Bøger af Allan Cole

Inspired by the Sten science fiction series by Allan Cole & Chris Bunch, hundreds of readers all over the world joined in celebrating the second annual Empire Day (March 15 - 17, 2013), marking the foundation of The Eternal Emperor's 3,000-year reign. Whole rivers of Stregg were quaffed, grav-sled loads of gourmet food were devoured and one band of brave readers even dared to offer up their own Sten stories and absolutely awful Kilgour jokes. This commemorative edition features all this, plus the full report of the 2012 celebration - including the Absolute Worst Alex Kilgour Joke ever committed.

HAILED AS A 'ROUSING FANTASY NOVEL" by Publishers Weekly, a twice-featured "choice of the month" by the Science Fiction Book Club in Britain and praised by legendary authors as disparate as Terry Brooks and David Gerrold, "When The Gods Slept" begins the exciting tale of Safar Timura, the son of a lowly potter who rose to become the Grand Wazier to the greatest king in history. And now that story continues in "Wolves Of The Gods," revealing a world of breathtaking beauty and savagery, of noble sacrifice and base betrayal. A world where the most powerful magic of all, for both good and evil, lies in the divided hearts of humans and demons alike. Inspired by Omar Khayyam's "The Rubaiyat," the tale of Safar Timura is set against the backdrop of a nameless evil that is slowly poisoning the world. And only Safar - the greatest wizard of the age - has the power and knowledge to stop it.

Enter lands of mystery, magic, and danger in the triumphant epic fantasy inspired by The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám! The realm is tormented by catastrophe. Lord Safar Timura, the great wizard, is trapped in the doomed world of Hadin, condemned to suffer and die, over and over again. It is up to his wizard son, Prince Palimak, to stop the disaster slowly poisoning land and sea. Though he is half human and half demon, even Palimak may not possess the awesome powers needed to free Safar and discover the great lost tomb, guarded by a fierce she-beast who holds secrets to halt the terror.

In the depths of the Sixties and The Days Of Rage, a young newsman, accompanied by his pregnant wife and orphaned teenage brother, creates a Paradise of sorts in a sprawling Venice Beach community of apartments, populated by students, artists, budding scientists and engineers lifeguards, poets, bikers with a few junkies thrown in for good measure. The inhabitants come to call the place "Pepperland," after the Beatles movie, "Yellow Submarine." Threatening this paradise is'The Blue Meanie, a crazy giant of a man so frightening that he eventually even scares himself.

Sten's boss - The Eternal Emperor - is back and he's ready to reveal his most precious secrets! No, not the secret of AM2, you silly clots. There are more important things than the Galaxy's ultimate energy source. We're talking food, folks. A cookbook filled with mouth watering set- your-head-on-fire recipes the Emperor has been hoarding for thousands of years. Dishes like: Nuked Hen and Asparagus Normandy and Son Of A Scrote Soufflé. He's even got the recipe for that fiery Bhor booze - Stregg. And, never fear, the Emperor's hangover cure is here in the form of Angelo Stew. Read. Cook. Eat. And enjoy!

Sten's Sidekick Unleashed! Truly awful humor from the famed science fiction series created by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch. Plus: The Lost Jokes and two missing jokes.

50 KIDS ARE ABOUT TO DIE: Mac thought he'd seen every human evil. A former Company man, he'd witnessed mass murder and systematic torture. And he'd meted out justice to the perpetrators whenever he had the chance. But now that he was living the idyllic life of a Boca Raton beach bum, he figured that was all behind him. Then his housekeeper's granddaughter was kidnapped and Mac was plunged into a conspiracy born from the hells, involving an exiled Central American dictator, the Company, and fifty innocent children. By the time he finds out it's almost too late and Mac must become a one-man army to save the day.

Tales Sometimes Tall, but always true, of Allan Cole's years in Hollywood with his late partner, Chris Bunch. How a naked lady almost became our first agent. How we survived La-La Land with only the loss of half our brain cells. How Bunch & Cole became the ultimate Fix-It Boys. How an alleged Mafia Don was very, very good to us. The guy who cornered the market on movie rocks. Andy Warhol's Fire Extinguisher. The Real Stars Of Hollywood. Why they don't make million dollar movies. See The Seven Pi$$ing Dwarfs. Learn: how to kill a "difficult" actor... And many more.

MacGregor In: Dying Good - Mac thought he'd seen every human evil. A former Company man, he'd witnessed mass murder and systematic torture. And he'd meted out justice to the perpetrators whenever he had the chance. But now that he was living the idyllic life of a Boca Raton beach bum, he figured that was all behind him. Then his housekeeper's granddaughter was kidnapped and Mac was plunged into a conspiracy born from the hells, involving an exiled Central American dictator, the Company, and fifty innocent children. By the time he finds out it's almost too late and Mac must become a one-man army to save the day.

LOST IN PARADISE: Ellen thought she'd hit bottom when her lover left her and the authorities in Jamaica closed her gallery and seized her paintings. She hoped to start a new life and career in Boca Raton, Florida. But there she finds that her mother is in the throes of Alzheimer's and her powerful attorney brother is squeezing her small inheritance dry. When she tries to fight back, she strays into the web of one of the nastiest villains to step out of a cellblock. With death and humiliation staring her in the face and no one to help her, Ellen has to call upon resources she's never tapped before to save herself and her mother.

King of Kings, Lord over Men and Demons Alike: Only one ruler had ever held that title, and now Iraj Protarus, an orphaned prince exiled to a small village high in the Valley of the Clouds, dreamed of being the next great conqueror. The key to his destiny would be Safar Timura, a youth with an awesome gift for sorcery, whose visions foretold Iraj's rise to power. And in those visions, Safar stood at Iraj's side, his soul-blasting spells enabling his friend to attain his dreams. But Safar had other visions with darker portents, and his spellbound knowledge raised secrets better left buried. The road the two men followed would be rich in titles and fortunes, but it would also be rich in death and disaster, in intrigue--and in unforgivable betrayal ...

With the Empire poised on the edge of war, Sten spearheads the Eternal Emperor's crackdown on the pirates and traitorous profiteers who are arming his enemies with vital war supplies. A trap is baited to lure the villains into a truel - a three-way duel. Only one thing stands in Sten's way: Venatora, the beautiful pirate queen he's grown to love. When it comes down to it, can he overcome loyalty and duty and pull the trigger?

This is a fine World War 2-era historical novel (based on Allan Cole's family experiences) set in Florida, on the "Home Front". Nazi submarine attacks off the coast are but the start of the problems for local residents. But human will to overcome obstacles in the face of adversity will surely save the day...won't it?The author writes: "Between February and May of 1942, German U-boats operated with impunity off the Florida coast, sinking nearly two dozen freighters from Cape Canaveral to Key West and killing five thousand people. Residents were horrified witnesses of the attacks-the night skies were aflame and in the morning the beaches were covered with oil and tar, ship parts and charred corpses. The Germans even landed teams of saboteurs charged with disrupting war efforts in the factories of the North. This novel is based on those events. For my own purposes, I set the tale in the fictitious town of Juno Beach on the banks of the equally fictitious Seminole River-all in the very real Palm Beach County, a veritable wilderness in those long ago days. Among the witnesses were my grandfather and grandmother, who operated an orchard and ranch in the area."