Ebooks en oferta: Hellhole y Hellhole: Awakening, de Brian Herbert y Kevin J. Anderson

En estos momentos se pueden adquirir a precio rebajado en ebook los dos primeros libros de la trilogía Hellhole de Brian Herbert y Kevin J. Anderson. La oferta es válida en varias tiendas online y, por ejemplo, en Amazon España cuestan 2,27€ y en Kobo, 2,66€ (pero se pueden aplicar cupones de descuento para reducir más el precio). 

Éstos son los libros y sus sinopsis:

Hellhole (Amazon ES, Kobo):

Only the most desperate colonists dare to make a new home on Hellhole. Reeling from a recent asteroid impact, tortured with horrific storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and churning volcanic eruptions, the planet is a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits, and charlatans…but also a haven for dreamers and independent pioneers. 

Against all odds, an exiled general named Adolphus has turned Hellhole into a place of real opportunity for the desperate colonists who call the planet their home. While the colonists are hard at work developing the planet, General Adolphus secretly builds alliances with the leaders of the other Deep Zone worlds, forming a clandestine coalition against the tyrannical, fossilized government responsible for their exile. 

What no one knows is this: the planet Hellhole, though damaged and volatile, hides an amazing secret. Deep beneath its surface lies the remnants of an obliterated alien civilization and the buried memories of its unrecorded past that, when unearthed, could tear the galaxy apart.

Hellhole: Awakening (Amazon ES, Kobo)

In this exhiliarting sequel to Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Hellhole, the stakes on planet Hallholme have been raised to new heights.

After declaring his independence from the corrupt Constellation, rebel General Adolphus knows the crackdown is coming. Now he needs to pull together the struggling Hellhole colony, the ever-expanding shadow-Xayan settlement, and his connections with the other Deep Zone worlds. Even then, he doubts his desperate measures will be enough.

Diadem Michella Duchenet has collected a huge space fleet led by Commodore Escobar Hallholme, son of the hero who originally defeated Adolphus. They expect resistance from the General's rebels, but who could possibly stand up to such a mighty fleet?

Adolphus knows he’s running out of time, but he still has some hope—the shadow-Xayans have banded together to defend their sacred planet with "telemancy," but can they discover new powers to protect all the stored alien lives on the already devastated world? And when all hope seems lost, the awakened Xayans reveal information hidden even from their own followers—the existence of a bigger threat that makes even the Constellation fleet seem insignificant.

Disaster has come for General Adolphus and Hellhole…and this time there is no escape.

Tres ebooks de Tor en oferta

Hasta final de este mes se pueden comprar por unos 3$ (2,24€ en Amazon y 2,66€ en Kobo, donde se pueden aplicar cupones) algunos títulos publicados por Tor que pueden ser de interés para los aficionados a la ciencia ficción. 

Los libros en oferta son los siguientes:

Paul of Dune, de Brian Herbert y Kevin J. Anderson (Amazon ES, Kobo)

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are answering these questions in Paul of Dune. 

The Muad’Dib’s jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies--those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. . . . 

And Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad? 

Paul of Dune is a novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget.

Sisterhood of Dune, de Brian Herbert y Kevin J. Anderson (Amazon ES, Kobo)

It is eighty-three years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind.

The war hero Vorian Atreides has turned his back on politics and Salusa Secundus. The descendants of Abulurd Harkonnen Griffen and Valya have sworn vengeance against Vor, blaming him for the downfall of their fortunes. Raquella Berto-Anirul has formed the Bene Gesserit School on the jungle planet Rossak as the first Reverend Mother. The descendants of Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva have built Venport Holdings, using mutated, spice-saturated Navigators who fly precursors of Heighliners. Gilbertus Albans, the ward of the hated Erasmus, is teaching humans to become Mentats…and hiding an unbelievable secret.

The Butlerian movement, rabidly opposed to all forms of “dangerous technology,” is led by Manford Torondo and his devoted Swordmaster, Anari Idaho. And it is this group, so many decades after the defeat of the thinking machines, which begins to sweep across the known universe in mobs, millions strong, destroying everything in its path.

Every one of these characters, and all of these groups, will become enmeshed in the contest between Reason and Faith. All of them will be forced to choose sides in the inevitable crusade that could destroy humankind forever….

Lady of Mazes, de Karl Schroeder (Amazon ES, Kobo)

Karl Schroeder is one of the new stars of hard SF. His novels, Ventus and Permanence, have established him as a new force in the field. Now he extends his reach into Larry Niven territory, returning to the same distant future in which Ventus was set, but employing a broader canvas, to tell the story of Teven Coronal, a ringworld with a huge multiplicity of human civilizations. Brilliant but troubled Livia Kodaly is Teven's only hope against invaders both human and superhuman who would destroy its fragile ecologies and human diversity. Filled with action, ideas, and intellectual energy, Lady of Mazes is the hard SF novel of the year.

Ebooks en oferta: Fiction Bundle

Desde Fiction Bundle, y durante las próximas tres semanas, nos ofrecen la posibilidad de comprar seis ebooks (sin DRM) de ciencia ficción y fantasía por el precio que queramos (con un mínimo de 6$). El dinero recaudado se dividirá entre los organizadores, los autores y asociaciones de caridad, pudiendo elegirse qué porcentaje se destinará a cada cual.   

Los títulos incluidos son:

• The Godmakers, de Frank Herbert
• Assemblers of Infinity, de Kevin J. Anderson y Doug Beason
• The Golden Queen, de David Farland
• Lights in the Deep, de Brad R. Torgersen
• Bone Shop, de Tim Pratt
• Dust and Kisses, de Dean Wesley Smith

Pero lo más interesante de todo es que si se pagan 10$ o más, se consigue un interesantísimo libro extra: The Complete Stories of Tim Pratt (So Far). Este libro, que contiene prácticamente todos los cuentos publicados por nuestro adorado Pratt, hasta ahora sólo se había entregado como premio a los colaboradores del proyecto de crowfunding de su antología Antiquities and Tangibles. Una estupenda oportunidad de colaborar con una buena causa y, de paso, haceros con este estupendo ebook (y los otros seis, claro) si aún no lo tenéis.

Free Ebook: Road Kill by Kevin J. Anderson

Road Kill: A Dan Shamble Adventure by Kevin J. Anderson is currently free to download from Amazon (US, ES). This is the book synopsis:

Road Kill: A Dan Shamble Adventure
With Introduction by Kevin J. Anderson

When Dan Shamble, Zombie PI wakes up in a coffin in the back of a semi truck, he knows it's not going to be a good day. He has to escape, figure out what's going on, foil a black-market blood-smuggling ring—and make sure he's not dead on arrival!

Tau Ceti by Kevin J. Anderson free to download

This week's Phoenix Pick's Amazon promotion is Tau Ceti by Kevin J. Anderson. This is the product description:

Tau Ceti is the first book in the new, critically acclaimed, Stellar Guild Series. Other authors writing works for the series are:

Mercedes Lackey (Reboots, published December, 2011)
Robert Silverberg (Blue Shift, expected Fall, 2012)
Harry Turtledove (All Aboard, expected Fall 2012)
Larry Niven, Mike Resnick and Eric Flint (unnamed projects, late 2012, early 2013).

Kevin J. Anderson has penned over a hundred novels, 48 of which have become bestsellers; he has more than 23 million copies of his works in print. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Saga of Seven Suns series and has teamed with Brian Herbert (son of Frank Herbert) to write 13 books set in the Dune universe.

Jorie Taylor has lived her whole life on the generation ship Beacon. Fleeing an Earth tearing itself apart from its exhaustive demand for resources, the Beacon is finally approaching Sarbras, the planet circling Tau Ceti they hope to make humanity’s new home.

But Earth has recovered from its near-death experience and is now under the control of a ruthless dictator whose sights are set on Tau Ceti as well. President Jurudu knows how to get what he wants—and he wants Sarbras.

With Sequel Novelette by Steven Savile.

You can download it for free today an tomorrow (Amazon ES, Amazon US).