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Vincitore dei premi Hugo e Nebula per il miglior romanzo breve in 1976.

Anche pubblicato come “Il vendicatore”, “Il canto del delfino”, “Il mio nome è Legione”.

Vincitore del premio Hugo per il miglior racconto in 1982.<

Siddharta, Dwinger der Demonen bindt als Bodhisattva de strijd aan tegen de post-aardse tirannie.<

Set in Lisbon in 1506, a debut novel in the tradition of THE NAME OF THE ROSE. When his uncle, a renowned kabbalist, is found dead, Berekiah's investigations lead him into the secret ways in which the Jews sought to hide from their persecutors.<

From the internationally bestselling author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon comes a novel of incomparable scope and beauty that takes the reader on an epic journey from war-ravaged nineteenth-century Europe to antebellum America. A bereft child, a freed African slave, and the rich history of Portugal's secret Jews collide memorably in Richard Zimler's mesmerizing novel — a dazzling work of historical fiction played out against a backdrop of war and chaos that unforgettably mines the mysteries of devotion, betrayal, guilt, and forgiveness.<

Set at the time of the Spanish Inquisition in the fifteenth century, "Rose of Fire" tells the story of the origins of the mysterious labyrinthine library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, which lies at the heart of Carlos Ruiz Zafon's novels The Shadow of the Wind, The Angel's Game, and now The Prisoner of Heaven.<

It all starts when a man comes to deliver a message to Frank Compton—only to fall dead at his feet. What follows is a suspenseful thriller that only Timothy Zahn, a master of hard SF adventure, could have written.

More than two hundred years from now, the Quadrail transportation system run by the enigmatic Spiders connects civilizations throughout the galaxy. But someone is threatening the entire system and the worlds it serves with a military force that could wreak interstellar havoc. Worse yet, a more subtle and sinister threat lurks: the Modhri, whose unique coral is prized throughout the galaxy, but which has properties that may create addiction—or worse. Compton, a sharp investigator, lost his job with Earth’s security forces when he exposed a corrupt scheme that had roots in high places. Enlisted by the Spiders to find out who’s trying to take over the Quadrail, he’s got his hands full, because he’s got beings of many races gunning for him to keep him from discovering a far-flung conspiracy that could destroy every civilization in the galaxy.

The result is one of Zahn’s most memorable and compelling novels in years.

Former government agent Frank Compton foiled a plot to enslave the galaxy in Night Train to Rigel. But the Modhri, an ancient telepathically linked intelligence, has walkers, unwilling hosts that can be anywhere, anything…and anyone. And Compton is the only man who knows how to fight them, as they wage a secret war against the galactic civilizations linked by the Quadrail, the only means of intra-galactic transit.

Accompanied by Bayta, a woman with strange ties to the robot-like Spiders who run the Quadrail, and dogged by special agent Morse who suspects him of murder, Compton races the Modhri from station to station to acquire a set of valuable sculptures from a long-dead civilization. What the Modhri wants with them is anybody's guess, but if Compton can't outwit it, the whole galaxy will find out the hard way.

In this noir thriller set on the interstellar Quadrail, former government agent Frank Compton can't catch a break. After a successful mission against the Modhri, the coral polyp-based group mind that is attempting to take over the galaxy, Frank arrives at his New York apartment. A young woman is waiting for him, pointing a gun at his face. She tells him that someone on New Tigris is holding her ten-year-old sister. Compton takes her gun and orders her out, only to be rousted out of bed and accused of her brutal murder.

After Frank's ally Bruce McMicking posts his bail, Frank travels to New Tigris with his assistant, Bayta, and locates the sister, who is part of a key resistance group that is fighting the Modhri throughout the galaxy. Compton must get the girl to a hidden refuge planet via the Quadrail to ensure the continued efforts of the resistance. But can he do it before the Modhri gets to her first?

Compelling characters, hard-boiled sleuthing, and non-stop action make this a hard SF thriller that will grab the reader and not let go until the last page.

The climactic novel of the star-spanning Quadrail space opera

The Quadrail that connects the twelve civilizations of our galaxy has been the flashpoint of a battle for dominance fought mostly unnoticed by humankind. But Frank Compton of Earth, aided by the enigmatic woman Bayta, has fought on the front lines, using every bit of his human ingenuity and secret agent skills to outwit the Modhri, a group intelligence that would control the minds of every sentient being it can touch.

Following a trail of deception and death to Proteus Station, Compton has discovered a conspiracy that threatens all life in the galaxy: the Shonkla'raa, an ancient enemy thought to be long dead, is rising again. So serious is the danger that the Modhri, the enemy of his enemy, may now be his friend, as the burgeoning threat of a race of invincible soldiers emerges.

If Compton and Bayta can't stop them, the Shonkla'raa will decimate all who oppose them, destroying the Quadrail and billions of lives throughout the galaxy.

Rodzina Carverów (trójka dzieci, Max, Alicja, Irina, i ich rodzice) przeprowadza się w roku 1943 do małej osady rybackiej na wybrzeżu Atlantyku. Zamieszkuje w domu niegdyś należącym do rodziny Fleishmanów, których dziewięcioletni syn Jacob utonął w morzu. Od pierwszych dni dzieją się tutaj dziwne rzeczy; nocą w ogrodzie Max widzi posągi artystów cyrkowych. Dzieci poznają kilkunastoletniego Rolanda, od którego dowiadują się różnych ciekawostek o miasteczku i o zatopionym pod koniec pierwszej wojny statku. Poznają także dziadka Rolanda, latarnika Victora Kraya. To on opowie im o złym czarowniku, Księciu Mgły, który gotów jest spełnić każdą prośbę lub życzenie, ale w zamian żąda bardzo wiele. Coś, co dzieciom wydaje się jeszcze jedną miejscową legendą, szybko okazuje się zatrważającą prawdą.

Musiało upłynąć wiele lat, by Max zdołał wreszcie zapomnieć owe letnie dni, podczas których odkrył, niemal przypadkiem, istnienie magii.

Callie LeRoux has lived all her life in small town Kansas. She thinks she knows all there is to know about herself and her mother. But with the coming of the biggest dust storm in history, Callie finds out there is much more to her family, her history and the world outside Slow Run than she ever guessed. Secrets and magics plunge Callie into danger with only her own nerve and the hobo boy Jack Holland to help, and Jack has his own secrets that might destroy them both…<

Ta książka miała być historią młodej kobiety, która ciężko choruje, ale szczęśliwie wyzdrowieje. Tak się nie stało. Tamara Matzke dowiedziała się o swojej chorobie pod koniec 1999 roku. Miała wtedy 31 lat, za sobą kilka lat szczęśliwego małżeństwa i pierwsze doświadczenia dziennikarskie, przed sobą rozległe plany. Mimo cierpień i uciążliwej terapii długo wierzyła w zwycięstwo nad chorobą. Rak okazał się silniejszy, Tamara umarła w grudniu 2000 roku. Książka zawiera fragmenty pamiętnika Tamary, jej korespondencję z czasów choroby z przyjaciółmi i rodziną oraz wspomnienia męża. Wszystko to składa się na obraz godnej podziwu walki i braku rezygnacji wobec nieuchronności śmierci.<

He was a Soviet Top Gun—yet left all of the power and glory behind when he engineered the most audacious act of defection in Cold War history. On May 20, 1989, Soviet Air Force Captain Alexander Zuyev escaped from an air base in Soviet Georgia. Under the threat of Russian air defense missiles, and with other fighters in hot pursuit, Zuyev carried out a real-life flight to freedom even more breathtaking then classic works of fiction like and .<