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The map of the sky a novel

1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H. G. Wells's popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature. When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing in London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of Earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse. Palma dazzled readers with his instant New York Times bestseller The Map of Time. In The Map of the Sky, he embarks on an even more thrilling speculative journey, one that links the earth and the heavens, the familiar and the bizarre, the impossible and the inevitable.

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  • ""Emma Harlow, una distinguida joven de Nueva York, tiene un plan para restaurar la memoria de su abuelo. Y quién sea capaz de llevarlo a cabo, obtendrá su mano. En el caluroso verano de 1835, un hombre hizo soñar al mundo revelándole que la Luna estaba habitada por unicornios, hombres murciélago y otros seres fantásticos. Y aunque no se tardó en demostrar que aquello era una gran mentira, muchos prefirieron seguir creyendo que en la Luna se almacenaban los sueños que podían hacer más hermosas sus vidas. Más de sesenta años después, su biznieta Emma Harlow, solicitada por lo más granado de la alta sociedad de Nueva York, sabe que sólo podrá enamorarse de alguien capaz de hacer soñar al mundo como lo hizo su bisabuelo. Por eso exige a Montgomery Gilmore, su más infatigable pretendiente, que reproduzca la invasión marciana descrita en La guerra de los mundos, la novela de H.G. Wells. Pero para el millonario no hay nada imposible: los marcianos invadirán la Tierra, aunque esta vez sea por amor. ¿Qué ocurre cuando los sueños se convierten en pesadillas? ¿Tenemos que dejar de soñar?"--Page 4 of cover."
  • "1898. New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry well-to-do Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he first accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H. G. Wells's popular novel The War of the Worlds. Meanwhile in London, Wells himself is unexpectedly made privy to certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was an American crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose inexplicable experiences in the frozen wasteland would ultimately inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature. When eerie, alien-looking cylinders begin appearing in London, Wells is certain it is all part of some elaborate hoax. But soon, to his great horror, he realizes that a true invasion of Earth has indeed begun. As brave bands of citizens converge on a crumbling London to defend it against utter ruin, Emma and her suitor must confront the enigma that is their love, a bright spark of hope even against the darkening light of apocalypse. Palma dazzled readers with his instant New York Times bestseller The Map of Time. In The Map of the Sky, he embarks on an even more thrilling speculative journey, one that links the earth and the heavens, the familiar and the bizarre, the impossible and the inevitable."@en
  • "London, 1896. Andrew Harrington's lover Marie Kelly was murdered by Jack the Ripper and he longs to turn back the clock and save her. Meanwhile, Claire Haggerty, forever being matched with men her family considers suitable, yearns for a time when she can be free to love whom she chooses. As their quests converge, it becomes clear that time is the problem--to escape it or to change it. Hidden in the attic of popular author--and noted scientific speculator--H.G. Wells is a machine that might offer them the hope they need!"
  • "When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue."@en
  • "New York, 1898. A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells's War of the Worlds."
  • "When a New York socialite challenges her millionaire suitor to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," three fantastical adventures in time travel and mystery ensue."
  • "New York, 1898. When millionaire Montgomery Gilmore proposes to beautiful socialite Emma Harlow, she accepts on one condition: he must reproduce the Martian invasion featured in H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. In London, Wells himself learns of certain objects, apparently of extraterrestrial origin, that were discovered decades earlier on an ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic. On that same expedition was a crew member named Edgar Allan Poe, whose experiences in the frozen wasteland would inspire him to create one of his most enduring works of literature. When eerie, alien-looking cyl."@en
  • "En el caluroso verano de 1835, un hombre hizo so?ar al mundo revel?ndole que la Luna estaba habitada por unicornios, hombres murci?lago y otros seres fant?sticos. Y aunque no se tard? en demostrarse que aquello era una gran mentira, muchos prefirieron seguir creyendo que en la Luna se almacenaban los sue?os que pod?an hacer m?s hermosas sus vidas. M?s de sesenta a?os despu?s, su biznieta Emma Harlow, solicitada por lo m?s granado de la alta sociedad de Nueva York, sabe que solo podr? enamorarse de alguien capaz de hacer so?ar al mundo como lo hizo su bisabuelo. Por eso exige a Montgomery Gilmore, su m?s infatigable pretendiente, que reproduzca la invasi?n marciana descrita en La guerra de los mundos, la novela de H. G. Wells. Pero para el millonario no hay nada imposible: los marcianos invadir?n la Tierra, aunque esta vez sea por amor. ¿Qu? ocurre cuando los sue?os se convierten en pesadillas? ¿Tenemos que dejar de so?ar?--Publisher."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Spanish language materials"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Steampunk fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction, English"
  • "Fantasy fiction, English"
  • "Steampunk fiction, English"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Science fiction"
  • "Powieść hiszpańska"@pl
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Novela fantástica"
  • "History"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Ciencia-ficción"
  • "Novela histórica"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"

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  • "La mappa del cielo"
  • "Karta neba"
  • "The map of the sky a novel"@en
  • "The map of the sky a novel"
  • "Die Landkarte des Himmels"
  • "The map of the sky : a novel"@en
  • "The map of the sky : a novel"
  • "Die Landkarte des Himmels Roman"
  • "Die Landkarte des Himmels : Roman"
  • "El mapa del cielo"
  • "El mapa del cielo"@es
  • "Mapa nieba"@pl
  • "The Map of the Sky"@en
  • "The Map of the Sky"
  • "The map of the sky"@en
  • "The map of the sky"
  • "Карта неба"
  • "THE MAP OF THE SKY : a novel"@en

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