's given a mission - take a heavily-armed warship and investigate an anomaly on a distant planet. Blake and his crew locate a catastrophically-damaged enemy Neutraliser, and there's no record of an engagement with human forces. Lieutenant Eric McKinney and his troops are left with the task of getting inside and finding answers. What they discover deep within the huge spaceship gives an idea of the horrors to come. The Vraxar have summoned one of their capital ships. Ix-Gorghal has arrived and even with assistance from an incredibly-powerful Ghast battleship, it will take every ounce of Space Corps firepower, ingenuity and plain old guts to survive the first punishing encounters.God Ship is a high-action science fiction adventure and the third book in the Obsidiar Fleet series.

God Ship

Mission: Nemesis

Armed with the death-dealing Fuchikoma, Motoko Kusanagi, the captivating cyborg-cop heroine, must stop the crimes of a world in which technology has run wild. "Ghost in the Shell: Official Game Secrets" provides must-have strategies for success: Complete mission walkthroughs Detailed level maps Strategies for beating every boss Master training mode Mission briefingsAbout the Author Anthony James is the author of "Soul Blade: Unauthorized Game Secrets, Star Fox 64: Unauthorized Game Secrets, Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean-Unauthorized Game Secrets, "and other Prima electronic entertainment books.

Official Game Secrets

Ghost in the Shell

Killer cheat codes Every signature move for all 16 selectable wrestlers AND all 48 hidden wrestlers Vicious multiplayer tactics Stats and bios revealed Bone-snapping tactics for every character!About the Author Anthony James is the author of Critical Depth: The Official Strategy Guide, Vs: The Official Strategy Guide, Soul Blade Unauthorized Game Secrets, Star Fox 64 Unauthorized Games Secrets, Beyond the Beyond Unauthorized Game Secrets, and other Prima electronic entertainment books.

The Official Strategy Guide

WCW Nitro

Kirk Somdal

Gives secrets and solutions for playing THQ's video wrestling game, WCW vs the world.

Official Secrets and Solutions

WCW Vs. the World

Actor Anthony James has played killers, psychopaths, and other twisted characters throughout his Hollywood career. In the summer of 1967, James made his motion picture debut as the murderer in the Academy Award–winning Best Picture, In the Heat of the Night. His role in the 1992 Academy Award–winning Best Picture, Unforgiven, culminated a unique, twenty-eight year career. Behind his menacing and memorable face, however, is a thoughtful, gentle man, one who muses deeply on the nature of art and creativity and on the family ties that have sustained him. James’s Acting My Face renders Hollywood through the eyes and experience of an established character actor. James appeared on screen with such legendary stars as Clint Eastwood, Bette Davis, Gene Hackman, and Sidney Poitier, and in such classic television shows as Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie’s Angels, and The A-Team. Yet, it is his mother’s heroic story that captures his imagination. In an odyssey which in 1940 took her and her newly wedded husband from Greece to a small southern town in America where she bore her only child, James’s mother suffered the early death of her husband when James was only eight years old. In the blink of an eye, she went from grand hostess of her husband’s lavish parties to hotel maid. But like the lioness she was, she fought with great ferocity and outrageous will in her relentless devotion to James’s future. And so it was, that on an August morning in 1960, eighteen-year-old James and his mother took a train from South Carolina three thousand miles to Hollywood, California, to realize his dream of an acting career. They possessed only two hundred dollars, their courage, and an astonishing degree of naiveté. After his retirement in 1994, James and his mother moved to Arlington, Massachusetts, where he concentrated on his painting and poetry. His mother died in 2008 at the age of ninety-four, still a lioness protecting her beloved son. Acting My Face is an unusual memoir, one that explores the true nature of a working life in Hollywood and how aspirations and personal devotion are forged into a career.

A Memoir

Acting My Face

A year has passed since the first Twisted Metal Tournament. Much of Los Angeles remains in ruins. A host of competitors returns in search of the tournament?s organizer, Calypso. They?ve heard he?ll grant a wish to the winner of the second tournament. Calypso is a being of pure evil. He feeds on the destruction and mayhem the tournament assures, and his mystical powers are a powerful lure to those chasing a dream. But the prize won?t be easy to attain. More contestants will battle for victory in a tournament whose focus has been shifted to a global scale. Some come for power, others for revenge; a few have hidden agendas. One thing is certain, though: Calypso will do his best to insure that no one claims the prize they seek. Forget the seat belts and air bags. You need serious horsepower and firepower to survive this drive. Get it inside Prima's Twisted Metal 2 Unauthorized Game Secrets! • Maps and strategies for every level, every character • Special code section—the secret levels, characters, and attacks • Locations of power-ups, weapons, and surprises • Passwords for every character About the Author Anthony James is the author of Super Mario RPG Game Secrets Unauthorized, Beyond the Beyond Unauthorized Game Secrets, and Deception Unauthorized Game Secrets (Prima).

Unauthorized Game Secrets

Twisted Metal 2

Leif the Lucky, one of the unluckiest Vikings in his village, decides to prove himself a successful explorer and with the help of the Norse Gods, Odin and Thor, Leif finally finds a new land, which he calls Vinland. This is an account of the epic journey of Leif the Lucky and his crew and the accidental discovery of Vinland.

The Discovery of America

Lucky Viking

Melissa Tyler

Only a fool would go into the fetid swamps of the Orcish homeland unprepared. Light your way with Warcraft II: The Dark Saga—Official Game Secrets! Inside you?ll find: • Blow-by-blow strategies for hammering both Orcs and Humans • Vital intelligence on enemy objectives and troop strength • Tactical strategies for the best use of your arsenal • Machiavellian advice on developing a strong and prosperous community • Expert information on buildings and spells • In-depth multiplayer strategies Don?t get swallowed by the shadows. Live to tell the story with Warcraft II: The Dark Saga—Official Game Secrets. About the Author Anthony James is the author of Soul Blade Unauthorized Game Secrets, Star Fox 64: Unauthorized Game Secrets, Beyond the Beyond: Unauthorized Game Secrets, and other Prima electronic entertainment titles.

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