When friends stop trusting each other, Darkness is there to fan the flames...Things have turned black at the House of Night. Zoey Redbird's soul has shattered. With everything she's ever stood for falling apart, and a broken heart making her want to stay in the Otherworld forever, Zoey's fading fast. It's seeming more and more doubtful that she will be able pull herself back together in time to rejoin her friends and set the world to rights. As the only living person who can reach her, Stark must find a way to get to her. But how? ...
pairs a vampire warrior and his seductive captor in a battle against demonic predators. returns to the world of her Psy-Changeling series as a woman in lethal danger finds an unlikely protector-and lover. continues the haunting tales of the Children of the Sea in her story of a wounded soldier rescued by an enigmatic young woman. launches a bold new steampunk series about a woman who strikes a provocative-and terrifying-bargain for freedom.
"You can't trust anyone who sleeps with monsters". That's what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only "The Executioner" could save them from the inferno.
Burvja cepure Tuve J?nsonePamodu?ies p?c gar? ziemas miega, troll?tis Mumins, Susuri?? un mazais dz?vnieci?? Snifs dodas pirmaj? pavasara pastaig?. Kalna virsotn? vi?i atrod melnu cepuri un pa?em to l?dziuz m?j?m — Mumint?tim. Pat nenojauzdami, ka t?d?j?di paver ce?u da??d?m burvest?b?m un sav?d?b?m Muminielej?. Ikviena lieta, kas pietiekami ilgi sabijusi cepur?, p?rv?r?as par kaut ko piln?gi citu. Par ko — tas iepriek? nekad nav zin?ms: sporaugu s?klas izaug par fantastiskiem ...
Bises? Dutt, odes?an? na Ziemi? 2037 roku przez tajemniczych i pot??nych Pierworodnych, prze?laduj? wspomnienia pi?ciu lat sp?dzonych na dziwnej, odmienionej Ziemi o nazwie Mir, ?wiatem posk?adanym z l?d?w i ludzi wyrwanych z rozmaitych epok historii Ziemi. Dlaczego Pierworodni utworzyli Mir? Dlaczego Bises? tam zabrano, a nast?pnie sprowadzono z powrotem zaledwie w dzie? po jej znikni?ciu?Pytania, jakie zadaje sobie Bisesa, znajd? odpowied? w chwili odkrycia przez naukowc?w niezwyk?ej anomalii w j?drze S?o?ca, b?d?cej dowodem interwencji obcych ponad dwa tysi?ce lat wcze?...
There's something strange in the neighborhood, and Sam Hammett's not going to call anyone. Her family runs the business Paranormal Pest Pursuers, Inc.--unrivaled by anyone...except Monsters 'R Us, their new competitors recently arrived from Russia. And from the look of that crew, and Nicolas Strakhov, their boss, the war to come will be anything but cold. Luckily, business is booming, so Sam'll soon be bustin' up, bustin' down--bustin' every which way but loose. And there's more than the ghost of a chance she'll fall in love.
Given the chance to train as a squire, kitchen servant Achan Cham hopes to pull himself out of his pitiful life and become a Kingsguard Knight. When Achan's owner learns of his training, he forces Achan to spar with the Crown Prince-more of a death sentence than an honor. Meanwhile, strange voices in Achan's head cause him to fear he's going mad. While escorting the prince to a council presentation, their convoy is attacked. Achan is wounded and arrested, but escapes from prison-only to discover a secret about himself he never believed possible.
THOSE CRAZY KREMLIN GUYS ARE AT IT AGAIN...Things are changing for the supersecret organization known as CURE. Dr. Harold Smith has a prot?g?, Remo is thinking about apprentice shopping and Chiun is fantasizing about retirement from the headaches of the job (i.e., Remo). Yet the world still has big trouble to dish out for the master assassins-and this time it's a real doozy.Somebody's given America an eviction notice in Alaska-in the form of mass murder. Pipeline workers and dozens of U.S. troops are being slaughtered by a mysterious "ghost force" of silent killers. Remo and Chiun recognize the techniques-a bargain basement brand of Sinanju-which poses an alarming question. Who has trained an army of die-hard Soviet troops in the ancient, secret art of the master assassins?
Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as "America's most popular suspense novelist"(Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. Reviewers hail his boundless originality, his art, his unparalleled ability to create highly textured, riveting drama, at once viscerally familiar and utterly unique. Author of one #1 New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to today's readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind. In this stunning new novel, he delivers a tour ...
Despu?s de la hecatombe nuclear el Venerable Leibowitz, muerto seiscientos a?os antes, va a ser canonizado. De la antigua civilizaci?n no quedan otros vestigios que los conservados por la Orden Albertiana, cuyos monjes consumen sus vida en la interminable tarea de iluminar e interpretar las obras del Venerable para reconstruir sobre ellas el mundo tal como fue.Son muchos los misterios que perduran. Por ejemplo, el documento que reza: . Es un enigma. Pero los monjes saben que la luz se har? alg?n d?a y que, con ella, la antigua cultura retornar?.?Rid?culo? ?Grotesco?Bien, si nuestro civilizado y orgulloso mundo sucumbe un d?a ante una cat?strofe de proporciones millones de veces superiores a las del hundimiento del mundo cl?sico, ?qu? ocurrir?? ?Qu? quedar? de nuestra civilizaci?n? ?C?mo y por qui?n ser?n conservados, interpretados y aprovechados los vestigios tecnol?gicos que heredar?n los hombres del ma?ana?
En el siglo XXII, la humanidad lleva cuarenta a?os enfrentada a los “hwarhath”, unos extra?os humanoides alien?genas con una organizaci?n social y sexual que abomina la heterosexualidad y que resulta, sin ninguna duda, bastante distinta de la humana.Para llevar a cabo las primeras negociaciones diplom?ticas entre humanos y “hwarhath”, se elige como sede un peque?o planeta de poca importancia donde la bi?loga Anna P?rez se ocupa de estudiar la posible inteligencia de unas extra?as medusas. Anna ser? la ?nica mujer involucrada, muy a su pesar, en una complejas ...
Hilda by?a c?rk? znienawidzonego hycla – pomocnika kata, dlatego spo?eczno?? wioski j? odrzuci?a. Nikt nie zbli?a? si? do n?dznej chaty, w kt?rej mieszka?a wraz z ojcem. ?y?a samotnie, znosz?c upokorzenia, drwiny i wyzwiska. Tak by?o a? do chwili, gdy w pobli?u ich chaty odkryto zw?oki czterech zamordowanych kobiet. W?wczas ?ycie Hildy odmieni?o si? ca?kowicie.
Przedstawiaj?c przed laty konspekt powie?ci o planecie Ksi tak Janusz A. Zajdel pisa? o swych zamierzeniach:Osnow? powie?ci jest sprawa grupy osadnik?w, kt?rzy mieli si? osiedli? na planecie innego uk?adu, lecz z nieznanych przyczyn zerwali kontakt z Ziemi?. Z Ziemi wyrusza ekspedycja maj?ca za zadanie wyja?ni?, co si? wydarzy?o.Ekspedycja napotyka jeden ze statk?w osadnik?w, wracaj?cy ku Ziemi, z jednym tylko cz?owiekiem na pok?adzie. Cz?owiek ten, by?y pilot kosmiczny, jest w stanie zupe?nego rozstroju psychicznego…Dow?dca ekspedycji ratunkowej ...
System podw?jnej gwiazdy T3 i LeVoy zasiedlaj? potomkowie ziemskich kolonist?w. ?yj? w warunkach zbli?onych do niewa?ko?ci na struktueach zwanych drzewami. Plemi? obumieraj?cego drzewa wysy?a grup? zwiadowcz? w poszukiwaniu miejsca na now? koloni?. W czasie d?ugiej, pe?nej niebezpiecze?stw w?dr?wki cz?onkowie ekspedycji wpadaj? w r?ce ?owc?w niewolnik?w.
«Cacciatore di libert?» ? un esempio probante di quanto dicevamo nell’introduzione al volume, e cio? che la funzione sociale della fantascienza, nella sua disamina del futuro dell’umanit?, deve essere quella di predire le possibili svolte della storia e degli sviluppi tecnologici, ma soprattutto di mostrarci come tali sviluppi influenzeranno la vita della gente. Poul Anderson, uno dei migliori nell’interpretare questo ruolo della fantascienza, considera, in questo umanissimo racconto, i probabili e cupi sviluppi delle nostre crisi ecologiche.
