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It was a dumb idea, but one of those dumb ideas that accidentally turns out to be brilliant—which, I’ve come to realize, is much worse than being dumb. My name’s Antsy Bonano—but you probably already know that—and unless you got, like, memory issues, you’ll remember the kid named the Schwa, who I told you about last time. Well, now there’s this other kid, and his story is a whole lot stranger, if such a thing is possible. It all started when Gunnar Ümlaut and I were watching three airborne bozos struggle with a runaway parade balloon. That’s when Gunnar tells me he’s only got six months to live. Maybe it was because he said he was living on borrowed time, or maybe it was just because I wanted to do something meaningful for him, but I gave him a month of my life ...

... And that’s when things began to get seriously weird.

If you want to know more, like how ice water made me famous, or how I dated a Swedish goddess, you’re going to have to open the book, because I’m not wasting anymore of my breath on a stinkin’ blurb.

Six teenagers are horrified to discover that an evil force has taken control of them . . . a force that feeds on them hungrily and finds its only outlet in the blind desire to destroy.

The force must be destroyed. But how? What follows is the ultimate battle for supremacy between the forced of good and evil.

— “Shusterman’s unique vision, suspenseful pacing, and empathy with teen’s not-so-nice emotions will draw readers into this fabulous tale just as inexorably as its protagonists are impelled to find one another and discover the source of their malaises. A spellbinder.” —

— “Shusterman combines personal quest, horror, and science fiction into an absorbing exploration of good and evil, guilt, forgiveness, and personal responsibility.” —

— “Readers [will] wish for a sequel to tell more about these interesting and unusual characters.” —

It began innocently enough: six children conceived at exact moment that the star Mentaras-H went supernova—

The Explosion transformed their souls into living star fragments. It also conferred upon each of them a unique but mysterious powera power that until they learned its secret masqueraded as a warping disfigurement. For some, it was physical. For others, it was emotional. But for all six, it meant one thing: their lives would never be the same.

In time they unlocked the secret of their power. Their gifts brought them incredible riches and attention. Once despised for their deformities, they would come to be worshipedand feared—as gods. But with unlimited power would come the temptation to abuse it, and—in a desperate struggle for supremacy—the risk of turning against one another like hungry wolves.

But only now will the true cost of their gifts be revealed.

A new and terrifying force has been loosed in the universe. It infects an alien world like a rampaging virus. When the inhabitants of the doomed world are forced to flee, they must conquer and colonize a new world.

Their choice: Earth.

Only one power exists that could conceivably prevent the extermination of the human race: the Star Shards. But only if the six put aside their titanic egos and join forces.

WELCOME TO JUDGMENT DAY.

The shattering sequel to the acclaimed

У книзі на багатому історичному матеріалі, фактах, свідченнях численних російських та закордонних авторів аналізуються передумови, витоки, закономірності виникнення, розвитку і занепаду Російської імперії. Автор з позицій патріота України всебічно розглядає історичне підґрунтя визвольних змагань свого народу за здобуття незалежності, створення української держави, пророкує їхнє переможне завершення. Ця книга є скороченим варіантом видання 1968 року, що здійснене в Торонто (Канада). Зокрема, вилучено ряд використаних автором матеріалів тогочасної радянської преси, які спростовані плином часу, втратили свою актуальність.

Книга розрахована як на фахівців — істориків, політологів, так і на широкого масового читача.