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Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1
by Richard MorganMAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn¿t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.
Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1 (Takeshi Kovacs)
by Richard MorganMAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES FEB 2018This must-read story is a confident, action-and-violence packed thriller, and future classic noir SF novel from a multi-award-winning author.Four hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn¿t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.
Altered Carbon: Netflix Altered Carbon book 1 (Takeshi Kovacs)
by Richard MorganFour hundred years from now mankind is strung out across a region of interstellar space inherited from an ancient civilization discovered on Mars. The colonies are linked together by the occasional sublight colony ship voyages and hyperspatial data-casting. Human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies as a matter of course.But some things never change. So when ex-envoy, now-convict Takeshi Kovacs has his consciousness and skills downloaded into the body of a nicotine-addicted ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer, he really shouldn¿t be surprised. Contracted by a billionaire to discover who murdered his last body, Kovacs is drawn into a terrifying conspiracy that stretches across known space and to the very top of society.For a first-time SF writer to be so surely in command of narrative and technology, so brilliant at world-building, so able to write such readable and enjoyable SF adventure, is simply extraordinary.Read by Todd Mclaren(p) 2005 Tantor, Inc
Altered Carbon (Gollancz S. F. Ser. #1)
by Richard K. MorganIn the twenty-fifth century, humankind has spread throughout the galaxy, monitored by the watchful eye of the U. N. While divisions in race, religion, and class still exist, advances in technology have redefined life itself. Now, assuming one can afford the expensive procedure, a person’s consciousness can be stored in a cortical stack at the base of the brain and easily downloaded into a new body (or “sleeve”) making death nothing more than a minor blip on a screen. Ex-U. N. envoy Takeshi Kovacs has been killed before, but his last death was particularly painful. Dispatched one hundred eighty light-years from home, re-sleeved into a body in Bay City (formerly San Francisco, now with a rusted, dilapidated Golden Gate Bridge), Kovacs is thrown into the dark heart of a shady, far-reaching conspiracy that is vicious even by the standards of a society that treats “existence” as something that can be bought and sold. For Kovacs, the shell that blew a hole in his chest was only the beginning. . . . From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Alteration
by Kingsley Amis William GibsonIn Kingsley Amis's virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976 but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart's second requiem) is about to be sung to lay him to rest. In the choir is our hero, Hubert Anvil, an extremely ordinary ten-year-old boy with a faultless voice. In the audience is a select group of experts whose job is to determine whether that faultless voice should be preserved by performing a certain operation. Art, after all, is worth any sacrifice.How Hubert realizes what lies in store for him and how he deals with the whirlpool of piety, menace, terror, and passion that he soon finds himself in are the subject of a classic piece of counterfactual fiction equal to Philip K. Dick's The Man in the High Castle.The Alteration won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science-fiction novel in 1976.tion novel in 1976.
Alterant: Number 2 in series (Belador Code #2)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon Dianna LoveIn this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only Alterant not incarcerated faces an impossible task - recapturing three dangerous, escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans . . . or her. The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she's blamed for the prison break of three dangerous Alterants. She has one chance to clear the cloud of suspicion hanging over her. All she has to do is recapture the escapees. But deals with gods and goddesses are tricky at best, and now the lives of all Beladors - and the safety of innocent humans - rides on Evalle's success. The only person she can ask for help wants to see her dead.
Alterant
by Sherrilyn Kenyon Dianna LoveIn this explosive world of betrayals and shaky alliances created by New York Times bestselling authors Sherrilyn Kenyon and Dianna Love, the only free Alterant, faces an impossible task—recapture three dangerous escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans…or her. The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name. But when words uttered in the heat of combat are twisted against her, she's blamed for the prison break of three dangerous Alterants. She has one chance to clear the cloud of suspicion hanging over her…for good. All she has to do is recapture the escapees. But deals with gods and goddesses are tricky at best, and now the lives of all Beladors, and the safety of innocent humans, rides on Evalle's success. The only person she can ask for help wants to see her dead...
Alter Nation
by Tim SeeleyThe top-secret team of cryptid-heroes, GK Delta, are committed to protecting humanity from extraordinary threats.When you are all that stands between humanity and certain annihilation, you must be able to trust each other. So when Bomber betrays his brothers in arms, the team is forced to fight one of their own! What's worse, what if he was right to leave? The team must confront their worst enemies while grappling with the fact that they may not be the heroes they think they are! Collects an entirely new 50-page OGN and the 12-page comic Alter Nation: The Mystery of Whining Winny.
The Altar at Midnight
by C. M. KornbluthDoing something for humanity may be fine--for humanity--but rough on the individual!
The Altar at Asconel: Empire Book 3
by John BrunnerWhether or not he had wanted to turn back at the last minute, he couldn't have - the wave of dirty, hungry people carried him helplessly along in their fervour reach the temple. Like dope addicts, he told himself, they don't even care about themselves, only about the thing that is inside the temple! He remembered the day ten years ago when his older brother had been made a Warden of Asconel, a prosperous and happy planet, and he and his other brothers had left in the interests of their people. Now they returned to a world where a fanatical cult had usurped the Warden's chair, and men and women were offering themselves up as human sacrifices to Belizuek - whoever or whatever that being from beyond the galaxy was . . .I'll find out, he told himself grimly, when I enter these doors . . .(First published 1965)
The Altar at Asconel: Empire Book 3
by John BrunnerWhether or not he had wanted to turn back at the last minute, he couldn't have - the wave of dirty, hungry people carried him helplessly along in their fervour reach the temple. Like dope addicts, he told himself, they don't even care about themselves, only about the thing that is inside the temple! He remembered the day ten years ago when his older brother had been made a Warden of Asconel, a prosperous and happy planet, and he and his other brothers had left in the interests of their people. Now they returned to a world where a fanatical cult had usurped the Warden's chair, and men and women were offering themselves up as human sacrifices to Belizuek - whoever or whatever that being from beyond the galaxy was . . . I'll find out, he told himself grimly, when I enter these doors . . . (First published 1965)
Altar
by Catherine LaceyGANADORA DEL YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD, FINALISTA DEL PREMIO DYLAN THOMAS, Y UNA DE LAS MEJORES NOVELAS DEL AÑO SEGÚN VARIOS MEDIOS «Una obra magistral, su mejor libro hasta la fecha».Publishers Weekly «Maravillosa, bellísimamente escrita [...], con una atmósfera inquietante [...]. No puedo dejar de insistir en lo dulce, lo ágil y lo entretenida que es esta novela».Lionel Shriver, Financial Times Una persona llega a un pequeño pueblo de Estados Unidos. Las gentes del lugar la encuentran durmiendo en un banco de la iglesia, donde se ha refugiado durante la noche. Es imposible discernir su raza, su edad o su sexo y, aunque entiende el idioma en el que le hablan, se niega a pronunciar palabra o a contar su historia. La comunidad local, unida por una fuerte fe religiosa, se muestra dispuesta a acogerla y le da el nombre de Altar, pero en los seis días siguientes, previos al misterioso Festival del Perdón, su presencia acaba exponiendo los miedos más profundos y las hipocresías de la congregación. Lacey ha creado una fábula hipnótica que nos plantea preguntas urgentes sobre nuestra identidad, nuestro cuerpo y nuestra capacidad de entendimiento: una novela perturbadora y esencial. La crítica ha dicho...«La primera oración, por sí sola, es una obra maestra».Rodrigo Fresán «Entre una obra del gótico sureño en la onda de Flannery O’Connor, una fábula político-religiosa que recuerda a Margaret Atwood, un cuento de terror en una población pequeña al estilo de Shirley Jackson, o una perversa actualización de la gran obra de Mark Twain El forastero misterioso».Sam Sacks, The Wall Street Journal «Una joven prodigio que escribe con dinamita».Vulture «Inquietante, mundana y divertida, [...] como si unos personajes de Beckett estuvieran deambulando por un paisaje reconocible e incluso realista [...]. Un libro valiente».James Wood, The New Yorker «Quien valore la literatura que desafía los estándares no puede perderse esta novela».Ryan Smernoff, Los Angeles Review of Books «Peligrosamente incómoda y escrita de manera sublime [...]. Una obra maestra».Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman «Su novela más profunda».Beejay Silcox, The Times Literary Supplement «Potentísima [...]. Rica y enigmática».Anthony Cummins, The Observer
Alta: Joust #2 (Dragon Jousters #2)
by Mercedes LackeyNational best-selling fantasy legend Mercedes Lackey created a vivid, dynamic fusion of the Upper and Lower Kingdoms of ancient Egypt with the most exciting, authentic and believable portrayal of dragons ever imagined. In the second novel in Mercedes Lackey's richly-conceived Dragon Jousters series, the dragonrider Vetch escapes to Alta, the subjugated land of his birth. There, he hopes to teach his people to raise and train dragons--and build an army that will liberate his homeland.
Already Dead: A Novel (Joe Pitt Casebooks #1)
by Charlie HustonThere's a shambler on the loose. Some fool who got himself infected with a flesh-eating bacteria is lurching around, trying to munch on folks' brains. Joe hates shamblers, but he's still the one who has to deal with them. That's just the kind of life he has. Except afterlife might be better word. From the Battery to the Bronx, and from river to river, Manhattan is crawling with Vampyres. Joe is one of them, and he's not happy about it. Yeah, he gets to be stronger and faster than you, and he's tough as nails and hard to kill. But spending his nights trying to score a pint of blood to feed the Vyrus that's eating at him isn't his idea of a good time. And Joe doesn't make it any easier on himself. Going his own way, refusing to ally with the Clans that run the undead underside of Manhattan-it ain't easy. It's worse once he gets mixed up with the Coalition-the city's most powerful Clan-and finds himself searching for a poor little rich girl who's gone missing in Alphabet City. Now the Coalition and the girl's high-society parents are breathing down his neck, anarchist Vampyres are pushing him around, and a crazy Vampyre cult is stalking him. No time to complain, though. Got to find that girl and kill that shambler before the whip comes down... and before the sun comes up.
Already Dead: A Joe Pitt Novel, book 1 (Joe Pitt #1)
by Charlie HustonThey live among us, slaves to the very condition that empowers them. They are the Vampyre, and their sole chance at survival lies in banding into Clans. Only Joe Pitt has gone his own way. The upside is freedom. The downside is there's nobody on his side when trouble comes around. Joe gets rough receptions from all the countless Clans shifting about on the island of Manhattan, but his current trouble is with the Coalition - the Clan that controls the city river to river, from 14th Street to 110th Street. To make things right, Joe takes on his most perilous case: The daughter of a prominent New York family is missing, and her Vampyre fascination makes Joe the ideal man for this high-stakes job.With his ferocious style, Charlie Huston offers a thrilling new twist to one of our oldest myths.
El Alquimista
by Paulo CoelhoLa mÁgica historia de Paulo Coelho, que trata sobre Santiago, un niÑo pastor andaluz que viaja en busca de un tesoro material, nos enseÑa la importancia que tiene el saber eschuchar lo que nos dice el corazÓn, a aprender a leer los presagios dispersados por el camino de nuestras vidas y, sobre todo, a seguir nuestros sueÑos.
Alquileres de Cuerpos
by María del Carmen Sánchez González Mark Gardner¿Qué pasaría si pudieras alquilar tu cuerpo ideal? Tom y Jean se embarcan en el crucero de sus sueños para celebrar su trigésimo aniversario de boda. Alquilar un par de cuerpos de veintitantos parece el broche final perfecto. Y así es, hasta que llegan a casa y se encuentran con que sus vidas han sido robadas. Destrozados, los Smith buscan ayuda, y se encuentran con que mucha más gente de lo que hubieran imaginado ha caído en este timo. Ahora, es una carrera contra reloj para encontrar sus cuerpos y recuperar sus vidas. Porque si no los intercambian pronto, el cambio será permanente. Y fatal…
Alqua Dreams
by Rachel PollackThe corpse people of Planet Keela believe that life is an illusion. Earthman Jaimi Cooper finds their practices bizarre but is attracted by a beautiful tribeswoman. Cooper's task on the planet Keela: offer the native Lukai fair price for their rare ore rhovium, but first convince the powerful Death Woman that he and the Lukai themselves are more than illusions in a world where everyone has already died. The fascinating story of one man confronting a totally alien culture.
Alqua Dreams
by Rachel PollackThe corpse people of Planet Keela believe that life is an illusion. Earthman Jaimi Cooper finds their practices bizarre but is attracted by a beautiful tribeswoman. Cooper's task on the planet Keela: offer the native Lukai fair price for their rare ore rhovium, but first convince the powerful Death Woman that he and the Lukai themselves are more than illusions in a world where everyone has already died. The fascinating story of one man confronting a totally alien culture.
The Alpha's Weave (Pack Born #1)
by C. M. TorrensPack Born: Book OneAfter years of abuse in his old shifter pack, Dante found a new life with Alpha Victor. He would do anything for Victor. Anything but stay away from Jesse, the half-blood stray. But when Victor names Dante his heir, he has no choice but to accept the duties given to him even if it means relinquishing the possibility of love. He owes his life and sanity to Victor, and that's a debt Dante can never fully repay. But Dante should have known the good life couldn't last. His former alpha, Caster, is not a male who lets anything of value slip through his grasp. When rumors fly of Caster's return, Dante knows the man will stop at nothing to possess him and his talent once again. When Jesse is kidnapped and Victor falls victim to an untimely death, his worst fears are realized. His old alpha has finally returned to reclaim him. Dante must use his fears and nightmares to save Jesse and his pack, even if it means sacrificing himself.
Alpha's Voodoo
by Haley WhitehallWith her reputation in tatters, debutante Violet Creed is forced to exchange her life of luxury for one of uncertainty. Mark Afton wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as the leader of the Bayou Pack, but he needs a mate. Is Violet Mark's destined mate, or is their attraction merely Voodoo magic? Haley Whitehall is pleased to present Alpha's Voodoo, Book 1 of her hot, new, paranormal romance series, Bayou Pack.Are curses real or merely imagined?Violet Creed is a colored New Orleans debutante. She was brought up with servants and a strict set of rules regarding propriety, and her papa never approved of her interest in Voodoo. One night she sneaks out of the house and attends one of Marie Laveau's gatherings--where she loses her virginity and her reputation. Turned out by her papa, Violet is destined for a life on the streets until Madam Dawn saves her.Cursed to live as a wolf shifter, Mark Afton is a wealthy lawyer and heir to the Bayou Pack. Unfortunately, he can't take over leadership from his uncle without a mate. Wanting to escape his mother's endless matchmaking attempts, he accepts Madam Dawn's invitation to sail on the maiden voyage of the Southern Rose and enjoy the pleasurable company of her ladies.One of Madam Dawn's recent hires catches his attention. He is drawn to Violet immediately. Could she be his mate or is their attraction merely Voodoo?Content Notes: Hot, Historical, Multi-Cultural, Paranormal, Spirits, Magic, Witches, Shifters, Wolves
Alpha's Truth
by Rebecca RoyceMontana Alpha Beaux Nelson believes in living his life the way werewolves were meant to—as naturally and free as possible. He honors the moon with every hunt and breath in his body. When he discovers his true mate is the healer of another pack, he’s determined nothing will come between them—not even her kidnapping. Pursuing her across the continent, Beaux will take any risk to claim the woman meant for him…but surviving her rejection is another matter.Lake Fennell has never thrived as a healer should, her gift acts out, she changes others without their permission and has failed to save those precious to her. When she discovers Beaux may very well be her true mate, she flees rather than face the possibility. In her haste, she falls into the arms of the True Believers. Months of torture later, she can barely believe it when she wakes to find herself with the one man she shouldn’t want and can never have. In order to save them both, she must leave her true mate, knowing she might not leave his heart intact. But if she doesn’t do what she was born to do, everything will be lost…including the world she’s fought the hardest for.
Alpha's Tale (Survivors)
by Erin HunterA sixty-page novella set in the world of the bestselling Survivors series by Erin Hunter! Since the first action-packed Survivors novel, readers have been clamoring for more of the dogs and the world they love. In this original prequel, readers will get a behind-the-scenes look at the story of Alpha, the fierce half-wolf who leads the Wild Pack.Long before the Big Growl struck, Alpha was born the only half-dog in a pack of wolves. The other wolves made him suffer for it--until he swore he would never be the runt of a Pack again. . . . Survivors: Alpha's Tale also includes a teaser chapter to Survivors #5: The Endless Lake.
Alpha's Strength
by Rebecca RoycePreviously published (2012) Fated Desires Publishing. Cyrus runs Manhattan with an iron fist. He will keep his pack safe whether they want him to or not. But something is missing and lately he is more on edge than ever. With his pack at risk and the Alphas of Philadelphia and Boston breathing down his neck, he doesn't anticipate the arrival of his true mate, particularly when he finds her in a coffee house across the street from his office building. She's not only identical to the mate of the alpha of Philadelphia but has no idea that werewolves even exist, let alone that she's one herself. Cyrus is determined to protect her while he solves the mystery of her life.Betsy, strong, smart, and determined, has been suffering for months trying to keep her parents alive. She doesn't know where the werewolf who followed her home came from and she doesn't care, he just needs to leave her alone. But as Betsy gets to know Cyrus, she will discover things about herself that she'd never believed possible. She's the only one who can help Cyrus keep his pack safe--especially when the true believers are out to destroy them.
Alpha's Sacrifice
by Rebecca RoyceHayden Chaucer leads a small, but loyal pack in the Wine Country of California. Scarred from his years serving the former Alpha Prime, Hayden is ready for anything--except the arrival of a human madwoman who claims she's lived a life with him. Not only does she know that he's a werewolf and many more of his secrets, she's his mate, and now he will do anything to protect her and his pack.Consumed by her visions and held captive by the True Believers for years, Chelsea flees to the only person who can help her...the wolf whose passion burns in her blood. Desperate to convince Hayden before her fleeting visions abandon her completely, all she knows is she must save his life, even at the cost of her sanity.