John Shirley

Num universo influenciado pela herança dos Forerunners, uma raça superpoderosa que desapareceu misteriosamente, duas grandes raças alienígenas – os San Shyuum (Profetas) e Sangheili (Elites) – travam

A BRAND NEW NOVEL BASED ON THE HIT NBC SERIES. There once was a man who lived a life so strange, it had to be true. Only he could see what no one else can: the darkness inside, the real monster within. And hes the one who must stop them. This is his calling. This is his duty. This is the life of a Grimm. When a torched body is found in an underground tunnel, Portland police captain Sean Renard takes one look at the victims burned claws and assigns the case to homicide detectives Nick Burkhardt and Hank Griffin. They soon discover that a criminal organization known as The Icy Touch is threatening Wesen into joining their illegal drug-smuggling operation, and brutally murdering those who refuse. But as Nick closes in on the gangs charismatic and ruthless leader, the Grimm uncovers an ancient and deadlyrivalry...

EVIL GOES GLOBAL Just as she finds a safe haven, free from the Undead, Alice is kidnapped by her former employersthe Umbrella Corporation. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself trapped in the most terrifying scenario imaginable. RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION THE OFFICIAL MOVIE NOVELIZATION The T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the worlds population into legions of flesh-eating monsters. Reunited with friends and foes alikeRain Ocampo, Carlos Olivera, Jill Valentine, Ada Wong, Leon Kennedy, and even Albert Weskershe must fight her way back to reality in order to survive. The countdown has begun, and the fate of the human race rests on her shoulders. My name is Alice. And this is my story... the story of how I died.

In a near-future dystopia, a limited nuclear strike has destroyed portions of Europe, bringing the remaining nation-cities under control of the Second Alliance, a frighteningly fundamentalist international security corporation with designs on world domination. The only defense against the Alliances creeping totalitarianism is the New Resistance, a polyglot team of rebels that includes Rick Rickenharp, a retro-rocker whose artistic and political sensibilities intertwine, and John Swenson, a mole who has infiltrated the Alliance. As the fight continues and years progress, so does the technology and brutality of the Alliance . . . but ordinary people like the damaged visionary Smoke, Claire Rimpler on FirStep, and Dance Torrence and his fellow urban warriors on Earth are bound together by the truth and a single purpose: to keep the darkness from becoming humankinds Total Eclipseor die trying!An omnibus of all three novelsrevised by the author of the prophetic, still frighteningly relevant cyberpunk masterpieces: Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona. With an introduction by Richard Kadrey and biographical note by Bruce Sterling.

The power of the Second Alliance has coalesced and terrorism institutionalized. New concentration camps bring the horrors of Ethnic Cleansing to a terrifying intensity. The SA stands poised to conquer the ruins of Europe with brutality. Media manipulation has become mind controland mind control, an art. Secret treaties have been made in back rooms, on the Internet, and in hidden laboratories. Your only hope is the New Resistance. People like Dance Torrence and his fellow urban warriors on Earth; Claire Rimpler on the L5 colony, FirStep; Smoke, the damaged visionary; and Alouette, a precocious cyber-jacked little girl on the cutting edge on a strange new frontier of human collective-consciousness, the Entelechy. Ordinary people bound together by the truth and a single purpose: to keep the secret darkness from becoming humankinds Total Eclipseor die trying.

City n’était plus qu’un tas informe de chair et de tissu suintant au milieu du trottoir. Cole inquiet leva les yeux sur San Francisco. La ville allait trembler sur ses bases puis s’effondrer d’une se

Anoriginal novel set in the universe of the award-winning video game! The Borderlands cannot be conquered!Mordecai and Daphne have gotten themselves in a tough spot near the highly dangerous town of Gunsight, one of the most remote outposts on the planet Pandora, out in the boonies of the boonies of the Borderlands. Daphne has been taken prisoner by Jasper, a local warlord who controls the area around Gunsight . . . except for that other settlement, the former mining town Tumessa. Theres some kind of big secret operation going on in Tumessaanother warlord, a particularly mutated Psycho named Reamus, is somehow making money. And hes been relentlessly raiding Gunsight and kidnapping Jaspers people. Jasper may be scum, but he needs those people for raids on other towns, so it all has to balance out. Mordecai needs to negotiate for Daphnes release, but now the only way hell ever see her alive again is to kill his way into Tumessa, find out whats going on there, and report back to Jasperonly then will Mordecai get a paycheck and the girl. Mordecai doesnt want the job, but he is pretty devoted to Daphne . . . and somehow, he just might be able to turn this entire mess to his advantage. . .

En un laboratorio secreto de algún lugar de Nevada, un joven científico se encoge de miedo en la oscuridad, expectante, a la escucha, calculando sus posibilidades de sobrevivir a la abominable carniceria que lo ha dejado atrapado y solo. O casi solo. Poco despues, una operacion militar encubierta limpia todo rastro de un proyecto ultrasecreto que ha salido horrorosamente mal. Tres años despues, todo comienza de nuevo, cuando la tranquilidad de una calida noche de otoño en una adormilada ciudad se ve rota por un rayo de luz que atraviesa el cielo, el estruendo de un impacto, y la liberacion de algo insidioso. Se extiende, se multiplica, lo transforma todo a su paso... Esta diabolica inteligencia no se detendra hasta que los lugareños (y por extension, todo ser viviente) sean conquistados. Hasta que todos ellos repten...

City n’était plus qu’un tas informe de chair et de tissu suintant au milieu du trottoir. Cole inquiet leva les yeux sur San Francisco. La ville allait trembler sur ses bases puis s’effondrer d’une se

WHAT KIND OF MAN MAKES A LIVING IN HELL? His names Roland. Soldier class, a former mercenary, hes on a full-time mission to scrape a living out of the most dangerous planet in the galaxy. Is he qualified? Hes well armed, hes ruthless, and hes tougher than skag hide. And, oh yeahhes strapped with some of the most exotic weaponry this side of the Vault, not to mention possessing fists like chunks of steel. Zac Finn and his wife and young son had better get on the right side of Roland, because a stopover in orbit has turned into a nightmarish fall to the unforgiving landscape of the Borderlands. Zac hopes to find a strange new alien treasure in the Borderlands to turn his down-spiraling life around. But his wife, Marla, and his son, Cal, just want to survive, and reunite, because catastrophe has left them separated by hundreds of klicks. Their chances arent good . . . and Roland is all that stands between them and the planets kill-crazed Psychos and murderous banditsnot to mention the grotesque primals, giant wyrm squids, insane tunnel rats, voracious skags, brutal bruisers, and ruthless mercs. . . . An original novel set in the universe of the Rated M for Mature video gamecreated by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games.

A FEAST OF TERROR In the second volume of the critically acclaimed Black Wings series, S.T. Joshi the worlds foremost Lovecraft scholarhas assembled eighteen more brand-new and imaginative horror tales, inspired by the twentieth centurys greatest writer of the supernatural, H. P. Lovecraft. Leading contemporary horror authors, including John Shirley, Tom Fletcher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jonathan Thomas, Nick Mamatas, Richard Gavin, Melanie Tem, John Langan, Jason C. Eckhardt, Don Webb, Darrell Schweitzer, Nicholas Royle, Steve Rasnic Tem, Brian Evenson, Rick Dakan, Donald Tyson, Jason V. Brock, and Chet Williamson, will draw upon themes, images, and ideas from the life and work of the master of the genre to deliver a rich feast of terror.

The guerilla war against the Second Alliance and its plans for a European apartheid intensifies in this second volume of John Shirleys A Song Called Youth trilogy. From its beginning, thwarting the Second Alliance has been the first priority of the New Resistance; now the SA has decided it was time to return the favor, Resistance could not be allowed to interfere with the progress of the SAs master plan. Eliminating the rebels will clear the way for Project Total Eclipse, which in turn would stretch the SAs shadow over every remaining outpost of humanityselecting scapegoats, directing violence, and creating an immutable new order. And the penumbra of the Eclipse would establish complete SA control over the Grid, the space colony and the survivors of the war . . . and also it to decide the fate of humanity.

2039: The Russians didnt use the big nukes. The ongoing Third World War has left parts of Europe in ruins. Into the chaos steps the Second Alliance, a multinational eager to impose its own kind of New World Order. In the United Statesin FirStep, the vast space colony and on the artificial island Freezonethe SA shoulders its way to power, spinning a dark web of media manipulation, propaganda, and infiltration. Only the New Resistance recognizes the SA for what it really is: a racist theocracy hiding a cult of eugenics. Enter Rick Rickenharp, a former rocknroll cult hero: a rock classicist out of place in Europes underground club scene, populated by wiredancers and minimonosbut destined to play a Song Called Youth that will shake the world.

En un laboratorio secreto de algún lugar de Nevada, un joven científico se encoge de miedo en la oscuridad, expectante, a la escucha, calculando sus posibilidades de sobrevivir a la abominable carniceria que lo ha dejado atrapado y solo. O casi solo.Poco despues, una operacion militar encubierta limpia todo rastro de un proyecto ultrasecreto que ha salido horrorosamente mal.Tres años despues, todo comienza de nuevo, cuando la tranquilidad de una calida noche de otoño en una adormilada ciudad se ve rota por un rayo de luz que atraviesa el cielo, el estruendo de un impacto, y la liberacion de algo insidioso. Se extiende, se multiplica, lo transforma todo a su paso... Esta diabolica inteligencia no se detendra hasta que los lugareños (y por extension, todo ser viviente) sean conquistados. Hasta que todos ellos repten...

Far in the future...an urgent distress signal is received from a classified Union Aerospace Corporation research facility based on Olduvai, Mars -- and is suddenly silenced. Assigned to either contain or quarantine the mysterious threat, a crack strike team comprised of the most hard-bitten marines around believes that this will be another routine seek-and-destroy mission. But they will soon come face-to-face with the hellish nightmares that the researchers unorthodox experiments have unleashed on Olduvai -- a place where doom is waiting....

Everyone already knows that. But the General of an army of Psycho Soldiers takes on this planetary hell headfirst, planning to enslave all of the Borderlands. And that General . . . is a Goddess. The General Goddess, Gynella, is a cunning maniac who uses the dark science of the vile Dr. Vialle to control a growing army of bandits and malcontents. Only four people stand in Gynellas way. Roland. Mordecai. Brick. And . . . Daphne. Daphne?! Better known as Kuller the Killer, she was once the galaxys most effective assassin for organized crimeuntil her forced retirement on this abandoned wasteland of a world. Roland is one of the toughest fighters in the Borderlands, and Mordecai is the best shot in four solar systemsall the two really want is to get to the Crystalisks, harvest some Eridium, get rich, and leave the planet for the nearest intergalactic party. But there are nightmarish creatures to deal with: Varkids and Skags and Threshers. Worse, Gynella is still in their way. Bricka pile of walking muscle who lives to smash his enemies, could be their ally or their enemy . . . but youd definitely rather have him on your side. As for Daphne Kuller? Dont make her mad. Just . . . dont. If you want to hear about the whole thing, take a ride on the bus to Fyrestone with Marcus. Because Marcus has a tale to tell you . . . an untold story of the Borderlands.

Twenty-year-old Russ arrives in the northern California town of Freedom to visit his dad. Freedom has peculiarities other than its odd name: the local mayors ideas of "decentralization" have left it without normal connections to state or federal government and minimal public services. Russ meets an interesting young woman, Pendra, but before he can get to know much about Freedom or its people, a savage tsunami strikes the West Coast.The wave of human brutality that soon hits the isolated town proves more dangerous to the survivors than the natural disaster. Russ, his father, Pendra, and the other townsfolk must tap all their courage and ingenuityand find strength they never knew they hadif they have any hope of living to find real freedom!

Triquetra The ProphecyWhen Samirion Drake steals a mysterious ring from his long-lost brother, Kieran Locke, a fellow reincarnated Norse God, he becomes cursed. To save himself and prevent a catastrophe, Samirion must reunite with Kieran and a band of magical misfits to stop the vengeful witch Kikmora from merging the human and magical realms.Dark, epic, and full of suspense, Triquetra is a cinematic fantasy adventure that plunges readers into a world of magic, betrayal, and impossible choices. With legendary artifacts, immortal powers, and a fate that spans realms, this screenplay-book is perfect for fans of immersive fantasy and thrilling adventure.

In a secret government lab somewhere in Nevada, a young scientist cowers in darknesswaiting, listening, and calculating his chances of surviving the unspeakable carnage that has left him trapped and alone. Or almost alone. Soon after, a covert military operation cleanses all traces of a top-secret project gone horrifically wrong. Three years later, it begins againwhen the quiet of a warm autumn night in a sleepy California town is shattered by a streak of light across the sky, the thunder of impact, and the unleashing of something insidious. Spreading, multiplying, and transforming everything in its path, this diabolical intelligence will not be denied until the townsfolkand eventually, all living thingsare conquered. Until they are all crawling. . . .