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Nancy A. Collins

    10. september 1959

    Nancy A. Collins sa preslávila svojimi hororovými románmi, najmä sériou o upírke Sonje Blue. Jej dielo sa často ponára do sveta mýtických bytostí známych ako Predstieraní, ktorí sa skrývajú medzi ľuďmi, aby lepšie lovili. Collins tiež skúma temnejšie stránky Juhu v oceňovaných poviedkach a novelách z prostredia Southern Gothic, často zasadených do fiktívneho Arkansasu. V posledných rokoch sa venuje sérii Golgotham, ktorá vykresľuje New York ako nadprirodzenú enklávu, kde sa folklórne stvorenia potýkajú s ľudským svetom.

    Nancy A. Collins
    Vampirella
    World of Darkness: Dark Destiny
    Blade Runner Black Lotus: Leaving L.A.
    Sunglasses after dark
    Absalom's Wake
    Vetřelci Omnibus 6
    • Vetřelci Omnibus 6

      • 375 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
      4,1(33)Ohodnotiť

      Jsou součástí tohoto světa Kdykoli lidstvo vstoupilo na nová území, vždy se strhl zápas o rovnováhu mezi objevitelskou vášní a vykořisťovatelskou chtivostí. V éře kolonizace vesmíru je vzrušení z dobrodružného odhalování nových zázraků zkaleno hrůzně reálnou možností setkání dvou odlišných druhů, do té chvíle oddělených světelnými roky vzduchoprázdna; objevitelské opojení může velmi rychle vystřídat krutá noční můra nemilosrdného boje o nadvládu. Lidská hamižnost a arogance pomohla rozšířit hrozbu vetřelců do všech koutů vesmíru - nyní vše závisí jen na odvaze mužů a žen, kteří se pokusí zvrátit budoucnost galaxie a zabránit nastolení Věku vetřelce!

      Vetřelci Omnibus 6
    • Absalom's Wake

      • 136 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      Upon the death of his beloved Uncle Calvin, a young Jonah Padgett makes his way to Sag Harbor with nothing but a letter of introduction and a strange amulet shaped like a dolphin. He signs on to the whaler Absalom, under the command of his uncle's old friend, Captain Solomon. Upon rounding the Horn, the crew hears stories of a sperm whale said to be as big as a mountain with skin as black as a bible, and in command of a harem of a hundred females. Captain Solomon wagers that his crew will be the one to make its fortune hunting down the elusive "King Jim." But when the Absalom signs on the native called Koro as a harpooner, the ship is beleaguered by inexplicable disappearances and horrific death, which pits shipmate against shipmate. While trying to clear his friend of suspicion, Jonah finds himself adrift in a fantastical world filled with dolphin-like merfolk and nightmarish were-sharks, endangered equally by inhuman creatures from the ocean's depths and human fear and superstition, his very life at the mercy of something as old and mysterious as the sea itself.

      Absalom's Wake
    • One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night, Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is borne from the city's gutters. Saved by modern medicine before she could die, she is a living vampire who still possesses a soul and is determined to fight for what remains of her humanity. In the years since her bizarre resurrection, Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of those creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire Noble who created her. But when she investigates a sleazy televangelist named Catherine Wheele, who is exploiting Denise Thorne's parents, Sonja finds herself up against a powerful inhuman adversary. But as dangerous as Catherine Wheele proves to be, Sonja's greatest foe remains the Other, the demonic personality with whom she is locked in a constant battle for control of their shared body. Can Sonja Blue overcome her inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from Catherine Wheele's unholy clutches?

      Sunglasses after dark
    • Based on the all-new acclaimed Anime series: Black Lotus. This officially sanctioned graphic novel heralds an all-new saga in the Blade Runner franchise, one whose ramifications will ripple throughout the Blade Runner universe.

      Blade Runner Black Lotus: Leaving L.A.
    • Humanity has been manipulated by shadowy, inhuman beings throughout history. Secret wars have been waged to settle vampires' disputes. Cultures have been created to advance mages' visions of Ascension. Enemies of the Earth have been defeated by werewolves as they prepare for their Apocalypse. This is the World of Darkness, a place where one's fears may become reality. Dark Destiny features short stories by Robert Bloch, Rick Hautala, Nancy A. Collins, Robert Weinberg and others.

      World of Darkness: Dark Destiny
    • Vampirella

      Blood invasion

      Years ago, Drakulon--a planet of living vampires, where it rains blood instead of water--was faced with a terrible drought. So they sent Space Scouts out into the cosmos to search for a new home--one where blood was plentiful. The bravest of these volunteers was the beautiful and bold Vampirella, who found herself marooned on a strange new world--one called Earth. Unable to return to her home, Vampirella sets about making a new life for herself on a planet where all other vampires are undead creatures born of evil. Over the years, she becomes famous as a monster hunter and defender of the weak and powerless. She even finds friendship and, for a time, love. But, one day, the skies of Earth fill with spaceships as Vampirella's people, led by General Orlok, finally arrive on the only other planet in the universe where blood flows as freely as it did on Drakulon. Vampirella is, at first, delighted to be reunited with her long-lost love, Tristan, and eager to help her people make a new beginning on her adopted home-world. But when she rebels against General Orlok's dark plans for Earth, Vampirella is branded a traitor and made a political prisoner until she escapes with the help of her sworn enemy, Count Dracula! Together with her best friend, the were-woman Pantha, Vampirella must put aside her hatred of monsters as she fights alongside an unholy rebel army compromised of witches, the living dead, and Dr. Frankenstein and his patchwork creations, in order to save not just the human race, but the Earth itself!Because, as they say: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

      Vampirella
    • Artist Tate Eresby has accepted the unusual sights and sounds of Golgotham, New York's paranormal underworld. But her relationship with witch-lord Hexe, the current heir to the Kymeran throne, is full of tension. Original

      Left Hand Magic. A Novel of Golgotham
    • Army of Darkness: Furious Road

      • 144 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      The only hope for both mankind and monsters alike is a ritual that will send the demons back to the Hell that birthed them. But first, a rag-tag crew including the Frankenstein Monster and Eva, the Daughter of Dracula, must track down the fabled grimoire known as the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and deal with its guardian... a certain Ash Williams.

      Army of Darkness: Furious Road
    • Red Sonja: Vulture's Circle

      • 120 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      From shadow-haunted Stygia emerges an evil undreamt of by even the most depraved minds: the demi-god called Sutekh. Born of an unspeakable blood ritual, he is the half-human progeny of the ancient serpent-god Set, sent forth to enslave Mankind in the name of his father and return the world to a primordial swamp.

      Red Sonja: Vulture's Circle