- Table View
- List View
The Man with the Big Gun
by Gordon PhillipsRick’s first words as he pulls Henry feet-first out of the rubble were an expression of such gentle concern that they melt Henry’s heart. But then Rick turns him over and realizes he’s a guy.The two are alone in the deserted underground passages of the downtown core, the city above in ruins due to a nuclear near miss that destroyed the power grid and fried all electronic equipment. Yet all Henry can think about is his burning desire to hear that tone in Rick’s voice again.He knew that isn’t likely to happen. Rick is obviously straight, a survivalist, big, obviously capable, and built. Henry, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to bring much to the table. But Rick himself acknowledges two are better than one. So they team up.Their goal is to stay alive as they try to escape the city. It isn’t going to be easy, but there’s a growing sense of connection between them, feelings that challenge the dark desperateness of their situation.Can love flower in a new and brutal world ruled by survival of the fittest?
The Man with the Broken Ear
by Edmond AboutPublished in 1867, The Man With The Broken Ear, was written by French novelist, publicist, and journalist, Edmond François Valentin About.
The Man with the Compound Eyes
by Wu Ming-YiWhen a tsunami sends a massive island made entirely of trash crashing into the Taiwanese coast, two very different people--an outcast from a mythical island and a woman on the verge of suicide--are united in ways they never could have imagined. Here is the English-language debut of a new and exciting award-winning voice from Taiwan, who has written an "astonishing" novel (The Independent) that is at once fantasy, reality, and dystopian environmental saga.Fifteen-year-old Atile'i--a native of Wayo Wayo, an island somewhere in the Pacific--has come of age. Following the custom of his people, he is set adrift as a sacrifice to the Sea God but, unlike those who have gone before him, Atile'i is determined to defy precedent and survive. His chances seem slim, but just as it appears that hope is lost, Atile'i comes across a sprawling trash vortex floating in the ocean and climbs onto it. Meanwhile, on the east coast of Taiwan, Alice, a college professor, is overcome with grief. Her husband and son are missing, having disappeared while hiking in the mountains near their home. Alice is so distraught that she decides to end her own life. But her plans are interrupted by a violent storm that causes the trash vortex to collide with the Taiwanese coast, bringing Atile'i along with it. Alice and Atile'i subsequently form an unlikely friendship that helps each of them come to terms with what they have lost. Together they set out to uncover the mystery of Alice's lost family, following their footsteps into the mountains. Intertwined with Alice and Atile'i's story are the lives of others affected by the tsunami, from environmentalists to Taiwan's indigenous peoples--and, of course, the mysterious man with the compound eyes.A work of lyrical beauty that combines magical realism and environmental fable, The Man with the Compound Eyes is an incredible story about the bonds of family, the meaning of love, and the lasting effects of human destruction.
The Man with the Golden Torc: Secret History Book 1 (Secret History #1)
by Simon GreenMeet a new kind of hero in an old kind of war: Eddie Drood, aka Shaman Bond. He protects humanity from the bad guys.All those things you hear about as a kid? The boogeyman under the bed? The creature in the closet? They're for real, and Eddie Drood's family has kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night for centuries. They hold back the nightmares, lock the doors, bar the gates, and put righteous boot to monster arse on a nightly basis. But now Eddie's in trouble. One of his own has convinced the rest of the family that humanity needs to be protected from him. So he's on the run, using every trick in the book, magical and otherwise, to live long enough to prove his innocence. He knows how dangerous the Droods can be - after all, he's one of themThe Man with the Golden Torc is the first book in the Secret History series From the New York Times bestselling author of the Deathstalker and Nightside series, Simon R. Green.
The Man With the Golden Torc (Secret Histories #1)
by Simon R. GreenEddie Drood knows they're for real. His family has kept humanity safe from the things that go bump in the night. For ages, they've held back the nightmares, locked the doors, barred the gates, and put righteous boot to monster arse on a nightly basis.
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
by Tom HoltWhen the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up.It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example. For them, it's an outdated concept that never worked particularly well in the first place.Unfortunately, the sudden disappearance of right and wrong, while welcomed by some, raises certain concerns amongst those still attached to the previous team's management style.In particular, there's one of the old gods who didn't move out with the others. A reclusive chap, he lives somewhere up north, and only a handful even believe in him.But he's watching. And he really does need to know if you've been naughty or nice.
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
by Tom Holt'Highly amusing ... Eloquently snarky prose' - Publishers Weekly'Inventively entertaining ...make you both laugh out loud and stop and think' - SFXWhen the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up.It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example. For them, it's an outdated concept that never worked particularly well in the first place.Unfortunately, the sudden disappearance of right and wrong, while welcomed by some, raises certain concerns amongst those still attached to the previous team's management style.In particular, there's one of the old gods who didn't move out with the others. A reclusive chap, he lives somewhere up north, and only a handful even believe in him.But he's watching. And he really does need to know if you've been naughty or nice.What would happen if good and evil were replaced with a more dynamic system based on sound economic principles? Find out in Tom Holt's wickedly funny new comic novel!Books by Tom Holt: Walled Orchard Series Goatsong The Walled Orchard J.W. Wells & Co. Series The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages YouSpace Series Doughnut When It's A Jar The Outsorcerer's Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug Novels Expecting Someone Taller Who's Afraid of Beowulf Flying Dutch Ye Gods! Overtime Here Comes the Sun Grailblazers Faust Among Equals Odds and Gods Djinn Rummy My Hero Paint your Dragon Open Sesame Wish you Were Here Alexander at World's End Only Human Snow White and the Seven Samurai Olympiad Valhalla Nothing But Blue Skies Falling SidewaysLittle PeopleSong for NeroMeadowlandBarkingBlonde BombshellThe Management Style of the Supreme BeingsAn Orc on the Wild Side
The Management Style of the Supreme Beings
by Tom Holt'Highly amusing ... Eloquently snarky prose' - Publishers Weekly'Inventively entertaining ...make you both laugh out loud and stop and think' - SFXWhen the Supreme Being and his son decide that being supreme isn't for them any more, it's inevitable that things get a bit of a shake-up.It soon becomes apparent that our new owners, the Venturi brothers, have a very different perspective on all sorts of things. Take Good and Evil, for example. For them, it's an outdated concept that never worked particularly well in the first place.Unfortunately, the sudden disappearance of right and wrong, while welcomed by some, raises certain concerns amongst those still attached to the previous team's management style.In particular, there's one of the old gods who didn't move out with the others. A reclusive chap, he lives somewhere up north, and only a handful even believe in him.But he's watching. And he really does need to know if you've been naughty or nice.What would happen if good and evil were replaced with a more dynamic system based on sound economic principles? Find out in Tom Holt's wickedly funny new comic novel!Books by Tom Holt: Walled Orchard Series Goatsong The Walled Orchard J.W. Wells & Co. Series The Portable Door In Your Dreams Earth, Air, Fire and Custard You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But It Helps The Better Mousetrap May Contain Traces of Magic Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages YouSpace Series Doughnut When It's A Jar The Outsorcerer's Apprentice The Good, the Bad and the Smug Novels Expecting Someone Taller Who's Afraid of Beowulf Flying Dutch Ye Gods! Overtime Here Comes the Sun Grailblazers Faust Among Equals Odds and Gods Djinn Rummy My Hero Paint your Dragon Open Sesame Wish you Were Here Alexander at World's End Only Human Snow White and the Seven Samurai Olympiad Valhalla Nothing But Blue Skies Falling SidewaysLittle PeopleSong for NeroMeadowlandBarkingBlonde BombshellThe Management Style of the Supreme BeingsAn Orc on the Wild Side
Managing Death (Death Works #2)
by Trent JamiesonIt's not easy being Death. For starters, people keep dying. And then, they keep getting up again. Steven de Selby got promoted. This makes the increasing number of stirrers (and the disturbing rumors of a zombie god rising sometime soon) his problem. That time management seminar he keeps meaning to take would also remind him that he's got a Death Moot to plan, a Christmas party to organize, and an end-of-the-world thing to avert. Steven must start managing Death, before Death starts managing him, or this time the Apocalypse will be more than Regional.
Managing Death: A Steven de Selby novel
by Trent JamiesonSteven has a new job, with an important-sounding job title: Australia's Regional Death. On a good day he thinks it has quite a ring to it, but on a bad day (that's most of them) it's more of a toll. He's recently averted a Regional Apocalypse, but a huge national death count - instead of a normal, manageable death count - is still a big risk. And with barely a month to go until his first Death Moot, where the world's thirteen Deaths get together to talk, er, death, Steven feels a crisis is imminent.People are dying in the unusually brutal summer heat. Monstrous Stirrers are on the rise as their dark god draws near. Someone is trying to kill him. And he has a conference to organise. Steven must start managing Death, before it starts managing him, or this time the Apocalypse will be more than Regional.
Manak the Silent Predator: Book 3 (Sea Quest #3)
by Adam BladeA deadly new Robobeast has been sent to battle Max and his brave companions! Manak the Silent Predator glides through the ocean with one thing on its mind - kill them at all costs! But Max must survive, because if he fails, the planet Nemos is doomed to destruction...Dive into Sea Quest and live the adventure!
Manalone
by Colin KappWhy is the government deliberately destroying all trace of Man's past? Why are the laws of gravity and momentum strangely altered? Why has the world's population continually increased without the predicted eco-crisis taking place? Why is there an international conspiracy to conceal the future of the human race? These are just some of the reality-shattering questions that face Manalone, a brilliant computer scientist, when he tries to find out exactly what has happened to humanity. Manalone, outcast from society, must fight the entire machinery of a ruthless police state to discover the truth. And the truth is an awful, chilling one, that sounds only too real in today's world.
Manalone
by Colin KappWhy is the government deliberately destroying all trace of Man's past? Why are the laws of gravity and momentum strangely altered? Why has the world's population continually increased without the predicted eco-crisis taking place? Why is there an international conspiracy to conceal the future of the human race? These are just some of the reality-shattering questions that face Manalone, a brilliant computer scientist, when he tries to find out exactly what has happened to humanity. Manalone, outcast from society, must fight the entire machinery of a ruthless police state to discover the truth. And the truth is an awful, chilling one, that sounds only too real in today's world.
Mañana todavía: Doce distopías para el siglo XXI
by Varios AutoresDoce destacados autores españoles ante el género fantástico más en boga: las distopías o anti-utopías, relatos sobre futuros inciertos, admoniciones políticas y medioambientales, abusos de la tecnología y cualquier tipo de mañana inquietante que nos recuerde por qué todavía estamos a tiempo de no acabar así. Hoy ya no, pero tal vez mañana o pasado mañana... los clásicos podrían reescribirse a conveniencia, las redes sociales podrían marcar la vida de un bebé, la maternidad podría convertirse en una forma de condena, la casta política podría borrar a determinados ciudadanos, la altura de un edificio podría definir nuestra longevidad, los teléfonos móviles podrían empezar, de tan inteligentes, a rebelarse. Y todo intento de evitarlo, todo asomo de revolución, podría acabar pareciendo un esperpento. Sería un mañana inquietante, sí, pero posible. Demasiado posible. En la mejor línea de 1984, Un mundo feliz y Fahrenheit 451, pero también en esa nueva ola que va desde Los juegos del hambre hasta la serie de televisión Black Mirror, estos doce referentes de la distopía en nuestro país han aceptado el reto de imaginar futuros para un siglo XXI que se presenta cada año más incierto. A veces desde el humor, a veces desde una profunda conciencia política o medioambiental, aunando a menudo originalidad y respeto a la tradición y siempre desde una pasión literaria cargada de ambición, las doce narraciones aquí reunidas configuran una antología llamada a marcar un hito en la historia española del género. Porque las distopías no son solo otra moda literaria.Son alarmas, denuncias, sátiras del abismo.Son las armas de hoy contra el mañana.Son las ficciones de la crisis.Todavía. Relatos recogidos en Mañana todavía:- «WeKids», de Laura Gallego.- «Al garete», de Emilio Bueso.- «2084. Después de la Revolución», de Elia Barceló.- «Instrucciones para cambiar el mundo», de Félix J. Palma.- «El error», de Rosa Montero.- «Limpieza de sangre», de Juan Miguel Aguilera.- «Camp Century», de Marc Pastor.- «En el ático», de Rodolfo Martínez.- «La Inteligencia Definitiva», de José María Merino.- «Gracia», de Susana Vallejo.- «Colapso», de Juan Jacinto Muñoz Rengel.- «Los centinelas del tiempo», de Javier Negrete, premio Ignotus a la mejor novela corta 2015. Reseñas:«No cabe duda de que esta compilación se hace eco de nuestro presente incierto, y sus historias son frescas y oportunas. Es un buen libro para dar a conocer el género. Y para el lector avisado.»La Vanguardia «[Estos relatos] no solo nos permiten acercarnos a los grandes cultivadores de nuestra ciencia-ficción contemporánea, sino que además nos ayudan a conocer los temores de la sociedad española respecto al futuro.»Yo Dona
La mancha de la traición: Libro uno del cuento de Morgan (Una fantasía épica de Lilliehaven #1)
by Greg AlldredgeEl trono era el lugar que le correspondía ... … Desafortunadamente, su malvada madrastra se lo llevó todo. La vida de una princesa debería ser una bendición real. Pero cuando el anciano padre de Morgan se casa con una mujer más joven, la vida de la princesa heredera se vuelve ... traicionera. Debido a un error de cálculo real, el Imperio está ahora en guerra con un Nigromante de fuerza desconocida y con motivos insondables. El conflicto ha invadido el Imperio Wu. Morgan está acusado de traición; ahora, su vida pende de un hilo. Obligada a correr, mientras el poder del ejército del clan Genke la acecha para escapar. Fantasmas y monstruos acechan a la joven princesa, mientras busca un camino para recuperar el trono. ¿Morgan puede encontrar suficientes aliados? ¿Cómo salvará su Imperio? Te encantará el primer libro de la épica serie de fantasía de Lilliehaven. La intriga cortesana se encuentra con las espadas y la magia. Los giros te mantendrán pasando las páginas. Consiguelo ahora.
Mandagual (Cuando salga el sol #1)
by Joseph Renauld BendañaThe ambition of a man and the greed of a woman, becomes the bond that unites them to create a macabre marriage. No matter that with this, the fate of a young woman was sealed, who from the beginning is a victim of that terrible union. A century later, fate wants to make another young woman pay for that curse with her blood, for which that victim of the past suffers in hell, and so that others continue to enjoy riches. A story where ambition and greed give way to love and friendship. But, also, along with it the desire for revenge and an epic war with which it is tried to overthrow the dark forces is awakened. Will love be able to forgive the mistakes of the past? Can the darkness be overcome by raising the dead and killing the living? Find out by immersing yourself in Mandagual, touring the regions of the gothic world of Augures, a space in time inhabited by iconic legends, demons and dictator rulers.
Mandala
by Stuart MooreEarth-here and now. Humankind is secretly enslaved by a global mind-control system called the GRID. Mike Morningstar and his spiritual spec-ops unit, the Thirteen, must alter time and take down the GRID before it's too late. As fiction meets reality, the Thirteen need your help if they are to succeed in awakening humanity and changing the future. Are you awake?
The Mandalorian Armor: Star Wars (The Bounty Hunter Wars) (Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars - Legends #1)
by K. W. JeterHe's the most feared and successful bounty hunter in the galaxy. He is Boba Fett, and even the most hardened criminals tremble at his name. Now he faces the deadliest challenge of his infamous career--an all-out war against his most dangerous enemies.As the Rebellion gathers force, Prince Xizor proposes a cunning plan to the Emperor and Darth Vader: smash the power of the Bounty Hunters Guild by turning its members against each other. Only the strongest and most ruthless will survive, and they can be used against the Rebellion. It's a job for the fiercely independent Boba Fett, who jumps at the chance to destroy his rivals. But Fett soon realizes the game is rigged, as he finds himself the target of murderous factions, criminal conspiracies, and the evil at the Empire's dark heart. Boba Fett has always finished first. And in this game, anything less is death.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!
The Mandalorian: Season 1: Volume 1 (Screen Comix)
by RH DisneyStar Wars: The Mandalorian Screen Comix is a graphic novel-style retelling with full-color images and dialogue from the show!The adventures of the Mandalorian, a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, are now retold in the new Screen Comix format! The mysterious Mandalorian walks a thin line between right and wrong far from the authority of the New Republic in the epic addition to the Star Wars universe, available now on Disney+. Star Wars: The Mandalorian Screen Comix is a 320-paged graphic novel-style retelling of the first four episodes of the first season, featuring final frames and dialogue from the series in vibrant full color, will delight fans of all ages.
The Mandalorian: The Rescue (Screen Comix)
by RH DisneyA graphic novel-style retelling with full-color images and dialogue from Star Wars: The Mandalorian on Disney+! After rescuing the child from the Empire, The Mandalorian Din Djarin has vowed to reunite Grogu with the mysterious Jedi. But while on his quest, Moff Gideon and his dark troopers recapture Grogu and take him aboard an Imperial Starcruiser! Will the Mandalorian and his allies Cara Dune, Boba Fett, and Bo-Katan be able to rescue Grogu? This 80-paged graphic novel features a complete retelling of Chapter 16: The Rescue from the Star Wars: The Mandalorian series on Disney+. With final frames and dialogue from the series in vibrant full color, This Screen Comix will delight boys and girls ages 8 to 11 and Star Wars fans of all ages.
The Mandel Files, Volume 1: Mindstar Rising & A Quantum Murder (Greg Mandel Trilogy #1)
by Peter F. HamiltonCONTAINS TWO COMPLETE NOVELS!For the first time in a single volume, Peter F. Hamilton's acclaimed novels--Mindstar Rising and A Quantum Murder--set in a near-future so real it seems ripped from tomorrow's headlines In Mindstar Rising, Greg Mandel, gifted--or cursed--with biotechnology that makes him a living lie detector, is hired to investigate corporate espionage by Event Horizon, a powerful company about to introduce a technology that will solve the energy problems of a world decimated by global warming.Set two years later, A Quantum Murder once again teams Mandel with Event Horizon and its beautiful young owner, Julia Evans, in a locked-room mystery that combines the ingenuity of an Agatha Christie novel with cutting-edge speculative brilliance.Read together, these novels take on fresh depth and complexity, underscoring the magnitude of Peter F. Hamilton's creative talent.From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Mandel Files, Volume 2: The Nano Flower (Greg Mandel Trilogy #2)
by Peter F. HamiltonPeter F. Hamilton's groundbreaking Mandel Files series concludes with The Nano Flower, a tour de force of unbridled imagination and cutting-edge scientific speculation. Greg Mandel is a psychic detective whose skills have been augmented by powerful but dangerous biotechnology. Those abilities have won him success and almost killed him many times over. Little wonder that he has settled down to the life of a gentleman farmer. But Greg's former employer, the mighty tech company Event Horizon, needs him once more. After Royan, hacker-genius and husband to company owner Julia Evans, mysteriously vanishes, a business rival suddenly boasts an incredible new technology. Has Royan been kidnapped and forced to work for his captors, or is the truth far stranger? The answer may lie in a gift of flowers received by Julia--flowers with DNA like nothing on Earth. Greg already has his hands full with corporate killers and other unsavory characters. Is he going to have to add aliens to the list? The Greg Mandel trilogy--which also includes Mindstar Rising and A Quantum Murder, available in Volume 1--set a new standard for science fiction when it first appeared in the 1990s. The Nano Flower is every bit as gripping today--and even more timely.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Mandelbrot the Magnificent: A Novella
by Liz Ziemska"Liz Ziemska has fashioned a beautiful story about one famous survivor and the magic and mathematics he&’s brought to the world." —Karen Joy FowlerMandelbrot the Magnificent is a stunning, magical pseudo-biography of Benoit Mandelbrot as he flees into deep mathematics to escape the rise of Hitler Born in Warsaw and growing up in France during the rise of Hitler, Benoit Mandelbrot found escape from the cruelties of the world around him through mathematics. Logic sometimes makes monsters, and Mandelbrot began hunting monsters at an early age. Drawn into the infinite promulgations of formulae, he sinks into secret dimensions and unknown wonders. His gifts do not make his life easier, however. As the Nazis give up the pretense of puppet government in Vichy France, the jealousy of Mandelbrot&’s classmates leads to denunciation and disaster. The young mathematician must save his family with the secret spaces he&’s discovered, or his genius will destroy them.
Manderley: Un cuento de sombras
by Ruth P. MarcoCuando los muertos no pueden descansar en paz reclaman su lugar en la tierra. Leonor es una joven que tras fracasar como bailarina profesional decide volver a su pueblo y encerrarse en sí misma. Allí conocerá a Esteban, un hombre enigmático y oscuro con el que vivirá una profunda historia de amor. Repentinamente él la abandonará dejándole un suculento regalo que le permitirá darle forma a sus sueños.
Mandorlinfiore: und die Drachen von Zonza
by Simon Kellow BinghamGlaubst du an das Schicksal oder bist du mutig und schlau genug, dein eigenes Glück zu suchen? In einer Welt, die vom Übersinnlichen regiert wird, wo Geister und alte Götter mit Drachen, Dryaden und Königen wetteifern, behältst du lieber einen kühlen Kopf. Zu Mandorlinfiores Glück hat Prinzessin Belfioré genug Verstand für sie beide. Gemeinsam müssen Sie Rätsel, Magie, Intrigen und die fürchterlich scharfen Zähne einer Drachendame mit einem Kater, seinem Mäuserich und einem schäbigen alten Gedichtband überleben. Von europäischer Folklore inspiriert kannst du dem Erzähler durch 101 kleine Kapitel folgen!