Stephen Leigh

Una extraña especie de seres-lobo amenaza con acabar con Robot City y Derec deberá enfrentarse a ellos ahora que la ciudad le controla.Derec está ligado, enMetamorfosis, a Robot City por una extraña infeccion que le han inoculado en la sangre, por eso cuando la ciudad es atacada por unos extraños seres-lobo, Derec debera enfrentarse a ellos y poner en riesgo su vida. Estos seres estan dirigidos por un robot que no comprende quienes son estos humanos cuyas ordenes tiene que cumplir y cuya vida debe preservar, las Leyes de la Robotica son de nuevo puestas a prueba en esta aventura que el lector devorara de principio a fin.Stephen Leighy Asimov, en la introduccion del libro, nos enfrentan al hecho de que, si un robot debe obedecer las ordenes de dos especies organicas e inteligentes, que le dan ordenes contradictorias, debera entonces valorar cual de las dos es mas inteligente, debera decidir que imperativo moral es mas valido y, si es asi, debera tener unos criterios para decidirlo. ¿Es esto posible? ¿Existen principios morales mas validos que otros? Este el gran dilema al que, envuelto en una trepidante historia, pretende contestar esta obra.Razones para comprar la obra:- La obra supone una de las pocas ocasiones en las que Asimov ha per...

Una fantástica metrópolis de robots situada en un planeta alienígena se encuentra en peligro. Unos sereslobo atacan la ciudad bajo la dirección de un extraño robot, que parece no conocer las Leyes de la Robotica. Derec esta ligado a la ciudad robotica por una desconcertante infeccion de microchips en su sangre. Ahora su mision es enfrentarse a este insolito robot que no comprende quienes son exactamente esos humanos cuyas ordenes ha de obedecer en virtud de las Leyes de la Robotica que le han programado.

First contact was never supposed to be like this.A sudden rift appears in near-earth space, causing electronic components to permanently fail and cause total chaos. As Earths fragile technological society disintegrates, no one can answer the obvious question what is the rift, and who or what has created it?A new generation comes of age attempting to answer these questions. Taria Spears, an anthropologist, is selected as part of the crew on the exploratory ship Lightbringer. Lightbringers mission is to investigate the wormhole-like Rift and, if possible, to pass through it to find out what lies on the other side, and to seek some answers.(Originally published as Thunder Rift under the pseudonym "Matthew Farrell")

Descendants of a long-marooned group of humans struggle with mutations and infertility, and if a cure cannot be found they are doomed to extinction.The colonys doctor, Anais, herself suffers from a sexual deformity. However, her world is turned upside down when she discovers that the preserved corpse of a long-extinct native race carries exactly the same deformities as herself.What is the connection? And can she find the answer to this mystery that has reached back from time to haunt both her and the colony struggling to survive against impossible odds?This edition include eight new appendices by Stephen Leigh.

Carlos Theopelli had been dead for years, and no one cared about his lifes work: the so-called "Destiny Matrices." As far as most people were concerned, Theopelli was just another crackpot scientist, and pretty much a jerk, to boot.But not to Angela. And not to the mage-dwarf Caleb Mundo and his pet mindbeast Alice. To them, Theopellis notebook -- and his corpse -- might be the key to survival. Everything swirled around the confused mind of Joan the Flower Man, who had used pages from the notebook to wrap the flowers she sold on the NYC streets.Add into the mix Dirk, a former history professor turned rock singer, as well as Ecclesiastes Mitsumishi, an eccentric mortician, and Abel Henderson, a preacher with a pet prophet, and youre ready for a wild romp through multiple realities, as well as world-saving heroics.Expect the unexpected at the ABRAXAS MARVEL CIRCUS!

The descendants of humans marooned on the strange planet known as Mictlan have survived against almost impossible odds and have reached a tentative peace with themselves and the native inhabitants.Perhaps the most terrifying change has been the development of a third human genderthe mid-male "Sa"fundamentally changing the meaning of relationships and social structures humans have known for thousands of years.Adjustements to these changes and influences have come at a terrible physical and emotional cost. The fragile peace governing the communities hides deep rivalries, prejudices and animosities.Then a young human "Sa" is kidnapped and savagery rules as long-buried emotions and feelings burst forth and the planet is gripped in a storm of violencea violence that threatens to destroy all.Yet there may be salvation. For an imposing curved monolith called "The Speaking Stone" holds ancient knowledge that may help bring true peace to the people of Mictlan. But the knowledge itself is buried deep within cryptic hieroglyphs that must be deciphered if the planets inhabitants are to survive.

There is a certain magic growing up with life-long friends. The charmed existence became almost dream-like with two young boys growing up in a small neighborhood surrounded by an old, dense forest.But what happens when fantasies start becoming all too real? Grotesque and bloody rites give rise to a fey and magical girl who threatens to destroy the last remnants of the boys idyllic childhood existence...whose mere presence may set the jealous boys at each others throats.Hidden among the trees they know so well, Rob and Mark confront a grim, violent solution to their problems. This is a story of choices, a tale where the wild, romanticized dream-scape of youth intersects the gray world beyond, where fantasy collides and merges with reality.

Una fantástica metrópolis de robots situada en un planeta alienígena seencuentra en peligro. Unos seres-lobo atacan la ciudad bajo la dirección de unextraño robot, que parece no conocer las Leyes de la Robotica. Derec estaligado a la ciudad robotica por una desconcertante infeccion de microchips ensu sangre. Ahora su mision es enfrentarse a este insolito robot que nocomprende quienes son exactamente esos humanos cuyas ordenes ha de obedeceren virtud de las Leyes de la Robotica que le han programado.

Una fantástica metrópolis de robots en un planeta alienígena se encuentra en peligro. Unos seres-lobo atacan la ciudad bajo la dirección de un extraño robot. Derec deberá enfrentarse a este insólito robot que no comprende quiénes son exactamente esos humanos cuyas órdenes ha de obedecer.

In this new paranormal fantasy series, a powerful woman who can see the dead must choose whether to forge a new path for herself and her family. The problem with ghosts is that they dont quite realize that theyre dead. Voada Paorach can see the dead. It is a family trait, but one that has had to remain hidden since the Mundoan Empire conquered her peoples land three generations ago. But this ghost isnt the same as the others she has glimpsed, the lost souls she has helped to find their way to the land beyond life. This ghost demands that Voada follow a new path, one that will mean leaving behind everything and everyone she has known and loved. Voada will come to understand the power that her people possess, but she will also learn the steep price that must be paid for such a gift. Fast-moving and intense, A Fading Sun explores grief, sacrifice, ambition, and the forging of personality in the crucible of war.

This innovative sci-fi novel explores the potential impact of alien infection on humankind as they traverse the stars and find themselves stranded on new and strange planets.Amid the Crowd of Stars is a grand scale science fiction novel examining the ethical implications of interstellar travel, a topic rarely addressed in science fiction novels. What responsibilities do we have to isolate ourselves from the bacteria, viruses, and other life of another world, and to prevent any of that alien biome from being brought back to Earth? What happens when a group of humans are stranded for centuries on another world with no choice but to expose themselves to that world? After such long exposure, are they still Homo sapiens or have they become another species entirely?These questions are at the heart of this intriguing novel, explored through the complicated lives and the viewpoints of the people who have come to rescue the stranded colony, the members of that colony, and the sentient alien life that dwells on the planet. Difficult life and death choices will be made by all involved.

Set in Ireland and Chicago, The Crow of Connemara is the spellbinding tale of Colin Doyle, a young Irish-American musician drawn to his grandfathers homeland. Entranced by the music and legends of the island, gifted with his grandfathers journal and a mysterious jewel, and bespelled by dreamlike images of a woman calling to him, Colin feels his inescapable destiny lies across the waters. On the west coast of Ireland, in the Connemara region, the music is everything he hoped it would be, and the legends seem to come to life before his eyes. In the small town of Ballemor, Colin first encounters the woman of his dreams, Maeve Gallagher. Maeve, a raven-haired beauty with eyes of emerald green, is the leader of a small group, the Oileanach, that has taken over the island of Inishcorr just off the coast and is making their stand against government officials determined to evict them. But Maeve and her followers are more than rebellious squattersthey are the living embodiment of ancient ways, of a time before mortals ruled the lands. And Inishcorr is their last hope for survival, their portal to the place they are meant to be.But to open that portal, Maeve needs the willing assistance of her chose bard: Colin. Yet even as Colin falls under her enchantment, Maeve too must struggle against emotions she cannot afford to recognize. For to allow herself to truly care for Colin could spell the end of her peoples hopes, dreams, and very existence.

Neweden is a world whose gods are death and fate, and its here that the Hoorka have arisen: a guild of assassins, whose single law is that the victim must always retain a tiny but finite chance of escape. If the victim can survive until dawn, they may go free. But the rich and powerful dont care to have their will thwarted, and so the Hoorka must deal with the consequences of their own ethics. Gyll, the leader of the Hoorka, also has dreams of taking the guild offworld into the growing society of the Alliance, which is trying to reconstruct a shattered, worlds-spanning empire. Is that dream a genuine possibility, or will exposure to other cultures doom the Hoorka entirely? Gyll must confront internal struggles within his own people, the dangerous politics of Neweden, and the twinned threat and promise of the Alliance. The Hag of Death dances around them, mockingly. Can the Hoorka survive to see the dawn of their own success, an Assassins Dawn?

This sweeping historical fantasy follows two immortals from the 1300s onward, as they chase one another across timeAn immortal Muse whose very survival depends on the creativity she nurtures within her lovers....Another immortal who feeds not on artistry but on pain and torment....A chase through time from 1300s Paris to contemporary New York, with two people bound together in enmity and fury....When magic and science are melded together, an array of the famous and infamousfrom Bernini to Vivaldi, from Lavoisier and Robespierre to William Blake, from Gustav Klimt to Charlotte Salomonwill be caught up unawares in this ages-long battle....

The second novel in this gripping historical fantasy series, set in an alternate first-century Britain, follows Orla Paorach, freedom fighter and daughter of a Boudica-like warrior."Orla! Hurry, girl! You must come with me!"Orla Paorachs life was overturned for the first time when her mother Voada was beaten senseless, and Orla was taken by Bakir, a minor Mundoan army officer, as his second wife. Now her world is shattered a second time: Bakir has died in battle, and so has her mother, now known as the Mad Draoi of the Cateni.Orla flees northward to Onglse, the island home of the draoi that is the center of the Cateni rebellion against the Mundoa. She becomes quickly embroiled in battle as well as deceptions from both sides of the conflict, as everyone expects that shes come to take up her mothers mantle. Those who knew her mother offer their help, but can she trust any of them? Can she avoid becoming the Mad Draoi herself, lost in the magic her mother once tried to wield?An intense, fast-paced novel, A Rising Moon explores trust, courage, and the deep seduction of power.