Bøger af Cedar Sanderson

Time travel isn't possible. Is it?If it was feasible, how would it work?And what price would the world's powers pay to have the inventor under their control? Garry never asked to be assigned to protect the girl he really liked in his classes. He just wanted time to get to know her better. Pol never minded being called a mad scientist. He had good reasons for being mad. His top priority was protecting his sister, no matter the cost. Both men were about to run headlong into a surreal reality, where the only answer might be held by a little white mouse cupped gently in a woman's hands...

What would you do, if a sketchbook from another world showed up on your doorstep? The pages of this book are filled with wonder, curious houses, and ideas for design that are truly unreal! Contains more than 50 sketches of treehouses, with highly detailed renderings of their architecture. Marginalia gives hints of the world surrounding the houses, from inhabitants to the peculiar flora, fauna, and fungus. Meant to inspire creativity and influence designers. Formatted with a blank back to each page, for easy removal and use.

After the battle of Tower Baelfire ended, Lom lay dying. Bella was tasked with not only the job she never wanted, but the one she did. Could she keep Lom alive long enough for him to come to the rescue when their kingdom needed them? And what did Raven, mysterious trickster spirit and honorary uncle to Bella, want with them? If the threat was big enough to have the trickster worried, Bella knew she needed to have Lom at her side. Underhill might look like a soap-bubble kingdom, but Bella and Lom knew there was a gritty underside. Why else would fairyland need a dark man willing to carry a big gun and be the Pixie for Hire?

Unknown to humanity, a galactic power struggle surges over the Earth. When an alien delegation suffers a fatal accident, hidden plans unravel around the wreckage in the Alaskan wilderness. Infectious disease expert Gabrielle McGregor discovers the hidden infiltrations, and neither her life, nor her family's, will ever be the same.

What could be worse than a zombie apocalypse? Two tales: A nameless protagonist faces off with humanity's worst fears. The motley group just needs to find someplace safe. Maybe, then, they can think about the families that were left behind. In the second story of the apocalypse, the defenders of what's left of civilization discover the cold winters of Alaska are not enough to save them. Right now, they need some redneck engineering, and a whole lot of luck. Time is growing short, and the skies are buzzing...

Renowned for her witch hunting skills, Detective Amaya Lombard knew that being summoned from the coastal rainforest of Oregon to the backwoods hollers of Kentucky meant the case was something special. From the moment she arrived at the magic-drenched scene in an abandoned farmhouse she knew how bad it was going to be. She had no idea just how complicated it was going to get, professionally and personally. Now she must catch a killer before they catch her. The roots of evil plunge deeply into the past, and the blood soaked history of Kentucky's witch warded houses and barns may hold the key to keeping her alive in the present.

She was trouble, and from the moment she sailed into his office in search of a PI, Soldagh Dennessey was caught in her wake.In a city where the streets started mean and went worse, Soldagh had carved a relatively solitary existence out between the goblins in their dens of minty iniquity, and the gnomes who'd snitch on their own mothers for rent money. Rough as it was, he'd come from worse family, and had no intention of going back. As the case grows tangled and terrifying, Soldagh is starting to suspect the past he's been avoiding lies at the bleeding heart of the matter. And only the few friendships he's made and an unexpected ally might be enough to save them now...

When the starship's captain died midway through a run with a cargo of exotic animals, the owner gave first mate Jem one chance, and one choice. The chance: if he successfully runs the trade route solo, he'll become the new captain. If he fails, he'll lose the only home he's ever known. And the choice? He's now raising an old earth animal called a basset hound. Between station officials, housebreaking, pirates, and drool, Jem's got his hands full!

Five Space Opera tales, short stories and novellas with a foreward written by Peter Grant. Tamashira has a dilemma. Stay with the ship and crew she knows, or risk being stranded on an unknown planet forever when the warp node goes out of resonance. Really, it's not a hard decision to make. But then a girl is kidnapped and she must face her past or have a death on her conscience. Lira is a space scout. Like the mountain men of old Earth, she explores and blazes trails. But her duty has taken her to a very settled planet, to retrieve a young woman, and it's no milk run. Lissa looks to the stars, excited to leap off the Earth and into her destiny. But first, there is someone she has to see one more time. A lonely young woman on a faraway planet tends her family and wishes she had someone to talk to, other than family. High above in a courier ship, a ship's officer is about to learn how content she really is, even if she doesn't feel that way... Susan is not afraid of bugs. But when she makes a second contact with aliens, that lack of xenophobia might not be enough to keep her alive. The cat is, she learns, sometimes smarter than the human. From the foreword by Peter Grant: "There is occasionally - all too rarely - a moment that comes when reading something new, a sort of mental frisson, when one realizes that one's reading something special. This isn't just another run-of-the-mill book or story, but something that is reaching out of the page and grabbing one by the throat and dragging one into its world and storyline, absorbing, entertaining, sometimes even enthralling. That's what happened to me the first time I read Cedar Sanderson's work. It was her novel, "Vulcan's Kittens", and I've never looked back from there. She's one of the few authors whose work I'll buy sight unseen, knowing that it'll intrigue and challenge me and make me think."

The time to write is now. The time available to write is also now, and that's a bit limiting if you only think in terms of a novel at a hundred thousand words or more. Because you don't need that many words, or that much time, to tell a story. While at Fantasci in North Carolina, The Three Moms of the Apocalypse issued a challenge. Let your imagination soar and tell a story in exactly 50 words.

So it begins... Jade is determined to die. She is old, and feels useless, when she points her tiny subspace craft at the cold stars. She wakes up in the care of others who refuse to grant her death, and instead give her a new mission in life complete with a new body. Jade isn't happy, and she only gets angrier when she learns that her mysterious new home hides a horrible secret. It's time for this old lady to kick butt and take names. Aliens, death, destruction... nothing trumps the fierce old woman who is protecting her family.

Anna's rescue training kicked in when she tripped over the injured elf. Getting him home? No problem. Getting herself home again? That's going to be a little more complicated. Trapped Underhill, in the land of the fae, Anna has to remember everything she knows about fairy tales. Not the sweet happy ones: the stories where Baba Yaga boils you alive and giants grind your bones for bread. Her skills as a hunter and her good manners might be all that keep her alive. At least, if she can keep the Wild Hunt at bay!

Can you tell a story in exactly 50 words? The Three Moms of the Apocalypse went to Louisiana's World Steampunk Exposition and Makers Faire in Lafayette, LA and issued a challenge.Tell us a story that could fit on the back of a postcard. Use 50 words, no more, no less. We'll provide the postcards.The response to this challenge was huge!So many wonderful authors decided to take up the challenge that it was a real struggle to pick the 20 best stories.Steam-Powered Postcards, the second Postcards anthology from Raconteur Press, contains our favorite stories, the pictures that inspired them, plus a few exciting extras. We hope you enjoy the stories as much as we did and maybe take some inspiration to try one for yourself!

Wars end, enemies are defeated and territories are conquered and the combatants have to return to a life changed. America and the rest of humanity have fallen to the Fae, ancient mortal enemies of mankind. After building their strength for two thousand years, the Elves have claimed their vengeance and now rule Earth with an iron fist and dragon fire. Down but not out, a human resistance is building, but first daily life needs to be lived. An anthology of stories exploring life during the Occupation in the best-selling Fae Wars universe. J.F. Holmes: Hearts & Minds. How do you deal with an invader who is actually not that bad of an Elf and is slowly winning over the people of rural county in Upstate New York? Alex Shaw: One Man's War. A former British Special Air Service veteran returns home to England after the Invasion, searching for his ex-wife and daughter. In order to free them from the Fae he has to lead an assault on an Orc infested castle, and things aren't exactly as they seem. James Copley: Hopper StationThe mountains of California become a series of stops on the new Underground Railroad, spiriting valuable members of the Resistance to safety. Things get a little dicey when a transfer goes bad, causing green and red blood to flow. Kyle Hannah: Where there's smoke ... A small town tries to negotiate a way of living with their new rulers but a stranger has other plans, putting the civilians in a cross fire between the Fae and the Resistance. Michael Craig: Forget Me Nots. Two soldiers on a cross country mission to escort a valuable scientist to safety run into a danger brought about by her teenaged daughter. Cedar Sanderson: The North Way. The residents of a small Alaskan town await the arrival of the Fae after a long hard winter. When the snows melt, though, the occupiers aren't what they expected, and the humans are given a chance to teach the Fae a lesson they'll never forget. Brian Gifford: Tukor & The Iron Maiden. An orc walks into a biker bar and ... the greatest love story in the history of the Occupation is born. John Olsen: A Wing and a Prayer What do you do when your new masters demand more and more of the food that your people need to live and outright resistance will get you all killed? You still resist, but with the land as your ally.

Inktail is a coloring book for all ages, with designs that encourage the user to add their own creativity to the existing art. There is also a section on learning to draw your own dragon.