Bücher von David Walton

PAST AND FUTURE CLASH in the final book of this globe-spanning paleontology thriller trilogy. The threat of extinction by killer organism leads to world war as national powers vie to control the powerful technology uncovered in Thailand. Samira and her team are on the run from the United States government, even as a Chinese paleontologist mirrors their discoveries and resists her own government's demands. Will the ancient creatures they found turn the tide and save humanity before it tears itself apart?

"Walton has brought hard sci-fi roaring back to life." -WALL STREET JOURNALTHE PAST TURNS DEADLY in this sequel to the globe-spanning paleontology thriller Living Memory. Ancient genetic technology drives world politics as China and the US vie for the power contained in Thailand's fossil deposits. Deep in an underground CIA facility, Samira studies an unprecedented find but fears her discoveries will be used as a weapon. Meanwhile, from the depths of the ocean, a killer organism surfaces that hasn't been seen in two hundred and fifty million years. Will world powers share what they know in time to save humanity?"The literary heir of Michael Crichton. LIVING MEMORY packs an exciting thriller with intriguing science." -Craig DiLouie, author of THE CHILDREN OF RED PEAK"Walton brings rich detail to the concept of scientifically adept dinosaurs who recorded their memories for posterity on the eve of their extinction and keeps the modern timeline just as gripping with tense geopolitics, smugglers, and resurrected mammoths and dodos. Readers will be hooked." -Publishers Weekly"Living Memory is first-rate hard science fiction. Michael Crichton would approve and so do I. Highly recommended!" - The Internet Review of Books"David Walton is one of our very best writers of science-fiction thrillers." -Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Quantum Night

Five hundred years ago, in an alternate Age of Exploration, the earth is flat. Alchemy is a true science, sea monsters menace the oceans, and Europe is embroiled in religious controversy. At the edge of the world, where the stars reach down close to the Earth, wonders abound. This drives the bravest explorers to the beckoning Western Ocean.Christopher Sinclair is an alchemist who cares only about one thing: quintessence, a substance he believes will grant magical powers and immortality. And he has a ship.Fleeing an inquisition, physician Stephen Parris follows Sinclair to an island that perches upon the farthest horizon, bringing his daughter Catherine with him. The island teems with fantastical animals and alluring mysteries...and may even harbor the most coveted secret of all ... in this novel by David Walton.

In this study of 'De Profundis,' Wilde is fashioned as a complex, and often ambiguous, writer. The author examines Wilde's resourcefulness and improvisation skills in adopting essentialist or anti-essentialist positions for his own strategic ends, challenging the idea that Wilde was simply a tragic victim defeated by the penal system.

This collective volume explores the 'spatial turn' in literary and cultural studies and brings together studies of contemporary English-speaking literature that apply spatial theory to the analysis of literary texts. Themes include abjection, espionage, discipline, post-human identities, urban geographies, dystopia and coercive medical practices.

Presents an introduction to the practice of cultural studies. Full of practical exercises that will get students thinking and writing about the issues they encounter, this book offers its readers the conceptual tools to practice cultural analysis for themselves.