World Book 23: The Xiticix Invasion (168pp, retail $20.50): The strange and dangerous alien Xiticix – legions of heavily armed insectoids willing to fight to the death – may be the next threat to humanity. This World Book details nine types of Xiticix, their hierarchy and powers, and their Hive Cities, as well as the Psi-Stalker Tribes who fight the Xiticix.
24: China 1 - The Yama Kings and 25: China 2 - Heroes of the Celestial Court (168pp each, retail $20.50 each): The nefarious Yama Kings war among themselves in an eight-way battle to conquer all of China. Eight of the ten Chinese planes of Hell have manifested in China. Elder gods and spirits have returned, ghosts walk the earth, and spirits torment everyone. But Geofront, China's secret high-tech nation, and the heroes of the Celestial Court – Fighting Monks, Soothsayers, the Great Demon-Catching Hero, Goblin Wranglers, Blind Mystics, Spirit Hosts, Gun Masters, and Enlightened Demons, all armed with things like Demon Skin body armor, the Gun Dragon, Black Tiger power armor, the Demon Eater, and Assault Geo-Borgs – fight the Yama Kings using martial arts, wondrous mystic powers, Chi channeling, Chi powers, Chi weapons,and Demon Queller weapons and magical demon-binding items.
26: Dinosaur Swamp and 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp (168pp each, retail $20.50 each): Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas of Rifts Earth are a savage wilderness where dinosaurs rule and human beings are at the bottom of the food chain. Alien plant life, strange forests, monsters, dinosaurs, one-of-a kind aliens, ancient pre-Rifts ruins, barbarians, and strange things found nowhere else are all in Dinosaur Swamp. Learn startling revelations about Deearn Neenok, details on his second expedition to Dinosaur Swamp, and its dimensional anomalies.
28: Arzno - Vampire Incursion (168pp, retail $20.50): In the American Southwest you will find the Great Trade Road, the Waste, the Grand Canyon, and Arzno, city of mercs and magic. The unwitting residents of Arzno face an invasion by the undead, spearheaded by a fierce vampire general bidding to conquer the Southwest.
29: Madhaven (136pp, retail $18.50): The ruins of Manhattan promise ancient secrets, power, and treasure. For the mutants who inhabit the shattered landscape, it is truly a haven. For the Knights of the White Rose it is a hiding place. For many others, Madhaven is their doom.
31: Triax 2 (200pp, retail $22): The war between the people of the New German Republic and the Gargoyle Empire rages on. Only the heroes of the NGR seem to be getting the upper hand. See where things stand in the year 109 P.A. and get a closer look at the NGR Army, government, society and people. This World Book also presents the latest weapons, combat vehicles, power armor and robots of the NGR as well as commercial vehicles, robot helpers, and more.
33: Northern Gun 1 (230pp, retail $22) and 34: Northern Gun 2 (262pp, retail $23.50): Characters, locations, O.C.C.s, power armor suits, ride armor, drones, vehicles, weapons, gear, and robots from the largest arms dealer and independent manufacturer on the continent. Learn about the Robo-Gladiatorial Arena battles televised throughout Michigan, Canada, and the Chi-Town 'Burbs.
36: Sovietski (230pp, retail $22): The Sovietski faces the high-tech but savage Warlords of Russia, the expanding Brodkil invasion, Werewolves in the north, Gargoyles spilling in from the west, and the looming Minion War. This book dives deep into the Sovietski nation, its people, their dreams, beliefs, politics, and growing army, plus D-Bees, Dead Zones, Spetsnaz Special Forces, new cyborgs and bionics, and more.
23: The Xiticix Invasion copyright © 1999, 2025; 24: China 1 - The Yama Kings, 25: China 2 - Heroes of the Celestial Court, and 26: Dinosaur Swamp copyright © 2004, 2025; 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp, 28: Arzno - Vampire Incursion, and 29: Madhaven copyright © 2006, 2025; 31: Triax 2 copyright © 2010, 2025; 33: Northern Gun 1 copyright © 2013, 2025; 34: Northern Gun 2 copyright © 2014, 2025; and 36: Sovietski copyright © 2018, 2025 Palladium Books Inc. & Kevin Siembieda. All rights reserved, worldwide, under the Universal Copyright Convention. "Rifts," "Megaverse," "Xiticix," "Arzno," "Dinosaur Swamp," "Madhaven," "Triax," "Northern Gun," "Sovietski," and other names, titles, initials, characters, character likenesses, and slogans are trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc.
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