S. P. Somtow Knihy

Tato sbírka je vůbec první knihou soudobého thajského autora, která vychází v češtině. Obsahuje čtveřici povídek: dvě science fiction z daleké budoucnosti a dvě povídky s tajemstvím odehrávající se v Thajsku koncem 20. století – jedna z nich byla nominována na Cenu Theodora Sturgeona, druhá se pak dostala do prestižního výboru nejlepší science fiction roku 1986.

Set against a backdrop of tachyon bubbles and galactic empires, the story unfolds with a lonely planet and three lost souls embarking on a journey that leads to a galactic revolution. Blending science fiction with profound family conflicts reminiscent of Greek tragedy, it explores themes of adventure and spectacle. This modern reincarnation of a classic series from the 1980s promises to deliver more excitement and depth, inviting readers into a richly imagined universe.

Equus Insanus, disillusioned by the monotony of Roman life, longs to return to Terra Novo. He is excited to contribute to the ambitious project of building a transprovincial railroad commissioned by Caesar. This journey explores themes of ambition, civilization versus wilderness, and the clash between progress and tradition as Equus navigates his dual identity in a rapidly changing world.

The setting is Thailand and the protagonists are two boys, one Thai, the other African-American. The novel traces their relationship, which is a meeting of East and West. By a Thai-born writer, author of Vampire Junction.

The godlike rulers of the High Inquest had forsaken all that made them human. But one young Inquestor rediscovered the power of compassion and hastened the end of their ancient, starflung empire.

Slumbering deep within young Theo Etchison is the power of a Truthsayer: a power for which Thorn, the Darkling vampire, has a burning need. For the Darklings – using dreams as their weapon – battle amon themselves for domination of the universe, and victory can only come through a Truthsayer from the world of men. And Theo under Thorn’s demonic spell, finds himself in the strange and luminous underworld of the Darklings, confronting Thorn’s dragon sister, with only his overactive imagination and his fantasies to protect him.

The planet Gallendys is ruled by the Inquestors, unseen beings who are able to travel instantaneously to any place in the universe via tachyon bubbles.

Set in a quaint West London village, the story follows Mrs. Dorrit, a widowed woman living with her brother and twin daughters on her wealthy cousin's estate. Their mundane lives take a dramatic turn with the arrival of a rakish Earl and the unexpected landing of a starship in their apple orchard, complicating the daughters' marital prospects and intertwining their fates with extraordinary events.

UTOPIA HUNTERS is the history of the Inquest as seen through the eyes of a young woman who becomes a central figure in its evolution. Jenjen, a young lightweaver from the world of Essondras, is summoned by the inquestor Ton Elloran to fashion a great lightsculpture commemorating the Inquest's crusade against false utopias. Caught in a great game played with billions of lives, she learns to see in her life, her art and in the great sweep of history itself, the terrible shadow that threatens the Inquest -- and the light that lies beyond that darkness.