Resultados para "Utopia" en Terror

Asche und Staub. Mehr nicht. Die Welt, wie wir sie kennen, existiert nicht mehr. Tod und Vergessen haben ihren Mantel über die Anfänge jenes Krieges ausgebreitet, der das Antlitz der Erde vernarbte. Im Widerschein unzähliger nuklearer Flammensäulen zersplitterte das Erbe der Menschheit und verdunkelte den Himmel. Das Leben, das der Verendung bislang trotzte, verkriecht sich oder zieht ziellos und auf der Suche nach Existenz umher, zehrt von den Resten einer untergegangenen Zeit. Menschen wurden Nomaden oder suchten Schutz in Siedlungen, Ciudas genannt, um die Prüfung Gottes zu bestehen.

Driving everything towards chaos, the Devil's Blacksmith, Evidar's master manipulator, has secrets of his own and will stop at nothing to secure salvation and to free his world from its perpetual darkness at the expense of Reyne's life and Tartica's existence.

That's when he finds himself in Dadaville, an eccentric postmodern utopia not marked on any map. In Dadaville, the characters are as kookie as they are decent, and their culture of controlled creative chaos is balanced by a negligible crime rate. Trent feels right at home, but there is trouble in paradise, and the girl of his dreams is right in the middle of it. Can Trent save his girl and his town from the stranglehold of the sinister World Corp, whose logo is a globe pierced by a screw?

From the acclaimed author and translator of the National Book Award Finalist, Cursed Bunny, a fresh, uncanny, and utterly profound collection of stories set in near and distant futures that reflect our deepest fears—and deepest desires. Bora Chung’s inimitable blend of horror, absurdity, and...