Kevin J. Anderson

"There's something fishy going on in the Unnatural Quarter. Bodies are floating face-down, the plumbing is backing up, and something smells rotten-- even to a zombie detective like Dan Shamble. Diving into the slimy underbelly of a diabolical plot, Dan comes face-to-tentacles with an amphibious villain named Ah'Chulhu. With his snap-happy gang of gator-guys-- former pets flushed down the toilet-- Ah'Chulhu wreaks havoc beneath the streets. While...

A hard-edged horror tale. For a shady filmmaker in the early days of Hollywood, it seems like a great opportunity when a disgraced samurai offers to commit seppuku before the cameras. But the cameras are rolling.

International bestseller Anderson has created many extensive fictional universes, ranging from sweeping galactic empires to complex steampunk fantasies, to humorous monster-filled cities. He has become known for his skill in worldbuilding. In Worldbuilding: From Small Towns to Entire Universes he describes his techniques in creating a rich fictional setting, leading writers through the countless questions and topics one must consider. Whether it's...

A Dickensian tale for the holidays! Charles Dickens, struggling writer, is haunted by the ghost of his lost sister-in-law, Mary Hogarth. In his darkest Christmastime, she comes to him in visions to inspire his writing, to make him reflect on the pivotal moments of his life ... and to spark the idea for one of the greatest Christmas stories of all time. A remarkable holiday tale by #1 international bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson. Bonus,...

"Two continents at war--the Three Kingdoms and Ishara--are divided by past bloodshed. When an outside threat arises--the reawakening of a powerful ancient race that wants to remake the world--the two warring nations must somehow set aside generational hatreds and form an alliance to fight their true enemy"--Publisher marketing.

The Last Days of Krypton is the epic story of the destruction of the planet Krypton, an explosive event that sent Superman and his legacy to earth. Written by award-winning science fiction writer Kevin J. Anderson, author of the international bestselling Dune prequels, The Last Days of Krypton tells of the marriage of Superman's parents, their struggle to save their planet, and the menace of General Zod, future arch-enemy of Superman. It's the story...

In the most ambitious and exciting X-Files adventure to date, Mulder and Scully fly to the Yucatan jungle to investigate a missing team of archaelogists. Their exploration leads to a strange electronic signal coming from beneath ancient ruins -- a signal aimed upward, at the stars....

In the Unnatural Quarter, the Plot Thickens . . . and then runs uncontrollably!When Howard Phillips Publishing announces the 12 + 1 anniversary edition (due to unavoidable production delays) of the famed Necronomicon-the very book that caused the Big Uneasy in the first place-it takes zombie P.I. Dan Chambeaux, a.k.a. "Shamble," to root out the diabolical schemes surrounding the book, and the fanatics who wish to destroy it.With enough plot twists...

Together in one volume, these two short novels complete the story of the internationally bestselling space opera that Kirkus calls "Wondrously imagined." Kevin J. Anderson's magnificent epic The Saga of Seven Suns and its sequel The Saga of Shadows has been called "A space opera to rival the best the field has ever seen" (SF Chronicle), ten huge novels that cover a future interstellar empire and a galaxy at war. These two short novels, Veiled Alliances...

Meet Dan Chambeaux-a.k.a. Dan Shamble-zombie detective, a persistent hardboiled gumshoe (or maybe that's something more sinister on the bottom of his shoe…) Even being murdered doesn't keep a good detective down, and in the Unnatural Quarter-inhabited by ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mummies, and all sorts of creatures that go bump (or thud!) in the night-a zombie P.I. fits right in. Dan Shamble solves a string of madcap cases with his ghost girlfriend...