Napoleon is in New Orleans in William Sanders's «Empire»; the German Empire thrives in 1929 in Harry Turtledove's "Uncle Alf"; Pancho Villa's about to become the vice-president in S.M. Stirling and Richard Foss's «Compadres»; and General Patton gets a new diary in Roland J. Green's "George Patton Slept Here." In II, a collection of 13 wild speculations for those who enjoy specifically military alternative histories, Harry (Colonization: Aftershocks) also gathers stories from the likes of Chris Bunch, Michael F. Flynn and Susan Shwartz.
With its dual portrait of Grant and Lee on opposing sides of the Civil War, the jacket of editor Turtledove's solid third alternative military history anthology neatly evokes this popular subgenre. While there's no such story, Robert E. Lee must decide, as the ambassador to Britain of a victorious but ostracized Confederacy, where his true loyalties lie in Lee Allred's provocative "East of Appomattox." Similarly, Roland J. Green's " 'It Isn't Every Day of the Week' " shows how altering the outcome of a few minor incidents can turn history on its head, making General "Old Hickory" Jackson and the Cherokee ...
Alvin Smith znowu wyrusza w ?wiat i szybko trafia do wiezienia, oskar?ony przez swego dawnego mistrza o kradzie? z?otego p?uga. Proces musi w?a?ciwie wykaza?, ?e Alvin naprawd? jest Stw?rc?. Tymczasem jego brat, Calvin, p?ynie do Europy, gdzie spotyka Napoleona i Balzaca. Od Napoleona uczy si? manipulowania lud?mi, z Balzakiem wraca do Ameryki. Razem stanowi? gro?n? par?.
In un mondo dominato da magie, incantesimi e misteriose potenze negative, nasce Alvin “Settimo figlio di un settimo figlio” che possiede tutte le energie positive del Creato ed ? destinato a combattere per la salvezza degli uomini e della Terra. Il giorno in cui nacque Alvin, Peggy — colei che vede tutti i futuri possibili — ne lesse il destino carico di dolori e pericoli, ma vide anche la missione a cui era predestinato. Una missione che gli avrebbe dato la gloria di essere ricordato come il costruttore di un mondo migliore.
A gifted psychic detective on the abandoned Earth colony of St. Helen's, Amaryllis Lark follows a high-profile murder investigation and finds herself in the middle of a steamy love affair with business head Lucas Trent.
“Outstandingly exciting!” – Fallen Angel Reviews“Extremely talented and guaranteed to keep you reading.” – Paranormal Romance Reviews***Meet Mel: Business owner. Dedicated mom. Natural-born Amazon.It's been ten years since Melanippe Saka left the Amazon tribe in order to create a normal life for her daughter, Harmony. True, running a tattoo parlor in Madison, Wisconsin, while living with your Amazon warrior mother and priestess grandmother is not everyone's idea of normal, but Mel thinks she's succeeded at blending in as human.Turns out she's wrong. Someone knows all about her, someone who's targeting young Amazon ...
Being an Amazon ruler just became a royal pain.Amazon queen Zery Kostovska has never questioned tribe traditions. After all, these rules have kept the tribe strong for millennia and enabled them to live undetected, even in modern-day America. Zery is tough, fair, commanding—the perfect Amazon leader.At least, she was. A new high priestess with a penchant for secrecy and technology is threatening Zery’s rule. Plus, with the discovery of the Amazon sons, males with the same skills as their female counterparts, even Zery can’t deny that the tribe must change. But how? Some want ...
Ambulance Ship is a 1979 science fiction novel by author James White and is part of the Sector General series.“Contagion” — An ancient sleeper ship is found whose last occupants died only months before. The rescue ship and ambulance crews come down with a mysterious illness.“Quarantine” — The sole survivor from a spacewreck is brought back to the hospital, and stuns everyone by downing half the surgical team.“Recovery” — A ship is found with absolutely no visible markings. A torture corridor inside beats on whatever passes, including a violent non-sentient and a telepathic sentient who communicates with the ambulance staff about the Blind Ones’ need.
ORBIT HOSPITAL ist ein Klinikum im All, das allen raumfahrenden Lebensformen der Galaxis medizinische Hilfe leistet. Es nimmt alle Gesch?pfe auf, ob sie ein Dutzend Gliedma?en haben oder gar keine, ob sie sich von Radioaktivit?t ern?hren oder Wasser atmen — von anderen exotischen Gewohnheiten und Bed?rfnissen ganz zu schweigen. Es ist ein ?kologisches Tollhaus und ein organisatorischer Irrwitz, aber es ist f?r alle da und es funktioniert. Es ist im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes — lebensnotwendig.
Shadow si ? fatto tre anni dentro. Sta per uscire ma proprio il giorno prima di tornare in libert? lo informano che sua moglie e il suo migliore amico sono morti in un misterioso incidente. Sull’aereo che lo riporta a casa, Shadow fa conoscenza con un enigmatico Mister Wednesday che gli offre di lavorare per lui. Shadow finisce per accettare: un lavoro gli risolve il problema di cosa fare della sua vita, anche se gli arriva da un vecchio bevitore di Jack Daniel’s dall’aria poco raccomandabile. Il contratto con il losco Mr Wednesday viene annaffiato da una ...
Fatted CalvesThe new body culture is finally bringing its rewards, thanks to a hormone treatment that rapidly restructures body fat to muscle - all overnight, during a true beauty snooze.But it's way-out expensive, and only the rich and famous can indulge. After all, what's a thousand bucks a day when the result is a body to die for?There some side effects - no pain, no gain! But when innocent people start paying a steep price for the star's self-improvement regimens, CURE's Dr. Smith sends Remo and Chiun to infiltrate the Lycra crowd and the hallowed halls of the legalized drug trade. Soon their investigation is blocked by a greedy corporation, but the worst challenge is from an army of celebrities - lean, mean products of a killer diet...
Mike Ainsell h?rom ?vet t?lt?tt b?rt?nben, ?m a sorscsap?sok ezzel nem ?rtek v?get sz?m?ra. Szabadul?sa el?tt n?h?ny nappal a feles?ge ?s a legjobb bar?tja meghal aut?balesetben, ?gy azut?n els? ?tja a temet?sre vezet. ?tk?zben tal?lkozik egy furcsa idegennel, aki Szerda n?ven mutatkozik be, ?s munk?t k?n?l Mike-nak. A b?ntetett el??let? f?rfinak nincs m?s v?laszt?sa: elfogadja az aj?nlatot, nem sejtve, hogy ezzel k?l?n?s, term?szetf?l?tti esem?nyek sodr?ba ker?l. Fokozatosan der?l f?ny Szerda s?t?t terv?re, ?s egyre nyilv?nval?bb? v?lik, hogy a mindennapi ?let felsz?ne alatt k?l?n?s h?bor? d?l, amelynek t?tje nem m?s, mint Amerika lelke…
In 1943, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sam Miller is a cop supporting a family and trying to stay on the right side of his boss, the law, and his conscience. Then a body is found by the railroad tracks, a number tattooed on the victim's wrist. It is a case Sam could walk away from. It is a case he will be ordered to drop. And it is case that leads him into a lethal vortex of politics, espionage, rebellion, and international intrigue.As war rages in Europe, a new power rises in America. And the people Sam thinks he knows best — his wife, his brother, his colleagues — reveal new identities. In a formerly close-knit city by the sea, where no one is above suspicion and no one is safe, a global summit is about to take place. On that day, history will be changed. And millions of people will live or die, all because Sam Miller has been a very good cop — faced with a very bad choice.
Po trzech latach sp?dzonych w wi?zieniu Cie? ma wyj?? na wolno??. Ale w miar? jak do ko?ca odsiadki pozostaj? tygodnie, godziny, minuty, sekundy, czuje narastaj?cy niepok?j. Na dwa dni przed zako?czeniem wyroku, jego ?ona, Laura, ginie w wypadku samochodowym w tajemniczych okoliczno?ciach — wszystko wskazuje na zdrad? ma??e?sk?. Oszo?omiony Cie? powraca do domu, gdzie spotyka tajemniczego Pana ?rod?, twierdz?cego, i? jest uchod?c? wojennym, by?ym bogiem i kr?lem Ameryki. Razem wyruszaj? oni w niesamowit? podr?? przez Stany, rozwi?zuj?c zagadk? morderstw, kt?re co zim? s? dokonywane w ma?ym Ameryka?skim miasteczku. Jednak pod??a za nimi kto?, z kim Cie? musi zawrze? pok?j…W swojej niepokoj?cej, wci?gaj?cej i bardzo osobliwej powie?ci Neil Gaiman, wyrusza w podr?? w poszukiwaniu duszy Ameryki.Ksi??ka otrzyma?a nagrod? Hugo 2002 w kategorii Najlepsza Powie?? Roku.
Grade 5-8-In this fourth installment of a series about a society that allows only two children per family, Luke Garner is finally adjusting to his new life at Hendricks School as Lee Grant. While the Grants belong to the highest class of society called the Barons, Luke avoids snobbish affectations and befriends his classmates, who are also illegal thirds. When the real Lee Grant's younger brother arrives at the school, along with his fierce body guard, Luke worries that Smits will expose him to the government. However, Smits has come to enlist Luke's help in discovering how his ...
In the third installment of Haddix's series about a futuristic society in which families are forbidden to have more than two children, Nina, a secondary character in Among the Impostors, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned by the Population Police. Her interrogator gives her an ultimatum: either she can get three other child prisoners, illegal third-borns like Nina, to reveal who harbored them and where they got their fake identification cards, or she will be executed. Nina sees a chance to escape the prison (which seems rather convenient at the time) and, taking the prisoners with her, quickly ...
Grade 5–8. This fifth book about third-born children who must go into hiding to avoid elimination picks up where S & S, 2003) ended. The ruthless head of the Population Police has taken over the government, and executions are common. Trey has gone to Mr. Talbot's home seeking help to rescue Luke and his other third-born friends just as the man is taken away in handcuffs. Desperate, he teams up with Luke's older, more reckless brother, Mark, to try to find the others. Mark is caught and Trey enlists in the Population Police, his only hope of freeing him. To escape, ...
Grade 5–7–A continuation of the series in which third-born children must stay in hiding in order to escape certain death at the hands of the Population Police. Many characters return, including Mr. Talbot and Nina, and some of the plot elements of previous books reappear. While there is little character development, the book is fast paced, opening with a raid on the Niedler School that forces Matthias, Percy, and Alia to run for their lives. The two younger children are injured and Matthias inadvertently becomes a member of the Population Police. Issues of trust and loyalty will appeal ...
