Books published by publisher Dolphin

When Daryl, Tyler, and Robyn entered through the gates of Avalon Park on a frigid December morning, they chanced to discover a hidden corner of the park where an unusual attraction lay remote and isolated. Daunting and foreboding, this Starship One seemed to let only the boldest enter within. Daryl and his friends knew that Starship One promised a rare, spectacular voyage into the infinite unknown, but they were also warned of uncertain dangers. Although the revolutionary Starship One can achieve wonders beyond comprehending, its capabilities turn out to be vastly untested, and a cosmic nightmare lying in the farthest corners of the universe poses a threat to the Starship and all who dare strap themselves in for the journey.

Bret Harte's stories and sketches immortalized the local scene in California after the Gold Rush, and the fleeting and picturesque way of life in its mining camps and barrooms. His characters were an array of wandering adventurers, outcasts, gamblers, desperadoes and sinful women - tough, unwashed frontier types who fiercely, somewhat wistfully protected the young and innocent and who were heroic when their luck ran out. Harte's first California tales, collected in THE LUCK OF ROARING CAMP, AND OTHER SKETCHES (1870), captured the public imagination with their fresh and colorful picture of the Far West and their blend of humor and pathos.