Toptitel von Felix J. Palma
The Map of the Sky (eBook, ePUB)
eBook, ePUB
The fate of the earth hangs in the balance as H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds is transformed from the work of one writer's imagination into a terrifying reality for all mankind.
1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H. G. Wells's popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature.
When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing in London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of Earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse.
Palma dazzled readers with his instant New York Times bestseller The Map of Time. In The Map of the Sky, he embarks on an even more thrilling speculative journey, one that links the earth and the heavens, the familiar and the bizarre, the impossible and the inevitable.…mehr
1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H. G. Wells's popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature.
When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing in London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of Earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse.
Palma dazzled readers with his instant New York Times bestseller The Map of Time. In The Map of the Sky, he embarks on an even more thrilling speculative journey, one that links the earth and the heavens, the familiar and the bizarre, the impossible and the inevitable.…mehr
13,84 €
Map of Chaos (eBook, ePUB)
eBook, ePUB
The New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time and The Map of the Sky returns with the final instalment in the bestselling, award-winning trilogy that The Washington Post called 'a big, genre-bending delight.'When the person he loves most dies in tragic circumstances, the mysterious protagonist of The Map of Chaos does all he can to speak to her one last time and confess the secret he didn't dare tell her while she was alive. A session with the most renowned medium of all time seems to offer the only solution, but the experience unleashes terrible forces that bring the world to the brink of disaster. Salvation can only be found in The Map of Chaos, an obscure book that he is desperate to find. In his search, he is given invaluable help from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lewis Carroll, and of course by H.G. Wells, whose Invisible Man seems to have escaped from the pages of his famous novel to sow terror among mankind. They alone can discover the means to save the world and to find the path that will reunite the lovers separated by death.Proving once again that he is 'a master of ingenious plotting' (Kirkus Reviews), Flix J. Palma brings together a cast of real and imagined literary characters in Victorian-Age London when spiritualism is at its height. The Map of Chaos is a spellbinding adventure which mixes impossible loves, nonstop action, real ghosts, and fake mediums in an explosive cocktail that is sure to captivate readers all over the world. PRAISE FOR FELIX J. PALMA'Inventive fun' The Washington Post'Palma's yarn is altogether a satisfying, thoroughly entertaining creature feature.' Kirkus…mehr
17,95 €
Felix J. Palma
Félix J. Palma wollte immer schon vom Schreiben leben. Der 1968 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda geborene Spanier ist zwar ausgebildeter Werbefachmann, hat aber nie in diesem Beruf gearbeitet - und wie es aussieht, bleibt das auch so. Denn Félix J. Palma hat es geschafft, bis zu seinem internationalen Durchbruch mit dem Schreiben von Erzählungen für Stipendien und ausgeschriebene Preise sein Leben zu finanzieren. Mit seinem Buch "Die Landkarte der Zeit" kam schließlich der große Erfolg für den in Madrid lebenden Autor: Palma erhielt dafür u. a. den "Premio Ateneo de Sevilla". Nicht nur in Spanien stand der intelligente Abenteuerroman - literarische Zeitreise, Liebesgeschichte, Science-Fiction und Krimi zugleich - lange auf den Bestsellerlisten. Ein spanisches Magazin schrieb: "Ein Bestseller, den jeder Literaturprofessor in der U-Bahn lesen kann, ohne sich zu schämen." Und Palma arbeitet schon an einer Fortsetzung von "Die Landkarte der Zeit".Das meint die buecher.de-Redaktion: Felix J. Palma setzt seine Leser gern auf falsche Fährten. Doch das so gekonnt, spannend und charmant, dass es eine Lese-Freude für alle ist.
