Books with author Sean Harrison

Love provokes unspeakable things.After the death of her father, Raye McKenna let herself spiral into the darkest places she could find: addiction, aggression, anything that would numb the clawing pain. Years later, she has managed to drag herself out the other side only to find that even the most carefully constructed defenses have their flaws.When her paranormal dreams are brought to reality, Raye’s defenses begin to shatter. The man from her dreams, T.K. Knight, is not what he appears. Secrets are written all over his too-beautiful face, but one thing is certain: Raye McKenna has met her match. Terrified to drop her guard, Raye has to decide if the mysteries T.K. brings into her life are worth the ultimate risk: losing herself.

A legendary science fiction story, this trilogy, brought back into print in one single volume, presents hero Jason dinAlt as he discovers three separate planets. dinAlt finds excitement and intrigue as he investigates Pyrrus, a strange place where all the beasts, plants, and natural elements are out to destroy man; the unknown second planet, where every man has to kill other men or live as a slave; and Felicity, where creatures are bred for thousands of years for a single deadly purpose.

The valley was isolated in time and space, a land of barbarous science and human sacrifice.Coatlice the Dreadful stalked the night, her twin serpent heads dealing death to taboo-breakers.Citallatonac the First Priest sacrificed anyone believed to be possessed by the gods.Chimal rebelled: he wanted to escape the atavistic confines of his lost civilisation, to venture into the unknown world beyond the valley, a world of hope, and nightmare, too.

This book of poetry from author Sean C. Harrison is compiled for children who need educative, affirming yet entertaining literature to help buffer their stay in an increasingly pluralistic and hostile world. Children need to know they are special and this collection makes them feel that way, particularly the third and last chapter which consists mainly of poems written for children he actually knows who needed to be affirmed. The preceding chapters make inroads and give insights into things of nature and highlight the need for parental guidance and direction. Families will find this book a true jewel for generations to come, as though it at times deals in a light-hearted and spirited manner with childhood themes, it incorporates very skillfully the deeper things which accompany that often stormy period. A must have for family libraries across the world.

Deathworld is perhaps Harry Harrison's best known novel and is certainly the book that put him on the map. Jason dinAlt is a daring gambler. He uses his spotty psionic powers to give himself a slight edge in games of chance. After winning a large fortune at the tables, he flees for his life to Deathworld, the most dangerous planet ever colonized by human beings. He will soon discover that nothing is what it seems.

Despite the Robot Equality Act, being a robot is tough. Jon Venex, a robot designed for work on Venus, needed a job bad or it could mean the scrap heap. When he found a job listing for Venex robot, it sounded too good to be true. And when you're a second-class citizen, like a robot, it usually is. He soon finds himself embroiled in a scheme with underground crime—literally and figuratively!

In a time before history, in a harsh and beautiful land near the top of the world, womanhood comes cruelly and suddenly to beautiful, young Chagak. Surviving the brutal massacre of her tribe, she sets out across the icy waters off America's northwest coast on an astonishing odyssey that will reveal to Chagak powerful secrets of the earth and sky... and the mysteries of love and loss.

Poor Mr. Snuffles, all nine lives gone in the squeal of a tire and the screech of brakes. His person, Jennifer, is in tears at her loss. Her neighbor, Mrs. Jones, a German war bride and about to move into assisted living has a treat for her. Being the grand-niece of a certain Transylvanian doctor, she has a treat for Jennifer. The good doctor’s laboratory notebooks. Thus begins the convoluted story of how a cat becomes Frankenkitty, upsetting the status quo ante in a sleepy college town. Mayhem abounds in this young-adult themed novelette.