For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic-and terrifying-choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure-imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain-leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, the Streaker, with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence-a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants…or their ultimate annihilation.
How far should you go to make a profit? Infoquake, the debut novel by David Louis Edelman, takes speculative fiction into alien territory: the corporate boardroom of the far future. It's a stunning trip through the trenches of a technological war fought with product demos, press releases, and sales pitches.Natch is a master of bio/logics, the programming of the human body. He's clawed and scraped his way to the top of the bio/logics market using little more than his wits. Now his sudden notoriety has brought him to the attention of Margaret Surina, the owner ...
The man on the moon was dead. They called him Charlie. He had big eyes, abundant body hair and fairly long nostrils. His skeletal body was found clad in a bright red spacesuit, hidden in a rocky grave. They didn't know who he was, how he got there, or what had killed him. All they knew was that his corpse was 50,000 years old -- and that meant that this man had somehow lived long before he ever could have existed!
Not so very long ago, Eragon-Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider-was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances. The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaesia? And if so, at what cost?This is the much-anticipated, astonishing conclusion to the worldwide bestselling Inheritance cycle.
Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries of stability, the balance among the Faery Courts has altered, and Irial, ruler of the Dark Court, is battling to hold his rebellious and newly vulnerable fey together. If he fails, bloodshed and brutality will follow.Seventeen-year-old Leslie knows nothing of faeries or their intrigues. When she is attracted to an eerily beautiful tattoo of eyes and wings, all she knows is that she has to have it, convinced it is a tangible symbol of changes she desperately craves for her own life.The tattoo does bring changes — not the kind Leslie has dreamed of, but sinister, compelling changes that are more than symbolic. Those changes will bind Leslie and Irial together, drawing Leslie deeper and deeper into the faery world, unable to resist its allures, and helpless to withstand its perils. .
Life in the Inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the story of Inkheart magically drew Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger back into its pages. With Dustfinger dead, and the evil Adderhead in control, the story in which they are all caught has taken an unhappy turn. Elinor, left alone in the real world, believes her family to be lost - lost between the covers of a book. But as winter comes there is reason to hope - if only Meggie and Mo can rewrite the wrongs of the past and make a dangerous deal with death...
From today’s most provocative authors come four tales of urban fantasy and paranormal romance exploring body art that is more than it seems-in a world of magic and mayhem that always leaves its mark.
One cruel night, Meggie's father, Mo, reads aloud from INKHEART, and an evil ruler named Capricorn escapes the boundaries of fiction, landing instead in their living room. Suddenly, Meggie's in the middle of the kind of adventure she thought only took place in fairy tales. Somehow she must master the magic that has conjured up this nightmare. Can she change the course of the story that has changed her life forever
Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of INKHEART, the book whose characters became real. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, the need to return to the tale has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the ability to read him back, Dustfinger leaves behind his young apprentice Farid and plunges into the medieval world of his past. Distraught, Farid goes in search of Meggie, and before long, both are caught inside the book, too. But the story is threatening to evolve in ways neither of them could ever have imagined.
?Para qu? usar?amos la inmortalidad? Una historia de amor y venganza a trav?s de los siglos, con Maine, Boston, Par?s yHungr?a como tel?n de fondo.En St. Andrews, un peque?o pueblo de Maine, ingresa en urgencias una joven acusada de haber matado a un hombre. Luke, el m?dico de guardia, un hombre atormentado por demonios interiores tras haber abandonado a esposa e hijas, est? dispuesto a escuchar la versi?n de la bella Lanore. Dice ser una inmortal desde hace doscientos a?os.Tiempo atr?s, con el ...
Miles y su esposa Ekaterin regresan de un viaje de luna de miel largamente postergado. En casa les espera el nacimiento de sus dos primeros hijos (desarrollados como es contumbre, en un utero artificial, pero el nuevo y flamante Auditor Imperial recibe un mensaje del Emperador Gregor Vorbarra: una flota de Barrayar ha sido detenida en la Estaci?n Graf, un miembro de la escolta ha desaparecido, ha sido asesinado o ha desaparecido, y el conflicto diplomatico no ha hecho m?s que empezar. Miles debe interrumpir su regreso, acudir a la estaci?n Graf: el mundo de los ...
Akcja ksi??ki dzieje si? w ?wiecie przypominaj?cym nasz, kt?rym rz?dz? jednak inne prawa — bardzo bliskie teoriom Arystotelesa, dotycz?cym formy i materii. Ka?dy byt sk?ada si? z materii (na kt?r? sk?ada si? pi?? ?ywio??w) oraz z formy, kt?ra okre?la, czym jest ten byt. Ludzie potrafi? zmienia? byty, wp?ywaj?c na form?. Na przyk?ad teknitesi somy (odpowiednicy chirurg?w plastycznych i lekarzy), zmieniaj?c form? cia?a cz?owieka mog? leczy? i modyfikowa? wygl?d zewn?trzny. Ludzie o silniejszej formie dominuj? nad tymi o s?abszej. Najsilniejsz? form? maj? kratistosi — w ich anthosie (aurze, obszarze oddzia?ywania) ludzie przejmuj? ich spos?b my?lenia i upodabniaj? si? fizycznie.W tym ?wiecie Hieronim Berbelek, niegdy? wybitny strategos (dow?dca, strateg), obecnie cz?owiek pr?buj?cy si? uwolni? z resztek wp?ywu pot??nego kratistosa Czarnoksi??nika, rozpoczyna swoj? podr??, aby odzyska? utracon? Form?.
Set in a shadowy world of magic and mystery, a fantasy novel in which a young man sets off on a wild ride in pursuit of the lover whose death and resurrection he witnessed. From the author of THE LAST UNICORN and A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE.
Ты совершаешь глубокую философскую ошибку, Колин. Реальный мир, это кванты, электроны, протоны, нейтроны и атомы, в общем - вся та хрень, которой занимаются физики в лабораториях. А то, о чем ты говоришь – политическое влияние, коррупция, индонезийская полиция, американское FBI, и даже те доллары, которыми достигается политическое влияние – это кино. Это вымысел, который существует лишь постольку, поскольку миллионы людей в это верят. Да, Колин. Миллионы людей верят во всякую ерунду: в доллары и демократию, в бога и ангелов, в полицию и спецслужбы, в агента Купера, борца с инопланетянами, и в Санта Клауса с северными оленями. Наш Ктулху, кошмарный пришелец с темных звезд, спящий в древней каменной цитадели, не менее достоверен, чем все эти штучки.
Mimo powrotu prawowitego kr?la w Ziemiomorzu nie dzieje si? najlepiej. Prosty czarownik Olcha we ?nie odwiedza krain? umar?ych, gdzie przebywa jego ukochana ?ona. Jej poca?unek staje si? pocz?tkiem zmian. Umarli pragn? opu?ci? sw?j kraj, a Olcha mo?e otworzy? im drog?. Zwraca si? zatem o pomoc do dawnego Arcymaga Geda, kt?ry posy?a go do Tenar, Tehanu i m?odego kr?la w Havnorze. Wraz z dziewczyn?-smokiem Irian musz? stawi? czo?o najwi?kszemu z zagro?e?.W „Innym wietrze” powracamy do Ziemiomorza, Archipelagu, w kt?rym mieszkaj? magowie i smoki, i do bohater?w znanych z poprzednich tom?w: Geda, Tenar, Tehanu, Arrena, Irian… Czas bowiem po??czy? rozproszone w?tki, czas pokaza?, ku czemu wiod?o przeznaczenie.
Das Grauen kehrt nach Derry, Maine, zur?ck. Acht Jahre nach den in "Es" geschilderten Ereignissen, geschehen dort wieder seltsame Dinge. Ralph Roberts leidet zunehmend an Schlaflosigkeit und sieht pl?tzlich die K?pfe seiner Mitmenschen von einer bunten Aura umgeben.
One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.
