In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious “Eve Black,” is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain? Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanted to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a woman’s prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today.
From New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who “writes with witty verve” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a “richly imagined” (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine. It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed “the Fairest”, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire—to understand the mystery of her brother's death, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of an oddly familiar and wondrous city on the verge of collapse, Dora’s search for the truth will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.
SAM DOLAN is a young man coming to terms with his life in the process and aftermath of making his first film. He has a difficult relationship with his father, B-movie actor Booth Dolan—a boisterous, opinionated, lying lothario whose screen legacy falls somewhere between cult hero and pathetic. Allie, Sam’s dearly departed mother, was a woman whose only fault, in Sam’s eyes, was her eternal affection for his father. Also included in the cast of indelible characters: a precocious, frequently violent half-sister; a conspiracy-theorist second wife; an Internet-famous roommate; a contractor who can’t stop expanding his house; a happy-go-lucky college girlfriend and her husband, a retired Yankees catcher; the morose producer of a true-crime show; and a slouching indie-film legend. Not to mention a tragic sex monster. Unraveling the tumultuous, decades-spanning story of the Dolan family’s friends, lovers, and adversaries, Double Feature is about letting go of everything—regret, resentment, dignity, moving pictures, the dead—and taking it again from the top. Against the backdrop of indie filmmaking, college campus life, contemporary Brooklyn, and upstate New York, Owen King’s epic debut novel combines propulsive storytelling with mordant wit and brims with a deep understanding of the trials of ambition and art, of relationships and life, and of our attempts to survive it all.
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place. The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain?
George, the teenage son of a single mother, struggles to cope with the idiosyncratic members of his family, including his about-to-be-married mother and grandfather, an ardent Gore supporter, in the wake of the 2000 presidential election, in a whimsical novella set in Maine and accompanied by a series of stories exploring the issue of conflict and choice. A first collection. Reprint.
Die mysteriöse Krankheit Aurora hat die gesamte Welt erobert, und alle Frauen – abgesehen von ein paar wenigen, die unter Schlafstörungen leiden – sind in endlosem Schlummer gefangen. Tatsächlich wurde ihr Bewusstsein in eine utopische Traumwelt transportiert, wo sie eine eigene Gesellschaft nach ihren Vorstellungen errichten können. Eine Traumwelt, die sie vielleicht nicht mehr verlassen wollen. In Dooling, West Virginia, kämpft der Gefängnispsychiater Clint Norcross derweil darum, die Frau namens Eve Black vor immer verzweifelteren Männern zu beschützen. Eve, die einzige Frau, die noch aufwachen kann, hat jedoch ihre eigenen Pläne: einen Test, der weltumspannende Konsequenzen haben könnte. Stephen und Owen Kings Horror-Roman »Sleeping Beauties« stürmte die Bestsellerlisten, und die grandios umgesetzte Adaption von Rio Youers und Alison Sampson garantiert Gänsehaut ab Seite eins. Was würde passieren, wenn alle Frauen verschwänden? »Sleeping Beauties« liefert eine schauerliche Antwort. Abschlussband der Miniserie
Eine mysteriöse Schlafkrankheit breitet sich unaufhaltsam rund um den Globus aus. Ihre Opfer können nicht aufwachen, und ihre Köpfe werden von klebrigen Fäden umhüllt wie von Spinnweben. Das furchterregende Leiden befällt nur Frauen, und schon bald ist die Pandemie allgegenwärtig. Im kleinen Ort Dooling wird eine geheimnisvolle Frau gefunden, die anscheinend immun ist und vielleicht mehr über die Krankheit weiß. Birgt sie den Schlüssel zu einem Gegenmittel? Und während Frauen überall auf der Welt panisch versuchen, nicht einzuschlafen, Nationen im Chaos versinken und die niedersten Triebe der Menschen ans Tageslicht treten, beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, denn der Schlaf ist nur der Anfang... Stephen und Owen Kings Horror-Roman "Sleeping Beauties" stürmte die Bestsellerlisten, und die grandios umgesetzte Adaption von Rio Youers und Alison Sampson garantiert Gänsehaut ab Seite eins. Was würde passieren, wenn alle Frauen verschwänden? "Sleeping Beauties" liefert eine schauerliche Antwort.
In this wildly entertaining collaboration, novelists Owen King and Mark Jude Poirier team up with illustrator Nancy Ahn to present a wickedly funny graphic novel about an alien invasion on a college campus. Stacey, a brilliant, overachieving astrobiology major at Fenton College, had planned on just another lonely Spring Break on campus. But when a hurricane batters the small college town, downing power lines and knocking out cell phone reception, Stacey and her friends are stranded with no way to communicate with the outside world at the worst possible moment: in the midst of an alien invasion. As space insects begin to burrow into students and staff—transforming them into slobbering, babbling monsters—a conglomeration of misfits must band together to prevent the infestation from spreading. Meanwhile, Stacey’s long-stifled romantic feelings for her friend Charlotte begin to surface, while the professor she had admired and respected becomes the students’ worst enemy. Illustrated with enormous wit and dynamism—mixing classic tropes from science fiction, indie comics, B-movies, and campus culture—this graphic novel is something different, a large-scale action/adventure story as seen from the point-of-view of a contemporary, realistic heroine. The result is a funny and singular work unlike anything else you’ve ever read.
Ruthless dragon king Ladon Ormarr must keep his throne—and his people—safe from the cruel High King at all costs. With war on the horizon, he’ll need a miracle to protect his clan. Luckily, the fates have dropped the irresistible Skylar Amon right into his lap. Or so he thought. Because the last thing this phoenix wants is him. A phoenix mate is the ticket to securing his throne, but this fiery Amon sister detests Ladon, doesn’t stick to protocols, and regularly offends his warriors and advisers. Skylar also has no intention of sticking around, nor does she believe in the whole destined-mates thing. But if it means taking out the High King who murdered her parents, she'll put up with the too-sexy-for-her-sanity Ladon...temporarily. Their mating bond may make them want to tear off their clothes, but outside the bedroom...well, Ladon is positive the fates hate him. Just as he starts to win over the mercurial phoenix, everything goes to hell when the High King makes his final move. And Ladon will burn down the world to keep the mate he is unwilling to live without. Each book in the Inferno Rising series is STANDALONE: * The Rogue King * The Blood King * The Warrior King * The Cursed King
Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable tandis que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable. Si l'on tente de les réveiller, ces femmes se transforment en furies sanguinaires. Bientôt, presque toutes sont touchées par ce phénomène qu’on surnomme « Aurore » et le monde sombre dans le chaos. À Dooling, petite ville des Appalaches, une mystérieuse jeune femme, Evie, semble immunisée contre cette contagion. Remède miracle pour certain, créature démoniaque pour d’autres, échappera-t-elle à la violence des hommes ? Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Laurent Queyssi.
Un mal inexplicable touche les femmes dans le monde entier. Cette étrange maladie les plonge dans un sommeil qui semble interminable alors que leur corps s’entoure d’une sorte de cocon inextricable. Si l’on tente de les réveiller, ces femmes se transforment en furies sanguinaires. Bientôt, presque toutes sont touchées par cette maladie qu’on surnomme « Aurore » et le monde, privé de femmes, sombre dans le chaos. À Dooling, petite ville des Appalaches, une mystérieuse jeune femme, Evie, semble immunisée contre cette contagion. Remède miracle pour certains, créature démoniaque pour d’autres, échappera-t-elle à la violence des hommes ?
On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a plea for help on an ancient medieval parchment. It seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson! But when they rush to warn him, they find that Hugo has already been abducted by fierce creatures called the Un-Men, who have mistaken him for the third Caretaker, Charles. And in that moment, the world begins to change… The Frontier which separates our world from the Archipelago of Dreams has fallen. Dark and terrible beasts roam throughout England. No one can be summoned from the Archipelago. And worse, their mentor and ally Bert seems to have forgotten them entirely! The only hope of restoring order from the chaos lies on a forgotten island - where a time travel device left by Jules Verne must be used to race through history itself - from the Bronze Age, to the fall of Troy and the founding of the Silver Throne. And in that single night, John and Jack discover that the only way to save their friend and stop the chaos destroying the world is to solve a two-thousand year-old mystery: Who is the Cartographer?
Every now and then your favorite author takes a detour while writing a new novel: a chapter gets chopped, a connected short story is dreamed up, an essay about the book's origins is composed, or an oddity is created on a day off. Collected here together for the first time are detours by Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Poppy Z. Brite, Stewart O'Nan, and Owen King. Join these bestselling authors as they share the other works they wrote while they were writing the books you already know and love.
Stephen King és Owen King szuperprodukciójában, apa és fia közösen írt könyvében a fő kérdés: mi történhet, ha a nők eltűnnek a férfiak világából? Valamikor a jövőben (amely olyan valóságos, hogy akár napjainkra is felcserélhető lehetne) a nőket elalvás közben beburkolja egy ismeretlen fehérjéből képződő hártya, olyan, mint a selyemgubó. Ha a Csipkerózsikákként alvó nőket felébresztik, vagy bármi módon megsérül a gubójuk, akkor állatiasan vadak és erőszakosak lesznek. Alvás közben viszont egy másik, a miénknél jobb világba jutnak, ahol harmónia uralkodik, és szinte nincsenek konfliktusok. Egy isten háta mögötti helyen, a nyugat-virginiai Dooling női börtönében azonban van egyvalaki, egy titokzatos idegen, bizonyos Eve Black, aki normális módon elalszik és felébred. De vajon az ő esetében orvosi anomáliáról van szó, amit tanulmányozni kellene, hátha megoldást ad erre az egész alvásproblémára? Vagy talán Eve Black démon, a megmagyarázhatatlan jelenség okozója, és a legjobb lenne megsemmisíteni? A magukra maradt, egyre inkább ősi ösztöneikre hallgató férfiak egymással vetélkedő frakciókra szakadnak: ki megölni, ki megmenteni akarja Eve-t. Mások a zűrzavart kihasználva személyes ellenségeiken állnának bosszút. A csupa férfi világban elszabadul a pokol és tombol az erőszak... Fordította: Dranka Anita
Live, Laugh, Love." Jerry Hauser seeks to reinvent his present with the aid of Darren Hart’s opportunistic assistant Cassandra, but his past refuses to stay where it belongs—as Jerry’s ex-wife and daughter learn when they meet Powder Bob. And nothing good happens to anyone who runs afoul of Power Bob...
Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry HauserÕs night has taken an abrupt turn, and he now finds himself posing as self-help guru Darren Hart. This presents certain challenges for tonightÕs meeting: DarrenÕs shrewdly opportunistic assistant Cassandra is suspicious, and their host, Ove, an off-his-rocker Finnish gangster, has a hungry panther in the backyard. Jerry will be lucky to get away with his conÉand his life.
MINISERIES PREMIERE Down-on-his-luck rideshare driver Jerry HauserÕs existence is a bleak oneÉespecially because every fare he picks up tells him how much he looks like uber-successful self-help guru Darren Hart. But after a twist of fate, Jerry is given the chance of a lifetimeÉwhich, if heÕs not careful, may well end his lifetime. So begins this California noirÑa rollicking and gleefully lurid pulp crime story for our time.
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