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Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers
<P>A brilliantly plotted, relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller from the author of the bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy. <P>"Are you happy with… your life?" <P>Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. <P>Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. <P>Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend." <P>In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. <P>Is it this world or the other that's the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined--one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe. <P>Dark Matter is a brilliantly plotted tale that is at once sweeping and intimate, mind-bendingly strange and profoundly human--a relentlessly surprising science-fiction thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we'll go to claim the lives we dream of. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
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Science fiction, Suspense and thrillers
<P>In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when… he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the OASIS. <P> Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines—puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. <P>But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win—and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
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Adventure stories, Science fiction
Sometimes truth means destruction Jimmy has survived the explosion of Neptune's Shadow, the second largest oil rig in the world.… NJ7 still thinks he died in New York--although Miss Bennett, the agency's cruel and calculating director, will leave no stone unturned in searching for his body. Now France and England are on the brink of war, and Jimmy is partly responsible. The simplest way to settle the conflict would be to admit he caused the explosion. But coming clean would put more than his own life in peril. Is there a way to keep his family safe and prevent an international disaster?
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General fiction, Science fiction
It has happened to all of us, we're talking with our brother of a childhood memory and suddenly he says,… but you didn't do that, I did. And that seems normal. But, what do we remember when we remember? Scientific studies show that in less than twenty-four hours we have already changed the memory of what has happened to us. Perhaps our memories are not always completely ours, only partially ours, partly they are what others who were in the same place have told us, and partly perhaps they are memories of others that with time are infiltrated in our brain. The narrator of "El Ladrón de Memorias" does not steal memories, but he feels like a thief, because he is drawn to pulling at some moments other people's most intimate memories, only to realize that he can no longer differentiate his memories from the others. "The Stealer of Memories" is an autobiography of the entire world. "Rarely have I had the opportunity to read a book on ebook format with the characteristics of "The Stealer of Memories". Mois Benarroch has the strange particularity of talking about anything and has a way of making you unable to stop reading. I have compiled many fragments of his book because they seemed interesting, intuitive and I think I almost believe that in fact the author is a memory thief: "...But there is one that doesn't go away. And it is that every text is autobiographical. Each character is the author. Nothing original in that. I know. But I'm not saying that every text is based on the life of the writer. Just the opposite. It is based on the not-life of the writer. The wife who appears in the text of a male writer is not the writer's wife, and vice versa, the homosexual will be the one who was not, the rich one is the rich one that the writer longs to be, if he is poor. The writer defines himself by what he cannot be. What he cannot be is not infinite. One cannot not-be just anybody. He can only be characters or people he is able to imagine..." I have
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General fiction, Science fiction
Acontece-nos a todos por vezes, quando falamos com um irmão sobre uma memória de infância e de repente ele nos… diz, mas se foste tu que fizeste isso, fui eu. E isso parece normal. Mas, do que é que nos lembramos quando nos lembramos? Os estudos científicos mostram que, em menos de vinte e quatro horas, já mudámos a memória do que nos aconteceu. Talvez as nossas memórias não sejam tão nossas, são nossas em parte, em parte são os que nos contaram outros que estavam no mesmo sítio, e outras são talvez memórias de outros que, com o tempo, se vão infiltrando no nosso registo cerebral. O narrador de "O Ladrão de Memórias" não rouba memórias, no entanto sente-se um ladrão, porque tem a vocação de captar por vezes as memórias mais intimas de outras pessoas, para depois de aperceber que já não consegue diferenciar as suas memórias das dos outros. O Ladrão de Memórias é uma autografia do mundo inteiro.
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Science fiction, General fiction
How far would you go to find The One?A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth… swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner—the one you’re genetically made for.That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.
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Fantasy, Science fiction
Chris, Jennifer, and Robin must save Rhadaz, a fantastical land that has been oppressed under false rule for too long.… It is time for these three from Earth to save a planet that is new to them. It is time for them to use their powers as warrior, shape-shifter and sorceress to reinstall the long-lost Aletto to the throne that is naturally his. It is time for the power of the Night-Threads to overthrow the demonic Hell-Light as the planet demands one thing: One Land, One Duke.Don't miss the entire "Night-Threads" Series: The Calling of the Three, The Two in Hiding, One Land One Duke, The Craft of Light, The Art of the Sword, and The Science of Power
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Fantasy, Mysteries and crime stories, Romance, Romantic suspense, Science fiction
Sequel to Hell & High WaterTHIRDS: Book TwoWhen a series of bombs go off in a Therian youth center, injuring… members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead. With panic and intolerance spreading and streets becoming littered with the Order's propaganda, hostility between Humans and Therians grows daily. Dex and Sloane, along with the rest of the team, are determined to take down the Order and restore peace, not to mention settle a personal score. But the deeper the team investigates the bombings, the more they believe there's a more sinister motive than a desire to shed blood and spread chaos. Discovering the frightful truth behind the Order's intent forces Sloane to confront secrets from a past he thought he'd left behind for good, a past that could not only destroy him and his career, but also the reputation of the organization that made him all he is today. Now more than ever, Dex and Sloane need each other, and, along with trust, the strength of their bond will mean the difference between justice and all-out war.
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Science fiction
High-concept science fiction, deeply human characters, and a weirdly wonderful story drive The Moons of Barsk, the sequel to the… award-winning Lawrence M. Schoen's Barsk: The Elephants' GraveyardPizlo, the lonely young outcast and physically-challenged Fant, is now a teenager. He still believes he hears voices from the planet’s moons, imparting secret knowledge to him alone. And so embarks on a dangerous voyage to learn the truth behind the messages. His quest will catapult him offworld for second time in his short life, and reveal things the galaxy isn’t yet ready to know. Elsewhere, Barsk's Senator Jorl, who can speak with the dead, navigates galactic politics as Barsk's unwelcome representative, and digs even deeper into the past than ever before to discover new truths of his own.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction, Humourous fiction, Science fiction
Maybe it’s the end of the world, but not for Candace Chen, a millennial, first-generation American and office drone meandering… her way into adulthood in Ling Ma’s offbeat, wryly funny, apocalyptic satire, Severance. <p><p> Candace Chen, a millennial drone self-sequestered in a Manhattan office tower, is devoted to routine. With the recent passing of her Chinese immigrant parents, she’s had her fill of uncertainty. She’s content just to carry on: She goes to work, troubleshoots the teen-targeted Gemstone Bible, watches movies in a Greenpoint basement with her boyfriend. <p> So Candace barely notices when a plague of biblical proportions sweeps New York. Then Shen Fever spreads. Families flee. Companies cease operations. The subways screech to a halt. Her bosses enlist her as part of a dwindling skeleton crew with a big end-date payoff. Soon entirely alone, still unfevered, she photographs the eerie, abandoned city as the anonymous blogger NY Ghost. <p> Candace won’t be able to make it on her own forever, though. Enter a group of survivors, led by the power-hungry IT tech Bob. They’re traveling to a place called the Facility, where, Bob promises, they will have everything they need to start society anew. But Candace is carrying a secret she knows Bob will exploit. Should she escape from her rescuers? <p> A send-up and takedown of the rituals, routines, and missed opportunities of contemporary life, Ling Ma’s Severance is a moving family story, a quirky coming-of-adulthood tale, and a hilarious, deadpan satire. Most important, it’s a heartfelt tribute to the connections that drive us to do more than survive.
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Science fiction
Subtitled A Mobile Utopia, this pioneering novel about the meaning of space habitats for human history, presents spacefaring as no… work did in its time, and since. A Utopian novel like no other, presenting a dynamic utopian civilization that transcends the failures of our history. Epic in scope, Macrolife opens in the year 2021. The Bulero family owns one of Earth's richest corporations. As the Buleros gather for a reunion at the family mansion, an industrial accident plunges the corporation into a crisis, which eventually brings the world around them to the brink of disaster. Vilified, the Buleros flee to a space colony where young Richard Bulero gradually realizes that the only hope for humanity lies in macrolife--mobile, self-reproducing space habitats.A millennium later, these mobile communities have left our sunspace and multiplied. Conflicts with natural planets arise. John Bulero, a cloned descendant of the twenty-first century Bulero clan, falls in love with a woman from a natural world and experiences the harshness of her way of life. He rediscovers his roots when his mobile returns to the solar system, and a tense confrontation of three civilizations takes place.One hundred billion years later, macrolife, now as numerous as the stars, faces the impending death of nature. Regaining his individuality by falling away from a highly evolved macrolife, a strangely changed John Bulero struggles to see beyond a collapse of the universe into a giant black hole.Inspired by the possibilities of space settlements, projections of biology and cosmology, and basic human longings, Macrolife is a visionary speculation on the long-term future of human and natural history. Filled with haunting images and memorable characters, this is a vivid and brilliant work.Zebrowski's works have been translated into eight languages; his short fiction has been nominated for the Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Brute Orbits, an uncompromising novel about a future penal system, was honored with the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel of the Year in 1999.The Easton Press published Macrolife in its "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series.
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Adventure stories, Science fiction
Alla stazione centrale degli autobus, l'espulso incontra una donna identica a sua moglie, ma di trent'anni più giovane, che si… rivelerà essere la stessa donna. Una relazione che non è semplicemente un adulterio, ma qualcosa di più. All'interno di un autobus sequestrato da terroristi si creano due caste: una superiore (quella degli "avanzati") e una inferiore e sottomessa, quella degli "arretrati", che giustificano l'oppressore. Una storia nella storia e un finale che unisce passato e futuro al fine di trasformare l'espulso in un individuo migliore. Un romanzo che ci trasporta nella parte più profonda di noi stessi, opera di uno scrittore che rifiuta di scrivere come tutti gli altri. Nel XV secolo, quando i sefarditi furono espulsi dalla Spagna, fuggirono in Marocco, dove furono chiamati "Megorashim" ("espulsi"), termine che si opponeva a "Toshabim" (i "locali"). Senza dubbio, nel corso dei secoli, tale vocabolo non fu affatto utilizzato come termine dispregiativo, infatti far parte degli espulsi significava appartenere a una specie di aristocrazia. Cinquecento anni dopo, il narratore si sente espulso da tutto, dal suo popolo, dalla sua famiglia, dai suoi amori e dalle sue terre. Poco alla volta, il narratore comprende che "come i miei antenati, ero divenuto un espulso."
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General fiction, Science fiction
La cattedrale si sviluppa in una metropoli reale e futuristica, costruita intorno a un centro commerciale che ha tutto, dai… negozi alle cliniche, ristoranti e librerie. I quartieri sono chiamati "colli" e portano alla città fino alla fine della civiltà, dove la città finisce e comincia la guerra. Sandoval e Sandra sono perseguitati per aver tentato di lasciare la cattedrale senza fare un acquisto, peccato penale in un mondo dove l'acquisto è una religione, "Compra per il futuro, il futuro è comprare", recita una sorta di muezzin dagli altoparlanti del centro commerciale chiamato "Cattedrale", forse era una sinagoga in passato. Sandoval raggiunge la periferia della città e vede coloro che provano e non riescono ad entrare in esso, e non può mai essere quello che è stato e rifugiarsi negli scritti di suo padre che parlano di un altro passato, un altro mondo . Tra fantascienza e critica sociale, un romanzo per il nuovo millennio.
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Science fiction
Missing for two hundred millennia, the legendary Iconians have returned, bringing with them the secret of interdimensional teleportation across vast… interstellar distances. Awakened once more, their ancient Gateways are rewriting the map of the galaxy, and nowhere more than in the New Frontier®.... A century ago, the imperial Thallonians separated two feuding alien races, depositing each of them on a new world safely distant from that of their ancestral enemies. Now, however, the Gateways have made it possible for the long dormant blood feud to begin anew. Captain Mackenzie Calhoun of the U.S.S. Excalibur and his partner, Captain Elizabeth Shelby of the U.S.S. Trident, find themselves fighting a losing battle to keep the horrific violence from escalating, even as they gradually realize the catastrophic danger posed by the Gateways themselves!
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Fantasy, Science fiction
Few authors have achieved such renown as World Fantasy Life Achievement honoree and Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master… Andre Norton. With the love of readers and the praise of critics, Norton's books have sold millions of copies worldwide.The House of Norreys--those merchants of gems for over three hundred years--faces its greatest crisis ever: the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. The old Jonkheer lay dying in his bed when he called his grandson to be with him in the last hours of his life, and at this time, young Lorens van Norreys is entrusted with the future of Norreys. That future lies in the legendary Flower of Orange, a priceless baroque necklace that the Nazi scavengers burn to possess. It is up to Lorens to save the necklace and the House of Norreys. With the first encounter with the Nazi invaders, Lorens faces his challenge as The Sword Is Drawn.
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Science fiction
Em tempos negros para a Terra, um Oldgandor é chamado para cumprir uma profecia. O Pacificador, como o chamam as… escrituras, deverá restaurar o equilíbrio entre o bem e o mal. Climo é o escolhido pelo Único para cumprir esta missão. Para isto, deverá reunir-se a companheiros de diferentes raças que o ajudarão numa aventura tão fantástica como escura, na qual deverá enfrentar o próprio Casaldir, o sinistro em pessoa. Anões, elfos, homens, goblins, ogres e outras criaturas lutarão de um lado, ou do outro, para estabelecer a supremacia que decidirá o destino de todos. Espadas e cetros competem de igual para igual numa batalha que se repete até aos nossos dias.
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Science fiction
Created by the incalculably ancient Iconians, whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies,… the Gateways offer instantaneous transport across unimaginable distances. Throughout the known galaxy, from Deep Space Nine™ to the New Frontier, from the Delta Quadrant to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise™, the sudden reactivation of the Gateways has destabilized interstellar relations between planets and cultures previously separated by countless light-years. Starfleet's finest have coped with the crisis as best they can, but circumstances have forced several valiant commanders to leap through separate Gateways into the unknown. Captain James T. Kirk of the original Starship Enterprise Captain Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek: The Next Generation® Colonel Kira Nerys of Deep Space Nine Captain Kathryn Janeway of the U.S.S. Voyager™ Captains Calhoun and Shelby of Star Trek : New Frontier Commander Nick Keller of the U.S.S. Challenger All of these heroes, for their own reasons, have taken the ultimate gamble: hurling themselves personally through a Gateway without any knowledge or forewarning of what lay beyond. Each must face their own unique challenge, struggling to find a way back to the ships and homes they left behind. And waiting behind at least one of the Gateways are the ageless Iconians themselves, the primordial architects of the mysterious portals causing chaos throughout the Milky Way galaxy. Where did they disappear to, many long eons ago, and what do they want now? The answer lies on the other side.... What Lay Beyond brings the Gateways saga to a spectacular finish, in an all-star collaboration by six popular, bestselling Star Trek authors. Among them, Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R.A. Decandido, Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger, and Susan Wright have written dozens of Star Trek novels. This is their first mega-collaboration.
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Science fiction
A special two-in-one edition by World Fantasy and Philip K. Dick award-winner Tim Powers, featuring The Skies Discrowned, about an… oppressed universe in the violent throes of political revolt, and An Epitaph in Rust, which carries the reader to a future California rife with dark conspiracies and Shakespearean-caliber plotsAt the start of his celebrated career--before his widespread acclamation as one of the most original contemporary fantasists in America--Tim Powers published a pair of exciting science fiction adventures. Long considered lost classics, these two novels were early indications that a true master had arrived on the science fiction/fantasy scene.In The Skies Discrowned, a young artist and swordsman becomes a political criminal, marked for death after witnessing an assassination. Francisco Rovzar's strange odyssey through his planet's lawless underworld and his transformation from naïve young boy to hardened freedom fighter is an intriguing adventure with action on every page. An Epitaph in Rust unfolds in a grim future Los Angeles, following a young man who escapes a bleak life of servitude in a monastery. Hunted for a seemingly insignificant transgression in a city driven mad by the mayor's explosive destruction and the subsequent murderous rampage of the android police, young Thomas finds refuge with a troupe of actors who have more than Shakespeare on their minds.
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Science fiction, Fantasy
Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award: In a nuclear-ravaged California, a humble musician sets out on a dangerous quest… to rescue his lost love from the clutches of a soul-devouring religious cultIn the twenty-second century, the City of Angels is a tragic shell of its former self, having long ago been ruined and reshaped by nuclear disaster. Before he was in a band in Ellay, Gregorio Rivas was a redeemer, rescuing lost souls trapped in the Jaybirds cult of the powerful maniac Norton Jaybush. Rivas had hoped those days were behind him, but a desperate entreaty from a powerful official is pulling him back into the game. The rewards will be plentiful if he can wrest Urania, the official's daughter and Gregorio's first love, from Jaybush's sinister clutches. To do so, the redeemer reborn must face blood-sucking hemogoblins and other monstrosities on his way to discovering the ultimate secrets of this neo-Californian civilization. One of the most ingeniously imaginative writers of our time, Tim Powers dazzles in an early work that displays his unique creative genius. Alive with wit, intelligence, and wild invention, Dinner at Deviant's Palace is a mad adventure across a dystopian future as only Tim Powers could have imagined it. This ebook features an original introduction by the author.
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Science fiction
Poised on the verge of interstellar war, Captain Kirk's last best hope that the Federation can stop the Klingons is… the people of Organia, avowed pacifists. Forced to disguise themselves as interstellar traders, Captain Kirk and Mister Spock are trapped on the primitive world of Organia as Klingon Defense Forces occupy the planet. Determined to make the Organians see that they need not bow to oppression, the Starfleet officers sabotage Klingon materiel. In retaliation, the Klingon captain, Kor, executes many Organians. Unconcerned, the Council of Elders begs Kirk and Spock to stop the violence. While in deep space the forces of Starfleet and the Klingon Empire scramble to position their fleets for the first onslaught of what could be a long and deadly war.