The fifth adventure of Captain William Laurence and his extraordinary fighting dragon, Temeraire, as they travel from the shores of Britain to China and Africa.Laurence and Temeraire have betrayed the British. They have foiled their attempts to inflict death upon the French dragons by sharing the cure they found in Africa with their enemy. But following their conscience has a price. Laurence feels he must return to face the consequences, and as soon as they land they are taken into custody. Laurence is condemned to the gallows and Temeraire faces a life of captivity in the breeding grounds. None of their friends or allies can come to their aid, for every hand is needed elsewhere. Britain is completely unprepared for Bonaparte invasion and the advanced tactics of his own celestial dragon -- Temeraire's mortal enemy -- Lien.
With the arrival of spring, the Emperor Maniakes vows to unleash his troops against the enemy capital, where a hated despot sits arrogantly upon the throne. But from the moment Maniakes reaches the land of the Thousand Cities, he is plagued by a question no one can answer. Where is his nemesis, the ruthless commander whose cavalry no opposing force can withstand?.
Viernes es su nombre. Es una mujer. Y es un mensajero secreto. Est? empleada por un hombre al que ?nicamente conoce como "Jefe". Operando desde y a trav?s de una Tierra de un futuro pr?ximo, en la cual Norteam?rica ha sido balcanizada en docenas de estados independientes, en donde la cultura ha sido extra?amente vulgarizada y el caos es la norma feliz, se enfrenta a una sorprendente misi?n que la hace ir de un lado para otro bajo unas ?rdenes aparentemente absurdas. De Nueva Zelanda al Canad?, de uno a otro de los nuevos ...
VIESIS NO BEZGALIBAS Georgijs MARTINOVSIZDEVNIEC?BA «ZIN?TNE» R?GA 1968Tulkojusi SKAIDR?TE CIELAVAM?ksliniekiOskars B?rzi??, Georgs SmeltersPublic?ts saska?? ar Latvijas PSR Zin?t?u akad?mijas Redakciju un izdevumu padomes 1967. gada 23. marta l?mumuNave ir fakts, kas j?izp?t?M. GorkijsAutora priek?v?rdsRom?ns «Viesis no bezgal?bas» iecer?ts un aizs?kts 1951. gad?. Toreiz es biju p?rliecin?ts, ka rom?n? aprakst?tie zin?tnes un tehnikas sasniegumi tiks ?stenoti ?oti t?l? n?...
Two species lived in peaceful coexistence on the planet Demoth until a deadly plague wiped out millions of the winged Ooloms while leaving humans untouched, helpless to do more than ease the suffering of their alien friends and neighbors. Faye Smallwood saw the horror firsthand, caring for the plague victims in her father’s hospital. She was there when he discovered the cure that made him famous. She was also there when a freak accident killed him.Desperate to escape her past, Faye joins the Vigil, a band of fiercely independent monitors charged with rooting out government corruption. ...
Ancient texts refer to 'Gods' flying in craft called vimanas and waging war with what sound like nuclear weapons. These accounts are today classified as myth or legend. What if they turned out to be real? Vimana is an edge-of your seat sci-fi technothriller about a young college student who stumbles upon an ancient war between good and evil. A war that we thought was merely a part of our ancient myths and legends, but unknown to us, is still being waged everyday in our skies. As the forces of darkness conspire to unleash worldwide devastation to coincide with the End Times prophecies in 2012, he discovers his hidden destiny is to join the forces of light in bringing this war to a conclusion. At stake will be the continued existence of the human race. Star Wars meets Transformers in this exciting new thriller that will keep all science fiction fans satisfied.
Sul brulicante formicaio che ? divenuta la Terra dopo il 2000, poco alla volta si impone una forma di religiosit? che trae le sue basi dottrinali dalla scienza. ? la religione di Noel Vorst, sono gli adoratori del Fuoco Blu dell’elettrone, sono le tonache azzurre dei monaci che manipolano i segreti dell’atomo. ? una religione, quella di Vorst, il cui scopo finale ? quello dell’immortalit?… fisica! Ma in un mondo sovrappopolato l’immortalit? fisica non ? forse un controsenso? Ecco dunque la necessit? di emigrare su altri mondi, mondi extrasolari. Ecco formarsi nello stesso tempo lo scisma degli Armonicisti di David Lazarus, che si oppone alla “chiesa” centrale fondando un ordine a parte... Che significato ha tutto ci? nel vasto gioco planetario nel cui centro ? l’ultracentenario Noel Vorst e la cui posta finale sono le stelle?
Фантастическая повесть о мире, где властвуют женщины во главе с мистичной и ужасной Королевой, о мужчинах — их рабах и верных (верных ли?) слугах и о любви. Немного.
Gibson ?j reg?nye a XXI. sz?zad els? ?vtized?be, egy neurom?nc — ciklusn?l k?zelebbi j?v?be vezet. H?sei egy sz?thull?ban l?v? vil?g inform?ci?fogyaszt? polg?rai, akik gyorsan ?lnek, de nem lehetnek sem gyorsabbak, sem okosabbak a minden?tt jelenl?v? sz?m?t?g?pekn?l…
SHE’S LIKE A VIRGIN … SIMULATED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIMEFor a red-blooded male, Las Vegas offers a virtual smorgasbord of temptation: sexy showgirls, vampy vampires, zombie starlets, you name it. But paranormal investigator Delilah Street isn’t worried about losing her man to these vixens. Especially when the one woman with a soft spot for the guy also has a hard-shelled exterior....She’s a robot—or a CinSim, to be exact—a near-perfect simulation of the silver-metal robot Maria from the classic science fiction movie . Part innocent teenage actress, part depraved sex goddess, the ...
KLIFORDS SAIMAKSVISA DZ?V?BA ZA?Oizdevniec?ba «zin?tne» R?ga 1969… R?ms un kluss vasaras r?ts. Vakaru pus? pie tum?a apv?r??a plaiksn?s r?sa. Gais? j?tams spirgts svaigums, k?ds m?dz b?t vien?gi pirms saull?kta, kad zemi v?l nav sk?rusi svelme …S?d? jauk? r?t? rom?na varonis, k?ds noma?as Amerikas pils?ti?as Milvilas iedz?vot?js, neko nenojauzdams, izbrauc uz ?osejas, lai kop? ar savu draugu dotos mak??er?t. Bet ...
Annie, una bambina di sette anni, comincia a essere colta da strane crisi durante le quali sogna eventi passati che lei non ha vissuto e tragici fatti che puntualmente si verificano. Quasi tutti considerano semplici coincidenze queste visioni premonitrici, ma quando la piccola contribuisce al ritrovamento di un cadavere, la polizia si arrende all’evidenza. Chi ? il responsabile dell’omicidio?
Go deeper into the world of the Psy and the changelings, where a gifted woman sees passion in her future—a passion that is absolutely forbidden by her kind...Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous—aching need...exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she ...
