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In the final volume of Foster's Taken trilogy, Marcus Walker, a Chicago commodities trader kidnapped by aliens, and his sardonic talking dog land on the planet Hyff where they help the Hyfft battle unpleasant invaders before resuming their quest to return home.From science fiction legend and New Yor... More

Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings -- two great golden clouds suspended in space around it. Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers -- a teeming, constantly shifting horde ... More

Luke Skywalker expected trouble when he volunteered to follow Princess Leia on her mission to the planet Circarpous. But he discovered that hidden on the planet was the Kaiburr crystal, a mysterious gem that would give the one who possessed it such powers over the Force that he would be all but invi... More

The classic third novel in the bestselling series is now repackaged and specially priced to introduce a science fiction favorite to new fans. Ties-in with Foster's new hardcover installment to the series, "Siding Scales," to be released in November. Reissue.One man in the Universe holds the key to t... More

Flinx: born in controversy as the product of illegal genetic experiments. Flinx: raised an orphan in the streets of Drallar on the planet Moth. Flinx: the extraordinary young man with a rare flying snake for a companion, always the inadvertent center of danger and galactic intrigue. Now in his twent... More

In the years after first contact, humans and the intelligent insect like Thranx agree to a tentative sharing of ideas and cultures despite the ingrained repulsion they have yet to overcome. Thus, a slow, lengthy process of limited contact begins. Yet they never plan for a chance meeting between a mi... More

Chosen by "Science Fiction Chronicle" as One of the Best Books of the Year "Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has written an exciting Humanx Commonwealth adventure that delves deeper into the fragile early years when humans made first contact in this unforgettable world . . ."In the second half of... More

"In the climactic third novel of the Founding of the Commonwealth, bestselling author Alan Dean Foster continues the spectacular space adventure that traces the perilous early years of this remarkable universe. . . . "From the beginning, contact between humankind and the thranx has been tenuous at b... More