Bøger af Tim Pratt

A nightmarish power unleashed from the depths infiltrates Arkham in this nautical-horror pulp adventure from the acclaimed Arkham Horror game world

The first novella collection set in the world of Pratt's popular Axiom space opera trilogy.

The key to controlling the galaxy is hidden on a distant planet in this epic space opera from the best-selling game, Twilight Imperium

A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, based on the boardgame Twilight Imperium

The enigmatic Carl Sanford is the master of all things occult in Arkham, until a charismatic newcomer threatens to take everything away from him in this dark mystery set in the world of Arkham Horror.

"After her grandmother is murdered in a home invasion, Tamsin Culver leaves her cushy programming job in San Francisco and returns to her Midwestern hometown to settle the estate. What she doesn't expect is to find out her grandmother's life-changing secret: She's not an Earth native, but an exile from another level of the Nigh-Space continuum, an adjacent reality with technology far more advanced than ours. What's more, her grandmother ruled there as an oligarch, meaning Tamsin is the heir to vast wealth only accessible by someone from her bloodline... but the enemies who tried to exterminate her family won't be happy to see her return. Back in the Bay Area, grad student Glenn makes a startling discovery about his girlfriend Vivy. She's a secret agent for the Interventionists: an interdimensional organisation devoted to protecting the inhabitants of Nigh-Space from those trying to take advantage of less-developed worlds. When she lands in trouble, Glenn finds himself on a sapient starship in a distant level of the continuum, racing to save her. But when Glenn and Vivy's plans clash with Tamsin's, and secret connections among them all are revealed, their situation becomes catastrophically complicated. It's a princess of Nigh-Space versus a champion of Nigh-Space in a reality-spanning adventure that ranges from alien planets to mysterious space stations to Bay Area bars, with starship battles, cyborg augmentation, abductions, snark, betrayal, and fallout both nuclear and emotional"--

Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt have spent the past decade spinning tales of holiday magic and occasional terror for delighted readers, and those winter wonderlands are collected here for the first time. In these stories, a Christmas wish becomes a Krampus curse, the holiday spirit turns dangerously contagious, the queen of winter visits the icy moon Europa, a jinni looks for love in a steamy cafe, a trickster god celebates New Year's Eve, a pair of cryptozoologists hunt flying reindeer, and Ebenezer Scrooge hires a ghost-hunter to rid him of meddlesome spirits--among other celebrations. Also includes their cult classic "The Christmas Mummy," the story that started it all, and a brand new sequel,"The Christmas Abomination fom Beyond the Back of the Stars."

A sexually transmitted volcano. Polyamorists facing off against a malevolent fairy. The vicious cave bear that appears to everyone at the moment of their death. Time-traveling lesbians who fight crime. A woman who summons the ghosts of extinct megafauna and throws them at bad guys. The teen girl sword-and-sorcery duo known as Crow and Lion. Kinky interdimensional space warrior romance. A murder closet, full of murder.These are just some of the miracles and marvels you'll encounter here in Hugo Award-winning author Tim Pratt's latest collection."His stories have moved me, enchanted me, frightened me... and always leave me wanting more." - Terri Windling

"Teenager Miranda Candle finds a mysterious necklace and is suddenly transported to The Nex, the bizarre city at the center of all possible universes, where she falls in with a pair of would-be revolutionaries--the skinshifter Howlaa and the bodiless Wisp--fighting the oppressive regime of the city-state's Regent and his army of steam colossi, cynical cyborgs, and the depraved royal orphans. This is a classic story filled with new twists. Featured in this volume are two related bonus stories, "Dream Engine" and "We Go Back"."--Page [4] of cover.

In this debut novel, acclaimed short-story author Tim Pratt delivers an exciting heroine with a hidden talent-and a secret duty. Witty and suspenseful, here is a contemporary love song to the West that was won and the myths that shape us. . . . As night manager of Santa Cruz's quirkiest coffeehouse, Marzi McCarty makes a mean espresso, but her first love is making comics. Her claim to fame: The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, a cowpunk neo-western yarn. Striding through an urban frontier peopled by Marzi's wild imagination, Rangergirl doles out her own brand of justice. But lately Marzi's imagination seems to be altering her reality. She's seeing the world through Rangergirl's eyes-literally-complete with her deadly nemesis, the Outlaw. It all started when Marzi opened a hidden door in the coffeehouse storage room. There, imprisoned among the supplies, she saw the face of something unknown . . . and dangerous. And she unwittingly became its guard. But some primal darkness must've escaped, because Marzi hasn't been the same since. And neither have her customers, who are acting downright apocalyptic. Now it's up to Marzi to stop this supervillainous superforce that's swaggered its way into her world. For Marzi, it's the showdown of her life. For Rangergirl, it's just another day. . . .

What would you do if you woke up and found yourself in a paralleluniverse under an alien sky? This is the question Zax Delatree must answer every time he closes his eyes.

A magical, unique collection of stories: retellings of timeless tales. Featuring stories by Neil Gaiman and Garth Nix.

Philip K. Dick Award Finalist:A ragtag crew discovers alien technology that could change the fate of humanityor awaken an ancient evil and destroy all life in the galaxyThe shady crew of the White Raven run freight and salvage at the fringes of our solar system. They discover the wreck of a centuries-old exploration vessel floating light years away from its intended destination and revive its sole occupant, who wakes with news of First Alien Contact.When the crew informs her that humanity has alien allies already, she reveals that these are very different extra-terrestrialsand the gifts they bestowed on her could kill all humanity, or take it out to the most distant stars.File Under:Science Fiction[ Adrift | Liar Liar | Golden Spiders | Bridge the Void ]

The ancient alien gods are waking up, and there's only one spaceship crew ready to stop them, in this dazzling space opera sequel to The Wrong Stars and The Dreaming Stars.

From Hugo Award winner Tim Pratt comes a tale of magic, assassination, monsters, and cheerful larceny, in Pathfinder Tales: Liar''s Island, set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.Rodrick is a con man as charming as he is cunning. Hrym is a talking sword of magical ice, with the soul and spells of an ancient dragon. Together, the two travel the world, parting the gullible from their gold and freezing their enemies in their tracks. But when the two get summoned to the mysterious island of Jalmeray by a king with genies and elementals at his command, they''ll need all their wits and charm if they''re going to escape with the greatest prize of all-their lives.

For con man Rodrick and his talking sword Hrym, life is all about taking what you can and getting away clean. But when the pair are arrested, their only hope lies in a secret government program in which captured career criminals are teamed up and sent on suicide missions too sensitive for ordinary soldiers.