Jack Womack Books

Murder, mafia and the scramble for money in the new Russia. A brilliantly received satire - achingly funny, deeply disturbing.

Set in 1968, the story follows Walter Bullitt, a government freelancer who tests psychotropics on himself and others without remorse. His moral compass is challenged when he's asked to sabotage Bobby Kennedy's campaign, complicated by the arrival of supernatural elements in his life. Two enigmatic women pull him into a mission to save New York, intertwining personal and political stakes. Jack Womack's novel is praised for its cleverness and serves as a fitting conclusion to the Ambient series, offering a sharp critique of contemporary America.

Lola Hart is an ordinary girl living a comfortable life in near-future Manhattan, until her family's life falls apart under the pressures of a city and country that is spinning out of control. Faced with the pressures of surviving any way she can, and surrounded by the new language and violence of the streets, Lola metamorphoses into a street-wise hustler.

A savagely brilliant novel of apocalypse, redemption, and rock 'n' roll by the acclaimed author of Ambient, Terraplane, and Heathern. Elvissey is the story of a troubled couple who voyage across time on a desperate mis sion--to kidnap the young Elvis Presley and make him a demigod in a decadent urban future.

Set in a dystopian future, the narrative follows Thatcher Dryden, a former drug kingpin turned corporate leader, as he aims to deliver a manufactured Messiah to a desperate world. However, Lester Macaffrey, a schoolteacher performing genuine miracles in the Lower East Side, defies control. As Dryden's team plots to commercialize salvation, his mistress becomes captivated by Macaffrey, leading to unexpected transformations that could alter the course of humanity. The story combines dark humor with a critique of corporate greed and media influence.

Lola Hart, eine Vertreterin der aussterbenden Mittelklasse, lebt in einem zukünftigen New York, das von Straßenkämpfen und permanentem Kriegsrecht geprägt ist. Inmitten von Chaos, Terror und Gewalt muss sie lernen, sich anzupassen, um zu überleben.

V slovenčine prvý raz vychádza román Ambient od amerického spisovateľa Jacka Womacka, jedného z najvýznamnejších predstaviteľov súčasnej svetovej fantastiky. Ambient je strhujúci príbeh o budúcnosti, ktorá sa nebezpečne podobá našej prítomnosti. Je to bravúrne akčné čítanie, ktoré znesie najvyššie literárne kritériá. Knižka sa stala bestsellerom a klasikou súčasnej fantastiky. „Ak by ste postavy z Neuromancera vrhli do Womackovho New Yorku, s krikom sa zrútia a zlyhajú im nervy,“ napísal o románe Ambient spisovateľ William Gibson. Ambient: V New Yorku blízkej budúcnosti sa bohatí oddávajú orgiám a chudobní bojujú o prežitie. Ulice ovláda násilie a viera v cirkev Elvisa Presleyho. Ochrankár O’Malley sa ocitne na úteku, pretože siahol na milenku šéfa koncernu. Pri putovaní po bizarnom svete subkultúr a tajomných gangov odhaľuje desivé sprisahanie, v ktorom stúpa počet vrážd. Dostane sa do pasce a ak chce žiť, musí zabíjať...