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Par David Weber. 2021
In New York Times- bestselling science fiction epic Out of the Dark , Earth beat back an alien invasion. Now…
we've got to make sure they don't come back, in Into the Light . The Shongairi conquered Earth. In mere minutes, half the human race died, and our cities lay in shattered ruins. But the Shongairi didn't expect the survivors' tenacity. And, crucially, they didn't know that Earth harbored two species of intelligent, tool-using bipeds. One of them was us. The other, long-lived and lethal, was hiding in the mountains of eastern Europe, the subject of fantasy and legend. When they emerged and made alliance with humankind, the invading aliens didn't stand a chance. Now Earth is once again ours. Aided by the advanced tech the aliens left behind, we're rebuilding as fast as we can. Meanwhile, a select few of our blood-drinking immortals are on their way to the Shongairi homeworld, having commandeered one of the alien starships...the planet-busting kindPar David Weber. 2010
The launch of a new science fiction adventure series—by the New York Times -best selling author of the Safehold series…
and the Honor Harrington series The Galactic Hegemony has been around a long time, and it likes stability—the kind of stability that member species like the aggressive, carnivorous Shongairi tend to disturb. So when the Hegemony Survey Force encountered a world whose so-called "sentients"—"humans," they called themselves—were almost as bad as the Shongairi themselves, it seemed reasonable to use the Shongairi to neutralize them before they could become a second threat to galactic peace. And if the Shongairi took a few knocks in the process, all the better. Now, Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity's cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, more than half the human race has died. Master Sergeant Stephen Buchevsky, who thought he was being rotated home from his latest tour in Afghanistan, finds himself instead prowling the back country of the Balkans, dodging alien patrols and trying to organize scattered survivors without getting killed. And in the southeastern US, firearms instructor and former Marine Dave Dvorak finds himself at the center of a growing network of resistance—putting his extended family at lethal risk, but what else can you do? On the face of it, Buchevsky's and Dvorak's chances look bleak, as do prospects for the rest of the surviving human race. But it may well be that Shongairi and the Hegemony alike have underestimated the inhabitants of that strange planet called Earth... in David Weber's Out of the DarkPar Massey Massey. 2016
When a surprise nuclear attack forces Aidan from hiding, he finds the world to be a much different and more…
deadly place. Now he'll traverse a post-apocalyptic landscape populated by violent redneck looters, rogue military factions, and an army of hungry undead... Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse After two combat tours in the Middle East, Aidan Sullivan just wants to be left alone on his family's ranch in the Texas Hill Country. But when the bombs fall and the dead walk, Aidan risks life and limb to rescue his aging parents from the zombie horde. To save them, he'll traverse half the state of Texas while fighting rogue military units, violent redneck looters, and thousands of walking dead. The question is, can he make it there in time? Only one thing's for sure—this Ranger will complete the mission, or he'll die trying! - - - Invasion: Zombie Apocalypse is a fresh take on the end of the world as we know it, military zombie apocalypse, SHTF fiction at its gory best. Get your copy today and discover the twisted, dystopian, post-apocalyptic world of Scratch Sullivan and THEMPar Massey Massey. 2016
Scratch Sullivan has been through hell surviving the apocalypse—captured by his enemies, beaten and tortured within an inch of his…
life, and finally, infected by a zombie bite and left for dead. But nothing prepared him for this... Counteraction: Werewolf Apocalypse As a hunter in post-apocalyptic central Texas, Scratch Sullivan has survived zombies, vampires, and rogue military units. Heck, he's even the only human ever known to go hand-to-hand with a werewolf, and survive. But what's a man to do when the local 'thrope pack destroys your town and abducts your best girl? If you're Scratch Sullivan, you get spittin' mad... and then you get retribution. Even if thousands of undead and an entire pack of werewolves sits in your way. Now he's on a mission to wipe out the Corridor Pack and get his girlfriend Kara back, come hell or high water. The pack is going to wish they never messed with Old Scratch, cause he's gonna put those 'thropes down like the rabid dogs they are... or die trying. - - - Counteraction: Werewolf Apocalypse is a fresh take on the end of the world as we know it, military zombie apocalypse, SHTF fiction at its gory best. Get your copy today and discover the twisted, dystopian, post-apocalyptic world of Scratch Sullivan and THEMPar Douglas Adams. 2018
Dan Starkey reads this brand new novel based on a storyline by Douglas Adams. The Doctor promised Romana the end…
of the universe, so she's less than impressed when what she gets is a cricket match. But then the award ceremony is interrupted by eleven figures in white uniforms and peaked skull helmets, wielding bat-shaped weapons that fire lethal bolts of light into the screaming crowd. The Krikkitmen are back. Millions of years ago, the people of Krikkit learned they were not alone in the universe, and promptly launched a xenophobic crusade to wipe out all other life-forms. After a long and bloody conflict, the Time Lords imprisoned Krikkit within an envelope of Slow Time, a prison that could only be opened with the Wicket Gate key, a device that resembles – to human eyes, at least – an oversized set of cricket stumps... From Earth to Gallifrey, from Bethselamin to Devalin, from Krikkit to Mareeve II to the far edge of infinity, the Doctor and Romana are tugged into a pan-galactic conga with fate as they rush to stop the Krikkitmen gaining all five pieces of the key. If they fail, the entire cosmos faces a fiery retribution that will leave nothing but ashesPar Gemma Malley. 2008
« Angleterre, 2150. La mort n'existe plus. Les hommes vivent à l'ère de la Longévité : pas de morts ...…
mais, pour éviter le surpeuplement, pas de naissances non plus. Peter et Anna ont un point commun : ils n'auraient jamais dû naître. Parce qu'une vie éternelle leur semble contre nature, parce que le système de la Longévité a gâché leur enfance, parce qu'il menace leurs rêves, ils ont décidé d'entrer en lutte. Pour sa suppression. Au sein du Réseau souterrain, la résistance s'organise : Peter a pour mission d'infiltrer le plus grand des laboratoires, le centre névralgique du système, Pincent Pharma... dirigé par son grand-père, Richard Pincent. Un homme puissant et influent, bien décidé à faire plier les rebelles ; une présence troublante pour Peter : quand les liens du sang s'en mêlent, tout se complique... La Résistance est la suite de La Déclaration. » -- 4e de couvPar André Carpentier. 1988
Présence magique dans la réalité, les nouvelles de Carpentier mélangent les voix et les procédés du mode fantastique. Le pouvoir…
de l’argent s’oppose au pouvoir du savoir dans neuf textes qui explorent la nature profonde des choses, leur caractère quasi sacré, secret : Les sept rêves et la réalité de Perrine Blanc – Le mage Pichu – Maître de magie – La mappemonde venue du ciel – La cloche du Bi – Le coffret de la Corriveau – Le Fatala de Casius Sahbid – Aux fleurs de Victorine – Le double d’Udie – La bouquinerie d’outre-tempsPar Anne Robillard. 2006
" Souhaitant oublier l'accident de voiture où il a perdu sa femme et où il a lui-même failli laisser sa…
vie, Terra s'installe dans une petite ville de la Colombie-Britannique afin d'y enseigner la philosophie. Coïncidence ? Fatalité ? Dès son arrivée, d'étranges phénomènes et d'extraordinaires changements s'opèrent en lui. Pourquoi ses étudiants le vénèrent-ils soudain ? Pourquoi les arbres tentent-ils de l'agripper sur son passage ? Pourquoi le fantôme de sa défunte épouse se manifeste-t-il régulièrement ? Pourquoi ses mains semblent-elles posséder des pouvoirs particuliers ? Au moment où Terra parvient enfin à s'adapter à sa nouvelle vie, son passé ressurgit comme un cauchemar, l'obligeant à replonger dans le projet secret sur lequel il travaillait aux États-Unis avant l'accident. Saura-t-il faire face aux Chevaliers Noirs et à leurs sombres desseins ? " -- 4e de couvPar Theodore Roszak. 2007
"Recueillie par la baronne Frankenstein, la jeune Elizabeth est introduite dans le monde secret des sorcières et initiée à l'alchimie,…
aux lois de la nature et à celles du corps humain. De son côté, Victor, fils légitime de la baronne, tournant le dos à cet univers féminin respectueux de la "loi naturelle", est pris du vertige de la science. Il prétend pouvoir créer une vie meilleure, une vie qui ne serait pas née du ventre de la femme mais de la science, nouveau maître du monde. Alors que Victor s'égare dans sa quête et crée un monstre, Elizabeth essaie de trouver sa place en pleine révolution scientifique... voire scientiste. Peu à peu, leur univers se délite jusqu'à leur tragique nuit de noces. [...]" -- 4e de couvPar Aurélien Boivin. 1997
Les meilleurs conteurs du XIXe siècle, les Louis Fréchette, Aubert de Gaspé, père et fils, Joseph-Charles Taché, Honoré Beaugrand et…
bien d'autres ont fait vivre et revivre loups-garous, feux follets, diablotins et fantômes, puisant en cela dans la tradition orale du QuébecPar Jules Verne. 1996
L'un des plus curieux romans de l'auteur, à la fois anticipateur (la télévision) et très romantique (la femme fatale). Publié…
en 1892, il révèle un aspect caché du tempérament de l'écrivain. [SDMPar Caitlin Schneiderhan. 2023
Two years before the events of Stranger Things: Season 4, Eddie Munson—Hellfire Club leader, metalhead, and Hawkins outcast—has one shot…
to make it big. Hawkins, Indiana: For most, it’s simply another idyllic, manicured all-American town. But for Eddie Munson, it’s like living in a perpetual Tomb of Horrors. Luckily, he has only a few more months to survive at Hawkins High. And what is senior year, really, but killing time between Dungeons & Dragons sessions with the Hellfire Club and gigs with his band, Corroded Coffin? At the worst dive bar in town, Eddie meets Paige, someone who has pulled off a freaking miracle . She escaped Hawkins and built a wickedly cool life for herself working for a record producer in Los Angeles . Not only is she the definition of a badass—with killer taste in music—but she might also be the only person who actually appreciates Eddie as the bard he is instead of as the devil incarnate. But the best thing? She’s offering him a chance to make something of himself, and all he needs to do is get her a demo tape of Corroded Coffin’s best songs. Just one problem: Recording costs money. Money Eddie doesn’t have. But he’s willing to do whatever it takes, even if that means relying on his dad. Al Munson has just stumbled back into Eddie’s life with another dubious scheme up his sleeve, and yet Eddie knows this is his only option to make enough dough in enough time. It’s a risk, but if it pays off he will finally have a one-way ticket out of Hawkins. Eddie can feel it: 1984 is going to be his yearPar Daniel Suarez. 2023
What if our civilization is more advanced than we know? The New York Times bestselling author of Daemon —"the cyberthriller…
against which all others will be measured" ( Publishers Weekly ) —imagines a world in which decades of technological advances have been suppressed in an effort to prevent disruptive change. Are smartphones really humanity’s most significant innovation since the moon landings? Or can something else explain why the bold visions of the 20th century—fusion power, genetic enhancements, artificial intelligence, cures for common diseases, extended human life, and a host of other world-changing advances—have remained beyond our grasp? Why has the high-tech future that seemed imminent in the 1960s failed to arrive? Perhaps it did arrive…but only for a select few. Particle physicist Jon Grady is ecstatic when his team achieves what they’ve been working toward for years: a device that can reflect gravity. Their research will revolutionize the field of physics—the crowning achievement of a career. Grady expects widespread acclaim for his entire team. The Nobel Prize. Instead, his lab is locked down by a shadowy organization whose mission is to prevent at all costs the social upheaval sudden technological advances bring. This Bureau of Technology Control uses the advanced technologies they have harvested over the decades to fulfill their mission. They are living in our future. Presented with the opportunity to join the BTC and improve his own technology in secret, Grady resists, and is instead thrown into a nightmarish high-tech prison built to hold rebellious geniuses like himself. With so many great intellects confined together, can Grady and his fellow prisoners conceive of a way to usher humanity out of its artificial dark age? And can they hope to defeat an enemy who wields a technological advantage half a century in the making?Par Eric Flint. 2022
The assassinated Shah Jahan lies entombed beside his beloved wife in the Taj Mahal, while their progeny drag the Mughal…
Empire into a three-sided struggle over the succession to the Peacock Throne. The diplomatic and trade mission from the United States of Europe is openly siding with Princess Jahanara and her brother Dara Shikoh. The mission, made up largely of Americans transplanted in time by the Ring of Fire, is providing the siblings with technical assistance as they prepare to fight their rivals for the throne, Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja. Meanwhile, the Afghan adventurer Salim Gadh Yilmaz, confidant of two emperors—Shah Jahan and now his son Dara Shikoh—has been elevated to the position of general. He has great challenges to face, not the least of which is resisting the fierce and forbidden mutual attraction between himself and Princess Jahanara. As the conflict deepens, the junior members of the mission are sent east to buy opium needed by the USE's doctors. Their guide, merchant Jadu Das, has an agenda of his own, one entrusted to him by Jahanara: seek out her great uncle, Asaf Khan, and promise whatever is needed to bring his army over to Dara's side. The USE's mission was sent to India in search of goods needed in Europe. But now they find that straightforward task has become enmeshed in a great civil war—for control of the Peacock ThronePar Daniel Suarez. 2019
The bestselling author of Daemon returns with a near-future technological thriller, in which a charismatic billionaire recruits a team of…
adventurers to launch the first deep space mining operation—a mission that could alter the trajectory of human civilization. When itinerant cave diver James Tighe receives an invitation to billionaire Nathan Joyce's private island, he thinks it must be a mistake. But Tighe's unique skill set makes him a prime candidate for Joyce's high-risk venture to mine a near-earth asteroid—with the goal of kick-starting an entire off-world economy. The potential rewards and personal risks are staggering, but the competition is fierce and the stakes couldn't be higher. Isolated and pushed beyond their breaking points, Tighe and his fellow twenty-first century adventurers—ex-soldiers, former astronauts, BASE jumpers, and mountain climbers—must rely on each other to survive not only the dangers of a multi-year expedition but the harsh realities of business in space. They're determined to transform humanity from an Earth-bound species to a space-faring one—or die tryingPar Katherine Locke. 2023
When Earth is plagued by an epidemic of fear, ancient prophecy says only Thor can stop the monstrous threat of…
the Serpent, but without help from Loki, Thor is certain to fail. Aided by a handmaiden from Hel and a demon puppy, Loki must risk everything to find redemption—or doom himself for eternity. Either way, a Nightmare lies in wait hoping to rule the world, and Loki will have to risk everything on his craziest scheme of all! Meanwhile, new gods threaten to disrupt the status quo, throwing everything out of balance. Loki must act as a responsible ambassador, but will the nine worlds end in Surtur's fire? In this brand-new prose novel inspired by the epic comic series by Kieron Gillen, young Loki must cross the realms to reclaim his own story, outwit ancient enemies, struggle to do the right thing, and avoid falling in lovePar Shawn Adair Johnston. 2021
It's 2079 and narwhals are being poached to extinction for their ivory tusks. Peter Straw, a blind detective, tries to…
stop the poachers with the assistance of three genetically and intellectually enhanced animals: his guide dog, a chimpanzee, and a porpoise. Adult. UnratedPar Robert J Sawyer. 2003
"In |Hominids|, Nebula Award-winning author Robert J. Sawyer introduced a character readers will never forget: Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist…
from a parallel Earth who was whisked from his reality into ours by a quantum-computing experiment gone awry-making him the ultimate stranger in a strange land. In that book and in its sequel, |Humans|, Sawyer showed us the Neanderthal version of Earth in loving detail-a tour de force of world-building; a masterpiece of alternate history. Now, in |Hybrids|, Ponter Boddit and his Homo sapien lover, geneticist Mary Vaughan, are torn between two worlds, struggling to find a way to make their star-crossed relationship work. Aided by banned Neanderthal technology, they plan to conceive the first hybrid child, a symbol of hope for the joining of their two versions of reality. But after an experiment shows that Mary's religious faith-something completely absent in Neanderthals - is a quirk of the neurological wiring of Homo sapiens' brains, Ponter and Mary must decide whether their child should be predisposed to atheism or belief. Meanwhile, as Mary's Earth is dealing with a collapse of its planetary magnetic field, her boss, the enigmatic Jock Krieger, has turned envious eyes on the unspoiled Eden that is the Neanderthal world." -- Provided by publisherPar Brandon Sanderson. 2022
"Return to the planet Detritus with FM, Alanik, and Jorgen in this must-have three-novella collection featuring exclusive character art and…
deleted scenes from Skyward with commentary from Brandon Sanderson." -- Provided by publisherPar Luis Carlos Barragán. 2021
"The first extraterrestrial contact occurs in the jungles of Latin America. Two Colombians with nothing to lose flee in a…
spaceship. A couple of years later, one of them returns to found an interplanetary embassy, which promises to bring alien technology and labor to Earth. Now humanity has the opportunity to become a type I society and become part of the Interstellar Directorate. But the usual economic and political powers will try to prevent this future. The diplomatic crisis with the Earth powers is serious, but now there are higher beings who will intervene for good or ill." -- Translation provided by NLS