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Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
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"It is a world in which near-instantaneous travel from continent to continent is free to all. In which automation now …
"The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would …
In a small Western Queensland town, a reserved young woman receives a note from one of her vanished brothers—a note …
"On the island of Kavekana, Kai builds gods to order, then hands them to others to maintain. Her creations aren't …
"Forty years after the God Wars, Dresediel Lex bears the scars of liberation--especially in the Skittersill, a poor district still …
Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to the mystery of the exodus. Unable to …
Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the world's future generations and to …
"Shadow demons plague the city reservoir, and Red King Consolidated has sent in Caleb Altemoc--casual gambler and professional risk manager--to …
"A god has died, and it's up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and …
"「在妳出生之前,島上曾經有好多好多東西。晶瑩剔透的、芳香宜人的、閃閃發亮的、光豔動人的……總之,有許多妳作夢也想不到的美好事物。」小時候,母親總是對我訴說關於「消滅」的故事。我們居住的小島上,事物陸續消滅。緞帶、鈴鐺、郵票、綠寶石、香水…… 這些東西消滅的時候,大家的記憶便隨之燒毀埋葬,心靈也逐漸乾涸枯竭,徒留記憶的空洞。只有母親把這些遺落的記憶細心收藏在祕密櫃子裡。然而,我卻意外失去了母親、失去了父親、失去了雙親的遺物…… 如今,生命中另一個重要的事物又即將消滅…… 當世上的一切消失殆盡,唯有收藏著祕密結晶的人,才能擁抱未來活下去。"--P. [4] of cover.
Coney Island, 1911: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of a self-proclaimed scientist and professor who acts as the impresario of …
Enero Demico es una joven curiosa que vive en una extensa mansión llena de objetos y tesoros peculiares. Como la …