Dan Simmons

The conclusion to the groundbreaking Hyperion Cantos, from the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Terror, which is now a chilling TV show. The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike - monster, angel, killing machine - who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered - an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.

Part three of the groundbreaking Hyperion Cantos, from the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Terror, which is now a chilling TV show. Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest and his troops. The shrike continues to make enigmatic appearances, and while many questions were raised in Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion, still more are raised here. Raoul's quest will continue.

The critically acclaimed and bestselling sequel to HYPERION, from the Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Terror, which is now a chilling TV show. The mysterious Time Tombs are opening and the Shrike that has risen from them may well control the fate of all mankind. The Ousters are laying seige to the Hegemony of Man and the AIs we created have turned against us to build the Ultimate Intelligence; God. The God of Machines. His genesis could mean annihilation for man. Something is drawing the hegemony, the Ousters, the AIs, the entire universe to the Shrike.

Otsidev odinnadtsat let za ubijstvo, chastnyj detektiv Dzho Kurts vykhodit na svobodu i pytaetsja vernutsja k ljubimomu delu. Odnako byvshemu ugolovniku nikogda ne vernut litsenziju na zanjatie chastnym syskom, poetomu Dzho prikhoditsja dejstvovat nelegalno. Tak i poluchaetsja, chto ego osnovnymi klientami stanovjatsja... gangstery, kotorym nuzhno to najti sbezhavshego bukhgaltera, to ustranit glavu konkurirujuschego klana, to pojmat manjaka, otkryvshego okhotu na mafiju. A poskolku proshloe nikak ne otpuskaet Kurtsa, on to i delo vynuzhden otvlekatsja na zhelajuschikh svesti starye schety...

1893 god. Genri Dzhejms, klassik amerikanskoj literatury, ostro perezhivaet tvorcheskij krizis. On priezzhaet v Parizh i promozgloj martovskoj nochju pytaetsja utopitsja v Sene, no ego spasaet ekstsentrichnyj neznakomets, nazvavshijsja Sherlokom Kholmsom. On uvlekaet Dzhejmsa v puteshestvie po Amerike, chtoby rasputat zagadochnoe samoubijstvo davnej znakomoj Dzhejmsa, odnoj iz osnovatelnits aristokraticheskogo kluba Pjati serdets. V etoj istorii budut poedinki na nozhakh i mezhdunarodnyj terrorizm, tajnye znaki i neozhidannye ozarenija, Bicher-Stou i professor Moriarti, a takzhe Kipling, Ruzvelt, Puaro, Mark Tven i mnogie drugie - tselaja plejada vydumannykh personazhej i realnykh znamenitostej.No odna iz glavnykh zagadok - kto zhe on na samom dele, Kholms, figura s tysjachju lits, chelovek, kotorogo, po ego sobstvennomu uvereniju, ne suschestvuet?

Pochemu nekotorye ljudi s nepostizhimoj legkostju dobivajutsja gospodstva nad drugimi? Gde nakhoditsja istochnik chelovecheskoj agresivnosti? Kak voznikaet mekhanizm sotsialnoj ierarkhii? -- Vot voprosy, kotorye volnujut psikhiatra Sola Laski, proshedshego uzhasy kontslagerej Khelmno i Sobibora.Najti podkhodjaschie otvety dlja etogo otvazhnogo cheloveka oznachaet sokhranit rassudok i veru v chelovechestvo. Mezhdu tem tajnoe obschestvo, v kotorom sostojat suschestva s paranormalnymi sposobnostjami, suschestva, lish vneshne pokhozhie na ljudej, vedet zloveschuju igru, svergaja pravitelstva i unichtozhaja otdelnykh individuumov legko, budto smetaet peshki s shakhmatnoj doski.No dazhe peshka inogda sposobna zagnat v ugol korolja...

La verdadera historia de una legendaria expedici n al rtico, transformada en una excitante y extraordinaria novela en la l nea del mejor Stephen King o Patrick O'Brien y llevada a la TV en una extraordinaria serie de 10 episodios. En 1847, dos barcos de la Armada brit nica, el HMS Erebus y el HMS Terror, que navegaban bajo el mando de sir John Franklin, est n atrapados en el hielo del rtico. En su anhelada busca del paso del Noroeste, parecen haber fracasado. Sin poder hacer nada por continuar su marcha y completar su expedici n, rodeados del fr o polar y de inminentes peligros, solo pueden esperar a que llegue el deshielo que les permita escapar. Poco a poco, los d as van pasando y las condiciones de supervivencia se vuelven m s extremas; temperaturas que superan los cincuenta grados bajo cero, provisiones de comida escasas, el deterioro de los barcos o la llegada de enfermedades van mellando la esperanza de la tripulaci n. Por si fuera poco, la extra a presencia de una criatura bestial y misteriosa hace que los hombres crean que se enfrentan, no solo a las condiciones naturales m s adversas, sino tambi n a fuerzas sobrenaturales que superan, por momentos, sus creencias y su raz n. Con el tiempo y la llegada de las primeras muertes, fantasmas como el de la rebeli n, el mot n o el canibalismo hacen su entrada en escena, en un panorama desolador. Basada en hechos reales, El Terror es una magn fica novela en la que Dan Simmons consigue que el lector se sienta, aterido, uno m s de los tripulantes extraviados en el Polo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The "masterfully chilling" novel that inspired the hit AMC series (Entertainment Weekly). The men on board the HMS Terror -- part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage -- are entering a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, they struggle to survive with poisonous rations, a dwindling coal supply, and ships buckling in the grip of crushing ice. But their real enemy is even more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness: an unseen predator stalking their ship, a monstrous terror clawing to get in. "The best and most unusual historical novel I have read in years." --Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe

Hailed by STEPHEN KING as 'a brilliant, massive combination of history and supernatural horror'.And made into an acclaimed, chilling 10-part Ridley Scott-produced BBC TV series Hailed as the most advanced scientific enterprise ever mounted, Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph.But for almost two years his ships HMS Terror and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Supplies of fuel and food are running low. Scurvy, starvation and even madness have begun to take their toll. And yet the real threat isn't from the constantly shifting, alien landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or being crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying.Because there is something out there in the frigid darkness. It stalks the ships and snatches men. It is a nameless thing. At once nowhere and everywhere, this terror will become the expedition's nemesis . . .Readers are gripped by The Terror:***** 'One of the best books I have ever read. I couldn't put it down!'***** 'A tremendous weighty achievement in atmosphere and storytelling.'***** 'So beautifully written and well researched. I can't praise this book highly enough.'

Na dvore 1924 god. Ekspeditsija na vershinu samoj vysokoj gory mira priostanovlena iz-za shokirujuschego ischeznovenija dvukh uchastnikov. K sledujuschemu godu troe alpinistov - britanskij poet, frantsuzskij provodnik iz Shamoni i amerikanets-idealist - sobirajutsja v novyj pokhod k vershine. Dengi na ekspeditsiju zhertvuet ledi Bromli, syn kotoroj takzhe ischez na gore Everest v 1924 godu. Molodoj Bromli, skoree vsego, mertv, no ego mat otkazyvaetsja v eto verit i snarjazhaet otvazhnykh muzhchin v nadezhde, chto oni vernut gorjacho ljubimogo syna domoj.Gluboko v Tibete troe alpinistov, k kotorym prisoedinjaetsja dvojurodnaja sestra propavshego malchika, obnaruzhivajut, chto kto-to presleduet ikh vsju noch. . . ili chto-to. Vskore etot koshmar stanovitsja voprosom zhizni i smerti - chto skryvaetsja v snezhnom tumane? I chto stoit za tainstvennymi ischeznovenijami? Probivajas k "vershine mira", smelchaki raskryvajut tajnu, gorazdo bolee otvratitelnuju, chem ljuboe, samoe ottalkivajuschee mificheskoe sozdanie.

Tserkov razvjazala vojnu s Brodjagami - naslednikami chelovechestva, prisposobivshimisja k zhizni v kosmose.Messija Eneja - "ta, kto znaet" - po-prezhnemu nuzhna Tserkvi, no Tekhno-Tsentr tozhe ne ostavljaet ee v pokoe, posylaja za nejklonirovannykh ubijts. Raul Endimion, zaschitnik Enei, sobiraetsja sdelat vse, chto v ego silakh, chtoby uberech ljubimujuzhenschinu ot ljuboj navisshej nad nej ugrozy.Sobytija prikhodjat k edinomu znamenatelju, k obschej cherte, chtoby zavershitsja grandioznym i strashnym finalom. Ili - novym nachalom, nesuschim chelovechestvu nadezhdu?

1942 god. Molodoj i perspektivnyj agent federalnoj sluzhby Dzho Lukas, odin iz luchshikh rabotnikov vedomstva pod rukovodstvom Edgara Guvera, poluchaet vesma strannoe zadanie: priekhat na Kubu, vojti v doverie k populjarnomu pisatelju Ernestu Khemingueju i podrobno dokladyvat o kazhdom ego shage.Delo v tom, chto Khemingueja, kotoryj predlozhil sozdat sekretnuju organizatsiju po poisku i vyjavleniju germanskikh shpionov, schitajut fantazerom i nikto ne vosprinimaet ego vserez. Lukasu on tozhe predstavljaetsja skuchajuschim profanom, no lish do tekh por, poka v khode samodejatelnykh "shpionskikh igr" ne vsplyvaet strannoe shifrovalnoe pismo. Posle chego sobytija prinimajut sovsem ne shutochnyj kharakter...

Kalkutta. Drevnij gorod uchenykh, filosofov, muzykantov, khudozhnikov i poetov. Gorod tainstvennykh istorij i strannykh verovanij, sochetajuschij v sebe bozhestvennuju krasotu i otvratitelnoe urodstvo, vysotu dukha i nischetu obitatelej tesnykh nochlezhek, tonkie blagovonija i smrad mertvechiny. Zhurnalist Robert Luzak po zadaniju redaktsii otpravljaetsja v eto znamenitoe mesto, chtoby privezti v Ameriku rukopis poeta Dasa, uchenika legendarnogo Rabindranata Tagora. Obychnaja komandirovka oborachivaetsja cheredoj uzhasajuschikh proisshestvij...

Nepodrazhaemyj. Velikolepnyj. Dobryj drug.Sotnej lestnykh epitetov i laskovykh prozvisch odarila anglijskaja pressa Charlza Dikkensa, pisatelja viktorianskoj epokhi nomer odin. Za umenie pogruzhat chitatelja v fantasticheskie grezy emu proschali i vspylchivyj nrav, i chrezmernuju emotsionalnost postupkov, i somnitelnyj s tochki zrenija morali brakorazvodnyj protsess - vse to, chto nikomu drugomu by ne spustili.No vot odnazhdy bezuprechnyj konvejer bestsellerov dal sboj. Sluchilos eto posle zheleznodorozhnoj katastrofy, v kotoroj Dikkens vyzhil lish chudom, v to vremja kak sotni drugikh passazhirov pogibli. Rasterjanno brodja sredi izurodovannykh tel, Dikkens vstretil strannogo cheloveka stol ottalkivajuschej naruzhnosti, chto tot vpolne mog byt porozhdeniem koshmarnogo sna. Chelovek nazvalsja Drudom i priglasil Dikkensa k sebe v gosti...S etogo momenta istorija obrastaet zagadkami, priobretja mnozhestvo ottenkov i napravlenij. V nej pojavljajutsja podzemnye katakomby pod Londonom, razjatye na chasti trupy, drevnie zloveschie kulty i kannibaly. A povedaet nam etu istoriju Uilki Kollinz, luchshij drug i literaturnyj sopernik Dikkensa.Chelovek, kotoryj nikogda ne lzhet.

Eleonora Perri prinimaet reshenie otpravitsja na Gavaji. Pochemu imenno tuda? Eti ostrova ovejany dlja nee romanticheskim oreolom - zhivopisnaja zelen, groznye i prekrasnye vulkany, ekzoticheskie kulty... A, krome togo, prababushka Eleonory kogda-to tozhe pobyvala na Gavajjakh i dazhe perezhila tam dovolno opasnoe prikljuchenie v kompanii so znamenitym pisatelem Markom Tvenom. No vskore turisticheskij raj nachinaet projavljat svoju temnuju storonu: snachala prosypajutsja vulkany, zatem propadajut turisty, a na pljazhe pojavljaetsja chernaja sobaka s chelovecheskoj rukoj v pasti...

Na dvore 1924 god. Ekspeditsija na vershinu samoj vysokoj gory mira priostanovlena iz-za shokirujuschego ischeznovenija dvukh uchastnikov. K sledujuschemu godu troe alpinistov - britanskij poet, frantsuzskij provodnik iz Shamoni i amerikanets-idealist - sobirajutsja v novyj pokhod k vershine. Dengi na ekspeditsiju zhertvuet ledi Bromli, syn kotoroj takzhe ischez na gore Everest v 1924 godu. Molodoj Bromli, skoree vsego, mertv, no ego mat otkazyvaetsja v eto verit i snarjazhaet otvazhnykh muzhchin v nadezhde, chto oni vernut gorjacho ljubimogo syna domoj.Gluboko v Tibete troe alpinistov, k kotorym prisoedinjaetsja dvojurodnaja sestra propavshego malchika, obnaruzhivajut, chto kto-to presleduet ikh vsju noch. . . ili chto-to. Vskore etot koshmar stanovitsja voprosom zhizni i smerti - chto skryvaetsja v snezhnom tumane? I chto stoit za tainstvennymi ischeznovenijami? Probivajas k "vershine mira", smelchaki raskryvajut tajnu, gorazdo bolee otvratitelnuju, chem ljuboe, samoe ottalkivajuschee mificheskoe sozdanie.

1893 god. Genri Dzhejms, klassik amerikanskoj literatury, ostro perezhivaet tvorcheskij krizis. On priezzhaet v Parizh i promozgloj martovskoj nochju pytaetsja utopitsja v Sene, no ego spasaet ekstsentrichnyj neznakomets, nazvavshijsja Sherlokom Kholmsom. On uvlekaet Dzhejmsa v puteshestvie po Amerike, chtoby rasputat zagadochnoe samoubijstvo davnej znakomoj Dzhejmsa, odnoj iz osnovatelnits aristokraticheskogo kluba Pjati serdets. V etoj istorii budut poedinki na nozhakh i mezhdunarodnyj terrorizm, tajnye znaki i neozhidannye ozarenija, Bicher-Stou i professor Moriarti, a takzhe Kipling, Ruzvelt, Puaro, Mark Tven i mnogie drugie - tselaja plejada vydumannykh personazhej i realnykh znamenitostej.No odna iz glavnykh zagadok - kto zhe on na samom dele, Kholms, figura s tysjachju lits, chelovek, kotorogo, po ego sobstvennomu uvereniju, ne suschestvuet? Itak, gospoda, v dorogu! Igra nachalas!

Zhizn Dejla Stjuarta razrushena.Lishivshis semi i prestizhnoj raboty, on vozvraschaetsja v gorod svoego detstva v shtate Illinojs i poseljaetsja v tom samom dome, gde kogda-to zhil ego pogibshij v junosti drug.Dejl sobiraetsja napisat knigu v pamjat o druge - no okazyvaetsja, chto on ne odin v pustom dome. V oknakh neobjasnimym obrazom zazhigaetsja i gasnet svet, geroja vnezapno presledujut stai sobak, a na ekrane kompjutera pojavljajutsja tainstvennye soobschenija na keltskom jazyke...K Dejlu prikhodjat prividenija. No chego zhe oni khotjat?