Títulos en Historias alternativas

He is the perfect presidential candidate. Conservatives love his hard-hitting Republican rsum. Liberals love his peaceful, progressive practicality. The media can’t get enough of his larger-than-life personality. And all the American people love that he’s an honest, hard-working man who tells it like it is. There’s just one problem. He is William Howard Taft...and he was already president a hundred years ago.

When erudite ape Professor Khan and rough-and-tumble cowboy Bulls-Eye Gutierrez are zapped away on a one-way trip to Mars, they are thrown into a world in chaos. Under the malevolent gaze of the Weather Witch, Princess Cyclone, our heroes face the intrigue and war raging across an alien world. Will they survive long enough for the other Centurions to build a way back home? Or will they perish upon the shifting sands of the Red Planet, never to be seen again?

1918: A First World War battlefield becomes the cosmic battleground for two vampires, as Karl von Wultendorf struggles to free himself from his domineering maker, Kristian. 1923: Charlotte Neville watches as her father, a Cambridge professor, fills Parkland Hall with guests for her sister Madeleine's 18th birthday party. Among them is his handsome new research assistant Karl - the man Madeleine has instantly decided will be her husband. Charlotte, shy and retiring, is happy to devote her life to her father and her dull fiance Henry - until she sees Karl....

In 1941, a hand grenade explodes in a Cairo bar, taking the life of Stern, a petty gunrunner and morphine addict. His death could easily go unnoticed as Rommel's tanks charge through the desert in an attempt to open the Middle East to Hitler's forces. Yet the mystery behind Stern's death is a top priority for intelligence experts. Master spies from three countries converge on Joe O'Sullivan Beare, who is closer to Stern than anyone, in an effort to unravel the disturbing puzzle.

When the Century Club is called in to prevent the assassination of FDR, it’s just another day on the job - but what they discover puts not just the president, but the entire world in jeopardy. With psychic dinosaurs taking over Manhattan and beyond, it’s up to Sally Slick, Jet Black, Mack Silver, and the other Centurions to save humanity - from extinction!

In 336 B.C., Egypt lies under the yoke of Persia. But a spirit of fire has risen to blaze across the world. His name is Alexander, and he is the destined conqueror of the Persian Empire - and the king foretold of Egypt. Meriamon, daughter of the last Pharaoh, journeys out of the Two Lands to find him and bring him home. From the battlefield of Issus to the siege of Tyre, from the founding of Alexandria to the divine revelations of Siwah, Meriamon both leads and follows her divine charge, who becomes her friend and her chosen king.

Sinai Tapestry, the brilliant first novel of the Jerusalem Quartet, is an epic alternate history of the Middle East in which the discovery of the original Bible links a disparate group of remarkable people across time and space. In 1840, Plantagenet Strongbow, the twenty-ninth Duke of Dorset, seven-feet-seven-inches tall and the greatest swordsman and botanist of Victorian England, walks away from the family estate and disappears into the Sinai Desert carrying only a large magnifying glass and a portable sundial.

Thrown through time and space, Jet Black and his friends find themselves in a future that has changed everything they've ever known. Hunted, exhausted, and desperate to return home, they must stay one step ahead of the conquering psychosaurs who have taken over the world and enslaved humanity! But as the world changed, so did the people they left behind. Bitter enemies turn into vital allies and old friends sacrifice their ideals to seek victory by any means necessary in this fast-paced sequel to Dinocalypse Now!

Our hero is Damiano Dalstrego. He is a wizard's son, an alchemist and the heir to dark magics. But he is also an innocent, a young scholar and musician befriended by the Archangel Raphael, who instructs him in the lute. To save his beloved city from war, Damiano leaves his cloistered life and sets out on a pilgrimage, seeking the aid of the powerful sorceress Saara as he must walk the narrow path between light and shadow, accompanied only by his talking dog.

In the time of the Crusades, in a world at war, a prince of immortal lineage and a spirit of fire who was once an assassin prepare to celebrate a royal wedding. But he is Christian and she is Muslim, and there are those who hate them not only for their disparate faiths but for their power and magic.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the Italian Renaissance this alternate history takes place in a world where real faith-based magic exists. Our hero is Damiano Dalstrego. He is a wizard's son, an alchemist and the heir to dark magics. Shattered by the demonic fury of his dark powers, Damiano Delstrego has forsaken his magical heritage to live as a mortal man.

The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship.

Der schwerreiche Vater der vermissten Anna-Lena van Dam schickt den Ex-Soldaten Viktor mit einem fünfköpfigen Geo-Expertenteam los, um seine Tochter zu suchen. In einem gigantischen Höhlensystem entdeckt die Gruppe mehrere Türen mit mysteriösen Zeichen. Um Anna-Lena zu retten, müssen sie sich auf Pfade jenseits von Wissenschaft und Vernunft einlassen - Eine der Türen führt die Gruppe mitten in die 40er Jahre. Doch hier hat Nazi-Deutschland früh kapituliert, die USA haben kolonialgleiche Kontrolle über Europa übernommen und drohen dem Widerstand, angeführt von Russland, mit einem Atomschlag.

Als Milana und Anton beim Ball einer geheimnisumwitterten Stiftung aufeinandertreffen, ahnen sie nicht, dass es kein Schicksal ist. Sondern ein Hacker namens Nótt dahintersteckt. Die Tochter eines russischen Wissenschaftlers und den jungen Schreinermeister verbindet eine bestimmte Sache, von der sie in diesem Moment nichts ahnen: ganz besondere Türen, die Unmögliches möglich machen. Und Metallsplitter. Doch es kommt anders, als Nótt es plante, denn die Vorsehung hat eigene Pläne. Pläne, die unberechenbar sind.

Im London des Jahres 1666 wird ein unheimliches Schattenwesen für eine fürchterliche Mordserie verantwortlich gemacht. Als die beiden Unsterblichen Andrej Delãny und Abu Dun dem Feind auf die Spur kommen, verstricken sie sich selbst immer tiefer in den Netzen des Bösen. Da bricht ein Feuer aus, das ganz London zu verschlingen droht...

Die Unsterblichen Andrej und Abu Dun haben nach vielen Jahren der Ruhelosigkeit und Verfolgung endlich ein Zuhause gefunden. Malta ist für sie zur neuen Heimat geworden, in der Abu Dun sogar eine Familie gründet. Doch ihr Kampf geht weiter. Als die türkische Flotte einen vernichtenden Angriff auf die kleine Insel plant, scheint die Verteidigung aussichtslos.

Les visites dans le passé reprennent à l'institut de recherche historique de St Mary. Maxwell et ses excentriques confrères historiens partent pour de nouvelles aventures à travers le temps. Promue directrice du département d'Histoire, Maxwell va contrer, à l'aide de son équipe, les plans de leurs ennemis qu'ils croyaient neutralisés. C'est l'Histoire tout entière qui est menacée par ces fantômes du passé. Au bord du burn out, l'historienne utilise ses dernières forces pour maintenir l'équilibre dans l'Histoire et dans sa vie privée.

St Mary est de retour et rien ne va plus pour le docteur Maxwell. Une fois encore, l'institut très spécial de recherche historique St Mary, qui détient le secret du voyage dans le temps, passe d'une catastrophe à une autre. De la rencontre avec Isaac Newton au champ de bataille sanglant d'Azincourt, rien ne se déroule comme prévu. Mais c'est surtout à Troie, alors qu'Achille et Hector s'apprêtent à s'affronter sous ses yeux, que le destin de Max va se jouer.

Hiver 1620. Les premiers feux de la guerre de Trente Ans dévorent le Saint empire romain germanique mais épargnent Wielstadt. Protégée depuis toujours par un dragon, cette ville allemande est le théâtre d'une autre bataille qu'un exorciste en armes, le chevalier Kantz, mène seul contre le Mal.

Max fights a losing battle to keep the camp intact and his family safe. Faced with the specter of starvation and disease, he's forced to make a decision. One that could be their salvation, or cost them everything they have including their survival. Enraged by the loss of Mpho, Michael sets off on a quest for revenge. One that will take him far from his friends, but even farther from himself. Can he regain his senses before it's too late, or will the darkness in his soul finally reign victorious?