Wolfgang Neuhaus Livres

The first book of a fantasy saga set in Ancient Greece. A half-breed boy is a hated outsider in a city of heroes, but survives. After receiving the title of Strategos for his military genius, he leaves Sparta to become the deadliest warrior of the ancient world, but then faces the wrath of hell.

Die 39. Ausgabe von DAS SCIENCE FICTION JAHR untersucht die Rolle der künstlichen Intelligenz in der Science Fiction und deren Einfluss auf unseren Alltag, insbesondere auf kreative Berufe. Renommierte Autor:innen wie Judith und Christian Vogt sowie Uwe Neuhold, Lena Richter und Simon Spiegel bieten vielseitige Perspektiven und Analysen, die die Verbindung zwischen technologischem Fortschritt und künstlerischem Schaffen beleuchten. Die Beiträge regen zur Reflexion über die Zukunft von KI und deren Auswirkungen auf die Gesellschaft an.

One of history's most controversial figures comes to life in a tale of a girl who defied her origins to ascend the Roman throne as Pope John Anglicus. Set in 814 in Ingelheim, a Frankland village, Joan is born during an unforgiving winter to an English father and Saxon mother. Her father, a cruel canon, embodies piety but extends little compassion to his family, especially the women. Joan's mother, Gudrun, teaches her about the Saxon gods, suffering severe punishment for it. Growing up, Joan inherits a blend of warlike mythology and Church teachings. When her brother John is sent away to school, Joan, who was meant to go, runs away to join him in Dorstadt, where she falls in love with Gerold. Viewed by others as a "lusus naturae," Joan struggles with her identity in a society that devalues women. After John's death in a Viking raid, she seizes the chance to escape her fate by cutting her hair and disguising herself as a boy. Following the attack, she finds refuge in a Benedictine monastery, eventually making her way to Rome. The author presents this story as fiction due to the lack of documentation surrounding Joan's papacy, highlighting the Church's efforts to deny this historical embarrassment. Regardless of belief in Joan's role as Pope, the narrative explores the brutal realities of the Dark Ages, Vatican intrigue, and the status of women.

In the Vatican, the pope is dying as priestly vultures gather around, whispering the names of possible successors. In a forgotten monastery on Ireland's gale-swept coast, a dangerous document is hidden, waiting to be claimed. And in a family chapel in Princeton, New Jersey, a nun is murdered at her prayers.

"With his widely acclaimed debut, 28-year-old William Kowalski emerged as one of the most exciting and distinctive new American writers in years. In his hew book, Kowalski once again proves himself an extraordinarily gifted writer as he follows his hero Billy Mann on his search for the mother who deserted him as a baby. Now 20 years old, Billy travels atop his beloved motorcycle to the last known address he has for her ot a side street named Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a journey that will teach him many things about family, friends, love and death. Filled with wondrous imagery and lyricism, Somewhere South of Here has a lightness of touch that belies how very much it has to say about life s greatest themes of all. "

Román německého spisovatele líčí na pozadí hrůz konce války v Německu příběh 16tiletého chlapce, který je jako řada jeho kamarádů, nasazen na frontu, zažije peklo bojů o Berlín, kde se začíná hroutit jeho víra v Hitlera, která mu byla štěpována školou a organizací Hitlerjungend. Ztrácí zcela víru v lidi a velmi těžko nachází v složité situaci poválečného Německa správnou životní cestu.