A collection of original stories from some of the best-loved names and hottest new talents in a wide range of fantasy genres, this volume includes new fiction from such authors as Janny Wurts, Scott Lynch, Hal Duncan, Juliet E. McKenna, Chris Roberson, Mark Chadbourn, and Jeff VanderMeer.
ISBN: 978-1-84416-523-0
Издательство:
Ред Фиш
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having the affair, and he is still in love with her. When Beard`s professional and personal worlds collide in a freak accident, an opportunity presents itself for Beard to extricate himself from his marital mess, reinvigorate his career and save the world from environmental disaster. Ranging from the Arctic Circle to the deserts of New Mexico, SOLAR is...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955534-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The operating principle was random selection: positions of public power were decided by a sophisticated lottery and when the magnetic lottery bottle twitched, anyone could become the absolute ruler of the world, the Quizmaster. But with the power came the game - the assassination game -which everyone could watch on TV. Would the new man be good enough to evade his chosen killer? Which made for fascinating and exciting viewing, compelling enough to distract the public`s attention while the Big Five industrial complexes ran the world. Then, in 2203, with the choice of a member of a maverick cult as Quizmaster, the system developed a little hitch… Solar Lottery was Philip `s first published novel, brilliant and idiosyncratic, powerful and...
ISBN: 978-0-575-07455-2
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
The final book in the Soldier Son from the author of the Tawny Man and Farseer trilogies, following on from the bestselling Shaman`s Crossing and Forest Mage. The people of Getty`s town remember the death of their cemetery soldier vividly. They remember believing him guilty of unspeakable crimes, condemning him, and then watching as other men of his unit beat him until he no longer drew breath. But Nevare Burvelle didn`t die that day, though everyone believes they saw it happen. He was cornered by a power far more intractable than an angry mob. When he was a boy, the magic of the Specks - the dapple-skinned tribes of the frontier forests - claimed Nevare as a saviour; severing his soul in two, naming his stolen half Soldier`s Boy and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-719620-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
The first book in a trilogy from the author of the Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies. Young Nevare Burvelle is the second son of a second son. Traditionally in Gernia, the firstborn son is heir to the family fortunes, the second son bears a sword and the third son is consecrated to the priesthood.
ISBN: 978-0-00-719614-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy, following on from the bestselling Shaman`s Crossing. The King`s Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets and instructors, and even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions and return to their families to face lives of dependency and disappointment. As the Academy infirmary empties, Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home, to attend his brother Rosse`s wedding. Far from being a broken man, Nevare is hale and hearty after his convalescence. He has defeated his nemesis, Tree Woman and freed himself of the Speck magic that infected him...
ISBN: 978-0-00-719617-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
A catastrophic, unexplainable plane crash leaves three hundred and thirty dead - no survivors. Among the victims are the wife and two daughters of Joe Carpenter, a Los Angeles Post crime reporter. A year after the crash, still gripped by an almost paralyzing grief, Joe encounters a woman named Rose, who claims to have survived the crash. She holds out the possibility of a secret that will bring Joe peace of mind. But before he can ask any questions, she slips away. Driven now by rage (have the authorities withheld information?) and a hope almost as unbearable as his grief (if there is one survivor, are there others?), Joe sets out to find the mysterious woman. His search immediately leads him into the path of a powerful and shadowy...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58294-9
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It is August 1616, the whaling ship Heartsease has ventured deep into the Arctic, but the crew must return home before the ice closes in. All, that is, save Thomas Cave. He makes a wager that he will remain there alone until the next season, though no man has yet been known to have survived a winter this far north. So he is left with provisions, shelter, and a journal - should he not live to tell the
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9445-1
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When a high-profile murder trial throws two of Miami`s hottest attorneys together, sparks fly in this "terrific courtroom drama that`s also funny as hell".
ISBN: 978-0-440-24273-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Rosie is only 28 but feels like 101 due to her life of stresses and worries. Out of the blue her husband admits to an affair. Rosie takes a deep breath and leaves him. Opting out of the city rat race, she sets up a small gallery in Wicklow and finds that every day is full of surprises - and some new friends.
ISBN: 978-0-330-41215-5
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Deep in the English countryside, Marshwood has always been much more than just a house. It has been a place to escape to and a trap, the backdrop for elegant parties and a wartime hospital, an idyllic escape from trauma and unhappy marriages. When the roof starts to cave in and the money runs out, eighty-year-old Bella resists the pressure to sell and instead begins to peel back the layers of the past. As this imposing house gives up its secrets of marriage, war and forbidden love, patterns begin to repeat themselves when Bella`s granddaughter`s childhood sweetheart returns from the war in Bosnia. Like so many before him, Jack comes seeking solace. But he also wants Isla, who is - who really should be - unavailable to him. And as all...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77492-5
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
An automobile breakdown strands Nero Wolfe and Archie in the middle of a private pasture - and a family feud over a prize bull. A restaurateur`s plan to buy the stud and barbecue it as a publicity stunt may be in poor taste, but it isn`t a until Hickory Casear Grindon, the soon-to-be-beefsteak bull, is found pawing the remains of a family scion. Wolfe is sure the idea that Caesar is the murderer is, well, pure bull. Now the great detective is on the horns of a dilemma as a veritable stampede of suspects - including a young lady Archie has his eye on - conceals a special breed of killer who wins a blue ribbon for sheer audacity.
Sure, the life of a graduate student wasn`t exactly glamorous, but it was mine. I was doing fine until Chicago`s vampires announced their existence to the world - and then a rogue vampire attacked me. But he only got a sip before he was scared away by another one who decided the best way to save my life was to take it. Turns out my saviour was the master vampire of Cadogan House. Now I`ve traded sweating over my thesis for learning to fit in at a Hyde Park mansion full of vamps loyal to Ethan `Lord o` the Manor` Sullivan. Of course, as a tall, green-eyed, four hundred year old vampire, he has centuries` worth of charm, but unfortunately he also seems to expect my eternal gratitude - and servitude. But my burgeoning powers (all of a...
ISBN: 978-0-575-09404-8
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Angeline is brilliant! She knows way more than a child of her age ought to. When she is put up a class at school she finds that her intelligence doesn`t equip her entirely for dealing with the pressures of being with the older group. Soon she is finding refuge with a teacher and her tropical fish and another unlikely student. With Louis Sachar`s hallmark twist-and-turns of plot and lovely humour, this delightful novel is thought-provoking and brilliant.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8723-1
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Try a refreshing "Dip in the Pool" and savour the delights of "Skin", follow "Galloping Foxley" and sample a little "Poison". This collection, one of Roald Dahl`s earliest, is guaranteed to appeal to "Someone Like You". In the opening story, "Taste", the stakes of a dinner-party bet reach distasteful heights, and a wife serves up a new dish in "Lamb to the Slaughter" which goes down well with the boys in blue. Layers of deceit are stripped away in "Nunc Dimittis", but what is revealed is far from honest. Meanwhile the "Man from the South" questions whether you really do need the little finger on your left Vendettas and desperate quests, bitter memories and sordid fantasies thwarted - here are fifteen reasons why Roald Dahl is the master...
A delicious new novel about families, friends and finding love from the ever-popular, bestselling Sheila O`Flanagan Romy Kilkenny loves her life in Australia – she has her dream job, an active lifestyle, and best friend Keith who understands her better than anyone. Best of all, she couldn’t be further from her family. But when she gets word that she`s needed back in Ireland at short notice, Romy’s thrust back into the world of her mother and half-siblings again. Romy has never fitted in with the rest of them and now with Keith too far away to give comfort, she feels like more of an outsider than ever. She also worries that the accidental half-kiss with Keith at the airport may have lost her the greatest friend she ever had. Will...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4887-9
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
There`s the gambler who collects little fingers from there`s the lady who murders her husband with a frozen leg of not to mention the man who has made a machine that can hear grass Roald Dahl`s particular brand of bizarre, alarming and disturbing story-telling has already attracted a huge following which can only be more disturbed, alarmed and - thankfully - amused by Someone Like You. Someone Like You is as devilishly ingenious and suspenseful as writing gets.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118964-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Halley and Scarlett have been best friends ever since they met. Halley has always been the quiet one, Scarlett braver and more outgoing. Halley has always turned to Scarlett when things get rough, and Scarlett has always known just what to do. It`s the perfect setup. But everything changes at the beginning of their junior year. Scarlett`s boyfriend is killed in a motorcycle accident; then Scarlett finds out that she is carrying his baby. For the first time ever, Scarlett really needs Halley. Now Halley has to learn how to be strong for Scarlett. It won`t be easy, but Halley knows that she can`t let Scarlett down. Because a true friend is a promise you keep forever.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240177-4
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
