New Releases by Dan Simmons

Dan Simmons is the author of Endymion (2026), The Rise of Endymion (2026), The Fall of Hyperion (2026), A queda de Hyperion (2024), Hyperion bukása (felújított változat) (2023).

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Endymion

release date: May 26, 2026
Endymion
LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • The multiple-award-winning science fiction master returns to the world of Hyperion in this dazzling third novel of the Hyperion Cantos, introducing new characters who bear the fate of time itself in their hands. “An unfailingly inventive narrative . . . generously conceived and stylistically sure-handed.”—The New York Times Book Review Two hundred and seventy-four years after the fall of the WorldWeb in Fall of Hyperion, Raoul Endymion is sent on a quest. Retrieving Aenea from the Sphinx before the Church troops reach her is only the beginning. With help from a blue-skinned android named A. Bettik, Raoul and Aenea travel the river Tethys, pursued by Father Captain Frederico DeSoya, an influential warrior-priest, and his troops. And the shrike’s enigmatic appearances continue. Endymion is a story about love and memory, triumph and terror—and the continuation of one of the science fiction’s greatest sagas.

The Rise of Endymion

release date: May 26, 2026
The Rise of Endymion
LOCUS AWARD WINNER • Multiple-award-winning science fiction master Dan Simmons concludes the renowned Hyperion Cantos with this magnificent “full-blooded action novel” (The New York Times Book Review). “An enormously satisfying conclusion to one of the major works of modern science fiction.”—Locus The time of reckoning has arrived. As a final genocidal Crusade threatens to enslave humanity forever, a new messiah has come of age. She is Aenea and she has undergone a strange apprenticeship to those known as the Others. Now her protector, Raul Endymion, one-time shepherd and convicted murderer, must help her deliver her startling message to her growing army of disciples. But first they must embark on a final spectacular mission to discover the underlying meaning of the universe itself. They have been followed on their journey by the mysterious Shrike—monster, angel, killing machine—who is about to reveal the long-held secret of its origin and purpose. And on the planet of Hyperion, where the story first began, the final revelation will be delivered—an apocalyptic message that unlocks the secrets of existence and the fate of humankind in the galaxy.

The Fall of Hyperion

release date: May 26, 2026
The Fall of Hyperion
LOCUS AWARD WINNER • The multiple-award-winning science fiction master continues the epic adventure that began in Hyperion, where the opening of the Time Tombs threatens to alter the very fabric of time and space, in the second novel in the Hyperion Cantos. “One of the finest achievements of modern science fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review The shadow of war has fallen on the Web. In the corridors of power on Tau Ceti Center, chaos reigns. Out of reach from the clashing empires, the artificial intelligences of the TechnoCore manipulate everyone and everything. And on Hyperion itself, where battle rages in the skies and on the streets, the mysterious Time Tombs are opening. And the secrets they contain mean that nothing—nothing anywhere in the universe—will ever be the same.

A queda de Hyperion

release date: Dec 20, 2024
A queda de Hyperion
Conectado por uma rede de milhares de portais, o governo interplanetário da Hegemonia do Homem se vê ameaçado por uma conspiração sem precedentes. Quando naves alienígenas tomam os céus de Hyperion e uma criatura imbatível se ergue para amedrontar a população no solo do planeta, medidas hão de ser tomadas. Se o controle não for restabelecido, o progresso secular de uma civilização com dezenas de bilhões de indivíduos estará em risco. Esse destino está nas mãos de um grupo de peregrinos enviado às Tumbas Temporais após longa viagem. Um a um, deverão sacrificar-se ao Picanço em uma batalha da qual só haverá um sobrevivente. A redenção pessoal não é uma alternativa. Uma saga espacial única, conceitos instigantes, questionamentos à conduta durante guerras e a convivência entre inteligências artificiais e humanos combinam-se nesta continuação de proporções épicas, escrita com a qualidade literária premiada de Dan Simmons. "Simmons aproveita com maestria o potencial da ficção científica." — Locus "Uma ficção científica de alto calibre, um romance que é um marco." — Isaac Asimov''s Science Fiction Magazine

Hyperion bukása (felújított változat)

release date: Jun 07, 2023
Hyperion bukása (felújított változat)
Hét zarándok indult útnak a Hyperion távoli bolygójára, hogy a Shrike színe elé járulva választ találjanak kérdéseikre. De vajon melyikük kívánságát teljesíti a félig szerves, félig gép szörnyeteg? És mi lesz a többi hős sorsa? A világegyetem fordulóponthoz érkezett. A Hyperion félreeső bolygóján az időben visszafelé haladó, rejtélyes Időkripták megnyitják kapuikat, hogy a Shrike, a fájdalom és a megtorlás félistene milliók sorsa felett döntsön. A Számkivetettek ostrom alá veszik a Hegemóniát, míg az emberek által teremtett, megbízhatatlan MI-k azon fáradoznak, hogy létrehozzák a Végső Intelligenciát, Istent. A gépek istenét, mely pusztulásba taszíthatja az egész emberiséget. Dan Simmons klasszikus regényének, a Hyperion című űroperának a folytatása még az első kötetnél is grandiózusabb képet fest a technológiai fejlődés és az emberi civilizáció jövőjéről, de a gépek, fajok, vallások és filozófiák eposzi léptékű háborújában sem veszíti szem elől az egyént. Az olvasó újraszerkesztett kiadásban tartja kezében a könyvet.

Le Nez-Boussole d'Ulfänt Banderõz

release date: Sep 22, 2022
Le Nez-Boussole d'Ulfänt Banderõz
Une novella inédite de Dan Simmons, en hommage à La Terre Mourante de Jack Vance, extraite d''une anthologie éditée par George R.R. Martin. Dans un futur très lointain, la Terre est mourante, la Lune a quitté son orbite depuis des millions d''années et le grand soleil rouge devient plus léthargique que jamais. Le monde est fatigué. Alors que la mort de la Terre s''accélère, Shrue le diaboliste apprend qu''Ulfänt Banderoz, le plus vieux membre de la congrégation de sorcellerie et gardien de la Bibliothèque Ultime est mort. Shrue cherche à prendre possession de cette bibliothèque et à en percer les mystères. Il a tenté plusieurs fois de s''approcher des grands livres anciens, mais les lettres, les formules cabalistiques se sont dérobées tant à ses yeux qu''à sa mémoire. Parviendra-t-il enfin à découvrir les secrets et le pouvoir qui se cachent dans la Bibliothèque Ultime ? Et ainsi changer le destin funeste de la planète ? C''est sous l''impulsion de George R. R. Martin que Dan Simmons a écrit Le Nez-Boussole d''Ulfänt Banderoz, vibrant hommage aux romans que lisait, enfant, le maître de la science-fiction, à la fantasy des années 1950-1960 et au cycle de La Terre Mourante de Jack Vance. " Cette novella virtuose renferme plus d''émerveillements que bien des romans de mille pages ! C''est un festin d''imagination baroque et foisonnante à dévorer. " Victor Dixen

L'épée de Darwin

release date: Mar 18, 2021
L'épée de Darwin
Un soir, Darwin Minor, expert en reconstitution d''accidents de la route, reçoit un appel qui l''avertit d''un crash. Négligence, crime ou suicide, Darwin sait faire la différence. Mais là, il reste perplexe. Son enquête l''entraîne sur les traces d''une mafia spécialisée dans les arnaques à l''assurance mais il se retrouve aussi la cible de tueurs à gages russes. Est-ce que tout cela a à voir avec la mort dramatique de sa femme et de son fils dix ans auparavant dans le crash d''un 737 ?

Fullasztó tél

release date: Sep 20, 2020
Fullasztó tél
A dermesztõ nyár fullasztó télbe fordul. Dale Stewart azt hitte, gyerekkorában végleg megszabadult a sötétségtõl, ám nagyobbat nem is tévedhetett volna. Az egykor köztiszteletben álló egyetemi oktató és regényíró élete kisiklott: felesége elhagyta, karrierje romokban, sõt egy katasztrofális viszonyt követõen még öngyilkosságot is megkísérel. Úgy dönt, hogy mindent maga mögött hagy, és visszatér gyermekkora színhelyére, az egykor virágzó kisvárosnak számító Elm Haven összeaszott maradványai közé, ahol reményei szerint nyugalomra lel. Régi barátja házát bérli ki, hogy megírja élete elsõ komoly regényét, ami történetesen a négy évtizeddel azelõtti nyár eseményeit dolgozza fel. Ám azzal, hogy a városka szélén álló, régóta elhagyatott házba vackolja be magát - ahol egykor legjobb barátja, az 1960 dermesztõ nyarán szörnyû halált halt Duane McBride lakott -, csupán az eddig elkövetett hibáit tetézi. Mert nincs egyedül a házban: ide is követték saját bejáratú démonjai, akik valami szörnyû dologra készülnek. És a hó lassan mindent maga alá temet... Az ártatlan gyermekkor végét és a felnõtté válás rémületét megragadó Dermesztõ nyár folytatásában a kultikus horroríró Dan Simmons a felnõttkor borzalmairól, a kudarcok és a megbánások sivár pusztájáról mesél átütõ erõvel.

El ascenso de Endymion (Los cantos de Hyperion 4)

release date: Jun 26, 2017
El ascenso de Endymion (Los cantos de Hyperion 4)
Con este maravilloso y singular tour de force , Simmons concluye el inigualado universo especulativo iniciado con Hyperion. Cuarta y última novela de la increíble tetralogía «Los cantos de Hyperion», una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios Locus y el Hugo de 1990. La publicación de la serie a lo largo de la década de 1990 coronó a Dan Simmons como un referente indiscutible del género, capaz de construir un mundo al estilo de los Cuentos de Canterbury, y al mismo tiempo hacer un claro homenaje a John Keats. Cuando el papa Julio XIV muere y resucita, la Hegemonía se ha convertido ya en una teocracia regida por Pax, organización cívico militar de la Iglesia católica. Gracias al control del parásito cruciforme, la Iglesia ofrece inmortalidad y la nueva fe es universal. Pax solo teme la llegada de un mesías. Y ese mesías existe. Se trata de Aenea, hija del cíbrido John Keats, que se ha refugiado durante casi trescientos años en las Tumbas del Tiempo de Hyperion. Junto con Raul Endymion y el androide A. Bettik, Aenea tendrá que huir de Pax contando con la ambigua colaboración del Alcaudón. Reseñas: «Pocas lecturas dejan el poso inevitable que logra esta serie. Cualquier obra de Simmons merece ser leída, pero esta, además, no se olvida nunca.» Miquel Barceló «"Los cantos de Hyperion" establece el estándar de la ciencia ficción para el siglo XXI.» Peter F. Hamilton

Terror

release date: Jan 01, 2016
Terror
Arktická výprava se mění v zoufalý boj o přežití... tajemný a nelítostný netvor nemá slitování Kniha Terror je ve všech smyslech toho slova „mrazivý“ horor, vycházející z historických událostí. Dan Simmons jako kulisu svého příběhu použil výpravu sira Franklina, která se roku 1845 vydala hledat tzv. severozápadní cestu a jejíž osud je dodnes zahalen tajemstvím a je předmětem mnoha odborných i laických spekulací. V pestrém kaleidoskopu, proloženém četnými retrospektivními pasážemi, sledujeme osudy námořníků, kteří uvázli v ledové arktické pasti, docházejí jim potraviny, sužují je kurděje i jiné choroby a pronásleduje je tajemný a nelítostný netvor. Výprava se postupně mění v zoufalý boj o přežití. Kniha TERROR je navzdory rozsahu plná nepřetržitého napětí, nesporného vypravěčského umu a dokonale zvládnutých dobových reálií. Na rok 2017 se chystá premiéra TV seriálu, natočeného na motivy tohoto románu. Producentem jsou mimo jiné: Ridley Scott a Dan Simmons.

La caída de Hyperion (Los cantos de Hyperion 2)

release date: Nov 18, 2015
La caída de Hyperion (Los cantos de Hyperion 2)
La caída de Hyperion es la segunda novela de la tetralogía «Los cantos de Hyperion», una saga fundamental de la ciencia ficción moderna que fue galardonada con tres premios Locus y el Hugo de 1990. La publicación de la serie a lo largo de la década de 1990 coronó a Dan Simmons como un referente indiscutible del género, capaz de construir un mundo al estilo de los Cuentos de Canterbury, y al mismo tiempo hacer un claro homenaje a John Keats. La aventura épica de Hyperion alcanza su clímax cuando los peregrinos se reúnen ante las Tumbas del Tiempo y estas se abren para liberar al Alcaudón. Todos, incluidos los humanos de la Hegemonía, los enjambres Éxter, las inteligencias artificiales del TecnoNúcleo, los peregrinos del Alcaudón y el cíbrido que reproduce la personalidad de John Keats, se verán irremisiblemente envueltos en la compleja trama del tiempo, el poder, la guerra, la inteligencia, la religión y el amor. Tras Hyperion, Simmons vuelve a demostrar una asombrosa maestría a la hora de articular hábilmente tan variadas piezas temáticas. Reseñas: «Pocas lecturas dejan el poso inevitable que logra esta serie. Cualquier obra de Simmons merece ser leída, pero esta, además, no se olvida nunca.» Miquel Barceló « Los Cantos de Hyperion establece el estándar de la ciencia ficción para el siglo XXI.» Peter F. Hamilton «Esta saga puede leerse como un libro de aventuras, un ejemplo de ciberpunk, una alegoría o una novela estructuralista en clave de ciencia ficción; en cualquier caso, debe ser leída por todo aquel que tenga un mínimo interés en la ciencia...; aunque muchos otros también la encontrarán imprescindible.» Tom Whitmore

Hard as Nails

release date: Aug 25, 2015
Hard as Nails
If you''re going to shoot Joe Kurtz, you''d better shoot to kill. Ex-PI Joe Kurtz''s survival is on the line when an ambush leaves him badly wounded and his parole officer, Peg O''Toole, clinging to life. Their respective professions have ensured that neither suffers from a shortage of enemies, so narrowing down the suspects isn''t easy. But Kurtz knows who''s at the head of his list: Angelina Farino Ferrara, the lethal beauty who leads the Farino crime family, and her mob rival, Toma Gonzaga. The odd thing is, each would rather hire Joe Kurtz than fire at him. Someone''s causing trouble beneath the gray skies of western New York, and it''s drawn the notice of the mobs and the cops. Kurtz is caught in the middle along with the rest of them, and no one knows who''s tightening the vise.

La chute d'Hypérion

release date: Jun 11, 2015
La chute d'Hypérion
La guerre fait rage dans le ciel d''Hypérion. Mais l''affrontement entre l''essaim d''Extros et les Forces de l''Hégémonie n''est que le début d''une conspiration à l''échelle galactique. Alors que sur Tau Ceti Central, le pouvoir de la Présidente Meina Gladstone vacille, sur Hypérion, les sept pèlerins rejoignent les Tombeaux du Temps. Pour chacun d''entre eux, le moment est venu de la confrontation avec l''abominable Gritche. Bientôt, les Tombeaux s''ouvriront dans un maelström de temps et révéleront les véritables enjeux du futur...

Ílion

by: Dan Simmons
release date: Jan 01, 2015

Drood

release date: May 21, 2014
Drood
Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens'' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author''s last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood."

Song of Kali

release date: Apr 01, 2014
Song of Kali
The World Fantasy Award winner by the author of the Hyperion Cantos and Carrion Comfort: An American finds himself encircled by horrors in Calcutta . Praised by Dean Koontz as "the best novel in the genre I can remember," Song of Kali follows an American magazine editor who journeys to the brutally bleak, poverty-stricken Indian city in search of a manuscript by a mysterious poet—but instead is drawn into an encounter with the cult of Kali, goddess of death. A chilling voyage into the squalor and violence of the human condition, this novel is considered by many to be the best work by the author of The Terror, who has been showered with accolades, including the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and the Hugo Award.

Pack Joe Kurtz ( Dan Simmons)

release date: Jan 31, 2014
Pack Joe Kurtz ( Dan Simmons)
Contiene: -- 1. Fría venganza (9788490180228) -- 2. Fría revancha (9788498008340). -- 3. Frío como el acero (9788490181126).

Collines noires

release date: Oct 24, 2013
Collines noires
1876. Sur le champ de bataille de Little Big Horn, où les Indiens emmenés par Sitting Bull livrent à la cavalerie américaine un combat farouche, " Collines-noires " entre fugitivement en contact avec le général Custer. Âgé d''une douzaine d''années, le jeune Indien lakota est aussitôt envahi par les pensées du héros de guerre américain qui vient de succomber à ses blessures. Collines-noires devra, pour le restant de ses jours, cohabiter avec cet esprit étranger qui loge désormais en lui. Les collines Noires, c''est aussi le nom que les Blancs ont donné au territoire sacré des Indiens. Un lieu où, dans les années 1930, ils décident d''ériger un monument à la gloire des Pères fondateurs de l''Amérique. Devenu dynamiteur sur le chantier du mont Rushmore, le vieux Collines-noires est quant à lui bien décidé à réduire en poussière ces quatre statues de pierre, symbole infamant de la suprématie autoproclamée de l''Homme blanc. Dans les pas de son héros, Dan Simmons nous invite à découvrir la richesse et la profondeur d''une civilisation impitoyablement ruinée par le cours de l''Histoire et nous livre son grand roman de l''Amérique.

Darwin's Blade

release date: Sep 10, 2013
Darwin's Blade
Darwin Minor travels a dangerous road. A Vietnam veteran turned reluctant expert on interpreting the wreckage of fatal accidents, Darwin uses science and instinct to unravel the real causes of unnatural disasters. He is very, very good at his job. His latest case promises to be his most challenging yet. A spate of seemingly random high-speed car accidents has struck the highways of southern California. Each seems to have been staged-yet the participants have all died. Why would anyone commit fraud at the cost of his own life? The deeper Darwin digs, the closer he comes to unmasking an international network specializing in intimidation and murder, whose members will do anything to make sure Darwin soon suffers a deadly accident of his own. "A literary thriller like no other...A hard-charging, edge-of-the-seat tale."-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Guiding Nose of Ulfñt Banderoz

release date: Jan 01, 2013
The Guiding Nose of Ulfñt Banderoz
"The narrative begins at a critical moment in the Dying Earth''s history, a moment when signs and portents indicate that the long anticipated death of the planet is finally at hand."--Dust jacket.

Endymion felemelkedése

by: Dan Simmons
release date: Jan 01, 2013

Terreur

release date: Mar 15, 2012
Terreur
1845. Vétéran de l''exploration polaire, Sir John Franklin se déclare certain de percer le mystère du passage du Nord-Ouest. Mais l''équipée, mal préparée, tourne court ; le Grand Nord referme ses glaces sur Erebus et Terror, les deux navires de la Marine royale anglaise commandés par Sir John. Tenaillés par le froid et la faim, les cent vingt-neuf hommes de l''expédition se retrouvent pris au piège des ténèbres arctiques. L''équipage est, en outre, en butte aux assauts d''une sorte d''ours polaire à l''aspect prodigieux, qui transforme la vie à bord en cauchemar éveillé. Quel lien unit cette " chose des glaces " à Lady Silence, jeune Inuit à la langue coupée et passagère clandestine du Terror ? Serait-il possible que l''étrange créature ait une influence sur les épouvantables conditions climatiques rencontrées par l''expédition ? Le capitaine Crozier, promu commandant en chef dans des circonstances tragiques, parviendra-t-il à réprimer la mutinerie qui couve ? Désigné comme l''un des dix meilleurs livres de l''année 2007 par Entertainment Weekly et USA Today, Terreur arrive enfin en France. S''inspirant d''une histoire authentique – celle de l''expédition Franklin, qui passionna l''Angleterre victorienne –, Dan Simmons livre un roman sombre et grandiose, d''une intensité dramatique et d''un souffle exceptionnels. " Je suis en admiration devant Dan Simmons. " Stephen King

Flashback

release date: Jul 01, 2011
Flashback
A provocative dystopian thriller set in a future that seems scarily possible, Flashback proves why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers. The United States is near total collapse. But 87% of the population doesn''t care: they''re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows its users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. After ex-detective Nick Bottom''s wife died in a car accident, he went under the flash to be with her; he''s lost his job, his teenage son, and his livelihood as a result. Nick may be a lost soul but he''s still a good cop, so he is hired to investigate the murder of a top governmental advisor''s son. This flashback-addict becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation turning away from the future to live in the past.

Prayers to Broken Stones

release date: Apr 13, 2011
Prayers to Broken Stones
From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind. A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . . An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . . During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . . Includes the following stories: “The River Styx Runs Upstream” “Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams” “Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell” “Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle” “Remembering Siri” “Metastasis” “The Offering” “E-Ticket to ''Namland” “Iverson''s Pits” “Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites” “The Death of the Centaur” “Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds” “Carrion Comfort”

El Terror

release date: Jul 14, 2010
El Terror
La verdadera historia de una legendaria expedición al Ártico, transformada en una excitante y extraordinaria novela en la línea del mejor Stephen King o Patrick O''Brien y llevada a la TV en una extraordinaria serie de 10 episodios. En 1847, dos barcos de la Armada británica, el HMS Erebus y el HMS Terror, que navegaban bajo el mando de sir John Franklin, están atrapados en el hielo del Ártico. En su anhelada busca del paso del Noroeste, parecen haber fracasado. Sin poder hacer nada por continuar su marcha y completar su expedición, rodeados del frío polar y de inminentes peligros, solo pueden esperar a que llegue el deshielo que les permita escapar. Poco a poco, los días van pasando y las condiciones de supervivencia se vuelven más extremas; temperaturas que superan los cincuenta grados bajo cero, provisiones de comida escasas, el deterioro de los barcos o la llegada de enfermedades van mellando la esperanza de la tripulación. Por si fuera poco, la extraña presencia de una criatura bestial y misteriosa hace que los hombres crean que se enfrentan, no solo a las condiciones naturales más adversas, sino también a fuerzas sobrenaturales que superan, por momentos, sus creencias y su razón. Con el tiempo y la llegada de las primeras muertes, fantasmas como el de la rebelión, el motín o el canibalismo hacen su entrada en escena, en un panorama desolador. Basada en hechos reales, El Terror es una magnífica novela en la que Dan Simmons consigue que el lector se sienta, aterido, uno más de los tripulantes extraviados en el Polo. La crítica ha dicho... «La novela y la serie conjugan maravillosamente el ambiente de Master & Commander con la aventura polar real y una trama espeluznante digna de Stephen King.» Jacinto Antón, El País «Un exquisito híbrido de novela histórica, aventura naútica y horror con algún toque fantástico.» Regina ExLibris, blogs 20 minutos «No hay muchas novelas que relaten un hecho verídico, aderezado además con ingredientes ficticios, con la maestría con la que lo hace Dan Simmons.» La espada en la tinta «Una mezcla perfecta de novela histórica a lo Bernard Cornwell, de aventuras a lo Julio Verne y con toques de terror propios de Stephen King.» Esquire «Explora la naturaleza humana en todos los aspectos, la bondad, amistad, las alucinaciones y hasta donde es capaz de llegar con tal de sobrevivir.» Adictos a los libros «La firma de Dan Simmons se ha convertido en una garantía de éxito.» Fotogramas «Simmons ha facturado con El Terror una novela apasionante, planteando la titánica lucha por la supervivencia entre unos hombres que se crecen ante las adversidades, aunque no estén exentos de maldad.» Sagacomic «No es fácil crear miedo de la nada usando solo palabras. No es fácil crear angustia, desesperación, hambre. No es fácil hacerte sentir frío. Simmons lo consigue con creces.» Jesús Cañadas, autor de Las tres muertes de Fermín Salvochea «El autor ha logrado fusionar a la perfección varios géneros literarios como la ficción histórica, la aventura náutica o el suspense con pinceladas de mitología esquimal y toques fantásticos.» Mis lecturas «Una historia excelentemente bien documentada y en ciertos pasajes realmente espantosa, donde sus seguidores de obras anteriores comprobarán de nuevo el buen manejo que tiene de las claves del fantástico.» Athnecdotario Incoherente

Black Hills

release date: Apr 01, 2010
Black Hills
When Paha Sapa, a young Sioux warrior, "counts coup" on General George Armstrong Custer as Custer lies dying on the battlefield at the Little Bighorn, the legendary general''s ghost enters him - and his voice will speak to him for the rest of his event-filled life. Seamlessly weaving together the stories of Paha Sapa, Custer, and the American West, Dan Simmons depicts a tumultuous time in the history of both Native and white Americans. Haunted by Custer''s ghost, and also by his ability to see into the memories and futures of legendary men like Sioux war-chief Crazy Horse, Paha Sapa''s long life is driven by a dramatic vision he experienced as a boy in his people''s sacred Black Hills. In August of 1936, a dynamite worker on the massive Mount Rushmore project, Paha Sapa plans to silence his ghost forever and reclaim his people''s legacy-on the very day FDR comes to Mount Rushmore to dedicate the face.

Carrion Comfort

release date: Nov 24, 2009
Carrion Comfort
Embraced by giants such as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, Dan Simmons''s Carrion Comfort was originally published by Warner Books in 1989, and remains a classic of dark fantasy and horror. "One of the three greatest horror novels of the 20th century. Simple as that." --Stephen King THE PAST... Caught behind the lines of Hitler''s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi''s themselves... THE PRESENT... Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world''s most horrible and violent events. Killing from a distance, and by darkly manipulative proxy, they are people with the psychic ability to ''use'' humans: read their minds, subjugate them to their wills, experience through their senses, feed off their emotions, force them to acts of unspeakable aggression. Each year, three of the most powerful of this hidden order meet to discuss their ongoing campaign of induced bloodshed and deliberate destruction. But this reunion, something will go terribly wrong. Saul''s quest is about to reach its elusive object, drawing hunter and hunted alike into a struggle that will plumb the depths of mankind''s attraction to violence, and determine the future of the world itself... "Epic in scale and scope but intimately disturbing, Carrion Comfort spans the ages to rewrite history and tug at the very fabric of reality. A nightmarish chronicle of predator and prey that will shatter your world view forever. A true classic." --Guillermo del Toro

A Winter Haunting

release date: Oct 13, 2009
A Winter Haunting
"A mix of Henry Jamesian and Stephen King style scariness . . . Surely the first psychological/horror masterpiece of the 21st century." — The Denver Post A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage—and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation. But moving into a long-deserted farmhouse on the far outskirts of town—the one-time residence of a strange and brilliant friend who lost his young life in a grisly "accident" back in the terrible summer of 1960—is only the latest in his long succession of recent mistakes. Because Dale is not alone here. He has been followed to this house of shadows by private demons who are now twisting his reality into horrifying new forms. And a thick, blanketing early snow is starting to fall . . . " A Winter Haunting further demonstrates Simmons'' talent as a literary stylist. It is a frightening ghost story, one that will keep readers guessing until the last page." — Denver Rocky Mountain News "One of the scariest and most unnerving ghost stories to come along in quite some time." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch "[A] highly effective supernatural shocker." — Publishers Weekly "Simmons works toward a seriously well-written nonhorror novel, until we grow suspicious that we are into a deceptive tale much like the flicks The Sixth Sense and The Others, with a Jamesian ghost story overlay, wherein the everyday has an otherworldly reverse side." — Kirkus Reviews

Muse of Fire

release date: Jan 01, 2008
Muse of Fire
In a remote future age when the human enterprise has all but ground to a halt. a wandering troupe of players is dedicated to presenting the works of Shakespeare to every accessible corner of the settled universe. When aliens take an interest, the players find themselves giving command performances of King Lear, Hamlet and the Scottish play for a series of increasingly important alien species, with evidence that the fate of all humanity may rest on the quality of their work.

The Terror

release date: Jan 01, 2007
The Terror
The crews of Her Majesty''s ships Erebus and The Terror are trapped in the Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. Something is out there in the frigid darkness, stalking their ships, snatching one seaman at a time, leaving bodies horribly mutilated or simply vanished. A nameless thing, at once nowhere and everywhere.
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