Best Selling Books by Martha Wells

While running away from home for reasons that are eminently defensible, Emilie’s plans to stow away on the steamship Merry Bell and reach her cousin in the big city go awry, landing her on the wrong ship and at the beginning of a fantastic adventure. Taken under the protection of Lady Marlende, Emilie learns that the crew hopes to use the aether currents and an experimental engine, and with the assistance of Lord Engal, journey to the interior of the planet in search of Marlende’s missing father. With the ship damaged on arrival, they attempt to traverse the strange lands on their quest. But when evidence points to sabotage and they encounter the treacherous Lord Ivers, along with the strange race of the sea-lands, Emilie has to make some challenging decisions and take daring action if they are ever to reach the surface world again.

Known for her lush, intricate worlds and complex characters, acclaimed author Martha Wells has delighted readers with her extraordinary fantasy novels of daring and wit. With The Wizard Hunters she launched her most ambitious undertaking yet -- the return to the beloved world of the Nebula Award-nominated The Death of the Necromancer and The Fall of Ile-Rien. Now the saga continues in a triumph of suspense and imagination. Despite a valiant struggle against superior forces, the country of Ile-Rien has fallen to the onslaught of the relentless Gardier, a faceless army of sorcerers determined to conquer all civilization. To save the remnants of her country, former playwright Tremaine Valiarde undertakes an epic journey to stop the Gardier. Rescuing the proud ship Queen Ravenna from destruction, Tremaine and a resolute band of sorcerers and warriors set sail across magical seas on a voyage of danger and discovery. For the secret to defeating the enemy -- and to rescuing the world from the Gardier''s inimitable hatred -- lies far beyond the walls of the world, and only the tenuous ties of friendship and honor will keep the band together. But the Gardier are not the only evil in this tumultuous world, and an ancient terror stalks the ornate rooms and shadowy decks of the Queen Ravenna -- a force so malevolent and enigmatic that even the growing power of the sorcerer''s sphere may not be enough to save Ile-Rien from utter ruin.

Celebrate the legacy of The Empire Strikes Back with this exciting reimagining of the timeless film featuring new perspectives from forty acclaimed authors. On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from The Empire Strikes Back through the eyes of a supporting character, from heroes and villains, to droids and creatures. From a Certain Point of View features contributions by bestselling authors and trendsetting artists: Austin Walker explores the unlikely partnership of bounty hunters Dengar and IG-88 as they pursue Han Solo. Hank Green chronicles the life of a naturalist caring for tauntauns on the frozen world of Hoth. Tracy Deonn delves into the dark heart of the Dagobah cave where Luke confronts a terrifying vision. Martha Wells reveals the world of the Ugnaught clans who dwell in the depths of Cloud City. Mark Oshiro recounts the wampa''s tragic tale of loss and survival. Seth Dickinson interrogates the cost of serving a ruthless empire aboard the bridge of a doomed Imperial starship. Plus more hilarious, heartbreaking, and astonishing tales from: Tom Angleberger, Sarwat Chadda, S.A. Chakraborty, Mike Chen, Adam Christopher, Katie Cook, Zoraida Córdova, Delilah S. Dawson, Alexander Freed, Jason Fry, Christie Golden, Rob Hart, Lydia Kang, Michael Kogge, R. F. Kuang, C. B. Lee, Mackenzi Lee, John Jackson Miller, Michael Moreci, Daniel José Older, Amy Ratcliffe, Beth Revis, Lilliam Rivera, Cavan Scott, Emily Skrutskie, Karen Strong, Anne Toole, Catherynne M. Valente, Django Wexler, Kiersten White, Gary Whitta, Brittany N. Williams, Charles Yu, Jim Zub All participating authors have generously forgone any compensation for their stories. Instead, their proceeds will be donated to First Book-a leading nonprofit that provides new books, learning materials, and other essentials to educators and organizations serving children in need. To further celebrate the launch of this book and both companies'' longstanding relationships with First Book, Penguin Random House will donate $100,000 to First Book and Disney/Lucasfilm will donate 100,000 children''s books-valued at $1,000,000-to support First Book and their mission of providing equal access to quality education.

A collection of excerpts from some of the best original science fiction short fiction published by Tor.com Blast off into adventure with psychic powers, half-human revolutions, haunted luxury spaceships, murderous sentient robots, and genetic experiments. Check out excerpts from five short works that will be lighting up the stars this summer: Starfire: A Red Peace by Spencer Ellsworth The Ghost Line by Andrew Neil Gray and J. S. Herbison Acadie by Dave Hutchinson All Systems Red by Martha Wells Killing Gravity by Corey J. White. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series Martha Wells returns to the Raksura with a pair of brand-new novellas! In “The Falling World,” Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud Court, has traveled with Chime and Balm to another Raksuran court. When she fails to return, her consort, Moon, along with Stone and a party of warriors and hunters, must track them down. Finding them turns out to be the easy part; freeing them from an ancient trap hidden in the depths of the Reaches is much more difficult. “The Tale of Indigo and Cloud” explores the history of the Indigo Cloud Court, long before Moon was born. In the distant past, Indigo stole Cloud from Emerald Twilight. But in doing so, the reigning Queen Cerise and Indigo are now poised for a conflict that could spark war throughout all the courts of the Reaches. Stories of Moon and the shape changers of Raksura have delighted readers for years. This world is a dangerous place full of strange mysteries, where the future can never be taken for granted and must always be fought for with wits and ingenuity, and often tooth and claw. With two brand-new novellas, Martha Wells shows that the world of the Raksura has many more stories to tell . . . Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

The November/December 2020 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Ken Liu, Hal Y. Zhang, Brit E.B. Hvide, Martha Wells, Lee Mandelo, and John Wiswell. Reprint fiction by Maurice Broaddus. Essays by Meghan Ball, Meg Elison, Michi Trota, and K.A. Doore, poetry by Jane Yolen, Peter Tacy, Brandon O''Brien, Valerie Valdes, and Jennifer Crow, interviews with Ken Liu and Lee Mandelo by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Julie Dillon, and editorials by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Elsa Sjunneson. Uncanny Magazine is a bimonthly science fiction and fantasy magazine first published in November 2014. Edited by 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020 Hugo award winners for best semiprozine, and 2018 Hugo award winners for Best Editor, Short Form, Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, and Chimedum Ohaegbu and Elsa Sjunneson, each issue of Uncanny includes new stories, poetry, articles, and interviews.

***TOP TEN SELECTION FOR BOOKLIST BEST OF HORROR 2016*** The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft: a brand new anthology that collects the twelve principal deities of the Lovecraftian Mythos and sets them loose within its pages. Featuring the biggest names in horror and dark fantasy, including many NY Times bestsellers, full of original fiction and artwork, and individual commentary on each of the deities by Donald Tyson. About the book: Lovecraft''s bestiary of gods has had a major influence on the horror scene from the time these sacred names were first evoked. Cthulhu, Azathoth, Nyarlathotep, Yog-Sothoth--this pantheon of the horrific calls to mind the very worst of cosmic nightmares and the very darkest signs of human nature. The Gods of H.P. Lovecraft brings together twelve all-new Mythos tales from: Cthulhu (Adam Nevill) - Yog-Sothoth (Martha Wells) - Azathoth (Laird Barron) - Nyarlathotep (Bentley Little) - Shub-Niggurath (David Liss) - Tsathoggua (Brett Talley) - The Mi-Go (Christopher Golden & James A. Moore) - Night-gaunts (Jonathan Maberry) - Elder Things (Joe Lansdale) - Great Race (Rachel Caine) - Yig (Douglas Wynne) - The Deep Ones (Seanan McGuire)

Nominated for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Series An expedition of groundlings from the Empire of Kish have traveled through the Three Worlds to the Indigo Cloud court of the Raksura, shape-shifting creatures of flight that live in large family groups. The groundlings have found a sealed ancient city at the edge of the shallow seas, near the deeps of the impassable Ocean. They believe it to be the last home of their ancestors and ask for help getting inside. But the Raksura fear it was built by their own distant ancestors, the Forerunners, and the last sealed Forerunner city they encountered was a prison for an unstoppable evil. Prior to the groundlings’ arrival, the Indigo Cloud court had been plagued by visions of a disaster that could destroy all the courts in the Reaches. Now, the court’s mentors believe the ancient city is connected to the foretold danger. A small group of warriors, including consort Moon, an orphan new to the colony and the Raksura’s idea of family, and sister queen Jade, agree to go with the groundling expedition to investigate. But the predatory Fell have found the city too, and in the race to keep the danger contained, the Raksura may be the ones who inadvertently release it. The Edge of Worlds, from celebrated fantasy author Martha Wells, returns to the fascinating world of The Cloud Roads for the first book in a new series of strange lands, uncanny beings, dead cities, and ancient danger.

The Element of Fire was my first novel, written around 1990, when I was 26. It was published in hardcover in 1993 and paperback in 1994, by Tor Books. It was published in Italy in 1995, Russia in 1997, Poland in 1998, in France, by l''Atalante, in 2002, and will be published in Spanish by Bibliopolis. It was a finalist for the 1993 Compton Crook/Stephen Tall Award and a runner-up for the 1994 Crawford Award. And it''s almost impossible to find in the US, so I''m posting it here.

The team discover a ruined city with a deadly secret.

When Dr. Rodney McKay unlocks an Ancient mystery on a distant moon, he discovers a terrifying threat to the Pegasus galaxy. Colonel John Sheppard and his team are determined to disable the device before it''s discovered by the Wraith.

The latest edition of the very best science fiction and fantasy as selected by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). The Nebula Awards Showcase is an anthology of the winners and nominees for the SFWA Nebula Awards. The anthology has been published continuously since 1966 and has featured the very best of science fiction and fantasy. This year''s anthology includes stories from Nebula Winners Rebecca Roanhorse, Martha Wells, and Kelly Robson as well as finalists Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Richard Bowes, K.M. Szpara, Jonathan Brazee, Sarah Pinsker, Caroline M. Yoachim, Fran Wilde, Matthew Kressel, and Jamie Wahls.

Für den zu einer – wenn auch wortkargen – Sicherheitseinheit umfunktionierten Killerbot droht die schlimmste Aufgabe, die man sich vorstellen kann. Sie muss (a) einen Mord auf Preservation Station aufklären (nicht so schlimm), dafür (b) mit der Stations-KI zusammenarbeiten (suboptimal, aber okay) und vor allem (c) mit Menschen reden (sehr schlimm). Als Killerbot bleibt einem auch nichts erspart ...

Best-seller do New York Times Vencedor dos prêmios Hugo, Locus e Nebula A premiada série de Martha Wells finalmente chega ao Brasil! Alerta vermelho é o primeiro livro da série Diário de um robô-assassino, atualmente sendo adaptada pela Apple TV. Qual é a primeira coisa que lhe vem à cabeça quando você pensa em um robô humanoide que hackeia o próprio sistema e conquista autonomia? Um banho de sangue? Bem, o autointitulado robô-assassino de Alerta vermelho tem outras prioridades... Mais especificamente, maratonar milhares de horas de conteúdo audiovisual em seu feed de entretenimento. Isso, é claro, se os humanos deixarem. Porém, ao ser enviado como parte de uma expedição a um planeta remoto — até mesmo um robô precisa trabalhar —, uma série de eventos misteriosos coloca em risco os humanos que ele foi designado a proteger. Mesmo sem entender muito bem o motivo, ele agora se importa de verdade com a segurança daquele grupo irritante — e ninguém vai tocar nos humanos dele. O robô vai se certificar disso. Ao explorar os limites da inteligência artificial, intrigas políticas e questões como autonomia e identidade pessoal, Martha Wells transcende as fronteiras da ficção científica ao oferecer uma narrativa que seduz tanto entusiastas do gênero quanto leitores ávidos por uma história envolvente.

Boek 3 in de Dagboek van een Moordbot-serie (de Nederlandse editie van de Murderbot Diaries) van Martha Wells. ‘Ja, en daarom probeer ik dus aan niemand gehecht te raken.’ Moordbot zit met twee problemen. De zaak tegen de te-groot-om-te-falen-corporatie GrayCris lijkt te verzanden in juridisch getouwtrek en, nog belangrijker, de autoriteiten beginnen steeds openlijker vragen te stellen over waar Dr. Mensah’s persoonlijke SecUnit is. Moordbot zou graag een oplossing zien voor beide problemen. Van het permanente soort. ‘Rogue Protocol – Vals positief’ is het derde boek in de Dagboek van een Moordbot-serie van Martha Wells, de serie die wereldwijd miljoenen fans heeft, overladen is met prijzen, en verfilmd is als The Murderbot Diaries. De avonturen van Moordbot begonnen in ‘All Systems Red – Alle seinen rood’ en ‘Artificial Condition – Kunstmatig leven’, en gaan verder in ‘Exit Strategy – Einde oefening’.

機器人的叛逃之路，終點是──浪子回頭？ 幽默、感動、絕無冷場，科幻史上最眼神死的苦命機器人！ 讀者厭世共鳴度100%，看完齊呼：根本就是我！ ！！ 浪機回頭金不換， 偷渡──是你最好的選擇！ 脫離控制、極度危險、高規格武裝的護衛型機器人失蹤了！ 沒人發現這臺叛逃的維安配備偽裝成強化人類，混上各式船艦，一路流浪到了星系盡頭……這下身為「持有者」的曼莎博士麻煩大了。 機器人只想找出自己當年失控的真相，如果在過程中剛好挖出關於曼莎博士對手的黑料，只能說是神祕的宇宙意志了。 它不知道自己能不能及時把證據交給曼莎博士，能不能擊垮害慘它和曼莎博士的邪惡企業，唯一能確定的是： 維安配備的出廠設定沒有內建情感模式，但誰都不能惹它的人類── 誰都不能。 得獎紀錄 ★ 科幻小說大獎：雨果獎、星雲獎、軌跡獎三冠得主 ★ 榮獲美國圖書館協會艾力克斯獎、科技媒體《The Verge》年度最佳書籍 ★ 各大書評齊聲盛讚，兩萬讀者5星狂推 好評推薦 這臺眼神已死、熱愛肥皂劇的殺戮機器的冒險之旅，大概是目前市面上的科幻作品中最充滿人性的閱讀體驗了。──《全國公共廣播電台》書評 討喜、歡樂，毫無冷場又殺機四伏。──得獎科幻作者Kameron Hurley 作者賦予老套劇情全新深度，讓機器人主角帶著不被允許的人性闖蕩其中。──《出版人週刊》星級書評 我已經等不及看續集了！──《The Verge》書評

Boek 1 in de Dagboek van een Moordbot-serie (de Nederlandse editie van de Murderbot Diaries) van Martha Wells. ‘Als harteloze moordmachine was ik hopeloos geflopt...’ In een door corporaties gedomineerde toekomst waarin de mensheid zich heeft verspreid door het heelal, moeten planetaire missies worden goedgekeurd en begeleid door bedrijven. Researchteams worden vergezeld door beveiligings-AI’s en -bots, geleverd door de corporaties – voor hun eigen veiligheid, uiteraard. Maar in een maatschappij waar contracten worden gegund aan de laagste bieder, is veiligheid geen prioriteit. Op een verre planeet voert een team wetenschappers onderzoek uit, geschaduwd door hun androidbeveiliger – een zelfbewuste SecUnit die de standaard gouverneurmodule heeft gehackt en zichzelf (maar nooit hardop) ‘Moordbot’ noemt. Aangezien mensen duidelijk nergens goed voor zijn, wil Moordbot eigenlijk alleen lang genoeg met rust worden gelaten om erachter te komen wat het betekent om een persoon te zijn (en om soaps te kijken). Maar wanneer een ander team op de planeet opeens verdwijnt, is het aan de wetenschappers en hun Moordbot om de waarheid te achterhalen. ‘All Systems Red – Alle seinen rood’ is het eerste boek in de Dagboek van een Moordbot-serie van Martha Wells, de serie die wereldwijd miljoenen fans heeft, overladen is met prijzen, en verfilmd is als The Murderbot Diaries. De avonturen van Moordbot gaan verder in ‘Artificial Condition – Kunstmatig leven’, ‘Rogue Protocol – Vals positief’ en ‘Exit Strategy – Einde oefening’.

São tempos de desespero para a Aliança Rebelde. A perseguição do Império e a escassez de suprimentos vitais estão atrasando a construção de uma nova base secreta no gelado planeta Hoth. Quando mercadores da Orla Média ofe-recem preciosos materiais, a Princesa Leia Organa e Han Solo lideram uma delegação da Aliança para negociar um acordo.

Der neue Killerbot-Roman – bald als Serie bei Apple TV+ Wenn die SecurityUnit namens Killerbot nicht gerade Attentäter zur Strecke bringt oder Fernsehserien suchtet, ist sie als Begleitschutz für Forschungsmissionen unterwegs. Diesmal geht allerdings alles schief. Der Konzern Barish-Estranza schickt gleich mehrere Schiffe, um Siedler auf einem neu kolonisierten Planeten zu retten. Killerbot ist mit dabei, aber leider auch mehrere andere SecUnits. Schon bald hat der neurotischste Roboter von allen den Verdacht, dass der Konzern eine geheime Agenda verfolgt – und auch Killerbots eigenes System läuft nicht rund. Und wenn Killerbot nicht das Leben der Siedler gefährden will, muss er schleunigst eine Lösung finden ...

MURDERBOT - I DIARI DELLA MACCHINA ASSASSINA Il mondo è in mano alle grandi corporazioni, che forniscono tutto il necessario anche per le missioni interplanetarie. Soprattutto gli androidi di sorveglianza, che garantiscono l''incolumità delle squadre di esplorazione. Ma in una società in cui i contratti se li aggiudica il miglior offerente, qualche imprevisto può sempre succedere. Su un lontano pianeta, per esempio, alcuni scienziati eseguono rilievi sulla superficie convinti che l''Unità di Sicurezza con componenti organiche fornita dalla compagnia vegli su di loro. Murderbot, invece, è riuscita a hackerare il proprio modulo di controllo e, dotata di una sensibilità tutt''altro che meccanica, inizia un avventuroso viaggio alla ricerca di sé.

Kaiisteron, prince démon incarné parmi les humains, et son amie Ziede, sorcière de son état, se réveillent inhumés dans un tombeau abandonné au beau milieu de l’océan. Sans aucun souvenir d’y être venus... À coups d’invocations et de possessions mentales, ils remontent la piste d’une autre disparition inquiétante, celle de Tahren Stargard, l’épouse de Ziede. Ce sera le fil rouge de leur quête, puisque Tahren doit elle aussi jouer un rôle crucial dans le renouvellement des alliances politiques en cours, en tant que représentante de son peuple, les Bienheureux immortels. « Une fantasy follement originale et complexe, qui explore comment les révolutions se gagnent par la confiance et meurent par égoïsme. Martha Wells s’illustre par ses personnages non-humains sombres et puissants, qui n’ont besoin que d’un soupçon de bonté pour déployer tout leur redoutable potentiel. » - N. K. Jemisin Prix Locus 2024

In der fernen Zukunft hat sich die Menschheit in der gesamten Galaxis ausgebreitet. Interstellare Megakonzerne haben mithilfe von seelenlosen Kampfrobotern alles unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Einer dieser Bots wurde nun ausgemustert und soll ein Team von Wissenschaftlern auf ihren gefährlichen Missionen beschützen. Also ein denkbar schlechter Zeitpunkt für den Bot, um ein eigenes Bewusstsein zu erlangen und über die eigene Rolle im Universum nachzudenken ...

Filled with wonder, adventure, magic, and danger, this is the first volume in an epic fantasy trilogy--the sequel to "The Death of the Necromancer"--from "one of the best new writers the field has to offer" (C. J. Cherryh).

"Murderbot returns in its highly-anticipated, first, full-length standalone novel, Network Effect. You know that feeling when you''re at work, and you''ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in with yet another job that needs to be done right this second or the world will end, but all you want to do is go home and binge your favorite shows? And you''re a sentient murder machine programmed for destruction? Congratulations, you''re Murderbot. Come for the pew-pew space battles, stay for the most relatable A.I. you''ll read this century. I''m usually alone in my head, and that''s where 90 plus percent of my problems are. When Murderbot''s human associates (not friends, never friends) are captured and another not-friend from its past requires urgent assistance, Murderbot must choose between inertia and drastic action. Drastic action it is, then"--Amazon.com.

The follow-up to the hugely popular All Systems Red It has a dark past – one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself “Murderbot”. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A” stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks...

"Designed for duty and destined for adventure, the secretly autonomous cyborg SecUnit with the self-awarded nom de guerre Murderbot really just wants to access media feeds and leave its human charges to their own devices. Unfortunately, Murderbot’s days of high-bandwidth soap opera viewing come to an end when an alien creature attacks the off world expedition it is assigned to guard. Here begins the award-winning and instantly beloved series The Murderbot Diaries, in which Murderbot investigates its own past and present, and ultimately rises to meet a threat to its former owner—and possibly friend—Dr. Mensah. With Murderbot, New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells has created one of the most engaging characters to emerge from science fiction in decades. Witty observations, troubling memories, a sardonic voice, and the rendering of action-packed combat sequences with élan and panache combine for a virtuoso performance in all four of the novellas collected here: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy. This collection also includes an original short story appearing in print for the first time, Home: Habitat Range Niche Territory."--Publisher.

MECH: Age of Steel is a collection of 24 mecha-inspired short stories in the spirit of Pacific Rim, Macross, Transformers, Robotech, Gundam, Evangelion, and more. The MECH: Age of Steel anthology features a vast array of tales showcasing giant human-piloted, robot war machines wreaking havoc in blasted cities, or on dystopian landscapes, or around space stations and asteroids against a cosmic backdrop, and more! MECH is anchored by authors such as: Kevin J. Anderson Scott Sigler Ramez Naam Jason M. Hough Jeremy Robinson Jody Lynn Nye Peter Clines Martha Wells Graham McNeill Jennifer Brozek James Swallow and more! This anthology also features illustrations for every story and is the perfect companion to its sister title, Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters. So strap in. Activate your interface array. And let''s rock!

L''élégant Nicholas Valiarde, cambrioleur de génie, est sur le point d''assouvir sa vengeance contre le comte Montesq. Mais un étrange spirite se dresse sur sa route. Les événements se précipitent: goules, sortilèges, monstres et nécromancie... L''ombre d''un ennemi terrifiant s''étend peu à peu sur la ville. Situé dans une Vienne imaginaire et gothique où la magie est devenue une science, ce roman d''une profonde originalité, nominé en 1998 pour le Nebula Award, orchestre une fantasy macabre magistralement construite.