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Jim Aikin

    Jim Aikin è un autore di fantascienza americano le cui opere esplorano spesso temi e tecniche che risuonano con la sua vasta conoscenza della musica e della tecnologia. La sua scrittura, influenzata dal suo background di tecnologo musicale e compositore, si addentra in mondi intricati con notevole precisione e sfumature. L'approccio di Aikin alla narrativa è stratificato come le sue composizioni musicali, dove elementi complessi si intrecciano per creare un insieme coerente e avvincente.

    Wall at Edge of World
    While Caesar Sang of Hercules
    • While Caesar Sang of Hercules

      • 532pagine
      • 19 ore di lettura

      Unseen danger, scheming suspects, colorful characters, and a rich tapestry of historical detail combine in an unforgettable tale of romance and suspense on the Bay of Naples during the reign of Nero. At a grand banquet, a minor nobleman is poisoned and dies. Suspicion swirls first around the household If any of them did it, all of them will be put to death! Germanus has well-hidden reasons for hating false accusations, so he sets out to find the murderer, his only clue a severed human thumb. Secretly in love with the beautiful young widow, he knows he can never hope she’ll care for As a slave, he’s far beneath her notice. But when she’s accused of the murder, their lives are on a collision course with disaster.

      While Caesar Sang of Hercules2021
    • Wall at Edge of World

      • 309pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      Danlo Ree lives in a world within walls, in a society of telepaths. It is an efficient society, peaceful and pure. The Cleansings are sure of that.Danlo thinks bad thoughts sometimes, about his wife, and the Cleansings.... but he pushes them away. He must survive here, for outside the walls lurks nothing but chaos and radiation and danger.Now, something incredible has happened. And Danlo Ree has discovered that there is something else outside the walls...Life.

      Wall at Edge of World1993