獨一無二，懸疑、驚悚、神祕、歷史與科幻小說的完美結合作品！ 數學天才傑德生於瓜地馬拉西南的小城市，是馬雅人後裔，幼時父母相繼死亡，傳說為軍隊刑求致死，但未獲證實，後來逃往美國為一對富裕的夫婦收養 。傑德國中時，因校內一場演講而結識了塔羅教授，他是一位遊戲理論學家，致力於中美洲古老遊戲的研究。而傑德幼時曾跟母親學習獻祭遊戲，對馬雅占卜極為熟悉，能準確預測農作物收成，以此在網路與人交易獲利，因此兩人常一起討論，久而久之塔羅也成為傑德的良師益友。 經由塔羅的介紹，傑德認識了他的老闆瑪琳娜，她是瓦倫娛樂公司互動部門的經理，手中握有一份新發現的馬雅手抄本，是有關於二○一二年世界末日預言的文件，她希望傑德對於這份文獻能提供些意見，而這份手抄本中描述的占卜遊戲與傑德家族流傳下來的極其相似。恰巧此時馬琳娜和塔羅也正在尋找一位自願者回到西元六六四年，實際和馬雅人玩遊戲...(展开全部)

Oberon, having resumed the throne, organizes an assault on the Courts of Chaos. Oberon plans to repair the Primal Pattern at the cost of his life, and offers the throne to Corwin with Dara as his Queen. Corwin refuses and is tasked to bring the Jewel of Judgment across the shadows to the battle that will ensue after the pattern is redrawn. He sets off along the black road and i...(展开全部)

Amber, the one real world of which all others – including our own Earth – are but Shadows...<br /><br />For untold millennia, the cosmic Pattern sustained order in Amber and all the known worlds. But now the forces of Chaos have succeeded in disrupting the Pattern, unleashing destructive forces beyond measure... forces meant to reshape the universe.<br /><br />To save Amber, Co...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

There were two Norman Conquests. John Julius Norwich is writing about the 'other' one, the conquest of Sicily. When on Christmas Day 1130, Roger de Hauteville had himself crowned first King of Sicily, the island entered a golden age. Norman and Italian, Greek and Arab, Lombard, Englishman and Jew all contributed to a culture that was as brilliant as it was cosmopolitan; to an i...(展开全部)

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)

From the author of the Finlandia Award-winning novel Troll: A Love Story, The Core of the Sun further cements Johanna Sinisalo’s reputation as a master of literary speculative fiction and of her country’s unique take on it, dubbed “Finnish weird.” Set in an alternative historical present, in a “eusistocracy”—an extreme welfare state—that holds public health and social stability...(展开全部)

Capt. I have already told you how I wandered over the whole earth. In the course of my journeying I came to Taprobane, and was compelled to go ashore at a place, where through fear of the inhabitants I remained in a wood. When I stepped out of this I found myself on a large plain immediately under the equator.

In 1957, Ryszard Kapuscinski arrived in Africa to witness the beginning of the end of colonial rule as the first African correspondent of Poland's state newspaper. From the early days of independence in Ghana to the ongoing ethnic genocide in Rwanda, Kapuscinski has crisscrossed vast distances pursuing the swift, and often violent, events that followed liberation. Kapuscinski h...(展开全部)