Margaret Ball is een auteur die zich verdiept in de wereld van sciencefiction en fantasy, en vaak ingewikkelde plots weeft met een fantasierijke visie. Haar werken verkennen de grenzen van de menselijke verbeelding en technologie door middel van meeslepende verhalen. Ze heeft haar schrijfkunst geperfectioneerd door haar achtergrond in software-engineering, wat terug te zien is in de doordachte structuur en logica van haar verhalen. Lezers kunnen werken verwachten die genreconventies verleggen en tegelijkertijd diepgaande beschouwingen bieden.
A young girl with a horn and extraordinary powers, including healing and plant growth, is discovered by prospectors in an escape pod and taken to the lawless planet Kezdet. While she hopes for a life of freedom, the planet harbors a dark secret involving child slave labor orchestrated by a sinister figure known as "The Piper." As she grows, Acorna becomes determined to fight against the exploitation and carve her own path toward freedom, challenging the oppressive forces around her.
The only good elf is a dead elfOr so the militant order of Durandine monks thought, and they planned on making sure that all the elves in their world were very, very good. The elves of the Three Realms have sent out one last spell to bring help—nd received it: a staff member from the New Age Psychic Center in Austin, Texas. Unless the stranger from Texas can restore the magic of the Three Realms, the elves—and the Texan—are truly doomed.
Examines the critical works of Sir Walter Scott for the opportunity it offers to consider the relation of the critical to the creative mood, an interesting problem when it is presented concretely in the work of a great writer.
A BRIDGE TO THE SUN...From the Benedictine monasteries of England to the sacred tombs of darkest Egypt, from the ancient temples of Jerusalem to the great cities of Italy, France and Hungary, here is a riveting saga of medieval times told through the lives of the passionate men and women who envisioned and engineered history's most triumphant and timeless monuments to humanity - the great cathedrals and castles of early Europe.A BRIDGE TO THE SKY...Born in a poor Suffolk fishing village, young Stephen of Dunwich was branded a witch by an ignorant peasantry frightened of his remarkable gift. Exiled with his mother, Maud, they were forced to seek shelter from the Black Monks of Ely where Stephen would become the apprentice of a cruel, cold-hearted monk whose true ties to mother and son were carefully guarded. Under Brother Daniel's harsh tutelage, Stephen would acquire the basis of the education he needed to become a brilliant architect; under the spell of a beautiful peasant girl, he would forsake his vows and seek his destiny as a master builder in the greatest cities of the East and the West. A rich, compelling blend of history and drama, A Bridge to the Sky is a magnificent record of Europe's first great burst of creative light after the Dark Ages, and the haunting, fascinating story of a man who dared to dream - and built his dreams in stone and mortar to last a hundred lifetimes.
Anne McCaffrey ist eine der ganz großen Erzählerinnen der Fantasy und Science Fiction. Ihr Buch Ein Raumschiff namens Helva wurde für den HUGO Award nominiert. Ihre neue große Serie erzählt von aufregende Geschichten von >menschlichen< Raumschiffen. Nancia ist ein junges, schüchternes Mädchen - und ein Gehirnschiff: Die Steuereinheit eines großen interstellaren Raumschiffes. Zusammen mit ihrem Partner Forister soll sie ein paar junge Leute zu den Zentralwelten bringen. Doch Nancias Geduld wird auf eine harte Probe gestell. Denn die Leute an Bord haben ganz andere Pläne als ihre Kommandantin... Nancia stehen allergrößte Schwierigkeiten bevor.
