Showing results for "First Plays" in First Contact

Contrary to the odds, he was a survivor. But it wasn't over, no matter what anyone said. The deadly, shadowy entity he was up against was doing everything to execute its evil scheme and take out anything in its way. It had at its disposal the latest technology, professional killers, and high-ranking patrons. And Clem Denisov, inveterate angel of retribution, wasn't going to put up with it. Clem's one saving grace was his ability to send sinners to hell—a place he knew only too well. And he wouldn't rest until the last of the killers targeting the players received his just dues.

Former Marine and lonely single dad Will Hawthorne just wants to clear his head with a weekend in the woods with his live-action-role-playing group. But a careless misstep sends him tumbling through a cave into an alien world. There he finds a dying civilization of bizarre human-animal hybrids, filled with effete males and frustrated females who are soon pursuing him for their own ends. For Will has stumbled into this world's most powerful legend - a legend of the one who will come to reverse its decline - the legend of the Makalang.

O Ovo de Cristal de H.G. Wells é um conto fascinante de ficção científica que narra a descoberta de um estranho objeto por um antiquário, o Sr. Cave. Este ovo de cristal, aparentemente comum, revela-se uma janela para outro mundo, mostrando visões de uma civilização alienígena em Marte. À medida que o Sr. Cave se torna obcecado pelas visões, sua vida pessoal começa a desmoronar, com ninguém acreditando em suas descobertas. O conto explora temas de isolamento, obsessão e os perigos da busca incessante por conhecimento.