Jeff Rovin Books in Order

Jeff Rovin surveys science fiction cinema through its history, themes, and visual imagery. Hundreds of photographs accompany discussions of space travel, prehistoric creatures, time travel, and other subjects that filmmakers have brought to the screen.

A fictional travel guide introduces the planets and satellites of Solar System M-17. Illustrated entries describe alien societies, local languages, accommodation, and customs, presenting an invented interplanetary destination through the familiar conventions of a tourist handbook.

Eight college friends gather on an island for a holiday filled with practical jokes. As their weekend turns increasingly sinister, the visitors struggle to distinguish harmless tricks from deadly danger in this adaptation of the film.

Medical student Herbert West develops a serum capable of bringing dead tissue back to life. His experiments unleash violent corpses and animated body parts, drawing those around him into increasingly dangerous attempts to control his discovery.

This illustrated reference surveys more than a thousand monsters from mythology, literature, and popular entertainment. Entries explain the origins, appearances, and activities of creatures ranging from biblical beasts and supernatural predators to monsters created for film.

This alphabetical encyclopedia profiles adventure heroes across literature, folklore, comics, film, and other media. Entries combine fictional biographies with first appearances and publication or production histories, tracing characters from Odysseus to James Bond and beyond.

Jeff Rovin gathers guidance for games on the Sega Genesis console, also known as the Mega Drive. The reference covers a broad range of releases, including action adventures, sports titles, licensed games, and arcade conversions.

An illustrated alphabetical reference explores extraterrestrials, robots, and spacecraft from science fiction and related entertainment. Famous creations appear alongside lesser-known figures, with entries documenting the characters and machines that populate imagined worlds across different media.

Quotations and illustrations explore the connection between cats and the divine. Drawing on biblical writing, poetry, contemporary humor, and visual art, this collection considers feline spirituality through affectionate observations about the animals and their mysterious appeal.

This biography follows television actor Kelsey Grammer's life and career, examining the personal tragedies behind his public success. It explores family loss and the difficult early experiences that shaped the performer known for his sitcom roles.

Russia's fragile democratic government faces opposition from nationalists, organized crime, and hardliners determined to restore authoritarian rule. Paul Hood's Op-Center team confronts a Russian counterpart whose similar capabilities serve a dangerously different political agenda abroad.

Liu Kang, Sonya Blade, Scorpion, and other fighters become entangled in rivalries involving the sorcerer Shang Tsung. Based on the original arcade game, this novel develops its characters' backgrounds through martial arts conflict and supernatural revenge.

This reference collects hints, passwords, and cheat codes for hundreds of video games released in the early 1990s. It covers consoles and handheld systems including Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Atari Jaguar, and 3DO.

Terrorists destroy a dam in Turkey, threatening to ignite a wider conflict in the Middle East. Op-Center's operatives must identify the forces behind the attack and intervene before the crisis escalates into an international war.

While examining new mobile crisis-management technology in Germany, Paul Hood's team encounters a spreading neo-Nazi threat. Extremists are exploiting advanced communications and coordinated unrest, challenging Op-Center to stop a campaign extending beyond a single country's borders.

This illustrated guide follows Jackie Chan's life, films, and physically demanding screen work. It combines biography and filmography with accounts of injuries, stunts, training, awards, and fan resources, documenting both his career and personal background.

Wealthy Nicholas Van Orton receives an unusual birthday gift: participation in a personalized game run by Consumer Recreation Services. As the experience invades his everyday life, he struggles to determine who controls the increasingly dangerous events.

Op-Center travels to Spain as civil unrest threatens the country's stability. When a team representative is killed during a secret meeting in Madrid, Paul Hood's operatives investigate powerful interests trying to turn political tensions into war.

Caroline Cooke inherits a sinister castle known as Tombs and encounters the disturbing stories surrounding it. Unsolved murders and reports of a mysterious beast-man draw her into the dangers concealed within the estate's dark history.

Violent bat attacks spread terror through Manhattan, leaving the city struggling with a deadly biological mystery. Police officer Robert Gentry and zoologist Nancy Joyce investigate the creatures as increasingly aggressive swarms threaten the people around them.

Rogue former peacekeepers seize the United Nations during a diplomatic gala and demand a massive ransom. Paul Hood's attempted retirement ends abruptly when he learns that his daughter is among those caught inside the hostage crisis.

Conspirators within the State Department provoke tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan while undermining the American president's confidence in his sanity. Paul Hood and Op-Center must expose their scheme before a foreign war and domestic coup unfold.

Saber-toothed predators emerge near Santa Barbara, turning mysterious disappearances into a growing threat to southern California. Anthropologist Jim Grand, reporter Hannah Hughes, and sheriff Malcolm Gearhart confront creatures whose presence echoes warnings preserved in ancient Chumash art.

After a senator is poisoned and an investigator apparently kills himself, former Navy SEAL Amos Evans leads an elite covert team into action. Their investigation exposes a hidden adversary whose ambitions reach far beyond individual assassinations.

Op-Center sends its military team to Kashmir to capture a terrorist stirring rebellion against India's government. The mission places its operatives between hostile forces as the regional crisis threatens to become a war between India and Pakistan.

The kidnapping of a priest in Botswana draws Op-Center into an investigation requested by the Vatican. Behind threats against missionaries lies a scheme to destabilize the government and seize diamond mines, demanding a new operational approach.

Radiation detected on a rescued pirate prompts an investigation into nuclear waste disposal in the western Pacific. Op-Center uncovers evidence that a multinational contractor is diverting dangerous materials, turning an environmental inquiry into a terrorist threat.

Budget cuts force General Mike Rodgers to consider work as a presidential candidate's military adviser. A series of deaths connected to Senator Donald Orr's campaign leaves Rodgers weighing the job offer against a potentially murderous political scheme.

An experimental American submarine collides with a Chinese vessel observing its Antarctic tests, trapping both beneath unstable ice. The military's Land Air Sea Emergency Rescue team faces extreme conditions while trying to reach the surviving crews.

The Huntsmen, a group of treasonous political leaders, seize a secret satellite capable of penetrating computer networks worldwide. Commander Amos Evans and his Stealth War team must act before the stolen system is turned against America.

A tsunami destroys the control platform for an experimental unmanned aircraft, leaving the heavily armed machine airborne and uncontrolled. Major Tom Bryan's rescue team must reach the rogue craft while its weapons threaten a wider international disaster.

A Chinese freighter explodes in Charleston Harbor, signaling a campaign against Chinese interests overseas. Under Pentagon control and facing uncertainty about its future, Op-Center investigates the attacks before the violence triggers consequences far beyond individual targets.

Psychologist Sarah Lynch investigates a teenage patient's suicide and discovers his involvement with Satanism. Attempting to summon the devil to understand his death, she confronts an experience that challenges her beliefs about evil and the human mind.

Devastating earthquakes leave Los Angeles in ruins, and the military seals off Coldwater Canyon. FEMA worker Wes Harding searches for survivors while discovering strangely mutilated bodies, raising questions about the danger concealed behind the quarantine.

Cold War nuclear missiles remain hidden in a remote Soviet-era silo near Alaska. Iranian scientists and Russian collaborators plan to transfer them to Tehran, forcing Op-Center to confront a weapons scheme with potentially catastrophic international consequences.

A terrorist bombing strikes the USS Intrepid museum in Manhattan after an intelligence failure. Chase Williams leads Black Wasp, a newly formed mobile team of specialist operatives, on a mission to hunt down the attack's mastermind.

A series of seemingly unrelated disasters exposes the use of a lethal biological weapon. Op-Center's Black Wasp team investigates a devastating supervirus while racing to prevent hostile powers from obtaining a means of inflicting mass death.

Domestic extremists calling themselves the Black Order launch assassinations and bombings to force the American government's surrender. Admiral Chase Williams and Black Wasp pursue the group while confronting its threat to unleash a weapon of mass destruction.

A failed Chinese weapons test leaves its chief scientist imprisoned as a scapegoat. When Op-Center’s Grace Lee frees him, Black Wasp attempts an extraction through Mongolia while pursuing forces and political tensions threaten to turn the rescue into war.

After rescuing a Chinese scientist, Black Wasp becomes the target of assassins operating from Washington embassies. With American intelligence compromised and presidential support uncertain, the surviving commandos seek refuge and an uneasy alliance after one of their own is murdered.