Miles Vorkosigan, el entra?able personaje que se dio a conocer en , emprende gracias a la habilidad de la exitosa escritora de Lois McNaster Bujold nuevas aventuras. En esta ocasi?n se abordan asuntos de gran inter?s: los prejuicios sociales y sus consecuencias, una posible reflexi?n antirracista nacida en torno a la manipulaci?n gen?tica y una amena exploraci?n de temas cuya conjunci?n resulta particularmente curiosa: religi?n, supervivencia y estrategia militar.Incluye los relatos:Premio Hugo a la mejor novela corta 1990 por .
Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason would die to be with Rose…It's winter break at St. Vladimir's, but Rose is feeling anything but festive. A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the Academy's crawling with Guardians-including Rose's hard-hitting mother, Janine Hathaway. And if handto- hand combat with her mom wasn't bad enough, Rose's tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason's got a huge crush on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa's head while she's making out with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy's not taking any risks….This year, St. Vlad's annual holiday ski trip is mandatory.But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But heroism rarely comes without a price…
Nel giardino di un fotoreporter, ai piedi di una vecchia quercia, si apre a un tratto, come nelle fiabe, un gran buco nero. Ma le creature che ne escono non sono gnomi o folletti, sono uomini e donne, vecchi e bambini che fuggono dal futuro; o, almeno, cos? dicono. ? un’invasione ordinata e pacifica, che pone per? ugualmente problemi gravissimi. Possiamo noi, gi? sovraffollati come siamo, accogliere e mantenere questi milioni di nuovi venuti che dilagano in ogni parte del mondo? E, d’altra parte, chi avrebbe il coraggio di respingere quelli che sono, in fin dei conti, i nostri discendenti? Finch?, a sciogliere i nodi e le esitazioni, interviene l’orrendo nemico da cui i profughi fuggivano e che ora si scatena anche nel nostro tempo.
?frica ha sido devastada por una breve guerra at?mica y sus habitantes huyen por el mundo. Al cabo de un a?o, dos millones de africanos han llegado a Gran Breta?a, y poco despu?s su desesperaci?n se transforma en violencia, la violencia en anarqu?a, y la anarqu?a en una guerra civil de consecuencias imprevisibles. Como ha escrito Brian W. Aldiss, esta obra se sit?a “en la tradici?n de Wyndham, pero los dulces crep?sculos de Wyndham se han apagado y ahora la noche oscura del alma desciende sobre el mundo”.
It is the 31st millennium, and humanity is at the peak of its powers. As the Great Crusade, led by Warmaster Horus, continues to conquer the galaxy, Fulgrim, Primarch of the Emperor's Children, leads his warriors into battle against a vile alien foe. From the blood of this campaign are sown the seeds that will lead this proud Legion to treachery, taking them down the darkest of paths of corruption. Leading up to the carnage of the Dropsite Massacre on Isstvan V, this is the tale of Fulgrim's tragic fall from grace.
Seventeen-year-old blood witch Morgan is being tormented by nightmares which become reality when she starts sleep-walking into life-threatening situations. In these visions, her dead ex-boyfriend, Cal is trying to kill her. In desperation Morgan turns to her boyfriend Hunter and to other blood witches for help. They plot to trap Cal's spirit but it is in fact the spirit of Cal's mother Selene, who has returned to kill Morgan, the last member of the Belwicket coven so that Selene's coven, the Woodbanes, can rule supreme. Selene's spirit is disguised as a hawk but Morgan also shape-shifts into a hawk and kills Selene in a terrifying mid-air fight. Morgan is now free of the past and can devote herself to developing her powers.
In this exciting debut, author Keri Arthur explodes onto the supernatural scene with a sexy, sensuous tale of intrigue and suspense set in a world where legends walk and the shady paths of the underworld are far more sinister than anyone envisioned.A rare hybrid of vampire and werewolf, Riley Jenson and her twin brother, Rhoan, work for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races, an organization created to police the supernatural races-and protect humans from their depredations. While Rhoan is an exalted guardian, a.k.a. assassin, Riley is merely an office worker-until her brother goes missing on one ...
La serie de la Fundaci?n (Fundaci?n, Fundaci?n e Imperio, Segunda Fundaci?n y Los l?mites de la Fundaci?n) es la obra de ciencia ficci?n m?s le?da de todos los tiempos. Como gran acontecimiento editorial, la saga monumental contin?a con Fundaci?n y Tierra, que es la quinta y m?s emocionante novela de la serie. Golan Trevize, ex consejero de la Primera Fundaci?n, se encuentra con que debe realizar una tarea formidable: determinar el futuro del desarrollo gal?ctico. Pero, ?qu? fuerza instintiva ha llevado a Trevize ...
Pierwsza Fundacja, za panowania Salvora Hardina i Hobera Mallowa, utrzyma?a suwerenno??, a nast?pnie pokona?a Republik? Korelsk?. Wysz?a r?wnie? obronn? r?k? z nast?pnego kryzysu, wywo?anego przez utalentowanego genera?a imperialnego Bela Riose’a i znienawidzonego lorda Brodriga. Jej jedyny wr?g — kurcz?ce si? Imperium Galaktyczne — wydaje si? coraz s?abszy. Wszystko przebiega zgodnie z Planem Seldona. Jednak siedemdziesi?t lat p??niej autorytarna w?adza Fundacji popada w konflikt z opozycj? demokratyczn? oraz niezale?nymi handlarzami. Ci chc? pozyska? dla siebie Mu?a, mutanta o niesamowitych zdolno?ciach psychicznych i wybitnego stratega. Nadci?ga najgorszy z dotychczasowych kryzys?w — kryzys, kt?rego nie przewidzia? nawet sam Hari Seldon.
Trevize, Pelorat i przedstawicielka planety Gai, Bliss, poszukuj? legendarnej kolebki ludzko?ci — Ziemi. Na ka?dej z odwiedzanych planet spotykaj? inn? cywilizacj? b?d? ?lady dawnych cywilizacji. Trevize pragnie przekona? si?, czy wybieraj?c Gaj? jako model dalszego rozwoju ludzko?ci podj?? s?uszn? decyzj?. Odpowied? znajdzie dopiero na Ksi??ycu, gdzie rozegra si? zaskakuj?cy fina? wyprawy.
The San Diego branch of the Secret Service is receiving some absolutely perfect counterfeit U.S. currency in the mail, and getting nervous. A flood of these bogus bucks could cripple the economy. But plans for using the funny money are more devious than that - and it's all the work of an utterly gorgeous impossible brilliant female scientist and her not-quite-human associate, Mr. Gordons. She's holding the world's monetary system, as ransom for a NASA space-age computer program so advanced its use on earth is limited. In space? That's another matter - a matter for Remo Williams, the Destroyer, to settle before the future of America -- and the world -- becomes the property of a beautiful, diabolical creature and her unstoppable sidekick!
The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpations, but by the actions of the individual. The strongest city, the largest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals. Their decisions, their passions, their foolishness, and their dreams shape the years to come. If there is any lesson to be learned from history, it is that all too often the fate of armies, of cities, of entire realms rests upon the actions of one person. In that dire moment of uncertainty, that person's decision, good or bad, right or wrong, big or small, can unwittingly change the world. But history can be quite the slattern. One never knows who that person is, where he might be, or what decision he might make. It is almost enough to make me believe in Destiny. From the writings of Gaius Primus First Lord of Albra
Decades, centuries and even thousands of years in the future: The horrors inspired by Lovecraft do not know the limits of time…or space.Journey through this anthology of science fiction stories and poems inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.Listen to the stars that whisper and drive a crew mad. Worship the Tloque Nahuaque as he overtakes Mexico City. Slip into the court of the King in Yellow. Walk through the streets of a very altered Venice. Stop to admire the beauty of the flesh-dolls in the window. Fly through space in the shape of a hungry, malicious comet. Swim in the drug-induced haze of a jellyfish. Struggle to survive in a Martian gulag whose landscape isn't quite dead. But, most of all, fear the future.Featured authors include: Nick Mamatas, Ann K. Schwader, Don Webb, Paul Jessup, E. Catherine Tobler, A.C. Wise, and many more.
A volume of visions of future wars, fought with weapons out of nightmare, by today’s top writers of military science fiction, as well as some writers who are not usually associated with military SF, such as best-selling writer Gregory Benford, and award-winning author Kristine Katherine Rusch. Also present are Michael Z. Williamson, author of the strong selling novels “Freehold” and “The Weapon”, award-winning author of “Bolo Strike”, William H. Keith, and more.Through the centuries, weapons have changed radically, but the soldier has remained much the same. But in the future, soldiers, too, may undergo radical changes. As editor Joe Haldeman puts it, “Weapons are an extension of the soldier, and also an extension of the culture or species that produced the soldier. And they are sometimes more dangerous to the soldier than the enemy…”
P?ed v?mi le?? ji? dlouho a netrp?liv? o?ek?van? ?tvrt? soubor dosud nepublikovan?ch prac? z obs?hl?ho d?la Ijona Tich?ho, jak n?m ho p?edlo?ila redak?n? rada Sebran?ch spis? Ijona Tich?ho pod veden?m profesora A.S.Tarantogy. P?t z?pis? z Tich?ho Hv?zdn?ch den?k? a t?i z jeho vzpom?nek n?m p?in??ej? odpov?? na ?adu o?ehav?ch ot?zek, jako nap?.: pro? n?? sv?t dnes vypad? tak, jak vypad?, a kdo ho stvo?il, ...
