Not every fallen angel comes from heaven ... The ancient menace has finally escaped from Lalonde, shattering the Confederation's peaceful existence. Those who succumbed to it have acquired godlike powers, but now follow a far from divine gospel as they advance inexorably from world to world. Read More...

A nightmare with no end...? In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realise its full potential. Hundreds of colonized planets scattered across the galaxy host a multitude of prosperous and wildly diverse cultures. Genetic engineering has pushed evolution far beyond nature's boundaries, defeating disease and producing extraordinary spaceborn creatures. Read More...

If Germany had defeated Russia.. If Japan had beaten the USA.. Philip K Dick is tripping the switches of our minds again with his vision of the world as it might have been: F D Roosevelt assassinated, a Shinto California, Nazis in New York ... Read More...

Marlowe was neat and clean and sober when he called at the Sternwood residence. He liked to be all those things when he was calling on four million dollars. Read More...

The first time that Marlowe met Terry Lennox, the man was drunk. The second time he was even drunker than the first. Read More...

Killer in the Rain gathers together eight Chandler stories of crime and suspense, violence and tragedy set against the backcloth of 'that hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup.' Read More...

The client was called Derace Kingsley. He had a voice you could have cracked a brazil nut on and a wife he'd not seen for a month. He'd got a telegram that talked about a Mexico divorce and he wanted Marlowe to take it up from there. Read More...

Mrs Elizabeth Bright Murdock wanted to hire a reliable detective to find a rare coin she had lost. She knew who had stolen it but, as she told Philip Marlowe, she wanted to keep the information a purely family matter. Read More...

Full of glitter and tension, the four stories in this collection are vintage Chandler, set in the smoke-filled bars and condos of Los Angeles city where 'The streets are dark with something more than night...' Read More...

Walter Gage is hired by his fiancée to find Mrs Penruddock's stolen pink pearls. His investigations need to be discreet because it would be embarrassing if word gets out that they're fakes ... Read More...