Kameron Hurley se proslavila svými neotřelými pohledy na sci-fi a fantasy žánry. Její tvorba se často zabývá tématy jako je válka, přežití a postavení žen ve společnosti, přičemž se nebojí prozkoumávat temnější stránky lidské povahy. Hurleyin styl je energický a přímočarý, často využívá silné ženské postavy a nekonvenční narativní struktury, aby čtenáře vtáhla do svých napínavých příběhů. Její psaní vyniká originalitou a odvahou posouvat hranice tradičního žánrového vyprávění.
Set against a backdrop of intense conflict, the narrative explores themes of survival and resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. Characters navigate a world fraught with peril, grappling with their inner demons and the brutal realities around them. The story delves into the psychological impact of violence and the struggle for redemption, offering a raw and gripping portrayal of human strength amidst devastation.
The bloodsoaked conclusion to Kameron Hurley's epic fantasy masterpiece - the Worldbreaker Saga - is unleashed.
"'The war has turned us into light. Transforming us into light is the fastest way to travel from one front to another, and there are many fronts, now. I always wanted to be a hero. I always wanted to be on the side of light. It's funny how things work out.' Soldiers in the war against Mars, The Light Brigade, live brief lives, but the veterans are starting to be affected by changes in their bodies and minds, slipping in and out of time, or are they simply going mad? From Hugo award-winning author of The Stars Are Legion is a novel about interplanetary warriors who are losing their humanity."-- Provided by publisher
"One of the best story collections of the past few years." --Booklist, starred review "16 hard-edged pieces that gleam like gems in a mosaic." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Kameron Hurley is a badass." --Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous When renegade author Kameron Hurley (The Light Brigade; The Stars Are Legion) takes you to the future, be prepared for the unexpected. Yes, it will be dangerous, frequently brutal, and often devastating. But it's also savagely funny, deliriously strange, and absolutely brimming with adventure. In these edgy, unexpected tales, a body-hopping mercenary avenges his pet elephant, and an orphan falls in love with a sentient starship. Fighters ally to power a reality-bending engine, and a swamp-dwelling introvert tries to save the world--from her plague-casting former wife. So come meet Kameron Hurley in the future. The version she's created here is weirder--and far more hopeful--than you could ever imagine.
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Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying worldships known as the Legion is traveling in the seams between the stars. For generations, a war for control of the Legion has been waged, with no clear resolution. As worlds continue to die, a desperate plan is put into motion. Zan wakes with no memory, prisoner of a people who say they are her family. She is told she is their salvation - the only person capable of boarding the Mokshi, a world-ship with the power to leave the Legion. But Zan's new family is not the only one desperate to gain control of the prized ship. Zan must choose sides in a genocidal campaign that will take her from the edges of the Legion's gravity well to the very belly of the world. Zan will soon learn that she carries the seeds of the Legion's destruction - and its possible salvation.
The Geek Feminist Revolution is a collection of essays by double Hugo Award- winning essayist and fantasy novelist Kameron Hurley. The book collects dozens of Hurley's essays on feminism, geek culture, and her experiences and insights as a genre writer, including We Have Always Fought, which won the 2013 Hugo for Best Related Work.
Nyx is back, alongside the bel dame sisterhood of assassins. Although the centuries-long war is over, civil unrest is rife, and the fate of one kidnapped politician could be the catalyst for a bloody regime change. With aliens in the sky and a hint of revolution in the air, Nyx and her team of mutant shape-shifters, torturers and bio-tech magicians have a new mission: save a life to save a country.
Every two thousand years, the dark star Oma appears in the sky, bringing with it a tide of death and destruction, but also great magical powers. Saiduan already lies in ruin, decimated by invaders from another world who share the faces of those they seek to destroy. Now the nation of Dhai is under siege. Their only hope lies in the hands of an illegitimate ruler and a scullery maid with a powerful - but unpredictable -magic. As the foreign Empire spreads across the world like a plague, two enslaved scholars begin a treacherous journey home with a long-lost secret that they hope is the key to the Empire's undoing. But when the enemy shares your own face, who can be trusted? In this devastating sequel to The Mirror Empire, Kameron Hurley transports us back to a land of blood mages and sentient plants, dark magic, and warfare on a scale that spans worlds.
Temná hvězda, zvěstovatel bědných zítřků, stoupá na obloze a zdá se, že je jen otázkou času, než bude celý svět pohlcen v kataklyzmatu zkázy a utrpení. Zatímco se svět připravuje na válku, útrapami stižená dívka jen tak tak unikne smrti a otroctví, aby objevila svou vlastní krvavou minulost... V lesní říši, chráněné masožravými rostlinami a pohybujícími se stromy, se musí moci chopit nedobrovolný vládce, aby spojil kmeny a navrátil zemi její dávno zašlou slávu. A ve zdánlivě všemocné říši je bitvami zocelená generálka postavena před svůj dosud nejtěžší, nepochopitelný úkol - vybít vyhladovělé a bezmocné otroky, a stát se tak někým, koho nenávidí ze všeho nejvíc. Každý čin má své následky a každá tragédie kořeny. Svět a dávné jistoty se začínají hroutit a nikdo již nebude jako dřív...