The River Wall

10 best books like The River Wall (Randall Garrett): Starstrike, A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows, Greyhaven, Storm Runner, The Deluge Drivers, Nocturne, Trumpets of War, Through the Eye of a Needle, The Repairman, Asimov on Science Fiction

AuthorW. Michael Gear
ISBN0886774276
Humanity's first contact with alien life is no less than a nightmare, as the Ahimsa take control of Earth and force humanity to do their bidding. Soon Earth's most skilled strike force, composed of Russian, American, and Israeli experts in the art of war and espionage, find themselves aboard the Ahimsa...
AuthorPoul Anderson
ISBN0812522257
Raconteur, bon vivant, troubleshooter for the decaying Terran Empire, Dominic Falndry doesn't crave further danger in the service of galactic unity.

But duty calls, so it's back to the spaceways for the most elegant Special Agent is a hundred star systems--straight into the well-laid plans...
AuthorMarion Zimmer Bradley
ISBN0879978155
Somewhere in Northern California there is a house where all the dimensions of time and space and distant worlds come together: This house, whose exact location is known to a very special few, is called Greyhaven..it is the spiritual home of an ever-growing 'family' of imaginative writers. Diana Paxson,...
AuthorTara K. Harper
ISBN0345371623
While this book was alright, I found it lacking a bit compared to it's predecessors. In many ways it felt like a 'redo'. Like I was reading something similar to the previous books, which I suppose is alright, but perhaps I am just spoiled by narrative fiction that builds.

There wa sa bit of this....
AuthorAlan Dean Foster
ISBN0345333306
It looked as if Ethan Fortune was stuck on the icy world of Tran-ky-ky, never to enjoy the warm comforts of civilization again. But when the scientists at the outpost of Brass Monkey detected an odd atmospheric phenomenon, things began to heat up.
Only the great icerigger Slanderscree could make...
Nocturne
AuthorLouise Cooper
ISBN0812507983
The Tower of Regrets is no more...and the wanderer Indigo has known but little peace. Her dreams are troubled ones, and her quest is far from done. A short time to heal the ragged tatters of her soul is all she asks.

And for awhile her prayers are answered. But Indigo's refuge is no more - for a malignant...
Trumpets of War
AuthorRobert Adams
ISBN0451147154
A MAD KING SLAIN, A REALM TO RECLAIM.

The High King Zastros and his evil witch queen had finally met their match when they'd challenged Milo Morai and his Confederation Army to battle. Yet with the menace of Zastros destroyed, the Confederation faced a still greater challenge--for in his mad...
Through the Eye of a Needle
AuthorHal Clement
ISBN0345258509
This sequel novel to Needle, was written and published in 1978, some 29 years after its predecessor but takes place only a few years later. The main character, Bob Kinnaird has completed his college degree and returned to his Polynesian island home to confront and get help for what has become all too obvious:...
The Repairman
AuthorHarry Harrison

-------------- Being an interstellar trouble shooter wouldn-t be so
-------------- bad - if I could shoot the trouble! from the introductory:

The Old Man had that look of intense glee on his face that meant someone was in for a very rough time. Since we were alone, it took no great...
Asimov on Science Fiction
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0385174438
ASIMOV:
Grand Master of SF

No one knows science fiction as well as Isaac Asimov, the bestselling author of the FOUNDATION saga and many other classic works. He has taken part in all the significant developments and knows most of the important writers personally. His familiarity with the...
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