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Francis Saxover and Diana Brackley, two scientists investigating a rare lichen, discover it has a remarkable property: it retards the aging process. Francis, realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful, wealthy elite, wants to keep it secret, but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution. As each scientist wrestles with the implications and practicalities of exploiting the discovery, the world comes ever closer to learning the truth.

Rex Walker always wanted to be like his father: a daring, adventurous man, traveling the world in pursuit of mysterious relics. While teaching anthropology at a Boston college, Rex attempts to bury the past, until he discovers a hidden clue he can’t ignore. With the help of a former student, he teams up with an alien-obsessed billionaire, and they search for the fabled Bridge. As an unidentified object nears Pluto, speculation surges. Some hail it as the homecoming of a distant alien race, and this cult is unwavering in their efforts to usher our world into a new era.

Alessandria d’Egitto, 112 dopo Cristo. Il ritrovamento del corpo senza testa del governatore romano Servio Simile spinge l’imperatore Traiano a inviare con urgenza dall’Urbe il suo fidato amico e compagno d’armi Gaio Ticio Massimo. Mentre l’Egitto centrale brucia nella rivolta, nell’oscurità dei vicoli di Alessandria esseri soprannaturali compiono la loro sanguinaria vendetta. Per liberare il fido Sosia dai contrabbandieri che lo hanno rapito, Massimo e il centurione Decio si imbarcheranno, in compagnia di una donna bellissima e misteriosa, in un viaggio sul Nilo che li porterà verso la guerra.

Una stretta amicizia lega Jack e Wynn. Si incontrano al college, il primo laureando in ingegneria, il secondo in lettere, e scoprono di avere caratteri diversissimi, ma una magica sintonia. Amano entrambi le avventure e il contatto con la natura, e durante le escursioni non fanno altro che parlare di letteratura. I classici, certo, ma anche quei romanzi che scorrono via senza pretese, come gli onesti western a tinte fosche da leggere accanto al fuoco, la sera, mentre arrostiscono le trote.

"El loro de siete lenguas fue mi primera novela. No quise crear las aventuras de un personaje, sino las de un grupo de arquetipos, cada uno representando un aspecto de nuestra alma, tal como los veintidós arcanos mayores del Tarot. Y tal como el neófito que al comienzo ve en esas cartas, aparte de las calidades, una multitud de aspectos negativos para después poco a poco, a medida que va desentrañando sus símbolos, llegar a verlas en su belleza sublime.

Je suis Arthur Wills Holmes, l'inspecteur Traqueur le plus badass d'Infernum. Avec une classe magistrale, j'élimine les criminels en un claquement de griffes et me lave les pattes des dommages collatéraux. Néanmoins, mes missions ne sont pas à la hauteur de ma puissance de super-hybride. Côté privé, mes parents ne me lâchent pas d'une écaille : Myrina me reproche mes vices qui engendrent quelques bavures, Kelen critique ma conscience morale. Satané dilemme !

Cinco amigos encerrados en una escape room. Tú decides el final. La visita a una escape room de Harry Potter en Edimburgo parecía la mejor forma de celebrar el cumpleaños de Jasper: una hora para intentar salir de un castillo resolviendo acertijos y enigmas entre amigos... Hasta que un imprevisto cambia el plan.

L'humanité progresse dans l'espace depuis plus d'un siècle, déjà, s'implantant sur chaque planète habitable, au détriment des civilisations qu'elle rencontre. Le profit à tout prix est devenu la seule idéologie des Terriens, depuis la prise de pouvoir du Triumvirat. Ava embarque à bord du C.S. Marco Polo, cargo de la flotte commerciale, sous les ordres du capitaine Bligh. Cette dernière, ancienne héroïne de guerre, doit conduire le vaisseau jusqu'à une planète paradisiaque, occupée par un peuple vivant en harmonie avec la nature.

Alors qu'ils arpentent le Sentier du Rayon en direction de Calla Bryn Sturgis, une terrible tempête oblige Roland de Gilead et son ka-tet - Jake, Susannah, Eddie et Ote - à s'abriter dans une bourgade abandonnée depuis longtemps par ses habitants. Bercés par la lueur des flammes et les hurlements du vent, les quatre compagnons écoutent le Pistolero lever le voile sur deux épisodes troubles de son passé...

Les retrouvailles du ka-tet de Dix-Neuf auront été de courte durée, car les pistoleros doivent à nouveau se séparer pour accomplir les deux tâches dont dépend le sort de la Tour Sombre : mettre fin à l'ignoble labeur des Briseurs détruisant les Rayons, et sauver l'écrivain Stephen King d'une mort programmée qui les condamnerait inéluctablement. Et ce n'est là qu'un prélude à l'affrontement avec Mordred - monstre hybride enfanté par Mia/Susannah -, le dernier héritier de la lignée d'Eld mais aussi du Roi Cramoisi, lequel n'a pas dit son dernier mot.

En 2415, la Terre dispose du RIM, un téléporteur intersidéral permettant d'échanger avec des centaines de milliers d'autres planètes. Cette ouverture sur l'univers n'a cependant pas modifié le quotidien de la grande majorité des terriens, notamment celui de Thys, inspecteur principal dans le commissariat d'une grande ville. Thys n'a rien d'un homme de terrain mais ses intuitions, exceptionnelles, lui permettent de résoudre les affaires criminelles difficiles.

Witness the epic battle of the cyclops! Visit the endangered dragon preserve! Please, no slaying. Solve the mystery of The Mystery Cottage, if you dare! Buy some knickknacks from The Fates! They might come in handy later. On a road trip across an enchanted America, Helen and Troy will discover all this and more. If the curse placed upon them by an ancient god doesn't kill them or the pack of reluctant orc assassins don't catch up to them, Helen and Troy might reach the end their journey in one piece, where they might just end up destroying the world.

Elvie Nara was doing just fine in the year 2074. She had a great best friend, a dad she adored, and a bright future working on the Ares Project on Mars. But then she had to get involved with sweet, gorgeous, dumb-as-a-brick Cole - and now she's pregnant. Teen pregnancy is never easy - especially when extraterrestrials are involved....

Welcome to paradise: A primordial world with every species of dinosaur, large and small. And humans who were brought to this world on the whim of the gods. Knights ride into battle on Triceratops; their heroes lead them on T-Rexes. Karyl Bogomirskiy is one such hero. Once, he held power. Betrayed by those closest to him, he was resurrected by the Fae, magical beings native to the world, who seek to use him in their eternal battle against alien gods. Karyl just wants to be left in peace, reluctant to be anyone's tool, much less a savior.

In Conquest Born is the monumental science fiction epic that received unprecedented acclaim - and launched C.S. Friedman's phenomenal career. A sweeping story of two interstellar civilizations locked in endless war, it was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award.

Once a year the Dragon Gate is raised to let a fabled beast pass into the Sabian Sea. There, the dragon will be hunted by the Storm Lords, a fellowship of powerful water-mages. Emira Imerle Polivar is coming to the end of her tenure as their leader and has no intention of standing down. But Imerle is not the only one intent on destroying the Storm Lords, and when she sets her scheme in motion, that enemy uses the ensuing chaos to play its hand.

After dealing with killer whales, evil scientists, the return of her long-lost mother, and, certainly not least of all, the challenges of breastfeeding, Elvie Nara has just about had it. And then the Jin'Kai (along with the aforementioned estranged mom) kidnap her baby. And before she knows it, another Jin'Kai attack puts her on the run again, but not before discovering that Olivia was implanted with a genetic tracking device.

As people fight to survive the aftereffects of more than a dozen meteor strikes, a group of wealthy individuals conspires to rebuild the United States as a corporate entity called the New Confederacy, where the bottom line is law. As a second civil war rages, with families fighting against families on opposite sides, Union president Samuel T. Sloan battles to keep the country whole.

Brust has returned to the Khaavren epic, first with last year's The Paths of the Dead, and now with its direct continuation, The Lord of Castle Black, a novel that gives Vlad Taltos and Khaavren fans alike a new look at one of Brust's most popular characters, the Dragonlord Morrolan. Along the way, we'll also encounter swordplay, intrigues, quests, battles, romance, snappy dialogue, and the missing heir to the Imperial Throne. It's an old-fashioned adventure, moving at a 21st-century pace.

Paradise is a sprawling, diverse, often cruel world. There are humans on Paradise, but dinosaurs predominate: wildlife, monsters, beasts of burden and of war. Armored knights ride dinosaurs to battle legions of war-trained Triceratops and their upstart peasant crews. Karyl Bogomirsky is one such knight who has chosen to rally those who seek a way from the path of war and madness.