Jon Courtenay Grimwood Libri

Le cicatrici gli attraversavano la schiena come una mappa, un paesaggio di dolore genuino. Per Raf, l'importanza risiedeva nel poco dolore che aveva sentito, poiché il compito di sentire dolore era della volpe. Ashraf Bey ha interpretato molti ruoli, molti dei quali illegali. Dopo aver lasciato il suo incarico di Ispettore Capo di El Iskandryia, si rende conto di non avere ottenuto molto dalla vita: un’amante con cui non ha mai fatto l’amore, una nipote considerata poco sveglia e debiti che si accumulano. In Nord Africa, l'aria è carica di rivolta e il mondo sembra congiurare contro di lui. L'ultima cosa di cui ha bisogno è il padre mai conosciuto. Tuttavia, quando il capo della sicurezza del vecchio Emiro di Tunisi lo invita a indagare su un tentativo di omicidio, l'incontro diventa inevitabile. Fuggendo da un presente scomodo, Raf scoprirà un passato inaspettato e affrontare la verità sarà difficile. Questo romanzo riporta in primo piano la storia di Ashraf Bey, costringendolo a confrontarsi con un misterioso passato per tracciare una nuova rotta per il suo futuro. Riconosciuto dalla critica anglosassone, rappresenta la conclusione di un ciclo che ha ridefinito i confini tra fantascienza, ucronia e noir.

Set in a strikingly familiar yet unpredictable city, a troubled detective navigates a labyrinth of clues in a world where innocence has vanished. The narrative masterfully intertwines speculative fiction with hard-boiled mystery, immersing readers in a gripping tale that challenges perceptions and explores the darker aspects of humanity. Grimwood's acclaimed Arabesk series invites readers to unravel a complex puzzle that blurs the lines between reality and fiction.

Ex-assassin Axl Borja has agreed to do one last hit - only he hasn't told his gun yet. Cardinal Santo Ducque faces political ruin if he can't regain the Vatican's missing billions. Mai's a Japanese kinderwhore held hostage on a space habitat. As they collide their actions could change the world.

In the depths of night, customs officers board a galley in a harbor and overpower its guards. In the hold they find oil and silver, and a naked boy chained to the bulkhead. Stunningly beautiful but half-starved, the boy has no name. The officers break the boy's chains to rescue him, but he escapes.Venice is at the height of its power. Duke Marco commands the seas, taxes his colonies, and, like every duke before him, fears assassins better than his own. In a side chapel, Marco's thirteen-year old cousin prays for deliverance from her forced marriage. It is her bad fortune to be there when Moorish pirates break in to steal a chalice, but it is the Moors' good fortune -- they kidnap her and demand ransom from the Duke.As day dawns, Atilo, the Duke's chief assassin, prepares to kill the man who let in the pirates. Having cut the traitor's throat, he turns back, having heard a noise, and finds a stranger crouched over the dying man, drinking blood from the wound. The speed with which the boy dodges a dagger and scales a pillar stuns Atilo. And the assassin knows he has to find the boy. Not to kill him though -- because he's finally found what he thought he would never find.Someone fit to be his apprentice.

A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma . . .' January, 1986. A week after disgraced Intelligence Officer Tom Fox is stationed to Moscow the British Ambassador's fifteen-year-old daughter goes missing. Fox is ordered to find her, and fast. But the last thing the Soviets want is a foreign agent snooping about on their turf. Not when a killer they can't even admit let alone catch is preparing to kill again . . . A Cold War thriller haunted by an evil legacy from the Second World War, Moskvais a journey into the dark heart of another time and place.

Druhý svazek edice Moderní díla science fiction vám přináší moderní kybepunk od jednoho z nejvýraznějších britských autorů současné fantastiky - Jona Courtenaye Grimwooda. Budoucí Paříž se skládá z rozsáhlých chudinských čtvrtí pečlivě oddělených od lesku městského centra. Na březích Seiny dochází za tajemných okolností k sérii krutých vražd a vypadá to, že jejich pachatel se dokáže snadno vypořádat s jakoukoli snahou o dopadení. Stovky let starý upír Sabatini je však pronásledován odhodlaným reportérem Alexem Gibsonem. Zprvu nerovný souboj se změní v bitvu na život a na smrt mezi dvěma neobvykle nadanými protivníky poté, co je Alex neurálně transformován do tvora téměř božských schopností...