New Releases by David Wingrove

Part Three of The Roads to Moscow The war for time is reaching its end As the German and Russian forces seek to destroy a third, seemingly unstoppable faction, Otto Behr reluctantly finds himself at the centre of all timelines, his very existence the catalyst by which reality itself will be reset or destroyed. But for Otto, the battle to become the Master of Time has become a fight for family, love and reality itself...

The year is 2207. Currents of unrest and tides of innovation threaten to overwhelm Chung Kuo''s stability, and some threats are beyond the immense city''s control. When a lethal epidemic strikes the Seven''s chief supporters, Li Yuan acts ruthlessly to wipe out the disease. But his actions incur far more fatal consequences for the rule of the Seven. While the Seven splinters, Kwibesi, the detention camp for terrorists, continues to establish order. However, rebellion is brutally contained inside the camp and a growing sense of injustice stirs in its guard, Kao Chen, who begins to question his sense of duty. The Seven are divided among themselves, and around them allegiances are shifting.

PAIX IMMUABLE 2196. Plus d’un siècle s’est écoulé. Un siècle de paix pour le Zhongguo et ses bientôt quarante milliards d’âmes réparties dans les trois cents niveaux des Sept Cités. Le Conseil des tangs veille jalousement sur cette paix. La clé en est la stabilité, c’est-à-dire le refus du changement. Mais peut-on arrêter la grande roue de l’Histoire ? CHAOS EN GERME Car il y a des insatisfaits, notamment parmi les Hongmao au long nez. Et le goût du complot n’a pas disparu, y compris dans l’entourage du pouvoir. L’assassinat du ministre de l’Édit, chargé du contrôle des technologies nouvelles, servira de détonateur. Le Zhongguo se précipite vers la guerre des Deux Directions. Mensonge, crime et trahison ne connaîtront plus de barrières.

A Restless Peace It is 2206. As Chung Kuo''s population continues to swell, the Seven - the ruling T''angs - are forced make further concessions; laws must be relaxed and the House at Weinmar reopened. Change is coming, whether the Seven like it or not. A Secret War The tides of unrest unleashed by earlier wars grow faster even than the population. DeVore secretly allies with newly appointed general, Hans Ebert. It seems that DeVore''s plans are coming to fruition. But Ebert has his own schemes and plots - he intends to depose the Seven and control the whole of Chung Kuo.

The Middle Kingdom The year is 2196. The Minister of the Edict - an official responsible for licensing all technology that could lead to Change - has been assassinated, and the great Empire of Ice, Chung Kuo, has finally been shaken after more than a century of brutally-enforced peace. Amid the chaos, the rebels seize the opportunity to affect Change. But the assassination was orchestrated far closer to home, leading them all into dangerous chain of betrayal and deceit that will plunge them all into the world-shattering War of Two Directions. Ice and Fire Spring 2201 - Spring 2203. The T''ang who make up the ruling Seven are struggling to maintain stasis and prevent Change as the war is fought within the levels of their great world-spanning city - a war fought with bombs and betrayals, brutal assassinations and sly poisonings. As the pressure mounts, a document is discovered by the Dispertionists that charts the true history of the world, and apparently its not exactly what the Ministry have told them...

The year is 2196. After more than a century of peace and stability, Chung Kuo - the great Empire of Ice controlled by seven ruling kings, the T''ang - has finally been shaken. Lwo Kang, Minister of the Edict - the legal instrument that prevents change - has been assassinated; blown away while in the imperial solarium.

Spring 2201 -Spring 2203: The T''ang who make up the ruling Seven are struggling to maintain stasis and prevent change, as the "War That Wasn''t A War" is fought within the levels of Chung Kuo''s great world-spanning City: a war fought not with armies on battlefields but with an inventive evil -with bombs and betrayals, brutal assassinations and sly poisonings.

CHANGE IS ON THE AIR: The generals of the Middle Kingdom await the decision of the emperor. The campaign to secure the border from China to Iraq has reached a strange impasse. Two blood enemies - Arabs & Jews - have united against their common cause. But with the lives of thousands at his whim, the exalted Tsao Ch''un, the Son of Heaven, cannot decide. Destroy the Middle East in one blinding flash? Or take another path? BUT THE WAY IS UNCLEAR: In the court of Tsao Ch''un, men of power have become smiling lackeys, whose graces conceal their fear, or their ambition. A man that can be trusted absolutely is a rare thing. And so, with his family held hostage by the empire, General Jiang Lei finds himself appointed to a special task: the orchestration of the last great war against the West. The total dominion of America. WAR APPROACHES: But life in the world of levels continues. No hint of war, or want, or discontent can infiltrate the oppressive, ordered society that replaces the world Jake Reed once knew. Since the first airships rolled over the horizon, nothing has been the same. His new life means new thinking, new customs, a new way of behaving, & with his every move scrutinized, Jake can only serve the bureaucracy of new China. But he is not the only citizen who feels discontent with the anodyne new order.

A monumental publishing event: Introducing Chung Kuo, a masterwork of future history standing alongside Herbert''s Dune and Asimov''s Foundation.

Comment briser le pouvoir des Sept P Comment semer la discorde dans leurs rangs ? Comment détruire l''ordre du Zhongguo ? Howard DeVore s''y emploie : un attentat sanglant spectaculaire, la destruction des plantations vivrières d''Europe de l''Est... Le renégat, fin joueur de miel, prépare toujours plusieurs coups d''avance. Et les passions irrépressibles s''en mêlent aussi : celle, coupable, de Feiyan pour le tang d''Asie occidentale pourrait déchirer le Conseil suprême. Si elle venait à se savoir... Les haines et les désirs s''enflamment, les manœuvres s''accélèrent, les événements se précipitent. La Cité Terre court-elle à sa perte ? Li Yuan avait jadis fait un rêve : une montagne blanche d''ossements couvrait la plaine où se trouvait naguère la Cité... l''ouvre monumentale de David Wingrove atteint ici un apogée.

This omnibus edition of the hugely popular Myst trilogy is published to coincide with the release of Myst Revelations, the latest in the line of the bestselling Myst interactive CD-ROM games. The award-winning Myst series is one of the most successful interactive CD-ROM computer games in history with sales of more than 12 million copies worldwide. Myst captivated the world when it was first conceived and created by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller. Its extraordinary success has gone on to spawn Riven, Myst III Exile, and most recently, Uru: The Ages Beyond Myst. Devoted fans of these surreal adventure games gather yearly at "Mysterium" (whose event sites are spreading to other countries) to exchange game strategies, share stories, and meet up with old friends. The Myst Reader is a literary companion to the CD-ROM games and a compendium of the bestselling official Myst trilogy: The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti''ana, and The Book of D''ni. Devoted fans and new players alike will be delighted to have three books in this mythic saga together for the first time in one value-priced volume, which will be published in time to coincide with the long-awaited release of Myst Revelations.

Atrus, fils de Gehn, petit-fils d''Aitrus et de Ti''ana, n''a qu''un rêve : ressusciter D''ni dont l''histoire berça son enfance, la relever de ses ruines, effacer à jamais le souvenir du cataclysme qui anéantit la fabuleuse cité souterraine de ses ancêtres. Pour la repeupler, il lui faut rechercher à travers les Ages d''éventuels survivants de la Grande Peste. Atrus, sa compagne Catherine et leurs amis d''Averone s''en vont donc, grâce aux anciens livres D''ni, explorer les mondes lointains - mondes déserts, hostiles. Jusqu''au jour où ils découvrent Yerahnee. Là, tout n''est qu''harmonie, douceur, beauté. Les hommes y vivent en paix et sont gouvernés par un roi au visage d''ange. Un monde parfait. Mais cet Age possède une face cachée. Un envers diabolique. Et le rêve va se transformer en cauchemar. Pourtant, il était écrit qu''Atrus, héritier du Grand Monarque, viendrait, en messager de la plus glorieuse des civilisations, accomplir les anciennes prophéties...

Ti''ana, known among humans as Anna, is the first woman from the outside worldto enter the domain of D''ni. This is her story of trust and betrayal, and herstruggle against the evil schemes of Veovis, the architect of the destructionof D''ni, and all that she loves.

Fantasy story providing a background to the popular CD-ROM game, ''Myst''. Tells the story of Atrus, son of Gehn, the last of the D''ni, and his role in the creation of Myst Island. First published in the US and Canada in 1995. Rand and Robin Miller were the driving force behind the creation of the CD-Rom game,''Myst'', and Wingrove is the author of the Chung Kuo series of novels which includes ''The Middle Kingdom '' and ''Beneath the Tree of Heaven.''.

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