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Two Sudanese "lost boys." Both fathers murdered during civil war. Both mothers forced into exile where the only law was violence. To survive, the boys became ruthless loners and child soldiers, until they found mystic mentors who transformed them into their true destinies. One: known to the streets as the Supreme Raptor; the other: known to the Greeks as Horus, son of Osiris. Separated by seven thousand years, and yet connected by immortal truth. Born in fire. Baptized in blood. Brutalized by the wicked. Sworn to transform the world and themselves. They are the Alchemists of Kush.

During March, 2001, junior high school teacher Taharqa "Harq" Douglass discovered two life-altering realities: that his foreign doctor friend Sayntomush Binipythago "Thago" Barabdura was in fact a Suftem Warmunk from a solar systemic civilisation of Numans entirely unknown to the people of Earth, and that Harq himself possessed chronosis, the ability to behold the future. Dragged into a virtual suicide mission to rescue the Numan princess Azir Schtagfayar Utto, upon whose fate depended millions of people, Thago and Harq stormed the Diefenbunker in southern Alberta, liberated their target from her kidnappers, and then escaped into orbit, only to have Thago''s vessel destroyed by terrorist reinforcements. After killing the attackers and then commandeering the doomed Soviet space station Mir, Harq, the Princess, Thago, and Thago''s sullen Human assistant Saynkandake MarAset Shanadakhete made their way to a safehouse on Venus, known to Numans as planet Tluwitl, "the bordello of the solar system." There, Thago''s team emancipated an enslaved, mysterious, traumatised, and dangerous Human boy named Ooropos Poldleol-nim Kikotijototitl, nicknamed Ti-Joto, before the Princess revealed her true nature and traumatised Harq, perhaps permanently. Arriving on Qorodis, the political-economic centre of the System, Thago enrolled Harq and Ti-Joto in the Suftem Assembly to train as Chronostics and ascend to what Thago claimed was their fate: to be the ultimate Seers who would discover the means to destroy all evil, reshape all civilisation, and reveal the nature, origin, and destiny of the universe. But not even the Chronostics foresaw the terrorist attack that turned the cosmopolis of Naayt into an inferno, nor the security sweep that put Humans by the tens of thousands, including Harq and Ti-Joto, into a secret "white hole" prison, where not even Thago could find them, and simple survival is an open question.... "

WINNER: Carl Brandon Society Kindred Award (2007) SPECIAL CITATION (Runner-Up): Philip K. Dick Award (2007) Meet the F*O*O*J, the World''s Greatest Heroes: OMNIPOTENT MAN: A body with the density of steel, and a brain to match THE FLYING SQUIRREL: Aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night IRON LASS: Mythology''s greatest warrior, but the world might be safer if she had a husband X-MAN: Formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen, but not formerly enough THE BROTHERFLY: Radioactively fly POWER GRRRL: Perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line or sex scandal They''re Earth''s mightiest super-team. And dysfunctional as hell. Having survived arch-criminal assaults in the 1950s, intergalactic aggression in the 1960s, affirmative action battles in the 1970s, and having finally defeated all its arch-enemies in a battle global in the 1980s, the F*O*O*J finds itself in a peaceful world without super villains--and thus bereft of a mandate. Without external foes, the phenomenal F*O*O*Jsters are reduced to waging toxic office politics rife with their own arcane idiosyncrasies, bizarre perversions, mutual contempt and explosive neuroses, leading to what must sooner or later be a workplace super-powered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Janice Brain-Silverman, AKA Doctor Brain, the world''s leading therapist for the extraordinarily-abled. But when the planet''s most hallowed hero dies unexpectedly, career-ending depression descends, accusations fly and conspiracy theories boil--is the age of heroes truly over, or has an old foe returned to exact revenge on them all? Can the F*O*O*J survive its two greatest threats: assassination and group therapy? Advance Praise for "UNMASKED! When Being a Superhero Can''t Save You From Yourself" by Doctor Brain "Brilliant, easy-to-implement life-changing guidance and classic examples from the careers of our greatest legends, written by the leading therapist of the extraordinarily-abled." --The Übermensch Reader "If I''d had this book twenty years ago I could''ve saved myself decades of rage, violence and self-loathing, not to mention a $4 billion judgement against me by the city." --Clifford David Stinson, AKA the Blue Smasher "Were I still at my psychiatric practice and had I not begun my career of mental butchery that led to my incarceration, I would unreservedly recommend this fine volume to all my living patients." --Menton the Destroyer About the author Dr. Janice Brain-Silverman lives and works at the Hyper-Potentiality Clinic inside the refurbished Mount Palomax Observatory in Los Ditkos. She has been helping hyper-hominids for over twenty years, and is the author of such best-sellers as: Seven Habits of Highly Defective Nemeses Why Do Bad Villains "Happen" to Good Heroes? Evil Geniuses Who Hate Humanity and the Women Who Love Them Sacred Identity: Reclaiming the Demi-God in You Secrets from Menton''s Brain: Using Two Lefts to Make Yourself Right Being Super-Mom in Today''s Multiverse Side-Kicked! When the Alpha-Hero Treats You Like Omega Bulletproof, Schmulletproof Secret Origins, Starring: Your Miserable Life

Hungry for adventure, two young slackers find more than they bargained for in their quest for a mystical Egyptian artifact, a search that is challenged by a host of dangerous adversaries and numerous mysterious occurrences.

For fans of Walter Mosley, Eldridge Cleaver, Nalo Hopkinson, Philip K. Dick, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Tananarive Due, John Gardner, William S. Burroughs, Chuck D., Steven Barnes, and Stephen King, comes E-Force: Sixteen Stories of Pure Freaking Awesomeness, including a companion story to Minister Faust''s acclaimed novel The Alchemists of Kush. Containing all the stories collected in A Bad Bad Beat Was Brewing and Journey to Mecha, E-Force is the definitive short fiction collection by Minister Faust, an author increasingly described as one of the best writers of his generation. E-Force presents sixteen wide-ranging stories, including the hilarious, the terrifying, the mystical and the compassionate. Behold anti-colonial liberation struggle at the cosmic level ("The Sun Dogs"), philosophical explorations of the nature of organic and artificial intelligence ("Droplets of Thought"), the hypocrisy that afflicts human communities ("Shecky the Green Pig"), a revisionist take on D.W. Griffith''s Birth of a Nation ("The Worth of a Nation"), and a Grendel-style psychohistory of ancient Egypt''s founding myth ("The Belly of the Crocodile," a companion story to Minister Faust''s novel The Alchemists of Kush), among many others. E-Force is an astonishing journey by a visionary author. PRAISE FOR MINISTER FAUST ROBERT J. SAWYER, author of Wake: "A stylistic tour de force. The characters are unfor-gettable, the slang infectious, and the whole thing is just incredibly charming." CHARLES SAUNDERS, author of Imaro: "A few pages in, I was hooked - not only by the quality of the prose, but also by its sheer audacity.... In the Minister''s hands, Edmonton becomes as lively and lethal as New York and Los Angeles put together.... A brilliant first novel..... Minister Faust... is shaping up to become a one-man New Wave in the SF genre." RICHARD MORGAN, author of Market Forces: "Outstanding, like nothing I''ve ever read in the genre ... in fact Minister Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. Full of surprises, caring and heartfelt. I''m kind of envious of what he''s done here. Really edgy unpleasantness ... up there with the best of them." NALO HOPKINSON, author of Midnight Robber: "Off the freakin hook. Funky... with heart, style, humour, and attitude to spare." TANANARIVE DUE, author of The Living Blood: "Incredibly imaginative and bulging with pop culture and political references, this is a trip unlike anything you''ve ever read. Endlessly entertaining." ERNEST DICKERSON, director, Juice, Demon Knight, Never Die Alone, The Wire: "Minister Faust is Samuel Delaney, Harlan Ellison and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. His writing is biting, insightful and hugely entertaining." THE NEW YORK TIMES: "A jumpy, hold-nothing-back style.... Faust anatomizes [the Edmonton setting] with the same loving care Joyce brought to early-20th-century Dublin.... fresh and stylish entertainment." KIRKUS REVIEWS and THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: "Like Kevin Smith as if he''d grown up in an African immigrant neighborhood-just as comic- and pop culture-obsessed but with a dose of righteous ethnic minority fury." THE OTTAWA CITIZEN; NATIONAL POST; CANWEST NEWS SERVICES and CITIZEN NEWS SERVICES: "The most exciting Canadian debut in decades." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: "The dense writing, the ponderings on the nature of reality and a complex plot that all comes together at the end... will remind some readers of Neal Stephenson [and] represents a sharp-edged new voice in the genre." ASIMOV MAGAZINE: "Defies all expectations.... A very interesting new voice, bringing perspectives well outside the usual assumptions of genre SF to his work. Faust is obviously someone to watch."

Taharqa "Harq" Douglass assumes that his best friend Thago is nothing more than a muckle-mouthed immigrant doctor from Sudan (or is it Somalia? or Yemen?). But when high-tech terrorists blast into Thago''s office, Harq accidentally discovers his friend is half James Bond and half Bruce Lee, and that he himself possesses a miraculous ability: chronosis-the power to behold the future. With Thago as his protector, Harq must use his startling power to rescue a beautiful, brilliant diplomat in order to stop a war that could claim millions of lives... and the only path to survival lies through the doomed Soviet space station, Mir. See the book trailer: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEemS9D1pt8&list=UU6go_MWgaiuR7E8Fp5jJ0fQ&index=1

“An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field.” –Robert J. Sawyer, author of Hominids They’re Earth’s mightiest superteam–and dysfunctional as hell. OMNIPOTENT MAN–a body with the density of steel, and a brain to match THE FLYING SQUIRREL–aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night IRON LASS–mythology’s greatest warrior–but the world might be safer if she had a husband X-MAN–formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen . . . but not formerly enough THE BROTHERFLY–radioactively fly POWER GRRRL–perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line, or sex scandal Having finally defeated all archenemies, the members of the Fantastic Order of Justice are reduced to engaging in toxic office politics that could very well lead to a superpowered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman, aka Dr. Brain, the world’s leading therapist for the extraordinarily abled. “Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. He’s totally original, full of surprises.” –Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon “Samuel Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Faust’s writing is biting, insightful, and hugely entertaining.” –Ernest Dickerson, director From the Trade Paperback edition.

An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field. -Robert J. Sawyer, author of Hominids They''re Earth''s mightiest superteam-and dysfunctional as hell. OMNIPOTENT MAN-a body with the density of steel, and a brain to match THE FLYING SQUIRREL-aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night IRON LASS-mythology''s greatest warrior-but the world might be safer if she had a husband X-MAN-formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen . . . but not formerly enough THE BROTHERFLY-radioactively fly POWER GRRRL-perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line, or sex scandal Having finally defeated all archenemies, the members of the Fantastic Order of Justice are reduced to engaging in toxic office politics that could very well lead to a superpowered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman, aka Dr. Brain, the world''s leading therapist for the extraordinarily abled. Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. He''s totally original, full of surprises. -Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon Samuel Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Faust''s writing is biting, insightful, and hugely entertaining. -Ernest Dickerson, director

Hamza and Yehat are The Coyote Kings–best friends, one a disgruntled dishwasher and the other a video store clerk, but each brilliant in his own right. Yehat builds prototypes of space-age inventions in his spare time, while Hamza, a former English honors student who was kicked out of the university, writes lush, lyrical poems when he’s not blocked–which, these days, is nearly always. When the gorgeous, mysterious Sherem shows up in E-Town decked out in desert finery, Hamza’s creative spark is ignited. Who is this sophisticated woman that speaks arcane African tongues, quotes from obscure comics andStar Warsmovies, yet seems somehow too ethereal for the world Hamza inhabits? And what is the lost artifact that she and a cast of coiffed collectors and criminal cultists so desperately seek? As Hamza falls blindly in love with Sherem, little does he know that he and Yehat play the biggest part of all in the recovery of the ancient relic–and in the future of all living beings. . . .