The political intrigue, secret treachery, and sinister deeds that have haunted Druid history for generations continue to thrive. Despite Grianne's devotion to the greater good, she still has bitter enemies who covet her seat of power.
The nineteenth book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. 'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out - she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings. As she learns more, Scarpetta is compelled to conclude that this is only the beginning of a terrifying terrain of conspiracy on an international scale. And she is the only one who can stop it . . . Praise for the groundbreaking series: 'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' Express
The title story, Supertoys Last All Summer Long, soon to be a major film directed by Steven Spielberg, tells of a young boy who, whatever he does, cannot please his mother. He is puzzled by this, not realising that he is an android, a cunning construct of artificial intelligence - as is his one ally, his teddy bear. It was a story that hugely affected Stanley Kubrick (director of 2001) and Steven Spielberg (who perhaps saw in his forthcoming movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) a complement to his ET!). This collection contains three SUPERTOYS stories, and they are the fabric of Spielberg's movie. The other stories in the collection, whether SF, utopian fantasy or dark fable show a master writer at the peak of his considerable powers.
Cornwell has used the methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the contemporaneous evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders.
Urras e Anarres sono due pianeti gemelli, ma anche due mondi inconciliabili.Il primo, densamente popolato, rappresenta la società dei consumi, avanzata dal punto di vista tecnologico, e governata da un sistema capitalistico; il secondo, con le sue le sue terre desertiche, è popolato dai seguaci di Odo, un gruppo di anarchici che vi ha creato una società libera e semplice, consona ai propri ideali, una fratellanza da cui è escluso il concetto di proprietà. Shevek,matematico geniale di Anarres, è convinto che l'unico modo di salvare la società degli anarchici dalla discesa verso una cultura rigida e autoritaria,consista nella sua apertura agli scambi inter-culturali con l'altro mondo.
Un vero regno magico, con tanto di fate e maghi, in vendita a prezzo di liquidazione. A Ben Holiday sembra un'occasione da non perdere ma, una volta effettuato l'acquisto, il povero Ben scoprirà fin troppo presto che sarebbe stato meglio pensarci due volte. Il regno è in rovina, i baroni sono in rivolta ed un terribile drago distrugge ogni cosa. Cosa potrà fare l'improvvisato eroe?