Ergebnis für "united states of america" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

There is something weird going on in this sleepy little town along the river. Ghosts, possible curses, sightings of strange things, and a history of kids going missing around the same time every year. River Underwood has grown up here her entire life. Can she solve the mystery with the help of James Honeywell; the man who she ran away from or will she end up being just another story told around campfires? Ghosts, curses, and werewolves - Oh my! Welcome to the land of Lincoln where things go bump in the night. 

From the author of the literary pulp phenomenon Spaceman Blues comes a future history cautionary tale, a heist movie in the style of a hippie novel. Liberation is a speculation on life in near-future America after the country suffers an economic cataclysm that leads to the resurgence of ghosts of its past (such as the human slave trade). Our heroes are the Slick Six, a group of international criminals who set out to alleviate the worst of these conditions and put America on the road to recovery.

When the United States shatters in 2022, how will you keep your family alive? At dawn on April 18, 2022, a family is participating in a living history event at San Antonio Mission de Padua, in Central Coastal California, near Big Sur. Fifty miles to the north, a police sergeant is finishing an overnight shift in the city of Salinas, dealing with the chaos of California’s dysfunctional society. An earthquake shatters buildings, streets, communities, and communication.