Ergebnis für "Gothic" in Science Fiction

'A Gothic novel with a flourish of the speculative ... a tale so gripping it’s hard to believe this is a debut' Rumaan Alam, author of Leave the World Behind You aren't a real person until you have a secret ... Growing up in the Squares, Dre Archer was always told human history was over. Until...

This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of...

WINNER OF THE AUGUST DERLETH AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDS A masterpiece brimming with scientific splendor, magical intrigue, and fierce characters, from the author who “has reshaped modern fantasy” (The Washington Post) “[China Miéville’s] fantasy novels, including a trilogy set in...

My life ended the moment the X-Clan found me. Bitten. Turned. And claimed by him. My genetic markers label me as a rare Omega. But inside, I'm all female alpha. And I will not heel. Not even to the Alpha of Andorra Sector. Ander Cain promises me protection. A new world of pleasure and pain. But he wants all of me in return. Even if it means taking me by force. I'll be damned if I give up my inner fight. I spent the last 21 years battling the walking dead. These wolves won't know what hit them when I'm through.

Nevernight is the first in an epic new fantasy series from the New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff. In a land where three suns almost never set, a fledgling killer joins a school of assassins, seeking vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Daughter of an executed...

Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will...

Read by the incredible John Lee Winner of the August Derleth award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Perdido Street Station is an imaginative urban fantasy thriller, and the first of China Miéville's novels set in the world of Bas-Lag. The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its...

In the baron’s icebound castle, a parasite is spreading . . . From Hiron Ennes, Leech is an atmospheric Gothic horror, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. 'Unique and utterly assured, I will follow this writer anywhere' – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl In an...

The second thrilling installment of the award-winning Nevernight Chronicle, from New York Times bestselling author Jay Kristoff. In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Mia Corvere has found...

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR Z ______________________________________ As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now. But the journals...

** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 ** Brought to you by Penguin. From 'one of the most gifted writers working today' (New York Times) comes an audacious new novel about the bodies we live in and the bodies we desire In Brexit Britain, a young transgender doctor called Ry is falling in love...

ACHTUNG: Hören Sie auf Ihr Navi! Nehmen Sie nie die falsche Ausfahrt! Sonst könnte es Ihnen ergehen wie Günther Krebs, der ein einziges Mal nicht achtgibt. Abseits der befahrenen Wege gelangt er in eine Stadt, die auf keiner Karte verzeichnet ist: Mahringen. Überragt von einem uralten Schloss, beherrscht von einem geheimnisvollen Grafen. Und Günthers scheinbar geradlinig verlaufendes Leben gerät buchstäblich aus der Bahn.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'It is not the monster you have to fear, but the monster it makes of men.' Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her uncle disappeared in mysterious circumstances in the Arctic but she doesn't know why or how. She and her husband are trying to make...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026 ‘A novel to marvel at’ SOPHIE MACKINTOSH ‘Astonishing’ MICHAEL MAGEE ‘Like Karl Ove Knausgaard at the end of the world’ SUNDAY TIMES The acclaimed author of The Doloriad returns with a darkly beautiful novel following a reclusive graduate in a...

Three gripping tales from No.1 Sunday Times bestseller S. J. Parris. The Secret Dead Summer 1556. A girl’s body is found in a Neapolitan monastery. Novice monk Giordano Bruno is determined to uncover what happened, but his investigation could deliver him into the hands of the Inquisition. The...

Brought to you by Penguin. The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world's seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart. Until she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to sit the entrance exam for somewhere few have heard of – Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon doesn’t know it yet, but she is...

M.R.James' "Runenbeschwörung" nimmt Elemente von modernen Gothic-Filmen, wie Polanskis "Neun Pforten", vorweg: das irrationale Böse wird durch die "richtige" Anwendung alter Schriften aktiviert und bricht in die heile Welt von wissenschaftlich denkenden und literarisch geschulten Bürgern ein, die nahezu hilflos erleben müssen, wie der Schrecken sie nicht nur im Schlaf verfolgt...

USA TODAY Bestseller! A Most Anticipated Book of 2026: Goodreads LitHub Chicago Review of Books Debutiful Metastellar The Literary Grind Books, Bones & Buffy Cats Luv Coffee Macabre Daily Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the Queen of Space Horror comes a terrifying, dread-filled nightmare perfect for fans of Ridley Scott's Alien franchise. Desperation for eternal life can lead to a fate worse than death... Halley is on the run from an interplanetary political scandal that has put...