Desperate for information, the Society turns to the mysterious Network for help – using Liam as bait. A train to Sweden takes a sudden turn down memory lane as the hacker’s past horrors are unlocked. This episode is brought to you by author Margaret Dunlap, who thoroughly enjoys trains, despite appearances. Magic is real, and hungry—trapped in ancient texts and artifacts, only a few who discover it survive to fight back. Detective Sal Brooks is a survivor. Freshly awake to just what dangers are lurking, she joins a Vatican-backed black-ops anti-magic squad: Team Three of the Societas Librorum Occultorum. Together they stand between humanity and magical apocalypse. Some call them the Bookburners. They don’t like the label. "The Village" is the ninth episode of Bookburners Season 2, presented by Serial Box Publishing. This serial will unfold in 13 episodes.
In his life both before and after entering the priesthood, Menchú had had cause to visit sites considered holy by many different peoples: churches of all denominations, mosques, synagogues, Buddhist and Hindu temples, ancient groves, ...
Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap, Brian Francis Slattery, Andrea Phillips, Mur Lafferty, Amal El-Mohtar. Liam's. She turned the corner, ran down the hall, and let herself look back. The thing chasing her had broken into a rollicking ...
In the city, gangs battle with guns and bombs. And the prophecy may lead to death for all. Prequel to the widely-acclaimed THE WATERS RISING, this is a powerful and engrossing fantasy tale from Sheri S. Tepper.
Called "the most comprehensive account yet of the [CIA’s] activities between 1947 and 1967" by the New York Times, the book presents shocking evidence of the CIA’s undercover program of cultural interventions in Western Europe and at ...
Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams and metaphor - of crystal pillars and fossil seas - where a fine dust settles on the great, empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization.
This is a book about the joys of reading - in effect, an informal introduction to the great works of English literature.
"The great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis.
In a typical English country lane, ten households form a peaceful, if mundane little community. It seems like the perfect environment for newleyweds Ian and Migs Peters to settle down and raise their son.
Occidentosis: A Plague from the West
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss.