Author: James Tynion IV
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401290094
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
ÒIntroduces the reader to a secret history of the DC Universe.Ó ÑComicosity Since time immemorial, a secret war has been waged beyond the edges of human understanding. Two siblingsÑthe Immortal Man and the Infinite WomanÑhave fought over humanityÕs destiny. To help mankind, the Immortal Man has gifted part of his life force to a unique group of metahumans. Using their incredible powers, they aid him in his battle. They are the Immortal Men. And now they are dead. All but a handful of Immortal Men have been wiped out by the Infinite Woman and her deadly hunters. Now the fate of this timeless battle rests in the hands of one teenage boy named Caden Park. But why are eternal beings interested in Caden? He seems to have the power to read people with a touch, but that shouldnÕt be enough to tip the scales in a millennia-old war. If Caden canÕt figure out what makes him so special, heÕll be the last person ever tapped to join the Immortal MenÉand the latest one to die! From the minds of some of comicsÕ greatest creators comes a new vision of a super-team for DCÕs New Age of Heroes! Spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, legendary artist Jim Lee (Batman, Justice League) and writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) introduce The Immortal Men! Also featuring art by creators Ryan Benjamin (The Odyssey of the Amazons) and Tyler Kirkham (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)! Collects issues #1-6.
The Immortal Men: The End of Forever
Author: James Tynion IV
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401290094
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
ÒIntroduces the reader to a secret history of the DC Universe.Ó ÑComicosity Since time immemorial, a secret war has been waged beyond the edges of human understanding. Two siblingsÑthe Immortal Man and the Infinite WomanÑhave fought over humanityÕs destiny. To help mankind, the Immortal Man has gifted part of his life force to a unique group of metahumans. Using their incredible powers, they aid him in his battle. They are the Immortal Men. And now they are dead. All but a handful of Immortal Men have been wiped out by the Infinite Woman and her deadly hunters. Now the fate of this timeless battle rests in the hands of one teenage boy named Caden Park. But why are eternal beings interested in Caden? He seems to have the power to read people with a touch, but that shouldnÕt be enough to tip the scales in a millennia-old war. If Caden canÕt figure out what makes him so special, heÕll be the last person ever tapped to join the Immortal MenÉand the latest one to die! From the minds of some of comicsÕ greatest creators comes a new vision of a super-team for DCÕs New Age of Heroes! Spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, legendary artist Jim Lee (Batman, Justice League) and writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) introduce The Immortal Men! Also featuring art by creators Ryan Benjamin (The Odyssey of the Amazons) and Tyler Kirkham (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)! Collects issues #1-6.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401290094
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
ÒIntroduces the reader to a secret history of the DC Universe.Ó ÑComicosity Since time immemorial, a secret war has been waged beyond the edges of human understanding. Two siblingsÑthe Immortal Man and the Infinite WomanÑhave fought over humanityÕs destiny. To help mankind, the Immortal Man has gifted part of his life force to a unique group of metahumans. Using their incredible powers, they aid him in his battle. They are the Immortal Men. And now they are dead. All but a handful of Immortal Men have been wiped out by the Infinite Woman and her deadly hunters. Now the fate of this timeless battle rests in the hands of one teenage boy named Caden Park. But why are eternal beings interested in Caden? He seems to have the power to read people with a touch, but that shouldnÕt be enough to tip the scales in a millennia-old war. If Caden canÕt figure out what makes him so special, heÕll be the last person ever tapped to join the Immortal MenÉand the latest one to die! From the minds of some of comicsÕ greatest creators comes a new vision of a super-team for DCÕs New Age of Heroes! Spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, legendary artist Jim Lee (Batman, Justice League) and writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) introduce The Immortal Men! Also featuring art by creators Ryan Benjamin (The Odyssey of the Amazons) and Tyler Kirkham (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)! Collects issues #1-6.
The Immortal Men: The End of Forever (New Age of Heroes)
Author: James Tynion IV
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1401283306
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since time immemorial, a secret war has been waged beyond the edges of human understanding. Two siblings--the Immortal Man and the Infinite Woman--have fought over humanity's destiny. To help mankind, the Immortal Man has gifted part of his life force to a unique group of metahumans. Using their incredible powers, they aid him in his battle. They are the Immortal Men. And now they are dead. All but a handful of Immortal Men have been wiped out by the Infinite Woman and her deadly hunters. Now the fate of this timeless battle rests in the hands of one teenage boy named Caden Park. But why are eternal beings interested in Caden? He seems to have the power to read people with a touch, but that shouldn't be enough to tip the scales in a millennia-old war. If Caden can't figure out what makes him so special, he'll be the last person ever tapped to join the Immortal Men...and the latest one to die! From the minds of some of comics' greatest creators comes a new vision of a super-team for DC's New Age of Heroes! Spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, legendary artist Jim Lee (Batman, Justice League) and writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) introduce The Immortal Men! Also featuring art by creators Ryan Benjamin (The Odyssey of the Amazons) and Tyler Kirkham (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)! Collects issues #1-6.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1401283306
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Since time immemorial, a secret war has been waged beyond the edges of human understanding. Two siblings--the Immortal Man and the Infinite Woman--have fought over humanity's destiny. To help mankind, the Immortal Man has gifted part of his life force to a unique group of metahumans. Using their incredible powers, they aid him in his battle. They are the Immortal Men. And now they are dead. All but a handful of Immortal Men have been wiped out by the Infinite Woman and her deadly hunters. Now the fate of this timeless battle rests in the hands of one teenage boy named Caden Park. But why are eternal beings interested in Caden? He seems to have the power to read people with a touch, but that shouldn't be enough to tip the scales in a millennia-old war. If Caden can't figure out what makes him so special, he'll be the last person ever tapped to join the Immortal Men...and the latest one to die! From the minds of some of comics' greatest creators comes a new vision of a super-team for DC's New Age of Heroes! Spinning out of Dark Nights: Metal, legendary artist Jim Lee (Batman, Justice League) and writer James Tynion IV (Detective Comics) introduce The Immortal Men! Also featuring art by creators Ryan Benjamin (The Odyssey of the Amazons) and Tyler Kirkham (Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps)! Collects issues #1-6.
All Men are Mortal
Author: Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
After a beautiful and accomplished young actress revives a downcast stranger at a French resort, he reveals that he is immortal.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393308457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
After a beautiful and accomplished young actress revives a downcast stranger at a French resort, he reveals that he is immortal.
Immortality
Author: Stephen Cave
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307884937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
If you could live forever, would you want to? Both a fascinating look at the history of our strive for immortality and an investigation into whether living forever is really all it’s cracked up to be. A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains, Stephen Cave investigates whether it just might be possible to live forever and whether we should want to. He also makes a powerful argument that it’s our very preoccupation with defying mortality that drives civilization. Central to this book is the metaphor of a mountaintop where one can find the Immortals. Since the dawn of humanity, everyone – whether they know it or not—has been trying to climb that mountain. But there are only four paths up its treacherous slope, and there have only ever been four paths. Throughout history, people have wagered everything on their choice of the correct path, and fought wars against those who’ve chosen differently. In drawing back the curtain on what compels humans to “keep on keeping on,” Cave engages the reader in a number of mind-bending thought experiments. He teases out the implications of each immortality gambit, asking, for example, how long a person would live if they did manage to acquire a perfectly disease-free body. Or what would happen if a super-being tried to round up the atomic constituents of all who’ve died in order to resurrect them. Or what our loved ones would really be doing in heaven if it does exist. We’re confronted with a series of brain-rattling questions: What would happen if tomorrow humanity discovered that there is no life but this one? Would people continue to please their boss, vie for the title of Year’s Best Salesman? Would three-hundred-year projects still get started? If the four paths up the Mount of the Immortals lead nowhere—if there is no getting up to the summit—is there still reason to live? And can civilization survive? Immortality is a deeply satisfying book, as optimistic about the human condition as it is insightful about the true arc of history.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0307884937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
If you could live forever, would you want to? Both a fascinating look at the history of our strive for immortality and an investigation into whether living forever is really all it’s cracked up to be. A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains, Stephen Cave investigates whether it just might be possible to live forever and whether we should want to. He also makes a powerful argument that it’s our very preoccupation with defying mortality that drives civilization. Central to this book is the metaphor of a mountaintop where one can find the Immortals. Since the dawn of humanity, everyone – whether they know it or not—has been trying to climb that mountain. But there are only four paths up its treacherous slope, and there have only ever been four paths. Throughout history, people have wagered everything on their choice of the correct path, and fought wars against those who’ve chosen differently. In drawing back the curtain on what compels humans to “keep on keeping on,” Cave engages the reader in a number of mind-bending thought experiments. He teases out the implications of each immortality gambit, asking, for example, how long a person would live if they did manage to acquire a perfectly disease-free body. Or what would happen if a super-being tried to round up the atomic constituents of all who’ve died in order to resurrect them. Or what our loved ones would really be doing in heaven if it does exist. We’re confronted with a series of brain-rattling questions: What would happen if tomorrow humanity discovered that there is no life but this one? Would people continue to please their boss, vie for the title of Year’s Best Salesman? Would three-hundred-year projects still get started? If the four paths up the Mount of the Immortals lead nowhere—if there is no getting up to the summit—is there still reason to live? And can civilization survive? Immortality is a deeply satisfying book, as optimistic about the human condition as it is insightful about the true arc of history.
The Forever Song
Author: Julie Kagawa
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488027595
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
These vampires don’t sparkle…they bite. Book 3 of the Blood of Eden trilogy by Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey, concludes the explosive dark fantasy series where vampires rule, humans are prey, and one girl will become what she hates most to save all she loves. Is she more human…or monster? With the death of her beloved, Allison Sekemoto has her answer: MONSTER. Now she will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the irredeemable vampire who murdered him. But the trail is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many shocking surprises along the way. The trail leads Allie and her companions toward the one place they must protect at any cost—Eden, the last vampire-free zone on earth. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. In this ruined world where no life is sacred and former allies can turn on you in a heartbeat, Allie will make her final stand. But even if she succeeds, triumph is short-lived in the face of surviving forever alone. “A bloody good way to end a trilogy.” —Kirkus Reviews Books in the Blood of Eden series: The Immortal Rules The Eternity Cure The Forever Song
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488027595
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
These vampires don’t sparkle…they bite. Book 3 of the Blood of Eden trilogy by Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey, concludes the explosive dark fantasy series where vampires rule, humans are prey, and one girl will become what she hates most to save all she loves. Is she more human…or monster? With the death of her beloved, Allison Sekemoto has her answer: MONSTER. Now she will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the irredeemable vampire who murdered him. But the trail is bloody and long, and Sarren has left many shocking surprises along the way. The trail leads Allie and her companions toward the one place they must protect at any cost—Eden, the last vampire-free zone on earth. And Sarren has one final, brutal shock in store for Allie. In this ruined world where no life is sacred and former allies can turn on you in a heartbeat, Allie will make her final stand. But even if she succeeds, triumph is short-lived in the face of surviving forever alone. “A bloody good way to end a trilogy.” —Kirkus Reviews Books in the Blood of Eden series: The Immortal Rules The Eternity Cure The Forever Song
Last Days of an Immortal
Author: Fabien Vehlmann
Publisher: Archaia
ISBN: 9781936393442
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the distant future, Elijah is a member of the "Philosophical Police," who must solve conflicts that arise out of ignorance of the Other. Two species are fighting a war with roots in a crime committed centuries ago, and Elijah must solve the crime and bring peace between their species, while also confronting his own immortality in a world where science provides access to eternal life. In a world where death no longer exists, why do so many want to give up on life?
Publisher: Archaia
ISBN: 9781936393442
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the distant future, Elijah is a member of the "Philosophical Police," who must solve conflicts that arise out of ignorance of the Other. Two species are fighting a war with roots in a crime committed centuries ago, and Elijah must solve the crime and bring peace between their species, while also confronting his own immortality in a world where science provides access to eternal life. In a world where death no longer exists, why do so many want to give up on life?
The Immortal Men (2018-) #4
Author: James Tynion IV
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Can an Immortal Man hope to defeat an Infinite Woman? Armed with a weapon courtesy of the Batman Who Laughs, the Infinite Woman takes aim against the Immortals. ItÕs the House of Conquest versus the House of Action in the oldest secret war in the DCU-now revealed to the world!
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Can an Immortal Man hope to defeat an Infinite Woman? Armed with a weapon courtesy of the Batman Who Laughs, the Infinite Woman takes aim against the Immortals. ItÕs the House of Conquest versus the House of Action in the oldest secret war in the DCU-now revealed to the world!
Smoke in the Glass
Author: Chris Humphreys
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473226058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
'A brilliant epic fantasy debut from a master storyteller' Sebastien de Castell, author of the Greatcoat series including The Traitor's Blade 'Wonderful characters and great world-building, in Humphreys' special brand of addictive storytelling' Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series 'An intriguing premise... an intricate, fast-paced story... Humphreys packs gods, deicide, warring tribes and some impressive world-building into just over 300 pages' Guardian Three lands, peopled by humans and immortals. In Corinthium a decadent endlessly-lived elite run the world for profit and power. But when a poor, honest solider dies, and is reborn, everything changes. In wintry Midgarth, where immortals are revered as deities, one of them has realized that something - or someone - is killing the gods. And in Ometepe there is only one immortal, for he has murdered every other. Until one woman gives birth to a very special baby. Yet there is a fourth, hidden land, where savage tribes have united under the prophecy of 'the One': a child who is neither boy nor girl. Now they plan to conquer the world. Unless a broken soldier, a desperate mother and a crippled god can stop them . . .
Publisher: Gollancz
ISBN: 1473226058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
'A brilliant epic fantasy debut from a master storyteller' Sebastien de Castell, author of the Greatcoat series including The Traitor's Blade 'Wonderful characters and great world-building, in Humphreys' special brand of addictive storytelling' Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series 'An intriguing premise... an intricate, fast-paced story... Humphreys packs gods, deicide, warring tribes and some impressive world-building into just over 300 pages' Guardian Three lands, peopled by humans and immortals. In Corinthium a decadent endlessly-lived elite run the world for profit and power. But when a poor, honest solider dies, and is reborn, everything changes. In wintry Midgarth, where immortals are revered as deities, one of them has realized that something - or someone - is killing the gods. And in Ometepe there is only one immortal, for he has murdered every other. Until one woman gives birth to a very special baby. Yet there is a fourth, hidden land, where savage tribes have united under the prophecy of 'the One': a child who is neither boy nor girl. Now they plan to conquer the world. Unless a broken soldier, a desperate mother and a crippled god can stop them . . .
Inferno
Author: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302940589
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Collects Inferno (2021) #1-4. He changed everything for mutantkind with HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X. He explored the new Krakoan era in X-MEN. Now the keeper of the mutant flame, Jonathan Hickman, presents his final, incendiary X-saga! Mystique, former terrorist and espionage agent supreme, is loyal to Professor X's Quiet Council for one reason only: the promise that someday he will resurrect her beloved Destiny. But when Moira MacTaggert helped Professor X and Magneto realize their lifelong dreams for mutantkind, it came with one condition: Do not allow any precognitive mutants on the island of Krakoa. What will Mystique do when she realizes she's being strung along? Vengeance burns hot, and Mystique is about to ignite an Inferno! And where has the elusive Moira been all this time, anyway?
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302940589
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Collects Inferno (2021) #1-4. He changed everything for mutantkind with HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X. He explored the new Krakoan era in X-MEN. Now the keeper of the mutant flame, Jonathan Hickman, presents his final, incendiary X-saga! Mystique, former terrorist and espionage agent supreme, is loyal to Professor X's Quiet Council for one reason only: the promise that someday he will resurrect her beloved Destiny. But when Moira MacTaggert helped Professor X and Magneto realize their lifelong dreams for mutantkind, it came with one condition: Do not allow any precognitive mutants on the island of Krakoa. What will Mystique do when she realizes she's being strung along? Vengeance burns hot, and Mystique is about to ignite an Inferno! And where has the elusive Moira been all this time, anyway?
Dark Needs at Night's Edge
Author: Kresley Cole
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1849834296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On the night lovely Néomi Renate, a famous ballerina at the turn of the century, was murdered, an evil force turned her into a spectre - a phantom that's neither alive nor dead - and cursed her to relive her harrowing death every month during the full moon. Unable to leave her home, she has managed to scare away any trespassers, until she encounters an inhabitant even more terrifying than Néomi herself. When Conrad Wroth, a vampire warlord who's been half-mad for centuries, first beholds Néomi, he knows nothing will stop him from claiming the ethereal beauty as his own - not even death itself. Yet even if the gruff warrior can win her love and defeat the evil that surrounds her, he still must determine a way to bring her fully back to life, and back to him.