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Douglas L Warren
Simply Human
DescriptionThe human gene pool as falling apart under environmental assault. The solution: simplify it, making it redundant and self-correcting. When the planet is clean again, change it back. Meanwhile, a rudimentary civilization can go on. But after two thousand years, there are still intolerable mutation rates. Achibol the Sorcerer, dilapidated cyborg troubleshooter, is repairing them one by one, but someone -- or something -- doesn't want him to succeed. The urchin Benadek, Achibol's apprentice, only wants good food and a warm place to sleep. But nothing is ever what it seems, including Benadek. And nothing human is ever...simple.
Bright Islands in a Dark Sea (Del Rey discovery)
DescriptionYan Bando's quiet pursuit of knowledge, poring over the documents of a long-gone era--before aliens took over North America--lands him in big trouble when he uncovers his alien leaders' greatest secret.
The Sacred Pool
DescriptionA MILLENNIUM IN PROVENCE Will the Black Time come, when dark, evil machines tower over the sunny little harbor of Citharista and all the goodness of the world is locked in an ebon box, or will young Pierette indeed become the great sorceress of her dreams, with fire at her fingertips to stem the evil tide? Journey with her across the ancient landscape, wander among the bleaching limestone bones of dragons that lie still atop the hills, and see for yourself whether the old gods yet endure....
Stepwater: An Arbiter Tale (Arbiter Tales)
DescriptionInheriting the title of Arbiter, a ruler whose decisions affect thousands of inhabited planets, John Minder XXIII is challenged when the seven blocks of ancient wisdom are stolen, cutting him off from his warrior fleet.
The Wells of Phyre: An Arbiter Tale (Arbiter Tales)
DescriptionAnother installment in the "hard" science fiction Arbiter series continues the story of a human outcast's struggle to survive in a future universe in which genetically engineered humans inhabit alien worlds. By the author of Stepwater. Original.
Glaice: An Arbiter Tale
DescriptionCharged with keeping peace among the seven mutated races of humanity, John Minder, otherwise known as The Arbiter, arrives on Glaice, an icy planet where full-scale war threatens to erupt among its strange residents.Douglas L Warren News![]()
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