Filtrer
m. r. carey
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Twice cursed : 16 contes horrifiques
Joe Hill, M. R. Carey, Joanne Harris, Collectif, Arnold Petit
- 404 Éditions
- 27 Février 2025
- 9791032409336
Parfois les voeux se réalisent. Pour le meilleur et pour le pire.
Visitez un carnaval terrifiant et découvrez les secrets qu'il renferme, résolvez une mystérieuse boîte à énigmes et attendez votre récompense, rejoignez un cirque itinérant et assistez au numéro de ventriloque le plus étrange que vous ayez jamais vu.
Dans cette suite de Cursed , anthologie best-seller de réécritures de contes sombres et inquiétantes, vous exhumerez des malédictions anciennes et nouvelles. Qu'il s'agisse d'une version revisitée de Blanche-Neige ou d'une nouvelle interprétation des Chaussons rouges , les meilleurs conteurs transforment la paille en or en tissant leurs 16 récits et vous invitent à entrer dans ce labyrinthe.
Mais surtout n'oubliez pas de semer quelques miettes de pain en chemin... -
'SPECTACULAR!' No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole 'UNPUTDOWNABLE' Irish Times The thrilling stand-alone novel set in the same world as the million-copy bestseller THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. 'Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane' Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls ' I loved it just as much as The Girl With All the Gifts , if not more ' Martina Cole 'A tense story with superbly rendered characters' SciFiNow 'A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human' Kirkus
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''A WILD FEVER-DREAM OF A NOVEL - COMPLICATED, MOSTROUS AND BEAUTIFUL'' Seanan McGuire, Hugo Award-winning author
From the bestselling M. R. Carey comes an utterly unique and enchantingly dark epic fantasy fable like no other.
This is the tale of Once Was Willem, who - eleven hundred and some years after the death of Christ, in the kingdom that had but recently begun to call itself England - rose from the dead to defeat a great evil facing the humble village of Cosham.
Pennick for all its beauty was ever a place with a dark reputation. The forests of the Chase were said to be home to nixies and boggarts, and there was a common belief, passed down through many generations, that the castle housed an unquiet ghost of terrible and malign power. These rumours I can attest were all true; indeed they fell short of the truth by a long way . . .
''A delicious blend of horror, fantasy and historical fiction, Once Was Willem gave me exactly what I crave most as a reader - the unexpected. That, and a main character I would fight to the undeath for. A unique and brilliant book'' Jen Williams, British Fantasy Award-winning author of The Ninth Rain
''It''s a long time since a book has reached out and just entirely enveloped me in its world the way Once Was Willem did. Astounding, and I loved every moment of it - it had me absolutely rapt'' RJ Barker, author of The Bone Ships
''It''s so absurdly fun and readable, you nearly miss the incredible use of language and lore. Lovable grotesques and ghastly villains populate a compelling folk-tale. Absolutely wonderful'' Gareth Hanrahan, author of The Gutter Prayer -
THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE ; NOT EVERY BRIDGE SHOULD BE CROSSED
M. R. Carey
- Orbit
- 4 Mai 2017
- 9780356503547
M. R. Carey returns to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller which is now a critically acclaimed film starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine. Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy. The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world. To where the monsters lived. 'Spectacular!' No. 1 bestselling author Martina Cole 'Carey writes with compassion and fire - strange and surprising and humane' Lauren Beukes, author of The Shining Girls 'A tense story with superbly rendered characters' SciFiNow 'A terrifying, emotional page-turner that explores what it means to be human' Kirkus
