Neil Gaiman

Claire North

James Smythe

Kamila Shamsie

Amal El-Mohtar

Kirsty Logan

Maria Dahvana Headley

E. J. Swift

Nnedi Okorafor

Monica Byrne

Sophia Al-Maria

Sami Shah

Catherine King

Hermes

Jamal Majoub

J. Y. Yang

K.J. Parker

Kuzhali Manickavel

Nada Adel Sobhi

Saad Hossein

Usman Malik

A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers. Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn. And they are everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the chorus, between the pages of books. Every language has a word for them. Every culture knows their traditions. Every religion, every history has them hiding in their dark places. There is no part of the world that does not know them. They are the Djinn. They are among us. With stories from: Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Amal El-Mohtar, Catherine King, Claire North, E.J. Swift, Hermes (trans. Robin Moger), Jamal Majoub, James Smythe, J.Y. Yang, Kamila Shamsie, Kirsty Logan, K.J. Parker, Kuzhali Manickavel, Maria Dahvana Headley, Monica Byrne, Nada Adel Sobhi, Saad Hossein, Sami Shah, Sophia Al-Maria and Usman Malik.

The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories

Haunting memories defined him. The machine took them away. She vowed to rebuild him. From the author of The Testimony comes a Frankenstein for the twenty-first century. Beth lives alone on a desolate housing estate near the sea. She came here to rebuild her life following her husband's return from the war. His memories haunted him but a machine promised salvation. It could record memories, preserving a life that existed before the nightmares. Now the machines are gone. The government declared them too controversial, the side-effects too harmful. But within Beth's flat is an ever-whirring black box. She knows that memories can be put back, that she can rebuild her husband piece by piece. A Frankenstein tale for the 21st century, The Machine is a story of the indelibility of memory, the human cost of science and the horrors of love.

The Machine

When journalist Cormac Easton is selected to document the first mannedmission into deep space, he dreams of securing his place in history asone of humanity's great explorers. But in space, nothing goes according to plan. The crew wake from hypersleep to discover their captain dead in his allegedlyfail-proof safety pod. They mourn, and Cormac sends a beautifully written eulogyback to Earth. The word from ground control is unequivocal: no matter whathappens, the mission must continue. But as the body count begins to rise, Cormac finds himself alone and spiralingtoward his own inevitable death . . . unless he can do something to stop it.

The Explorer

17-year-old Laura Bow has invented a rudimentary artificial intelligence, and named it Organon. At first it's intended to be a sounding-board for her teenage frustrations, a surrogate best friend; but as she grows older, Organon grows with her. As the world becomes a very different place, technology changes the way we live, love and die; massive corporations develop rival intelligences to Laura's, ones without safety barriers or morals; and Laura is forced to decide whether to share her creation with the world. If it falls into the wrong hands, she knows, its power could be abused. But what if Organon is the only thing that can stop humanity from hurting itself irreparably?

I Still Dream

K & R

The disappearance of the spaceship Ishiguro twenty-three years ago devastated the global space program and set back exploration for a generation. Now, thanks to the tireless efforts of twin brothers Mira and Tomas Hyvonen, the program has been resurrected. Spearheading a new age of human discovery, the brothers also hope to solve the mystery behind the Ishiguro's disastrous mission. Mira and Tomas are determined to make their trip successful. They have arranged everything down to the smallest detail. Nothing has been overlooked. They don't know that in space, the devil isn't always in the details . . . and nothing goes according to plan.

The Echo

Ends

Join an awe-inspiring journey through a world where death has stopped in the finale of James Smythe’s acclaimed Anomaly Quartet.

The Ends (The Anomaly Quartet, Book 4)

How far would you go to save your family from an invisible threat? A terrifyingly original thriller from the author of The Machine.

No Harm Can Come to a Good Man

A global thriller presenting an apocalyptic vision of a world on the brink of despair and destruction.

The Testimony

Sci-fi z budoucnosti bližší, než by se mohlo zdát. Rok 1997. Sedmnáctiletá Laura Bowová vytváří jednoduchou umělou inteligenci — Organon, který má zpočátku jen plnit roli vrby pro její adolescentní frustrace a nahrazovat jí nejlepší kamarádku. Ale jak Laura dospívá, Organon se proměňuje spolu s ní a zná ji líp, než zná ona sebe samu. Svět se mění k nepoznání a lidské životy jsou stále více ovládány technologiemi. Jistá nadnárodní korporace vyvíjí umělou inteligenci podobnou Organonu, ovšem bez bezpečnostních pojistek a jakýchkoli morálních zásad. Laura se musí rozhodnout, jestli chce Organon představit světu. Je si vědoma toho, že pokud by se dostal do špatných rukou, mohly by být jeho schopnosti zneužity. Ale co když je Organon jediná věc, která dokáže lidstvo zachránit, dřív než samo na sobě napáchá nevratné škody? Organon je silný příběh o lásce, ztrátě a naději. Děsivý a dojemný pohled na to, kým jsme a kým bychom mohli být, kdybychom si to dovolili. Organon začíná melancholickou nostalgií, ale brzy se přelije do současnosti, ve které čtenářům klade palčivé otázky, a končí až mrazivou předpovědí budoucnosti. Je to neuvěřitelně inteligentní kniha o inteligenci samé: o umělé inteligenci, emoční inteligenci a způsobech, jak na sebe navzájem nahlížíme. Po přečtení budete mít chuť vypnout telefon. - Sarah Perryová, autorka románu Nestvůra z Essexu Strašidelná úvaha o důsledcích umělé inteligence, inteligenci obecně a o tom, jaké to je žít a umírat ve světě technologií. Organon by si měli povinně přečíst všichni fanoušci Davida Mitchella, ale také každý, kdo kdy použil smartphone nebo má v oblibě strhující příběhy a nádhernou prózu. - Emily St. John Mandelová, autorka románu Stanice 11 Nejlepší zpracování možností a hrozeb umělé inteligence, jaké jsem kdy četl. - Alex Preston, The Guardian

Organon

Helene Wecker

Lars Kepler

Maggie Shipstead

Zoran Drvenkar

P.A. O’Reilly

Tie Ning

A free sampler containing extracts from the very best fiction from around the world, from million copy international bestsellers to the most exciting debut fiction in 2013

A World of Great Fiction: Free Sampler

Sharp, gripping, and disturbing, THE EDGE the third book in The Anomaly Quartet.

James Smythe

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