Eilífðarvetur
5.690 kr.Siðmenningin leið undir lok. Aldir hafa liðið. Á einangraðri eyju sem eitt sinn hét Ísland ríkir viðvarandi vetur, mannskæðir frostbyljir bresta daglega á og enginn kemst burt. Fortíðin hefur fallið í gleymsku og frumstæð ættbálkasamfélög draga fram lífið við nær ómögulegar aðstæður.
Sagnaþulirnir Tara og Breki sjá vonarglætu þegar þau hitta fyrir Maríu, fullstarfandi vélkonu sem grafist hafði undir rústum í fyrndinni en er nú fangi þeirra sem fundu hana. Botnlaus þekking hennar gæti komið lífsbaráttu fólks yfir á réttan kjöl og jafnvel leitt til þess að leið fyndist yfir hafísinn. Í skjóli nætur bjarga sagnaþulirnir vélkonunni en í kjölfarið hefst flótti yfir vetrarríki þar sem aðeins eitt lögmál virðist gilda; að komast af, sama hvað það kostar.
„Eitt helsta fantasíuskáld Íslendinga.“ ‒ bokmenntaborgin.is
Emil Hjörvar er verðlaunahöfundur. Eftir hann liggja verk á borð við Víghóla, Dauðaleit, Hælið og Sögu eftirlifenda.
The Book of the New Sun – Volume 2: Sword and Citadel
3.690 kr.An extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, in the time of a dying sun, when our present culture is no longer even a memory. The torturer’s apprentice, Severian, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his prisoners, is now the Lictor of Thrax, a city far distant from his home. But it is not long before Severian must flee this city, too, and journey again into the world.
Embattled by friends and enemies alike, pursued by monstrous creatures, the one-time torturer’s apprentice must overcome hitherto unimagined perils, as he moves closer to fulfilling his ultimate destiny. This edition contains the concluding two volumes of this four-volume novel, The Sword of the Lictor and The Citadel of the Autarch.
The Shadow out of Time
2.490 kr.Assuming that I was sane and awake, my experience on that night was such as has befallen no man before.
After five years of ‘strange amnesia’, Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee remains haunted by madness and memories that cannot be real. Desperate for answers he travels to Western Australia, joining an archaeological excavation into Earth’s deep past.
Journey with Peaslee to discover his fate in the story described by author Lin Carter as ‘Lovecraft’s single greatest achievement in fiction’.
The Blazing World
2.490 kr.I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security.
In 1666, Margaret Cavendish had a vision: there was a crack in reality at the North Pole leading to a utopian parallel universe, where gender roles, scientific orthodoxy and political norms had been razed to the ground. She slipped through the portal and returned with the first science fiction novel in English – an explosive account of the Blazing World.
Sunrise on the Reaping
5.690 kr.As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem.?This year, in honour of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.
Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.
When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.
