In the final novel of the award-winning sci-fi saga, both humans and aliens face destruction as a new time-portal opens a path back to the twenty-second century. Human time-travelers from the sophisticated Galactic Milieu of the twenty-second century came to the Pliocene Epoch seeking a Garden of Eden. What they found was slavery under the knightly Tanu race, who had been exiled to Earth from a far galaxy. Freed by the usurper Aiken Drum, the humans...

With its richly imagined universe and large cast of finely-drawn characters, Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile has won devoted fans across the globe who find new layers, details, and ideas with each reading. Covering all four novels-The Many-Colored Land, The Golden Torc, The Nonborn King, and The Adversary. This reading guide offers a plot chronology, the author's original maps, a descriptive listing of all the characters, and three delightful...

They have always been among us-the telepaths, the persons possessing higher mind-powers that have been called "metapsychic"-but they have always been few and far between and their abilities weak or erratic. Until now ...Human evolution makes a quantum leap. And all over the world, people begin to be born with extraordinary minds. Some of them are geniuses and some are very ordinary. But all of these metapsychic operants have mind-powers that "normal"...

A powerful malevolence reemerges in a terrifying new guise to threaten a feuding royal family and enslave the realm in the continuation of the acclaimed Saga of the Trillium Twelve years have passed since three princesses joined together to defeat the powerful evil poisoning their kingdom, but over time their relationship has become strained. When impetuous Kadiya, devoted champion of the aboriginal Oddlings, loses the talisman entrusted to her, she...

As a world crumbles, beset by devastating natural catastrophes, three royal sisters must reclaim a lost magic to rescue their shattered home world from a plague of ancient malevolence, in this continuation of the magnificent Saga of the Trillium The story that began with Black Trillium-the brainchild of Julian May, Andre Norton, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, three of fantasy fiction's greats-takes glorious flight in Sky Trillium as author May carries...

An adventure story featuring a married couple, she metaphysically talented, he a mutant. They do scientific experiments to enhance our powers of telepathy, already quite awesome. If they succeed, humans will become the most powerful beings in the universe.

Describes the microscopic animal and plant life that inhabits fresh and salt water emphasizing their importance in the food chain.

Explains simply how a wolf pack brought the starving moose population of Isle Royale National Park into balance with the food supply once again.

An introduction to the science of space travel, explaining such aspects as altitude, atmospheric pressure, and gravity, and describing what a trip to the moon and back would be like.

Describes the life cycle of the California sea lion and discusses the disastrous effects of an oil spill on these animals and all marine life.