Drawing from over 100 recently translated letters, this historical account chronicles the life of the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei by examining his relationship with his eldest daughter, Virginia, a cloistered nun. This biography places their correspondence in historical context, detailing the religious and political climate of Galileo's time that led to his eventual conviction in 1633 for defending the Copernican system. A New York Times Notable Book for 1999.

When a former law-enforcement officer for the United Mining Company hooks up with a notorious pirate in a seedy space bar, some of the bar's less scrupulous denizens become very interested. The first book in the Gap series.

Fleur haunts funerals looking for eligible widowers. When one of them turns out to be Richard Favour, she may have met her match--in more ways than one.

In this history of a World War II rescue operation, the mission of a group of elite U.S. Rangers sent to free several hundred prisoners of war held by the Japanese is complicated by the fact that their target is also a shipping point for Japanese soldiers--and holds thousands of enemy soldiers. Sides tells the story of the prisoners, survivors of the Bataan Death March, and the heroes who risked all to bring them out.