Títulos en Historias alternativas

A deadly puzzle. A closing trap. My name is Nadia, and I'm a Marshal of the High Queen of the Elves. That means it's my responsibility to broker a peace deal between the dwarves and the Elven commoners...and there are lots of Elven nobles who would like to see the deal fail.

It is 1940, and Britain stands alone facing Nazi Germany. Rosalyn James, a courageous land girl, is recruited into a covert Auxiliary Unit tasked with operating behind enemy lines should Britain be invaded. Trained in sabotage and survival, she joins a diverse team of resistance fighters. However, Rosalyn is soon singled out for a secret mission involving the enigmatic grey folk, the Seolfor, whose alliance could turn the tide against the invaders.

Artificial life reigns supreme in a dystopian future because of something President Nixon did or did not do that allowed the National Security State to gain control. Amanda Zimmerman, from the future, has a quest to prevent the catastrophe. Overshadowed by the graves of Patch Kincaid and Natalie Tomkins on the mountainside Ray Meinkewitz and Phineas Beauregard are in Vermont, playing a cat and mouse game with CIA. Like the Patch Kincaid Series the Nixon Theorem volumes are interspersed with the researched depths of history, in this case the Watergate Scandal.

Freshly escaped from the caverns of "Home," the Clemens-Bemis Expedition welcomes two young women: bold Hazel and resourceful Conifer. Their journey starts with a bang when they dynamite their way free of the Vallis Alpes, hot on the heels of a renegade member turned outlaw. The pursuit lands them in Lobster Gulch, a rowdy mining outpost brimming with danger, dynamite, and dubious characters.

The Kael'Nyrin Scrolls: Our Children of Starlight is a fusion of speculative fiction and philosophical enquiry, positing that humanity is the product of ancient cosmic stewardship. The story centres on the Kael'Nyrin, trans-dimensional beings of a Kardashev III society, who were master orchestrators guiding life across the cosmos. We, humanity, are their "children of starlight." Their existence is exposed when the Scrolls are found in a crystalline obelisk in the Mariana Trench.

Eine gescheiterte Mission ... bei der Unschuldige starben … Die Flucht vor einer ungerechtfertigten Inhaftierung war nicht das, was Connor im Sinn hatte. Aber an Bord des ersten interstellaren Kolonieschiffs der Erde in Stasis versetzt zu werden, war etwas, worauf er sich nicht hätte vorbereiten können. Für dreihunderttausend Kolonisten brachte die neue Kolonie das Versprechen eines Neuanfangs … eine zweite Chance. Connor mochte der falsche Mann für die Kolonie sein, aber er konnte dafür sorgen, dass sie die kommenden Ereignisse überleben würde.

The Galizien Sturm offensive is in full swing in the East. The Germans, under the command of General Paul von Hindenburg, have just stormed the Brest-Litovsk Fortress in Western Belarus. They now start their movement southward toward Western Ukraine to outflank General Brussilov. Meanwhile, General August Mackensen’s attack on the Przemysl Fortress continues with the obvious objective of pushing on to the main Russian Army supply hub in Lemberg.

Un Mundo Intacto explora una historia alternativa en la que la humanidad nunca enfrentó la devastación de la plaga. A través de una serie de capítulos profundamente investigados y humanizados, el libro examina cómo el crecimiento demográfico ininterrumpido, las comunidades estables y la ausencia de mortalidad masiva habrían moldeado cada aspecto de la sociedad, la ciencia y la cultura. Desde el arte y la arquitectura hasta la ley, la migración y el medio ambiente, cada capítulo profundiza en las formas en que la continuidad.

I was the Rift Magus, master of space and time, protector of worlds. Reborn in a broken body with only my knowledge intact, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Now the reckoning has come. House Delamere, the architects of my abduction and the force behind demonic pacts and soul-warping corruption, has taken Adrian. My cousin. My friend. They believe they understand power. They are wrong.

The Second World War is raging across Europe. The Axis reign supreme from the United kingdom to Gibraltar, and all the way to Baghdad, while the Allied nations of the USA, Free France and the United Kingdom gather their strength for their counter-offensive. Germany and the Soviet Union, battling each other on the Eastern Front since the Red Army attacked the year before, are about to embark on the biggest war in human history.

An ancient secret order called The Children of Seth banished the forces of hell from Earth centuries ago. Believing the war was over, the order became weakened by bureaucracy and decadence in our modern days. However, the evil forces had returned, and it was time for the order to call upon their legendary warriors, the Stone-wielders.

"The Tunguska Incident" is a thrilling steampunk adventure that bends historical events, speculative science and mystical forces into man engaging narrative. Set against the backdrop of the early 20th century, the novel reimagines the famous Tunguska event as the result of powerful and secretive technological experiments, intersecting with ancient, ethereal forces.

A down-on-his-luck ex-detective, a jittery professor suspected of murder, and a mystery they can't solve without each other. If Norman Melamourne, a Source-hating ex-detective, had things his way, the Source wouldn't have snapped into existence twenty years ago. After all, it's the reason his wife lost her life; he lost his job, and now even his favorite restaurants use Source-processed ingredients. He can taste the difference, and it's awful. When a consulting position lands on his plate, it leaves a bad taste, too.

Una strana nuvola compare nel cielo e, in un lampo, quattro colleghi si ritrovano catapultati in un’altra realtà. Prima, un paesaggio sconosciuto e un camion militare alleato che si avvicina. Un altro lampo… e tutto cambia di nuovo. Ora, insieme a tre soldati della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, scoprono di essere finiti nella Roma di Tiberio. Per sopravvivere in un mondo tanto affascinante quanto spietato, dovranno trovare dentro di sé risorse inaspettate, affrontare pericoli e riscrivere il proprio destino.

Fifty years after the asteroid-mining ship Anaconda was transported by a space-time warp four centuries back in time, its crew members have changed the face of the planet they call New Earth. The African slave trade is shut down, 23rd century technology and ideas are dominant in North America while making inroads in South America and Japan, a modern consumer economy has spread from the Mediterranean into Russia, and the once-great imperial states of Europe are undergoing political and religious turmoil.

In 1952 the vaccine to bullets was created, and as a result the need for the police force all but vanished. Unfortunately for homicide detectives, they were the first to go. Siegfried Alastor, a former detective turned private investigator, has been taking missing person and cat cases just to stay afloat. That is till a call comes he never thought he would get again. Someone’s been shot, and they were killed. The public feels he got what was coming, seeing as he was unvaccinated. The only problem, someone doesn't agree...

After a global cataclysm wipes the slate clean, erasing centuries of culture, knowledge, and identity, the surviving civilization clings to a fabricated past designed by the ruling Unity Council. Dr. Vivian Calloway—a devoted historian—has spent years crafting the official narrative, innocently building the myths her government demands.

Wilbur Brooke’s life has been a slow drift toward irrelevance until Melissa, his Enhanced Living Assistant (ELA), arrives. Funded by the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs, the AI-powered live-in carer breathes new life into Wilbur, easing his arthritis, improving his health, and filling a void in his solitary existence he hadn’t realised existed. When anti-AI protests erupt across the country and the government moves to strip ELAs of their individuality, Wilbur faces a devastating choice: lose the lifeline Melissa has become–or risk everything to save her.

Trench warfare has come to the ancient world, and the results are brutal and deadly. As men are thrown into the meat grinder of the trenches and the war expands to Greece, Ky and Lucilla work to find new ways to regain the upper hand against the invaders. Ky attempts to bring a new weapon to the battlefield to help defeat the massive eastern hordes while Lucilla struggles to keep the western alliance together and strong.

Ce livre regroupe 10 uchronies qui nous offrent un nouveau regard sur l'histoire de France et rebattent les cartes du passé avec une intensité déconcertante. Car selon toute logique, Vercingétorix aurait dû être le grand vainqueur d'Alésia, Louis XVI n'aurait jamais dû finir à l'échafaud, et Joffre ne devait pas remporter la bataille de la Marne !