Druid-born and magic-blessed, Isla is one of the deadliest she-devils ever to serve the forces of darkness. As an immortal Highland warrior, it’s up to Hayden Campbell to destroy her and her kind. But for Hayden, Isla is more than a sworn enemy. …Taking Isla captive, Hayden hopes to avenge his kinsmen who died by Druid magic. But when he looks into Isla’s eyes, he sees the secrets of her past. When he touches her skin, he feels the passion in her soul. And soon Hayden comes to realize that this beautiful, beguiling woman is not his enemy at all — she is his destiny. And, even as the forces of darkness conspire against them, their love will conquer all…
In den Tiefen der Meere entbrennt ein erbitterter Kampf um die Zukunft der Menschheit. Die M?nner des Power Board jagen den Unbekannten, der die Energievorr?te der Erde pl?ndert.
Over five hundred years ago, Esperetta's soul was bound to her husband's by dark magic, and when Velkan became a Dark-Hunter, to her horror, she became immortal as well. Now, they must come together to fight an old enemy . . . and the passion that threatens to consume them once more. Published in anthology
Michael Harmon has been there and done that. Rescued co-eds, killed major terrorists, stopped nuclear assaults. Now he’d just like to kick back and relax with his harem of lovelies. Unfortunately, the world keeps turning. Mike and the Keldara are back tracking down terrorists, rogue Russian bio-scientists and the doomsday weapon to end all doomsday weapons. It’s going to take some very tough, hard and nasty people to stop the end of the world. Fortunately, there’s Mike Harmon. The Hero of , and , along with his company of elite mountain fighters, is sent on a mission to stop an advanced smallpox plague from being turned over to terrorists. But that will only be the beginning as the Kildar and his Keldara rush to stop a host of WMD attacks, coordinated to take out the very heartland of terrorism’s enemies. It’s a battle for culture, and this time the terrorists aren’t aiming at just one building…
Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela the Ice Maiden, the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey and her freezing skin can't be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. A Valkyrie aching to be touched, desperate for closeness, in an agony of frustration, Murdoch and Danii will do anything to have each other. Together can they find the key that will finally allow them to slake the overwhelming desire burning between them?
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives "unwound" and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs—and, perhaps, save their own lives.
In a future world where those between the ages of thirteen and eighteen can have their lives “unwound” and their body parts harvested for use by others, three teens go to extreme lengths to uphold their beliefs—and, perhaps, save their own lives.
Nel sottosuolo vicino a Londra viene scavato un immenso magazzino dove, grazie a opportuni accorgimenti, potranno essere conservati enormi quantitativi di generi alimentari. Lo scopo dell’impresa ? quello di preservare le scorte di cibo da un inquinamento radioattivo, nel caso che si scateni una guerra atomica. Dei lavori si ? interessato l’ingegnere John Markham. Cos?, quando viene segnalata una irregolarit? negli impianti elettronici, ? Markham a scendere nei sotterranei per un controllo. A un tratto, una scossa violentissima, seguita da altre, poi un crollo improvviso. L’ingegnere pensa a un terremoto o a un errore di costruzione. Comunque, l? vicino ...
Immaginate di aver costruito un apparecchio (sul tipo di una radio-trasmittente) capace di emettere impulsi capaci a loro volta di innescare la ben nota reazione a catena in tutte le ogive nucleari attualmente esistenti in tutte le basi atomiche del mondo. Per costruire un apparecchio del genere dovreste indubbiamente aver risolto dei problemi scientifici d’una certa difficolt?... Ma se ci pensate un momento vi renderete conto che quelle difficolt? erano niente di fronte al problema che vi aspetta adesso (e che aspetta il protagonista di questo romanzo): quando e in che modo vi proponete di utilizzarlo, il vostro benefico apparecchio?
Questo nuovo romanzo di Frederik Pohl ci presenta il primo tentativo di colonizzazione del pianeta Marte: non il Marte sognato dalla fantascienza di cinquant’anni fa, ma il Marte che oggi conosciamo attraverso i risultati trasmessi dalle sonde spaziali.Il protagonista della colonizzazione ? Uomo Pi?: l’uomo pi? gli ausili che gli possono offrire i computer, e il protagonista del romanzo ? il primo di questi uomini. Macchine sofisticate collegate al suo corpo hanno sostituito i suoi organi con altri organi artificiali, ed egli ? ora adatto a vivere nell’atmosfera rarefatta di Marte, a trarre dal sole l’energia che gli occorre. Ma i suoi ex simili, le persone umane normali, non lo riconoscono pi? come uno di loro, e Marte, considerato come un’avventura e un episodio, si rivela il suo esilio e la sua casa.Nominato per i premi Hugo, Campbell e Locus in 1977.
Being a Time Courier was one of the best jobs Judson Daniel Elliott III ever had. It was tricky, though, taking group after group of tourists back to the same historic event without meeting yourself coming or going. Trickier still was avoiding the temptation to become intimately involved with the past and interfere with events to come. The deterrents for any such actions were frighteningly effective. So Judson Daniel Elliott played by the book. Then he met a lusty Greek in Byzantium who showed him how rules were made to be broken!
Men and women who have shown signs of telepathic powers have been brought together by the U.S. Military to investigate their powers’ possible military application. Meanwhile, telepathic aliens in a solar system destined for destruction try to telepathically cry out for help and understanding, only to reach our heros in the research project.
At one time he was a world-renowned celebrity who gave freely of himself and his money without wanting anything in return...until those around him took without asking. Now Aidan wants nothing of the world—or anyone who's a part of it. Born on Olympus as a goddess, Leta knows nothing of the human world. But a ruthless enemy has driven her from the world of dreams and into the home of the only man who can help her: Aidan. Her immortal powers are derived from human emotions—and his anger is just the fuel she needs to defend herself…One cold winter's night will change their lives forever…Trapped together in a brutal winter storm, Aidan and Leta must turn to the only power capable of saving them—or destroying them both: trust.
A new war is dawning! The Three Laws of the Vampire Federation: 1. A vampire must never harm a human 2. A vampire must never turn a human 3. A vampire must never love a human DI Joel Solomon has a secret: he believes in vampires. But a ritual murder in the Oxfordshire countryside is just the first incident in a horrifying chain of events drawing the Detective Inspector into his worst nightmare. Are vampires really claiming fresh victims? Alex Bishop is an agent of the Vampire Intelligence Agency (VIA), tasked with enforcing the laws of the global Vampire Federation and hunting ...
Dolina Koom to w?a?nie tam trolle z?apa?y w zasadzk? krasnolud?w, a krasnoludy z?apa?y w zasadzk? trolle. To by?o daleko st?d. To by?o dawno temu.Sam Vimes ze Stra?y Miejskiej Ankh-Morpork znowu zobaczy wojn?, tym razem przed w?asnym biurem, je?li nie rozwi??e zagadki morderstwa przynajmniej jednego krasnoluda. Kiedy jego ukochana Stra? si? rozsypuje, kiedy grzmi? werble bojowe, musi ods?oni? ka?dy ?lad, przechytrzy? ka?dego skrytob?jc?, pokona? ka?d? ciemno??, by znale?? rozwi?zanie. Aha codziennie o sz?stej, niezawodnie, bez ?adnych wykr?t?w, musi wr?ci? do domu i poczyta? synkowi Gdzie jest moja kr?wka ze wszystkimi odpowiednimi odg?osami podw?rka. S? pewne rzeczy, kt?re zwyczajnie trzeba za?atwi?.Pomys?owe, dowcipne, logiczne…Wszystko, czym powinna by? kolejna powie?? w cyklu fantasy, a nawet wi?cej.
Russia, Communist China, Japan, Nazi Germany, the United States: they began World War II as mortal enemies. But suddenly their only hope for survival-never mind victory-was to unite to stop a mighty foe-one whose frightening technology appeared invincible. Far worse beings than the Nazis were loose. From Warsaw to Moscow to China's enemy-occupied Forbidden City, the nations of the world had been forced into an uneasy alliance since humanity began its struggle against overwhelming odds. In Britain and Germany, where the banshee wail of hostile jets screamed across the land, caches of once-forbidden weapons were unearthed, and unthinkable tactics were employed against the enemy. Brilliantly innovative military strategists confronted challenges unprecedented in the history of warfare.
Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can’t seem to get his ex-girlfriend’s parting shot out of his head: “Why can’t you just read off the computer like the rest of us?” Egged on by her question and piqued by a student’s suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com’s Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo — via one-day delivery that he hadn’t requested — unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine.
Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams. And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body—but she's just come across her second in three days. It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
Naprawd? mam na imi? Severian. Przyjaciele, kt?rych nigdy nie mia?em zbyt wielu, nazwali mnie Severianem Kulawym. ?o?nierze, kt?rych niegdy? mia?em mn?stwo, cho? nie a? tak wielu, jakbym chcia?, nazywali mnie Severianem Wielkim. Nieprzyjaciele, kt?rzy mno?yli si? jak muchy na bitewnych polach zas?anych trupami, nazywali mnie Severianem Oprawc?. By?em ostatnim Autarch? Wsp?lnoty, a tym samym jedynym prawowitym w?adc? planety znanej pod?wczas jako Urth.
Karine Volden jako ma?a dziewczynka zosta?a dwukrotnie zgwa?cona. Cho? zdo?a?a wymaza? z pami?ci koszmarne prze?ycia, coraz bardziej zamyka?a si? w sobie i ba?a si? kontaktu z innymi lud?mi. W czasie wojny napadni?to Karin? po raz kolejny, a jej reakcja okaza?a si? bardzo gwa?towna. Na domiar z?ego dziewczynka obarcza?a siebie wina za to, ?e jej brat Jonathan zosta? zes?any do obozu koncentracyjnego w Niemczech…
