Old acquaintances, made in the two other stories, reappear: Tars Tarkas, Tardos Mors and others. There is a happy ending to the story in the union of the Warlord, the title conferred upon John Carter, with Dejah Thoris.
R is a young man with an existential crisis—he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams.After experiencing a teenage boy’s memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and stragely sweet relationship with the victim’s human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world.Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between.
Pracownicy kompanii wytwarzaj?cej planety i sztuczne ?wiaty odnajduj? we Wszech?wiecie zamieszka?a, p?ask? ziemi?! Czy?by by?a tworem jeszcze wy?szej cywilizacji? Zderzenie supertechniki z prymitywnymi wierzeniami i marzeniami ludzi. Wiele odniesie? do historii naszej planety. Powie?? z pogranicza fantasy i klasycznej s-f, z elementami humoru.
W ponurych czasach poprzedzaj?cych wydarzenia opisane w „Pierwszym uderzeniu”, jeszcze przed pierwsz? poslee?sk? inwazj?, kanclerz Niemiec stan?? przed konieczno?ci? podj?cia trudnej decyzji. Z biegiem lat w wyniku wprowadzania ci?? bud?etowych zasoby do?wiadczonych kadr ?o?nierskich kurczy?y si?. Po zniszczeniu P??nocnej Wirginii kanclerz u?wiadomi? sobie, ?e musi si?gn?? po ludzi, kt?rych poprzysi?g? nigdy, przenigdy wi?cej nie powo?ywa? na nowo: nielicznych wci?? jeszcze ?yj?cych ?o?nierzy Waffen SS. „Warta na Renie” to by? mo?e najbardziej w ca?ej historii obiektywne i brutalne spojrzenie na wewn?trzne mechanizmy funkcjonowania Waffen SS. Ukazuje wszystko, co by?o dobre i z?e w najbardziej nies?awnej w dziejach jednostce wojskowej, odmalowuj?c to na tle poslee?skiej inwazji.
An army of soldiers and magicians has poured out of the north on its quest to unite the city-states of the Isthmus under Felk rule. But with conquest comes rebellion, and there are those who won't be taken easily—by magic or by sword...Under direct orders from the ruler of Felk, Lord Matokin, the fledging wizard Raven had been spying on General Weisel in the field. In doing so she took an arrow for him—and has been resurrected in another's body. Now in the comely shape of the courtesan Vadya, she returns to the battlefield with ...
From Publishers WeeklyRyman's darkly imaginative, almost surreal improvisation on L. Frank Baum's Oz books combines a stunning portrayal of child abuse, Wizard of Oz film lore and a polyphonic meditation on the psychological burden of the past.From Kirkus ReviewsThe Scarecrow of Oz dying of AIDS in Santa Monica? Uncle Henry a child abuser? Dorothy, grown old and crazy, wearing out her last days in a Kansas nursing home? It's all here, in this magically revisionist fantasy on the themes from The Wizard of Oz. For Dorothy Gael (not a misprint), life with Uncle ...
The war had been going for nearly a year. Earth had the better weapons, but the Sirian Empire had the advantage in personnel and equipment. Earth needed an edge, which was where James Mowry came in. Intensively trained and his appearance surgically altered, James is to be an irritant to the enemy.
Something's rotten in the garbage business -- and CURE is ready to take out the trash . . .Mayana -- a South American country known only for a mass cult suicide -- is poised to become the salvation of a trash-choked globe. An ingenious new device called the Vaporizer can turn garbage into thin air and trash into cash for the beleaguered nation. And what could be a more beauteous sight for a global environmental summit than barges piled high with the world's smelly refuse parading through Mayana's harbor.Actually, Dr. Harold Smith smells trouble, and with the ...
Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon — these are our guides through the Wastelands…From the to ; from to , storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse.Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative fiction — including ...
Webmind is an emerging consciousness that has befriended Caitlin Decter and grown eager to learn about her world. But Webmind has also come to the attention of WATCH—the secret government agency that monitors the Internet for any threat to the United States—and they’re fully aware of Caitlin’s involvement in its awakening.WATCH is convinced that Webmind represents a risk to national security and wants it purged from cyberspace. But Caitlin believes in Webmind’s capacity for compassion—and she will do anything and everything necessary to protect her friend.
In the dark days after the events in the book , but before the primary invasion, the Chancellor of Germany faces a critical decision. Over the years, with military cutbacks, the store of experienced military personnel had simply dwindled. After the destruction of Northern Virginia, he realized that it was necessary to tap the one group he had sworn never, ever, to recall: the few remaining survivors of the Waffen SS. is perhaps the most unbiased, and brutal, look at the inner workings of the Waffen SS in history. Meticulously researched, it explores all that was good, and evil, about the most infamous military force in history using the backdrop of the Posleen invasion as a canvas.
