Bøger af Alex Woolf

Welcome to a past that never was. Enter the world of Iron Sky, a new steampunk series that takes readers on a wild adventure back to the year 1845, when war raged between France and Britain and Napoleon fought for power. Only this alternative nineteenth century features fantastical coal-powered robots, aerial steam carriages, floating cities, giant mechanical birds, and a new kind of secret agent. The battle for global supremacy will keep SF fans riveted.

Estelle thinks that a stay in a remote cottage will give her the peace and quiet that she needs, but the nearby wood holds a terrible secret. Can she and her friend Sandor discover what's going on in the mysterious military lab before it's too late? Soul Shadows has been shortlisted for the Falkirk Red Book Award 2014.

Long before the Spanish arrived, a remarkable civilisation flourished in Central America. The Mayans built great cities, studied astronomy and developed systems of writing and mathematics. Learn all about the amazing Mayans, their gods, art and games and the theories that try to explain how this civilisation suddenly collapsed.

In the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by the onslaught of the Vikings and within two hundred years they had become distant memories. This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence of the Gaelic-speaking Scots who would replace them as the rulers of the North. From Pictland to Alba uses fragmentary sources which survive from this darkest period in Scottish history to guide the reader past the pitfalls which beset the unwary traveller in these dangerous times. Important sources are presented in full and their value as evidence is thoroughly explored and evaluated.