Celia S. Friedman Boeken

A collection of short stories by acclaimed Science Fiction and Fantasy author C. S. Friedman

Seeking to destroy an evil force that threatens the planet Erna, warrior priest Damien Vryce renews a dangerous alliance with an immortal sorcerer known as the Hunter, and begins a treacherous quest to the eastern continent. Reprint.

For hundreds of years, Earth has suffered under the yoke of alien conquerors: the dreaded Tyr, a reptilian race in which all individuality is submerged into a single, overarching consciousness. Determined to keep humanity cowed, the Tyr have culled from the captive population the most intelligent, the most curious, the most likely to foment rebellion, and banished them from Earth. As the memory of freedom recedes, humanity sinks into a lethargic subservience. Daetrin, the hero of this tale, is a vampire--not a monster, however, but a man, nearly immortal, who embodies the vanished virtues of a once-sovereign Earth. When his existence is exposed by the Tyr, who are appalled to find a human who witnessed the Conquest, they immediately ship him offworld. Thus begins a journey of self-discovery as Daetrin is forced by adversity to come to grips with the long-suppressed side of his nature and to confront the ancient horror of a bloody heritage.

A thrilling space opera celebrated as one of science fiction's most profound explorations of diversity, THIS ALIEN SHORE is a modern classic of the genre.

A return to the world of This Alien Shore, set in the second age of stellar colonization.

Op zekere dag is de zesjarige Kamala er getuige van hoe de heks Imnea met haar kunsten een mensenleven redt, en daarbij zelf het leven laat. Want, zo leert Kamala op dit belangrijke moment in haar leven, heksen putten hun praktijk uit hun eigen levensenergie, hun zielenvuur. Kamala besluit dat ze magïster wil worden. En dat confronteert haar meteeen met een levensgroot probleem. Alleen aan man kan magïster worden, omdat naar verluidt geen enkele vrouw ooit met behoud van haar gezond verstand de transformatie overleefde.

The Coldfire trilogy tells a story of discovery and battle against evil on a planet where a force of nature exists that is capable of reshaping the world in response to psychic stimulus. This terrifying force, much like magic, has the power to prey upon the human mind, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. This is the story of two men: one, a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. They are absolute enemies who must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known.

In Conquest Born, Kapitel 1 bis 14Braxi und Azea sind zwei Zivilisationen, die sich seit endlosen Zeiten bekriegen, zwei Völker, die von den Menschen abstammen, einer längst vergessenen Rasse, und seit Generationen für den Kampf genmanipuliert wurden. Die Braxi sind fast unbesiegbare Krieger, die Azeaner besitzen die Macht der Telepathie. Nun ist die Zeit der Entscheidung gekommen. Ein Krieger der Braxi und eine Frau der Azeaner werden den Konflikt entscheiden, der eine ganze Galaxis bedroht ...