Résultats Éditeur "Author's Republic" dans Science fiction et fantaisie

Charles Shipman and his daughter, Lily Shipman, flee from an evil spirit that has taken hold of the body that belongs to a prince of Dubai. They find themselves depending on a professional thief, Adriana and the holy man who hired her, for their safety and well being as they search out clues and artifacts to recreate a sacred ceremony to banish the djinn back into darkness from which he was born. The djinn proves to be very clever as he herds the unwitting group straight towards his lair.

Doctor Thomas Seabrook has been on edge for months now, thanks to a threat he received back in January. Now in July, he still can't relax. When he is then stabbed at work, he fears that this is the realization of the threat. Has an old enemy surfaced? Is it a disgruntled patient? Or is simple jealousy responsible? Will he survive long enough to find out; and what will Detective Inspector Ivor Gunn and Detective Sergeant Arthur Jobb and their team discover?

Have you ever considered whether the outfit you'll die in is in your wardrobe right now? Did you ever wish you could experience a romantic evening from both points of view? Why is there a dead man in the flower shop? What would you do for fame? Was it a zebra crossing? What if your first love wanted to make a sex tape? And what's in those yellow pills Trudy is taking?

In a world not far removed from our own, a city lies ravaged. Crime overruns its streets, its citizens are helpless. Crime lord Robert Latham, to the world at large a legitimate businessman, holds the city in his sway. Fear and intimidation rule throughout. One man, however, stands above the rest, willing to fight for freedom. That man is The Wraith.

Liam Lansing is heir to a prominent family of biomodified vampires. That is, until he chooses the wrong lover and is cast down to the Gutter to scrape for his life. Daniel Harding is heir to Cybernetix and a prince of the corporate Sky. That is, until his ideology drives his father to put a price on his head, forcing him into the Gutter. But Daniel and Liam won’t vanish meekly into the smog. Together, they plan to rip open the hidden corruption that runs the Sky - for vengeance, for justice, and for hope.

When two envoys from the Sovereign’s Finest disappear on a critical mission, an unlikely band of allies led by Soot, a rhy-crow with dark and hidden power, are brought together to combat a hidden threat. As portents bloom across the smugglers’ den known as Serpent’s Haven, these strange agents quickly find themselves tested by the machinations of a cult dedicated to Shadow.

Clunk, a clapped-out robot, is convinced he's about to be junked. Instead, his penny-pinching boss is sending him off to be refurbished. Being old and wise, Clunk knows there's a catch, but at first it doesn't seem too bad. He just has to help a freelancer pick up some cargo. Unfortunately, Hal Spacejock - the freelancer - is obstinate, over-confident, and woefully under-skilled, and he's never going to let a lowly robot fly his precious ship.

“Contract killer” is a fitting job for a vampire, and it suits Liam just fine. Cast down from the wealth and status of the Sky for taking a human lover, Liam lurks in the poor and pollution-choked Gutter, killing to survive. Between his natural strengths and his Cybernetix mods, no mark has ever escaped him. Liam’s ex-lover Daniel is the heir to Cybernetix - and its greatest threat. Horrified by people less man than machine and the exploitation of Gutter factory workers, he’d rather destroy Cybernetix than inherit it...if his father doesn’t destroy him first.

La vida es un sueño es una obra en español de Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Publicado por primera vez en 1635 durante el período barroco español, es una alegoría filosófica sobre la situación humana y el misterio de la vida. La obra ha sido descrita como "el ejemplo supremo del drama español de la Edad de Oro". La historia se centra en el ficticio Segismundo, príncipe de Polonia, que ha sido encarcelado en una torre por su padre, el rey Basilio, siguiendo una profecía que el príncipe traería el desastre al país y la muerte al rey.

A missing artist has painted a fantastic mermaid portrait that is taking the art world by storm. Larry Settlebottom, a lonesome Chicago museum curator, is hired to find the artist and his model at any cost. His encounters with sea pirates, exotic gypsies, and oceanographers lead him toward a secluded island with a secret guarded by a madman. Did mermaids once inhabit the Earth? To unravel the mystery, Larry must also face his own buried past.

An epic urban fantasy novella inspired by ancient Roman festivals, Parisian cabaret theater, and the Roaring '20s. Saturnalia in Aufleur is a time of topsy-turvy revels, of the world turned upside down and transformed before your eyes. The city’s theaters produce an annual display of reversals, surprises, and transformations. In Aufleur, flappers can transform into wolves. Even the rats are not what they seem.

This collection of fantasy short stories are from the three winners of Remastered Words 2018 audio anthology, including a tale from one of our judges, Ian Whates with "Return to Arden Falls", which was first published in “Legend”, an anthology released in 2013 in honour of David Gemmell. There is a definite theme running through this year’s tales of the soldier’s passage; whether it be returning home to family, revisiting past battlefields, or taking the treacherous path into unknown realms and through bloody battlefields.

After surviving an abusive home life, Sam has started a new life in the city in an attempt to transform into a better person. However, everything goes wrong when he attempts to make some fast cash with his cat burglar of a friend. Their adventure into an ominous cavern beneath the city to steal a flower turns deadly and leaves the pair with bullets in their heads. The flower they stole is beyond ordinary and brings Sam back to life, making him tremendously powerful. This sudden resurrection releases Malice, a demon that takes over Sam’s body each time he resurrects.

The settlers of Arcana have been promised prosperity and freedom from the fae creatures which have assailed humanity for the past millennium. Reality is somewhat different, as the young warrior-priest Bugen discovers when he is summoned to deal with the fallout from a spate of unexplained kidnappings and murders.

The wizard, Dagan, is continually defeated in his attempts to rid the realm of a cruel master. Broke and desperate for new equipment, Dagan finds himself in the Unicorn-racing town of Mana Falls, where intrigue, murder, and suspicion lie around every corner. When a high profile member of the community is murdered, Dagan finds himself as the prime suspect. Will the wizard's mission be overturned by humanity's laws - and can Dagan determine his own fate before marauders, banishing charms, and goblins decide it for him?

This audiobook begins with an account of the birth of John and of Jesus, the last representatives of prophecy in the house of Israel. The claim that Jesus is the son of God is firmly denied, as is the assertion of the pagans of Mecca that the angels are God’s daughters. It then mentions the missions of some earlier prophets, showing that only human beings are raised to reform the world. Consisting of 93 verses, this is one of the early Meccan chapters.

Three years in the making. The follow-up to the non-award-winning Slightly Spooky Stories is a collection of stories that leave you wondering. A tennis match with a difference, an older man who just wants a bit of quiet time, a business that specialises in retrieving memories, a party game that goes wrong, a visit to the doctor reveals an unusual diagnosis, a young girl and her hero dog, small birds show their appreciation, money attracting money, dodging a bullet, the power of dancing in the dark, the magic of old books, the significance of a red dress....

Elaine is a young astronaut. One day, while watching her colleague Matt Davies performing routine maintenance, she is blinded by anomalous orange lights. Could her worst nightmares be coming true? Her vision returns and the last thing she sees is the sight of Matt being helplessly sucked into space. In this epic story, humankind will make first contact. An apocalyptic threat will emerge on Earth and the corrupt world government will do anything to save itself. A tale of two people's unbreakable love, stopping at nothing to reunite with each other.

A space traveler who is a fugitive on Earth uses the Universe as his hideout.

More than two years in the making. The sequel to Keeper of Secrets. The continuing adventures of Daisy and her granddaughter Susan. Daisy's diaries inspire Susan to lead a secret life of adventure. Money, danger, and a sense of freedom drive Susan. Daisy became a spy because her country needed her - Susan steals secrets because she wants to. These women, living in different centuries, are connected by the mysterious Keeper of Secrets.