MICHAEL P. KUBE MCDOWELL

Derec, nuestro protagonista, despierta dentro de una cápsula de salvamento en medio de un asteroide helado. Pronto se dará cuenta de que no recuerda nada de su vida anterior, ni siquiera su nombre. Los únicos habitantes del asteroide son un grupo de robots mineros que criban la superficie buscando un misterioso tesoro y para los que su inesperado visitante sólo constituye un estorbo. En esta situación, Derec concentrará todos sus esfuerzos en escapar de la helada roca para poder averiguar su verdadera identidad. Acompaña a Derec en su fantástico viaje y conoce una metrópolis fantástica que supera todos los sueños, dirigida y habitada exclusivamente por Robots.

In the wake of a shattered alliance, the New Republic fights a relentless new enemy in an all-new adventure in the bestselling Star Wars saga... Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission. Meanwhile, Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat--even at the cost of Han''s life. As a former Imperial governor takes his battle to the runaway Qella spaceship, Luke''s continuing search for his mother brings him dangerously close to Nil Spaar''s deadly forces. And as the Yevetha close in on the forces of the New Republic, Luke takes a desperate gamble with an invisible weapon...

As Leia must deal with a new threat to the fragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. The ship is following an unstoppable path to its homeworld, destroyed by Imperial forces. Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomatic solution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha race, Han pilots a spy ship into the heart of Yevethan space and finds himself a hostage on one of the vast fleet of warships under the command of a ruthless leader.

In the wake of a shattered alliance, the New Republic fights a relentless new enemy in an all-new adventure in the bestselling Star Wars saga...Faced with an alarming image of Han as a battered hostage of the Yevetha, Chewbacca takes on an urgent mission. Meanwhile, Leia calls upon the Senate to take a stand and eliminate the Yevetha threat--even at the cost of Hans life. As a former Imperial governor takes his battle to the runaway Qella spaceship, Lukes continuing search for his mother brings him dangerously close to Nil Spaars deadly forces. And as the Yevetha close in on the forces of the New Republic, Luke takes a desperate gamble with an invisible weapon...Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

In the blockbuster bestselling tradition of Heir to the Empire comes this thrilling addition to the Star Wars(r) saga, as peace gives way to a new threat...It is a time of tranquillity for the New Republic. The remnants of the Empire now lie in complete disarray, and the reemergence of the Jedi Knights has brought power and prestige to the fledgling government on Coruscant. Yesterdays Rebels have become todays administrators and diplomats, and the factions that fought against imperial tyranny seem united in savoring the fruits of peace.But the peace is short-lived. A restless Luke must journey to his mothers homeworld in a desperate and dangerous quest to find her people. An adventurous Lando must seize a mysterious spacecraft that has weapons of enormous destructive power and an unknown mission. And Leia, a living symbol of the New Republics triumph, must face down a ruthless leader of the Duskhan League, an arrogant Yevetha who seems bent on a genocidal war that could shatter the fragile unity of the New Republic...and threaten its very survival.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Derec, un joven sin memoria, se encuentra en un mundo increible, dirigido y habitado exclusivamente por robots. ¿Podrá sobrevivir en un univeso deshumanizado donde todo esta en su contra? Derec se enfrenta a un gran desafio en el mundo fascinante de Asimov.

El comienzo de una de las grandes sagas de la ciencia ficción, las Leyes de la Robótica de Asimov puestas a prueba una vez más.El universo de Asimov y todas las cuestiones éticas relacionadas con la robotica que fue capaz de crear no se agotan en su obra,Odisea, perteneciente a la sagaRobot Cityexplora nuevamente los limites de la robotica. Supervisada directamente por Asimov, la novela nos presenta a Derec, un misterioso astronauta que despierta, amnesico, dentro de una capsula de salvacion en un asteroide helado. Los unicos habitantes de este curioso asteroide son unos robots mineros que trabajan sin descanso en la busqueda de un tesoro, Derec debera enfrentarse a los robots y salir del asteroide.Michael P. Kube-McDowellconstruye una novela redonda fiel a los principios, temas y motivos asimovianos, supervisada por el genio de la ciencia ficcion, la novela pretende enfrentar al lector a un nuevo problema etico con las Leyes de la Robotica como telon de fondo y marco de accion. El autor es capaz de crear un mundo en el que coexisten en un precario equilibro los humanos, los robots y los ciborgs y en el que el hombre debe enfrentarse a sus propias creaciones que son capaces de subsistir sin la tutela y las ordenes de los seres humanos.Razones ...

From one of the most original voices in imaginative fiction comes a stunning novel of suspense and speculation, as a scientist seeking to uncover the mystery of human consciousness finds himself in a desperate search for immortality.Dr. Jonathan Briggs is a gifted neuroscientist researching the existence of the human soul. Working at one of the worlds top facilities, he has access to the latest technology. He also has the enthusiastic support of his lover, Alynn Reed, who made her fortune as a creator of virtual reality games that have broken every barrier. Alynn believes in reincarnation, which Jonathan scoffs at--until he begins to note strange anomalies in his research. Then Jonathans life is suddenly, shockingly turned upside down. No longer the dispassionate scientist, he begins a fevered, reckless effort to go beyond belief to proof. Ridiculed by his colleagues and the tabloid media, hounded by the police, Jonathan finds himself in a frenzied race against time, memory, and his own mortality. As he journeys deeper into the labyrinth of the human psyche, he moves nearer the place where past and future intersect, identities mingle, and death is the beginning of the most amazing adventure of all.

As Leia must deal with a new threat to the fragile alliance that binds the New Republic, Lando becomes a prisoner aboard a runaway spacecraft of unknown origin. The ship is following an unstoppable path to its homeworld, destroyed by Imperial forces. Luke continues his quest to learn more about his mother among the Fallanassi, where his every belief about the use of the Force is about to be challenged. And while Leia ponders a diplomatic solution to the aggression of the fierce Yevetha race, Han pilots a spy ship into the heart of Yevethan space and finds himself a hostage on one of the vast fleet of warships under the command of a ruthless leader.Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

Derec, nuestro protagonista, despierta dentro de una cápsula de salvamento enmedio de un asteroide helado. Pronto se dará cuenta de que no recuerda nada desu vida anterior, ni siquiera su nombre… Los