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Farlig besatthet
By Bob Van Laerhoven, Jill Selling. 2017
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Short stories, Suspense and thrillers
Stramt, snyggt och chockerande – alla dessa historier har snedvriden kärlek som källa till våld. Den belgiska/nederländska författaren, Bob van…
Laerhoven, vinnare av USA Best Book Award 2014 i kategorin ”Mystery/Suspense” och Hercule Poirot Prize med sin kontroversiella roman, Baudelaire’s Revenge, länkar samman flera individers öden med djupa sociala förändringar. Van Laerhoven arbetade som reseskildrare i konfliktdrabbade områden från 1990 till 2003, och ekon av hans erfarenhet präglar dessa konfronterande och spännande berättelser, som utspelar sig under inbördeskriget i femtiotalets Algeriet; i ett koncentrationsläger under andra världskriget; i en peruansk gränsstad, där stöld är en dödlig konst; i Liberia under inbördeskriget på nittiotalet och i Belgiska Kongo under det blodiga upproret på sextiotalet. Omnia vincit amor, kärleken övervinner allt, som ordspråket säger. Men inte Farlig besatthet.When The Stars Fade: Volume 1
By Adam Korenman. 2015
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Science fiction
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In distant future, humanity is recovering from a bloody civil war. Pilots CAMERON DAVIS and GEORGE LOCKLEAR, reservists with Sector…
Patrol, prepare for a long weekend off. That vacation is permanently cancelled when two alien armadas--the BOXTI and NANGOLANI--arrive near Earth. Though humanity wins the battle, the war quickly turns one-sided. One of Earth’s colonies is rendered uninhabitable. George dies saving his friend, and Cameron is sucked through a wormhole and disappears. Far away on the moon Kronos, JOSH RANTZ competes in a huge Army competition. Despite most of his unit falling to the enemy, Josh and his squad continue to win larger and larger victories. They are oblivious to the goings on of the universe, isolated on purpose by the war-game’s designer, Doctor MARKOV. When the exercise ends, Josh notices a meteor striking down nearby. He finds an injured Cameron, somehow transported across the stars to the military base. Moments later, the BOXTI arrive and invade. Outnumbered and outgunned, Josh and the soldiers on Kronos rally and push back the BOXTI horde. Summoned by their masters, the BOXTI leave the stunned humans behind.伦敦怪谈
By Steven Savile, Ying Cui. 2014
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Ghost and horror stories, Science fiction
荣登英国畅销书排行榜首位的作家为您献上一部发生在古老伦敦街道上的超自然惊悚巨著 异常和可怕的事正在这座城市中酝酿 特拉法加狮子已从环绕纳尔逊纪念碑的柱基上下来 捍卫这座城市 实现一个古老预言 而一个已被囚禁数百年的邪恶力量也挣脱了牢笼 正在白教堂区追踪猎物 这位恶魔的目标是天使......还有另外一股势力----伦敦绅士骑士 他们决心迎战来自地狱的死敌 用他们的智慧和魔力誓死捍卫这座城市 成功了意味着拯救无辜的灵魂 但失败的代价叫人不忍去想......