Era Fiction

James, Kennedy, and Elijah Reed have waited their entire lives to see how this Culling would play out. Now it's time for the final four debates, the last chance to sway voters into choosing worthy leadership for the nation. But when the debates take a surprising turn and a horrific incident rocks the township tour, the Reeds know trouble lies ahead. They still have enemies—both outside the Culling and from within.

For as long as anyone could remember, the Carlisles had been caretakers of Castlemartin, a sprawling estate perched atop Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Its latest caretaker, the mysterious historian Lord M. Nigel Carlisle, was rumored to work tirelessly within its book-filled confines, endlessly refining his secretive research on imperialism.

At the beginning of the 21st century, in a world enslaved by politics, religion, and economy, Edward Teslenstein, a scatterbrained artist, receives a mystical vision—a glimpse of a powerful engine that could reshape humanity’s destiny.

1812. Conall Grenville no solo es un crápula irredimible y el tipo más atractivo, arrogante de la alta sociedad londinense, sino que está preso en la cárcel por deudas. Por eso, cuando le proponen liberarlo y recuperar su estatus a cambio de seducir y arruinar la reputación de lady Mathilda Seymour, la perla de la temporada y distante hija del poderoso duque de Ormonday, no lo duda: es pan comido. ¿Qué mujer se ha resistido alguna vez a su poderoso atractivo?

After The Gatherings cult leader, Matthew, fails to rally the public against the gryphons, he attracts unwanted attention. Desperate to avoid public scrutiny, he searches for ways to make Thyra’s and Johnathen’s life miserable. While Thyra excels in her new Gryphball team, Matthew puts plans into action to resurrect a ghost from her past to haunt her, but his rashness may spell his downfall. He's determined to rid the city of these "Gryphon abominations" and burn all in his path to accomplish his objective.

Roman krupneyshego francuzskogo pisatelya-naturalista XIX v. Emilya Zolya "Kar'era Rugonov" (1871) otkryvaet dvadcatitomnuyu seriyu "Rugon-Makkary", predstavlyayushchuyu "estestvennuyu i social'nuyu istoriyu zhizni odnoy sem'i v ehpohu Vtoroy imperii". Eto svoeobraznyy prolog k grandioznoy ehpopee, v kotoroy posledovatel'no proslezhivaetsya razvitie harakternyh rodovyh osobennostey, peredayushchihsya po nasledstvu ot odnogo pokoleniya k drugomu i oopredelyayushchih, v sootvetstvii s principami naturalizma, povedenie personazhey v opredelennyh istoricheskoy situacii.

Brian White lleva tras de sí un misterio que se remonta a su concepción y nacimiento. El amor, siempre presente en la vida del ser humano, irrumpe con fuerza en su vida cuando apenas era un púber. Lucrecia, una mujer de ensueño, será al mismo tiempo la tentación que lo acompañará a lo largo de esta extraña Aventura.

Matt Cooper, having recently left the L.A. police force, begins to develop his P.I. business in Hollywood, California during the years 1947 through 1971, when his son, Clay joins him in the business.

HayleAnna is just a small town Oklahoma girl, and is the only daughter of Seraphina and Taven Mayall. She has been training her whole life to join E.R.A, since it is the closest thing to a military that America has left. After a complete government fall in the year 2040, there are no laws, no rules, and the only people trying to stop all of the rogue groups from taking over and making America a dictatorship is the E.R.A.

Milano. Massimo Gerosa, manager in carriera, viene improvvisamente licenziato dalla COMOR, il colosso dell'informatica dove lavora. Le motivazioni sono vaghe. La moglie lo costringe ad andarsene di casa e anche la figlia diciannovenne, che all'inizio mantiene i rapporti con il padre, a un certo punto se ne allontana. Dopo nove mesi vissuti tra alberghi di quart'ordine e il suo SUV adibito a dimora, Massimo finisce a fare il guardiano notturno nella sede di un movimento di estrema destra, di cui gradatamente sposa l'ideologia impregnata di nazionalismo, di razzismo e di antisemitismo.

The late 19th Century was a time of liberation. After the collapse of empires, people of all creeds demanded their equality. We begin with two speeches that represent the old order, by Bismarck. Between the two speeches he went from being Prussia’s last Minister President to being the Germany’s first Chancellor. A statesman in the oldest mold, he argues for nationalist dominance against forces temporal and religious.

Una traversata a piedi di mille chilometri, dal confine francese fino a Roma, per ritrovare un amico che è in coma. Lungo la Via Francigena scorrono 26 giorni di incontri, turbolenze, riflessioni. E ritornano 25 anni di vita, di episodi improbabili, riflessioni importanti e soprattutto amicizia. Perché in mille chilometri quello che fa da guida è la storia trentennale di tre amici. Fino ad arrivare alla mèta, e a un imprevisto epilogo. Come per il percorso di un camminatore, ogni capitolo è una tappa, e ogni tappa un modo per raccontare quel che è stato di una nazione e della sua gente.

Uma viagem improvável reúne um escritor cínico, uma eterna romântica e uma urna funerária, mudando suas vidas para sempre. Millicent Watts-Cohen tem uma missão a cumprir. Determinada a reafirmar o poder duradouro do amor, ela decide levar as cinzas da Sra. Nash, uma idosa de 98 anos que se tornou uma grande amiga, de Washington até a Flórida. Seu objetivo: reuni-la, ainda que simbolicamente, ao grande amor de sua vida, oitenta anos depois.

«Añoro la vida cuando era nuestra», comenta Lola mientras trastea en la cocina de su casa. Esa vida, que era tan suya y tan llena de ilusión, estaba hecha de libros y de charlas de café, de siestas lánguidas y de proyectos para construir un país, España, que aprendía las reglas de la democracia.

Clayton Stonemason idolized his father, a hometown hero in their small Missouri town. But when his father’s life unravels, Clayton loses his way, too. He tries to escape his father’s legacy but discovers he can’t run from his destiny. AMERICAN JUKEBOX, a story of small-town America in the last decades of the twentieth century, explores the many ways our relationships, hopes, and dreams can alter the course of our lives.

No one would have guessed during this prosperous time that our species' most desperate struggle loomed. Long after we’d made nuclear peace following the Cold War era, bioweapon peace after the Red Death Epidemic, and even survived the battle with self-aware AIs during the Proxy Wars, we had no idea mankind would, less than a full century later, battle its greatest threat, a period that came to be known in universal history as...the Extinction Era.

En esta ocasión, la improbable heroína tiene su origen en el barrio de Soweto, el tristemente célebre gueto de Johannesburgo. Corren los años setenta, en pleno auge del apartheid, cuando Nombeko Mayeki, condenada a una vida de infortunio y con altas probabilidades de que ésta acabe a una edad temprana ante la indiferencia de sus semejantes, encuentra un resquicio para escapar de su aciago futuro.

July 1839, without the permission of the English Government, the New Zealand Company ship, Tory, quietly departed England, anxious to reach New Zealand with the utmost speed. Expedition leader, Colonel William Wakefield's objective is clear - acquire millions of acres of valuable land from the natives at the lowest possible price. On board the Tory, Andrew and Eleanor Stewart, young Scottish emigrants indentured to the New Zealand Company, are excited at the prospect of beginning a new life in a perfect town called Britannia. It's the Utopia the company promised.

Lo único que Eden desea es que el reloj retroceda y volver al día en el que todo cambió. Porque, si pudiera, lo haría todo de forma diferente: no se reiría de sus bromas, ni ignoraría la forma en la que él la miró durante toda la noche. Y, definitivamente, echaría el cerrojo de la puerta de su habitación cuando se fuera a dormir.

This collection contains five speeches from a millennium shaped by faith and empire.