Beneath the gaze of the gods, the mighty armies of Greece and Troy met in fierce and glorious combat, scrupulously following the text set forth in Homer's timeless narrative. But that was before twenty-first-century scholar Thomas Hockenberry stirred the bloody brew, causing an enraged Achilles to j[...]
Now, in the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far future resplendent with drama and invention. On the world of Hyperion, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing--nothing anywhere in the universe--will [...]
The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, onetime shepherd and convicted murderer, m[...]
Dan Simmons casts his unique vision of a terrifying not-too-distant future.
Sealed for one hundred and twenty-five years, Wilkie Collins's scribbled words launch a feverish descent into the underbelly of Victorian London as he is dragged into Charles Dickens's pursuit of a spectral figure known only as Drood.[...]
In June 1924, famous British climber George Mallory and his climbing partner Andrew Irvine disappeared on the North East Ridge of Mount Everest. Most of the subsequent publicity did not mention that two other climbers were missing: the future Lord Wessex and an unnamed German support climber. A year[...]
A richly imaginative tale of alien cultures set on a collision course from an author who continues to build on his substantial fan-base to attain a wider readership.[...]
A classic horror story that reinvents the traditional vampire story to become something even darker.
Utenfor lovene til Hegemoniet, på en planet de kaller Hyperion, venter Varsleren. Det er de som tilber den. Det er de som frykter den. Og det er de som har sverget å tilintetgjøre den. I Tidsgravenes dal, hvor store, ruvende konstruksjoner beveger seg tilbake i tid, venter Varsleren på dem alle.[...]
Hyperion-sarjan viimeinen osa antaa lopulliset vastaukset ajan ja avaruuden ylittäviin mysteereihin. "Simmonsin visiot herättävät ihmetystä ja kunnioitusta: nerokkaat juonittelut, massiiviset puitteet, päätähuimaava mielikuvitus ja ennenkaikkea vakuuttava autenttisuuden tuntu luovat mahtavan[...]
Huikea seikkailu kadonneen intialaisen kirjailijan jäljillä. Toimittaja matkaa perheensä kanssa kuumaan ja kaoottiseen Kalkuttamaan etsimään kadonnutta kirjailijaa ja tämän uutta käsikirjoitusta. Pian toimittaja kuitenkin huomaa Kalin - kuoleman, tuhon ja viettelyksen palvotun jumalattaren -[...]
USAn maailmanpoliittinen ylivoima luhistuu talouselämän syöksykierteessä ja entisestä supervallasta tulee väkivallan, korruption ja terrorismin kehto. Yhteiskunnassa vallitsee vahvimman oikeus, ja kurjistuva kansa haikailee paluuta menneisyyden suurvallan loistoon. Tavallisen kansan ainoa pako[...]
A compelling melding of ancient Greek mythology and space opera from one of SF's masters.