American Literature

A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz. You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war. But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare. New York City, 2075. Filipino-American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions—shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class. When Nick meets alluring new-money Jay Gatsby, he falls for Gatsby’s frank charm and confident aura. But in a city where the wealthy flaunt tech-enhanced bodies to cheat death, surfaces aren’t all they seem—and as a corporate- sanctioned cyberspace hacker, Nick knows that no secret can stay buried forever. He’s the reason they don’t. And his latest assignment? Investigate Gatsby himself. As Nick becomes entangled in the dark affairs of the elite—and the devastating fallout of their actions on the city’s most vulnerable—he must reckon with the limits of compassion and accountability across class and status. What takes precedence: Love, or truth? Heart, or soul? A brilliant reimagining of Fitzgerald’s classic tale of glamour, desire, and desperation, Local Heavens examines the guardrails of morality… and the price of desire. Publication set for fall 2025.

Quando um homem conhecido como Cock Robin aparece assassinado com uma flecha cravada no peito, John Markham, procurador do distrito judicial de Nova Iorque, chama para a investigação Philo Vance. Detetive amador de olho apurado e fraca crença em coincidências, Vance logo assinala a referência a uma conhecida lengalenga infantil. E rapidamente se torna claro que este será o padrão numa série de crimes extraordinários, arquitetados por um assassino de mente perversa, que mantém uma provocação constante à polícia através de cartas enviadas aos jornais, todas elas com a assinatura «O Bispo». Num estilo simples e direto, construído pela mão hábil de S. S. Van Dine, esta é uma história recheada de mortes, suspeitos e detalhes surpreendentes - como as peças de xadrez ou as de teatro. Um policial brilhante, uma obra clássica da literatura de mistério.