Nekro

In this conclusion to the futuristic tale begun in Hyperion, Earth has long since been destroyed, and humans now occupy more than 150 worlds linked by the Web, an instantaneous travel system created and operated by artificial intelligences (AIs)—self-aware, highly advanced computers. These worlds are about to go to war with the Ousters, a branch of humanity that has disdained dependency on the AIs. At risk are the planet Hyperion, its mysterious Tombs that travel backward in time, and the Shrike, its god/avatar of pain or retribution. Good struggles for supremacy over evil in these epic...

La chica modelo con temperamento ambiguo en su comportamiento se ve embuelta en una serie de crimenes cometidos por ella en busca de venganza por su vida pasada.

Edimburgo, inicios de la década de los ochenta. Margaret Thatcher aplica sus recetas de dama de hierro en Gran Bretaña y estallan las huelgas mineras, el paro crece a un ritmo enloquecido y la gente se pregunta qué demonios le está pasando al país. Y por si la situación no fuese ya suficientemente complicada para las cada vez más empobrecidas clases trabajadoras urbanas, la heroína y el sida empiezan a circular masiva y descontroladamente por las calles. Y allí están Renton, Spud Murphy, Sick Boy, Begbie..., los personajes de Trainspotting, unos años antes de convertirse en los...

It is 1925 and the war is long over. But much has been lost and life will never truly be the same again. Castle Deverill, cherished home to the Deverill family in the west of Ireland for hundreds of years, has burned to the ground. Celia Deverill is determined to restore the sad ruin to its former glory.