James P. Smythe Bücher

A tense, claustrophobic and gripping science fiction thriller from the author of The Testimony. číst celé

Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2014, this is a Frankenstein tale for our time from one of the UK's brightest new literary talents.

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN 'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies... Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young. These stories from eighteen master storytellers will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams and redefine terror. From a hungry young woman who is not what she seems, to a boy who has taken his mother's advice a little too seriously; from disfigured girls willing to pay any price to fit in, to an immigrant who cannot escape his tormentor in his new home country; from a new home with a sinister secret, to the discovery that a long-dead parent's corpse is perfectly preserved decades later; this collection plumbs the depths of the psyche and dredges up some very modern horrors. READERS ARE OBSESSED 'Stunning' 'Well-plotted and horrifying' 'Visceral, creepy, gory... stays in your head long after reading them' 'It's so satisfying to turn to the next story in an anthology like this and be pretty confident it's going to be a banger... bravo' 'Spine-tingling... I was gripped and it kept me up at night as I just wanted to read one more story' 'Often unusual, always unique... a wildly eclectic cornucopia of horror'

The first in an extraordinary new YA trilogy by James Smythe, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.

A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction. What would you do if the world was brought to a standstill? If you heard deafening static followed by the words ‘MY CHILDREN, DO NOT BE AFRAID’? Would you turn to God? Declare it an act of terrorism? Subscribe to the conspiracy theories? Or put your faith in science and a rational explanation? The lives of all twenty-six people in this account are affected by the message. Most because they heard it. Some because they didn’t. The Testimony – a gripping story of the world brought to its knees and of its people, confused and afraid.

Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are everywhere.

'Wiles is basically Kafka, if Kafka had spent more time in British hotels and pubs' David Baddiel Will Wiles both re-invents and murders the London novel, in a spectacular act of evil, surgical intensity' Warren Ellis 'It's outstanding' Mail on Sunday, Event Magazine

Rok 1997. Sedmnáctiletá Laura Bowová vynalezla primitivní umělou inteligenci — Organon, která má zpočátku sloužit jako vrba pro její frustrace a náhrada nejlepší kamarádky. Jak Laura stárne, Organon se vyvíjí a zná ji lépe, než ona sama. Svět se mění a technologie ovládá lidské životy. Nadnárodní korporace vyvíjejí AI, která Organonu konkuruje, ale bez morálních zásad. Laura se musí rozhodnout, zda Organon představit světu, vědoma si rizika, že by mohl padnout do špatných rukou. Co když je ale Organon klíčem k záchraně lidstva před nevratnými škodami? Příběh o lásce, ztrátě a naději zkoumá, kým jsme a kým bychom mohli být. Začíná melancholickou nostalgií, přechází do současnosti a klade palčivé otázky, končící mrazivou předpovědí budoucnosti. Je to inteligentní kniha o umělé inteligenci, emoční inteligenci a vzájemném pohledu na sebe. Po přečtení se budete chtít odpojit od technologií. Tato strašidelná úvaha o důsledcích umělé inteligence a životě v technologickém světě by měla oslovit fanoušky Davida Mitchella i každého, kdo miluje strhující příběhy a krásnou prózu.