Bøger af Stuart Hopen

Newly revised and expanded edition.Interstellar flight has been outlawed -- the great warpships that traveled between systems were found to be damaging the very fabric of the universe. Isolated by the ban, the Draconian system has become decadent, strange -- and foul.Dominated by corporate guilds called "bods," Draconian society has built its economy on slavery and assassination.A former assassin, Magen, has rebelled. When her husband is taken by slavers, she sets out to do whatever it takes to get him back -- even if it means destroying the entire Draconian civilization!

The saga of the Twilight Patrol continues -- equal parts H.P. Lovecraft and G-8 and His Battle Aces.Out of the night explodes an engine of unimaginable fury, powered by the drive to accumulate and hoard for the mere sake of possession - a force that draws its strength from the perpetual motion of irreconcilable imperatives engaged in timeless opposition; a beast that should be a myth, but thrives on the nightmares that well out of the unconscious when the unconscious is untethered from myth. The Mysteriarchs of the Abyss have shackled and enslaved the primordial evil that has guarded their hideous treasure troves for eons - a dragon of gargantuan proportions with more destructive rage than the Great War itself!Also features the short story "Zohar of the Jungle" by Stuart Hopen.To the world at large, The Twilight Patrol is a high-flying band of scrappy patriots, ever alert for trouble and always willing to lend a hand. To the sinister foes lurking behind the Axis horizon, they are a force to be reckoned with in the onslaught against freedom. To their fans, The Twilight Patrol is the bravest assortment of adventurers ever brought together to confront the dark forces threatening our mortal realm.

What happened when Maximum Woman literally became too big for her britches? How did immortality kill Perpetual Man? How did The Silver Ballerina cope when her triumphant theme music faded away, and she succumbed to paralysis? The Golden Years of Super-Heroes aren't always golden, especially when the super ones live out their final days in Remembrance Acres - in poor health - and Gardner Flookz is their only advocate. Flookz is a medical malpractice claims adjuster at a hospital where the medical system is a nightmare, in a town populated by ambulance chasers, profiteers, space cadets, wizards, vampires, slumming gods, and down-on-their-luck superheroes. This brainy crusader flunked out of medical and law school, but gained enough understanding to swagger through both worlds. Remembrance Acres is an imaginative, humorous, pathetic and satirical tale, in the tradition of Jonathan Swift. This clever contemporary collection of 42 stories is a canny insider's view of the healthcare industry. The story cycle examines important legal issues - medical malpractice, informed consent, privacy, insurance and reimbursement, work-force reduction, fraud and abuse, death and dying - in a fantasy world which mirrors today's reality.

An insidious battle rages for the post of High Priest of the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss. As the Archons work to replace their dying leader, they hide behind a new threat to humanity. In dealing with the ordeals of reordering their order, the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss always demand to be the only ones who will ever give the orders!Babel rises again from the pits of its ruined foundations, raining devastation and confusion upon long suffering humanity! As in the ancient days, an unnamable force infects the tongue and afflicts the ear.How can the Twilight Patrol possibly defeat a nameless and meaningless power that attacks the very meaning of meaning? Could this actually be their very last adventure?

1918 - The Great War has crossed the Atlantic to the American eastern shore. City after city has fallen to the combined might of the Central Powers and their insidious allies, the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss, whose deadly arsenal of bullet proof-zeppelins and flesh-eating flies have made them masters of the air. As the Deep South's battle-weary army fights a desperate battle to save the nation, The Twilight Patrol arrives with salvation in the form of a mystic rune, but the Mysteriarchs have turned both sides against them. In the hour of America's greatest need, the country has dedicated itself to hunting down and slaying the only ones who can save it.

The saga of the Twilight Patrol continues - equal parts H.P. Lovecraft and G-8 and His Battle Aces.The dead reappear all over Europe. Men survive fatal wounds. Judgement Day seem to have arrived, but no supernatural or spiritual forces are at work. The world is being subjugated by an entirely rational and scientific phenomenon - A perfect pain killer. A cure for most illnesses and injuries.The Aesculapius Pact zealously believes life should be preserved - at any cost. They heal the wounded and drive away their pain, so they may take up arms again and be wounded again, so they may heal again. All should live so that all may fight. Eventually, The Pact's dominance of medicine and drugs will allow them to control both sides while the Great War goes on forever!The Twilight Patrol is the bravest assortment of adventurers ever brought together to confront the dark forces threatening the mortal coil. Set against the blood-red background of World War I, their chief enemy is the Mysteriarchs of the Abyss - an ancient and vilified order of wizards, demigods, or fallen angels with an insatiable appetite for destruction. Only The Twilight Patrol stands between the Mysteriarchs and their goal of harnessing the Great War's fury to create a world of perpetual death.

Newly revised and expanded edition. Interstellar flight has been outlawed -- the great warpships that traveled between systems were found to be damaging the very fabric of the universe. Isolated by the ban, the Draconian system has become decadent, strange -- and foul. Dominated by corporate guilds called "bods," Draconian society has built its economy on slavery and assassination. Magen, a former assassin, rebels when her husband is taken by slavers, and sets out to do whatever it takes to get him back -- even if it means destroying the entire Draconian civilization!