"The Lotus Kingdoms are at war, with four claimants to the sorcerous throne of the Alchemical Emperor, fielding three armies between them. Alliances are made, and broken, many times over-but in the end, only one can sit on the throne. And that one must have not only the power, but the rightful claim"--
Hugo Award–winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to the epic fantasy world of the Lotus Kingdoms with The Red-Stained Wings, the sequel to The Stone in the Skull, taking the Gage into desert lands under a deadly sky to answer the riddle of the Stone in the Skull. The Gage and the Dead Man brought a message from the greatest wizard of Messaline to the ruling queen of Sarathai, one of the Lotus Kingdoms. But the message was a riddle, and the Lotus Kingdoms are at war. Elizabeth Bear created her secondary world of the Eternal Sky in her highly praised novel The Range of Ghosts and its sequels. The Lotus Kingdoms #1 The Stone in the Skull #2 The Red-Stained Wings The Eternal Sky Trilogy #1 Range of Ghosts #2 Shattered Pillars #3 Steles of the Sky
At last the generation ship Jacob's Ladder has arrived at its destination: the planet they have come to call Grail. But this habitable jewel just happens to be populated already: by humans who call their home Fortune. And they are wary of sharing Fortune - especially people who have genetically engineered themselves to such an extent that it is a matter of debate whether they are even human anymore. To make matters worse, a shocking murder aboard the Jacob's Ladder has alerted Captain Perceval and the Angel Nova that formidable enemies remain hidden somewhere among the new crew. On Grail - or Fortune, rather - Premier Danilaw views the approach of the Jacob's Ladder with dread. Behind the diplomatic niceties of first-contact protocol, he knows that the deadly game being played is likely to erupt into full-blown war - even civil war. For as he strives to chard a peaceful and prosperous path forward for his people, internal threats emerge to take control by any means necessary. Originally published in 2011 as Grail.
With tensions rising between Canada and China following the devastating collision of Earth with an asteroid caused by China and Canada's ill-fated efforts to use nannites to save an already devastated ecosystem, Jenny Casey and Richard Feinman, a powerful AI, struggle to reverse the devastation, while two alien ships approach in an attempt to communicate with an incomprehending humankind. Original.
A superb new adventure in the White Space universe, by award-winning author Elizabeth Bear.Meet Doctor Jens. She hasn't had a decent cup of coffee in fifteen years . . . and she's about to jump from one moving spaceship to another, to save unknown alien species. She could really do with that coffee . . .
Elizabeth Bear's near-future trilogy continues with the stakes raised even higher. The world is ending, and Jenny Casey has been picked as the person to save mankind. She was not born for this mission. She was modified for it.
Köstlich unheimlich, ist diese Hommage an den Meister des modernen Horrors eine Sammlung fesselnder Geschichten von seinen bösen Nachkommen. H. P. Lovecraft schuf vor einem Jahrhundert eine Fülle legendärer Ungeheuer, und diese Sammlung von Geschichten verbindet sich wieder mit diesen Vorstellungen: dem massiven, tentakelbewehrten Cthulhu, der unter dem Meer lauert und auf seinen Moment wartet, um zu steigen; dem Dämon Sultan Azathoth, der im Zentrum des Universums vor sich hin murmelt, wahnsinnig jenseits aller Vorstellung; den Deep Ones, die an Land kommen, um mit sterblichen Männern zu zeugen; und dem unsagbar bösen Hastur, dessen Name den Tod bringt. Jede Geschichte bietet eine packende neue Perspektive auf ein klassisches Mythoswesen, begleitet von einer aufschlussreichen Illustration. In einer verfluchten Erzählung schleicht etwas Unnatürliches aus dem Meer in ein Diner, um die törichte junge Frau zu treffen, die auf ihn wartet. In einer anderen Geschichte kämpfen die Hunde von Tindalos ums Überleben, gefangen in menschlichen Körpern, während sie Billardhallen heimsuchen, um Männer in die Dunkelheit zu locken. Seltsam, haunting und unbestreitbar monströs, sind dies die besten Kreaturen Lovecrafts – wiedererweckt und neu interpretiert.
The best of the year's Science Fiction and Fantasy stories as selected by the multiple award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan
Cutting edge ideas and amazing characters in an SF novel that announces the arrival of multi-award winning Elizabeth Bear to the Gollancz list
In a race against time, a genetically engineered warrior navigates a perilous world on the brink of collapse. As she confronts formidable challenges, her combat skills and unique abilities become crucial for survival. The narrative explores themes of identity, purpose, and the ethical implications of her creation, highlighting her struggle to find her place in a society that views her as both a weapon and a person.
Sometimes the greatest sin is survival.The generation ship Jacob’s Ladder has barely survived cataclysms from without and within. Now, riding the shock wave of a nova blast toward an uncertain destiny, the damaged ship—the only world its inhabitants have ever known—remains a war zone. Even as Perceval, the new captain, struggles to come to terms with the traumas of her recent past, the remnants of rebellion aboard the ship still threaten the crew’s survival.Yet as Perceval’s relatives Tristen and Benedick play a deadly game of cat and mouse in pursuit of a traitor through a vast ship that is renewing itself in strange and dangerous ways, an even more insidious threat is building in a place no one ever thought to look. And this implacable enemy could change the face of the ship forever if a ragtag band of heroes cannot stop it.
Hugo Award winning author Elizabeth Bear returns to the critically acclaimed, epic fantasy world of the Eternal Sky with a brand-new trilogy. Best SFF Books 2017 - The Guardian and Kirkus Best Fiction of 2017
She is known as Seeker. Spellbound by the Faerie Queen, she has abducted human children for her mistress's pleasure for what seems like an eternity, unable to free herself from servitude and reclaim her own humanity. Seeker's latest prey is a Merlin. Named after the legendary wizard of Camelot, Merlins are not simply those who wield magic--they are magic. Now, with the Prometheus Club's agents and rivals from Faerie both vying for the favor of this being of limitless magic to tip the balance of power, Seeker must persuade the Merlin to join her cause--or else risk losing something even more precious and more important to her than the fate of humankind....
