Staff Picks for June 2000

Lelia's picks

Fear Nothing, by Dean Koontz
"Christopher Snow is different from all the other residents of Moonlight Bay, different from anyone you've ever met. For Christopher Snow had made his peace with a very rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light. His life is filled with the fascinating rituals of one who must embrace the dark. He knows the night as no one else can--its mystery, its beauty, its terrors, and the eerie silken rhythms that seduce one into believing anything--even freedom--is possible."

$7.99

Sieze the Night, by Dean Koontz
"At not time does Moonlight Bay look more beautiful than at night. Yet it is precisely then that the secluded little town reveals its menace. Now children are disappearing. From their homes. From the streets. And there's nothing their families can do about it. Because in Moonlight Bay, the police work their hardest to conceal crimes and silence victims. No matter what happens in the night, their job is to ensure that nothing disturbs the peace and quiet of Moonlight Bay..."

$7.99

The Rosewood Casket, by Sharyn McCrumb
"Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons have come home to build him a coffin from the cache of rosewood he long has hoarded for the special purpose. Meanwhile, like a vulture hovering over prey, a local real estate developer is readying an offer for the farm that will be extremely hard for the heirs to refuse as soon as the old man is gone. And at the same time, mountain wise-woman Nora Bonesteel, Randall's sweetheart of long ago, must bring to light a small box to be buried with Randall--a box containing human bones."

$7.50

Annie's picks

The Bailey School Kids: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots, by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
"The third grade at Bailey Elementary was very hard to handle. Most teachers quit--and moved far away--after trying to teach them. But Mrs. Jeepers was different. No one dared make her mad--because whenever they did, the strangest things would happen."

$3.99

By the Sword, by Mercedes Lackey
"Granddaughter of the sorceress Kethry, daughter of a noble house, Kerowyn had been forced to run the family keep since her mother's untimely death. Yet now at last her brother was preparing to wed, and when his bride became the lady of the keep, Kerowyn could return to her true enjoyments--training horses and hunting. But all Kerowyn's hopes and plans were shattered when her ancestral home was attacked, her father slain, her brother wounded, and his fiancee kidnapped. Driven by desperation and the knowledge that a sorcerer had led the attack, Kerowyn sought her grandmother Kethry's aid, a journey which would prove but the first step on the road to the fulfillment of her destiny."

$6.99

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, by Timothy Zahn
"It's five years after Return of the Jedi: the Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleets to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic."

$5.99

Jason's picks

The Dragonbone Chair, by Tad Williams
"A war fueled by the dark powers of sorcery is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard - for Prester John, the High King, slayer of the dread dragon Shurakai, lies dying. And with his death, an ancient evil will at last be unleashed, as the Storm King, undead ruler of the elvishlike Sithi, seeks to regain his lost realm through a pact with one of human royal blood. Then, driven by spell-inspired jealousy and hate prince will fight prince, while around them the very land begins to die."

$7.99

The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
"If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler."

$12.00

The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall, everyone remembers the legend of the monstrous creature that haunts the moor. The greatest detective in the world, Sherlock Holmes knows there must be a more rational explanation - but the difficulty is to find it before the hellhound finds him."

$4.99

Megan's picks

Blood Rain: An Aurelio Zan Mystery, by Michael Dibdin
"Despite his best efforts to please everyone and keep out of trouble, the veteran Italian Criminalpol officer Aurelio Zen has made more enemies than friends over the years. Now it's payoff time. After his last case, amid the gentle hills and lush vineyards of Piedmont, Zan finally receives the order he has been dreading all his professional life: his next posting is to Sicily, heart of the Mafia's power."

$23.00

Broken Wings, John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
"At first, it looks like suicide. A successful man in his San Francisco Bay-area home, lying in his blood-soaked bed, dead by a gunshot in the mouth. But investogators combing the scene know this case has far-reaching implications, and the press is already waiting to pounce on it. For the deceased is no ordinary corpse. The Honorable Thomas Jefferson Boyd was director of the FBI."

$24.00

Night Sins, by Tami Hoag
"A peaceful Minnesota town, where crime is something that just doesn't happen, is about to face its worst nightmare. A young boy disappears. There are no witnesses, no clues--only a note, cleverly taunting, casually cruel. Has a cold-blooded kidnapper struck? Or is this the reawakening of a long-quiet serial killer?"

$7.50

Andrew's picks

Farenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
"Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to star fires, and he enjoyed his job. He had been a fireman for ten years, and he had never questioned the pleasure of the midnight runs nor the joy of watching pages consumed by flame...never questioned anything until he met a seventeen-year-old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid. Then he met a professor who told him of a future in which people could think. And Guy Montag suddenly realized what he had to do..."

$10.00

It, by Stephen King
"It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry, the haunting is real..."

$7.99

The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler
"Raymond Chandler's ingenious novel finds Marlowe constantly on the move with a case involving a war-scarred drunk and his nymphomaniac wife. A psychotic gangster's on his trail; he's in trouble with the cops; and an unequaled number of corpses turn up."

$12.00