Minutes to Burn
by Gregg Hurwitz
An impending global eco-catastrophe has brought a crack scientific team to a desolate island in the Galápaos to position critical seismic equipment before the next wave of earthquakes hits. But there is something waiting for them all in the jungles of Sangre de Dios. And with the world's future hanging in the balance, a desperate search for answers has suddenly turned into a terrifying war for survival.

Our Lady of Babylon
by John Rechy
The story begins with the protagonist, an unnamed lady who has been framed for her husband's murder, now living in an unspecified countryside. There she meets one Madame Bernie, to whom she recounts a series of troubling dreams. Bernie becomes convinced that these dreams are in fact memories of an astonishing kind. Our lady is a material reembodiment of the essence of St. John the Baptist's Whore of Babylon, who has lived throughout history and myth in the incarnations of Eve, Helen of Troy, Mary Magdalene, Medea, and Madame DuBarry.

Stars and Stripes Triumphant
by Harry Harrison
The Civil War ended with a victory for the Union, and a newly reunited country successfully fended off a British attempt to reconquer her "colonies." The American victory against Britain led to the liberation of both Ireland and Canada. As President Lincoln visits Europe, he learns of another attempt by the British to recoup their losses by seizing American ships. The third installment of Harrison's "Stars and Stripes" trilogy (Stars and Stripes Forever; Stars and Stripes in Peril) brings this tale of war and diplomacy in the aftermath of the American Civil War to a startling conclusion. Fans of alternate history will appreciate this new look at a favorite historic period.

The Eyre affair
by Jasper Fforde
(First book in series) This alternate history, the debut novel of British author Fforde, will appeal to lovers of zany genre work (think Douglas Adams) and lovers of classic literature alike. The scene: Great Britain circa 1985, but a Great Britain where literature has a prominent place in everyday life. For pennies, corner Will-Speak machines will quote Shakespeare; Richard III is performed with audience participation à la Rocky Horror and children swap Henry Fielding bubble-gum cards. In this world where high lit matters, someone starts kidnapping literary characters, and Special Operative Thursday Next (literary detective) must stop this before it's too late.

The Iron Bridge
by David E. Morse
Maggie Foster takes a trip back through time to England, on the eve of the construction of the worlds first iron bridge. To let the bridge be built and the Industrial Revolution to continue unbridled or to destroy the bridge and alter the course of history are among the dilemmas Maggie faces in this richly evocative and fascinating piece of historical speculation.

The Shadow of Albion : Carolus Rex
by Andre Norton
A magical summons draws a destitute Sarah Cunningham from her own world into an alternate Earth where she becomes Lady Sarah, Marchioness of Roxbury, and finds herself caught in the midst of a deadly web of intrigue and unexpected romance. Coauthors Norton and Edghill combine their considerable expertise and skill to create a light-hearted excursion into romantic fantasy, featuring a heroine determined to transform herself from unwitting pawn into active player in the games of politics, love, and magic.

Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
There's been a timequake. And everyone--even you--must live the decade between February 17, 1991 and February 17, 2001 over again. The trick is that we all have to do exactly the same things as we did the first time--minute by minute, hour by hour, year by year, betting on the wrong horse again, marrying the wrong person again. Why? You'll have to ask the old science fiction writer, Kilgore Trout. This was all his idea.