Five years after they barely escaped an explosion that destroyed their homes, the survivors decide it's time to return above ground. However, one little girl's prophetic dreams speak of danger above. What is waiting for them behind the door to the civilization they left behind many years ago?A group of scientists are stationed on a planet when a deadly explosion threatens to destroy everything. Luckily one little girl has the power to see the danger in her dreams and they are quickly able to move underground before disaster strikes, while leaving many of the natives behind.Five years later, they're still underground and running out of food. Panic overtakes the small community of survivors and they push for action. The same little girl warns of danger waiting for them back above ground, but desperation takes hold and no one will listen to her. What is waiting for them behind the door to the civilization they left behind many years ago? Views: 599
"Dazzling and audacious. . . Nothing short of astounding." —Philadelphia InquirerThe critically acclaimed debut novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and the forthcoming Bewilderment."A writer of blistering intellect . . . [Powers is] a novelist of ideas and a novelist of witness, and in both respects, he has few American peers." — Richard Eder, Los Angeles TimesIn the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers's brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of the three farmers is chronicled, two contemporary stories unfold. The young narrator becomes obsessed with the photo, while Peter Mays, a computer writer in Boston, discovers he has a personal... Views: 598
The stunningly creative, epic sequel to Wilson's blockbuster thriller and New York Times bestseller *Robopocalypse*
"The machine is still out there. Still alive."
Humankind had triumphed over the machines. At the end of Robopocalypse, the modern world was largely devastated, humankind was pressed to the point of annihilation, and the earth was left in tatters . . . but the master artificial intelligence presence known as Archos had been killed.
In Robogenesis, we see that Archos has survived. Spread across the far reaches of the world, the machine code has fragmented into millions of pieces, hiding and regrouping. In a series of riveting narratives, Robogenesis explores the fates of characters new and old, robotic and human, as they fight to build a new world in the wake of a devastating war. Readers will bear witness as survivors find one another, form into groups, and react to a drastically different (and deadly) technological landscape. All the while, the remnants of Archos's shattered intelligence are seeping deeper into new breeds of machines, mounting a war that will not allow for humans to win again.
Daniel H. Wilson makes a triumphant return to the apocalyptic world he created, for an action-filled, raucous, very smart thrill ride about humanity and technology pushed to the tipping point. Views: 598
"I don\'t give a damn about your games, hearty cheers and physical exercises. This is important or I wouldn\'t be here!" The other didn\'t speak—he was surely one of the officials—and Brion could sense his outraged anger. He must have drawn his gun, because the other man said quickly, "Put that away. You\'re being a fool!" "Out!" was the single snarled word of the response. There was silence then and, still wondering, Brion was once more asleep. "Ten seconds. Views: 598
HOW CAN ONE GIRL SAVE AN ENTIRE WORLD?
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright.
But everything changes when she meets a queen dragon. The bond they share will be deep and last forever. It will protect them when, for the first time in centuries, Lessa’s world is threatened by Thread, an evil substance that falls like rain and destroys everything it touches. Dragons and their Riders once protected the planet from Thread, but there are very few of them left these days. Now brave Lessa must risk her life, and the life of her beloved dragon, to save her beautiful world. . . . Views: 597
Wife of a presidential candidate, Grace Alexander knows the sacrifices required in a race for the office. In a future where candidates face deadly attacks, she reluctantly embraces a new technology that allows her to remotely interact with her family. But when she finds that her husband is bent on wiping out a third of the population, she must choose between her family, and the entire country.Grace Alexander supports her husband in his bid for President of the Peoples Republic of America, with high hopes that his win will return religious freedom to the nation, and once and for all, stop the tragic terrorist attacks that have claimed so many Christian lives.After a bomb explodes at the convention, and her family narrowly escapes assassination, she sends them away to safety, and reluctantly embraces a new virtual reality technology to stay in touch with Bradlie, her beloved granddaughter.But when she discovers that her husband has masterminded a conspiracy that will wipe out the country's Muslim population, she must choose between the man she once loved, the lives of her family, and doing whatever it takes to stop the coming Holocaust. Views: 597
