Leigh Brackett
Leigh Douglass Brackett was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of Space Opera," she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. As a screenwriter, she was best known for her collaborations with director Howard Hawks, mainly writing Westerns and crime films. She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before it went into production.
The starmen
A man's search for belonging propels him into an interstellar web of hidden bloodlines and cosmic destinies.
By Leigh Brackett
Outpost on Io
On a desolate moon, enslaved humans risk everything to defy their alien overlords and reclaim their freedom.
By Leigh Brackett
The Jewel of Bas
In a world ruled by a sleeping god and his android servants, two wanderers must overcome their fears and face the darkness or become victims of a growing, immortal, dreadful legacy.
By Leigh Brackett
Shannach—The Last
A lone miner fights for survival on a deadly planet, facing strange creatures and moral dilemmas in a desperate quest for freedom.
By Leigh Brackett
Black Amazon of Mars
A rugged Earthman journeys across a frozen Mars, battling savage warriors and dark forces, haunted by visions from a stolen talisman he must return to a doomed city.
By Leigh Brackett
Child of the Sun
In a future where minds are enslaved, a desperate journey across space to a planet of immense power may be humanity's only hope for freedom.
By Leigh Brackett
Thralls of the Endless Night
In a desperate fight for survival, hidden alliances bloom and shocking secrets about a mysterious ship are revealed, forcing warring tribes to confront a threat that could annihilate them all.
By Leigh Brackett
The Beast-Jewel of Mars
On a wild Martian landscape, a desperate man dives into a world of mind-altering drugs, testing the limits of his humanity as he searches for a lost love taken by the same path.
By Leigh Brackett
Enchantress of Venus
A stranger arrives on a mysterious planet, only to find enemies lurking around every corner, forcing him to fight for survival in a city full of secrets.
By Leigh Brackett
Citadel of Lost Ships
In a solar system on the brink, a hunted man must choose between his own freedom and saving a vanishing tribe from total destruction.
By Leigh Brackett
Out of the sea
In a world gripped by war, the desperate survival of humanity lies in the hands of two unlikely heroes as terrifying sea monsters rise, revealing a sinister plot to weaponize evolution itself.
By Leigh Brackett
Queen of the Martian Catacombs
An Earthman on Mars must outwit those hunting him while becoming embroiled in a conflict that could determine his future.
By Leigh Brackett
Lorelei of the Red Mist
A dead man returns in a powerful new body, bound to a treacherous goddess and caught in the crossfire of an alien war.
By Leigh Brackett
The Vanishing Venusians
** On a deadly planet, a desperate journey reveals strange lifeforms and the ultimate sacrifice for the dream of a new home.
By Leigh Brackett
A World is Born
On a deadly planet, a group of tough criminals must overcome treacherous foes and their own inner demons to build a future from the ashes of their past.
By Leigh Brackett
Terror Out of Space
Beneath the dark seas of Venus, a pilot must fight against an alien force that seduces the mind and destroys sanity with visions of otherworldly beauty.
By Leigh Brackett
The Blue Behemoth
When a traveling circus ventures to Venus for a lucrative tour, they unleash primordial terrors, forcing them into a frantic fight for survival against an unknown evil.
By Leigh Brackett
The Stellar Legion
In a swampy world far from Earth, soldiers navigate betrayal and monstrous creatures to find honor among the stars.
By Leigh Brackett
Last Call From Sector 9G
A reluctant hero must confront his demons and navigate a web of galactic intrigue to complete a secret mission on a remote planet, with the fate of the galaxy hanging in the balance.
By Leigh Brackett
The road to Sinharat
On a dangerous journey across Mars, one man must confront the mysteries of an ancient city and the explosive consequences of a battle for cultural survival.
By Leigh Brackett