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When Sora's swallowship is taken out by a swarm during the war she is rescued by Merlin, a legendary man who has allegedly discovered a super-weapon built by the Way creators; a gun so powerful it I said...

'A swashbuckling thriller - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Firefly - that nevertheless combines the author's trademark hard SF with effective, coming-of-age characterisation' GUARDIAN'A blindingly clever...

The Inhibitors are back and Humanity is doomed! Many, many millennia ago, the Inhibitors seeded the universe with machines designed to detect intelligent life - and then to suppress it. But after hundreds...

A fabulous collection spanning the galaxies and career of SF superstar Alastair ReynoldsReynolds' pursuit of truth is not limited to wide-angle star smashing - not that stars don't get pulverised when...

This story is not part of the Revelation Space series. It was developed from notes for an unwritten novel and maybe one day that novel will be completed, for we need to know the fate of the Earth. This...

The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives.And there are...

A thousand years in the future, mankind's influence expands into the universe. Alastair Reynolds' epic vision of our journey into deep space will redefine Space Opera.Chiku Yellow is earthbound: living...

This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' The TimesThis collection includes ZIMA BLUE,...

The legendary space opera that kicked off the ground-breaking, universe-spanning series.Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling their homeworld,...

From the author of the Revelation Space series comes an interstellar adventure of war, identity, betrayal, and the preservation of civilization itself.A vast conflict, one that has encompassed hundreds...

Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past.Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the...

Panoply is a small, efficient police force, dedicated to maintaining the rule of democracy among the ten thousand disparate city states orbiting the planet Yellowstone.Ingvar Tench was one of Panoply's...

Previously published as THE PREFECT. A rollercoaster ride through the dark and turbulent universe of REVELATION SPACE: an interstellar thriller where nothing - and no one - is what they seem ...Tom Dreyfus...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into interstellar space ...Alastair Reynolds burst onto the SF scene with the Arthur C. Clarke Award-shortlisted REVELATION SPACE, British Science Fiction...

Come to Chasm City and embark on a mind-bending ride through the universe of Revelation SpaceTanner Mirabel was a security specialist who never made a mistake - until the day a woman in his care was blown...

Qui est Silas Coade ? Où se trouve-t-il ? Et quand ? Un médecin, sans doute, à bord de la goélette Demeter, à l’orée du XIXe siècle, perdu dans les eaux norvégiennes en quête d’un Édifice dont il ignore...

Ils sont la lignée Gentiane, la maison des fleurs. Ils sont mille. Mille clones âgés de six millions d’années, tous issus d’Abigail Gentian et d’une époque où l’humanité n’était encore qu’à l’orée de...

XXIIe siècle. Le Mécanisme sait tout. Où vous êtes, à quoi vous pensez. Geoffrey et Sunday Akinya savent que garder un secret peut s'avérer dangereux. Leur famille a profité de l'essor économique de l'Afrique....

Dans plusieurs millions d’années… Ayant essaimé à travers l’ensemble de la Galaxie, l’humanité s’est divisée en une myriade de cultures et civilisations adaptées à des contraintes environnementales et...

L'une vit sur terre dans un monde qui change, tandis que l'humanité explore de nouveaux modes d'existence. L'autre est partie dans l'espace lointain enquêter sur l'ultime périple d'Eunice Akinya et sa...

Le système solaire a été témoin de l'ascension et de la chute des grands empires. Les planètes ont volé en éclats avant d'être refaçonnées. Pourtant, parmi les ruines des civilisations extraterrestres,...

L'humanité a atteint les étoiles.Deux cents ans après la chute du Mécanisme, la société humaine a regagné une certaine stabilité. On trouve des colonies sous les océans, partout dans le système solaire...

Mars, d’ici deux décennies… Au début, ils ont cru pouvoir y échapper. Jusqu’à ce que la Catastrophe, un virus militarisé qui a fauché l’humanité en un temps record, frappe la colonie à son tour. Aussi,...

Prix Locus 2016 du meilleur roman courtUne aventure interstellaire autour de la guerre, de l'identité, de la trahison et de la préservation même de la civilisation humaine.Un vaste conflit, qui a englobé...

Découvrez Brage, le label de formats courts des éditions Bragelonne !   Dans la complexe et surprenante nouvelle que nous présentons ici (et qui compose en fait un triptyque avec deux autres nouvelles...

« Reynolds enveloppe sa science-fiction d'un indémodable sentiment d'émerveillement. » GuardianAprès un emprisonnement qui a duré plusieurs milliards d'années, les terribles Silds ont réussi à s'échapper....

Je me suis sentie tout à coup très seule, vulnérable. Une brise soufflait de la mer et me projetait du sable dans les yeux. Le soleil basculait vers l’horizon et il ferait bientôt froid. Au moment où...

NOUVELLES INÉDITESCabinessence ou la vie de Brian, de Jacques BARBÉRIWinnie l’ourson ne se pique pas, Stéphanie BENSONLe Manteau noir, de Daniel WALTHERLive At Budokan, de Alastair REYNOLDSIn the court...

Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as...

Featuring Inspector Dreyfus - one of Alastair Reynolds most popular characters - this is a fast paced SF crime story, combining a futuristic setting with a gripping tale of technology, revolution and...

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art by an incredibly talented new novelist….A book I could not put down.”—Ann Patchett“Mary Renault lives again!” declares Emma...

"'Give me Harry Potter,' said Voldemort's voice, 'and none shall be harmed. Give me Harry Potter, and I shall leave the school untouched. Give me Harry Potter, and you will be rewarded.'"As he climbs...

"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"...

"'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess - their daring - their powers of deduction - and, of course,...

"'You are sharing the Dark Lord's thoughts and emotions. The Headmaster thinks it inadvisable for this to continue. He wishes me to teach you how to close your mind to the Dark Lord.'" Dark times have...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for...

THE INSPIRATION FOR HBO AND SKY TV’S EMMY NOMINATED HOUSE OF THE DRAGON. Centuries before A Game of Thrones, an even greater game began, one that set the skies alight with dragon...

'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent'Captivating' The Sunday Times'An absorbing thriller' Mail on SundayNO...

Chaos descends inside the quarantine zone as a hurricane threatens to finish what the disease started.With an army of infected pouring across Key West, the last bands of survivors are caught between fighting...

Bove Sandle, captain of the starship Ibex, has been receiving visions since his mission to the planet Kryth as a member of the First Encounter team. The first visions were to make him stop the colony,...

There was a war on when Thomas was young, and now that it's done, he finds a dubious retirement from soldiering in acting as a magic man. He's worn the mantle of a wizard long enough that he can't remember...

Everything happens for a reason.The Fates pay Samantha and Kathy a visit when the sisters' misstep, which left a man the target of a vampire bite, leads to unimaginable consequences in the future.Unconvinced...

I am Blackstone, Jessica Blackstone and I watch a basketball game in a booth at the stadium in Toronto, the Raptors are playing. I grab a twin engine plane that has been modified to fly into the arctic...

Flat Earth: The Ultimate Cover-Up" follows investigative journalist Mark Reynolds on a journey sparked by his discovery of online flat Earth communities. Intrigued by the fervent discussions and the questioning...

After studying the Moon card, Madeline blesses Alice and Eliot's upcoming marriage.

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very...

"'There is a plot, Harry Potter. A plot to make most terrible things happen at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry this year.'" Harry Potter's summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy...

A heart-wrenching grim cozy pirate's tale with a little bit of romance. This is not 'Cozy' in the traditional sense, unless you find misery and betrayal to be as comforting as a cup of hot cocoa."This...

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive. Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future...

The Thought Police, Doublethink, Newspeak, Big Brother – 1984 itself: these terms and concepts have moved from the world of fiction into our everyday lives. They are central to our thinking about freedom...

One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his...

"'Welcome to the Knight Bus, emergency transport for the stranded witch or wizard. Just stick out your wand hand, step on board and we can take you anywhere you want to go.'"When the Knight Bus crashes...

WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST ALL-TIME SERIES The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire,...

The hauntingly prophetic classic novel. Over 1 million copies sold in the UK. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are forbidden, being...