Ring - format ePub

Orbite solaire, fin du quatrième millénaire. Lieserl est âgée de quelques semaines, et pourtant son corps est celui d’une vieillarde. était, en fait. Car Lieserl est une intelligence artificielle, et...

La Ceinture. Un agrégat de matériaux archaïques peuplé de mineurs. Rees est l’un d’eux, un rat de mine passant le plus clair de son temps sous cinq g à creuser le cœur de fer de l’étoile morte autour...

Les Premiers-Nés - la mystérieuse espèce extraterrestre, déjà connue par les fans de science-fiction pour avoir édifié le monolithe noir de 2001 : l'Odyssée de l'espace - ont hanté l'oeuvre de Sir Arthur...

Un grand chef-d'oeuvre et sa suite, réunis dans un seul volume :LA GUERRE DES MONDES de H.G. WellsLe récit culte de l'invasion de la Terre par les Martiens, émergeant de leurs cylindres pour se lancer...

Rejoignez-nousLes mots pleuvaient du ciel dans toute la Longue Terre, partout où il y avait des oreilles pour entendre, des yeux pour voir et des esprits pour comprendre.Cinquante-cinq ans après le Jour...

Le jeune homme se hissa dans le sas membraneux, puis il s’en extirpa et constata qu’on avait posé, à quelques mètres du véhicule, une main courante qu’il rejoignit tant bien que mal. La pente apparente...

Les entretoises en titane, d’un diamètre de crayon, n’étaient pas conçues pour supporter l’impact. Les parois de pressurisation, minces comme des feuilles de papier, avaient fléchi et éclaté, éparpillant...

Stephen Baxter's epic sequence of Xeelee novels was introduced to a new generation of readers with his highly successful quartet, Destiny's Children, published by Gollancz between 2003 and 2006. But the...

Takes the story of the mammoths back into prehistory; 16,000 B.C.It is a time when the mammoths face the vicious intrusions into their world of the Lost - mankind. And it is up to Longtusk, the only...

Stephen Baxter's superb historical thriller series tips over into alternate history as the Germans invade Britain in 1940The Weaver of Time's Tapestry has finally suceeded in twisting the threads of history...

Star humans were engineered to exist within the mantle of a star, mere tools of their Earth-evolved makers in a war against the Xeelee, owners of the universe. Stephen Baxter's third novel in his magnificent...

Detailed research, empathy with his characters, an ecological perspective and his trademark flare for epic narrative sweep make Baxter's Mammoth series very much key works in his canon.ICEBONES takes...

Timelike Infinity: the strange region at the end of time where the Xeelee, owners of the universe, are waiting... The second novel in Stephen Baxter's Xeelee sequence.First there were good times: humankind...

Stories set in a variety of futures from the award-winning heir of Arthur C. Clarke: Traces gives a kaleidoscopic vision of the possibilities for humankind. There are vision of histories which...

Centuries have passed. The wall that Ana's people built has long outlasted her and history has been changed. The British Isles are still one with the European mainland and Doggerland has become a vibrant...

Reid Malenfant a été renvoyé de la NASA. Il est aujourd'hui un homme d'affaires très fortuné et bien décidé à convaincre le monde de l'intérêt économique et scientifique de l'exploration de notre système....

Dans les vestiges calcinés du domicile d’un scientifique discret, l’agent Monica Jansson découvre un curieux gadget : un boîtier abritant du fil de cuivre, un commutateur et... une pomme de terre. Ce...

La machine à explorer le temps est le texte fondateur de la science-fiction moderne. Lorsque s'achève le récit de H. G. Wells, le Voyageur se prépare à repartir dans le futur sauver Weena, la charmante...

Grâce aux recherches de Reid Malenfant, certains pays ont poursuivi leur projet d'expansion dans la galaxie, à partir d'une base lunaire. Nemoto, une scientifique japonaise, vient de découvrir une activité...

La Primeterre est dévastée. L’éruption du Yellowstone a noyé les États-Unis sous la cendre et rendu inhabitable une grande partie de la planète. Des flots de réfugiés se massent dans les Terres parallèles...

Dix ans après son retour des profondeurs de la Longue Terre, Josué Valienté mène avec son épouse et son fils une existence paisible dans sa jeune colonie bâtie à plus d’un million de mondes de sa planète...

La Terre a subi des changements climatiques sans précédent depuis que la Lune a été remplacée par une étrange petite planète rouge. Reid Malenfant part en mission afin de retrouver Emma, sa femme, qui...

Il ne fait pas bon grandir sur la Roue. Cet anneau de glace et d'acier autour d'une lune de Saturne qui héberge une colonie minière alimentant la Terre en minerais rares et précieux.Lorsque de mystérieuses...

Milieu du XXIe. Fuyant la Primeterre plongée dans l’hiver volcanique, l’humanité s’est réfugiée dans les mondes parallèles, où elle s’organise tant bien que mal en de nouvelles microsociétés.Josué Valiente,...

De retour sur Terre en 2037, Bisesa Dutt est hantée par les souvenirs de son séjour sur Mir, cet étrange monde-mosaïque de régions et d'époques arrachées à l'histoire de l'humanité. Dans quelle intention...

Par l'auteur de 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace ! En un instant, une force inconnue a morcelé la Terre en une mosaïque d'époques, de la préhistoire à l'an 2037. Un gigantesque puzzle qui résume l'évolution...

Voyage au cœur d’une étoile à neutrons…Imaginez une humanité microscopique, une humanité conçue pour vivre dans l’environnement le plus hostile qui soit — le manteau superfluide d’une étoile à neutrons,...

Année 3685. L’humanité a essaimé à travers le Système solaire et un nouvel âge d’or s’offre à elle. Une renaissance qui doit beaucoup à un homme, Michael Poole, ingénieur brillant dont les inventions...

« C’est à l’inauguration de la Nouvelle Grande Exposition, le 18 juillet 1870, que je fis la connaissance de Josiah Traveller en personne, même si j’avais entendu pendant mon enfance les histoires que...

« Les Xeelees possédaient l’univers… Quand les hommes avaient émergé du système solaire en se traînant à vitesse subluminique sur les premiers vaisseaux GUT, ils étaient entrés dans un environnement complexe...

   Dr. Ethan Vance, a brilliant inventor, builds the Multiplier — a device capable of amplifying energy into catastrophic force — for a man he later realizes has sinister motives: Victor Kain. To protect...

She's a millennia-old shadow dragon.He's a ruthless and cunning warlord.Their hearts are playing a villainous game of chicken.Who will flinch?And who will fall?

Having escaped the Belira mines and killer dwarrows, Otta and Lored find a place to rest; in the valley of a monstrous sharresh-idenru. "I really like the characters despite their 'backgrounds' rooted...

The first stage of grief is denial...The earth is still spinning but for Death, it is the end of the world; Misery's eyes are closed and they no longer open. How does a being living in an immortal world...

Klaria avoided town. It was too close to the ocean. She couldn't control herself near the sea, the urge to take to the waves too strong. She'd already scared herself once by nearly drowning. It turned...

In a routine eye exam, Darren McArthur's life takes an extraordinary turn when his doctor sends his consciousness 400 years into the future. There, he inhabits the body of Kaden, an Agent serving the...

Jessie had always felt like something was missing. When she graduated, she left her small town to find herself at school. Instead she ended up with a roommate from hell. Literally. She kept giving the...

StellaLike far too many people here in New York, I've just graduated from film school. Unlike most of them, I did this after getting a bachelor's in Early Childhood education and while working to (mostly)...

Two sisters. Two fates. One choice that changes everything.Amy and Annie have always been inseparable, but their eighteenth birthday awakens a destiny neither could have imagined. As witches torn between...

When Debbie Holten and her friends find her little sister's body sprawled on the beach at the bottom of a thirty-foot drop, they're terrified. Mallory's fall was her own fault, but the four kids are sure...

After a considerably long dry spell, Ashleigh finally succumbs to peer pressure and does the unimaginable.She contacts an exclusive escort agency.To her astonishment, they unveil a unique service catering...

After a nearly fatal encounter with a Fenshian that is more than one hundred and fifty feet long and nearly half as many high, I, Alexandra, go into hibernation for several thousands of years. When I...

Twelve guests. One island. Nowhere to run.When six couples accept an exclusive invitation to the luxurious Haven's End resort, they expect a dream getaway. The private island offers everything—stunning...

Beneath the shimmering façade of wealth, power, and desire lies a tangled web of deception that no one saw coming.Adrian thought he had it all figured out—his charm, his intellect, and his carefully calculated...

A child of prophecy. A city of secrets. An empire that wants him dead.Reality teeters on a razor's edge - to one side hope and the other darkness, where there will be great weeping and gnashing of teeth.Nathenual's...

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...

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...

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...

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU Newspeak, Doublethink, Big Brother, the Thought Police - the language of 1984 has passed into the English language as a symbol of the horrors of totalitarianism. George Orwell's...

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...

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",...

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...

“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...

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...