alternative histories

In an alternate early America where magic and folk remedies are highly effective, Governor William Henry Harrison is plotting the deaths of all American Indians and Ta-Kumsaw and Tenskwa-Tawa try to stop this from happening.

Jo Linden lives in a world where there are no atomic weapons, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is played out in the Pax Games, fought with powerful robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots; Jo needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, and keep what is left of her family together, but when competing pilots start dying from poisoning, Jo finds herself caught up in Cold War politics and political conspiracy and she discovers that it is not only her family's survival at stake--she may have to prevent World War III.

"It's the early 1800s, and Clover travels the impoverished borderlands of the Unified States with her father, a physician. See to the body before you, he teaches her, but Clover can't help becoming distracted by bigger things, including the coming war between the US and France, ignited by a failed Louisiana Purchase, and the terrifying vermin, cobbled together from dead animals and spare parts, who patrol the woods. Most of all, she is consumed with interest for Oddities, ordinary objects with extraordinary abilities, such as a Teapot that makes endless amounts of tea and an Ice Hook that freezes everything it touches. Clover's father has always disapproved of Oddities, but when he is murdered, Clover embarks on a perilous mission to protect the one secret Oddity he left behind. And as she uncovers the truth about her parents and her past, Clover emerges as a powerful agent of history. Here is an action-filled American fantasy of alternate history to rival the great British fantasies in ideas and scope"--Provided by the publisher.

Inventor Jeremiah Emerson is planning on unveiling a weapon that will showcase the power of his province, St. Cloud, to the rest of the First American Kingdom at the World's Fair. He has kept his daughter Claire under his control as he believes her touch grants him his genius. But when the weapon fails on opening day, Claire is kidnapped by St. Cloud's governor Remy Duchamp. With rival governorships jockeying for power, Claire realizes she may be the only person who can allow Remy is retain power. Soon, she must decide if she is going to remake her world or tear it down.

Collects the entirety of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's "Watchmen" comic series done entirely in black-and-white. After someone murders the Comedian, an unlikely group of reunited superheroes--Rorschach, Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre, and godlike Dr. Manhattan--investigate the mystery, and discover a much more sinister plot to change the world.

After capturing a French frigate and seizing its precious cargo, Captain Will Laurence of the HMS "Reliant" befriends the dragon Temeraire and uses his new friend to help defend his country from other airborne dragon forces.

Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces, but when China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon.

Temeraire the dragon and his captain, Will Laurence, fly to Africa to search for a cure to the epidemic plaguing England's dragon ranks and hold off conquest by Napoleon Bonaparte.

"The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble"--Dust jacket.

In an alternative 1980s historical London, Charlie is a drifter, avoiding full-time employment, with a crush on the smart student Miranda, who herself lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie unexpectedly comes into money, he buys one of the world's first synthetic humans and with Miranda's help designs Adam, the android, and his perfect personality. A love-triangle forms, and Charlie, Miranda, and Adam must confront moral dilemmas.