Орсон Скотт Кард3.9 Чтобы нарушить хрупкий ход истории, вовсе не обязательно быть волшебником. Одна роковая случайность и... И знаменитый полководец Наполеон плывет в Америку, чтобы усмирить восставшие Штаты, Бенджамин Франклин становится великим магом, Джордж Вашингтон слагает голову на плахе, а по дорогам Северной Америки странствует поэт-провидец Уильям Блейк...
Emma Bull3.5 Eddi McCandry used to be the lead singer in a rock band, until they broke up and her boyfriend dumped her. But her far-from-mundane life is about to be turned inside out--when she's drafted to fight a faerie war that needs a mortal to make it all too real.
Pat Murphy4.0 Elizabeth Waters, an archeologist who abandoned her husband and daughter years ago to pursue her career, can see the shadows of the past. It's a gift she keeps secret from her colleagues and students, one that often leads her to incredible archeological discoveries and the realization that she might be going mad. Then on a dig in the Yucatan, the shadow of a Mayan priestess speaks to her. Suddenly Elizabeth's daughter Diane arrives, hoping to reconnect with her mother. As mother, daughter and priestess fall into the mysterious world of Mayan magic, it is clear one will be asked to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Connie Willis0.0 For Jeff Johnston, a young historical researcher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms. Two obsessed lovers are linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling, 'Lincoln's Dreams' is a novel of rare imaginative power.