Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, later known as Simon Hawke, began writing under this pseudonym in 1984 and subsequently changed his legal name. He also penned near-future adventure novels and mystery stories under the name J. D. Masters. His diverse body of work spans both thrilling adventures and intriguing mysteries, offering readers a varied literary landscape. Through his varied pseudonyms, Hawke/Masters demonstrates a mastery of different genres, weaving suspenseful plots with engaging narratives.
A new set of heroes embarks upon a quest to discover the secrets of power in the Dark Sun world, including an outcast, whose bloodline combines the lithe grace of elves with the feral savagery of Athasian halflings. Illustrations.
Anuire, the great empire rose from the wreckage of gods-death, from the tumbled lands where the pantheon had died to stop one of its own from destroying the world. In the chaos after Deismaar, Roele founded an empire that would span the continent and last a millennium.
Sorak, elfin hero of the author's Tribe of One trilogy, along with his friend and lover, Ryana, embarks on a mission of mercy for his new master, the Sage.
The Patrian Transgression The U.S.S. Enterprise™ is sent to Patria I to discuss that world's application for federation membership. But Captain Kirk and his landing party soon discover that the Patrians have a strict system of laws -- laws that are enforced by a telepathic police force. In the midst of this startling revelation, the crew finds themselves in the middle of Patrias's growing political unrest. Caught between the Patrian telepathic police force and a deadly group of terrorists, Kirk, Spock and the others must fight for their lives on a world wher their thoughts make them criminals -- and all crimes are punishable by death.
After Sorak finds the Sage, who explains to him how he came to be splintered into countless separate beings, Sorak gathers all the members of his tribe of one and launches a war against the evils of Athas. Original.
When mutilated bodies begin turning up in Hollywood and the police are baffled, the young wizard Wydrune and his band--a beautiful cat burglar, a Cockney punk possessed by the spirit of Merlin, and Camelot's last survivor--take the case
Time travel wasn't just fun and adventure. Major Lucas Priest, a veteran of the Time Wars, was aware of the danger of operating in Minus Time. One false move, and the course of history is changed with incalculable consequences.Now Lucas is faced with the greatest challenge of his career: to readjust the events of the French Revolution and correct the blunder made by an agent of the Temporal Corps. Alex Corderro, in his first hitch in Minus Time, had caused the death of Sir Percy Blakeney, the English aristocrat who played a key role in saving French royalists from the guillotine. Someone had to impersonate Blakeney and carry out his task.Easier said than done. Especially since the much-feared Mongoose, that great saboteur and double agent from the 27th century, was on the loose again. And Mongoose had other ideas of how history should proceed . . .
Captain Picard and his crew stumble into a Romulan plot to claim the secret planet of Hermeticus 2 as their own; a plot that threatens the very foundation of the federation.
Will, the fledgling playwright and poet, and Tuck, the would-be actor and rest-of-the-time ostler, have been enjoying their lives on and behind the stage...if only it wasn't for the occasional interruptions: plague, the closing of the theater for reasons of law or finance, and the occasional murder. As luck would have it, the dramatic twosome must once again play detective in a case that involves the fates of those near and dear to their hearts as well as certain hoped-to- have-been--forgotten family members . Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta is all the rage on the London stage, and the young bard wishes to rise to the competition. With companion Tuck at his side, Will makes a sojourn for research purposes into the Elizabethan underworld, where contracts are blood bonds and the quality of mercy is stretched to its very limits. He becomes embroiled in a tangle of unlucky young lovers, anti-Semitism, and rogue justice.