"I have long admired Paul Preuss's work and for this reason was pleased when he expanded six of my short stories into the Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime series, which has been extremely successful. I wish him every success with his new novel." -Arthur C. Clarke "Paul Preuss is one of the rather few science fiction writers who really understand and appreciate science. He's also a fine writer by any other standard. In Core he gives us a story both exciting and thought provoking, filled with people we come to know about and care about." -Poul Anderson "What is the deepest hole which may be dug...

"A terrific novel, I heartily recommend it." --Orson Scott Card

After a solar flare accident in orbit, Travis is a hero: the first astronaut to bail out of a spacecraft and live. NASA, however, had advised against the bailout--and as punishment for violating orders, Travis is grounded on earth, never to fly again.

Then comes Starfire, an experimental spacecraft that could be capable of interstellar flight. Travis fights a desperate political battle to become a crewmember, and his go-it-alone attitude makes for some rough going. Starfire's planned maiden voyage is to land on an...

"Paul Preuss has done a fine thing. He has written a magnificent book in BROKEN SYMMETRIES. I admire his knowledge and artistry." --Roger Zelazny

BROKEN SYMMETRIES introduces theoretical physicist Peter Slater and world-traveling photojournalist Anne-Marie Brand. They meet in Hawaii, where Anne-Marie is in pursuit of a story about the giant atom-smasher TERAC, the newest and biggest particle accelerator in the world, built amidst the pineapple fields of Oahu. Dr. Martin Edovich is the triumphant scientist behind the project--he claims that "his" discovery of I-particles will win him the...

" W]onderful, enlightened, and convincing beyond any reasonable expectations of what a science fiction novel should be." --Greg Bear

Compugen has become a giant player in the tech field overnight by making genetically altered viruses into "biochips" that are replacing silicon chips as the brains of computers.

Toby Bridgeman and Adrian Storey are an odd-couple of scientists--Toby, the programmer, and Adrian, the sloppy genius and genetic artist, have formed an enduring friendship and produced Epicell, a biochip so powerful that it will make all others on the market obsolete and save...

"Mr. Le Carre, meet Dr. Feynman ... T]his one really makes the earth move." --Ursula K. Le Guin

Returning to the characters and setting of his widely admired novel, BROKEN SYMMETRIES, SECRET PASSAGES is the story of a revolutionary physics experiment.

SECRET PASSAGES centers on Manolis Minakis, a shepherd boy who grows up orphaned and wild on the island of Crete. But after a meeting with archaeologist John Pendlebury, who appreciates Minakis' innate gift for mathematics, he is sent to Cambridge University. There, Minakis becomes a renowned physicist and eventually a successful...