Melinda M. Snodgrass Knihy

V ulicích New Yorku propukají oslavy Dne divokých karet – výroční akce připadající na 15. září, při níž se vzpomíná na mrtvé a vzdává čest živým. Je to den ohňostrojů, pouličních trhů a průvodů, politických demonstrací a vzpomínkových hostin, pitek a rvaček v tmavých uličkách. Oslavy jsou rok od roku masovější a bouřlivější. A letos, v roce 1986, určitě proběhne u příležitosti čtyřicátého výročí zatím největší a nejlepší Den divokých karet. Na svátek se už chystají nejrůznější média i přívaly turistů a nálevny i restaurace očekávají rekordní obrat. V pozadí však číhá zvrácený génius, kterého nezajímá zábava ani veselí. Hvězdář má jen jeden cíl: zkázu.

Thracius "Tracy" Belmanor navigates a tumultuous life marked by betrayal and disgrace after being court-martialed and ousted from the military. For fourteen years, he has carved out a precarious existence as the captain of a small trading vessel, engaging in black market dealings while evading the watchful eyes of the Solar League's elite. This journey explores themes of resilience, survival, and the moral complexities of a life lived on the fringes of society.

Exploring the concept of Thucydides Trap, the book examines the historical pattern where a rising power threatens to displace an established one, leading to inevitable conflict. It delves into the dynamics of international relations, analyzing past instances of this phenomenon and its implications for contemporary global politics. By highlighting the lessons learned from history, the author argues for strategies to avoid catastrophic wars and foster stability in an increasingly competitive world.

The final battle approaches, the light of science and reason against an ancient supernatural army poised to destroy the world. Overwhelmed after a series of catastrophic events, Richard Oort is still determined to fight the horrific Old Ones.

Thracius Tracy Belmanor and the Infanta Mercedes have graduated and become officers in the Orden de la Estrella. Tracy's posting leads him to doubt the intentions of the League, when he is required to assimilate a Hidden World. Meanwhile, Mercedes' own posting--and her difficult marriage to Boho Cullen-- divides her loyalties.

It's been two hundred years since the Solar League has faced an alien threat, but now one is on their doorstep, and it has fallen to the Empress Mercedes de Arango to inspire and lead her people even as the aliens rain down death on League worlds. The need for competent military officers is desperate, so Mercedes reaches out to her secret love and begs Tracy to return to active duty - even though that might risk Tracy learning the truth about the crown prince of the Solar League. In the midst of this war against outside invaders there is also a looming threat of civil war with both Mercedes' youngest sister and her son being pawns in this game of thrones. Once again it is Tracy who rescues both the sister and the son only to discover a devasting secret that will threaten the stability of the throne.

Ein Wild Card-Mosaikroman, verfasst von Howard Waldrop, Roger Zelazny und anderen, herausgegeben von George R. R. Martin. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg verändert ein Virus die Geschichte und führt zu "Asse" mit Superkräften und "Joker" mit deformierten Erscheinungen. Die normalen Menschen müssen lernen, mit diesen Wild Cards zu leben.

Richard Oort, now CEO of Lumina Enterprises, has learned that an interdimensional gate has given the terrifying and grotesquely gluttonous Old Ones access to our universe. Richard tries to get the US government to intervene before a rising tide of irrationality abetted by religious leaders and spiritual hucksters reduces humanity to madness.

An explosive new space opera from the Emmy Award-winning scriptwriter of Star Trek: The Next Generation

A cop on the trail of a bizarre murder uncovers a hidden conspiracy—and shocking secrets about his late father—in this original graphic novel set in George R. R. Martin’s shared-world universe, Wild Cards. In 1946, an alien virus ravaged the world, its results as random as a hand of cards. From that fateful moment to the present day, those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated. Today, Aces, Jokers, and uninfected humans live in relative peace. Francis “Franny” Black is an uninfected human cop, trying to police a world filled with people with the extraordinary powers that he lacks. Newly—and some would say too suddenly—promoted to detective, he has been working out of Wild Card Central, the precinct in Jokertown where the bulk of the virus victims fell in 1946. Franny’s father was one of the heroes of the precinct, killed in the line of duty, and Franny is finding it hard to fill his dead father’s shoes. That is, until he’s given a particularly insidious case and starts uncovering long-buried secrets that his father might have died to protect. Illustrated in a gorgeous, cinematic style by Michael Komarck and Elizabeth Leggett, this unique graphic novel is a visual feast certain to delight.