| Certain that the trail made by a white mammoth will lead his people to a land of abundance, the young shaman Cha-kwena presses on, pursued by a race of vicious and relentless hunters intent on stealing his magic...The grassy Great Plains shake with thunder and deadly tornadoes whirl down from storm clouds as the First Americans begin the battle the will determine which peoples--the savage or the gentle--will shape the future or humankind. On one side is the young shaman Cha-kwena, who has led his tiny band along the trail made by a magnificent white mammoth, the totem he believes will lead the People to a land of safety and abundance. But they are pursued by enemies, a race of vicious and relentless hunters who want to steal Cha-kwena's magic, kill his sacred mammoth, and possess his passionate woman.... Click here or on the image for details | 
| | Chasing tornadoes across the Southern badlands, the members of the Storm Troupe under the command of brilliant mathematician Dr. Jerry Mulcahey find an ultimate challenge in an F-6 twister of deadly origins. Reprint. K....Bruce Sterling, one of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, now presents a novel of vivid imagination and invention that proves his talent for creating brilliant speculative fiction is sharper than ever. Forty years from now, Earth's climate has been drastically changed by the greenhouse effect. Tornadoes of almost unimaginable force roam the open spaces of Texas. And on their trail are the Storm Troupers: a ragtag band of computer experts and atmospheric scientists who live to hack heavy weather -- to document it and spread the information as far as the digital networks will stretch, using virtual reality to explore the eye of the storm. Although it's incredibly addictive, this is no game. The Troupers' computer models suggest that soon an F-6 will strike -- a tornado of an intensity that exceeds any existing scale; a storm so devastating that it may never stop. And they're going to be there when all hell breaks loose.... Click here or on the image for details | 
|
|
|
Preview Other Models
No comments:
Post a Comment