Título: Mirror Universe: Glass Empires
Autor: David Mack, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Mike Sussman, Greg Cox
Sinopse: There are moments glimpsed only in shadow, where darkness rules and evil incarnate thrives. You hope against hope that in your lifetime, evil is relegated to the shadows. But what if it wasn't?
What if you lived in a universe where your life was measured only by what you could do for the Empire? What would you do to survive? Would you sell your soul to free yourself? If you were offered the chance to rule, would you seize it? If you could free your universe from the darkness but only at the cost of your life, would you pay that price?
Star Trek: Enterprise®—she seized power in a heartbeat, daring to place herself against all the overlords of the Empire. Empress Hoshi Sato knows the future that could be; now all she has to do is make sure it never happens. For her to rule, she must hold sway not only over the starship from the future but also over her warlords, the resistance, and her Andorian husband. As quickly and brutally as Hoshi seized power, imperial rule is taken from her. Her only chance to rule again is to ally herself with a lifelong foe, and an alien.
Star Trek® One man can change the future, but does he dare? Spock, intrigued by the vision of another universe's Federation, does what no Vulcan, no emperor, has ever done: seize power in one blinding stroke of mass murder. And at the same instant he gains imperial power, Spock sows the seeds for the Empire's downfall. Is this a form of Vulcan madness, or is it the coolly logical plan of a man who knows the price his universe must pay for its freedom?
Star Trek: The Next Generation®—Humanity is a pitiful collection of enslaved, indentured, and abused peoples. No one dares to question the order, except at peril of their lives. One man survives by blinding himself to the misery around him. However, Jean-Luc Picard resists, just once. And in that one instant he unlocks a horror beyond the tyranny of the Alliance. Can a man so beaten down by a lifetime of oppression stop the destruction?
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Mirror Universe: Glass Empires”, de David Mack, Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Mike Sussman, Greg Cox, publicado pela editora Gallery Books, em 2007 e com 464 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Gallery Books
Páginas: 464
Ano: 2007-02-20
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1416524592
ISBN13: 9781416524595
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Gallery Books apresentam uma variedade notável de narrativas que transitam entre suspense policial, dramas emocionais e romances contemporâneos, sempre com personagens complexos e conflitos intensos. A experiência de leitura costuma envolver tramas de ritmo ágil e tensão crescente, como em investigações criminais que se desenrolam em cenários urbanos ou histórias pessoais marcadas por segredos e redenção. Algumas obras exploram também o passado histórico ou familiar, trazendo um tom mais reflexivo e emotivo, enquanto outras oferecem aventuras fantásticas e ficção científica, com universos detalhados e desafios épicos. O catálogo sugere uma preferência por narrativas que combinam emoção, mistério e relações humanas profundas, com variações entre o mais narrativo e o mais informativo, como em guias práticos e biografias.
