New Releases by Louise Carey

13 original stories of dark fantasy inspired by the classic tales of L. Frank Baum and the land of Oz, from the masters of fantasy and science fiction, including M. R. Carey, Christina Henry and Adrian Tchaikovsky. Journey beyond the yellow brick road, click your heels together and enter the dark heart of the tornado... if you dare. Join the award-winning Marie O''Regan & Paul Kane as they bring together some of genre fiction''s bestselling and acclaimed authors as they explore the wild imagination of L. Frank Baum and his wonderful Land of Oz. Featuring stories by Simon R. Green Caitin Rozakis Louise Carey Adrian Tchaikovsky Ian Whates M. R. Carey Paul Magrs Delilah S. Dawson Robert Shearman Stark Holborn Christina Henry Una McCormack Jonathan Maberry

« Mon seul désir est d’assurer notre sécurité. À toutes. Vivre libérées de la peur et de la misère. Est-ce trop demander ? »C’est alors que les djinns lui sourirent.« Il n’existe nulle sûreté. La liberté est à votre portée, si vous le décidez. Mais vous devez donner et prendre en retour. »Il était une fois...

THE SAFETY OF INTECH''S RESIDENTS IS PARAMOUNT. INSURRECTION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. Tanta and Cole may have stopped the mass murder of InTech''s residents, but the cost was severe. Despite their efforts, Harlow 2.0 - the update to InTech''s mind-based operating system - fed out. Now its citizens are compliant zombies, and Tanta and her crew are trapped underground. All except for Fliss, who has no system to update. She alone can go outside, and it''s Fliss the crew are relying on to help get them out. For only then can they dismantle the damage Harlow 2.0 has done. If Tanta, Cole and InTech''s residents are to truly be free, it needs to be destroyed. But Tanta knows that task will put her on a collision course with the corporation that raised her, her oldest friends, and the woman who was once her soulmate. And this last mission might ask more of her than she''s able to give. ''Deft satire'' New Scientist ''A whip-smart science fiction thriller'' The Eloquent Page

TRUTH. LIES. IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL THEM APART. When a bomb goes off at InTech HQ, everything changes for Tanta''s corporation. Order becomes disorder. Safety becomes danger. Calm becomes chaos. Tanta is tasked with getting to the bottom of the attack before violence and unrest overtake the city. But even though the evidence points towards rival corporation Thoughtfront, Tanta can''t shake the feeling that she''s missing something. There''s a dark secret at the heart of the case, one that will reveal more about her own corporation than Tanta would like. And the closer Tanta gets to the mystery, the more she comes to realise something terrible: Sometimes facing the truth can be the hardest thing of all. * * * * * * * * * * * ''Deft satire'' New Scientist ''A page-turning thriller'' Guardian on Inscape ''A high-octaine, cyberpunk-flavoured adventure'' Washington Post on Inscape ''A propulsive thriller'' SFX on Inscape ''Chillingly plausible'' Claire North on Inscape ''This is cyberpunk rebooted'' Stephen Baxter on Inscape ''Calling Hollywood: here''s your next big streaming hit'' Joe Hill on Inscape

''Louise Carey''s dystopian future is chillingly plausible'' Claire North ''Deftly written, mastefully paced, vividly imagined and absolutely gripping from the first page to last'' Joe Hill Warning: use of this gate will take you outside of the InTech corporate zone. Different community guidelines may apply, and you may be asked to sign a separate end-user license agreement. Do you wish to continue? Tanta has trained all her young life for this. Her very first mission is a code red: to take her team into the unaffiliated zone just outside InTech''s borders and retrieve a stolen hard drive. It should have been quick and simple, but a surprise attack kills two of her colleagues and Tanta barely makes it home alive. Determined to prove herself and partnered with a colleague whose past is a mystery even to himself, Tanta''s investigation uncovers a sinister conspiracy that makes her question her own loyalties and the motives of everyone she used to trust. ''A propulsive thriller filled with great twists and reversals'' SFX Introducing a razor-sharp debut SF thriller, INSCAPE holds a mirror up to our own reality by exploring just where our sinister corporation-led world might lead us. For fans of Bladerunner 2049, Mr Robot or 84K by Claire North.

“A fantastical ghost story and a suspenseful military mystery . . . A daringly original fantasy novel” from the authors of The Steel Seraglio (Publishers Weekly). 1740. With the whole of Europe balanced on the brink of war, an Austrian regiment is sent to the furthest frontier of the empire to hold the border against the might of Prussia. Their garrison, the ancient house called Pokoj. But Pokoj is already inhabited by a company of ghosts from every age of the house’s history. Only Drozde, the quartermaster’s mistress, can see them, and terrifyingly they welcome her as a friend. As these ageless phantoms tell their stories, Drozde gets chilling glimpses not just of Pokoj’s past but of a looming menace in its future. Meanwhile the humorless lieutenant Klaes pursues another mystery. Why are the people of the neighboring village so surly and withdrawn, so reluctant to welcome the soldiers who are there to protect them? What are they hiding? And what happened to the local militia unit that was stationed at Pokoj before the regiment arrived? The camp follower and the officer make their separate journeys to the same appalling discovery—an impending catastrophe that will sweep away villagers and soldiers alike. Perhaps neither of them can prevail. If they do, it will be with the help of the restless dead . . . “The House of War and Witness burns slow to start, but by the end it burns fiercely. It’s a compelling, accomplished novel, deft with its characters and interesting with its themes.” —Strange Horizons

Suatu kala, di suatu kota yang dikenal dengan nama Bessa, ada sultan bernama Bukhari al-Bukhari, yang kekuasaannya direbut oleh pengikut fanatic seorang asketis, Hakkim Mehdad. Sang Sultan, istri-istri, dan anak-anaknya dihukum mati, sementara ratusan selirnya diserahkan sebagai upeti kepada khalifah negeri sebelah. Tetapi, sehari usai kafilah itu meninggalkan Bessa, Hakkim mendapat kabar tak menyenangkan: sejumlah selir yang bersembunyi tak tertangkap olehnya. Ia lalu memerintahkan pengikutnya membunuhi para wanita harem itu, juga anak dan pelayan mereka, dan tak membiarkan seorang pun hidup. Bagaimanakah nasib mereka? Inilah cerita ihwal sekelompok wanita luar biasa yang berjuang untuk bertahan hidup dari kekejaman Hakkim dan kerasnya padang pasir. Inilah kisah tentang Zulaika, yang rahasia masa lalunya menjadi kunci bagi masa depan kaumnya, juga kotanya. Dari Gursoon yang bijaksana, yang meneguhkan nurani kelompok; dan dari sipencuri berlidah perak, Anwar Das, yang tahu kapan harus mengabaikan hati nurani, novel ini menyuguhkan cerita yang sangat menggugah. Inilah kisah tentang tindakan kebajikan yang membawa benih kematian; kisah rakyat jelata yang ditempa menjadi tentara sutra dan baja. Inilah kisah penebusan dan kebangkitan kembali Bessa, Kota Perempuan yang tenar diperdongengkan.

Once, in a city known as Bessa, there was a sultan named Bokhari Al-Bokhari, who was thrown down by the zealots of the ascetic Hakkim Mehdad. The sultan, his wives and children were put to the sword, while his 365 concubines were sent to a neighbouring caliph as tribute, Hakkim having no use for the pleasures of the flesh. But a day after the caravan had departed from Bessa, Hakkim discovered the terrible secret that the concubines had hidden from him. His reaction was swift and cruel. Kill the women of the harem forthwith, along with their children and maidservants. Let not one survive.

“A confident One Thousand and One Nights for our present . . . Furious pop entertainment—full of sex, passion, violence, and magic” (Slant Magazine). The sultan Bokhari Al-Bokhari of Bessa has 365 concubines—until a violent coup puts the city in the hands of the religious zealot Hakkim Mehdad. Hakkim has no use for the pleasures of the flesh: He condemns the women first to exile and then to death. Cast into the desert, the concubines must rely on themselves and each other to escape from the new sultan’s fanatical pursuit. But their goals go beyond mere survival: With the aid of the champions who emerge from among them, they intend to topple the usurper and retake Bessa from the repressive power that now controls it. The assassin, Zuleika, whose hands are weapons. The seer, Rem, whose tears are ink. The wise Gursoon, who was the dead sultan’s canniest advisor. The camel-thief, Anwar Das, who offers his lying tongue to the concubines’ cause. Together, they must forge the women of the harem into an army, a seraglio of steel, and use it to conquer a city. But even if they succeed, their troubles will just be beginning—because their most dangerous enemy is within their own number. “The Steel Seraglio is not a work of feminist or utopian theory. Nor is it a historical fantasy, a romance, a thriller, a poem, an allegory, or an epic. Rather, somehow, it is all of these things.” —Neon Magazine “A masterful, engaging and utterly fascinating story by three wonderful writers.” —SF Revu

Caring for those with Alzheimer''s can be emotionally depleting. Frustration often dominates the day as you try to bridge the gap between real life and a person who has lost touch with reality. Combine that with the grief over the loss of the person you used to know and a haunting fear of what is to come and it seems as though life will never see laughter and joy again.But it does.In her collection of true stories, author Louise Carey conveys attitudes and techniques for treating dementia patients with respect while also finding humor in the unusual and frustrating situations encountered by the caregiver. The Hedge People offers caregivers solace in the stories and joy in the journey as they face the daily challenges of care giving with God''s help.Filled with humor, warmth, and encouragement, each chapter includes a caregiver prayer, a leading question for reflection, and space to journal.

Written by Mike Carey & Louise Carey Art and cover by Aaron Alexovich When Tasha''s mom brings home an annoying hack novelist boyfriend, Jed, and his deadpan daughter, her dysfunctional family is headed for a complete mental meltdown. But Tasha has her blog, BLABBERMOUTH, as the ultimate weapon - and she''s not afraid to use it. Especially when she starts to suspect that the obnoxious Jed has a guilty secret that goes far beyond his bad prose. Mike Carey (LUCIFER, Hellblazer, Crossing MidnighT, RE-GIFTERS) teams with co-writer Louise Carey, his 15-year-old daughter, who has written the Diary of a London Schoolgirl for the website of the London Metropolitan Archive and the novel-in-progress Bethany''s Words. Aaron Alexovich contributed character designs to Nickelodeon''s Invader Zim and Avatar: The Last Airbender. His first published work was the critically lauded witch tale Serenity Rose for Slave Labor Graphics. Next up he is writing and drawing the MINX book, Kimmie66. All MINX books contain 176 pages, black and white interiors with graytones and color covers. Each title also includes previews for three other MINX books as a special bonus.

Approximately 30-50% of individuals infected with HIV-1 exhibit neuropsychological (NP) impairment, which is associated with neuropathology preferentially affecting the fronto-striato-thalamo-cortical circuits. Specifically, a frontal-subcortical pattern of encoding and retrieval deficits is evident on tests of retrospective episodic memory (i.e., recalling past information). Importantly, such deficits have been linked to problems performing instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), in particular, medication adherence. One episodic memory construct, ubiquitous in everyday life, but not yet examined in HIV-1, is prospective memory (ProM), which involves the complex processes of forming, monitoring, and executing future intentions vis-à-vis ongoing distractions. The current study examined ProM in 42 HIV-1-infected participants (HIV+) and 29 demographically comparable healthy controls (HC). Results showed that the HIV+ group demonstrated poorer ProM functioning than HC (Cohen''s d = −0.92). The HIV+ group exhibited deficits in both time and event based ProM, committed more 24-hour delay ProM failures, and were more likely to make ProM task substitution errors than HC. No group differences were observed on the recognition trial, indicating HIV+ individuals accurately retained and recognized ProM intentions when provided a structured format that minimized retrieval demands. Within the HIV+ sample, IADL dependent individuals demonstrated poorer ProM than IADL independent participants (Cohen''s d = −1.25) but comparable retrospective memory (Cohen''s d range = −0.17 to −0.37). Finally, significant correlations between ProM and measures of executive functioning, learning, verbal working memory, and information processing speed were found within HIV+ and HC samples (Spearman''s rho''s ranged from 0.32 to 0.58), providing preliminary evidence for convergent validity. The divergent validity of ProM was demonstrated by non-significant correlations with semantic memory, memory savings scores (i.e., retention), and recognition discrimination. Taken together, these data indicate that HIV-1 infection is associated with ProM impairment that is characterized by a breakdown in the strategic (i.e., executive) aspects of prospective encoding and retrieval. In sum, these findings support the construct validity of ProM, the assessment of which may inform evaluations of and interventions related to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders.

Students learn Spanish by actively engaging with the language via hands-on activities and projects, interactive CD-ROMs, and Internet tasks that help all students.

The reported investigation started with the idea that some of the sex differences in problem solving could be accounted for by differences in non-intellectual factors. The question that needed to be asked is: How well do women like to solve problems. If problem solving is an activity preferred by men and disliked by women, there exists a good possibility that sex differences in performance are actually a reflection of sex differences in attitude. As a test of this hypothesis, an attempt was made to answer some specific questions: Can a scale be constructed which will measure attitude toward problem solving; Is there a sex difference on such a scale; Is problem-solving attitude related to problem-solving performance; Will an attempt to change attitude be followed by a change in performance; Will women respond more favorably than men to an attempt to improve their attitudes.