One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again...

One thousand years after the Jupiter mission to explore the mysterious Monolith had been destroyed, after Dave Bowman was transformed into the Star Child, Frank Poole drifted in space, frozen and forgotten, leaving the supercomputer HAL inoperable. But now Poole has returned to life, awakening in a world far different from the one he left behind--and just as the Monolith may be stirring once again...

Tras miles de años, el Largo Invierno producido en la Tierra por el bombardeo de cometas que causaron las estrellas de la muerte llegó a su fin. Los que salieron del capullo para enfrentarse a los peligros del mundo exterior en busca de la Nueva Primavera se llamaban a si mismos humanos... Su destino era la creación de un nuevo mundo.

Estaba acostumbrado a vivir con el peligro, pero ella ya no quería ese tipo de vida…

Después de diez años en coma, Linda Faraday se había aferrado a la vida y había despertado. Lo único que recordaba era que había estado trabajando de incógnito para descubrir los turbios negocios de Cameron Fortune. De repente se encontraba con que había sobrevivido y con que tenía un hijo de diez años. Ahora que Ryan Fortune ya se había ido, el agente federal Emmett Jamison estaba dispuesto a ayudarla, aunque no parecía que la idea lo emocionara demasiado. La atracción que había entre ellos no tardó en hacerse incontrolable. Pero Linda no creía que Emmett encajara en sus nuevos planes de vida: sólo deseaba una existencia sencilla con un hombre sencillo. Emmett, sin embargo, se dedicaba a perseguir a su peligroso hermano. Claro que quizá Linda no estuviera hecha para la tranquilidad…

Contratado por la Universidad de Oslo para supervisar unas excavaciones arqueológicas que se están llevando a cabo en el monasterio de Vaerne (Noruega), Bjorn Belto es testigo de un hallazgo único. Se trata de un cofre de más de dos mil años de antigüedad con un manuscrito en su interior -una serie de leyendas- que podría modificar por completo la versión oficial de la historia del cristianismo. Belto tratando de evitar que el cofre caiga en las innobles manos de unos tipos que se escudan en una fachada académica, huye del país nórdico e inicia un periplo que le llevará de Londres a Oriente Próximo. Perseguido por aquellos que quieren hacerse con el cofre, Belto recala finalmente en Rennes-le-Cháteau, un pueblo del sur de Francia donde los hermanos custodios guardan celosamente un misterioso evangelio que pone en cuestión la propia biografía de Jesucristo.

A mediados del siglo XXI, Kivrin, una audaz estudiante de historia, decide viajar en el tiempo para estudiar `in situ` una de las eras más mortíferas y peligrosas de la historia humana: la Edad Media asolada por la Peste Negra. Pero una crisis que enlaza extrañamente pasado, presente y futuro atrapa a Kivrin en uno de los años más peligrosos de la Edad Media, mientras sus compañeros de Oxford en el año 2054, atacados de repente por una enfermedad desconocida, intentan infructuosamente rescatarla. Perdida en una época de superstición y de miedo, Kivrin descubre que se ha convertido en un improbable Angel de Esperanza durante una de las horas más oscuras de la historia.

Un tour de force narrativo, una novela que explorará el miedo atemporal de la enfermedad, el sufrimiento y la indomable voluntad del espíritu humano. Con diferencia, la mejor novela de ciencia ficción de 1992 con la que Connie Willis ha obtenido los más importantes premios del género: Nebula, Hugo y Locus

`Sin ser doctrinario, éste es el libro de inspiración religiosa tan apasionado con su humanismo como Un cántico por Leibowitz de Walter M. Miller. Una historia mucho mas sencilla que su trama, mucho más vasta que el número de sus paginas. El libro del Día del Juicio Final impresiona con la fuerza de una verdad profundamente sentida` John Kessel, Science Fiction Age

Con una combinación entre Agatha Christie y Franz Kafka Leo Perutz nos traslada a la Viena de 1909. Cuando aparece el cadáver del célebre actor Bischoff, que aparentemente se ha suicidado, todas las sospechas recaen sobre un oficial del ejército enamorado de la mujer del difunto, el barón Von Yocsch, como inductor de la muerte, pese a que este clama desesperadamente su inocencia.

La sucesión de nuevos suicidios cada vez más enigmáticos que se producen en los siguientes días llevan a una indagación detectivesca que se remontará varios siglos para descubrir el origen maléfico de tan macabra epidemia…

Un trasdental hallazgo arqueológico podría cambiar radicalmente el destino de Israel y Palestina.

El profesor Guttman, un arqueólogo fundamentalista israelí, ha hallado, proveniente del saqueo del Museo Arqueológico de Irak, la tablilla que contiene el testamento de Abraham, donde se indica cómo deberán repartirse las tierras palestinos e israelíes. Tal descubrimiento le cuesta la vida a él y a su esposa, pero pone sobre la pista de la tablilla a Uri, hijo del malogrado matrimonio, y a Maggi, una mediadora política norteamericana. Ambos vivirán una apasionante aventura, perseguidos por los servicios secretos de sus respectivos países.

There’s more than blood and bone beneath the skin… The victim, a nondescript “numbers cruncher,” died horribly just yards away from his terrified wife and daughter, murdered by men who clearly enjoyed their work. The crime scene is one that could chill the blood of even the most seasoned police officer. But the strange revelations about an ordinary accountant’s extraordinary secret life are what truly set Chief Inspector Alan Banks off – as lies breed further deceptions and blood begets blood, unleashing a policeman’s dark passions… and a violent rage that, when freed, might be impossible to control.

For ex-cop turned private investigator Cal Weaver, this was not exactly the biggest case of his career; in fact, he only took it on because Greta Carlson was a friend of a friend. Greta’s sixteen-year-old son Chandler was in trouble at school because of a short story he’d written. Admittedly the story featured a boy bludgeoning his best friend to death with a baseball bat because of an argument over a girl. But still, a story? Mrs Carlson wanted Cal to dig up some dirt on the high school principal she could use as leverage to get Chandler reinstated, and Cal told her in no uncertain terms that he wasn’t going to go down that road. But that wasn’t quite the end of the story. Chandler’s best friend Mike seems to be missing, and at the same time Cal can’t shake the feeling that Chandler may have had some help in completing his writing assignment. Life, it seems, may have imitated art after all, but figuring out who’s the author and who are just characters in the drama will take all of Cal’s critical skills to determine.

When society falls, how hard will you fight?

They expected the solar flare, not the EMP. Now the lights are off and chaos is brewing. It’s only a matter of time before violence erupts.

Jim owns a small electronics repair store in Rochester, NY. He quickly realizes the reality of the situation. He grabs his emergency kit, planning to get across town to his wife. But finding her among the chaos proves almost impossible. And if he does get to her, where will they find shelter?

Rob’s been Jim’s friend since grade school. He’s the kind of guy who’s always between jobs but has a big heart. When the lights go out, he doesn’t know whether to believe Jim or not. After all, he’s got a job interview that he needs to get to. What will it take to convince him this is serious?

Jessica’s an independent young woman. In the short term, she knows she can take care of herself. But as the chaos grows, will she be able to learn to work with others in order to survive?

Final Chaos is book 1 of Surviving, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their lives every inch of the way.

Sir Henry Ancred, the celebrated Shakespearian actor, wishes to have his portrait painted in the role of Macbeth by Agatha Troy, the famous artist. Amid a welter of practical jokes, Sir Henry dies and Chief Inspector Alleyn is called in to investigate.

Этакий фанфик, рожденный под впечатлением от «Пункта назначения».

Стандартный сюжет — группа подростков, благодаря видению, явившемуся одному из них, избегает смерти. Стандартный набор трупов, когда сама Смерть начинает преследовать уцелевших. Но нестандартный, новый взгляд на выход из этой тупиковой ситуации. То, до чего, почему-то, никак не могли додуматься герои всех трех «Пунктов»…

Final Diagnosis is a 1997 science fiction novel by author James White and is part of the Sector General series.

A man suffering from multiple mysterious illnesses and allergic reactions is labelled a hypochondriac. Finally he is sent to Sector General as a last resort. He befriends his fellow alien patients, telling them his life history. Rather than dismissing his complaints, the attentive hospital doctors develop a theory, and bring him back to his home planet. At the scene of a childhood accident that seems to have started it all, explanations are found.

Being ship wrecked on an alien planet has its discomforts—and problems. Like the problem of inducing the local natives, who happened to be divided into two armed camps, to let you get together again!

China is poised to invade the island of Taiwan. And when an escort of American and British planes is ambushed by Chinese fighters, the man-made island fortress known as Sea Base prepares for battle.

A DEADLY GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK

She was a monster, sleek and gleaming, designed to strike without warning like the dreaded shark. She was the USS Mako, as fearless and bold as any submarine that ever prowled the blue Pacific. Her mission: seek out and destroy the hitherto invincible ships of the Japanese Imperial Navy — and revenge the earlier defeats of a long and dirty war.

Here is the story of the men who pitted their lives against impossible odds in the most dangerous branch of the American armed services. It is a story of men pushed to the breaking point and beyond in the most nerve-wracking, heart-stirring warfare of all. A story of glory, grit and guts, and of the astonishing resources that human beings call forth when put to the ultimate test.

Author Harry Homewood was a qualified submariner before he was seventeen years old, having lied to the Navy about his age, and serving in a little "S"-boat in the old Asiatic Fleet. After Pearl Harbor he reenlisted and made eleven war patrols in the Southwest Pacific. He later became Chicago Bureau Chief for Newsweek, chief editorial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, and for eleven years had his own weekly news program syndicated to thirty-two PBS television stations.

Manhattan ’s top sex crimes prosecutor stares at the shocking headline in the morning newspaper, reading her own obituary. But Assistant D.A. Alexandra Cooper is very much alive. The body found by police on the secluded road leading to Alexandra’s country house on Martha’s Vineyard belonged instead to the internationally acclaimed Hollywood star, Isabella Lascar.

Isabella had borrowed Alex’s home for a quiet holiday. Police found her body tall and slim, like Alex in a car rented in Cooper’s name, without any form of identification, and her face blown away by the shotgun blast that took her life.

When Alexandra tells the police who the victim was, the investigation takes two distinct paths. One makes the assumption that the movie star was the intended target of the killer, while the other recognises that Alex herself may be the next victim of the assassin.

Alexandra’s job is to send rapists and stalkers to jail, and she’s very good at it. So good, in fact, that the list of potential suspects who’d like to see her dead is horrifically long. On the other hand, Isabella had previously suffered the attentions of a stalker, and her fame had attracted an equally long list of obsessive fans. Or is the killer coming from an entirely different direction?

Final Jeopardy is a formidable thriller of intelligence and authenticity, and marks the debut of a character who will be entertaining readers for many years to come.

When society begins to unravel, there’s no putting it back together.

Jim and the others have made it to the lake house. They have some supplies, and they’re still alive. But that doesn’t mean they’re safe.

Rationing the food is necessary, and the meager portions are beginning to take their toll. Imagining hunger and fatigue is one thing, but living it is another. Can they survive like this long term?

What happens now that the hoards are fleeing the cities, looking for shelter? The lake appealed to Jim, and that means it will appeal to others. How many will invade, and how hard will they fight?

Jim knows they need to strengthen their defenses, to deal with the coming onslaught, but they’re getting weaker and more desperate by the day as it is. What will it take to save them?

Final Panic is book 2 of Surviving, a post-apocalyptic survival thriller series. It deals with real people fighting for their lives every inch of the way.

If a society is an organism that evolves, it must also mutate, eat, and eliminate waste.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Trimus was also the setting for “Poles Apart” [Mid-December 1992] and “Network” [February 1994].

As the prestigious world of professional golf prepares for the Masters Golf Tournament at Georgia 's elite Augusta National Golf Club, a cunning killer waits in the shadows to unleash his own lethal game.

THE ALL-NEW SUBMARINE ACTION SERIES

In the Cold War, nuclear submarines lead the fight. But the USS Squallfish is one of the old school — as is her skipper, Captain Chad Shipley. While on a routine patrol, he is ordered to infiltrate the heart of the Soviet Northern Fleet to spy upon the enemy’s nuclear sub capabilities.

But the first Soviet nuclear sub is already under way, and has found its first prey — the Squallfish.

“One engineer, trapped in a web of political deceit, is all the stands between victory, and the nuclear annihilation of all life on mars.”

When the last two remaining warships of humanity’s first interplanetary conflict face off, the fate of Mars rests in the hands of one engineer, David Goddard. If David can’t find a way through a twisted web of political deceit, technical faults and guilt over a past he cannot escape, everyone will die.

Final Solution is a hard science fiction military thriller set in the near future, a hybrid of novels such as “The Expanse”, “The Martian” and “The Hunt for Red October”.

The Barnes Noble Review

Passion, power, and political intrigue clash with deadly results in Iris Johansen's latest tale of romantic suspense, Final Target. At the heart of this fast-paced thriller is the seven-year-old daughter of the president of the United States, who has witnessed something so awful it's left her in a catatonic state. Now, the woman who hopes to save her must trust her heart and her life to a mysterious man with a nefarious reputation.

When masked intruders break into a presidential stronghold and try to kidnap the president's daughter, Cassie, the child witnesses several brutal murders. She survives, thanks to the efforts of Michael Travis, a man who skirts the law and makes a living in the international underworld, but the shock leaves her dwelling in a state somewhere between consciousness and death. The president puts his daughter in the hands of Dr. Jessica Riley, who helped her younger sister, Melissa, recover from a similar condition a few years earlier. Though fully recovered, Melissa's bout with catatonia left her with a curious side effect: the ability to merge her mind with the consciousness of others who are catatonic.

As Cassie's condition worsens, her only hope lies with two people: Melissa, who can get into Cassie's mind, and Travis, whose presence has a calming affect on the child's life-threatening seizures. But there's a problem: Travis has a host of deadly assassins breathing down his neck and isn't inclined to stay, yet his conscience won't let him desert the child, either. So he takes Cassie, Jessica, and Melissa with him, sneaking them out of the country and into Europe, where he becomes embroiled in a deadly game of international intrigue. With the president's forces now breathing down his neck in the belief that he has kidnapped Cassie, and his attentions increasingly drawn toward Melissa, whom he has come to care for, Travis becomes distracted enough to make a deadly miscalculation. The tragedy that results will have a monumental effect on everyone involved and may mean the end of any hopes they hold for the future.

Johansen is a master at keeping her readers on edge, and Final Target is a perfect example of this master at work. The pace zips, the plot twists, and each turn of the page brings a new surprise. But the best part of Johansen's latest effort is her characteristically explosive mix of chilling terror and heated passions. (Beth Amos)

After young venture capitalist Simon Ayot finds his father-in-law lying dead from a gunshot wound, and all the damning evidence points to Simon. With the police determined to prove his guilt, and even his grief-stricken wife beginning to suspect him, he races to clear his name and save his marriage-all too aware that the next murder may very well be his own…

"Move over, John Grisham. A new star has entered the world of popular action fiction." -Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan

"Michael Ridpath plots his story tightly and smoothly and roams all his worlds, virtual and otherwise, with authority."-New York Times

"[Ridpath] makes you feel… the thrill of playing a hunch and getting it right."-Los Angeles Times

"Entertaining…Succeeds at becoming more than a thriller without breaking the mounting tensions of the story." -Newsday

La recatada belleza sureña Regan Davis era la perfecta novia inocente y ruborizada, no la novia abandonada. Pero después de encontrar aquel libro, decidió que ya estaba bien. Iba a demostrar que era lo bastante mujer para seducir al sexy Sam Daniels… y nada de ruborizarse.

Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker.

Master and apprentice.

Chosen by fate. Destined for conflict.

Granta Omega is an evil mastermind who has one goal: to help the Sith destroy the Jedi Order. Now Omega has escaped to the planet of Korriban — home to the tombs of the ancient Sith Lords and their terrible secrets. Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stop him before his sinister power grows out of control.

They are not alone on this mission. Anakin's rival, Ferus, is also searching for Omega, and Anakin sees this as a contest he must win. But as the dark side of the Force becomes stronger and stronger, there is only one guaranteed outcome for any showdown:

Death.

Una novela que retrata el país y sus dirigentes sin disimulos.

Año 2005. Un irlandés llamado Liam Yeats, ex terrorista del IRA y ex agente del Mossad, llega a Valencia con el objetivo de matar al hombre más peligroso de la ciudad: el empresario Juan Lloris, que se dispone a iniciar el asalto definitivo a la Alcaldía. Las sospechas de Lloris sobre su persona de confianza le harán contratar a un investigador que descubrirá algo que dará un vuelco a esta intriga. Mientras tanto, el incombustible F. Petit continuará ejerciendo de funambulista y los partidos mayoritarios establecerán una alianza insólita que sólo se explica por su propia supervivencia.

Una novela de intriga que profundiza sobre la psicología del profesional del crimen y que mantiene la denuncia sobre el escurridizo juego político que se da en Valencia, una ciudad española, tal vez, similar a otras.

John Katzenbach, maestro del suspenso psicológico, nos enfrenta de nuevo a una trama tan hipnótica como las de El psicoanalista y La historia del loco.

Matthew Cowart, un famoso y ya establecido periodista de Miami, recibe la carta de un hombre condenado a muerte que asegura ser inocente.

Pese a su escepticismo inicial, Cowart empieza a investigar el caso, comprende que el acusado no cometió los delitos que se le imputan y pone al descubierto mediante sus artículos una información que permite al convicto Robert Earl Fergurson salir en libertad.

Cowart obtiene entonces un premio Pulitzer por su tarea periodística. Sin embargo, y para su horror, el escritor se percata de que ha puesto en marcha una tremenda máquina de matar y que ahora le toca a él intentar, en una carrera contra el reloj, que se haga justicia fuera de los tribunales.

Frontiers mean quite different things to different people…

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the "Sliver of Infinity," reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier "snapped" and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

In his bestselling legal thrillers, William Bernhardt has explored the dark side of contemporary politics, power, and the law. Now Bernhardt turns back the clock to the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in the fall of 1935. Based on true events and new discoveries about Eliot Ness, Nemesis is a brilliantly told story featuring this legendary lawman's fateful duel with a terrifyingly new kind of criminal: America 's first serial killer.

In Chicago, Eliot Ness had created 'the Untouchables,' the fabled team of federal agents who were beyond corruption and who finally put Al Capone behind bars. Now the headline-grabbing Ness has been moved to Cleveland, where a new mayor desperately needs some positive publicity. The heroic, squeaky-clean Fed is the perfect man to become the city's director of public safety, but by the time Ness starts his new job, a killer has started a career of his own. And this man is as obsessed with blood and mayhem as Eliot Ness is obsessed with justice.

One by one, bodies are found, each one decapitated and uniquely dissected with a doctor's skill and a madman's bent. The police are baffled, the population is terrorized, and newspaper headlines blare about the so-called 'Torso Killer.' Though it's not his turf, Ness is forced to cross bureaucratic boundaries and take over the case, working with a dogged, street-smart detective and making enemies every step of the way. The more energy Ness pours into the investigation, the more it takes over his life, his marriage, even his untouchable reputation. Because in Cleveland, there is only one true untouchable: a killer who has the perfect hiding place and the perfect plan for destroying Eliot Ness.

From the first primitive use of forensic psychology to a portrait of America battling the Great Depression and a man battling his own demons, Nemesis is a masterwork of mystery, murder, and vivid, dynamic historical suspense.

Basil Copper — Solar Pons 14 — The Final Cases**

Cover art by Les Edwards.

Contents:

"The Adventures of The Haunted Rectory" [reworked from its first appearance in Uncollected Cases]

"The Ignored Idols" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]

"The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]

"The Adventure of the Baffled Baron" [first book appearance]

"The Adventure of the Anguished Actor" [reworked from its first appearance in Secret Files]

"The Adventure of the Persecuted Painter" — A Sherlock Holmes Case!

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the truth about what the Russian secret services found was hidden from history, when, three months later, Stalin officially declared to Truman and Churchill that Hitler was still alive and had escaped abroad. Reckless rumors about what really happened to Hitler began to spread like wildfire and, even today, they have not been put to rest. Until now.

In 2017, after two years of painstaking negotiations with the Russian authorities, award-winning investigative journalists Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina gained access to confidential Soviet files that finally revealed the truth behind the incredible hunt for Hitler’s body.

Their investigation includes new eyewitness accounts of Hitler’s final days, exclusive photographic evidence and interrogation records, and exhaustive research into the power struggle that ensued between Soviet, British, and American intelligence services. And for the first time since the end of World War II, official, cutting-edge forensic tests have been completed on the human remains recovered from the bunker graves--a piece of skull with traces of a lethal bullet, a fragment of bone, and teeth.

In The Death of Hitler—written as thrillingly as any spy novel—Brisard and Parshina debunk all previous conspiracy theories about the death of the Führer. With breathtaking precision and immediacy they penetrate one of the most powerful and controversial secret services to take readers inside Hitler’s bunker in its last hours—and solve the most notorious cold case in history.

About the Authors

Jean-Christophe Brisard is a freelance international correspondent and the author of several books, including Enfants de dictateurs (Children of Dictators) with Claude Quétel. He has made a number of documentaries on geopolitical issues. He lives in France.

Lana Parshina produces and directs for television and film. Her credits as a filmmaker include a documentary on Stalin’s daughter in 2008 and The Singer Who Fell in 2015. Born and educated in Moscow, she now lives in New York City.

David McDaniel wrote several of the Ace U.N.C.L.E. paperbacks and was a fan not a hack. after the series' cancellations he wrote The Final Affair, his own version of the resolution of the series concepts.

It was never published, and for years/decades was a rumor and hard to find.

FLAWED UTOPIA

When Ivan Zhilin, interplanetary engineer, returned after years of space work, he wanted a quiet vacation on some sunny restful spot on Earth. At first it seemed he had found the place—a charming seaside city in a “liberated” country.

But somehow, since his long sojourn in far orbits, things had subtly gone wrong. He got disquieting hints of irrational actions, of secret societies of a destructive nature, of events of mass madness… and a constant reference to a mysterious product available only through the “right” connections.

When he pursued the enigmas, he found himself projected into THE FINAL CIRCLE OF PARADISE—the ultimate electronic “high”.

It’s unusual and thought-provoking novel by the talented authors of HARD TO BE GOD. Never before translated, this is truly a DAW international event!

— DAW DISCOVERY—

Dagger Awards (nominee)

Milo Milogragovitch is trying to find his feet in Texas, earning a living as a bar owner and a PI on the side. But then a tedious job tracking down a runaway wife takes a violent turn when he finds himself in a bar with ex-con Enos Walker, who's out for revenge on the partners who turned him in.

Eldon Sluggard, the TV evangelist whose god was greed, had converted Remo to his renegade religion and enlisted him in his unholy war of conquest. Victoria Hoar, the curvaceous creature who made the minister her puppet by pulling his sexual strings, was out to turn Remo into a plaything of perpetual pleasure. The Destroyer was in the hands of this terrifying twosome body and soul, and unless his Oriental mentor Chiun could loosen their diabolical hold, Remo was going to hell in a hand basket-and taking the world with him...

The highly-anticipated follow-up to William R. Forstchen’s New York Times bestsellers, One Second After and One Year After, The Final Day immerses readers once more in the story of our nation’s struggle to rebuild itself after an electromagnetic pulse wipes out all electricity and plunges the country into darkness, starvation, and terror.

After defeating the designs of the alleged federal government, John Matherson and his community have returned their attention to restoring the technologies and social order that existed prior to the EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) attack. Then the government announces that it’s ceding large portions of the country to China and Mexico. The Constitution is no longer in effect, and what’s left of the U.S. Army has been deployed to suppress rebellion in the remaining states.

The man sent to confront John is General Bob Scales, John’s old commanding officer and closest friend from prewar days. Will General Scales follow orders, or might he be the crucial turning point in the quest for an America that is again united? As the dubious Federal government increasingly curtails liberty and trades away sovereignty, it might just get exactly what it fears: revolution.

The fat's in the fire when a Texas beef mogul is found skinned and gutted like one of his steers. Soon after, innocent people across the country are dying from eating meat injected with a powerful poison. Fearing a threat to national security, the White House orders Remo Williams, the Destroyer, to find the butchers and stop the killing. The grisly deaths are no mystery to Chiun, Remo's Sinanju master, but the work of an ancient Chinese vegetarian cult of murderers sworn to kill the meateaters of the West. Now the Destroyer's got to cut off the fanatics before they slaughter the U.S.!

Myron is settled in a Caribbean idyll – but all is not as well as you could rightfully expect. Myron is hiding from his own failures and friends. But then, he is forced back to face his old life, as his dearest friend is charged with murder. And the victim is one of his oldest clients.

Brandon Sanderson, fantasy's newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn.

For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved in misery and lived in fear. For a thousand years the Lord Ruler, the “Sliver of Infinity,” reigned with absolute power and ultimate terror, divinely invincible. Then, when hope was so long lost that not even its memory remained, a terribly scarred, heart-broken half-Skaa rediscovered it in the depths of the Lord Ruler's most hellish prison. Kelsier “snapped” and found in himself the powers of a Mistborn. A brilliant thief and natural leader, he turned his talents to the ultimate caper, with the Lord Ruler himself as the mark.

Kelsier recruited the underworld's elite, the smartest and most trustworthy allomancers, each of whom shares one of his many powers, and all of whom relish a high-stakes challenge. Only then does he reveal his ultimate dream, not just the greatest heist in history, but the downfall of the divine despot.

But even with the best criminal crew ever assembled, Kel's plan looks more like the ultimate long shot, until luck brings a ragged girl named Vin into his life. Like him, she's a half-Skaa orphan, but she's lived a much harsher life. Vin has learned to expect betrayal from everyone she meets, and gotten it. She will have to learn to trust, if Kel is to help her master powers of which she never dreamed.

Readers of Elantris thought they'd discovered someone special in Brandon Sanderson. Mistborn proves they were right.

In The Final Encyclopedia the human race is split into three Splinter cultures: the Friendlies, fanatic in their faith; the truth-seeking Exotics; and the warrior Dorsai. But now humanity is threatened by the power-hungry Others, whose triumph would end all human progress. Hal Mayne is an orphan who was raised by three tutors: an Exotic, a Friendly, and a Dorsai. He is the only human capable of uniting humanity against the Others. But only if he is willing to accept his terrifying destiny...as savior of mankind

Max Carter, a young dotcom millionaire, is a space tourist enjoying his stay on the International Space Station. His euphoria rapidly turns to horror as he witnesses the surface of the Earth devastated by nuclear strikes. Stranded on the station, Carter together with the five multinational crewmembers of Expedition 79 are faced with a seemingly hopeless situation. The crew must overcome challenges of dwindling supplies, a disastrous collision with space debris, a fire on board, a crewman with murderous intentions and keeping their very sanity in the face of overwhelming adversity.

The vast and mysterious universe is explored in this reprint anthology from award-winning editor and anthologist Neil Clarke (Clarkesworld magazine, The Best Science Fiction of the Year).

The urge to explore and discover is a natural and universal one, and the edge of the unknown is expanded with each passing year as scientific advancements inch us closer and closer to the outer reaches of our solar system and the galaxies beyond them.

Generations of writers have explored these new frontiers and the endless possibilities they present in great detail. With galaxy-spanning adventures of discovery and adventure, from generations ships to warp drives, exploring new worlds to first contacts, science fiction writers have given readers increasingly new and alien ways to look out into our broad and sprawling universe.

The Final Frontier delivers stories from across this literary spectrum, a reminder that the universe is far large and brimming with possibilities than we could ever imagine, as hard as we may try.

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The new high-concept religious conspiracy-theory thriller from the number one bestselling author of The Righteous Men and The Last Testament.

Tom Byrne has fallen from grace since his days as an idealistic young lawyer in New York. Now he'll work for anyone – as long as the money's right. So when the UN call him in to do their dirty work, he accepts the job without hesitation. A suspected suicide bomber shot by UN security staff has turned out to be a harmless old man: Tom must placate the family and limit their claims for compensation. In London, Tom meets the dead man's alluring daughter, Rebecca, and learns that her father was not quite the innocent he seemed. He unravels details of a unique, hidden brotherhood, united in a mission that has spanned the world and caused hundreds of unexplained deaths. Pursued by those ready to kill to uncover the truth, Tom has to unlock a secret that has lain buried for more than 60 years – the last great secret of the Second World War.

LIGHTS!

CAMERA!

ARMAGEDDON!

Sultan Oman of Ebla is dying - and he plans to take the Great Satan with him by hitting America right in its nerve center: Hollywood.

So he buys a failing movie studio and dispatches the Mideast's top lethal terrorist to hire Tinseltown's most clueless producers to create the greatest battle epic ever.  Thing is, the army of extras are real, the guns are loaded and the California freeway is jammed with camels and tanks.

On the other side of the world, Omay is poised to light the powder keg that will spell disaster.

The Destroyer races to save Hollywood, not for the sake of the free world, but because Chiun has just penned his screenplaym and nothing - especially not a madman - is about to keep him from the glory of an Oscar.

In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured up the golden age of comic books — intertwining history, legend, and storytelling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to craft a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that reimagines the classic nineteenth-century detective story.

In deep retirement in the English country-side, an eighty-nine-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. Into his life wanders Linus Steinman, nine years old and mute, who has escaped from Nazi Germany with his sole companion: an African gray parrot. What is the meaning of the mysterious strings of German numbers the bird spews out — a top-secret SS code? The keys to a series of Swiss bank accounts perhaps? Or something more sinister? Is the solution to this last case — the real explanation of the mysterious boy and his parrot — beyond even the reach of the once-famed sleuth?

Subtle revelations lead the reader to a wrenching resolution. This brilliant homage, which won the 2004 Aga Khan Prize for fiction, is the work of a master storyteller at the height of his powers.

James Frey isn't like other writers. He's been called a liar. A cheat. A con man. He's been called a saviour. A revolutionary. A genius. He's been sued by readers. Dropped by publishers because of his controversies. Berated by TV talk-show hosts and condemned by the media. He's been exiled from America, and driven into hiding. He's also a bestselling phenomenon. Published in 38 languages, and beloved by readers around the world. What scares people about Frey is that he plays with truth; that fine line between fact and fiction. Now he has written his greatest work, his most revolutionary, his most controversial. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible.

What would you do if you discovered the Messiah were alive today? Living in New York. Sleeping with men. Impregnating young women. Euthanizing the dying, and healing the sick. Defying the government, and condemning the holy. What would you do if you met him? And he changed your life. Would you believe? Would you?

The Final Testament of the Holy Bible. It will change you. Hurt you. Scare you. Make you think differently. Live differently. Enrage you. Offend you. Open your eyes to the world in which we live. We've waited 2,000 years for the Messiah to arrive. We've waited 2,000 years for this book to be written. He was here. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible is the story of his life.

A breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson: a girl who can fly has to save herself from the scientists who want to control her-and maybe save the world in the process.

Critically acclaimed début novel of bestselling author, Iain Rob Wright. #1 Bestseller in Horror Fiction and Apocalyptic Fiction with hundreds of 5 star reviews.

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It’s snowing…

Everywhere…

Over every inch of the Earth…

But that’s just the start…

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When grieving alcoholic Harry Jobson starts his latest beer, he expects to end the night face-down in vomit like he does every night—but that was before the strange snowstorm started. Instead, he finds himself trapped inside his local pub, The Trumpet, with an odd group of strangers. Recent news reports claim that the snow is falling in every country of the world. But that’s impossible…

Right?

The truth is too frightening to admit, but when the body of a mangled boy crashes through the window, Harry is forced to sober up and take charge. Something sinister lurks outside in the snow, and those inside are keeping terrible secrets.

Iain Rob Wright’s debut novel is a masterclass of fear and suspense, sure to please horror fans everywhere. If you love the dark, mysterious tales of Stephen King or the claustrophobic terror of Brian Keene, you will love The Final Winter.

SPECIAL EDITION BONUS CONTENT

Seven additional short stories set during the events of The Final Winter, plus one additional stand-alone tale: THE PEELING OF SAMUEL LLOYD COLLINS

PRAISE FOR THE AUTHOR

“Iain Rob Wright is sick and twisted.”

– David Moody, author of Autumn and the Hater series

“Iain Rob Wright scares the hell out of me.”

– J. A. Konrath, author of Origins and Afraid

“A Master of the genre.”

– Matt Shaw, author of the Black Cover books.

“Cuddle up to this novel and it might rip your throat out. A fun, thrilling read!”

– David T. Wilbanks - Co-author of Dead Earth: The Vengeance Road

“One of the BEST horror books I have read in YEARS!”

– Eric S. Brown, author of Last Stand in a Dead Land

“Iain Rob Wright brings true excitement to the horror genre, with wholly original stories and characters to route for.”

– Ryan C. Thomas, author of Hissers, Rating’s Game, and Origin of Pain

“Iain Rob Wright is a champion of the genre, an author who could build tension, atmosphere, and genuine dread out of a delicate snowflake.”

– Aaron Dries, award-winning author of House of Sighs

Categories for The Final Winter

• haunted houses and ghost novels

• apocalyptic fiction

• supernatural books

• survival horror

• snow horror

• spooky horror novels

About the Author

Published author, Iain Rob Wright, was born in 1984 and lives in Redditch, a small town in the United Kingdom. He is the author of several novels, including the highly acclaimed, The Final Winter, and the deeply disturbing thriller, ASBO.

You can find him on Facebook or visit his website at iainrobwright.com

La historia comienza cuando Stan Laurel (el actor cómico de la famosa serie del Gordo y el Flaco) acude al detective Philip Marlowe (el personaje creado por el escritor Raymond Chandler), también en el ocaso de su esplendor, para que averigüe por qué ya nadie lo llama para trabajar. Parodiando al conocido y esquemático cine norteamericano, la narración origina acontecimientos en los que el propio Soriano aparece como personaje para volverse cómplice de Marlowe y enfrentar así a las figuras más detestables de Hollywood.

Оказывается, бывают и знахари-целители компьютерной техники…

Джеймс Максвелл — пресыщенный богач из далекого будущего, не желающий связывать себя серьезными отношениями с какой-либо женщиной. Но однажды он натыкается на странную рекламу, в которой его бывший соученик рассказывает о незабываемых впечатлениях, испытанных в результате общения с женщинами далекого средневековья.

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Во второй том избранных произведений Ю.С. Рытхэу вошли широкоизвестные повести и рассказы писателя, а также очерки, объединенные названием "Под сенью волшебной горы", – книга путешествий и размышлений писателя о судьбе народов Севера, об истории развития его культуры, о связях прошлого и настоящего в жизни советской Чукотки.

«Джеймс і гігантський персик» — одна з найвідоміших дитячих повістей Роальда Дала.

… Так сталося, що маленький Джеймс мусить жити разом зі своїми злющими тітоньками — тіткою Шкваркою і тіткою Шпичкою, які постійно коверзують і знущаються з нього. Проте одного дня стається щось надзвичайне, і життя Джеймса та його тітоньок докорінно змінюється… Як завжди, динамічна, тривожна й безмежно весела повість одного з найпопулярніших англійських письменників не залишає місця байдужості…

Первое произведение, написанное Роальдом Далем специально для детей. Рисунки Нэнси Эльхольм Бёркерт.

Книга посвящена выдающемуся английскому мореплавателю Дж. Куку, человеку удивительной судьбы. Сын батрака-поденщика, он, пройдя суровую морскую службу, стал командиром трех крупных экспедиций, в которых были открыты неизвестные ранее земли. Особенно интересны его открытия и путешествия в южном полушарии.    

С началом второго года обучения в Хогвартсе Джеймс задается вопросом:  а можно ли доверять новому директору? Выяснить ответ придется как можно скорее, ведь в мир проникло очередное зло, древнее, как сами основатели школы чародейства и волшебства, и будущее человечества зависит от человека, в чьей преданности Джеймс сомневается. В этой книге старший сын Гарри Поттера столкнется с испытаниями, которые разбудят его глубинные страхи… и тайные мечты.

Эти биографические очерки были изданы около ста лет назад в серии «Жизнь замечательных людей», осуществленной Ф.Ф.Павленковым (1839–1900). Написанные в новом для того времени жанре поэтической хроники и историко-культурного исследования, эти тексты сохраняют ценность и по сей день. Писавшиеся «для простых людей», для российской провинции, сегодня они могут быть рекомендованы отнюдь не только библиофилам, но самой широкой читательской аудитории: и тем, кто совсем не искушен в истории и психологии великих людей, и тем, для кого эти предметы – профессия.

Аннотация: Альтернативная история.

На календаре — весна 1940 года. Вторая Всепланетная Война набирает обороты. Флот Альбионской Республики уже проиграл Кергеленское сражение; белголландские бомбардировщики уже прошли над Харбином; "Zeeleeuw" — Морской Лев — уже проглотил Британию! Главный герой и злодей чудом спасается из джунглей халистанской колонии — но его уже ждут джунгли Коммунистической Южной Африки…

Что будет завтра?…

Главы 28–53. Роман завершен.

Эта книга — воспоминания о Джеймсе Хэрриоте (настоящее имя — Джеймс Альфред Уайт) — всемирно известном сельском ветеринаре, книги которого выходят миллионными тиражами. Джеймс Хэрриот писал о животных — братьях наших меньших — так, как ни до, ни после него не удавалось никому.

Теперь о Джеймсе Хэрриоте написал его сын, работавший с отцом бок о бок в ветеринарной клинике еще до того, как тот стал знаменитым писателем, и для которого отец был самым близким другом. В книге собраны воспоминания людей, знавших Хэрриота, материалы из его личного архива, переписка.

Как и его отец всю свою жизнь Джим Уайт посвятил животным. Его ветеринарному стажу более пятидесяти лет.

Необыкновенные каникулы предстоят восьмикласснику Жене Лапушину. Он даже не мечтал о поездке в Америку и о главной роли в настоящем фильме! Но увы, это была лишь красивая «легенда». На самом деле ему предстоит сыграть роль, но не в фильме… Женя и не подозревает, что он – главное действующее лицо секретной операции «Джеймс Бонд».

Необыкновенные каникулы предстоят восьмикласснику Жене Лапушину. Он даже не мечтал о поездке в Америку и о главной роли в настоящем фильме! Но увы, это была лишь красивая «легенда». На самом деле ему предстоит сыграть роль, но не в фильме… Женя и не подозревает, что он – главное действующее лицо секретной операции «Джеймс Бонд».

Это беспристрастный рассказ о германском коммунисте и советском разведчике, прожившем короткую, но бурную и яркую жизнь. Часто Рихарда Зорге называют «разведчиком № 1 в мире. Он длительное время жил только в четырех странах — Германии, СССР, Китае и Японии, но смог добыть бесценный разведывательный материал, повлияв тем самым на ход Второй мировой войны. Автор книги, известный историк, развенчивает ряд связанных с именем Зорге мифов, доказывая несправедливость ряда критических замечаний в его адрес, показывает и непростую личную жизнь своего героя.

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Основой трехтомного собрания сочинений знаменитого аргентинского писателя Л.Х.Борхеса, классика ХХ века, послужили шесть сборников произведений мастера, часть его эссеистики, стихи из всех прижизненных сборников и микроновеллы – шедевры борхесовской прозыпоздних лет.