Fra i romanzi che trattano il tema dell’invasione, questo dell’abilissimo Leinster è al tempo stesso uno dei più semplici e dei più avvincenti. Dall’inizio in sordina, si passa a poco a poco al terrore di massa, in un crescendo di tensione congegnato magistralmente. E questi “gizmo” sibillanti che rotolano sui deserti d’America spingendo davanti a sé nubi di polvere rossa, sono ben degni di figurare nella galleria di creature della spazio che Urania ha fino ad oggi raccolto.

Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive. Survival isn't her only goal; with the powerful Key of Candesce in her hands, she can control the fate of the entire world of Virga, yet something even more pressing is driving her—the all consuming need for revenge.

Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive. Survival isn't her only goal; with the powerful Key of Candesce in her hands, she can control the fate of the entire world of Virga, yet something even more pressing is driving her—the all consuming need for revenge.

It causes riots and religions. It has people dancing in the streets and leaping off skyscrapers. And it's all because of the impenetrable gray shield that slid into place around the solar system on the night of November 15, 2034.

Some see the bubble as the revenge of an insane God. Some see it as justice. Some even see it as protection. But one thing is for certain — now there is the universe, and the earth. And never the twain shall meet.

Or so it seems. Until a bio-enhanced PI named Nick Stavrianos takes on a job for an anonymous client: find a girl named Laura who disappeared from a mental institution by the most direct possible method — walking through the walls.

Los agentes del servicio secreto aliado quedaron muy sorprendidos cuando vieron al hombre acercarse a ellos desde la zona soviética.

Uno de sus brazos era de metal. Y donde la cabeza debiera haber estado, había una cúpula de metal, sin facciones y amenazadora.

Aquella grotesca figura era Martina, el científico que habían estado reclamando y que los soviéticos les devolvían ahora. Era el hombre que conocía el secreto de la más terrible arma jamás ideada.

¿ Pero era Martino?

Si Martino había muerto, entonces un espía sobrehumanamente inteligente y oculto trás un perfecto disfraz, iba a estar libre detrás de las lineas aliadas.

Y si era Martino, pero se había pasado al bando siviético, entonces era una aterradora amenaza. Porque de un solo golpe podría sabotear el proyecto de guerra de los aliados y destruir el equilibrio de poderío mundial.

There is little of the overt fantastic in this great, bloody sprawl of a novel, in which tortured souls follow twisting paths through WWII Shanghai; rather, there is a gradual stretching of the ordinary to the extraordinary. And eventually all those twisted paths converge at the final, dreadful performance of Quin's Shanghai Circus.

TV Series Placement: Summer 2001 – Pre-Season 3There's a new corporation in town -- Meta-chem -- and Liz is psyched to land a scholarship program working in the lab. But when the giant pharmaceutical company creates a disease that accidentally infects the town, Liz is among the first to fall ill -- and, despite his powers, Max is unable to heal her. There's also a new girl in town, Sadie, who's come to Roswell searching for her half sister, who she believes is Maria. Maria doesn't know how to feel: what if she and Sadie do share a father? Maria hasn't seen him since she was seven years old, and she's not sure she wants to see him now. but when news of the quarantine breaks, Maria has no choice but to keep Sadie with her in town, all while trying to find out who is sick and whether anyone can be saved in time….

After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare — former homecoming queen, current Queen of the Dead — finds herself doing something she never expected: working. Instead of spending days perfecting her tan by the pool (her typical summer routine when she was, you know,alive), Alona must now cater to the needs of other lost spirits. By her side for all of this — ugh — “helping of others” is Will Killian: social outcast, seer of the dead, and someone Alona cares about more than she’d like.

Packed with romance, lovable characters, and a killer cliffhanger, Queen of the Dead is the out-of-this-world sequel to The Ghost and the Goth.

Он построил свою Машину Времени нечаянно, из собственного нервного сплетения, отвечающего за восприятие и интуицию. Машина сама устанавливала себе пункт назначения. Первым стал дом молодого гения Саймона Гросса, которому герой рассказа показал его самого — спустя сорок бессмысленных лет.

Anche pubblicato come “L'insetticida di Miss Macy”, “Schema mentale” e “Il D.D.T. sta agli insetti come…”.

When his mother dies in a flitter crash, eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must find a job with the planet company or leave the system-and NerisCo isn't hiring. With credits running low, and prospects limited, he has just one hope…to enlist for two years with a deep space commercial freighter. Ishmael, who only rarely visited the Neris Orbital, and has never been off-planet alone before, finds himself part of an eclectic crew sailing a deep space leviathan between the stars.

Join the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick, a Manchester built clipper as she sets solar sails in search of profit for her company and a crew each entitled to a share equal to their rating.

Mavra Chang had been a master criminal, notorious throughout the galaxy, but for years she has been trapped in a no-longer human body on the Well World—the Master Control planet for the universe. A supercomputer can restore her form, if only she can obtain a spaceship to reach it.

Ai suoi colleghi che non hanno fatto carriera il poliziotto Quellen sembra un uomo molto fortunato. Non tanto per il prestigio del grado, o per lo stipendio più alto, quanto perchè dopo l’ultimo avanzamento Quellen ha diritto a una stanza tutta sua. Ma a lui questo lusso non basta ancora. Quellen trova che al mondo c’è troppa gente. E nel mondo dove vive Quellen sono in molti a pensarla come lui.

Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance — she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself.

Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen — and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians’ mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die — and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent…

Queen of Fire is the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow series, by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance — she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself.

Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen — and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians’ mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die — and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent…

Queen of Fire is the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow series, by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance — she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself.

Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen — and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians’ mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die — and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent…

Queen of Fire is the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow series, by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Queen Lyrna has survived the bloody siege of Alltor. Now she must rally her troops and take back the capital from the Volarian invaders. But driving her hated enemy out of the Realm will not satisfy her lust for vengeance — she wants to pursue them across the ocean and burn their empire to ashes. To do so, she must place her faith in the Seventh Order: men and women who wield terrible powers, born of the Dark itself.

Vaelin Al Sorna would sacrifice his life for his queen — and may yet have to. Only by unmasking the Volarians’ mysterious Ally can the tide of war be turned. To this end, Vaelin must travel deep into the icebound north, in search of a man who cannot die — and he must do it without the aid of his blood song, which has fallen ominously silent…

Queen of Fire is the epic conclusion to the acclaimed Raven’s Shadow series, by New York Times bestselling author Anthony Ryan.

Blind Lake ist eine weitläufige Forschungseinrichtung im Norden Minnesotas, streng abgeschottet von der Öffentlichkeit. Denn hier arbeiten Wissenschaftler mit einer Technologie, die sie selbst kaum verstehen: Sie beobachten intelligentes Leben auf einem Millionen von Lichtjahre entfernten Planeten. Sie können dabei keinen Kontakt mit den Außerirdischen aufnehmen oder sonstwie Einfluss nehmen — sie können nur beobachten. Doch dann wird Blind Lake vom Militär plötzlich unter Quarantäne gestellt, niemand darf das Gelände betreten oder verlassen. Haben die Aliens herausgefunden, dass sie beobachtet werden? Und fühlen sie sich dadurch so gestört, dass sie Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen? für die Wissenschaftler beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit …

Nach seinem preisgekrönten Bestseller »Spin« stellt Robert Charles Wilson auch mit »Quarantäne« unter Beweis, dass er einer der aufregendsten Science-fiction-Autoren unserer Zeit ist.

In a society enjoying peace, prosperity and technologically engineered mental health, Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, commits gruesome murder. Three people investigate the crime--one a therapist who will enter Goldsmith's mind to search for answers. A mesmerizing work set in a tomorrow that is less than a century away. Reissue.

Not that we would do anything like this…

Experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined about his breakthrough in court, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from twenty years previously—a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts.

Jim is reunited with Kayla Huron, his forgotten girlfriend from his lost period and now a quantum physicist who has made a stunning discovery about the nature of human consciousness. As a rising tide of violence and hate sweeps across the globe, the psychologist and the physicist combine forces in a race against time to see if they can do the impossible—change human nature—before the entire world descends into darkness. 

“Universo incostante”, il romanzo di Vernor Vinge vincitore del Premio Hugo 1993, ha elevato l’autore nell’élite dei grandi scrittori della fantascienza. Ora Vinge ritorna a quel mondo di infinita varietà con un affascinante racconto ricco di suspense e originalità; un’epica immaginifica ebbra della complessità e dell’ampio respiro di quell’universo, di gioia e di umano dolore.

Trentamila anni prima degli eventi di “Universo Incostante”, Pham Nuwen opera anonimamente nell’ambito della flotta interstellare commerciale Qeng Ho che in orbita sopra il pianeta Arachna attende il risveglio della sua popolazione dormiente, i Ragni, che si sono rintanati in profondità nel pianeta, in attesa che la sua stella intermittente torni a illuminare le orbite del pianeta. Perché quando la luce ritornerà, Arachna entrerà finalmente nella sua Età dell’Oro, immergendosi in un vertiginoso sviluppo tecnologico e commerciale. Ma la vulnerabilità dei Ragni ha attirato un’altra presenza nascosta; gli Emergenti, una banda di trafficanti i cui piani per Arachna sono più sinistri di qualunque cosa i Qeng Ho arrivino ad immaginare. Riluttanti a dividere il bottino con i Qeng Ho, gli Emergenti scatenano un attacco mai visto nella millenaria storia delle esplorazioni, riducendo la flotta nemica in schiavitù... e poi a qualcosa di molto peggiore. Pham raduna i “sopravvissuti” per effettuare un ultimo tentativo di guadagnarsi un posto d’onore nell’antica storia dei Qeng Ho. Ma il tempo scarseggia, perché ben presto l’assalto degli Emergenti spoglierà del tutto il pianeta. Mentre la cellula di resistenza segreta di Pham lotta contro i suoi aguzzini dello spazio, sul pianeta sottostante un gruppo di Ragni sorprendentemente dotati combatte un’altra battaglia: portare la propria tecnologia a uno stadio sufficientemente avanzato da sconfiggere i propri nemici.

In Silver Wood, the animals live together peacefully, fearing only the violence of Man. But the oldest, wisest animals know that one day a human rescuer will join them and grow up to save the green and pleasant places of the world. One crystal-clear Christmas Eve the legend begins to come to life.

Brock the badger finds a baby boy abandoned in the snowy woods. As he grows up among the animals, Nab's destiny becomes clear: he is the one who will journey across the land to gather one by one from their Elflord guardians the three Faradawn, the magical essences of life itself. Only when he has them will he be prepared for his final confrontation with the very face of evil.

But even with the help of his animal friends, and of the golden-haired Beth, his only human companion, Nab’s quest has become a race against time, for Man in his folly is moving with terrible speed towards his own destruction.

‘A blend of Tolkien and Watership Down unfolded in masterly style. Ford not only writes superbly, his intimate knowledge of animals and the countryside shines through every page… a sensitive, exciting and engrossing novel which puts the author among the first rank of contemporary English novelists’

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

‘Comparisons between Ford’s first novel and Watership Down as well as with the fantasies of Tolkien, are inevitable. But this enchanting fable stands as a creation even more pertinent to our times than those honoured works… the author’s artistry has created a parable for our time’

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

A tale set in the world of his debut novel, OLD MAN’S WAR. Published as a signed limited edition chapbook.

_{[Old Man’s War 1.5]}

Что нужно океану? Какую цену запросит Атлантика? Каким станет маленький народ, пройдя через бури и битвы? Когда закончится дерзкий поход?

Вторая книга серии. Испытателям не сообщают о гибели их физических носителей в родном мире. Говорят, что пока, временно, до устранения технических проблем штатный выход из игры невозможен, а игровая гибель персонажа приведёт к гибели мозга. Герои, ещё считая всё происходящее игрой, вынуждены бороться за собственные жизни.

Россия совершает "квантовый прорыв" в виртуальное пространство. Перед учёными в полный рост встаёт вопрос о матричности мироздания. Для добровольцев испытателей вопрос этот сначала тоже является главным, они спрашивают себя, насколько всё в матрице может быть серьёзным? И лишь потом-потом важнее становится – кто ты есть? Что ты можешь? Во что веришь? Ради чего готов погибать и убивать?