Alternate History Fiction

Hazel Sinnett este o tânără aristocrată mai dornică să devină chirurg decât să se mărite. Jack Currer este un recuperator de cadavre care încearcă să supraviețuiască într-un oraș unde e foarte ușor să mori. Cei doi se întâlnesc întâmplător în Edinburgh, însă Hazel își dă seama de importanța întâlnirii abia după ce e dată afară de la cursurile renumitului doctor Beecham, pentru simplul motiv că e femeie… O poveste gotică plină de mister, intrigă și romantism.

In this world, steam and electricity are the favored sources of power. Science has taken the place of religion, while magic is unknown by all but peculiar outcasts. But the border between reality and the underworld here is extremely thin. Thankfully, the adepts of scientific knowledge have found success holding back the onslaught of infernal creatures. Electricity is stronger than magic, but even it is not all-powerful. A former detective constable for the New Babylon Criminal Investigative Police, Leopold Orso is illustrious.

John Bruni, Kevin Candela, and Kent Hill reteam for a second adventure, roaring down the Hunter S. Thompson highway to Gonzo nirvana. Following the success of the trio's The Doctor Is...In!, this group of humble seekers reignites Thompson's joint and takes you to places real and otherwise...as per the Doctor's orders. This second amazing tribute to the man who epitomized rebelliousness seeks once again to bring Hunter back from the grave for yet another wild adventure while fearing and loathing in the dissection of the American dream.

Battle of Kursk, 1943. A young German conscript in an elite division of the Wehrmacht and his Kompanie are pinned into a factory. Just before his life is to end, he finds himself awake in a very strange world where animals talk and walk on two. Knowing only terrifying and confusing battles for two years, Hans is elated to be taken out of the colossal struggle which consumed him. Hans' past follows him even into this world, and he soon finds that he is not alone. In this wild new land, Hans must confront the dangers that await him and the reality of the cause he once served.

Lawrence is having a shitty day. His girlfriend is not only cheating on him but she’s cheating on him with his best friend. He had the added benefit of finding out about it firsthand. To make matters worse a legendary native American God has sent him back to North America circa AD 1400. What’s a gamer to do? From the creator of the hilarious Eryth online and the action packed warrior academy series comes I Am Gamer!

It is December, 1963, and the tensions that have been simmering since the October war came to a boil in an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion so poisonous that nobody in England or Washington, DC, realize that in the background, there is a third, malignant force at work.

North America, 2027. Southern California is a developer's dream gone mad: an endless sprawl of condos, freeways, and malls. Jim McPherson, the affluent son of a defense contractor, is a young man lost in a world of fast cars, casual sex, and designer drugs. But his descent in to the shadowy underground of industrial terrorism brings him into a shattering confrontation with his family, his goals, and his ideals.

Consider this other 1920: Imperial Germany has become the most powerful nation in the world. In 1914, she crushed England, France, and Russia in a war that was short but entirely devastating. By 1920, Kaiser Wilhelm II is looking for new lands to devour. The United States is fast becoming an economic super-power and the only nation that can conceivably threaten Germany. The U.S. is militarily inept, however, and is led by a sick and delusional president who wants to avoid war at any price.

The story involves a huge diamond, the moonstone, originally stolen from an Indian shrine. The gem is given to an English girl on her 18th birthday but disappears that same night. What follows is a spellbinding mystery that to this day has the power to draw the listener into its world of danger, suspense, and surprise.

Space exploration gone different. Although HAM was the first US astronaut, at one point in history it seemed inevitable that the first deep-space pilots would be humans. Of course, we know that things didn't work out that way. This is the story as it actually unfolded, including the real story of Tolan Baboon's flight and his best dirty jokes. A humorous alternate history of the space program.

Abby Kelley Foster arrived in Springfield, Illinois, with the fate of the nation on her mind. Her fame as an abolitionist speaker had spread west, and she knew that her first speech in the city would make headlines. One of the residents reading those headlines would be none other than the likely next president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln, lawyer and presidential candidate, knew his chances of winning were good. All he had to do was stay above the fray of the slavery debate and appear the voice of reason until the people cast their votes.

She will defy a future written in stone. In 1943, Eleanor sees fragments of the future, but despite her efforts, she can’t alter destiny. Orphaned as a girl, she believes the visions are a curse created by the Devil. As a young woman, she has made peace with watching atrocities unfold twice. But, when she finds a grifter with the ability to hear her thoughts, she realizes she is not alone. Those with gifts are being murdered. Eleanor tempts fate and sets out to stop a mysterious serial killer hunting the streets of New York City.

Selah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The role of Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she’s been preparing for since birth—but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father’s sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives, the towering central library that safeguards all collective knowledge of the Roman Imperium and its client empires.

From blood-stained battlefields where sorcery clashes with musket fire, to the halls of power where secrets are whispered, the characters in these tales navigate a treacherous landscape. They face personal struggles, make profound sacrifices, and challenge the boundaries of their own destinies. With a deft hand, Hawthorne weaves together suspense, emotion, and enchantment, crafting narratives that transport listeners to a world where history and fantasy intertwine in an alternate reality.

This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica to the medieval Jewish legend of the Golem and Ambrose Bierce’s tale of a chess-playing robot, the idea of what robots are—and who creates them—can be drastically different.

Androids are an important part of everyday life, but the status quo is interrupted when Detectives Roku Watanabe and Ji-suk Jeong come across two strange murders that seem like they could only have been committed by an android. As more bodies begin washing up on shores, Watanabe and Jeong must reevaluate the relationships between humans and robots to solve the mystery and prevent more attacks.

In 1986, led by terrorist Carlos Sánchez, nuclear devices are planted in American cities. As New York and other cities are swallowed up in fireballs, Patch Kincaid is sent back in time to prevent the destruction. He lands in 1961, where he chases Sánchez into the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Captured by Castro, Patch and his mentor Meinkewitz chase Carlos Sánchez into rural Cuba.

My name is Nadia, and I'm a shadow agent of the High Queen of the Elves. That means I use magic to steal things for her. Now she wants me to steal a treasure from an Elven lord without him even realizing that it's missing. To pull it off, I'll need a crew.

Jeune Juif persécuté à Paris sous l'occupation allemande, le héros de ce roman se retrouve en Israël après la Guerre des Six Jours, citoyen d'un pays devenu à son tour occupant de territoires arabes. David, que les souffrances de sa jeunesse ont profondément marqué, ne peut s'empêcher de réfléchir au destin d'un peuple condamné autrefois par sa faiblesse à endurer les humiliations et les tortures, condamné aujourd'hui par ses victoires à glisser vers le rôle de l'oppresseur, peut-être un jour du bourreau.

Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the Maratha-Mughal conflict from a tender age. His mistakes cost him dearly, and when his father suddenly dies and he becomes the chhatrapati, it is as if he has inherited a crown of thorns. In the nine years that follow, he faces a constant battle - internally, as palace intrigues simmer to kill him, and externally, as Aurangzeb descends on the Deccan with full military force. Even Chhatrapati Shivaji had never faced a full-blown Mughal aggression.