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Station Beneden

Deze serie begint aan een epische sciencefantasy-reis waarbij overlevenden van een apocalyptisch Londen zich in een vreemde wereld bevinden. Dit rijk is gevormd uit elke voorbije, huidige en toekomstige versie van Londen, wemelend van mythische wezens en legendarische oorden. De protagonisten zoeken naar een eenzame overlevende die de sleutel zou kunnen zijn tot hun terugkeer en de redding van de stad. Het is een meeslepend verhaal over het vinden van een thuis en de botsing van de realiteit met het collectieve geheugen van een grote metropool.

Down Station
The White City

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  1. 1

    Down Station

    • 352bladzijden
    • 13 uur lezen
    3,5(54)Tarief

    A small group of commuters and tube workers witness a fiery apocalypse overtaking London. They make their escape through a service tunnel. Reaching a door they step through...and find themselves on a wild shore backed by cliffs and rolling grassland. The way back is blocked. Making their way inland they meet a man dressed in a wolf's cloak and with wolves by his side. He speaks English and has heard of a place called London - other people have arrived here down the ages - all escaping from a London that is burning. None of them have returned. Except one - who travels between the two worlds at will. The group begin a quest to find this one survivor; the one who holds the key to their return and to the safety of London. And as they travel this world, meeting mythical and legendary creatures,split between North and South by a mighty river and bordered by The White City and The Crystal Palace they realise they are in a world defined by all the London's there have ever been. Reminiscent of Michael Moorcock and Julian May this is a grand and sweeping science fantasy built on the ideas, the legends, the memories of every London there has ever been.

    Down Station
  2. 2

    The White City

    • 336bladzijden
    • 12 uur lezen
    3,4(15)Tarief

    LET'S FACE IT, NONE OF US DESERVE TO BE SAVED. None of us are wiser, smarter, stronger or prettier than all those we watch die. Whatever criteria Down uses, how worthy we are doesn't come into it. Since escaping London's inferno, Mary and Dalip have fought monsters and won - though in the magical world of Down, the most frightening monsters come from within. Now they hold the greatest of treasures: maps that reveal the way to the White City, where they can find the answers they're looking for, and learn the secrets of Down. But to get there they must rely on Crows, who has already betrayed them at every turn. As they battle their way towards the one place in all of Down without magic, they must ask themselves how far they will go to find their way home. After all, if there's one thing the White City offers those brave enough to enter, it's more than they bargained for. SIMON MORDEN'S DOWN STATION WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY QUEST FOR MEANING AND IDENTITY. NOW HE'S LEADING US TO THE KIND OF TRUTHS THAT LEAVE US CHANGED.

    The White City