Russell's ebook Library
Phthor
Piers Anthony
Aton [2]: Phthor is the sequel to Chthon, less intricately structured and less complicated in plot, but still quite dark and ugly in theme and detail.Rather than flashbacks and flash-forwards, it has a Y outline, with the stem the initial story and t...
The Physicians of Vilnoc
Lois McMaster Bujold
Five Gods [8]: When a mysterious plague breaks out in the army fort guarding Vilnoc, the port capital of the duchy of Orbas, Temple sorcerer Penric and his demon Desdemona are called upon by General Arisaydia to resurrect Penric's medical skills and ...
Picnic on Paradise
Joanna Russ
Hurled through time to a strange future world where unseen forces clashed in an inexplicable war, Trans-Temporal Agent Alyx was given the job of guiding eight very important tourists to a station of safety.Alyx seemed exactly right for the job: she w...
Picoverse
Robert A. Metzger
A team of physicists in 2007 is trying to develop fusion power via a new development in plasma physics, a Sonomak, but accidentally stumbles on a method to create new, smaller-than-usual universes, which they call picoverses. These replicate everythi...
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
This is a story of moral corruption. A gothic melodrama, it is full of subtle impression and epigram. It touches on many of Wilde's recurring themes, such as the nature and spirit of art, aestheticism and the dangers inherent in it.
Pictures of Perfection
Reginald Hill
Dalziel & Pascoe [14]: High in the Mid-Yorkshire dales stand the pretty village of Enscombe, proud survivor of all that history has thrown at it.But now market forces mass at the gates and the old way of life seems to be changing fast. The Law can do...
The Pilgrim of Hate
Ellis Peters
Cadfael [10]: It's the spring of 1141 in Shrewsbury, England, where the celebration of Saint Winifred has brought a flood of pilgrims - and possibly a murderer. Brother Cadfael, who has taken religious vows and retired to the quiet, contemplative lif...
A Pinch of Snuff
Reginald Hill
Dalziel & Pascoe [5]: Everyone knew about the kind of films they showed at the Calliope Club once the Residents' Association and the local Women's Group had given them some free publicity.But when Peter Pascoe's dentist suggests that one film in part...
The Piper on the Mountain
Ellis Peters
Felse [5]: When Herbert Terrell falls to his death during his annual climbing holiday, accidental death seems the inevitable verdict - to everybody but Terrell's step-daughter Tossa. Tossa persuades Dominic Felse to help her investigate, and their tr...
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke
Piranesi's house is no ordinary building: its rooms are infinite, its corridors endless, its walls are lined with thousands upon thousands of statues, each one different from all the others. Within the labyrinth of halls an ocean is imprisoned; waves...
The Pirates of Ersatz
Murray Leinster
An impulsive action, on his part? Hardly.Bron Hoddan went to the ship that landed on his native planet of Zan, the ship whose heartless crew was intent on lining up all his relatives for execution... and he stowed away.Bron had planned it all long be...
Pirates of Venus
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Venus [1]: The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor.In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious bea...
Pirates of the Asteroids
Isaac Asimov
Lucky Starr [2]: An ever-increasing mystery lures David Starr into a perilous journey across a galaxy to destroy a maraurding band of space privateers.Twenty-five years ago these vermin had killed his parents. All his life he had waited for the mome...
A Place of Execution
Val McDermid
A riveting psychological thriller, now a major ITV drama, from the Number One bestselling Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid.In the Peak District village of Scarsdale, thirteen-year-old girls didn't just run away. So when Alison Carter vanished in t...
A Place of Hiding
Elizabeth George
Inspector Lynley [12]: In one of her most compelling mysteries, bestselling novelist Elizabeth George explores the darker landscapes of human relationships. Here she tells a gripping, suspenseful story of betrayal and devotion, war and remembrance, l...
Plague Birds
Jason Sanford
Glowing red lines split their faces. Shock-red hair and clothes warn people to flee their approach. They are plague birds, the powerful merging of humans and artificial intelligences who serve as judges and executioners after the collapse of civiliza...
Plague From Space
Harry Harrison
Dr. Sam Bertolli was there when the "Pericles" returned to Earth. He was the first man to reach Commander Rand as - hideously disfigured and close to death - Rand staggered off the spaceship. From that moment, Bertolli became the only line of defense...
A Plague of Angels
Sheri S. Tepper
Plague of Angels [1]: Atop a twisting, canyon-climbing road, a witch lurks in a fortress built strong to keep out dragons and ogres.In another part of the countryside, a young orphan is maturing into a beautiful woman in the enchanted village th...
A Plague of Demons
Keith Laumer
When John Bravais was sent on a secret mission to observe a war in North Africa he found out more than it was safe for him to know — even after he had secretly been surgically transformed so that he was as strong as a Bolo tank, and nearly as tough: ...
Planet of Exile
Ursula K Le Guin
Hanish [1]: The Earth colony of Landin has been stranded on Werel for ten years � and ten of Werel's years are over 600 terrestrial years, and the lonely and dwindling human settlement is beginning to feel the strain.Every winter a season that lasts ...
Planet of No Return
Harry Harrison
Brion Brandd [2]: Landing on a new planet is a danger every time, and Selm II is no exception. The specialist didn't like it. There were no cities visible from space, no broadcatss or transmissions on the airwaves - yet the wrecked war machines of an...
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