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A new planet. A new battle. The same war. The new hard SF novel from a master of the genre.

Charles Boutin revela secretos de las Fuerzas de Defensa Coloniales a razas alienígenas en contra de los humanos. Jared Dirac, un híbrido superhumano, debería haber recibido la memoria del traidor, pero la transferencia falla. Al convertirse en un soldado perfecto en las Brigadas Fantasma, sus recuerdos emergen mientras una ofensiva alienígena se aproxima.

The second book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Greg Bear returns with a new pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled military space adventure set on Mars.

2162. Třicet osm let po prvním kontaktu lord komandér Grayson St. Clair vede Tellus Ad Astru na jedinečné výpravě ke galaktickému jádru. Na palubě má víc než milion vědců, diplomatů, vojáků i inteligentních androidů. Navzdory výhradám k jejich mimozemským hostitelům je St. Clair hluboce oddán svým lidem – zvlášť poté, co jsou pohlceni černou dírou a vyvrženi ve čtyři miliardy let vzdálené budoucnosti. Civilizace vznikají a zanikají. Galaxie Andromedy se blíží k Mléčné dráze. A Země je s největší pravděpodobností pouhou nejasnou vzpomínkou. Teď je nejdůležitější přežít. Ale zatímco mariňáci pátrají po mimozemšťanech uprostřed starověkých ruin, ve zvláštních nových planetárních strukturách, St. Clair musí svou mysl soustředit proti nepříteli, jenž ovládá nepřekonatelnou sílu: samotný vesmír.

"The bloodthirsty Jit is dead, and against all odds Richard and Kahlan have survived. But a new menace has attacked them in the Dark Lands. Infected with the essence of death itself, robbed of his power as a war wizard, Richard must race against time to uncover and stop the infernal conspiracy assembling itself behind the wall far to the north. His friends and allies are already captives of this fell combination, and Kahlan, also touched by death's power, will die completely if Richard fails. Bereft of magic, Richard has only his sword, his wits, his capacity for insight -- and an extraordinary companion, the young Samantha, a healer just coming into her powers. Compelling, fast-moving, and intense, The Third Kingdom is a powerful tale that welcomes new readers to Terry Goodkind's world, while opening up new vistas of worldbuilding for longtime readers of the adventures of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell"--

Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up. That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game — as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war. "Scalzi's Hugo finalist, Old Man's War first spawned the equally entertaining Ghost Brigades. And now, a third volume reprises the story of John Perry, former planet-hopping soldier who has now traded his genetically enhanced second body for a commonplace one and a peaceful retirement. Free from the stresses of battle, he's enjoying domestic bliss with his wife and adopted daughter on a remote Colonial Union world. Then a former commanding general drops by with a tempting proposal. Perry and his wife are apparently the perfect candidates to lead a promising new colony populated by citizens from 10 worlds. They accept, but then the CU deceitfully strands them and their charges on an unknown world. Perry discovers they are pawns in a deadly game calculated to destroy an alien coalition whose purposes include blocking further human colonization . . . Scalzi's captivating blend of off-world adventure and political intrigue remains consistently engaging."—Carl Hays, Booklist “Full of whodunit twists and explosive action, Scalzi's third SF novel [is] entertaining storytelling on a very human scale. Several years after the events of The Ghost Brigades (2006), John Perry, the hero of Old Man's War (2005), and Jane Sagan are leading a normal life as administrator and constable on the colonial planet Huckleberry with their adopted daughter, Zoë, when they get conscripted to run a new colony, ominously named Roanoke. When the colonists are dropped onto a different planet than the one they expected, they find themselves caught in a confrontation between the human Colonial Union and the alien confederation called the Conclave. Hugo-finalist Scalzi avoids political allegory, promoting individual compassion and honesty and downplaying patriotic loyalty—except in the case of the inscrutable Obin, hive-mind aliens whose devotion to Zoë will remind fans of the benevolent role Captain Nemo plays in Verne's Mysterious Island.”—Publishers Weekly

Čtvrtá kniha série Samota. V tomto románu odehrávajícím se v Modesittově světě, kde dobro a zlo, chaos a řád jsou v neustálém konfliktu, přichází mladý čaroděj postupem doby na to, že jeho osudem je najít a udržet tyto dvě síly v rovnováze, ovšem za cenu nesmírných osobních ztrát. Modesitt rozvíjí s každou novou knihou ságy Samota složitější a dokonalejší systém, magie a souběžně s ním i systém technologie, kterými Samota ožívá... Modesitt nám opět nabízí nový pohled na téma chaosu a řádu, což je jeden z důvodů, proč si jeho sága získává stále větší oblibu. Autorova schopnost soustředit se na vnitřní prožitky svých hrdinů, stejně jako jejich činy, které ovlivňují další vývoj celého světa, dává hloubku a neuvěřitelnost jedinečnému prostředí fantasie.... celý text