Inspiré par la science-fiction classique et les voyages d'aventure, cet auteur a créé une voix narrative distinctive. Ses romans explorent souvent les thèmes de la prise de décision morale et du parcours de l'outsider au héros. Avec un œil vif pour les détails et une profonde compréhension de la nature humaine, il dote ses personnages de qualités héroïques qui résonnent auprès des lecteurs.
The story follows Allgrave Burning, his techno-wizard cousin Lod, and the strikingly scarred Ghost as they are drafted into an unprecedented interstellar war. They embark on a perilous journey to a mysterious planet, joined by a disgraced starship captain and a formidable high priestess. Together, they face the ultimate battle that will test their courage and abilities in a star-torn universe.
The story follows Dextra Haven and her diverse team of scientists and Ext warriors as they land on the perilous planet Aquamarine. Despite the inherent dangers, Dextra believes that this alien world holds the potential for establishing peace between humans and the formidable alien race. The narrative explores themes of courage, diplomacy, and the quest for understanding amid conflict.
Navigating the challenges of leadership, a captain faces dilemmas that are more complex than those encountered in casual space travel. The burden of responsibility weighs heavily, revealing that the sacrifices required may touch deeply on personal emotions and relationships. This exploration of duty versus personal cost highlights the intricate balance between command and compassion in the life of a captain.
The story follows Hobart Floyt, a minor bureaucrat who inherits a mysterious fortune from a distant empire. With Earth's government in financial turmoil, Floyt is pressured to retrieve the inheritance. To ensure his success, they blackmail Alacrity Fitzhugh, a bold young spacer, into guiding him on a perilous interstellar adventure. The narrative explores themes of power, obligation, and the unpredictability of space travel as the unlikely duo navigates challenges in their quest.
In a gripping tale of survival and redemption, a diverse group of individuals is thrust into a harrowing journey through a nightmarish landscape. As they confront their deepest fears and moral dilemmas, the characters must navigate treacherous obstacles while uncovering hidden truths about themselves and each other. Themes of sacrifice, resilience, and the battle between good and evil permeate the narrative, challenging readers to reflect on the nature of humanity in the face of unimaginable adversity.
The book offers an in-depth exploration of Gregory's life and thought, highlighting his significance through an extensive introduction and detailed notes. It features translations of eight of his profound orations, showcasing the beauty and depth of his writings. This comprehensive survey not only illuminates Gregory's contributions but also provides valuable context for understanding his impact on literature and philosophy.
Someone is waiting for a train, or it could be a bus or an airplane. They are alone. For company, in their coat pocket they are carrying a book of stories. They sit down and take out the book. It falls open on the first page of a new story. What would be the perfect read for them to find there? Fifteen writers have risen to the challenge to put the ideal story into their fellow traveler's hand. The results are inside this book.
What did early Christians believe about last things? Eschatology--religious doctrine about "last things"--is the hope of believing people that in the end the incompleteness of their present experience of God will be resolved, that loose ends will be tied up and wrongs made right. Rooted in a firm faith in Jesus crucified and risen, Christian eschatological hope has proved remarkably resilient, expecting the Lord to return very soon, and wavering little when the wait has been prolonged. This comprehensive survey, based on Christian texts in the Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, and Armenian traditions from the second century through Gregory the Great and John of Damascus, is already well known to biblical scholars, church historians, theologians, and other students of the history of Christian thought. Appearing in an affordable, paperback edition, it is now available to students and to contemporary believers, whose hope it aims to nourish and stir up by acquainting them with the faith of their forebears in Christ.
The battered GammaLAW mission to Aquamarine had barely succeeded in ending the war with the world-destroying aliens, the Roke. The key to victory lay deep within Aquamarine's terrifying sentient ocean, and Commissioner Dextra Haven was determined to reveal those secrets at all costs.But she and the Exts were running out of time--the Aquamarine natives were dead-set on destroying the Oceanic, which controlled their lives with its awesome powers. And the Roke, hidden behind one of Aquamarine's moons, were preparing to strike. All talk aside, it was a do or die proposition . . .
When the reception for Madame Dextra Haven erupted in a bloodbath, the offworlders quickly realized that Aquamarine's natives were not to be underestimated. But the Aquam were not the only dangers to the Periapt forces. A menace from within her own troops could drastically alter Haven's beneficial plans for Aquamarine--and the secret cyber-personality buried deep within the recesses of one man's mind could be the key to communicating with the terrifying sentient water-entity controlling the planet.With declining resources and limited firepower, the GammaLAW mission faced utter failure, but Haven and her Exts weren't about to give up without a fight--even if it could be their last . . .
