Legendarium IV

In 1982, when he was just three years old, Samir was abandoned by his mother on the beach of El Saler. She blindfolded him and said: Don't move, I'll come right away. But she never did. No one knew why she did not return and that child ended up in a juvenile center with no other identity than his name and a handful of memories. Samir grew up among orphans and disinherited from the world, but with the determination to have a chance in life. Thirty years after his mother left him on that beach, Samir is no longer a helpless child, but a captain of the Valencia Judicial Police. However, his past ...

In this conclusion to the futuristic tale begun in Hyperion, Earth has long since been destroyed, and humans now occupy more than 150 worlds linked by the Web, an instantaneous travel system created and operated by artificial intelligences (AIs)—self-aware, highly advanced computers. These worlds are about to go to war with the Ousters, a branch of humanity that has disdained dependency on the AIs. At risk are the planet Hyperion, its mysterious Tombs that travel backward in time, and the Shrike, its god/avatar of pain or retribution. Good struggles for supremacy over evil in these epic...

Narrativa - racconto lungo (35 pagine) - Qualcosa di misterioso piovuto dal cielo porta alla quarantena di un piccolo villaggio. Ogni legge della fisica è stravolta... Un evento non meglio specificato, riconducibile a un qualcosa di piovuto dallo spazio, porta alla quarantena di Pripia. Ogni legge della fisica, compresa la legge di gravitazione, è stravolta. Mutazioni genetiche e sospetti di morbi contagiosi allarmano il governo. Nella zona rossa, sorvegliata da militari, si parla della presenza di strani reperti, dotati di poteri alieni, che divengono mercanzia per mercenari e disperati....

Featuring creative and thought-provoking short stories, poetry, and prose, this stimulating compilation of original work ranges from the humorous to the absurd. Incluyendo microrrelatos creativos y intelectualmente estimulantes, esta compilación de obras originales varía desde lo humorístico hasta lo absurdo.