Résultats pour "Songs" dans Science-fiction

Facing down an unprecedented malevolent enemy, the government responds with a nuclear attack. America as it was is gone forever, and now every citizen - from the President of the United States to the homeless on the streets of New York City - will fight for survival. In a wasteland born of rage and fear, populated by monstrous creatures and marauding armies, earth's last survivors have been drawn into the final battle between good and evil, that will decide the fate of humanity.

En tout juste six mois à l'Institut Galens, Reidon Ward a connu une ascension fulgurante. Entré à l'académie avec le rang le plus faible jamais enregistré, il prétend à présent au trône du plus puissant de sa promotion. Cette évolution monstrueuse attise la curiosité de tous, et dépasse même les portes de l'école : de nouveaux acteurs, restés jusqu'alors dans l'ombre, se décident enfin à s'intéresser à l'étudiant le plus prometteur de l'univers. Rei, Aria, Viv, Catcher et deux coéquipiers inattendus débarquent sur la planète de ce tournoi en tant que meilleure équipe des premières années.

Vaelin Al Sorna, héros légendaire du Royaume Unifié, accomplit son dernier voyage. Sur le navire qui l'emmène vers sa condamnation, il raconte à un jeune chroniqueur impérial les événements qui l'ont conduit à cette tragique conclusion. Vaelin aurait dû succéder à son père, le...

Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.

A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.

As opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others, a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords.

Battu et martyrisé par ses parents adoptifs, renvoyé de l'école, Horty, huit ans, fuit le foyer familial. Le jeune garçon trouve refuge au sein d'un cirque ambulant où il devient le partenaire de deux jeunes naines, Zena et Bunny. Horty trouve une certaine sérénité au sein de la troupe mais se voit très vite confronté à d'étranges phénomènes. Pourquoi le cirque tout entier tremble-t-il devant son féroce directeur, surnommé "le Cannibale", et sa mystérieuse collection de cristaux qui gémissent la nuit ? Zena connaît la vérité, elle sait depuis toujours que Horty et le Cannibale sont étroitement liés et que leur affrontement est inévitable.

Reidon Ward's first semester at the Galens Institute hasn't been without reward. In just over half a year he's gone from the weakest cadet at school to one of the strongest in his class, and there's no one left who would argue that his Device, Shido, isn't the most terrifying CAD they've ever laid eyes on. Still, Rei knows that his climb has barely begun, like he knows that the true fight is only just starting. After all… The Sectionals tournament has arrived. Rei, along with Aria, Viv, Catcher, and a couple unexpected squadmates, are about to face the first real battle of their careers.

Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

June 1958 issue of If. It was later expanded into the novel of the same name. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Micah If there's one thing I can confirm, it's that shacking up with a bodysnatching space mercenary has made life infinitely more exciting. But now it's time to get space married! And… space mpregged? Unfortunately for my end game plans, a looming threat is hanging over the universe, and I do...

Battu et martyrisé par ses parents adoptifs, renvoyé de l’école, Horty, huit ans, fuit le foyer familial. Le jeune garçon trouve refuge au sein d’un cirque ambulant, un endroit énigmatique où il devient le partenaire de deux jeunes naines, Zena et Bunny... Horty trouve de l’amitié et une certaine sérénité au sein de la troupe, mais se voit très vite confronté à d’étranges phénomènes.

It has been two years since the Shift - when most technology stopped working, and the laws of physics changed. Humanity has been brought to its knees. Like other survivors, Noah Henson has heard rumors of the Aelves. Among other guesses, predatory aliens seem as good as any other theory for what caused the Shift. But for Noah, everything else takes second place to survival, sometimes even self-respect... or any sort of decency. Lawless, post-apocalypse America had forced Noah to make many difficult decisions, and he has never seemed to choose correctly.

Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, Zodiac Academy, Fall of Ruin and Wrath and The Witcher, THE SONG OF SUNRISE is a plot-forward fantasy romance with enemies-to-lovers, open door spice, deadly trials, and found family set at a magical war academy in a distant post-apocalyptic North America.The...

The Coalition of Free Worlds is on the verge of open war with the Thess’n Empire. As the incidents increase, Selarial and Alcar begin to see the Sorthians are high on the list of targets. When ancient weapons, long thought destroyed, begin to appear, Selarial must trace the source. On Sorth, the Singer Council searches equally ancient records for answers, but finds more questions – and an urgent warning.

A newborn’s absent face appears on the back of someone else’s head, a filmmaker goes to gruesome lengths to achieve the silence he’s after for his final scene, and a therapist begins, impossibly, to appear in a troubled patient's room late at night. In these stories of doubt, delusion, and paranoia, no belief, no claim to objectivity, is immune to the distortions of human perception. Here, self-deception is a means of justifying our most inhuman impulses—whether we know it or not.

The entire world has changed, and Noah has changed with it. A year after the Shift, the plans he'd laid, caches he'd hidden, and infrastructure he'd put in place have saved millions, but the world's death toll has still been astronomical. Now he continues his struggle to protect the people he cares about and to atone for his past weakness. Journeying with his elite group, the Merriweathers, Noah has been patrolling the Eastern United States. 

The anthology Songs of the Dying Earth has assembled one of the most distinguished casts of authors ever - including Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Paula Volsky, Mike Resnick, Robert Silverberg, Lucius Shepard, Tad Williams, Tanith Lee, Liz Williams, Glen Cook, and eleven other famous writers - to write stories in honor of the genius of Jack Vance, stories using the bizarre and darkly beautiful far future setting of the Dying Earth, near the very end of Earth's lifespan.

I was nineteen when the world fell apart with news of an impending planet-altering disaster. To make the most of the time we had left, my high school boyfriend and I ran away to elope. We moved to a camper deep in the woods to escape the chaotic panic and violent struggle for food and supplies...

Selarial is trapped and severely injured after her ship crashed on a distant planet. Her crew is searching for the ancient weapons they came to destroy, but can they do it without the Singer? Alcar and Selarial’s team are blocked by the Council from making another rescue attempt as the Thess’n attacks increase. He focuses on training up a new kind of Spec Ops force and joins with the Trader Guild in covert ops in enemy territory.