'Down in the Bottomlands' is a novella written by Harry Turtledove which takes places in an alternative history in which the Atlantic Ocean did not reflood the Mediterranean Sea 5.5 million years ago in the Miocene Epoch, as it did in our history. The Mediterranean Basin thus remains dry to the present day in this time line, as a vast sunken desert called the Bottomlands, averaging nearly two kilometers below mean sea level, with summer temperatures reaching well above 40 °C and with little or no rainfall.
In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things that go bump in the night have something to fear... Includes stories by bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S. M. Stirling, and Carrie Vaughn, as well as tales by Glen Cook, Bradley Denton, M.L.N. Hanover, Conn Iggulden, Laurie R. King, Joe R. Lansdale, John Maddox Roberts, Steven Saylor, Melinda Snodgrass, and Lisa Tuttle.
Following the nuclear attack on the colonist ships in Second Contact, the Race continues to try to find the responsible nation, along with the purpose of the Lewis and Clark, a large space station launched by the United States. At the same time, the range animals brought by the Race colonists begin to spread into the human nations, causing ecological trouble and causing conflicts between them. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union the NKVD under Lavrenti Beria attempts to launch a coup against Vyacheslav Molotov, but is thwarted by Georgi Zhukov. In Nazi Germany, Heinrich Himmler, the Fuhrer, dies and is replaced by Ernst Kaltenbrunner. Kaltenbrunner, angered by the policy of accommodation Himmler carried out towards the Race, including his refusal to invade Race-occupied Poland, causes him to initiate a nuclear war between Germany and the Race.
How far can a hero fall? Far enough to lose his soul? Dhamon Grimwulf, once a Hero of the Heart, has sunk into a bitter life of crime and squalor. Now, as the great dragon overlords of the Fifth Age coldly plot to strengthen their rule and to destroy their enemies, he must somehow find the will to redeem himself. But perhaps it is too late.
NSA agent Ron Moosic is assigned to a nuclear power plant - a cover for a secret project sending observers back in time. When terrorists take it over and send two of their own back to change the past, Moosic is sent in pursuit. But they are all pawns in a time game to conquer the Earth.
“Dr. Bloodmoney” is a post-nuclear-holocaust masterpiece filled with a host of Dick’s most memorable characters: Hoppy Harrington, a deformed mutant with telekinetic powers; Walt Dangerfield, a selfless disc jockey stranded in a satellite circling the globe; Dr. Bluthgeld, the megalomaniac physicist largely responsible for the decimated state of the world; and Stuart McConchie and Bonnie Keller, two unremarkable people bent the survival of goodness in a world devastated by evil. Epic and alluring, this brilliant novel is a mesmerizing depiction of Dick’s undying hope in humanity.
Kari odebrano wszelkie mo?liwo?ci godnego ?ycia. Los posk?pi? jej urody i skaza? na bycie z??. Gdy jednak w g??bi G?r Czarnych spotyka przystojnego Armasa, dostrzega male?ki promyk nadziei na bodaj troch? szcz??cia w ?yciu. Ale czy m?odzieniec wysokiego rodu naprawd? zainteresuje si? godn? po?a?owania istot?…
Forber isn't a mad scientist, he's a tectonic technician with a touch for terror who goes by the name "Dr. Quake". California's touchy San Andreas Fault is in danger of being professionally provoked. But it's not Dr. Quake's fault, for someone has split with his earthquake machine. If this dastardly deviant doesn't get a million dollars in cold hard cash he is going to shake down Southern California for a whole lot more. Luckily, shakedowns and natural disasters are just what the doctor ordered for Remo Williams, Korean death master Chiun's trained killing machine, because when it comes to finding weapons of mass destruction, it takes one to find one. After our Destroyer sifts through the blackmail and terror it's the pompous perpetrator who won't be left standing.
Трилогия (Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, Draco Veritas) о Драко Малфое - культовое произведение, написанное по мотивам книг Дж. К. Роулинг о мальчике-волшебнике по имени Гарри Поттер. Автор трилогии - знаменитая в фэндоме Гарри Поттера писательница - Кассандра Клэр (ее другие популярные произведения: трилогия "Смертельные орудия" и The Very Secret Diaries). Сюжет разворачивается вокруг отпрыска древнего колдовского рода Малфоев, главного противника Гарри Поттера в школе - Драко Малфоя. Переводчик: Ольга Редакторы: Полина , Анастасия Елена А.С.Соловьева Оформление. Народный перевод Гарри Поттера, 2004. Вёрстка: Ombro Народный перевод Гарри Поттера илиофициальное зеркало) Электронная почта
Трилогия (Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, Draco Veritas) о Драко Малфое - культовое произведение, написанное по мотивам книг Дж. К. Роулинг о мальчике-волшебнике по имени Гарри Поттер.Автор трилогии - знаменитая в фэндоме Гарри Поттера писательница - Кассандра Клэр (ее другие популярные произведения: трилогия "Смертельные орудия" и The Very Secret Diaries). Сюжет разворачивается вокруг отпрыска древнего колдовского рода Малфоев, главного противника Гарри Поттера в школе - Драко Малфоя.Оригинал: : Анастасия, Фиона, Ircovа, Чу Ченг, Евгений М., Ева, Равена, Frodo Bаgins, Stasi, Dt, Ория Редакторы: Ория, Неподарок, Кай, Критик, Fire Elemental Оформление. Народный перевод Гарри Поттера, 2004. Вёрстка: Ombro илиофициальное зеркало) Электронная почта
Трилогия (Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, Draco Veritas) о Драко Малфое - культовое произведение, написанное по мотивам книг Дж. К. Роулинг о мальчике-волшебнике по имени Гарри Поттер. Автор трилогии - знаменитая в фэндоме Гарри Поттера писательница - Кассандра Клэр (ее другие популярные произведения: трилогия "Смертельные орудия" и The Very Secret Diaries). Сюжет разворачивается вокруг отпрыска древнего колдовского рода Малфоев, главного противника Гарри Поттера в школе - Драко Малфоя
Tales of vampires have long haunted folklore and literature, but none has had the same impact as Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. Since the book's publication in the late 19th century, the blood-sucking Count has been seized on as the ultimate vampire, encountered by children of all ages in innumerable books, films, and television shows.
Karen Essex turns on the heat in this transporting and darkly haunting new tale of love and possession that puts forth the question: What if everything you knew about Dracula… was wrong?From the shadowy banks of the River Thames to the wild and windswept coast of Yorkshire, the quintessential Victorian virgin Mina Murray vividly recounts in the pages of her private diary the intimate details of what transpired between her and Count Dracula – the joys and terrors of a passionate affair and her rebellion against a force of evil that has pursued her through time.Mina's ...
Less complex than such recent novels as Manta's Gift and Angelmass, this start to a new SF adventure series from Hugo Award-winner Zahn will appeal largely to younger readers. Fourteen-year-old orphan Jack Morgan, former small-time thief, is on the run, framed for theft from megacorporation Braxton Universis. Hiding out on an unoccupied planet, his only companion an artificial intelligence programmed with the personality of his con man uncle Virge, Jack witnesses a battle between incoming spaceships. While looking over the wreckage, he meets Draycos, a dragon-like K'da, sole survivor of an advance team of K'da and their Shontine allies-murdered ...
Ward, ruler of Hurog, is striving to restore his lands and people to prosperity, wanting nothing more than a quiet life. But when an old friend, escaping from High King Jakoven's torturers, seeks refuge in his keep, Ward can no longer ignore the growing rebellion against the tyrannical High King. He realizes that he cannot stand aside — he must join with the rebels.However, Jakoven has a secret weapon with which he intends to crush the rebellion: farsonsbane, a magical artifact that has destroyed entire cities. But first, Jakoven needs blood to awaken it. Dragon's blood. The very blood that courses through Ward's veins…
Most everyone thinks Ward of Hurog is a simple-minded fool — and that's just fine by him. But few people know that his foolishness is (very convincigly) feighed. And that it's all that's saved him from death at the hands of his abusive father, whos always seen Ward as a bitter rival for power.When his father dies, Ward becomes the new lord of Hurog… until a nobleman declares that he is too dim-witted to rule. Ward knows he cannot play the fool any longer. To regain his kingdom, he must prove himslef worthy — and quickly.Riding into a war that's heating up on the border, Ward is dure he's on the fast track to glory. But soon his mission takes a deadly serious turn. For he has seen a pile of magical dragon bones hidden deep beneath Hurog Keep. The bones can be dangerous in the wrong hands, and Ward is certain his enemies will stop at nothing to possesss them…
Centuries had passed since dragons last roamed the war-torn world of the Rain Wild River. But as peace once again settled upon the land, a lost generation of sea serpents—ancient, half-starved, and weary—returned to cocoon, certain that they would be reborn as the beautiful and powerful dragons of legend. But their arduous journey exacted a heavy toll, and the proud serpents emerged as sickly, half-formed beasts, unable to fly or hunt . . . or thrive. For years now they have been trapped on a swampy riverbank between forest and river, hungry and barely alive, reliant on humans to provide ...
