An anthology of military horror When the going gets tough, the tough fight to the death in SNAFU. (SNAFU — military slang for ‘Situation Normal — All F*cked Up) FIGHT OR DIE! Some contributors: — James A Moore (A Jonathan Crowley novella) — Greig Beck (A new novella) — Weston Ochse (A new novella by the author of Seal Team 666) — Jonathan Maberry (A Joe Ledger novella) Along with eleven emerging and established writers

Join the military, they said. See far-flung worlds, they said. Meet interesting creatures, and kill them all. Soldiers fighting aliens in unforgiving landscapes, where every breath could be their last. Featuring stories by Mike Resnick, Alan Baxter, Tim Marquitz, Steve Lewis, and others. From near-future to far-future, featuring some of the best writers working in the field today

Four tales of military horror from Jonathan Maberry, Weston Ochse, Joseph Nassise, and James A Moore. A supplemental volume to SNAFU, this book contains short stories and novellas from four of the best military horror writers in the field. From demons to horrors from the deep, the battles keep on coming. Fight or die… 50,000 words to keep you on the edge of your seat

From the darkness of the abyss to the subtle shift of shadows dwell creatures that prey on us all. Be they straight-up monsters or nightmares behind a human mask, they track us and they kill us. Sometimes, they play with their food, where death would be a kindness. But there is hope. There are those who search out the monsters, those who hunt the hunters. These are their stories.  *** Featuring 13 stories of military horror by some of the best known and emerging writers in the genre. 

Survival horror says it all. Survival horror… with soldiers. Straining to make that one clip of rounds last. Making sure not to waste a single bullet. Lost in the shadows, low on ammo; only edged weapons; wounded, fighting to survive, the last remnants of the mission team trying to make sense of where they had gone wrong, and how to make it out alive with next-to-no resources. Survival horror, where every bullet counts. Featuring nearly 100,000 words of military fiction and sci-fi

Man versus Nature. Anacondas, piranha, giant crocodiles/alligators/lizards, mutated bears near nuclear power stations, prehistoric sharks. All featured heavily in books and films of the 70s and 80s, when bio-horror was at its modern peak. This anthology of military-bio-horror stories takes you back to those classic days. Think Greg McLean’s Rogue, Lake Placid, Eight-legged Freaks, Anaconda, Meg, Prophecy, Deep Blue Sea, and other films/books where people (in this case soldiers) are fighting against mutated or ultra-dangerous animals. Join some of the best writers working today, along with some SNAFU favourites, for an unnaturally good time

SNAFU brought the pain. SNAFU: Wolves at the Door will bring the bite, with soldiers fighting for their lives against were-animals. * * * In the blackest night or under the full moon, danger is lurking. It’s survival at all costs when you’re fighting against an enemy that could tear you apart – or convert you to the other side. Against the backdrop of an untamed wilderness or the dark depths of the city, the ultimate clash between the forces of man and nature rages on. Whether battling the monster within or a war around them – these soldiers may find the cost could prove too great. 

Praleidęs fronte tik šešis mėnesius, šios knygos autorius, kovojęs Rytų fronte kaip snaiperis, iššovė 209 patvirtintus taiklius šūvius. Atsižvelgiant į jo itin trumpą buvimo fronte laiką, jį, ko gero, būtų galima laikyti geriausiu šios kariuomenės rūšies pavieniu kovotoju visame Vokietijos Vermachte. Brunas Sutkus yra apdovanotas itin retu trečios pakopos snaiperio ženkleliu. Šioje knygoje jis išsamiai aprašo savo įvairiapusišką snaiperio patirtį, įgytą fronte. Antroje knygos dalyje pasakojama apie sunkią Bruno Sutkaus dalią, kuri jam teko, pasibaigus karui. Dvidešimt dvejus metus Sutkus praleido tremtyje. Nors jam ne kartą buvo grasinama mirtimi, jis įstengė atsispirti visiems sovietų bandymams jį užverbuoti ir padaryti jų šnipu Vakarų Vokietijoje. Ilgus dešimtmečius sovietai laikė jį savo nelaisvėje ir neleido išvykti iš šalies. Tik 1997 m. iš Rytprūsių kilęs Brunas Sutkus grįžo į savo gimtąją Vokietiją. Šioje knygoje pasakojama ir įdomi, ir tragiška bei itin savita Antrojo pasaulinio karo frontininko gyvenimo istorija

Also published as “The Affair”

TWO novellas by the man who Stephen King says “ROCKS”! An isolated, drought-choked village. A starving community. When something big, red and inhuman crash-lands in a cabbage field, the villagers are divided: is this a scrumptious dragon for the barbecue or a toxic demon to be destroyed? And what if it’s something else entirely? Robert Johnson dreams of spiders, thousands of them. When he wakes, the true nightmare begins: a tube has been attached to his head — to everyone’s — but he’s the only one aware of it. His cozy suburban life unravels into paranoid hallucination as Johnson fights to free himself from the control of unseen forces. “Joseph D’Lacey rocks!”

A girl is found, dead, with a dog wedged in her surgically enlarged throat, turning Detective Gill’s missing persons case into something much darker. Drug addict, Vanessa, has been gone for weeks. Her baby girl too. Gill was already fearing the worst but until he saw that dead girl with the snake jaw, he thought there were lines that people just didn’t cross. But surgeon Gerald Phalanx knows better. There are no limits to his obsession. No lines that he won’t step over. Even if his latest patient is flawed — horribly flawed — Dr Phalanx is certain he can fix nature’s mistakes. He knows he can transform her into his image of feminine perfection. Whether Vanessa likes it or not. After all he does have her baby

The macabre discovery of a truck full of dead Chinese in southern Texas brings together again the American pathologist Margaret Campbell with Li Yan, the Beijing detective with whom she once shared a turbulent personal and professional relationship. Forced back into an uneasy partnership, they set out to identify the Snakehead who is behind the 100-million-dollar trade in illegal Chinese immigrants which led to the tragedy in Texas — only to discover that the victims were also unwitting carriers of a deadly cargo. Li and Margaret have a biological time-bomb of unimaginable proportions on their hands, and an indiscriminate killer who threatens the future of humankind

Praised on both sides of the Atlantic as well as in the author’s native Uganda, Moses Isegawa’s first novel Abyssinian Chronicles was a “big, transcendently ambitious book” (Boston Globe) that “blasts open the tidy borders of the conventional novel and redraws the literary map to reveal a whole new world” (Elle). In Snakepit, Isegawa returns to the surreal, brutalizing landscapes of his homeland during the time of dictator Idi Amin, when interlocking webs of emotional cruelty kept tyrants gratified and servants cooperative, a land where no one — not husbands or wives, parents or lovers — is ever safe from the implacable desires of men in power. Men like General Bazooka, who rues the day he hired Cambridge-educated Bat Katanga as his “Bureaucrat Two”—a man too good at his job — and places in his midst (and his bed) a seductive operative named Victoria, whose mission and motives are anything but simple. Ambitious and acquisitive, more than a little arrogant, Katanga finds himself steadily boxed in by events spiraling madly out of control, where deception, extortion, and murder are just so many cards to be played

This is an imperfect love story between an imperfect man and woman that starts in the early eighties and goes nowhere because happy endings are not how real life works. Mistakes and misfortunes keep them apart until by chance they meet again twenty years later. Despite their emotional baggage, scars, and her reluctance and his doubts, they get together, wondering if they deserve a second chance. This book contains content that may not be suitable for young readers 17 and under

Davina Glentyre's happy young life in Edinburgh was shattered by her mother's death and made even more unbearable by her father's sudden marriage to her new governess. Her one joy was her friendship with a poor but charming student, Jamie, whom her father forbade her to wed. When her father suddenly died from arsenic poisoning, the means, motive, and opportunity all pointed to Davina herself. Alone, she escaped to the colonies in Africa. But with the Boer War came danger and the return of dark secrets from the past that threatened her reputation and her very life

Ever-popular crime and mystery book writer Karin Slaughter gives us a brand new Will Trent novella, exclusively in eBook format. For those of us not familiar with Trent, Slaughter’s hero from many earlier mystery books, this is a great introduction to the agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). Will is relegated to checking airport restrooms for illicit sexual activity as punishment for not keeping his hair at regulation GBI length. While on duty at the Atlanta airport, Trent overhears a young girl in the next restroom cubicle pleading with the man she’s with to be allowed to go home. It could just be an innocent conversation between a child and a parent, but his gut tells him that something’s wrong. Held back by his own self-doubt and a dead cellphone, Will is too late to go to the girl’s aid before she and the man who she’s with disappear into the busy airport. Trent searches desperately for her on his own, but when he can’t find them, he gets the authorities to shut down the airport so they can – he doesn’t care about the disruption, as long as he can find the girl, and get her home

Finally, a candidate representing all Americans—both predator and prey! Tired of politics as usual? Despair not: This election year, Rita Mae Brown has thrown her cat into the ring. Her intrepid feline co-author, Sneaky Pie Brown, is taking time off from her busy schedule writing bestselling mysteries to run for President of the United States. Hail to the Chief: Sneaky Pie heads to the Oval Office with an animal-friendly agenda to unify all Americans—regardless of whether they walk on two or four feet or even if they fly. With help from her friends—the irascible gray cat Pewter, the wise Corgi Tee Tucker, and Tally, the exuberant Jack Russell—Sneaky crisscrosses her home state of Virginia hoping to go where no cat since Socks Clinton has gone: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. In the tradition of her heroine, Sojourner Truth, she takes her case to the masses. Journeying from the lair of the red-shouldered hawk to the nest of the tufted titmouse, from a pasture full of curmudgeonly cows to the stately halls of Monticello, the tenacious tiger cat even secures the chattering support of Thomas Jefferson’s mice. Mice backing a cat for president? Yes, we can! Now, if Sneaky can get the animal community to band together for the common good, why not the humans? After all, who better to get the economy purring again than an honest tabby with authentic political stripes? Human candidates have had their chance in Washington, with dubious results of late: nowhere does it say in the Constitution that the president cannot be a cat. Isn’t it time for real change? Vote Sneaky!

The feline co-author of the irresistible "Mrs. Murphy" mysteries dishes up delectable fare for cats and humans alike in this unique collection of recipes spiced with witty personal anecdotes

‘Something terrible is happening here. Something terrible has already happened.’ Snegurochka opens in Kiev in 1992, one year after Ukraine’s declaration of independence. Rachel, a troubled young English mother, joins her journalist husband on his first foreign posting in the city. Terrified of their apartment’s balcony with its view of the Motherland statue she develops obsessive rituals to keep her three-month old baby safe. Her difficulties expose her to a disturbing endgame between Elena Vasilyevna, the old caretaker, and Mykola Sirko, a shady businessman who sends Rachel a gift. Rachel is the interloper, ignorant, isolated, yet also culpable with her secrets and her estrangements. As consequences bear down she seeks out Zoya, her husband’s caustic-tongued fixer, and Stepan, the boy from upstairs who watches them all. Betrayal is everywhere and home is uncertain, but in the end there are many ways to be a mother

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Māris Rungulis Sniega Cilvēki Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Konkursa "Zvaigznes grāmata 2007. Latviešu orģinālliteratūra bērniem un jauniešiem" laureāts zMifzīīīr® ZVAIGZNES GRĀMATA Māris Rungulis (1950) ir ražīgs un savu lasītāju iemīļots rakstnieks. Viņa darbi, to starpā "Sirsniņsalas", "Gliemežvāks", "Taksis Maksis", "Avenes", ir izvirzīti dažādām labāko un populārāko grāmatu nominācijām, un daudzas ir saņēmušas apbalvojumus un godinājumus. Tīrumieku vidusssķolas avīzes redaktors 8. klases skolnieks Artūrs slēpošanas sacensību laikā pamana sniegā neparasti lielas pēdas. Šis atklājums sagnež kājām gaisā ne tikai redakcijas, bet arī avīzītes aSkolas Ziņas" lasītāju dzivi. Turklāt nezin kāpēc tieši šo Latvijas lapvidu par labu izvēlējušās arī citas noslēpumainas būtnes… Garstāsts"Sniega cilvēki" iepriecinās ne tikvien tos, kuri jau ir laikrakstu un žurnālu lasītāji, bet ari tādus, kas paši var būt autori, ja vien viņus visus patiesi aizrauj fantastiskais, neizputamais, neparastais. ISBN 978 .9934 -0-036l-5 Māksliniece Agija Staka © Māris Rungulis © Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC ISBN 978-9934-0-0312-7

Hanss Kristians Andersens Sniega karaliene No vācu valodas tulkojusi Anna Bauga Ilustrējusi Ilona Ceipe Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīga 1978 Pasaku kamolītis Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis. imantslochmelis@inbox.lv

Džeks Londons Sniega meita Stāsta darbība norisinās Jukonā (Kanāda), galvenā varone Frona Velza - meitene no nodrošnātas labklājīgas ģimenes, Stenfordas absolvente. Velzas tēva paziņas neieredz meiteni par viņas atklāto, vienkāršo dvēseli un tuvajām attiecībām ar zemāko sabiedrības slāņu cilvēkiem, tāpēc Frona aizbrauc uz ziemeļiem, uz Jukonu Kopoti raksti desmit sējumos Sastādījusi Tamāra Zālīte. No angļu valodas tulkojušas Rota Ezeriņa un Helma Lapiņa Mākslinieks Ādolfs Lielais Tulkojums latviešu valodā, -«Liesma», 1974

Jū Nesbē Sniegavīrs Jū Nesbē (Jo Nesbo) ir norvēģu rakstnieks, dziesmu autors, mūziķis un ekonomists. J. Nesbē kā kriminālromānu rakstnieks ir īpašs ar to, ka atklāj ideālās sabiedrības tumšo pusi. Romānu cikls par detektīvu Hariju Holu kļūst arvien populārāks visā pasaulē katra no jauniznākušajām grāmatām nokļūst bestselleru saraksta augšgalā. Viņa darbi jau izdoti 37 valstīs, un to kopējais metiens pārsniedzis 14 miljonus eksemplāru. Naktīs, kad uzsnieg pirmais sniegs, bez vēsts pazūd sievietes. Mājsaimnieces, bērnu mātes, neievērojamas un nezināmas līdz brīdim, kad tuvinieki ziņo par viņu pazušanu. Detektīvam Harijam Holam jānoskaidro, kas ar viņām notiek, bet vienīgā saikne starp vairākiem upuriem ir sniegavīrs viņu sētā un kāda privātklīnika, kurā notiek plastiskās operācijas. Nav iemesla, nav pavedienu ir tikai detektīva intuīcija un nojausmas. Sievietes turpina pazust, un kādā brīdī kļūst skaidrs, ka upura loma paredzēta arī Rākelai, Harija bijušajai mīļotajai. Spēle, kuras likme ir dzīvība, kļūst arvien spraigāka. Kurš ir Sniegavīrs, un kāpēc Harijam vajadzētu viņu pazīt? "Perfekts krimināltrilleris ar daudziem neparastiem sižeta pavērsieniem un absolūti negaidītu atrisinājumu. Harijs Hols visā savā spožumā!" No norvēģu valodas tulkojis Ilmārs Briška Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis The Spectator ISBN 978-9934-0-3157-1 www.e-gramatnica.lv www.zvaigzne.lv Aizraujošākais Jū Nesbē uzrakstītais romāns par Hariju Holu. Romsdal Budstikke Pēc romāna "Sniegavīrs" izlasīšanas es nešaubīdamies pie­šķiru labākā skandināvu kriminālromānu rakstnieka titulu Jū Nesbē. "Sniegavīrs" ir augstākās raudzes kriminālžanra darbu paraugs, tēli ir tikpat spēcīgi kā pats stāsts, ko caurauž ļaunuma atmosfēra, turklāt spriedze nerimst ne uz mirkli. Marcel Berlins, The Times Šad un tad tiek uzrakstīts kāds labs kriminālromāns, kas pār­ņem lasītāju savā varā tikpat spēcīgi kā T. Harisa spriedzes pilnais darbs "Jēru klusēšana". Jū Nesbē lieliskais romāns "Sniegavīrs" pelnījis, ka to salīdzina ar Stīga Lārsona Millennium triloģijas pirmo grāmatu. Sunday Times Jū Nesbē pamazām kļūst par skandināvu kriminālliteratūras jauno zvaigzni. Romāns "Sniegavīrs" ir labākais no Jū Nesbē dar­biem! Jebkādas bažas, ka rakstnieks, atklājot sērijveida slepka­vību izmeklēšanu, varētu būt sevi izsmēlis, ir zudušas. Jū Nesbē meistarīgi ir apvienojis spriedzes pārpilnu trilleri un cilvēcisko attiecību sarežģītos līkločus. Barry Forshaw, Independent Jū Nesbē "Sniegavīrs" skandināvu brīnums! Der Tagespiegel Jo NesbB SN0MANNEN Copyright © Jo Nesbo 2007 Published by agreement with Salomonsson Agency. Translation copyright © 2012 This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA. Arņa Kilbloka vāka dizains Visas šī darba tiesības ir aizsargātas. Izdevumu reproducēt, kopēt vai citādi pavairot un izplatīt aizliegts bez apgāda rakstiskas atļaujas. © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Ilmārs Briška © Izdevums latviešu valodā. Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC Hjirstenai Hammervolai Nesbē

SNIEGAVĪRS DAUGAVA Izdevējs — SIA «DAUGAVA» Ltd» 226002 Rīgā, Mārupes ielā 10a Māras Kalvanes zīmējumi Nodots salikšanai 28.10.91. g. Parakstīts iespiešanai 5.11.91. g. Formāts 60X84/16^ Ofseta tehnikā. 1,86 uzsk. iespiedloksnes. Līgumcena. Tirāža 15.000 eks. Pasūtījums Nr. 1314. Reģistrācijas apliecība Nr. .2-0065. Iespiests R/a «Poligrāfists» 2. cehā Doma 1. 1

Brāļi Grimmi Sniegbaltīte un septiņi rūķīši Ilustrējusi Š.Škopa tulkojis Ernests Birznieks-Upītis Liesma 1971 Noskanējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv

Nele Noihausa Sniegbaltītei jāmirst Tobiass Sartoriuss ir tikko iznācis no cietuma, kur pavadījis desmit gadus. Par Tobiasa atgriešanos priecājas tikai tēvs un bērnu dienu draudzene Natālija. Dzimtajā Altenhainas-« ciematiņā Tobiasa ierašanās uzjunda nelāgas emocijas, jo puisis tika notiesāts par divu vietējo meiteņu slepkavību. Vir^rio. • kaislības, un teju teju kaut kam ir jānotiek... Tostarp izmeklētāji Pia Kirhofa un Olivers fon Bodenšteins tiek izsaukti uz savāda satiksmes negadījuma vietu - sieviete no gājēju tiltiņa nokritusi uz braucošas mašīnas. Vienīgais negadījuma aculiecinieks apgalvo, ka sievietj ņo dļdņa "kāds nogrūdis. Apstākļi sarežģās vēl vairāk, kad iznjeMētāji uzzina, upura vārdļi: tā ir Tobiasa māte,' kura pēc dēla apcietināšanas, mainījusi uzvārdu un dzīvesvietu. Šajā laikā būvlaukumā tiek atraus jaunas sieviete? sķeletS, bet Altenhainā pazūd vēl viena meitene. Aizdomas. atkaļ krīt -uz Tobiasu. Kamēr izmeklētāji mēģina atrast vainīgo, Altenhainas iedzīvotāji nolemj rīkoties paši... Nele Noihausa (1967) ir vācu rakstniece. Viņas populārākie darbi ir romānu sērija par izmeklētājiem Oliveru fon Bodenšteinu un Piu Kirhofu -tie tulkoti un izdoti daudzās pasaules valstīs. No vācu valodas tulkojusi Jana Vērdiņa Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Jana Vērdiņa, 2014

Salla Simuka Sniegbaltītes triloģija-1. Sārta kā asinis Viņas lūpas nav sārtas kā asinis, āda nav balta kā sniegs un mati nav melni kā ogle, tomēr Lumiki zina, kā izdzīvot vistumšākajā mežā un izturēt vissmagākos pārbaudījumus… Nebāz degunu svešās darīšanās! Tas ir Lumiki moto, tomēr notikumi paši ievelk meiteni baisu noziegumu virpulī. Seko e-pasta uzlaušana, izsekošana, slepenas telefonsarunas, līdz beidzot šķietami labi pārdomāts plāns noved Lumiki vietējā narkobarona pasaku ballītē. Un viņai ir jātop par Sniegbaltīti sārtu kā asinis, baltu kā sniegs, melnu kā ogle. Salla Simuka (dz. 1981), somu rakstniece, pasaules atpazīstamību ieguvusi ar spriedzes piesātināto trilleri The Snow White Trilogy (Sniegbaltītes triloģija); tā izdošanas tiesības pārdotas jau 46 izdevējiem. Mediji Sallu Simuku nodēvējuši par Jū Nesbē un Stīga Lārsona jaunāku prototipu, viņas darbi novērtēti ar vairākām literārām balvām, tostarp Topelius Prize (2012) un Finland Prize (2013). No somu valodas tulkojusi Anete Kona Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Vāka dizainu adaptēja Ilze Isaka Redaktore Elīna Vanaga © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Anete Kona, 2014

Salla Simuka Sniegbaltītes triloģija-2. Balta kā sniegs Lumiki Andersone ir nolēmusi izbaudīt vasaru Prāgā, tālu prom no ziņkārīgiem skatieniem un ģimenes noslēpumiem. Atpūta tik tiešām ir izdevusies… līdz brīdim, kad viņu uzrunā agrāk neredzēta meitene. Svešinieces acīs vīd bailes, un viņa apgalvo, ka esot Lumiki masa. Tajā pašā laikā mediju koncerna vadītāja Vera Sovākova gatavo nozīmīgāko TV sižetu savā mūžā. Viņa zina, ka cilvēki alkst pēc sensācijām, un tieši to viņa var piedāvāt īstas bailes, patiesas ciešanas un nevainīgus upurus. Jo tieši šodien Baltās ģimenes Tevs ir nolēmis ievest savas kopienas ļaudis jaunā dzīvē. Caur dziedinošu uguni. Pēc baisajiem ziemas notikumiem Lumiki ir nolē­musi izbaudīt vasaru Prāgā, tālu prom no ziņkārīgiem skatieniem un ģimenes noslēpumiem. Neviens viņai netraucē, neviens nezvana, neuzmācas ar jautāju­miem. Atpūta tik tiešām ir izdevusies… līdz brīdim, kad viņu uzrunā agrāk neredzēta meitene. Svešiniece ir tērpusies sniegbaltās lina drānās, viņas acīs vīd bai­les, un viņa apgalvo, ka esot Lumiki māsa. Tajā pašā laikā mediju koncerna vadītāja Vera Sovākova gatavo nozīmīgāko TV sižetu savā mūžā. Viņa zina, ka cilvēki alkst pēc sensācijām, un tieši to viņa var piedāvāt īstas bailes, patiesas ciešanas un nevai­nīgus upurus. Jo tieši šodien Baltās ģimenes Tēvs ir nolēmis ievest savas kopienas ļaudis jaunā dzīvē. Caur dziedinošu uguni. Vai ir iespējams labāks sižets par cilvēcīgu traģē­diju? Salla Simuka (1981) ir jauniešu grāmatu autore un literatūras kritiķe no Tamperes. Viņas triloģija par somu meitenes Lumiki Andersones piedzīvojumiem publicēta jau vairāk nekā 40 valstīs.Salla Simuka (dz. 1981), somu rakstniece, pasaules atpazīstamibu ieguvusi ar spriedzes piesātināto trilleri The Snow White Trilogy (Sniegbaltītes triloģija); tā izdošanas tiesības pārdotas jau 46 izdevējiem. Mediji Sallu Simuku nodēvējuši par Jū Nesbē un Stīga Lārsona jaunāku prototipu, viņas darbi novērtēti ar vairākām literārām balvām, tostarp Topelius Prize (2012) un Finland Prize (2013). No somu valodas tulkojusi Gunta Pāvola Salla Siniukka Valkea kuin lumi Vaka dizains © Laura Lyytinen Vāka dizainam izmantota fotogrāfija © Shutterstock Vāka dizainu adaptēja Ilze Isaka Salla Simuka balta kā sniegs Redaktore Elīna Vanaga © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Gunta Pāvola, 2014

Salla Simuka Sniegbaltītes triloģija-3. Melna kā ogle Tuvojoties Ziemassvētkiem, Tamperes mākslas vidusskolā top provocējošs iestudējums Sniegbaltītes tēmas interpretācija, kurā galveno lomu, bez šaubām, spēlē Lumiki Andersone. Lai gan uz skatuves valda tumšas kaislības, Lumiki īstā dzīve beidzot ir patīkami mierīga. Prāgā piedzīvotais sāk aizmirsties, uguns­grēkā iegūtās brūces ir sadzijušas, un viņai ir jauns draugs gādīgais un saprotošais skolas biedrs Sampsa. Tomēr pāris nedēļu pirms svētkiem Lumiki mieru satricina dīvaina vēstule. To ir sūtījis slepens pielū­dzējs, kura mīlestība kļuvusi par apsēstību. Viņš dēvē sevi par Ēnu un draud pārvērst pirmizrādi asinspirtī, ja Lumiki nepakļausies viņa prasībām. Mēģinot noskaid­rot, kurš sūtījis biedējošās vēstules, meitene sastopas ar savas pagātnes tumšākajiem noslēpumiem. Vai tie­šām viņai reiz bijusi māsa? Un kas ar viņu noticis? Laika vairs nav daudz, drīz jānotiek pirmizrādei, bet Lumiki vēl aizvien nezina, kā uzveikt bīstamo vajātāju. Turklāt viņai nav ne jausmas, kurš tas varētu būt… Tuvojoties Ziemassvētkiem, Tamperes mākslas skolā top provocējošs iestudējums Sniegbaltītes tēmas interpretācija, kurā galveno lomu spēlē Lumiki Andersone. Uz skatuves valda nervus kutinoša spriedze, turklāt Lumiki saņem dīvainu vēstuli. Tās sūtītājs dēvē sevi par Ēnu un draud pārvērst pirmizrādi asinspirtī, ja Lumiki nepakļausies viņa prasībām. Laika vairs nav daudz, drīz jānotiek pirmizrādei, bet Lumiki vēl aizvien nezina, kā uzveikt bīstamo vajātāju. Turklāt viņai nav ne jausmas, kurš tas varētu būt… Salla Simuka (dz. 1981), somu rakstniece, pasaules atpazlstamību ieguvusi ar spriedzes piesātināto trilleri The Snow White Trilogy (Sniegbaltītes triloģija); tā izdošanas tiesības pārdotas jau 46 izdevējiem. Mediji Sallu Simuku nodēvējuši par Jū Nesbē un Stiga Lārsona jaunāku prototipu, viņas darbi novērtēti ar vairākām literārām balvām, tostarp Topelius Prize (2012) un Finland Prize (2013). No somu valodas tulkojusi Kristīne Sončika Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Aizraujošā triloģija par somu meitenes Lumiki Andersones piedzīvojumiem publicēta jau vairāk nekā 40 valstīs. Salla Simuka (1981) ir jauniešu grāmatu autore un literatūras kritiķe no Tamperes. 2012. gadā viņa saņēmusi Topelius balvu par romāniem Jāljellā un Toisaalla, bet 2013. gadā Somijas balvu, ko piešķir Somijas Izglītības un kultūras ministrija. Salla Simukka Musta kuin eebenpuu Copyright © Salla Simukka, 2014 Original edition published by Tammi Publishers. Vāka dizainu adaptēja Ilze Isaka © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Kristīne Sončika, 2014

Atostogaudamas Japonijos šiaurės kalnuose, Šimamura – lengvabūdis iš Tokijo – susipažįsta su provincijos geiša Komako. Tarp vyro ir moters įsiplieskia aistra. Su kiekviena vyro kelione į kalnus ji liepsnoja vis stipriau. Bet Šimamura traukinyje sutinka kitą moterį – jaunutę mergaitę Joko ir negali jos pamiršti, kaip ir juslingosios Komako. Neįstengdamas atsisakyti nei kūniškų Komako žaidimų, nei paslaptingų tyrosios Joko žvilgsnių, vyras įkliūva į jausmų trikampį

Tarp miškų įsikūrusio mažo miestelio gyvenimą gaubia mistinės paslaptys. Garsi vaikų rašytoja Laura Sniegė čia subūrusi literatų draugiją, kurios nauja nare tampa jauna mokytoja Ela Milana. Per žiemos pokylį rašytoja netikėtai dingsta savo namuose apstulbusių svečių akivaizdoje. Ela ima tirti šį įvykį ir kitus paranormalius reiškinius, susijusius su draugijos nariais. Nenorom ji įtraukiama į keistą psichologinį literatų žaidimą, kurio taisyklės išties grėsmingos… Intriguojantis romano siužetas supintas iš siaubo ir mistikos, detektyvo ir juodojo humoro elementų. Daugybę premijų pelniusio suomių autoriaus stilių kritikai įvardija kaip magiškąjį realizmą

Iraq, 2004. Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment, were supposed to be winning hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives… Within hours of the battalion’s arrival in Iraq, a grenade bounced off one of their Land Rovers, rolled underneath, and detonated. The ambush marked the beginning of a full-scale firefight during which Mills killed a man with a round that removed his assailant’s head. The mission had already gone from bad to worse. Throat-burning winds, blast bombs, and militias armed with AKs, RPGs, and a limitless supply of mortar rounds were the icing on the cake for Mills and his men. For the next six months—isolated, besieged, and under constant fire—their battalion refused to give an inch. This is thebreathtaking true chronicle of their endurance, camaraderie, dark humor, and courage in the face of relentless, lethal assault

In this tour de force—part historical thriller, part modern adventure—from the New York Times bestselling author of I, Sniper, Bob Lee Swagger uncovers why WWII’s greatest sniper was erased from history… and why her disappearance still matters today. Ludmilla “Mili” Petrova was once the most hunted woman on earth, having raised the fury of two of the most powerful leaders on either side of World War II: Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. But Kathy Reilly of The Washington Post doesn’t know any of that when she encounters a brief mention of Mili in an old Russian propaganda magazine, and becomes interested in the story of a legendary, beautiful female sniper who seems to have vanished from history. Reilly enlists former marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger to parse out the scarce details of Mili’s military service. The more Swagger learns about Mili’s last mission, the more he’s convinced her disappearance was no accident—but why would the Russian government go to such lengths to erase the existence of one of their own decorated soldiers? And why, when Swagger joins Kathy Reilly on a research trip to the Carpathian Mountains, is someone trying to kill them before they can find out? As Bob Lee Swagger, “one of the finest series characters ever to grace the thriller genre, now and forever” (Providence Journal-Bulletin), races to put the pieces together, Sniper's Honor takes readers across oceans and time in an action-packed, compulsive read

Sniper opens in October 1998 near Buffalo, NY. A man is alone in the dark in a forest. He clutches an assault rifle and is thinking about his mission. “You can cut holes in the fences around the death camps,” he thinks. “A trickle of relief in the abortion holocaust. It is your duty to do it.” He nestles the rifle into his shoulder and shoots at his target through the back window of a house, then flees. Barnett Sepia, a doctor who provides abortions, is fatally wounded. The shooter is James Kopp, the son of a Marine, who came to embrace the pro-life cause and ultimately the notion of “justifiable homicide”: against abortion providers. Kopp fancies himself a lone wolf in the movement; a celibate man driven to “defend the unborn.” He is nicknamed “Atomic Dog” in the movement and helps orchestrate assaults on abortion clinics. As the story unfolds, he becomes the central figure in an international manhunt for multiple shootings in Canada. On the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted list, Kopp flees to Mexico, Ireland, and France. Award-winning journalist Jon wells followed Kopp’s footsteps, traveled to his hometown, and interviewed investigators in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and France to tell this gripping detective story and dark psychological drama

Here, published in a single volume as Faulkner always hoped they would be, are the three novels that comprise the famous Snopes trilogy, a saga that stands as perhaps the greatest feat of Faulkner’s imagination. The Hamlet, the first book of the series chronicling the advent and rise of the grasping Snopes family in mythical Yoknapatawpha County, is a work that Cleanth Brooks called “one of the richest novels in the Faulkner canon.” It recounts how the wily, cunning Flem Snopes dominates the rural community of Frenchman’s Bend—and claims the voluptuous Eula Varner as his bride. The Town, the second novel, records Flem’s ruthless struggle to take over the county seat of Jefferson, Mississippi. Finally, The Mansion tells of Mink Snopes, whose archaic sense of honor brings about the downfall of his cousin Flem. “For all his concerns with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man,” noted Ralph Ellison. “Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics.”

A brutal snowstorm has blanketed the area and brought with it translucent phantoms that invade humans and drive them to murder

American-born Thompson, who's lived in Finland for the past decade, offers a bleak look at the ravages of that country's long, dark winter as well as intriguing glimpses of Finnish culture in his solid U.S. debut, the first in a new crime series. Shortly before Christmas, Kari Vaara, the police chief of the Lapland town of Kittilä, gets a phone call informing him that the body of Sufia Elmi, a Somali refugee and minor film star, has been found in a snowfield on a reindeer farm. The victim has also been mutilated, perhaps raped, and a racial slur carved into her flesh. When Kari's ex-wife's lover becomes the prime suspect, Kari spurns the chance to recuse himself and presses on. The winter hazards of alcoholism, suicide and murder all play a part as Kari uncovers more suspects. Sufia's imperious father, Abdi Barre, who was a doctor in his native country and now runs a cleaning service, puts added pressure on Kari. Tangled smalltown relationships and lust also fuel this noirish thriller

With just three novels to their credit-as well as rave reviews and a shelf full of awards-the duo known as P. J. Tracy are on the fast track to superstardom. Already major bestselling authors in the UK, the brilliant creators of the Monkeewrench team and their law-abiding counterparts on the Minneapolis PD are setting a new standard for the modern thriller, combining brilliant plotting, razor-sharp dialogue, and vivid characters into a potent brew. And now, with Snow Blind, this duo gives us their most original and irresistible novel yet. Nothing's bleaker than Minneapolis during the winter, the season that, to some longtime residents, lasts eleven months of the year. So what better way to bring a little cheer to the good people of the city than by sponsoring an old-fashioned snowman-building contest? In a matter of hours, a local park is filled with the innocent laughter of children and their frosty creations. But things take an awful turn when the dead bodies of Minneapolis police officers are discovered inside two of the snowmen- sending the MPD and Detectives Magozzi and Rolseth on high alert. The next day, Iris Rikker, the newly minted sheriff of rural Dundas County, comes across another dead cop. Fearing that Rikker's inexperience will hamper the investigation, Magozzi and Rolseth head north-in a blizzard-to hunt for clues. As Grace MacBride and her crack computer jocks at Monkeewrench comb cyber-murder websites for connections, a terrifying link emerges, connecting the dead cops, Magozzi and Rolseth, and Monkeewrench-a link that must be broken, before it's too late

KOTIS recruits Oriel and Maxen just wanted to get their gaming guild together for Snow Day, but failed to factor jealousy into their plans. On a day that has come to celebrate families and friendship, it can be hard to be kinless. A turning of the year piece of Touchstone fluff (one for the fans, not recommended for new readers)

In the year 1947, Michael Devlin, eleven years old and 100 percent American-Irish, is about to forge an extraordinary bond with a refugee of war named Rabbi Judah Hirsch. Standing united against a common enemy, they will summon from ancient sources a power in desperately short supply in modern Brooklyn — a force that’s forgotten by most of the world but is known to believers as magic

Kseniya Melnik's Snow in May introduces a cast of characters bound by their relationship to the port town of Magadan in Russia's Far East, a former gateway for prisoners assigned to Stalin’s forced-labor camps. Comprised of a surprising mix of newly minted professionals, ex-prisoners, intellectuals, musicians, and faithful Party workers, the community is vibrant and resilient and life in Magadan thrives even under the cover of near-perpetual snow. By blending history and fable, each of Melnik's stories transports us somewhere completely new: a married Magadan woman considers a proposition from an Italian footballer in '70s Moscow; an ailing young girl visits a witch doctor’s house where nothing is as it seems; a middle-aged dance teacher is entranced by a new student’s raw talent; a former Soviet boss tells his granddaughter the story of a thorny friendship; and a woman in 1958 jumps into a marriage with an army officer far too soon. Weaving in and out of the last half of the twentieth century, Snow in May is an inventive, gorgeously rendered, and touching portrait of lives lived on the periphery where, despite their isolation — and perhaps because of it — the most seemingly insignificant moments can be beautiful, haunting, and effervescent

Godmother and Snow Queen, Aleksia's main job is to support the Tradition by abducting young men about to turn bad, and putting them through a trial to show them the error of their ways. She sometimes worries that she is becoming as cold as her own Ice Palace. But then come the rumours of a wicked Snow Witch, freezing whole villages to death, and claiming to be the Snow Queen. Aleksia has to set off on her own adventure to sort things out

Jim Burke is under pressure. About to hit the half-way point in his three score years and ten and about to be someone’s dad, he’s struggling to balance life with work and a worsening red bull and e-cigarette habit. He’s got a lot more going on than anyone really knows, including himself. It doesn’t help when there seems to be a sudden drug war with a mounting body count and you’re the Detective Inspector on the case. Victor wants to be a one stop sin shop. He’ll sell you everything you ever wanted, and a whole lot more you didn’t. The Russian Mafia isn’t what it was though. You just can’t get the staff these days. A small Scottish town has received a big investment from an offshore holding company. But what are the new owners of the old military base up to? Andy and his mates thought they’d have a laugh finding out. They might have bitten off a little more than they can chew. Snow Storm is a crime novel with a dark comic edge, set across the backdrops of Edinburgh and Galloway

Shimmering blonde hair framing an exquisite pale face. Deep green eyes, a generous mouth. Matthew Hope took one look and fell instantly in love. Sarah Whittaker had everything: stunning good looks, youth, money, social standing. Everything, that is, but her freedom. Because Sarah Whittaker was currently residing, against her inclinations and her will, in Knott’s Retreat — familiarly known to the residents of Florida’s booming West Coast as Nut’s Retreat. In the State of Florida, County of Calusa, Sarah Whittaker was a certified paranoid schizophrenic. That’s what the doctors said. It’s what her widowed mother said. It’s what the court-ordered psychiatric commitment papers said. It was not what Sarah Whittaker said — and that was why she had called Matthew Hope. Would he, she asked, act as her attorney and fight for her freedom — not to mention fighting for the $650,000 left her by her father and now controlled by her mother. Hope might have lost his heart, but he hadn’t lost his wits. He probed Sarah’s story of a mother driven by hate to confine her only child to a mental institution and decided she was telling the truth. He took the case. And in so doing was led into a hall of mirrors in which reality and delusion blurred into murder, mutilation, and the greatest danger Hope had ever known