Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z najbardziej interesującymi bestsellerami z kategorii fantastyka i horror. Oto najciekawsi autorzy, najlepszych bestsellerów z literatury fantastycznej i horroru: Stephen King, Harlan Coben, Herbert George Wells, Brandon Sanderson, Wojciech Siudmak, Siri Pettersen,
J.R.R. Tolkien, Anna Karnicka, Andrzej Sapkowski i wiele innych. Zapraszamy do mrożącej krew w żyłach literatury.
War has left earth devastated. Through its ruins, bounty hunter Rick Deckard stalks, in search of the renegade replicants who are his prey. When he isn't "retiring" them, he dreams of owning the ultimate status symbol - a live animal. Then Rick gets a big assignments: to kill six Nexus-6 targets, for a huge reward. But things are never simple, and Rick's life quickly turns into a nightmare kaleidoscope of subterfuge and deceit.
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to the universal appeal of Ray Bradbury's work. Only his second collection (the first was Dark Carnival, later reworked into The October Country), it is a marvelous, if mostly dark, quilt of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In an ingenious framework to open and close the book, Bradbury presents himself as a nameless narrator who meets the Illustrated Man--a wanderer whose entire body is a living canvas of exotic tattoos. What's even more remarkable, and increasingly disturbing, is that the illustrations are themselves magically alive, and each proceeds to unfold its own story, such as "The Veldt," wherein rowdy children take a game of virtual reality way over the edge. Or "Kaleidoscope," a heartbreaking portrait of stranded astronauts about to reenter our atmosphere--without the benefit of a spaceship. Or "Zero Hour," in which invading aliens have discovered a most logical ally--our own children. Even though most were written in the 1940s and 1950s, these 18 classic stories will be just as chillingly effective 50 years from now. --Stanley Wiater
Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.
Opowiadania zawarte w książce powstały dzięki niczym nieskrępowanej literackiej wyobraźni autora. Podczas lektury czujemy się zamknięci w świecie, w którym wszystko jest możliwe; w którym to, co znane i oswojone, może okazać się śmiertelnie niebezpieczne, wrogie. Bohaterowie poruszają się w onirycznej, wypełnionej strzępami snów rzeczywistości.Na kartach książki spotykamy między innymi mężczyznę oskarżonego o wyimaginowane przestępstwo, bohatera balansującego na granicy jawy i przerażającego koszmaru, uczestników okrutnej zabawy, w której ważyć się będą ludzkie losy, oraz małżeństwo uczestniczące w perwersyjnej terapii.Wszyscy próbują odnaleźć siebie, odzyskać utraconą wolność lub znaleźć kogoś, komu będą mogli zaufać. Książkę rozpoczynają i kończą drabble opowiadania liczące dokładnie sto słów. We wszystkich historiach autorowi udało się w sposób niezwykle sugestywny opisać piekło człowieka poddanego absurdom współczesnego świata. I mimo że jesteśmy porażeni niemocą stworzonych przez autora postaci, chcemy im towarzyszyć, gdyż dostrzegamy w ich losach nasze osobiste doświadczenia.
Trudno kochać kobietę, której wagina jest bramą do świata umarłych...
Steve szaleńczo kocha swą ekscentryczną dziewczynę Stacy. Niestety ostatnio ich życie seksualne podupadło, bo mężczyznę martwią dziwne odgłosy z okolic jej krocza. Stacy twierdzi, że ma nawiedzoną pochwę i że to nic takiego. Steve zupełnie się z nią nie zgadza w tej kwestii.
Kiedy podczas niezbyt udanego seksu ze Stacy wydostaje się żywy trup, kobieta dowiaduje się, że jej pochwa to brama do innego świata. Namawia Steve'a, by wszedł do środka i zwiedził to dziwne, nowe miejsce. Powrót okazuje się jednak trudny... zwłaszcza po spotkaniu z Fig, specyficznie atrakcyjną mieszkanką opuszczonego świata między nogami Stacy.
Mała hebrydzka wyspa Ogg kryje wiele tajemnic. Jessica Bannister dostrzega to już na pierwszy rzut oka, gdy tylko podpływa do spowitego mgłą brzegu. Widzi stojącą na kli? e półprzezroczystą postać – to nawiedzająca wyspę kobieta-duch, za którą stoi dramatyczna historia. Ale to nie jedyna zagadka do rozwiązania, bo Jessica musi jeszcze wyjaśnić tajemnicę czarnych trumien oraz zbadać starożytne miejsce kultu Ogga, o którym nikt nic nie wie…
Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the truths we must learn. It is epic in every sense . . .
Prepare for the world to be turned upside down . . .
For Mau, halfway between boy and man, it happens when a great wave destroys his entire village. For Daphne, it’s when the same wave crashes her ship into the island that was once Mau’s home. Everything they once had is now so far away, lost to distance and time.
But when Daphne stops trying to shoot Mau (she did apologise for it), and instead uses a salvaged invitation card to invite him to tea, they discover a new home can be theirs.
And then people start arriving on the island – some very good, some very bad. And it’s soon clear that Daphne and Mau must fight for their Nation.
Then a discovery is made that will change the entire world forever . . .
The classic fantasy adventure of a lost prehistoric world.
Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle, to a lost world where dinosaurs roam free.
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian is the fifth awesome adventure in Rick Riordan's top-ten bestselling series.
Half Boy. Half God. ALL Hero.
Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world.
It happens when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, I turn sixteen and the fate of the entire world is on me. But no pressure.
Now Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning his attack on New York City. And the dreaded monster Typhon is also heading our way. So it's me and forty of my demi-god friends versus untold evil . . .
Scattered by the tides of war, Princess Catherine leads a ragtag band of survivirs into the barren westeland of the Northern Plateau.
With enemies snapping at their heels, they are driven into the strange and deadly tunnels of the demon world.
But while Tash dares to go deeper, Catherine must return to the surface to confront a nation in turmoil - and her growing love for Ambrose. On the run from the law, Edyon and March grow closer even as their secrets threaten to tear them apart.
Years have passed since the love between Sephy - a Cross - and Callum - a Nought - destroyed their world and changed their families and society forever.
Society appears to be very different now. For the first time ever, a Nought Prime Minister - Tobey Durbridge - is in power. Race and class don't divide people anymore. But things are never really that easy.
Because Tobey's just been framed for murder, and the only way to free himself is to turn to his oldest friend - Callie-Rose.
Their families divisions run deep, and when two young people are kidnapped, their lives and everything they've fought for are put in the firing line.
And when you're playing a game as dangerous as this one, it won't be long before someone gets caught in the crossfire...
Four stories of myth, magic and adventure from the master teller of tales
The Firework Maker's Daughter
I Was A Rat!
Clockwork
The Scarecrow and His Servant
A devilish inventor, a girl who must face a Fire Fiend, a scarecrow brought to life by a bolt of lightning, and a boy who can only say the words 'I Was a Rat!' . . .
Drawing on the rich tradition of fairytales, these are four incredible stories that will obsess and enchant readers. Includes a prologue and epilogue from the uniquely talented Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials
It's 1952 and Soviet troops control British streets.
After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is rescued by Russian and American soldiers. The two superpowers divide the nation between them, a wall running through London like a scar.
On the Soviet side of the wall, Jane Cawson suspects her husband, Nick, of secretly seeing his ex-wife, Lorelei, glamorous star of Soviet propaganda films.
But before Jane can confront them, Lorelei is murdered.
To her horror, Nick is arrested for the killing. Desperate to clear his name, Jane must risk the attention of the brutal secret police in order to discover the truth.
Evading them, her search uncovers a trail of corruption - and the higher it leads, the more dangerous it becomes…
The dead wreak revenge on the living, paintings come alive, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. Lafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore - including the headless 'rokuro-kubi', the monstrous goblins 'jikininki' or the faceless 'mujina' who stalk lonely neighbourhoods - and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.
Edited with an introduction by Paul Murray
In Shiang, the young king rules without dissent. Swordsmen stand watch on every corner, looking for the first sign of rebellion.
Yet in one swift move, order is overturned.
The balance of centuries is undone in the sudden spill of blood - and in the darkness, something terrible returns to Shiang . . .
Far to the west, four Shiang masters approach the city walls of Darien. The sword saint and his companions have crossed a continent to bring an old man home for punishment.
And they will not be denied, even if the whole city stands in their way . . .
Fans of Joe Abercrombie, Bernard Cornwell and Game of Thrones will be gripped by this bloodthirsty adventure.
If you came across an absolutely remarkable thing at 3 a.m. in New York City, would you walk away . . . or do the one thing that would change your life forever?
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship – like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour – April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world, and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the centre of an intense international media spotlight.
Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, how our culture deals with fear, and how vilification and adoration follows a life in the public eye.
"This unputdownable story has everything--a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, great characters, incredible suspense, and, of course, the fierce love of some very good dogs."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)
When a beloved family dog is stolen, her owner sets out on a life-changing journey through the ruins of our world to bring her back in this fiercely compelling tale of survival, courage, and hope. Perfect for readers of Station Eleven and The Girl With All the Gifts.
My name's Griz. My childhood wasn't like yours. I've never had friends, and in my whole life I've not met enough people to play a game of football.
My parents told me how crowded the world used to be, but we were never lonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.
Then the thief came.
There may be no law left except what you make of it. But if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after you.
Because if we aren't loyal to the things we love, what's the point?
Princess Lu is destined to become the first female emperor. Her sister Min is resigned to a life in her shadow. When their father declares their male cousin heir instead, his betrayal changes everything.
Determined to reclaim her birthright, Lu goes on the run. Her path crosses with Nokhai, the last surviving wolf shapeshifter. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they’re going to need an army to take back the throne.
Back in court, Min discovers her hidden power. It’s a forbidden, deadly magic that could allow Min to claim the throne for herself.
But there can only be one emperor, and the sisters’ greatest enemy could turn out to be each other . . .
‘I expect this to be one of the most talked-about books of 2019’ Samantha Shannon, #1 bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
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