Bernard Werber

Odin vecher v teatre gipnoza "Jaschik Pandory" perevorachivaet zhizn obychnogo uchitelja istorii Rene Toledano s nog na golovu. On sovsem ne ozhidal, chto seans gipnoza s ryzhevolosoj fokusnitsej, na kotoryj on soglasilsja iz vezhlivosti, vybrosit ego v okopy Pervoj mirovoj vojny. On i podumat ne mog, chto vsego cherez neskolko minut posle etogo po ego vine na naberezhnoj Seny umret chelovek, a trup on truslivo skinet v reku. Razve mog Rene predpolozhit, chto vsego cherez paru dnej on uznaet, chto ego dusha rodom iz legendarnoj Atlantidy i emu nuzhno spasti svoe drevnee "ja" ot razrushitelnogo kataklizma, chtoby sokhranit v vekakh pamjat ob atlantakh. Vse vokrug tverdjat Rene, chto on soshel s uma, no on znaet, chto net nichego bolee khrupkogo i moguschestvennogo, chem chelovecheskaja pamjat. Teper pered Rene stoit neprostoj vybor - posledovat za istinoj, skrytoj v ego proshlykh zhiznjakh, ili priznat, chto on bolen...

Esche menshe. Esche zhenstvennee. Esche splochennej. Devid Uells i Avrora Kammerer sozdali novoe chelovechestvo, kotoroe moglo by prinjat ot nas estafetu. Posle "Tretego chelovechestva""Mikroljudi" prodolzhajut sagu o malenkikh ljudjakh, kotorye khotjat zhit tak zhe, kak my vse, no vynuzhdeny srazhatsja za samye elementarnye prava. Vo vse bolee i bolee slozhnom mire oni budut vynuzhdeny postojanno sovershenstvovatsja. I pod predvoditelstvom otvazhnoj Emmy 103 oni pojmut, chto na puti ravnopravija mezhdu nimi i obychnymi ljudmi stoit mnozhestvo prepjatstvij, kotorye mozhno preodolet lish siloj. Emma 103 sobiraetsja podnjat vosstanie, zadejstvovav armiju i prostykh ljudej, no tolko s pomoschju Devida Uellsa i neskolkikh ee druzej ona smozhet borotsja protiv tekh, kto khochet steret mikroljudej s litsa zemli. Takim obrazom, vopros o sozdanii novogo chelovechestva ustupaet mesto esche odnomu: kto zhe iz protivnikov teper dejstvitelno imeet status ljudej?

"Odnazhdy snovidenija prevratjatsja v proizvedenija iskusstva, kotorye vse smogut uvidet na shirokom ekrane. Togda iz etoj treti zhizni, kotoruju oshibochno, povtorjaju - oshibochno, schitajut bespoleznoj, nakonets nachnut izvlekat polzu dlja usilenija nashikh fizicheskikh i umstvennykh sposobnostej. I esli mne udastsja osuschestvit moj sekretnyj proekt, to v mir sna budet otkryt esche bolee udivitelnyj put. Put, sposobnyj po-nastojaschemu vse izmenit". Predstavte, chto vy mozhete vernutsja na dvadtsat let nazad i vo sne vstretitsja s samim soboj, molodym. Predstavte, chto u vas est vozmozhnost pogovorit s etim chelovekom. Chto by vy emu skazali? V samom glubokom iz vsekh snovidenij dvadtsativosmiletnij Zhak Kljajn vstrechaet udivitelno pokhozhego na sebja muzhchinu, kotoryj utverzhdaet, chto on - Zhak Kljajn v sorok vosem let. Okazyvaetsja, on otkryl sposobnost peremeschatsja vo vremeni i poseschat sny samogo sebja. Molodoj Kljajn ne khochet otpuskat buduschego sebja, ved u nego stolko voprosov, i est veschi, kotorye on by ne proch izmenit...

Kultovyj tsikl frantsuzskogo pisatelja Bernara Verbera "Koshki". Dostoin li ljudskoj rod byt spasennym... koshkami? O chem na samom dele dumajut khvostatye i pochemu v drevnosti ikh pochitali kak svjatykh? Znakomtes - Bastet i Pifagor, udivitelnye koshki, kotorye reshili vzjat sudbu chelovechestva v svoi lapy. V komplekt vkhodjat vse tri knigi tsikla. 1. "Zavtrashnij den koshki" Bastet ustala ot razmerennoj zhizni v kvartire, ona mechtaet ponimat ljudej i nauchitsja s nimi obschatsja. Pifagor zhivet v laboratorii, u nego na makushke est USB-razem, cherez kotoryj on mozhet podkljuchatsja k kompjuteru i takim obrazom poluchat znanija o mire. Nabljudaja za ljudmi, Bastet i Pifagor reshajut, chto chelovechestvo pora spasat ot ego porokov i protivopostavit agressii ljudej dukhovnuju prosvetlennost koshek. Odnako eta zadacha okazyvaetsja slozhnee, chem kazalos na pervyj vzgljad, vynuzhdaja koshek otstupit i samim prinjat pravila chelovecheskoj tsivilizatsii. No, mozhet byt, esche ne pozdno vse izmenit? 2. "Ee velichestvo koshka" Bastet khochet postroit svoj mir, otlichnyj ot suschestvujuschego porjadka, no Pifagor, edinstvennyj iz koshachikh, s kem mogut obschatsja ljudi blagodarja unikalnomu USB-razemu u nego na lbu, ne razdeljaet ee zhelanij. On schitaet, chto upravljat mirom i ljudmi Bastet smozhet, kogda osvoit tri veschi - jumor, ljubov i iskusstvo. Poluchitsja li u Bastet osnovat koshachju tsivilizatsiju i nakonets uzakonit porjadok, pri kotorom ljudi sluzhat koshkam, ne pitaja illjuzij otnositelno svoej mnimoj vlasti? 3. "Planeta koshek" Parusnik "Poslednjaja nadezhda" nakonets-to dostavljaet Bastet, Pifagora i drugikh chlenov raznomastnogo ekipazha v Nju-Jork. Vopreki ikh ozhidanijam, kazhdyj kvadratnyj metr megapolisa kishit krysami, i poslednie vyzhivshie ljudi vynuzhdeny iskat ubezhischa v novoj bashne Vsemirnogo torgovogo tsentra. Teper poredevshemu koshachemu otrjadu pridetsja prilozhit vsju smekalku, chtoby nizvergnut svoikh davnikh vragov i spasti chelovechestvo. No dostojno li ono spasenija? "Vsjo-taki khorosho, chto Bernar Verber vybral kareru pisatelja, a ne khimika. V eksperimentalnoj nauke udivitelnyj dar - smeshivat odni i te zhe ingredienty, no kazhdyj raz poluchat raznye rezultaty - chrevat katastrofoj. V tvorchestve zhe on daet vozmozhnost odnovremenno udivit chitatelej svezhestju idej i poradovat firmennymi "fishkami". - livelib

Here is the stunning international bestseller in the tradition of Watership Down but with a dark, original twist. Unique, daring, and unforgettable, it tells the story of an ordinary family who accidentally threaten the security of a hidden civilization as intelligent as our own--a colony of ants determined to survive at any cost.... Jonathan Wells and his young family have come to the Paris flat at 3, rue des Sybarites through the bequest of his eccentric late uncle Edmond. Inheriting the dusty apartment, the Wells family are left with only one warning: Never go down into the cellar. But when the family dog disappears down the basement steps, Jonathan follows--and soon his wife, his son, and various would-be rescuers vanish into its mysterious depths. Meanwhile, in a pine stump in a nearby park, a vast civilization is in turmoil. Here a young female from the russet ant nation of Bel-o-kan learns that a strange new weapon has been killing off her comrades. To find out why, she enlists the help of a warrior ant, and the two set off on separate journeys into a harsh and violent world. It is a world where death takes many forms--savage birds and voracious lizards, warlike dwarf ants and rapacious termites, poisonous beetles and, most bizarre of all, the swift, murderous, giant guardians of the edge of the world: cars. Yet the end of the female's desperate quest will be the eerie secret in the cellar at 3, rue des Sybarites--a mystery she must solve in order to fulfill her special destiny as the new queen of her own great empire. But to do so she must first make unthinkable communion with the most barbaric creatures of all. Empire of the Ants is a brilliant evocation of a hidden civilization as complex as our own and far more ancient. It is a fascinating realm where boats are built of leaves and greenflies are domesticated and milked like cows, where citizens lock antennae in "absolute communication" and fight wars with precisely coordinated armies using sprays of glue and acids that can dissolve a snail. Not since Watership Down has a novel so vividly captured the lives and struggles of a fellow species and the valuable lessons they have to teach us.

During the few seconds it takes you to read this sentence, some 700 milli0on ants will be born on earthâ?¦Edmond Wells had studied ants for years: he knew of the power which existed in their hidden world. Innocently he enters the world of the ant, whose struggle for existence forces him to reassess manâ??s place in the cycle of nature.