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Julian May

    10. júl 1931 – 17. október 2017

    Julian May bola americká autorka, ktorá písala sci-fi, fantasy, horor, literatúru faktu a detské knihy. Jej rozsiahle dielo skúmalo zložité otázky ľudskej existencie a budúcnosti. May často objavovala témy pamäte, identity a prepojenia medzi vedou a spiritualitou. Jej jedinečný štýl kombinoval náročné vedecké koncepty s hlbokým psychologickým vhľadom, čím vťahovala čitateľov do podmanivých svetov.

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    The Golden Torc
    The Nonborn King
    Das vielfarbene Land
    Perseův bodec
    Kresťanstvo pre všedný deň
    • Perseův bodec

      • 341 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Když se Asahel Frost stal vyhnancem bez občanských práv a přijal jméno Helmut Icicle, usídlil se na Kedge-Lockaby, aby se pomalu upil k smrti. Netušil ale, že se bude muset vrátit do soukolí Koncernů a Společností, aby zachránil svou sestru – a zároveň i sebe, protože se ho někdo evidentně pokouší zabít...

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    • The Nonborn King

      • 386 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
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      This is the third book in The Saga of the Exiles series. The domination of the Tanu has been broken. In the aftermath of cataclysm, Aiken Drum seizes the hour to grasp control of the Pilocene world. There are those, human and Tanu, who rally to him - and those who fear and hate him.

      The Nonborn King
    • The Golden Torc

      • 377 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania
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      Exiled beyond the time-portal into the world of six million years ago, the misfits of the 22nd century are enmeshed in the age-old war of two alien races. In this strange world, each year brings the ritual combat between the Firvulag and the Tanu. This is the sequel to The Many-Coloured Land.

      The Golden Torc
    • A promising future is envisioned, but a rebellion leads to destruction.

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    • Diamond Mask

      • 450 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      As the 21st century nears its end, humanity faces a pivotal moment in its evolution towards Unity within the Galactic Milieu. However, a faction of rebels, driven by a desire to preserve human individuality, conspires against this integration. Behind their efforts lurks Fury, a powerful and deranged metapsychic entity intent on seizing control of humanity. Jack the Bodiless, a mutant genius with extraordinary abilities, stands in opposition to Fury, determined to resist becoming a pawn in its dangerous game.

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    • In the epic conclusion to The Rampart Worlds trilogy, interstellar maverick Helly Frost sets out to prove that a proposed pact with the alien Haluk could destroy the Commonwealth of Humans and sets out for the Sagittarius Whorl, a hostile and remote region of the galaxy to uncover evidence to expose the Haluk plot against humankind. Original.

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    • The Adversary

      • 480 stránok
      • 17 hodin čítania
      4,1(332)Ohodnotiť

      The Frivulag are rising, while the children of the metaphysic rebels are to re-open the time gate - sole escape route back to the Galatic Milieu - and Marc Remillard, the adversary, takes up his destined role in the power play.

      The Adversary