Fred Saberhagen

There had been a battle. The berserker had met some terrible opponent, and had taken a terrible wound.

Long, long ago, two alien races fought a war of extinction. All that is left of either of them are the berserkers: vast, thinking, spacefaring, killer machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all living things....

Tom Scheffler knew that this great-uncle, Montgomery Chapel, had made his fortune by selling ancient Egyptian artifacts....

Before George Lucas's Death Star, before Star Trek's Doomsday Machine, came the Berserkers, intelligent, space-faring killing machines whose sole purpose is to destroy all life....

In the distant future, society has crumbled. Dark forces now rule the land, keeping all humans under their oppressive thumbs....

The gods forged the Twelve Swords of Power; now the gods have been destroyed by their own handiwork....

Long ago, the gods forged Twelve Swords of Power and threw them on the gameboard of life to watch men scramble. But they had forged too well: The Swords could kill the gods themselves....

n the reign of Minos, King of the Cretans, the gods gave proof of their existence: a bull-headed man accompanied by his bronzen servitor strode forth from Neptune's realm....

In post-Arthurian England, 10-year old Amby and the troupe of traveling players he belongs to are on the run from a conqueror....

A classic time-travel story. The settlers and tourists on Azlaroc are trapped in an ageless void during Veilfall, when shimmering rays of pure energy fall on the planet and create a time pocket....

Emiliano Nowell was a world-class genetic engineer. He was also a wealthy and idealistic man with the time and money necessary to follow his dreams....

For a game, the gods have given the world 12 Swords of Power so that they might be amused as the nations battle for their possession....

Wayfinder, the Sword of Wisdom, finds its way into the hands of a simple vine-grower in search of the perfect wife. Mark searches desperately for Woundhealer, the Sword that will cure his Princess....

Mark and Ben travel deep into the Blue Temple's hidden horde of treasures in an attempt to recover gold and Swords for Sir Andrew....

For centuries two meg-powers from the future have been waging war for control of timelines of history....

Magistrate Wen Chang, famed for his investigative powers, and his young physician assistant, Kasimir, set out to recover Stonecutter and return the stolen Sword to its rightful owner, Prince Mark....

The never-before-told story behind the legend of Count Dracula....

Long, long ago, the Gods forged Twelve Swords of Power, each with a unique and deadly quality....

It drove men mad...but each in a different way. In one the effect was total, utter addiction. In another, a compulsion to absolute obedience....

The Southerland family left the old world to start anew in America, but little did they know that a blood-feud, older than history itself, would follow them through the generations to come....