Michael Darling Livres

Ghosts. Monsters. Harry Houdini Meets Charles Dickens in Outer Space. A man and woman, apparent strangers, sail over a surreal desert landscape on their way to a dangerous and uncertain destiny. Tiny predators who live in the wall and feed on memories prove without a doubt that you are what you read. A little boy defies the curse of a mummified Indian princess, prepared to halt the emergence of an ancient god, even if it costs the lives of everyone close to him. These amazing stories and more await between the covers of Michael Darling's first short story collection, featuring all the stories from his bestselling Tales from the Behindbeyond series, including an exclusive new story "The Morrigan's Sister," only available in this volume. From humorous to frightening to thought-provoking, these twelve brilliant stories are an enchanting gift from one of fiction's most inventive new voices. "A unique, often creepy delight." - Michaelbrent Collings Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Bestseller "Michael Darling is a talent, a master of perspective and playful storytelling." - Johnny Worthen Award-Winning Author of What Immortal Hand

Sadia has been betrayed. Get in. Get the data threads. Get out. It was a standard job. But when Sadia arrives, she finds her contact dead and the only ones who could be responsible are from her own faction. Unable to trust anyone, she goes looking for answers. When she witnesses another unjust death, something inside her awakens. A power takes control of her body and in front of millions of witnesses, Sadia brings the dead man back to life. Suddenly, she’s the most sought after woman in Novus City. And while some factions want to make her a martyr, others want to dissect her. Or worse. Hunted by every faction, every corporation, and every authority, Sadia flees. If she can escape the city, she may survive long enough to learn the secrets of her past. If she fails, instead of giving life back, her power will be used to take it away. She will become the instrument of annihilation, and no one will be left alive to remember Hollowfall.

"Got Lost is the funniest book in the series. A tour de force urban fantasy with more laughs, deeper emotions, and a sarcastic private detective who can burn with both magic and words." —Paul Genesse, bestselling author of Sakura: Intellectual Property Goethe “Got” Luck hasn’t been to a lot of weddings, but it doesn’t take a detective to know it’s a catastrophe when the bride is weeping, the groom is bleeding, and the choir children have vanished into thin air. When the FBI shows up at his door accusing him of kidnapping, Got knows something is vastly wrong. He’s done a lot of things, but stealing children isn't one of them. To clear his name, Got goes on the hunt for the missing kids and finds himself trapped in the realm of dreams. Ruled by a cunning goddess with her own agenda, the realm of dreams is filled with shifting realities and no way out. To rescue the children—and himself—Got must face the mysteries of this realm and its frightening adversaries head on. Even with all his magic, Got’s luck might have run out now that he’s lost.

This stunning book showcases paintings, sculptures, drawings, and tapestries by acclaimed artist Enrico David, who has spent the last two decades exploring materials and rejecting the trends of the contemporary art scene.

In 12 Ballads for Huguenot House dokumentiert Theaster Gates sein außergewöhnliches Unternehmen, zwei leer stehende Häuser zu vereinigen – eines in Chicago, das andere in Kassel –, indem er Teile des einen Hauses demontiert und beim Wiederaufbau des anderen verwendet. In Kassel war das vergessene und zerfallene Hugenottenhaus vom Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts für Gates von besonderem Reiz, da er hier eine Verbindung sah zwischen der Geschichte der Immigranten, die es damals errichteten, und der der schwarzen sowie hispanischen Arbeiter in seiner Chicagoer Nachbarschaft. Dort auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks wiederum fiel Gates ein großes, heruntergekommenes Gebäude auf, an dem Details der Architektur noch erhalten waren. Dabei kam ihm der Gedanke zum Austausch und so entwickelte er die Idee, Materialien des Chicagoer Gebäudes zur Renovierung des Hugenottenhauses zu verwenden. Dieser Prozess wird später umgekehrt, und es werden Materialien des Hugenottenhauses beim Wiederaufbau in Chicago eingesetzt. Gates präsentiert im vorliegenden Buch seine Planungen des Austauschs sowie die damit zusammenhängenden aufwendigen und komplexen soziopolitischen sowie geschichtlichen Einzelheiten in der Form von zwölf thematischen „Balladen“. Mit reich bebilderten Aufzeichnungen des Künstlers.