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By Celu Amberston. 2022
"Shape-shifting beings and magical powers move in the natural world, and curious humans find unexpected roles to play in these…
stories from a celebrated author. Selkies and dragons have their tales to tell here. Ghosts and aliens with their own agendas and a troll interact with humans in stories that reference myths in new ways. Here, the reader will find reverence and reflection as well as adventure, and even humour. Refugees And Other Stories is a collection of stories by author Celu Amberstone. Previously available only in anthologies and magazines, these stories are gathered together here for the first time. Drawing on her Indigenous and Celtic heritage, Amberstone writes powerful fiction subtly different from the usual science fiction or fantasy adventures. The introduction to her fine collection of stories is written by author and professor Dr Allan Weiss, whose specialization is in Canadian Literature. Amberstone integrates her Celtic and Indigenous heritage into these stories. Her characters (whether human, alien, or mythic beings) are strangers in a strange land, at the intersection of the real world and words of magic - and if that makes you think of Heinlein and LeGuin, you are on the right track." -- Provided by publisherBy Akil Kumarasamy. 2022
"In the near future, a young woman finds her mother's body starfished on the kitchen floor in Queens and sets…
on a journey through language, archives, artificial intelligence, and TV for a way back into herself. She begins to translate an old manuscript about a group of female medical students-living through a drought and at the edge of the war-as they create a new way of existence to help the people around them. In the process, the translator's life and the manuscript begin to become entangled. Along the way, the arrival of a childhood friend, a stranger, and an unusual AI project will force her to question her own moral compass and sense of goodness. How involved are we in the suffering of others? What does real compassion look like? How do you make a better world?" -- Provided by publisherBy David Weber. 2007
"It began with two men. They came from very different worlds - entirely different universes, in fact - and they…
met in a virgin forest on a duplicate planet Earth. Neither of them had expected it, but both of them realized how important the first contact with any other transuniversal human civilization might be. But something went wrong. Neither side knows who shot first. But both the magic-using civilization of Arcana and steel-and-steam age Sharona, with its psionic Talents, think it was the other side. And it doesn't really matter now, because the original incident has snowballed. Both sides have additional dead to mourn; both sides have additional wrongs to avenge. Both sides have additional military forces moving toward the front. War between the universes is the last thing responsible leaders on either side want. But the fury of their respective populations, xenophobic fear of the unknown, and cries for justice (or vengeance) are all driving both sides toward the brink. The actions of local military commanders and diplomats may well determine the final outcome, and unscrupulous, power-hungry men - and Arcana and Sharona alike - have agendas of their own. The fuse has been lit, and a war stretching across the universes, across an endless succession of identical Earths, fought between dragons, spells, and crossbows and repeating rifles, machine guns, and artillery is about to begin in white-hot rage and fury. Where it will end - and how - no one knows." -- Provided by publisherBy Laura Lam. 2022
"After an ambush leaves the Novantae resistance in tatters, the survivors scatter across the galaxy. Wanted by two great empires,…
the bounty on any rebel's head is enough to make a captor filthy rich. And the seven devils? Biggest score of them all. To avoid attacks, the crew of Zelus scavenge for supplies on long-abandoned Tholosian outposts. Not long after the remnants of the rebellion settle briefly on Fortuna, Ariadne gets a message with unimaginable consequences: the Oracle has gone rogue. In a planned coup against the Empire's new ruler, the AI has developed a way of mass programming citizens into mindless drones. The Oracle's demand is simple: the AI wants One's daughter back at any cost. Time for an Impossible to Infiltrate mission: high chance of death, low chance of success. The devils will have to use their unique skills, no matter the sacrifice, and pair up with old enemies. Their plan? Get to the heart of the Empire. Destroy the Oracle. Burn it all to the ground." -- Provided by publisherBy Eduardo Mendoza. 2001
Les mésaventures d'un Extraterrestre cherchant désespérément son coéquipier, Gurb, qui a disparu dans Barcelone après avoir pris l'apparence de Madonna.…
Sans le savoir, il dresse une satire désopilante des moeurs de notre société.By Stanley Péan. 2001
La Mercedes-Benz n’en finissait plus de s’enfoncer dans le ténébreux tunnel formé par les arbres qui enserraient le chemin désolé…
et rocailleux. Le silence avait pris place sur la banquette entre Madeline et moi depuis une demi-heure au moins. La simple proximité de Mady aurait dû suffire à disperser mes pensées lugubres. Peine perdue! Je ne réussissais pas à me défaire de l’idée que si, à un détour de ce sentier, la mort nous frappait à l’improviste, personne n’en aurait vent. Notre arrivée en vue du manoir n’eut pas un effet plus rassurant.By Charlaine Harris. 2011
"Nous revoici sur les routes ! Aujourd'hui, Tolliver et moi avons été engagés par l'une des plus puissantes familles du…
Texas, dont certains membres semblent douter des conditions dans lesquelles leur patriarche est décédé... La routine pour nous. Enfin, peut-être pas cette fois-ci. Surtout lorsque je découvre des recoupements étranges avec mon propre passé..."By Guy Gavriel Kay. 1995
Au pays d’Arbonne le soleil mûrit les vignes et fait éclore les chansons des troubadours qui célèbrent l’amour courtois. Au…
Gorhaut, terre austère du Nord où l’on adore le dieu mâle Corannos, règne le brutal Adémar, sous l’influence du primat fanatique du clergé. « Jusqu’à ce que meure le soleil et que tombent les lunes, l’Arbonne et le Gorhaut ne vivront pas en harmonie côte à côte. » Gouvernée par une femme, minée par la rivalité sanglante de ses deux seigneurs les plus puissants, l’Arbonne n’est-elle pas une proie tentante pour une guerre de conquête et de croisade du Gorhaut, d’autant – ignominie ! – qu’on y vénère une déesse ? Mais c’est en Arbonne que Blaise du Gorhaut s’est engagé comme mercenaire au service d’un baronnet, après avoir fui son pays et son père. Qui est-il, ce Blaise du Nord, et quel destin l’attend qu’il ignore lui-même ? Seule le sait peut-être Béatrice, la grande prêtresse aveugle de Rian au hibou sur l’épaule. La Chanson d’Arbone est une fantasy magistrale et envoûtante dans un monde parallèle à la Provence médiévale. « Aussi passionnant qu’un frileur et tendre qu’une chanson d’amour, avec une toile de fond aussi brillante, authentique et colorée que la tapisserie de la Dame à la licorne. » Michael de Larrabeiti.By Saad Z Hossain. 2022
"Hundreds of miles away from the techno-utopia of Kathmandu, the all-powerful, all-seeing AI known as Karma has gone silent, leaving…
the dying city of Chittagong--along with all its remaining residents to continue its inexorable fall into the sea. Kundo, once a famous artist with the Karma points to prove it, goes searching for his missing wife, only to uncover more inexplicable disappearances. And so Kundo and a group of motley companions embark on a tumultuous journey through an overwhelming maze made up of Chittagong's neighborhoods, the hidden backrooms of video game parlors, and the depths of cyberspace, culminating in the realm of the djinn themselves, in search of love, redemption, and a good meal." -- Provided by publisherBy A. C Crispin. 1985
Ils étaient arrivés par dizaines de milliers dans leurs vaisseaux spatiaux aussi grands que les plus grosses agglomérations de la…
Terre : Tokyo, Paris, Shangaï. Ils venaient d'une lointaine planète aux ressources presques épuisées. Et que demandaient-ils, ces étranges extraterrestres capables de revêtir l'apparence humaine, en échange de leurs extraordinaires connaissances en matière de science et de technologie ? Rien, ou si peu de chose : une petite, toute petite, partie des richesses naturelles de la Terre. Ils étaient venus pour une mission de paix... et l'humanité les avait crus. Jusqu'au moment où ils commencèrent à se multiplier, à se muer en une armée d'envahisseurs. Jusqu'au moment où les hommes, les femmes, les enfants de la planète Terre commencèrent à disparaître... par millions. Jusqu'au moment où l'effrayante réalité que dissimulait leur mission pacifique — un règne de terreur comparable, à l'échelle mondiale, à celui qu'avait connu l'Allemagne d'Hitler — apparut aux yeux des survivants, les laissants seuls face à cette simple alternative : resister ou disparaitre. Ce roman est tiré du scénario d'une série télévisée qui, dans tous les pays où elle a été diffusée, a connu un retentissement considérable. Dernier en date : l'Italie, où les Visiteurs a pulvérisé tous les indices d'écoute.By Jean Ray. 1993
Dans sa chambre de Malpertuis, oncle Cassave va mourir et il le sait... Alors il convoque tous les siens et…
promet à chacun une rente mirifique à condition qu'ils viennent vivre ensemble, ici, dans sa chère vieille maison. Aucun de ces sages petits-bourgeois du XIXe siècle finissant ne se doute qu'un terrible huis clos commence, que des forces d'une violence inouïe vont se déchaîner en eux, que, jaillissant des greniers, des meubles, des murs mêmes de Malpertuis, des monstres vont apparaître... Et qui devinerait qu'oncle Cassave avait à sa mort plus de deux cent ans et qu'en 1630 un certain Quentin Moretus Cassave, savant à demi fou, cherchait à s'emparer de l'énergie non encore éteinte des dieux de l'Olympe ?By Stanley Péan. 1998
Publiée initialement en 1988, La plage des songes révèle les fondations d’un univers sur lesquelles Stanley Péan a su construire…
une œuvre solide. Si l’écrivain a bien évidemment évolué au fil de ses trente-cinq ans d’écriture, soulignons qu’il écrivait déjà magnifiquement. Les protagonistes de ce recueil de nouvelles sont tour à tour happés par leurs souvenirs, idéalisés ou cauchemardesques, de cette Haïti qu’ils traînent dans leur exil, telle une carapace de tortue. Oscillant entre tendresse et humour noir, entre compassion et terreur, La plage des songes retrace les itinéraires singuliers de ces personnages livrés aux caprices de forces surnaturelles et nous fait découvrir un autre visage du Québec contemporain. Un livre fondateur pour l’écrivain aujourd’hui célébré.By Bentley Little. 1999
Toutes les églises de Randall, petite ville paisible de l'Arizona, sont profanées, deux fermiers sont tués et la pasteur disparaît…
avec toute sa famille. Tous les habitants devront lutter contre une entité maléfique plus ancienne que le temps lui-même. Personne ne sortira indemne de cet affrontement.By David Weber. 2024
In a universe teeming with predators, humanity needs friends. And fast. We've come a long way in the forty years…
since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the other sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. We took the technology they left behind, and rapidly built ourselves into a starfaring civilization. Because we haven't got a moment to lose. Because it's clear that there are even more powerful, more hostile aliens out there, and Earth needs allies. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... wasn't an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting cats-paw for the Founders, the ancient alliance of very old, very evil aliens who run the Hegemony that dominates our galaxy, and who hold the Shongairi, as they hold most non-Founder species, in not-so-benign contempt. Indeed, it may turn out to be possible to turn the Shongairi into our allies against the Hegemony. There's just the small matter of the Shongairi honor code, which makes bushido look like a child's game. We might be able to make them our friends — if we can crush their planetary defenses in the greatest battle we, or they, have ever seen. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor BooksBy Emmi Itaranta. 2022
Part space-age epistolary, part eco-thriller, and a love story between two individuals from very different worlds. Sol has disappeared. Their…
Earth-born wife Lumi sets out to find them but it is no simple feat: each clue uncovers another enigma. Their disappearance leads back to underground environmental groups and a web of mystery that spans the space between the planets themselves. Told through letters and extracts, the course of Lumi's journey takes her not only from the affluent colonies of Mars to the devastated remnants of Earth, but into the hidden depths of Sol's past and the long-forgotten secrets of her ownBy Michael C Grumley. 2024
This program is read by multi-award-winning narrator Scott Brick. From the bestselling author of the Breakthrough series : In his…
next near-future thriller, Michael C. Grumley explores humanity's thirst for immortality—at any cost... "A fast-paced juggernaut of a story, where revelations pile upon revelations, building to a stunning conclusion that will leave readers clamoring for more." —James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series The accident came quickly. With no warning. In the dead of night, a precipitous plunge into a freezing river trapped everyone inside the bus. It was then that Army veteran John Reiff's life came to an end. Extinguished in the sudden rush of frigid water. There was no expectation of survival. None. Let alone waking up beneath blinding hospital lights. Struggling to move, or see, or even breathe. But the doctors assure him that everything is normal. That things will improve. And yet, he has a strange feeling that there's something they're not telling him. As Reiff's mind and body gradually recover, he becomes certain that the doctors are lying to him. One-by-one, puzzle pieces are slowly falling into place, and he soon realizes that things are not at all what they seem. Critical information is being kept from him. Secrets. Supposedly for his own good. But who is doing this? Why? And the most important question: can he keep himself alive long enough to uncover the truth? A Macmillan Audio production from Tor ForgeBy John Shirley. 2024
A routine rescue mission leaves a team of US soldiers, rescued hostages, and a prisoner trapped above Earth in a…
suborbital craft, in this cinematic action-packed near-future thriller, perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and Jack Carr "This is the kind of book that gives military SF a good name." Financial Times Lieutenant Art Burkett is called up to take part in a rescue mission. Three scientists have been kidnapped by the terrorist group Thieves in Law. The rescue is swift. Art and his team return to military craft SubOrbital 7, intending to return to safety with hostages rescued and prisoners in tow. But Thieves in Law are not the only people looking for them. Art and his team must fight an ever-growing threat before time runs out for them, and possibly for the rest of the worldBy Annaliese Avery. 2024
The Blood Moon marks the start of the Immortal Games. The Gods of Olympus randomly select humans as their tokens…
and then gamble with their lives. The stakes are high and survival is unlikely. 16-year-old Ara is seeking revenge on the Gods for allowing her sister to die in the games. She's determined to be selected as a token, but when she is, she realizes that it isn't just her life at stake, but also her heart. With the odds stacked against her, it will take an unlikely hero to twist her rage into something much more complicated. Ara is playing in the games of life and death... and love. What will she sacrifice?By H. P. Howard Phillips Lovecraft. 1972
Charles Ward est un jeune étudiant passionné d'histoire et de généalogie. Au fil de ses recherches, il découvre qu’il est…
le descendant du sorcier Joseph Curwen, disparu depuis cent cinquante ans. Pour Charles et ses proches, cette découverte marque le début du chemin vers les affres de la folie, quand sorcellerie, vampirisme et torture émergent des vieilles correspondances retrouvées. Mais le passé est-il vraiment révolu et les morts trépassés ? Œuvre phare de Lovecraft, L’Affaire Charles Dexter Ward est son unique roman. Ce texte intrigant, effrayant, étouffant, nous conte la folie d’un homme qui perd peu à peu pied face aux révélations troublantes concernant son ancêtre.By Michael Crichton. 1996
Au large du Costa Rica, deux équipes de scientifiques partent explorer une île où les inventeurs de Jurassic park élevaient…
en secret des dinosaures. Livrés à eux-mêmes, les animaux ont proliféré. L'île est devenue un monde perdu, sans hommes, peuplée de paisibles herbivores géants, mais aussi de féroces carnivores.