From the Sea to the Stars

Two complete novels by one of science fiction's greatest storytellers. This is the first time both novels have appeared in one volume.
Sea Siege: The nuclear war had come at last and the research team on an island in the West Indies thought they had been lucky to survive. But survival was going to require more than luck when they found themselves under attack by sea creatures out of darkest legend, directed by a previously unknown intelligence from the depths of the sea which was determined to eliminate mankind as a competitor and seize what was left of the world for itself.
Star Gate: Long ago, the Star Lords had come from a dying Earth and settled on the Earthlike planet Gorth where they helped the inhabitants build a civilization. But now the native folk of Gorth have grown resentful and jealous of the Star Lords, who have refused to share their secrets of immortality and their powerful weapons - technology which led to the loss of Earth. Though some of the Star Lords are preparing to resume wandering among the stars, others cannot bear to leave their adopted world and instead travel through an interdimensional gate to another Gorth in a parallel universe. And when they find that in this universe the Star Lords from Earth came as conquerors and enslaved the people of Gorth, their course is clear. They must battle their counterparts to free Gorth - even if it means their own destruction.

Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran, whose novel The Forever War, written a few years after his discharge and influenced by his combat experiences, won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards as best novel of the year. Years later, his sequel to that memorable novel, Forever Peace, also won the Hugo and Nebula Awards and was cited by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of the Year. He has written many other novels, including the best-selling ?Worlds? trilogy, and has served twice as President of the Science Fiction Writers of America. When not writing prize-winning and best-selling novels, he teaches writing as an adjunct professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Martin Harry Greenberg has edited more than 1,000 anthologies of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and other genres, and has become renowned for his ingenuity in developing books written around a theme, and his ability to fill them with stories of high quality. Booklist has written, ?Greenberg?s choices are impeccable,? and Library Journal has praised his volumes for ?Sheer enjoyability . . . provokes everything from meditation to laughter.?