The war between the People’s Republic of Haven and the Star Kingdom is finally won and peace established, but grave danger looms — for there is a plan well on its way to completion designed to enslave the entire human species. Behind that plan lies the shadowy organization known as the Mesan Alignment.Task number one for Honor is to defend against another devastating Mesan strike — a strike that may well spell the doom of the Star Kingdom in one fell blow. It is time to shut down and secure the wormhole network that is the source ...
British Science Fiction Award (1978)Bob Arctor is a dealer of the lethally addictive drug Substance D. Fred is the police agent assigned to tail and eventually bust him. To do so, Fred takes on the identity of a drug dealer named Bob Arctor. And since Substance D—which Arctor takes in massive doses—gradually splits the user’s brain into two distinct, combative entities, Fred doesn’t realize he is narcing on himself.
As tenacious aliens transform the war torn Earth into a replica of their own terrifying world, a handful of scientists, soldiers, and citizens prepares to fight back.
The stories assembled for this collection are set in the universe of Night’s Dawn trilogy. Now, they form a series of snapshot glimpses into the history of the Confederation leading up to the time of Joshua Calvert and Quinn Dexter. It wasn’t always so.
Egy franciaorsz?gi kisv?ros melletti erdei tiszt?son k?l?n?s, z?ld b?r?, emberszer? l?nyek vezette, idegen ?rhaj? landol. Clair doktor, a v?rosk?ban ?l? mag?nyos tud?skutat? a -ek seg?ts?g?re siet, mert a f?ldi t?maszpontok megsebes?tett?k ?ket ?s ?rhaj?jukat. H?l?b?l magukkal viszik az ra, a b?ke ?s a szabads?g bolyg?j?ra, ahol egyenrang? t?rsk?nt fogadj?k. Kit?n? bar?tokra tal?l, s a Mislixek elleni k?zdelemben egyed?l?ll? ?rdemeket szerez. A «F?ny gyermekei» maguk k?z? fogadj?k, majd a b?jos Ulna k?s?ret?ben visszat?r a F?ldre, hogy ?jabb t?rsakat toborozzon az emberis?geket fenyeget? Mislixek t?mad?sai elleni, nemes k?zdelemhez.
Arbonne is a lush, fertile land near the sea, and its people revere music and the Goddess Rian. In Gorhaut, the God Corannos and war are the only considerations. These two countries are on a collision course, which ends in a war where brother fight father — and a life-long friendship ends in death.
In Dominic Flandry finds friendship, maybe even love, after many years of being totally alone.After , Flandry’s life stood in ruins. His Emperor, unbeknownst to him at the time, was dead; his sons were incompetent. His love was dead; his son was dead; he didn’t believe in his job any longer, and he’d taken out his biggest adversary.So, what was left? This book shows the answer: plenty.The younger son of Hans Molitor now holds the throne in his incompetent grasp, and worse, does not like Flandry. So, although Flandry is now ...
The third volume of the high fantasy saga that began with A Game of Thrones and continued in A Clash of Kings is one of the more rewarding examples of gigantism in contemporary fantasy. As Martin's richly imagined world slides closer to its 10-year winter, both the weather and the warfare worsen. In the north, King Joffrey of House Lannister sits uneasily on the Iron Throne. With the aid of a peasant wench, Jaime Lannister, the Kingslayer, escapes from jail in Riverrun. Jaime goes to the other youthful ruler, Robb Stark, to secure the release of Joffrey's prisoners, Robb's ...
It is the time of the Locust. 'Fear death from the air, and avoid the North -' Eighty years have passed since Lord tegeus-Cromis broke the yoke of Canna Moidart, since the horror of the geteit chemosit. The Reborn Men, awoken from their long sleep, have inherited the Evening Cultures. In the wastelands to the north and west of Virconium a city is being built. But not by men. In the Time of the Locust a paralysing menace threatens to turn the inhabitants of the Pastel City into hideous, mindless insects..
Valentine Michael Smith is the stranger. A young human, reared by Martians on Mars, he is brought to Earth where he must adapt not only to the planet's social injustices and its population's foibles, but to its strong gravitational field and rich atmosphere.
A faerie princess turned private investigator in a world where faeries are not only known to the general public, but are also fashionable, the title heroine is Princess Meredith NicEssus, also known as Merry Gentry. As niece to Andais, The Queen of Air and Darkness, she is a royal of the Unseelie Court. While her aunt tried to kill her as a child, she has since offered her the title as crown princess as the Court needs more heirs.
Decker Hawthorne, editor de un modesto peri?dico local, y Harry Goodman, un esc?ptico profesor universitario, se unieron veinte a?os atr?s para participar en un fascinante proyecto de investigaci?n: verificar la autenticidad de la S?bana Santa. Ahora, transcurridos los a?os, los protagonistas vuelven a encontrarse. Goodman le revelar? un secreto sobrecogedor: la S?bana conten?a restos de c?lulas de ADN vivas e incorruptibles…
GARTH NIX grew up in Canberra, Australia. When he turned nineteen, he left to drive around the United Kingdom in a beat-up Austin with a boot full of books and a Silver-Reed typewriter. Despite a wheel literally falling off the car, he survived to return to Australia and study at the University of Canberra. He has since worked in a bookshop, as a book publicist, a publisher’s sales representative, an editor, a literary agent, and as a public relations and marketing consultant. His first story was published in 1984 and was followed by novels , , , , , the six-book YA fantasy series the Seventh Tower, and, most recently, the seven-book the Keys to the Kingdom series. He lives in Sydney with his wife and their two children.
?ce?nf?ld ?s Gont sziget hely?t hi?ba is keresn?nk a megs?rgult k?z?pkori pergameneken, hiszen egyike azoknak a csod?latos ?s t?n?keny k?pzeletbeli t?jaknak, melyek csak az ?r?k ?s az ?jra?lmodott k?z?pkori m?toszok k?pzeletvil?g?ban l?teznek.Le Guin tal?nyos t?rt?net?nek k?z?ppontj?ban egy falusi bronzkov?cs fi?nak a sorsa ?ll, akit bar?tai csak H?k?nak bec?znek, s akinek kor?n felfedezik m?gikus k?pess?geit, de ? nyers ?s pall?...
A hollywoodi Climactic filmst?di?t cs?d fenyegeti. P?ntek este van, h?tf? reggel megjelennek a bank cs?dszakemberei. Addigra el kell k?sz?lnie a Viking Kolumbusz c?m? monstre szuperprodukci?nak, m?g akkor is, ha az ?norv?g sag?kat esetleg ?jra kell ?rtelmezni, ?s a kritikusok is n?mi joggal fanyalognak a film f?ldh?zragadt realizmusa l?tt?n…
