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City Under the Sea (Gateway Essentials #33)
by Kenneth BulmerJeremy Dodge knew the Earth would face starvation if it were not for the new science of "aquaculture". With the world's population numbering many billions, only the extra food being cultivated on the bottom of the sea could feed everyone.But, like the rest of the surface-dwellers, Jeremy did not know what a vicious monopoly underwater cultivation had become. That is, until the dreadful moment when he himself was kidnapped and dragged beneath the depths.And there he was to learn that just making his own escape would not be enough - he would have to save mankind from the tyranny of a new race of water-breathing human monsters!
City Under the Sea
by Kenneth BulmerJeremy Dodge knew the Earth would face starvation if it were not for the new science of "aquaculture". With the world's population numbering many billions, only the extra food being cultivated on the bottom of the sea could feed everyone. But, like the rest of the surface-dwellers, Jeremy did not know what a vicious monopoly underwater cultivation had become. That is, until the dreadful moment when he himself was kidnapped and dragged beneath the depths. And there he was to learn that just making his own escape would not be enough - he would have to save mankind from the tyranny of a new race of water-breathing human monsters!
City Under the Stars
by Gardner Dozois Michael SwanwickCity Under the Stars completes a journey undertaken by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick 25 years ago, when they published the novella The City of God. Over two decades later, the two realized there was more to the story, and began the work of expanding it. Now, after Gardner Dozois' tragic passing, the story can be told in full.God was in his Heaven—which was fifteen miles away, due east.Far in Earth's future, in a post-utopian hell-hole, Hanson works ten solid back-breaking hours a day, shoveling endless mountains of coal, within sight of the iridescent wall that separates what’s left of humanity from their gods. One day, after a tragedy of his own making, Hanson leaves the city, not knowing what he will do, or how he will survive in the wilderness without work. He finds himself drawn to the wall, to the elusive promise of God. And when the impossible happens, he steps through, into the city beyond.The impossible was only the beginning.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
City Wars
by Dennis PalumboAs fiery death rains down on the city, Chicago arms itself to strike back against New York. It’s the not-too-distant future. Following the Great Wars, the city-state of Chicago has become an urban wasteland. Re-armed to defend itself, the government and its citizens wait in constant readiness for the day when war would break out again…with New York, Los Angeles, perhaps Dallas. Then, without warning, the attack comes…a limited atomic bombardment that threatens even worse devastation. Thrown together by the winds of war, embittered ex-soldier Jake Bowman and elite bodyguard Cassandra Ingram are drawn into a deadly combat mission against New York. As they are equally drawn into an unexpected, passionate affair. With the government of Chicago crippled by panic, betrayal and murder, Jake and Cassandra are forced into action alone. Can they save their city -- and themselves -- as total annihilation nears?
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1)
by N. JemisinThree-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. <P><P>In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's from, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city, see its history, and feel its power. <P><P>In the Bronx, a Lenape gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. <P><P>In Brooklyn, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels. <P><P>And they're not the only ones. <P><P>Every great city has a soul. Some are ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York? She's got six. <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
The City We Became: A Novel (The Great Cities Trilogy #1)
by N. K. Jemisin'A glorious fantasy' Neil Gaiman 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation . . . Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLYFive New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by multi Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five. But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all.***Nominated for the Nebula Award***'The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy'GQ'N. K. Jemisin is a powerhouse of speculative fiction' BUSTLEAlso by N. K. Jemisin:The Inheritance trilogyThe Hundred Thousand KingdomsThe Broken KingdomsThe Kingdom of GodsThe Dreamblood DuologyThe Killing MoonThe Shadowed Sun
The City We Became (The Great Cities Series)
by N. K. Jemisin'A glorious fantasy' Neil Gaiman 'The most celebrated science fiction and fantasy writer of her generation . . . Jemisin seems able to do just about everything' NEW YORK TIMES 'Jemisin is now a pillar of speculative fiction, breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY***Winner of Best Fantasy at the Audie Awards******Winner of the BSFA Award for Best Novel******Shortlisted for the Hugo Awards******Nominated for the Nebula Awards***Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by multi Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin.Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five. But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all.'The most critically acclaimed author in contemporary science fiction and fantasy'GQ'N. K. Jemisin is a powerhouse of speculative fiction' BUSTLEAlso by N. K. Jemisin:The Inheritance trilogyThe Hundred Thousand KingdomsThe Broken KingdomsThe Kingdom of GodsThe Dreamblood DuologyThe Killing MoonThe Shadowed Sun
The City Where We Once Lived: A Novel
by Eric BarnesIn a near future where climate change has severely affected weather and agriculture, the North End of an unnamed city has long been abandoned in favor of the neighboring South End. Aside from the scavengers steadily stripping the empty city to its bones, only a few thousand people remain, content to live quietly among the crumbling metropolis. Many, like the narrator, are there to try to escape the demons of their past. He spends his time observing and recording the decay around him, attempting to bury memories of what he has lost. But it eventually becomes clear that things are unraveling elsewhere as well, as strangers, violent and desperate alike, begin to appear in the North End, spreading word of social and political deterioration in the South End and beyond. Faced with a growing disruption to his isolated life, the narrator discovers within himself a surprising need to resist losing the home he has created in this empty place. He and the rest of the citizens of the North End must choose whether to face outsiders as invaders or welcome them as neighbors.The City Where We Once Lived is a haunting novel of the near future that combines a prescient look at how climate change and industrial flight will shape our world with a deeply personal story of one man running from his past. With glowing prose, Eric Barnes brings into sharp focus questions of how we come to call a place home and what is our capacity for violence when that home becomes threatened.
The City Who Fought (Brainship #4)
by Anne Mccaffrey S. M. StirlingSimeon was a shellperson with a mission. After a refugee ship arrived, they said that Station SSS-900 was to be in the Fist of High-Clan Kolnar. If anyone was to survive, he must help them.
City without End (The Entire and the Rose #3)
by Kay KenyonIn this series Kay Kenyon has created her most vivid and compelling society yet, the universe Entire. Reviewers have called this "a grand world," "an enormous stage," and "a bravura concept."On this stage unfolds a mighty struggle for dominance between two universes. Titus Quinn has forged an unstable peace with the Tarig lords. The ruinous capability of the nanotech surge weapon he possesses ensures détente. But it is a sham. In what the godwoman Zhiya calls "a fit of moral goodness," he's thrown the weapon into the space-folding waters of the Nigh. This clears the way for an enemy he could have never foreseen: the people of the Rose. A small cadre led by Helice Maki is determined to take the Entire for itself and leave the earth in ruins. The transform of earth will begin deep in a western desert and will sweep over the lives of ordinary people, entangling Quinn's sister-in-law Caitlin in a deepening and ultimate conspiracy.In the Entire, Quinn stalks Helice to the fabled Rim City, encircling the heart of the Entire. Here he at last finds his daughter, now called Sen Ni, in the Chalin style. Outside of earth-based time, she has grown to adulthood. He hardly knows her, and finds her the mistress of a remarkable dream-time insurgency against the Tarig lords--and more, a woman risen high in the Entire's meritocracy. Quinn needs his daughter's help against the woman who would destroy the earth. But Sen Ni has her own plans and allies, among them a boy-navitar unlike any other pilot of the River Nigh--a navitar willing and supremely able to break his vows and bend the world. Quinn casts his fate with the beautiful and resourceful Ji Anzi who--sent on a journey to other realms--holds the key to Quinn's heart and his overarching mission. But as he approaches the innermost sanctuary of the Tarig, he is alone. Waiting for him are powerful adversaries, including a lady who both hates and loves him, the high prefect of the dragon court, and Quinn's most implacable enemy, a warrior whose chaotic mind will soon be roused from an eternal slumber.
The Cityborn
by Edward WillettTwo young individuals must uncover the dark secrets of their stratified city in this suspenseful sci-fi standaloneThe metal City towers at the center of the mountain-ringed Heartland, standing astride the deep chasm of the Canyon like a malevolent giant, ruled with an iron fist by the First Officer and his Provosts in the name of the semi-mythical Captain. Within its corroding walls lies a stratified society, where the Officers dwell in luxury on the Twelfth Tier while the poor struggle to survive on the First and Second, and outcasts scrabble and fight for whatever they can find in the Middens, the City’s rubbish heap, filling the Canyon beneath its dripping underbelly. Alania, ward of an Officer, lives on Twelfth. Raised among the privileged class, Alania feels as though she is some sort of pampered prisoner, never permitted to explore the many levels of the City. And certainly not allowed to leave the confines of the City for any reason. She has everything a young woman could want except a loving family and personal freedom. Danyl, raised by a scavenger, knows no home but the Middens. His day-to-day responsibility is to stay alive. His sole ambition is to escape from this subsistence existence and gain entrance to the City—so near and yet so far out of reach—in hopes of a better life. Their two very different worlds collide when Alania, fleeing from an unexpected ambush, plunges from the heights of the City down to the Middens, and into Danyl’s life. Almost immediately, both of them find themselves pursued by the First Officer’s Provosts, for reasons they cannot fathom—but which they must uncover if they are to survive. The secrets they unlock, as they flee the Canyon and crisscross the Heartland from the City’s farmlands to the mountains of the north and back again, will determine not only their fate, but the fate of the City…and everyone who lives there.
The City's Son
by Tom PollockHidden under the surface of everyday London is a city of monsters and miracles, where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets.When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, graffiti artist Beth Bradley stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London's ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone most. An ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St. Paul's Cathedral, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war, and Beth and Fil find themselves in a desperate race through a bizarre urban wonderland, searching for a way to save the city they both love.The City's Son is the first book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy: a story about family, friends and monsters, and how you can't always tell which is which.
The City's Son: in hidden London you'll find marvels, magic . . . and menace (Skyscraper Throne #1)
by Tom Pollock'An impeccably dark parable, endlessly inventive and utterly compelling' M R Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts Beth's world is falling apart. Then she discovers a hidden London, full of marvels, magic . . . and menace. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Hidden under the surface of everyday London is a city where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, Beth stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London's ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone the most. For an ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Paul's Cathedral, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war. Desperate to find a way to save the city they both love, they find themselves in a desperate race through this bizarre urban wonderland, but when Beth's best friend is captured, she must choose between this wondrous existence and the life she left behind. The City's Son is the first book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy: a story about family, friends and monsters, and how you can't always tell which is which.
The City's Son: in hidden London you'll find marvels, magic . . . and menace
by Tom Pollock'An impeccably dark parable, endlessly inventive and utterly compelling' M R Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts Beth's world is falling apart. Then she discovers a hidden London, full of marvels, magic . . . and menace. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Hidden under the surface of everyday London is a city where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, Beth stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London's ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone the most. For an ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Paul's Cathedral, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war. Desperate to find a way to save the city they both love, they find themselves in a desperate race through this bizarre urban wonderland, but when Beth's best friend is captured, she must choose between this wondrous existence and the life she left behind.The City's Son is the first book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy: a story about family, friends and monsters, and how you can't always tell which is which.
La ciudad de la luna eterna (El bosque #Volumen 3)
by Esther SanzLlega el apasionado desenlace de la trilogía «El bosque», la gran historia de amor entre Clara y Bosco. Cuando el destino cierra una puerta, el corazón abre otra... Ahora que por fin han desaparecido las amenazas que ponían en peligro el secreto del bosque, Clara ha regresado a Colmenar y trata de acostumbrarse a la tranquilidad de la vida rural, mientras planea trasladarse a la aldea de los inmortales con Bosco. Hace cuatro meses que no se ven, y a Clara la espera se le está haciendo eterna... Pero cuando finalmente llega el momento que tanto ha anhelado, las cosas no suceden precisamente como ella había imaginado. Un descubrimiento inesperado abre un abismo que la separa irremediablemente de Bosco y pone fin a la relación de forma precipitada... Muy pronto, en un intento de poner tierra de por medio cuanto antes, Clara decidirá viajar a la ciudaddel Renacimiento, Florencia, desde donde le han llegado noticias algo extrañas de Robin...
La ciudad de la Luz (LAS CRÓNICAS DE LA LUZ MÁS ALLÁ DE LA TORMENTA #2)
by A. L. Butcher¿Quién gobierna en este juego de intriga donde la magia está prohibida y los elfos esclavizados? Un viaje donde las creencias se rompen como el vidrio, la verdad no es bienvenida y abundan los monstruos de la antigüedad: comparte el romance y la venganza, la magia y la pasión, y el salario de la codicia en un mundo de fantasía oscura. (18 clasificados - contiene escenas de naturaleza sexual y violencia)
La Ciudad de las Bestias (Memorias del Águila y del Jaguar #Volumen 1)
by Isabel AllendeEn este primer volumen de las «Memorias del Águila y el Jaguar» Alexander Cold va a vivir una aventura que jamás olvidará. Alexander Cold es un muchacho americano de quince años que parte al Amazonas con su abuela Kate, periodista especializada en viajes. La expedición se interna en la selva en busca de una extraña bestia gigantesca. Junto a su compañera de viaje, Nadia Santos, y un centenario chamán indígena, Alex conocerá un mundo sorprendente. El universo ya conocido de Isabel Allende se amplía en La Ciudad de las bestias con nuevos elementos de realismo mágico, aventura y naturaleza. Los jóvenes protagonistas, Nadia y Alexander, se internan en la inexplorada selva amazónica llevando de la mano al lector en un viaje sin pausa por un territorio misterioso donde se borran los límites entre la realidad y el sueño, donde hombres y dioses se confunden, donde los espíritus andan de la mano con los vivos. «Aquí está todo lo que soy yo: toda mi manera de ser y de ver el mundo.»Isabel Allende
Ciudad de máscaras
by Mike Reeves-Mcmillan María Emilia RuizEn la ciudad-estado de Bonvidaeo, por costumbre y por ley, todos deben usar máscaras y actuar según el personaje, o enfrentar sanciones civiles, sociales y religiosas. Gregorio Bass es enviado a Bonvidaeo como el Enviado de Calaria, principalmente para sacárselo de encima. Enmascarado como el hombre inocente, y en compañía de su joven y radical sirviente bonvidoanés, Bass se tropieza con misterios, intrigas, herejías y asesinatos.
Ciudad de pesadillas
by Holly Race¿QUÉ PASARÍA SI PUDIÉSEMOS ENTRAR EN LOS SUEÑOS? Hay sueños que se hacen realidad...Algunas pesadillas también. En un Londres alternativo, donde los sueños y las pesadillas se hacen realidad mientras dormimos, lo único que protege a los Soñadores de los peligros que lo habitan es una orden de caballeros que arriesgan sus vidas todas las noches. Fern hará todo lo posible para ser una de ellos, aunque para conseguirlo deba enfrentarse a su hermano gemelo Oliver, la persona a la que más odia y que la traicionó cuando más lo necesitaba. La joven no tardará en descubrir que este nuevo mundo está tan repleto de maravillas como plagado de peligros, y que alguien ha destapado un secreto mucho más terrorífico que cualquier pesadilla: QUIEN CONTROLA TUS SUEÑOS TE CONTROLA A TI.
Ciudad de zombis
by Homero AridjisIn Misteca, the social order has been replaced with an alternate reality that feeds into organized crime. In this terrible reality, two types of zombies coexist: the "dead living" (criminals, drug addicts, prostitutes, and psychopath police) and the "living dead," revived cadavers that destroy Misteca like a plague. The Lord of the Zombies, an unstoppable pedophile, imposes his reign of violence, corruption, and terror upon the inhabitants of Misteca. His bunker, protected by hitmen and rogue policemen, is also a harem of girls kidnapped by Malinche Negra and El Matagatos. One of them is the youngest daughter of Daniel Medina, a journalist who continues his search for her while avenging the murder of his parents.
La ciudad del agua (Mystic City #Volumen 1)
by Theo LawrenceUna ciudad dividida, un amor destinado a durar para siempre y una mentira que puede cambiarlo todo... Una historia para los fans de Los Juegos del Hambre, X-Men, Juntos o Blade Runner. Dos familias enemigas, los Foster y los Rose, mueven los hilos invisibles de Nueva York. Tras años de ardiente confrontación, ahora la ciudad va ser testigo de un acontecimiento inaudito: Aria Rose y Thomas Foster, los primogénitos de cada familia, van a casarse, y su matrimonio simbolizará la unión inquebrantable de los dos linajes. Mientras tanto, en las Profundidades, un grupo de rebeldes trama una virulenta rebelión política que podría hacer temblar los pilares de la ciudad y acabar con todo lo que los Rose y los Foster han construido...
La ciudad infinita
by Nicola ValleraJack Taylor es un hombre ordinario viviendo en una gran ciudad que es tan grande que sus habitantes no saben dónde ésta termina. De hecho, se cree el área metropolitana es infinita. La ciudad es similar a las ciudades reales excepto por su tamaño y su falta comodidades de tecnológicas modernas, como computadoras, y celulares. La sociedad en la que Jack vive es distinta y se encuentra una dimensión diferente donde las personas solo han desarrollado una parte de la tecnología existente. . En una metrópolis tan grande que brinda tanta recesiones como estrés, tristeza, soledad y, lo peor de todo canibalismo. Más y más personas se convierten en caníbales, y los movimientos apuntan a legalizar esta práctica a través de matar ancianos para alimentar a las jóvenes generaciones. Jack tiene una vida difícil y un trabajo infructuoso. Cuando éste lo pierde, se siente miserable y perdido. Sin ningún pariente o amigos, decide descubrir donde la mega ciudad termina para descubrir la verdad. El personaje principal está persiguiendo el placer puro de la aventura, el descubrimiento, y el placer de viajar. Jack siente una persistente curiosidad por el significado de la vida. Toma la decisión es moverse de distrito a distrito encontrando un nuevo trabajo luego de cada viaje, pero él prontamente descubre que esto es un trabajo demasiado arduo. Un día, en un común vecindario, Jack es asaltado. Esto lo hace sentirse desesperado, continuado con su camino alcanza un lugar donde presencia un tiroteo entre la policía y unos bandidos, éste encuentra un arma en el suelo tal vez perteneciente a los villanos, y la toma. Jack ha acumulado tanto odio contra su sociedad culpándola de todas sus frustraciones, fracasos, y el hecho de que el asalto lo habían convertido en un vagabundo, decide quedarse con el arma y usarla para robar personas. En el principio, Jack es reacio, pero luego comienza a familiarizarse con aquello que se ha
La ciudad oculta (Meridia II): Un sentimiento prohibido. Dos corazones. Y la amenaza de olvidarlo todo.
by P.C. CuellarSegunda parte de la trilogía de fantasía Meridia. En esta apasionante secuela, Antonia se enfrentará a una terriblerealidad: cuando cruce la Frontera de vuelta al mundohumano, olvidará todos sus recuerdos de Meridia. Sin embargo,cuando el mandatario, a cambio de seguir estudiando susangre, le ofrece una prórroga de su estadía y la posibilidad deque pueda conservar un cuaderno con los apuntes de su investigación,el panorama cambia. Pero ¿querrá Antonia olvidaresta nueva civilización? ¿Realmente los descubrimientosque haga sobre el mineral valdrán el no recordar un mes desu vida? ¿Y qué sucederá cuando ella y Nicolás entiendan quelo que sienten puede acabar con sus vidas como las conocen? En La ciudad oculta vivirás la intensidad de los sentimientosprohibidos, las historias que se escondenen el pasado y las leyes de antaño, las maravillas delPaís de los Grifos y la oscuridad que lentamente secierne sobre la Ciudadela.
La ciudad prohibida
by Anchee MinA finales del siglo XIX la dinastía Qing está viviendo sus últimos días. La habilidad política de los antiguos emperadores se ha diluido en el arcaísmo de las estructuras de gobierno y las ambiciones colonialistas europeas. Solo el esplendor de la corte de Pekín conserva el atractivo de la antigua China imperial. Este es el paisaje que sirve de telón de fondo a la historia de Orquídea, una joven de diecisiete años perteneciente a una familia aristocrática venida a menos que, gracias a su belleza y talento innatos, y a un gran poder de seducción, se convertirá, de simple concubina, en la última emperatriz de China. Apoyada en una recreación meticulosa y fiel de la China imperial, La Ciudad Prohibida es el relato de una ambición condenada por la historia y el cautivador fresco de un mundo desaparecido. "Min, superviviente de la Revolución Cultural china, ha realizado una prodigiosa búsqueda de documentación para capturar los gloriosos y desesperanzados últimos días de la dinastía Qing". Publishers Weekly
La ciudad que nació grandiosa y otros relatos
by N.K. JemisinLa primera colección de relatos de la autora de la famosa «Trilogía de la Tierra Fragmentada» ofrece un examen agudo de la sociedad moderna, a través de temas de crucial importancia como la raza y el género. Dragones y apariciones rondan las calles inundadas de Nueva Orleans tras el huracán Katrina. En un universo paralelo, una sociedad utópica evita ser intoxicada por las ideas de nuestro mundo. En el sur de Jim Crow, una madre negra debe salvar a su hija de una hechicera que la condenaría a una vida de servidumbre. Y en la historia nominada al Premio Hugo, «La ciudad que nació grandiosa», un chico de la calle lucha para dar a luz al alma de una vieja metrópolis. La crítica ha dicho:«Todos y cada uno de estos relatos son cautivadores, provocativos y excepcionales.»Connie Willis Sobre la Trilogía de la Tierra Fragmentada:«Estas novelas son un regalo para nuestra cultura.»The Guardian