Книга адресована программистам, работающим в самых разнообразных ОС UNIX. Авторы предлагают шире взглянуть на возможности параллельной организации вычислительного процесса в традиционном программировании. Особый акцент делается на потоках (threads), а именно на тех возможностях и сложностях, которые были привнесены в технику параллельных вычислений этой относительно новой парадигмой программирования. На примерах реальных кодов показываются приемы и преимущества параллельной организации вычислительного процесса. Некоторые из результатов испытаний тестовых примеров будут большим сюрпризом даже для самых бывалых программистов. Тем не менее излагаемые техники вполне доступны и начинающим программистам: для изучения материала требуется базовое знание языка программирования C/C++ и некоторое понимание «устройства» современных многозадачных ОС UNIX. В качестве «испытательной площадки» для тестовых фрагментов выбрана ОСРВ QNX, что позволило с единой точки зрения взглянуть как на специфические механизмы микроядерной архитектуры QNX, так и на универсальные механизмы POSIX. В этом качестве книга может быть интересна и тем, кто не использует (и не планирует никогда использовать) ОС QNX: программистам в Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris и других традиционных ОС UNIX

Единственное официальное руководстро по практическому программированию в среде Qt 4.1. Применяя средства разработки Qt компании «Trolltech», вы сможете создавать на С++ промышленные приложения, которые естественно работают в средах Windows, Linux/UNIX, Linux для встроенных систем без изменения программного кода и Mac Os X. Книга написана сотрудниками компании «Trolltech». Она представляет собой практическое руководство по успешному применению самой мощной из всех созданных до сих пор версий Qt — Qt 4.1. Из книги «Qt 4: программирование GUI на С++» вы узнаете о наиболее эффективных приемах и методах программирования с применением Qt 4 и овладеете ключевыми технологиями в самых различных областях — от архитектуры Qt модель/представление до мощного графического процессора 2D. Авторы вооружают читателей беспрецедентно глубокими знаниями модели событий и системы компоновки Qt. На реалистических примерах они описывают высокоэффективные методы во всех областях — от разработки основных элементов графического пользовательского интерфейса до передовых методов интеграции с базой данных и XML. Каждая глава содержит полностью обновленный материал. Данное издание: • Включает новые главы по архитектуре Qt 4 модель/представление и поддержке подключаемых модулей Qt, а также краткое введение в программирование встроенных систем на платформе Qtopia. • Раскрывает все основные принципы программирования в среде Qt — от создания диалоговых и других окон до реализации функциональности приложений. • Знакомит с передовыми методами управления компоновкой виджетов и обработкой событий. • Показывает, как можно с наибольшей эффективностью использовать новые программные интерфейсы Qt 4, в частности мощный графический процессор 2D и новые простые в применении классы—контейнеры. • Представляет передовые методы Qt 4, которых нет ни в одной книге: от создания подключаемых модулей, расширяющих возможности Qt, и приложений, до применения «родных» для конкретной платформы программных интерфейсов. • Содержит приложение с подробным введением в программирование на С++ в среде Qt для опытных Java—разработчиков. Жасмин Бланшет (Jasmine Blanchette) — менеджер по документированию и старший разработчик компании «Trolltech» с 2001 года. Он является редактором «Qt Quarterly», информационного бюллетеня компании «Trolltech», и соавтором книги «Qt 3: программирование GUI на С++». Марк Саммерфилд (Mark Summerfield) — независимый преподаватель и консультант по С++, Qt и Python. Он работал менеджером по документированию в компании «Trolltech» на протяжении трех лет. Марк является соавтором книги «Qt 3: программирование GUI на С++»

— Trois morts, c’est exact, dit Danglard. Mais cela regarde les médecins, les épidémiologistes, les zoologues. Nous, en aucun cas. Ce n’est pas de notre compétence. — Ce qu’il serait bon de vérifier, dit Adamsberg. J’ai donc rendez-vous demain au Muséum d’Histoire naturelle. — Je ne veux pas y croire, je ne veux pas y croire. Revenez-nous, commissaire. Bon sang mais dans quelles brumes avez-vous perdu la vue ? — Je vois très bien dans les brumes, dit Adamsberg un peu sèchement, en posant ses deux mains à plat sur la table. Je vais donc être net. Je crois que ces trois hommes ont été assassinés. — Assassinés, répéta le commandant Danglard. Par l’araignée recluse ?

Peter Lime, danese, professione fotografo, è felicemente sposato e dirige una fiorente agenzia. Durante un appostamento per un servizio scandalistico, scatta di nascosto una serie di foto compromettenti a un ministro del governo spagnolo impegnato in calde effusioni con una giovane starlette televisiva. E’ l’inizio di un’allucinante spirale di misteri e violenza che lo risucchia senza possibilità di scampo. La chiave è forse nascosta in un’altra immagine, scattata vent’anni prima e nell’identità misteriosa della donna che vi è ritratta

“Universo incostante”, il romanzo di Vernor Vinge vincitore del Premio Hugo 1993, ha elevato l’autore nell’élite dei grandi scrittori della fantascienza. Ora Vinge ritorna a quel mondo di infinita varietà con un affascinante racconto ricco di suspense e originalità; un’epica immaginifica ebbra della complessità e dell’ampio respiro di quell’universo, di gioia e di umano dolore. Trentamila anni prima degli eventi di “Universo Incostante”, Pham Nuwen opera anonimamente nell’ambito della flotta interstellare commerciale Qeng Ho che in orbita sopra il pianeta Arachna attende il risveglio della sua popolazione dormiente, i Ragni, che si sono rintanati in profondità nel pianeta, in attesa che la sua stella intermittente torni a illuminare le orbite del pianeta. Perché quando la luce ritornerà, Arachna entrerà finalmente nella sua Età dell’Oro, immergendosi in un vertiginoso sviluppo tecnologico e commerciale. Ma la vulnerabilità dei Ragni ha attirato un’altra presenza nascosta; gli Emergenti, una banda di trafficanti i cui piani per Arachna sono più sinistri di qualunque cosa i Qeng Ho arrivino ad immaginare. Riluttanti a dividere il bottino con i Qeng Ho, gli Emergenti scatenano un attacco mai visto nella millenaria storia delle esplorazioni, riducendo la flotta nemica in schiavitù... e poi a qualcosa di molto peggiore. Pham raduna i “sopravvissuti” per effettuare un ultimo tentativo di guadagnarsi un posto d’onore nell’antica storia dei Qeng Ho. Ma il tempo scarseggia, perché ben presto l’assalto degli Emergenti spoglierà del tutto il pianeta. Mentre la cellula di resistenza segreta di Pham lotta contro i suoi aguzzini dello spazio, sul pianeta sottostante un gruppo di Ragni sorprendentemente dotati combatte un’altra battaglia: portare la propria tecnologia a uno stadio sufficientemente avanzato da sconfiggere i propri nemici

A near-future thriller that pits young FBI agents against a brilliant, homegrown terrorist. It's the second decade of the twenty-first century, and terrorism has escalated almost beyond control. The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem has been blown to bits by extremists and, in retaliation, thousands have died in another major attack on the United States. New weapons are being spawned in remote basement labs. No one feels safe. In North America, the FBI uses cutting-edge technology to thwart domestic terrorists. Sat-linked engine blockers stop drug-traffickers cold; devices the size of Magic Markers test for bio-hazards on the spot; 3-D projectors reconstruct crime scenes from hours-old evidence; and sophisticated bomb suits protect against all but the most savage forces. Despite all this, the War on Terror has reached a deadly stalemate. Now the FBI has been dispatched to deal with a new menace. Like the Anthrax threat of 2001, a plague targeted to ethnic groups-Jews or Muslims or both-has the potential to wipe out entire populations. But the FBI itself is under political assault. There's a good chance agents William Griffin, Fouad Al-Husam, and Jane Rowland will be part of the last class at Quantico. As the young agents hunt a brilliant homegrown terrorist, they join forces with veteran bio-terror expert Rebecca Rose. But the plot they uncover-and the man they chase-proves far more complex than anyone expects

Вторая книга серии. Испытателям не сообщают о гибели их физических носителей в родном мире. Говорят, что пока, временно, до устранения технических проблем штатный выход из игры невозможен, а игровая гибель персонажа приведёт к гибели мозга. Герои, ещё считая всё происходящее игрой, вынуждены бороться за собственные жизни

Россия совершает "квантовый прорыв" в виртуальное пространство. Перед учёными в полный рост встаёт вопрос о матричности мироздания. Для добровольцев испытателей вопрос этот сначала тоже является главным, они спрашивают себя, насколько всё в матрице может быть серьёзным? И лишь потом-потом важнее становится – кто ты есть? Что ты можешь? Во что веришь? Ради чего готов погибать и убивать?

Что нужно океану? Какую цену запросит Атлантика? Каким станет маленький народ, пройдя через бури и битвы? Когда закончится дерзкий поход?

Experimental psychologist Jim Marchuk has developed a flawless technique for identifying the previously undetected psychopaths lurking everywhere in society. But while being cross-examined about his breakthrough in court, Jim is shocked to discover that he has lost his memories of six months of his life from twenty years previously—a dark time during which he himself committed heinous acts. Jim is reunited with Kayla Huron, his forgotten girlfriend from his lost period and now a quantum physicist who has made a stunning discovery about the nature of human consciousness. As a rising tide of violence and hate sweeps across the globe, the psychologist and the physicist combine forces in a race against time to see if they can do the impossible—change human nature—before the entire world descends into darkness. 

Winner of the Whitbread Novel of the Year and a Booker finalist: a controversial novel of faith and mystery about a group of desert travellers and their encounter with Jesus. Quarantine is Jim Crace's imaginative and powerful retelling of Christ's fabled 40-day fast in the desert. In Crace's account, Jesus travels to a cluster of arid caves where he crosses paths with a small group of exiles who are on a pilgrimage to find redemption. One wealthy and manipulative quarantiner recognizes characteristics in Christ that he believes are divine. Evoking the strangeness and beauty of the desert landscape, Crace provocatively interprets one of our most important stories

It causes riots and religions. It has people dancing in the streets and leaping off skyscrapers. And it's all because of the impenetrable gray shield that slid into place around the solar system on the night of November 15, 2034. Some see the bubble as the revenge of an insane God. Some see it as justice. Some even see it as protection. But one thing is for certain — now there is the universe, and the earth. And never the twain shall meet. Or so it seems. Until a bio-enhanced PI named Nick Stavrianos takes on a job for an anonymous client: find a girl named Laura who disappeared from a mental institution by the most direct possible method — walking through the walls

TV Series Placement: Summer 2001 – Pre-Season 3There's a new corporation in town -- Meta-chem -- and Liz is psyched to land a scholarship program working in the lab. But when the giant pharmaceutical company creates a disease that accidentally infects the town, Liz is among the first to fall ill -- and, despite his powers, Max is unable to heal her. There's also a new girl in town, Sadie, who's come to Roswell searching for her half sister, who she believes is Maria. Maria doesn't know how to feel: what if she and Sadie do share a father? Maria hasn't seen him since she was seven years old, and she's not sure she wants to see him now. but when news of the quarantine breaks, Maria has no choice but to keep Sadie with her in town, all while trying to find out who is sick and whether anyone can be saved in time…

“As original as The Hunger Games, set within the walls of a high school exactly like yours.” It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning. A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school. In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don’t fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive. “Take Michael Grant’s Gone and Veronica Roth’s Divergent, rattle them in a cage until they're ready to fight to the death, and you'll have something like this nightmarish debut… Thomas’ whirlwind pace, painful details, simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high school thriller to the head of the class.”

A cross between the Gone series and Lord of the Flies, Quarantine #2: The Saints continues this frenetically paced and scary young adult series that illustrates just how deadly high school can be. Nothing was worse than being locked in—until they opened the door… McKinley High has been a battle ground for eighteen months since a virus outbreak led to a military quarantine of the school. When the doors finally open, Will and Lucy will think their nightmare is finished. But they are gravely mistaken. As a new group of teens enters the school and gains popularity, Will and Lucy join new gangs. An epic party on the quad full of real food and drinks, where kids hookup and actually interact with members of other gangs seemed to signal a new, easier existence. Soon after though, the world inside McKinley takes a startling turn for the worse, and Will and Lucy will have to fight harder than ever to survive. The Saints brings readers back to the dark and deadly halls of McKinley High and the QUARANTINE series

Blind Lake ist eine weitläufige Forschungseinrichtung im Norden Minnesotas, streng abgeschottet von der Öffentlichkeit. Denn hier arbeiten Wissenschaftler mit einer Technologie, die sie selbst kaum verstehen: Sie beobachten intelligentes Leben auf einem Millionen von Lichtjahre entfernten Planeten. Sie können dabei keinen Kontakt mit den Außerirdischen aufnehmen oder sonstwie Einfluss nehmen — sie können nur beobachten. Doch dann wird Blind Lake vom Militär plötzlich unter Quarantäne gestellt, niemand darf das Gelände betreten oder verlassen. Haben die Aliens herausgefunden, dass sie beobachtet werden? Und fühlen sie sich dadurch so gestört, dass sie Gegenmaßnahmen ergreifen? für die Wissenschaftler beginnt ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit … Nach seinem preisgekrönten Bestseller »Spin« stellt Robert Charles Wilson auch mit »Quarantäne« unter Beweis, dass er einer der aufregendsten Science-fiction-Autoren unserer Zeit ist

Where does a hit man draw the line? With a controversial presidential election just weeks away, Quarry is hired to carry out a rare political assignment: kill the Reverend Raymond Wesley Lloyd, a passionate civil rights crusader and campaigner for the underdog candidate. But when a hate group out of Ferguson, Missouri, turns out to be gunning for the same target, Quarry starts to wonder just who it is he’s working for. The longest-running series from Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, the Quarry novels tell the story of a paid assassin with a rebellious streak and an unlikely taste for justice. Once a Marine sniper, Quarry found a new home stateside with a group of contract killers. But some men aren’t made for taking orders — and when Quarry strikes off on his own, God help the man on the other side of his nine-millimeter

Memphis, 1975. “Raunchy” doesn’t begin to describe Max Climer’s magazine, Climax, or his all-hours strip club, or his planned video empire. Evangelists, feminists, and local watchdog groups all want him out of business. But someone wants more than that, and has hired a killer to end Max’s career permanently. Only another hit man — the ruthless professional known as Quarry, star of the acclaimed series on Cinemax — can keep Climer from becoming a casualty in the Sexual Revolution

When his mother dies in a flitter crash, eighteen-year-old Ishmael Horatio Wang must find a job with the planet company or leave the system-and NerisCo isn't hiring. With credits running low, and prospects limited, he has just one hope…to enlist for two years with a deep space commercial freighter. Ishmael, who only rarely visited the Neris Orbital, and has never been off-planet alone before, finds himself part of an eclectic crew sailing a deep space leviathan between the stars. Join the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick, a Manchester built clipper as she sets solar sails in search of profit for her company and a crew each entitled to a share equal to their rating

Initialement prévu pour une trilogie qui aurait compris, outre L'homme qui rit, roman consacré à l'aristocratie, un volume sur la monarchie, Quatrevingt-Treize, écrit à Guernesey de décembre 1872 à juin 1873, après l'échec de Hugo aux élections de janvier 1872, achève la réflexion de l'écrivain sur la Révolution à la lumière de la Commune et tente de répondre à ces questions: à quelles conditions une révolution peut-elle créer un nouvel ordre des choses? 1793 était-il, est-il toujours nécessaire? Le roman valut à son auteur la haine des conservateurs. En mai 1793, le marquis de Lantenac, âme de l'insurrection vendéenne, arrive en Bretagne sur la Claymore, une corvette anglaise. À bord, il n'a pas hésité à décorer puis à faire exécuter un matelot qui n'avait pas arrimé assez solidement un canon. La consigne du marquis est claire: il faut tout mettre à feu et à sang. D'horribles combats s'ensuivent. Lantenac massacre des Bleus et capture trois enfants…

Esta novela ha obtenido el Premio Planeta 1989. Unas fotos sacadas alrededor de una piscina de un hotel de Delhi, los viajes con gente desconocida, los amigos de toda la vida, los aficionados a la ópera, los teléfonos que no funcionan, el calor en medio de la noche, la necesidad de beber whisky, las aventuras con hombres casados, el afecto de los padres, los hijos desvalidos, las damas filantrópicas, las mujeres recluidas, las responsabilidades familiares, el deseo de tirarlo todo por la borda… Con estos elementos y algunos más se va configurando la trama que envuelve a Aurora, una mujer de treinta años que poco a poco empieza a pensar que su vida está siendo organizada desde fuera. Demasiadas coincidencias y repeticiones. Una cadena de casualidades empieza a dar vueltas. El azar se impone. Las interpretaciones se suceden y aún podrían seguir dando más vueltas, infinitas vueltas. El juego ha sido decidido en otra parte, y cuando termina los jugadores no desaparecen de escena, no se cierra el telón. La protagonista sabe que volvería a jugar y a seguir esperando porque siempre queda un resto de todo, de los errores, de los fracasos, de los falsos o verdaderos amores. Queda el refugio, el retiro, la brecha, el ofrecimiento de la noche

In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours. Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent… not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets… secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy. Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court… all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away. Above all she must learn to rule, and to understand that she has been given the power to remake society. She must fight—for herself, for her husband, and for all her new subjects who look to her for guidance and grace. For she will never be just Charlotte again. She must instead fulfill her destiny… as Queen

Her name was Caroline of Ansbach, a woman taught the cruelties of life at an early age. Refusing to succumb to her stepfather's abominable behavior, she married George Augustus, Prince of Hanover--the man next in line to be King. With the dream of someday being Queen to sustain her, Caroline lived a life of danger and quiet desperation, as she yearned for her native Germany, as she steered a dangerous course between the King, her father-in-law, and her husband, as she quietly prepared herself for the glorious future that lay ahead if only she could play the dangerous game

In a society enjoying peace, prosperity and technologically engineered mental health, Emanuel Goldsmith, a famous poet, commits gruesome murder. Three people investigate the crime--one a therapist who will enter Goldsmith's mind to search for answers. A mesmerizing work set in a tomorrow that is less than a century away. Reissue

Big mouth. Big heart. Big wedding. Big problems. It's the wedding of the century! Things are looking up at last for Lizzie Nichols. She has a career she loves in the field of her choice (wedding gown restoration), and the love of her life, Jean-Luc, has finally proposed. Life's become a dizzying whirl of wedding gown fittings-although, oddly, not necessarily her own-as Lizzie prepares (sort of) for her dream wedding at her fiancé's chateau in the south of France. But the dream soon becomes a nightmare as the best man-with whom Lizzie might once accidentally have slept… no, really, just slept-announces his total lack of support for the couple, a sentiment the maid of honor happens to second; Lizzie's Midwestern family can't understand why she doesn't want to have her wedding in the family backyard; her future, oh-so-proper French in-laws seem to be slowly trying to lure the groom away from medical school and back into investment banking-in France; and Lizzie finds herself wondering if her Prince Charming really is as charming as she once believed. Is Lizzie really ready to embrace her new role as Bride? Or is she destined to fall into another man's arms… and into the trap of becoming a Bad Girl instead? One thing's for sure: this is a wedding no one is likely to forget-if it ever even happens at all

Big mouth. Big heart. Big city. Big problems. Lizzie Nichols is back, pounding the New York City pavement, looking for a job, a place to live, and her proper place in the universe (not necessarily in that order). When summer fling Luke uses the L-Word (Living Together), Lizzie is only too happy to give up her plan of being post-grad roomies with best friend Shari in a one-room walk-up in exchange for co-habitation with the love her life in his mother's Fifth Avenue pied-a-terre, complete with doorman and resident Renoir. But Lizzie's not so lucky in her employment search. As Shari finds the perfect job, Lizzie struggles through one humiliating interview after another, being judged overqualified for the jobs in her chosen field?vintage gown rehab—and underqualified for everything else. It's Shari's boyfriend Chaz to the rescue when he recommends Lizzie for a receptionist's position at his father's posh law firm. The non-paying gig at a local wedding gown shop Lizzie manages to land all on her own. But Lizzie's notoriously big mouth begins to get her in trouble at work and at home almost at once—first at the law firm, where she becomes too chummy with Jill Higgins, a New York society bride with a troublesome future mother-in-law, and then back on Fifth Avenue, when she makes the mistake of bringing up the M-Word (Marriage) with commitment-shy Luke. Soon Lizzie finds herself jobless as well as homeless all over again. Can Lizzie save herself - and the hapless Jill - and find career security (not to mention a mutually satisfying committed relationship) at last?

It was known as the House of Blood. It sat at the entrance to a netherworld of unimaginable torture and terror. Very few who entered its front door lived to ever again see the outside world. But a few did survive. They thought they had found a way to destroy the house of horrors…but they were wrong. A new house has arisen. A new mistress now wields its unholy power-and she wants revenge. She will not rest until those who dared to challenge her and her former master are made to pay with their very souls!

Venera Fanning was last seen falling into nothingness at the end of Sun of Suns. Now, in Queen of Candesce, Venera finds herself plunging through the air among the artificial worlds of Virga, far from home and her husband, who may or may not be alive. Landing in the ancient nation of Spyre, Venera encounters new enemies and new friends (or at least convenient allies). She must quickly learn who she can trust, and who she can manipulate in order to survive. Survival isn't her only goal; with the powerful Key of Candesce in her hands, she can control the fate of the entire world of Virga, yet something even more pressing is driving her—the all consuming need for revenge

Hidden among the remote hills of eighteenth-century England lives a powerful clan of shape-shifters who've become the stuff of myths and legends. They are the drákon—supersensual creatures with the ability to Turn from human to smoke to dragon. Now a treacherous new enemy threatens to destroy their world of magic and glittering power. For centuries, they thought themselves alone at Darkfrith, but the arrival of a stunning letter from the Princess Maricara sent from the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania suggests the existence of a lost tribe of drákon. It is a possibility that the Alpha lord, Kimber Langford, Earl of Chasen, cannot ignore. For whoever this unknown princess may be, she's dangerous enough to know about the drákon's existence—and where to find them. That, as Kimber can't help but concede, gives her a decidedly deadly advantage. And, indeed, it wouldn't be long before Maricara breached the defenses of Darkfrith and the walls around Kimber's heart. But the mystery of the princess's real identity and the warning she has come to deliver, of a brutal serial killer targeting the drákon themselves, seem all but impossible to believe. Until the shadowed threat that stalks her arrives at Darkfrith, and Kimber and Maricara must stand together against the greatest enemy the drákon have ever faced—an enemy who may or may not be one of their own. They have no choice but to yield to their passionate attraction for each other. But for two such very different drákon leaders, will an alliance of body and soul mean their salvation, their extinction… or both?

“The Ally is there, but only ever as a shadow, unexplained catastrophe or murder committed at the behest of a dark vengeful spirit. Sorting truth from myth is often a fruitless task.” After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army and regain the independence of the Unified Realm. Except, to accomplish her goals, she must do more than rally her loyal supporters. She must align herself with forces she once found repugnant — those who possess the strange and varied gifts of the Dark — and take the war to her enemyʼs doorstep. Victory rests on the shoulders of Vaelin Al Sorna, now named Battle Lord of the Realm. However, his path is riddled with difficulties. For the Volarian enemy has a new weapon on their side, one that Vaelin must destroy if the Realm is to prevail — a mysterious Ally with the ability to grant unnaturally long life to her servants. And defeating one who cannot be killed is a nearly impossible feat, especially when Vaelinʼs blood-song, the mystical power which has made him the epic fighter he is, has gone ominously silent…

The last book published in Haggard’s lifetime is a standalone ancient-Egyptian fantasy. It opens at an almost breakneck pace, with Pharaoh deposed and killed, his wife and child in hiding, and the goddesses stirring. A secret religious order raises the Pharaoh’s daughter, and she meets and falls in love with the usurper’s disguised son. The climax features traditional adventure-fiction excitement (battle and torture)

After being sent back from the light, Alona Dare — former homecoming queen, current Queen of the Dead — finds herself doing something she never expected: working. Instead of spending days perfecting her tan by the pool (her typical summer routine when she was, you know,alive), Alona must now cater to the needs of other lost spirits. By her side for all of this — ugh — “helping of others” is Will Killian: social outcast, seer of the dead, and someone Alona cares about more than she’d like. Packed with romance, lovable characters, and a killer cliffhanger, Queen of the Dead is the out-of-this-world sequel to The Ghost and the Goth