Winner of the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction prize. Readers of Tim Winton's Breath will be drawn to Kirsty Eagar's Raw Blue, an achingly beautiful young adult novel set in Sydney's northern beaches. Winner of the 2010 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, it is a haunting story about finding your passion in life. Carly has dropped out of uni to spend her days surfing and her nights working as a cook in a Manly café. Surfing is the one thing she loves doing ... and the only thing that helps her stop thinking about what happened two years ago. Then she meets Ryan and Carly has to decide. Will she let the past bury her? Or can she let go of her anger and shame, and find the courage to be happy? Check out Kirsty Eagar's website at www.kirstyeagar.com, and read her blog to find out about her thoughts on books, writing, music, surfing, and finding inspiration, or visit betweenthelines.com.au - the destination for Young Adult books. Praise for Raw Blue:'Kirsty Eagar's fearless Raw Blue, a story of regeneration set on Sydney's northern beaches, is much more than just a promising debut: this one delivers.' Australian Book Review – Best Books of 2009: Critics' Choices'Kirsty Eagar's first novel explores dark territory with skill and sensitivity.'The Age'An emotionally rich and powerful first novel.'Canberra Times 'If you only read one book this year ... it should be Kirsty Eagar's Raw Blue … one of those kept-me-up-all-night novels that stays in your bones and sings in your ears long after you've finished it. It wouldn't be out of place next to Tim Winton's Breath, except this is the ocean as healer, not as an object to be conquered, or the site of self-destruction, of risk. The images crackle, the lines are full of the poetry of observation, the story is searing, gutting, beautiful. This should be compulsory reading for all teenagers – especially boys.'julialawrinson.livejournal.com'This is a psychologically intense novel that involves even non-surfing readers in the release Carly feels when conquering the waves … we empathise with her in the long battle between desire and fear on the path to self-acceptance.'Magpies 'I read this book feverishly, desperate for a happy ending, and afterwards found it difficult to get Carly and the men who ride into her life out of my mind.'Newcastle Herald '[a] very moving book … It's dark subject matter, but Eagar makes it uplifting.'Sunday Territorian 'A memorable first book by a writer who gives an honest approach to what young adults face growing up – and growing wiser.'Woman's Day Read of the Week

Review

"Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it's close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going into systemic failure. . . . The Postmortal is a suitably chilling entry into the 'it's-the-end-of-the-world' canon."
-The Austin Chronicle

"Magary's vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. . . . By the time you finish, you'll want to hold your loved ones close and stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make a living selling them a few decades from now."
-The New York Press

"An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. This is his first novel but he tells the story masterfully. . . . The most frightening thing about The Postmortal is that this could really happen-it's not a supernatural story, but it's even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse."
-Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing

"It's nearly impossible not to read this smart speculative novel and imagine how your own little chunk of the world might fall to pieces given the chance to live forever."
-Booklist

"The first novel from a popular sports blogger and humorist puts a darkly comic spin on a science fiction premise and hits the sweet spot between Margaret Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut. . . . [Magary] understands that satire is most effective when it gives the real world a gently absurd nudge, then lets its characters react much as we ourselves might under the same circumstances."
-Ron Hogan, Shelf Awareness

"Immortality has figured in a number of sf novels prior to this one, but never, to my experience, in this way. . . . A very clear-eyed picture, one I don't think has been drawn before. . . . The Postmortal surprised me in a good way."
-Michelle West, Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine

"Magary has created a smartly realized vision of a planet that's hit the skids. . . . Magary is blogger for the sports sites Deadspin and Kissing Suzy Kolber, and the blog format serves him well in the early sections of the novel: It allows him to integrate newspaper articles that set the scene, and he gives [narrator John Farrell] an engaging, quick-witted voice."
-Kirkus Reviews

"The Postmortal is a punchy, fast-paced and endearing story. . . . As the novel progresses, it turns from a snappy morality tale, to a noir- ish revenge fable, to an action movie; complete with guns, rogue religious cults and government-sanctioned hit men. The narrative comes to us through John's blog entries and collections of news bytes and pundit commentary. Through his sixty years as a 29-year-old, he experiences all the love, pain, grief, and terror of a standard lifetime and is still in good enough shape to kick some ass at the end. Like much good dystopian fiction, The Postmortal is an at-times unflattering commentary on human beings, present, past and future, that hits the mark in many ways. . . . For anyone intrigued with Life Extension science, it's a fun examination of our fears and expectations."
-The Nervous Breakdown

"Drew Magary's haunting first novel imagines a postmodern dystopia that would seem far-fetched if it didn't seem so possible. The Postmortal will make you regret ever wondering, even secretly, what it would be like to live forever."
-Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic

"A darkly comic, totally gonzo, and effectively frightening population- bomb dystopia in the spirit of Logan's Run, Soylent Green, and the best episodes of The Twilight Zone."
-Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad and Stretch

"A startling leap forward. The Postmortal is dark, funny, and terrifying. This book draws such a vivid, convincing picture of immortality that it, quite literally, made me want to die."
-Will Leitch, author of Are We Winning? and God Save The Fan

"As insanely entertaining as it is ambitious, The Postmortal takes us into an America set in the next few years and coming apart under the onslaught of a dreadful new plague--that of human immortality. Magary possesses an explosive imagination and let loose in The Postmartal, he creates an alternate history of the near future that feels real and is probably inevitable. Read The Postmortal if you want to find out what happened to the human race in our last violent and absurd few years in New York."
-Evan Wright, author of Generation Kill

"I suppose you could wait for the inevitable Postmortal movie. But then you might miss Magary's rendering, his word play, his singular sense of humor. A book that is, at once bracingly funny and-get this, Deadspin Nation-unmistakably poignant."
-L. Jon Wertheim, co-author of Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind Sports

"As someone who is totally freaked out by the thought of dying, The Postmortal really stood on top of me and peed on my face. It's depiction of the future isn't filled with crappy robots fighting Will Smith. It's filled with eerily realistic portrayals of what the future could look like and does it all in an incredibly entertaining story."
-Justin Halpern, author of Sht My Dad Says*

About the Author

Drew Magary is a writer for Deadspin, NBC, Maxim, and Kissing Suzy Kolber. He's also written for GQ, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, ESPN, Yahoo!, Comedy Central, Playboy, Penthouse, and various other media outlets. His first book, Men with Balls, was released in 2008. This is his first novel. He lives in Maryland with his wife and children.

Seven corpses are discovered in the streets of a Dragon's fief. All identical, down to their clothing.

Kaylin Neya is assigned to discover who they were, who killed them—and why. Is the evil lurking at the borders of Elantra preparing to cross over?

At least the investigation delays her meeting with the Dragon Emperor. And as the shadows grow longer over the fiefs, Kaylin must use every skill she's ever learned to save the people she's sworn to protect. Sword in hand, dragons in the sky, this time there's no retreat and no surrender...

When a deadly alien attack is launched across the galaxy, humankind finds itself under-prepared and overwhelmed. As star systems begin to fall, privateers take up the battle alongside the military forces and a desperate plan is hatched to stop the invaders once and for all, before humanity is eradicated.

Part 2 of the Oolite Saga, and sequel to Status Quo. When a series of linked murders forces GalCop to outlaw the shadow organisation known as ‘The Dark Wheel’, a mysterious top secret document must be found in order to stave off a galactic conflict. The document contains a devastating secret; the key to domination, power and control. A secret as old as space itself, the location of the legendary planet ‘Raxxla’.

All seasoned space travellers know that there are only eight charts reachable by traditional Galactic Hyperspace jump drives. Does the ninth chart exist? Can it be reached? If so, what’s there? A story of one man’s quest to answer this enigmatic question. Is a slightly chilling tale of the ‘Ooniverse’…

Part 1 of the Oolite Saga. A brilliant scientist uncovers a terrifying plot to begin a galactic war. Aided by a talented, but reluctant and embittered combateer, he must stop the deployment of a super weapon he invented. A weapon so powerful it threatens to destroy entire worlds.

Bombay. Años sesenta. Tras la trágica muerte de su madre, Pinky Mittal, una niña de trece años, vive al cuidado de su abuela Maji, verdadera cabeza de familia de los Mittal. A pesar del amor de su abuela, Pinky no consigue superar cierto sentimiento de abandono y soledad. No obstante, ama como nada en el mundo la casa de frondoso jardín tropical donde vive, y su plantación de mangos, y el aroma de sándalo y comino frito que allí se respira. Y también ama a Nimish, un hermoso joven del que le gustaría recibir todas las atenciones posibles.

Cuando una noche Pinky sorprende a Nimish con su mejor amiga, cree morir. Pinky llora desconsoladamente mientras un extraño tintineo y rumor de agua atrae su atención hacia la puerta del baño. Una puerta misteriosa que Maji cierra con llave todas las noches, y que le tiene terminantemente prohibido tocar a los niños...

En la madrugada del 6 de marzo de 1938, tuvo lugar en el Mediterráneo, frente a las costas del cabo de Palos, la mayor batalla naval de la guerra civil española, cuando tres cruceros nacionalistas que escoltaban un convoy procedente de Italia con rumbo a Cádiz, fueron interceptados por una escuadra republicana salida de la base naval de Cartagena. El enfrentamiento culminó con el hundimiento del crucero nacionalista Baleares, en el que un torpedo lanzado por el destructor Lepanto hizo estallar el pañol de municiones, con la subsiguiente pérdida de casi ochocientos oficiales y marineros de su dotación.En esta breve narración de la batalla y posterior hundimiento del crucero, el autor, marinero-artillero del Baleares, hace un relato impresionista y subjetivo del acontecimiento. Como él mismo afirma en la presentación, narra «lo que ví y oí», sin más pretensión que dar testimonio escrito de sus recuerdos cuando éstos, a los catorce años del suceso, aún se mantenían frescos en su memoria.

Bombay. Años sesenta. Tras la trágica muerte de su madre, Pinky Mittal, una niña de trece años, vive al cuidado de su abuela Maji, verdadera cabeza de familia de los Mittal. A pesar del amor de su abuela, Pinky no consigue superar cierto sentimiento de abandono y soledad. No obstante, ama como nada en el mundo la casa de frondoso jardín tropical donde vive, y su plantación de mangos, y el aroma de sándalo y comino frito que allí se respira. Y también ama a Nimish, un hermoso joven del que le gustaría recibir todas las atenciones posibles. Cuando una noche Pinky sorprende a Nimish con su mejor amiga, cree morir. Pinky llora desconsoladamente mientras un extraño tintineo y rumor de agua atrae su atención hacia la puerta del baño. Una puerta misteriosa que Maji cierra con llave todas las noches, y que le tiene terminantemente prohibido tocar a los niños...

Visitatori da un altro pianeta, capaci di influenzare la storia e gli eventi terrestri nel passato e nel presente, giungono sulla terra. Con "Il quinto cilindro", Paolo Agaraff affronta l'argomento con il suo solito stile dissacrante. Tre vecchi e terribili pensionati, già protagonisti de "Le Rane di Ko Samui" (Pequod, 2003) e "I ciccioni esplosivi" (Montag, 2009), si trovano coinvolti in trame di respiro interplanetario, scaraventati in una realtà cristallizzata al tempo della nascita dell'impero romano. I tre pensionati rischieranno la vita, l'amicizia e la sanità mentale, barcamenandosi tra alieni chitinosi, montagne impervie, cupe leggende, riti oscuri, rivoluzioni giacobine e sanguinose controrivoluzioni, scrutati dall'instancabile appendice visiva della remota Sentinella. "Il quinto cilindro" è un pastiche fantastorico-lovecraftiano che deforma ed evidenzia gli aspetti più assurdi della realtà quotidiana, nella tradizione della fantascienza sociologica.

Su un'isola della Sardegna, in un'antica villa si incontrano sette lontani parenti venuti per la lettura del testamento del defunto e quasi sconosciuto parente. Giunti a destinazione, tutti i discendenti della famiglia Farricorto trovano ad accoglierli un inquietante notaio, una dimessa governante e suo figlio Primo. Unico abitante dell'isola oltre a loro, un misterioso pescatore. In un susseguirsi di strani incidenti e morti improvvise il presente sembra a poco a poco chiarirsi attraverso le pagine di un vecchio diario ed emerge tra i personaggi un legame in grado di oltrepassare i confini della realtà.

Va quedar totalment impressionat de l’Alicia després de sentir-la cantar en l’audició. La va contractar i es va casar amb ella. Però els sentiments i les intencions de l’Alicia resultaren més tèrbols que els seus.

Historia crítica de la literatura de ciencia-ficción centrada en la época de los precursores y los clásicos.