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The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson revolutionised science fiction in his 1984 debut Neuromancer. The writer who gave us the matrix and coined the term 'cyberspace' produced a first novel that won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards, and lit the fuse on the Cyberpunk movement. More than three decades later, Gibson's text is as stylish as ever, his noir narrative still glitters like chrome in the shadows and his depictions of the rise and abuse of corporate power look more prescient every day. Part thriller, part warning, Neuromancer is a timeless classic of modern SF and one of the 20th century's most potent and compelling visions of the future.

 Thousands of years ago, Earth's terraforming program took to the stars. On the world they called Nod, scientists discovered alien life - but it was their mission to overwrite it with the memory of Earth. Then humanity's great empire fell, and the program's decisions were lost to time. <br/><br/>Aeons later, humanity and its new spider allies detected fragmentary radio signals between the stars. They dispatched an exploration vessel, hoping to find cousins from old Earth.<br/><br/>But those ancient terraformers woke something on Nod better left undisturbed. And it's been waiting for them.<br/><br/>Children of Ruin follows Adrian Tchaikovsky's extraordinary Children of Time, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award. It is set in the same universe, with a new cast of characters and a thrilling new narrative. 

The Eminence In Shadow, Vol. 1 (light Novel) [Bok / Inbunden]

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general &ndash; also known as her tough-as-talons mother &ndash; has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you&rsquo;re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away . . . because dragons don&rsquo;t bond to &lsquo;fragile&rsquo; humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother&rsquo;s daughter &ndash; like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She&rsquo;ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom&rsquo;s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Everyone at Basgiath has an agenda, and every night could be your last. So, sleep with one eye open because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

<strong>The epic sequel to Taran Matharu's instant <em>Sunday Times </em>bestseller, <em>Dragon Rider, </em>in which empires fall and dragons soar...</strong> <br/><br/><strong>'A dazzlingly epic and richly complex world of dragons, magic, and rebellion' </strong>Amelie Wen Zhao on <em>Dragon Rider</em> <br/><br/>Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he's still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped... <br/><br/>Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. They are the outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind, for Jai's uncle rules, and is loath to cede power to his nephew. <br/><br/>But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe, and Jai is forced to learn a lifetime's worth of knowledge in a matter of months. From levelling up his magic, to becoming a true warrior, saving the woman he loves, and strengthening his bond with Winter, Jai is a dragon rider with a massive weight on his young shoulders. And his greatest hope is that the shoulders of Winter will soon be strong enough to help carry <em>him</em>. <br/><br/> <strong>READ THE EPIC FANTASY SERIES WITH SCORCHING FIVE-STAR READER REVIEWS </strong> <br/><br/><strong>'Dragons with depth... Taran Matharu masterfully layers the history, politics and soulful magic of his world with page-turning ease, all the while delivering shocks, bloodshed and a splash of slow-burn spice'</strong> Cari Thomas, <em>Sunday Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Threadneedle</em> <br/><br/><strong>'Eragon and Sapphira, Laurence and Temeraire, and now Jai and Winter. A brilliant beginning!' </strong>Michael R. Miller, bestselling author of the Songs of Chaos series <br/><br/><strong>'Bloody, glorious, and irresistibly compelling, <em>Dragon Rider</em> is a riveting epic that is at once sweepingly vast and heart-wrenchingly personal' </strong>Sarah Beth Durst, award-winning author of <em>The Bone Maker </em> <br/><br/><strong>'Brutal politics, intricate worldbuilding, and edge-of-the-seat battles' </strong>Prashanth Srivatsa, author of <em>The Spice Gate </em> <br/><br/><strong><em>'A </em>classic fantasy adventure that reminds me of the novels I loved growing up, but with a flair of cultivation from the novels I love now' </strong>Will Wight, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of the Cradle series

Gabriel de León has lost his family, his faith, and his last hope of ending the endless night &ndash; the Holy Grail, Dior. With no desire left but vengeance, he and a band of loyal brothers journey into the war-torn heart of the Augustin Empire to claim the life of the Forever King. Unbeknownst to the Last Silversaint, the Grail still lives &ndash; speeding towards Augustin&rsquo;s besieged capital in the frail hope of ending Daysdeath forever. But deadly treachery awaits within the halls of power, and the Forever King&rsquo;s legions march ever closer. Gabriel and Dior will be drawn into a final battle that will shape the very fate of the Empire, but as the sun sets for what may be the last time, there will be no-one left for them to trust. Not even each other.

Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie realm-as its queen. Along with her former academic rival-now fiancé-the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell&rsquo;s long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare, filled with scholarly treasures. Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell&rsquo;s murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell&rsquo;s magic-and Emily&rsquo;s knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.