Nicola Griffith Bücher

Der Planet Jeep steht unter Quarantäne. Ein rätselhaftes Virus hat alle männlichen Siedler dahingerafft, nur Frauen vermögen zu überleben, und sie haben verschiedenartige Gesellschaftsformen herausgebildet. Marghe, eine Xenobiologin, wird aus dem Orbit hinuntergeschickt, um ein neues Serum zu erproben. Sie weiß, daß sie nicht zurückkehren wird: die Angst der Männer vor einer Ausbreitung der tödlichen Seuche ist zu groß

Sie erwacht auf der Straße im strömenden Regen, ohne Kleidung ohne Identität. Lore Van de Oest war die Tochter eines der mächtigsten Männer auf dem Markt für Biotechnik - jetzt ist sie ein niemand, ihre Existenz in den weltweiten Datennetzen wurde gelöscht. Auf der Flucht vor unbekannten Verfolgern nimmt sie die Hilfe einer Frau an, deren illegale Geschäfte Lore in die dunkel schillernde Halbwelt Europas führen. Doch den Schatten ihrer Vergangenheit kann sie auch dort nicht entfliehen.

Nur wenn es brenzlig wird, fühlt sich die junge norwegische Selbstverteidigungs-Expertin Aud Torvingen lebendig - ihre Gefühle jedoch bleiben kalt. Das ändert sich, als die Kunsthändlerin Julia sie verzweifelt um Hilfe bittet, weil ihr Kollege ermordet wurde. Aud hat einen Verdacht - und setzt in der Gletscherwelt Norwegens alles aufs Spiel, um Julia aus größter Lebensgefahr zu retten... »Aud Torvingen ist das Kind von Smilla und Nikita.« (Daily News) »Jede Frau träumt davon, mal richtig um sich zu treten. Aud Torvingen gibt diesen Wunschvorstellungen einen Körper.«

In the much anticipated sequel to Hild, Nicola Griffith’s Menewood transports readers back to seventh-century Britain, a land of rival kings and religions poised for epochal change. Hild is no longer the bright child who made a place in Edwin Overking's court with her seemingly supernatural insight. She is eighteen, honed and tested, the formidable Lady of Elmet, now building her personal stronghold in the valley of Menewood. But Edwin needs his most trusted advisor. Old alliances are fraying. Younger rivals are snapping at his heels. War is brewing—bitter war, winter war. Not knowing who to trust, he becomes volatile and unpredictable. Hild begins to understand the true extent of the chaos ahead, and now she must navigate the turbulence and fight to protect both the kingdom and her own people. Hild will face the losses and devastation of total war, and then she must find a new strength, the implacable determination to forge a radically different path for herself and her people. In the valley, her last redoubt, her community slowly takes root. She trains herself and her unexpected allies in new ways of thinking as she prepares for one last wager: risking all on a single throw for a better future... In the last decade, Hild has become a beloved classic of epic storytelling. Menewood picks up where that journey left off, and exceeds it in every way.

"The girl knows she has a destiny before she even knows her name. She grows up in the wild, in a cave with her mother, but visions of a faraway lake come to her on the spring breeze, and when she hears a traveler speak of Artos, king of Caer Leon, she knows that her future lies at his court. And so, brimming with magic and eager to test her strength, she breaks her covenant with her mother and, with a broken hunting spear and mended armour, rides on a bony gelding to Caer Leon. On her adventures she will meet great knights and steal the hearts of beautiful women. She will fight warriors and sorcerers. And she will find her love, and the lake, and her fate"--

Britain in the seventh century - and the world is changing. Small kingdoms are merging, frequently and violently. Edwin, King of Northumbria, plots his rise to overking of all the Angles. Ruthless and unforgiving, he is prepared to use every tool at his disposal: blood, bribery, belief. Into this brutal, vibrant court steps Hild - Edwin's youngest niece. With her glittering mind and powerful curiosity, Hild has a unique way of reading the world. By studying nature, observing human behavior and matching cause with effect, she has developed the ability to make startlingly accurate predictions. It is a gift that can seem uncanny, even supernatural, to those around her. It is also a valuable weapon. Hild is indispensable to Edwin - unless she should ever lead him astray. The stakes are life and death: for Hild, for her family, for her loved ones, and for the increasing numbers who seek the protection of the strange girl who can see the future and lead men like a warrior. In this vivid, utterly compelling novel, Nicola Griffith has brought the Early Middle Ages to life in an extraordinary act of alchemy. Drawn from the story of St Hilda of Whitby - one of the most fascinating and pivotal figures of the age - Hild transports the reader into a mesmerising, unforgettable world.

"[This novel is] the profoundly personal and emphatically political story of a confident woman forced to confront an unnerving new reality when in the space of a single week her wife leaves her and she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis"--Amazon.com.