Действие рассказа разворачивается в начале XX века в Индокитае, который в те времена был французской колонией.

Переводчик: Anahitta

Индейский трикстер, хитрец Койот… змеевласая горгона Медуза, одним взглядом обращавшая людей в камень… Святой Грааль из легенд о короле Артуре… Фрейя, скандинавская богиня любви и красоты… затонувший город Кер-Ис, некогда выстроенный на морском побережье Франции… Рагнарёк, сказание об уничтоженном и возрожденном мире… Аргонавты, плывущие на поиски золотого руна…

Логически продолжая свою предыдущую антологию, «За темными лесами», легендарный редактор-составитель Пола Гуран представляет читателям лучшие современные произведения лауреатов престижных премий, авторов бестселлеров, всем известных сказителей – Нила Геймана, Чарльза де Линта, Танит Ли, Питера Страуба, Кэтрин М. Валенте, – а также набирающих силу новых талантов. И все они предлагают читателю новые способы постижения и познания мира. Ваше мифическое путешествие начинается прямо сейчас!

Два рассказа об альтернативной истории ацтеков, в которой они не были завоеваны колонизаторами.

For the first time in a decade, a compilation of the very best in science fiction, from a world authority on the genre.

For decades, the Year’s Best Science Fiction has been the most widely read short science fiction anthology of its kind. Now, after thirty-five annual collections, comes the ultimate in science fiction anthologies. In The Very Best of the Best, legendary editor Gardner Dozois selects the finest short stories for this landmark collection.

The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real… tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows. This volume of 2017’s best dark fantasy and horror offers more than five hundred pages of tales from some of today’s finest writers of the fantastique—sure to delight as well as disturb…

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world through their short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual compilation of the year’s best science fiction stories.

The multiple Locus Award-winning annual collection of the year’s best science fiction stories.

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self-evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. This venerable collection brings together award-winning authors and masters of the field. With an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.