Alternative histories (Fiction)

  • Darwinia

    Creator

    Wilson, Robert Charles

    Abstract

    In 1912 world history is changed by the Miracle. The old world of Europe is replaced by a land known as Darwinia, a strange jungle full of antediluvian monsters. Some people seize the opportunity to carve out a new empire and America is ruled by religious fundamentalists. When young Guildford Law undertakes a journey of exploration to Darwinia he has a stunning revelation about mankind's destiny in the universe. c1998.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York : TOR, c1998

    Toronto

    Center for Equitable Library Access

    Not specified
  • The gryphon's skull

    Creator

    Turtledove, Harry

    Abstract

    Soon after their successful return to Rhodes, cousins Menedemos and Sostratos find that Greece is a dangerous place after the death of Alexander. Various factions fight and vie for power, and the neutrality of Rhodes itself is threatened as opposing forces maneuver for advantage in the eastern Mediterranean.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Singer distance

    Creator

    Chatagnier, Ethan

    Abstract

    In December 1960, Crystal Singer, her boyfriend Rick, and three other MIT grad students take a cross-country road trip from Boston to Arizona to paint a message in the desert. Mars has been silent for thirty years, since the last time Earth solved one of the mathematical proofs the Martian civilization carved onto its surface. The latest proof, which seems to assert contradictory truths about distance, has resisted human understanding for decades.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Life after life : Todd Family, book 1

    Creator

    Atkinson, Kate

    Abstract

    What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Reagan Arthur Books / Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • Clockwork prince

    Creator

    Westwick, Ed

    Lind, Heather

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    It's time--for the riveting sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling Clockwork Angel! The situation at the London Institute has never been more precarious. With Mortmain and his clockwork army still threatening, the Council wants to strip Charlotte of her power and hand the running of the Enclave over to the unscrupulous and power-hungry Benedict Lightwood ...

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Clockwork angel

    Creator

    Clare, Cassandra

    Abstract

    Magic is dangerous-but love is more dangerous still. Discover the riveting first audiobook in the #1 New York TimesIn a time when Shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness, one battle will change the course of history forever. Welcome to the Infernal Devices trilogy, a stunning and dangerous prequel to the New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series. The year is 1878. Tessa Gray descends into London's dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster

    Not specified
  • An easy death (dramatized adaptation) : Gunnie Rose, book 1

    Creator

    Harris, Charlaine

    Abstract

    Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they're at a desperate crossroad, even if they won't admit it. They're searching through the small border towns near Mexico, trying to locate a low-level magic practitioner, Oleg Karkarov.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [United States]

    GraphicAudio

    Not specified
  • An easy death : Gunnie Rose, book 1

    Creator

    Harris, Charlaine

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times bestseller Charlaine Harris (Sookie Stackhouse mysteries, True Blood, Midnight Crossing) delivers the first thriller in a new trilogy that presents a chilling alternate history of the United States where everyone believes in magic-but no one is sure whether they can trust it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick, Md.

    Recorded Books

    Not specified
  • Beat the devils : Morris Baker, book 1

    Creator

    Weiss, Josh

    Abstract

    Set in an alternate US during the height of the Red Scare, this is the story of a country where terror and paranoia rises unchecked, and one LAPD detective stumbles on a dangerous conspiracy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • The embroidered book

    Creator

    Heartfield, Kate

    Abstract

    1768. Charlotte, daughter of the Habsburg Empress, arrives in Naples to marry a man she has never met. Her sister Antoine is sent to France, and in the mirrored corridors of Versailles they rename her Marie Antoinette. When they were only children, the sisters discovered a book of spells that work with dark and unpredictable consequences. In a time of vicious court politics, they use the book to take control of their lives. But every spell requires a sacrifice. And as love between the sisters turns to rivalry, they will send Europe spiraling into revolution.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    HarperCollins

    Not specified