Lillian Stewart Carl

1. Lois McMaster Bujold, author of the Vorkosigan series, is a New York Times best-selling author. 2. The Vorkosigan saga is one of the best-selling space opera series of all time, as well as one of the most award-winning, with a Nebula Award and four Hugo Awards to its credit. 3. The hero of the series, Miles Vorkosigan, is one of the most popular and beloved characters in science fiction. 4. Advertising in Locus, more 5. Wide distribution of ARCs 6. Four-color flyer for the entire Vorkosigan series, featuring NEW COVERS 7. Discount on Bujold's backlist titles 8. Teaser excerpt in mass market if Miles, Mutants and Microbes 9. Co-op available Lois McMaster Bujold’s best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga. Included are an all-new interview with Bujold as well as essays by her on crafting the Vorkosigan universe, articles on the biology, technology and sociology of the planet Barrayar, appreciations of the individual novels by experts, maps, a complete timeline of the series, and more. Readers can’t get enough of the Vorkosigan series and they’ll jump at the chance to read this story behind the stories. Baen has a new novel in the Vorkosigan series under contract.

The Vorkosigan Companion

" American journalist Jean Fairbairn, on an assignment for Great Scot magazine, is covering a new effort to unravel the mystery of Nessie, Scotland's Loch Ness monster. At the helm of the controversial probe is an American scientist who believes his technology will prove or disprove the monster's existence once and for all. But the locals--who profit from the tourist dollars Nessie brings--are protesting. So is an outspoken environmentalist, as the area is full of ancient Pictish artifacts ... possibly a treasure trove. As the mystery and magic of Nessie come to life in Jean's investigation, threatening letters and untimely death wreak havoc with the expedition. Jean must confront her turbulent feelings for investigating detective Alasdair Cameron, as the pair uncover the sinister truth about who stands to profit from Scotland's rich history--and who will die.

The Murder Hole

Now immortal, Robin Fitzroy, father of William the Conqueror, serves Lucifer himself. Only Thomas Becket, the great English saint, knows who Robin really is, and he discovers that it's up to him to save the souls of mankind from Robin's clutches.

Lucifer's Crown

Lives change drastically when they enter myth-haunted Glastonbury. Over them looms Robin Fitzroy, formerly Robert the Devil, father of William the Conqueror. Now immortal, he serves Lucifer himself. Only the saint Thomas Becket knows who Robin really is. Now he must save the souls of mankind from Robin's clutches.

John Gregory Betancourt

Ron Goulart

Meredith Nicholson

Christmas is a time for giving, for receiving. . . and for murder. We've collected ten Christmas stories, old and new, that will spike your eggnog, trim your tree, and hopefully add a dash of spice to your Christmas cheer. Included are: "A Christmas Pit," by John Gregory Betancourt "A Reversible Santa Claus," by Meredith Nicholson "A Stake of Holly," by Lillian Stewart Carl "Believing in Santa," by Ron Goulart "Death Will Trim Your Tree," by Liz Zelvin "Ho Ho Homicide," by Sue Ann Jaffarian "Mr. Wray's Cash Box," by Wilkie Collins "Murder on Santa Claus Lane," by William G. Bogart 2 tales by Johnston McCulley: "Thubway Tham's Chrithtmath" and "Death Play Santa Claus." If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

X is for Xmas: A Christmas Mystery MEGAPACK ®

Amanda Witham's new job at an eighteenth-century manor in Colonial Williamsburg is a career move in the history business, nothing personal. Then archaeologists find a skeleton buried behind the house. That night James Grant's ghost introduces himself to her. And a handsome and charming ghost he is, in the tartan kilt and scarlet coat of King George's Highland Regiment. Suddenly Amanda finds history to be very personal indeed. She promises James she'll reveal the truth about his death-just as soon as she figures out what the truth is. But by the time she arrives at James's ancestral castle in Scotland, his past has caught up with her present, and Amanda's future is held at sword's point. There's more than one glint of scarlet in the shadows of the past-and in the shadows of the heart as well.

Shadows in Scarlet

When the Crimson Horde invades from the west and magic and betrayal cause the fall of the capital, Andrion must flee until he can regroup his forces

The Winter King

Fleeing an academic scandal and a broken marriage, Jean Fairbairn has come to Scotland to work for an Edinburgh-based history and travel magazine. But when Jean heads for the Highlands to investigate the 18th century mystery of Bonnie Prince Charlie's lost treasure, she finds herself involved in a contemporary murder case - and not as an innocent bystander, either. Alasdair Cameron, the police detective in charge, has his own perspective on reality and illusion. The American dot-com millionaire living out his tartan fantasies in a restored mansion is the loosest of loose cannons. His trophy wife isn't necessarily standing by her man. Their housekeeper knows what's going to happen before it does. And their youth piper is a kilted daydream, even though his parents are nightmares. If butting heads - not to mention hearts - with Cameron isn't enough to do Jean in, then a killer is waiting and watching, with a motive for murder not hidden nearly deeply enough in the past.

The Secret Portrait

Alasdair Cameron and Fergus MacDonald were childhood friends. Their fathers’ caps carried a blue hackle, the badge-feather of a distinguished Scottish regiment. Now the feather in Fergie’s cap is the decaying Dunasheen Estate on the Isle of Skye. His desperate schemes to save his home depend on a collection of historic artifacts, a handful of paying guests expecting a traditional Scottish New Year celebration, and the help of Alasdair and Jean Fairbairn, who plan to wed in the Gothic folly of Fergie's chapel. But if Alasdair and Jean can't untangle the threads of the past and net a present-day killer, then they and their wedding rings won't get to the church on time—and more blood will flow for the sake of Auld Lang Syne!

A Jean Fairbairn/Alasdair Cameron Mystery

The Blue Hackle

Isabel Sinclair died at Ferniebank Castle 400 years ago on her way to a lover's tryst. Now Jean Fairbairn is on her way to write Ferniebank's story - and to her own tryst with ex-cop Alasdair Cameron, a caretaker of historic properties.

Lillian Stewart Carl

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