Enter the Blackhole
Want to witness the birth of universes? Experience beauty beyond imagination - and horror beyond comprehension? Play a deadly game of cat and mouse across the cosmos? Navigate political intrigue that could reshape reality itself? And maybe make some friends along the way? Just enter the Blackhole if you dare.
Skrean Time
Eugene Van Meyer has trudged through life under the weight of poor self-esteem and a willingness to accept less than he deserves. Now he is in a position of power and responsibility for which he previously could only dream about, but with it comes a significant caveat: working for the nefarious and emotionally abusive Hamelton Skrean. Skrean has put Eugene in charge of a time-traveling technology with orders to find William J. Allerspan. Allerspan, one of the nation's first governors of color, disappeared without a trace forty years ago as he considered making another run for the state's highest office. And what of one Clancy Wigwort, the man who developed the theoretical basis for time visitation? What connection does he have to Skrean? Eugene makes it his mission to find out the truth. It is the assignment of a lifetime, yet his boss's obvious need for information, power and fame conflicts with Eugene's ethics. Plus, the longer he is able to drag out his assignment, the longer he can interact with the beautiful Cidally Short, his secret crush to the nth degree. Ultimately, Eugene has decisions to make. Does he complete his mission or defy his authoritarian employer? Does he let the cycle of time play itself out or use the technology to rewind and replay time? His decisions will impact more than just his own destiny.
House of Frank
"Reads like a warm hug." --Rebecca Thorne, bestselling author of Can't Spell Treason Without Tea"A stunning tale of learning to let go." --Shelf AwarenessA warm and hopeful story of a lonely witch consumed by grief who discovers a whimsical cast of characters in a magical arboretum--and the healing power of found family. Powerless witch Saika is ready to enact her sister's final request: to plant her remains at the famed Ash Gardens. When Saika arrives at the always-stormy sanctuary, she is welcomed by its owner, an enormous knit-cardiganed mythical beast named Frank, who offers her a role as one of the estate's caretakers.Overcome with grief, Saika accepts, desperate to put off her final farewell to her sister. But the work requires a witch with intrinsic power, and Saika's been disconnected from her magic since her sister's death two years prior. Saika gets by at the sanctuary using a fragment of a fallen star to cast enchantments--while hiding the embarrassing truth about herself. As Saika works harder in avoidance of her pain, she learns more about Frank, the decaying house at Ash Gardens, and the lives of the motley staff, including bickering twin cherubs, a mute ghost, a cantankerous elf, and an irritating half witch, among others. Over time, she rediscovers what it means to love and be wholly loved and how to allow her joy and grief to coexist. Warm and inventive, House of Frank is a stirring portrait of the ache of loss and the healing embrace of love.
Project Hail Mary
【比爾．蓋茲專文推薦】 「我會向任何想要來點消遣的人推薦這本書。即便你不是科幻小說的忠實粉絲，《極限返航》也是個關於兩位朋友利用科學和工程拯救世界的精彩故事。」 （全文請見：www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Project-Hail-Mary） & 寫實派科幻大師安迪．威爾繼《火星任務》、《月球城市》後，最新曠世巨作！ & 萊倫・格雷斯在一艘太空船上醒來，視線所及只有兩具屍體，還有扮演看護角色的機械手臂。他對自己的身分一無所知，更別說為什麼一覺醒來就離開地球表面。隨著記憶的碎片逐漸重組，悲痛、恐懼、憤怒也如潮水般襲來── 太陽逐漸冷卻，人類面臨存亡危機！宇宙間一道神祕紅線正竊取太陽能量，全球暖化成為唯一生存之道。專家預測在不久的將來，世界各地生物群系會產生劇變，糧食困乏將導致35億以上人口邁向死亡。為了阻止災難發生，全球頂尖學者放下成見，聯手打造出人類史上最艱鉅的救援行動──聖母計畫。 肩負拯救地球的使命，格雷斯不得不獨自航向十幾光年外的星系，解開神秘紅線之謎，同時明白這是一趟有去無回的自殺任務。在絕望之際，一位意料之外的訪客現身，也讓他重燃返航的希望。究竟格雷斯能否以人類英雄之名重返地球？抑或他會墜落星際，在虛無太空中永恆漂流？ 超越國族、星系的友情與無私的愛，將是拯救所有物種的最終解答。 孤獨的太空人 x 不可能的星際任務 x 超乎想像的盟友 一部精彩、感人、令人欲罷不能的寫實科幻經典！ & 極限返航 中文版由 三采 出版 & ******* & Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. & Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. & All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. & And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. & His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. & Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. & And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. & Or does he? & An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could imagine it,Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian -- while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
The Lord of the Rings 4 books Boxed Set 魔戒三部曲套書+外傳
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The complete four-book boxed set of the greatest fantasy epic of all time: The Lord of the Rings and its enchanting prequel, The Hobbit When Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves embark upon a dangerous quest to reclaim the hoard of gold stolen from them by the evil dragon Smaug, Gandalf the wizard suggests an unlikely accomplice: Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit dwelling in peaceful Hobbiton. Along the way, the company faces trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and worse. But as they journey from the wonders of Rivendell to the terrors of Mirkwood and beyond, Bilbo will find that there is more to him than anyone--himself included--ever dreamed. Unexpected qualities of courage and cunning, and a love of adventure, propel Bilbo toward his great destiny . . . a destiny that waits in the dark caverns beneath the Misty Mountains, where a twisted creature known as Gollum jealously guards a precious magic ring. This boxed set includes: THE HOBBITTHE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING THE TWO TOWERSTHE RETURN OF THE KING
The Name of the Wind 風之名
Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss' epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle. "I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss." --Lin-Manuel Miranda OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD! DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me. So begins a tale unequaled in fantasy literature--the story of a hero told in his own voice. It is a tale of sorrow, a tale of survival, a tale of one man's search for meaning in his universe, and how that search, and the indomitable will that drove it, gave birth to a legend.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 女巫前傳
The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, and smash hit movie series starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana GrandeWith millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination. Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin--no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens.But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals--those creatures with voices, souls, and minds--are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals--even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name--one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel's distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire's Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.
