Ruud Bal Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

De nakomelingen van het volk dat destijds de reusachtige ijsmuur overwon die de natuurlijke grenslijn vormde tussen Siberie en Noord-Amerika, hebben zich in Het volk van de rivier gevestigd in zuidelijke streken, in Cahokia. Hun nieuwe leider, Tharon, misbruikt echter bij herhaling zijn gezag. Zo legt hij de omringende dorpen na het mislukken van de oogst een zware schatplicht op. Mede als gevolg daarvan, zo wordt gefluisterd, blijven de regens uit en toont de uitgeputte grond zich onvruchtbaar. Weliswaar krijgt de boosaardige leider sterk tegenspel van de krijgsheer Dassestaart en van Chicade, de krijgsvrouw die door Tharon heimelijk wordt begeerd, maar veel haalt dat aanvankelijk niet uit. Als dan ook nog de goden de onderwereld sluiten voor de Zieners van het volk en zelfs de machtigste ziener, de knappe Nachtschade, die stilte niet kan doorbreken, lijkt de toekomst uitzichtloos. Tenzij het meisje Korstmos er uiteindelijk in slaagt met behulp van haar leermeester Zwerver het contact te herstellen met Eerste Vrouw, de buitengewone macht die bemiddelt tussen de mensen en Moeder Aarde en Vader Zon. Pas dan zal het evenwicht worden hersteld, zullen er weer vrede en voorspoed zijn. Maar of de onervaren Korstmos daarin zal slagen...

Thousands of years ago, small hunting bands crossed the fragile land bridge linking the Eurasian continent to the Americas and discovered a land untouched by humankind. Over the centuries that followed, their descendents spread throughout this land. Bestselling authors and award-winning archaeologists W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O?Neal Gear bring the stories of these first North Americans to life in this magnificent, multi-volume saga. Set five thousand years ago and ranging through what is now Montana, Wyoming, northern Colorado, and Utah, People of the Earth follows the migration of the Uto-Aztecan people south out of Canada. It is the unforgettable tale of a woman torn between two peoples and two dreams, of the two men who love her and the third who must have her, and of the vision given to the peoples long ago by the spirit of the wolf.

Seven thousand years ago, major climactic change was ushering in a 3,500 year drought. For a small band of pioneers in what is now Wyoming and the Montana Mountains, it was a time of fire. As they struggled valiantly to keep their ancestors' dreams alive in an unforgiving, drought-stricken land, a heroic young dreamer and a fearless woman warrior united to lead their people to a magnificent destiny. A towering epic filled with tragedy and triumph, courage and conflict, People of the Fire is another compelling novel in the majestic North America's Forgotten Past series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Driven by hunger and the relentless hostilities of the Others, the people of the hunter Rent In Light are forced to embrace a new life. During the harsh journey across the Great Ice, Rent In Light finds himself alone in his efforts to convince his people that a better future is within reach. The Wolf has shown him the path beneath the Great Ice. Wolf has revealed to Rent In Light that behind the massive ice wall lies the promised land, the dwelling place of Father Sun. And that is where he wants to go. However, there are others, such as the warlike Raven Hunter and the female shaman Heron, who pursue less noble ideals...

Enter the city of Hart's Hope, ruled by gods both powerful and indifferent, riddled with sorcery and revenge. The city was captured by a rebellious lord, Palicrovol, who overthrew the cruel king, Nasilee, hated by his people. Palicrovol, too, was cruel, as befitted a king. He took the true mantle of kinghood by forcing Asineth, now queen by her father's death, to marry him, raping her to consummate the marriage. But he was not cruel enough to rule. He let her live after her humiliation; live to bear a daughter, live to return from exile and retake the throne of Hart's Hope. But she, in turn, sent Palicrovol into exile to breed a son who would, in the name of the God, take back the kingdom from its cruel queen. From the back cover of ISBN 0765306786 / 9780765306784

"Welcome to Infernoland," an unearthly voice hisses. And the late, great Allen Carpentier plunges into ht efantastic abyss of an ingenious, living hell. His is a one-way journey through dim nether-regions where flame-colored demons wield diabolically sharp pitchforks . . . where tormented vixens reign forever in a pond of sheer ice. There, in this land of torment and terror, he discovers the amazing truth of the ultimate adventure that lies beyond the grave.

Rok 2236. Země a jejích sto vesmírných kolonií je přecpáno a žije v anachii a sociální degradaci. Ve vzdálenosti dvou světelných let, ukryta v koutu Galaxie, je vystopována hvězda, která sousedí se Sluncem, hvězda, která má planetární systém: Megas, Eryhro a Rotor, renegátskou pozemskou kolonii. Ta hvězda se jmenuje Nemesis... Když byla Nemesis objevena, zdálo se, že je to poslední naděje lidské rasy a počátek vzrušujících zážitků skupiny odvážlivců z Rotoru vedených skvělým, ale megalomanským komisařem Janusem Pittem. Pitt a jeho lidé se tajně dostanou z orbity Země superluminálním letem do systému Nemesis, aby vytvořili novou utopii – společnost silnou a čistou....

Een stormachtige leven van een jonge actrice in het 19e eeuwse Amerika.

Robert A. HeinleinLevenslijn (Life Line)Beproeving in de ruimte (Ordeal in Space)Wie eenmaal macht heeft (Logic of Empire)Isaac AsimovDenk! (Think!)Niemendalletje (About nothing)Het ontbrekende onderdeel (The Missing Item)Een kwestie van smaak (Good Taste)A. E. van VogtDe bekentenis (The Confession)Het groene woud (The Green Forest)Het ding uit zee (The Sea Thing)

GATHER, DARKNESS! is a science-fiction classic. It tells the story of Armon Jarles, a man on the edge, living amidst the disputes of two rival powers at large in the world. 360 years after a nuclear holocaust ravaged mankind, throwing society back into the dark ages, the world is fraught with chaos and superstition. The new rulers over the masses of humanity are the techno-priests of the Great God, endowed with scientific knowledge lost to the rest of humanity. Jarles, originally of peasant descent, rises to become a priest of the Great God. He knows the gospel propagated by the priests to be a fraud, based on illusion and trickery. Even more offensive to him is the paucity of true believers among the priesthood. One day he rebels against his priestly training and attempts to incite the peasants to rise up and demand freedom, but they are not ready. Jarles is not the only dissenter trying to sabotage and expose the false theocracy of the priesthood witchcraft is slowly gaining strength and support among the populace. about to throw him headlong into the middle of the greatest holy war the world has ever seen.

Vědeckofantastický román o profesionálním průvodci turistů po minulých událostech. Autor se vyžívá v promýšlení absurdních situací a vztahů, které by mohly nastat při upravování historických událostí a osudů významných osobností. – Román byl nominován na Huga i Nebulu.