Bøger af Michael Segedy

"Michael Segedy writes with humor and intrigue that completely captivates the reader, and I cannot recommend his writing enough.... His work is a literary treasure that took my reading life by storm." Peachy Keen Reviews "Michael Segedy is a masterful word craftsman. His world-building and story weaving is told in rich and vibrant details that are both captivating and thought-provoking....He takes his time building his characters and surprising plot twists. He is a skilled thought-provoking author whose works will haunt you well after you finish his books." Audiobookreviewer In this darkly humorous and philosophically engaging sci-fi novel, a wayward young woman and her straightlaced companion awake from 200 years of "suspended life" to a future that challenges many ideas about what it means to be and to remain human. The technological changes that have transpired during their long sleep rattle them, but even more mind-boggling are the startling views they must grapple with regarding human evolution. Although they do not know it, the two young visitors from the past have a significant role to play in humankind's unfolding drama. The citizens of this post-apocalyptic world hope to discover from their time travelers some clue that might explain humanity's downward slide towards oblivion. And if this small survival colony fails to come up with a rescue plan, there is still Ike, an extraordinarily creative AI who has an existential trick up its sleeve to save the human footprint. But Ike's remedy might not be the sort of salvation most of us would readily embrace. Though as he sees it, "desperate times require desperate measures." And with the hands of Doomsday's clock perched just nanoseconds before midnight, the times could not be more so. Note: An Amazing Thing Happened on the Way to the Future is part of Michael Segedy's much larger sci-fi novel, Into the Twilight.

Anderson's Poor White, apart from a wonderful story of a poor young white man's struggle to adopt to the times and deal with the internal war raging inside him, remains an amazing depiction of the struggle of all Americans to adjust to the demands and pressures brought on by the Age of Mechanization. It is a powerful narrative about an age under assault by modern industrialization and technological innovation. Anyone who wishes to know about this dynamic time in American history, should definitely read this exciting work. Now some words about this particular edition of Poor White. One central aim of this edition was to provide a more readable text with larger fonts and fewer errors than the original publication. The earlier edition contains many formatting errors, typos, slips of the pen, and misspellings. That being said, many punctuation infelicities, as well as grammatical quirks, which the editor felt uncomfortable in addressing, remain. This special edition of Poor White also includes various photos and illustrations from the era in which the novel was written. They offer the reader vivid snapshots of a period of transition that brought about changes Anderson saw as a threat to old established ways of life. Certainly his writing captures the era superbly, and thus it was not the editor's intent to provide photos corresponding exactly to the characters, towns, cities, and landscapes Anderson so artfully depicted in his work. The purpose of the photos and illustrations is to provide additional historical background and detail about life lived more than a hundred years ago. For this reason, the editor has carefully chosen photos and illustrations that include, but do not extend beyond, the period in which Poor White was published.

Neste romance de ficção científica, humor negro e filosoficamente envolvente, uma jovem rebelde e seu companheiro moralista acordam após 200 anos de "vida suspensa" em um futuro que desafia muitos conceitos sobre o que significa ser e permanecer humano. As mudanças tecnológicas que ocorreram durante seu longo sono os abalam, mas ainda mais surpreendentes são as visões surpreendentes com as quais eles precisam lidar em relação à evolução humana. Embora não saibam disso, os dois jovens visitantes do passado têm um papel importante a desempenhar no drama da humanidade que está ocorrendo. Os cidadãos desse mundo pós-apocalíptico esperam descobrir de seus viajantes do tempo alguma pista que possa explicar o declínio da humanidade rumo ao desaparecimento. E se essa pequena colônia de sobreviventes não conseguir elaborar um plano de resgate, ainda há Ike, uma IA extraordinariamente criativa que tem um truque na manga para salvar o que resta da humanidade. Mas a solução de Ike pode não ser o tipo de salvação que a maioria de nós aceitaria prontamente. Mas, como ela interpreta, "tempos desesperados exigem medidas desesperadas". E com os ponteiros do relógio do Dia do Juízo Final a apenas nanossegundos da meia-noite, o momento não poderia ser mais propício.

`MEAM` è centrato principalmente sui giovani hacktivisti che erano in passato membri di Anonymous, un gruppo su internet di combattenti per la libertà. Uno di loro, un ex ufficiale delle operazioni segrete, si unisce al gruppo di anarchici militanti MEAM per riparare a un terribile torto. Sebbene il gruppo sia impegnato nel cambiamento sociale, crede che il vero cambiamento debba essere accelerato da atti di violenza. Ma non atti di violenza casuali. Il gruppo prende di mira gli amministratori delegati delle grandi corporazioni responsabili di crimini contro l'umanità, convinto che l'élite al potere ascolterà solo quando sarà costretta a vivere in uno stato di terrore. Sebbene il romanzo dia risalto alla vita di un ex ufficiale delle operazioni segrete diventato terrorista, questa non è la storia di un commando di rinnegati del Servizio Nazionale Clandestini impazziti. Piuttosto, racconta di un giovane, Brent Cossack, accettato alla Georgetown University, che decide di rinunciare al college e arruolarsi nell'esercito. Come agente della CIA in Iraq, scopre una brutta verità sul coinvolgimento degli Stati Uniti lì, e decide di dimettersi. Torna a casa e si innamora di una bella attivista politica. Tutto sembra andare a gonfie vele, finché un terribile evento nella sua vita non lo spinge oltre il limite. L'agente dell'FBI Rick Clark, l'altro protagonista del romanzo, si trova al centro di un'indagine che lo costringe a rivivere il periodo più triste della sua vita: la tragica morte della figlia in un attentato terroristico. Dopo il divorzio vive da solo, evitando le relazioni, tranne quelle instaurate sul lavoro per necessità. O almeno, fino a quando non incontra Marty Robin. Robin, una psicologa coinvolta nelle investigazioni, lo spinge gradualmente a rivivere la vita, mentre un'ulteriore speranza arriva più tardi sotto forma di un eroe inatteso che ridona significato alla sua esistenza frammentata.

Finalist in 2013 Foreword Book Award for best thriller/suspense and Silver Medal Winner of the 2013 Readers' Favorite International Book Award.As the novel opens, FBI Special Agent Rick Clark is struggling to recover from the death of his only daughter, followed by a divorce from his wife of twenty years. His mission is to track down the leaders of a domestic terrorist group allegedly committed to changing the political landscape. The group claims that "real change" occurs only when it is preceded by acts of violence, violence that clearly and tangibly demonstrates the urgent need for reform. To this end, EMMA targets CEOs of major corporations responsible for crimes against humanity.Under Agent Clark's radar is Brent Cossack, a disillusioned, former black ops officer who has decided to join EMMA's group of militant anarchists. Brent's reasons are both political and personal. For sure, he is no renegade black-ops commando gone bonkers. His motives for joining the terrorist group run deep. Crushed by his experiences as a clandestine officer in Iraq, he returned home and fell in love with a beautiful political activist, while trying his best to put his harrowing past behind him. Everything seemed just fine, until a terrible event in the young couple's lives pushed him over the edge. More than a political thriller, EMMA is a novel about love and loss as well as an indictment of a democratic society that seems to become less so each day.

It's hard to imagine any great author producing stories that do not contain autobiographical material, and surely Sherwood Anderson is no exception, if anything he proves the rule. So much of the content in Windy McPherson's Son is drawn from personal experience. Biographers have made great strides in digging up Sherwood Anderson's past and showing how his life and personal struggles unfold through the characters in his works. His writing is not only highly original and creative but therapeutic and cathartic. Sherwood had this obsession to create and explore his own psyche as he described the world about him. He would lock himself away in a small, sparsely furnished room and write away, working to get at the truth as he struggled to understand it. Once he had a vision of it, he refused to be a propagandist and espouse political or economic opinions, though as a writer he could not ignore the effects of politics, business, and industry on American life, in particular on small town middle America and middle class life. Upton Sinclair, after reading Windy McPherson's Son, wrote Sherwood a letter aiming "to make a socialist out of him." Anderson replied that he did not wish to see writers as propagandists, taking a socialist or conservative position, or any political position for that matter. Their role was to stay in life not in politics. They could not take sides, else they would only be dealing in half truths. He explains in his letter to Sinclair: "I want them to be something of a brother to the poor brute who runs the sweatshop as well as to the equally unfortunate brutes who work for him." For Anderson getting at the truth demanded avoiding stereotypes and setting forth doctrine. He wished to depict real people facing the real difficulties of their times and leave it to the reader to judge. This meant living among the people and breathing in life as they did while examining and understanding his own mood before attempting to imagine theirs. Understanding Anderson requires understanding his less apparent feelings towards the events and characters in his novels, and this can be aided by, I believe, familiarity with key events in his own life that most likely contributed to forming his various perspectives. Which brings me to the point of why I have decided to edit and add biographical footnotes to the present edition of Windy McPherson's Son. First, by editing this edition, I am intending to provide a more readable text. The edition that I'm working from contains many formatting errors, silly typos, or slips of the pen, and misspellings, which I have tried to remedy. The numerous punctuation infelicities, which I felt hesitant to address, remain. I feel that they do not get in the way of the reading. Secondly, I believe that adding biographical footnotes may help us understand and appreciate the impact that Sherwood Anderson's life might have had on his writing, while opening a small door that could shed a splinter of light on what his personal feelings might have been towards the events he depicts and the characters he fashions. The aforementioned being said, certainly, Sherwood Anderson would want us to give much more attention to his work than to his life if we wish to take from his writing any real thing of lasting literary value. However, information about his life could very well offer us a richer understanding of his personal feelings towards his subjects, the changing times he lived through, and significant personal events that inspired his writing. And for those who do not wish to read full biographies about the author, the biographical footnotes are a pleasant and helpful way of getting to know a little more about this remarkable man's life.

"Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." -Jake Halpern, Pulitzer Prize winning author Best Adventure Novel in BIBA Awards Contest Finalist for Best Thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award. "Evil's Root is one of those unforgettable stories filled with characters that will stay with the reader for a long time." -Alice DiNizo, Readers' Favorite "Politics, power, money, drugs, the dynamics of international arms/drugs trade, greed, betrayal, sacrifice make this novel an exciting read." -Oliva Dsouza When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military's claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site. Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator's death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Segedy's novel tells the story of Steve Collins, an expatriate American journalist living in Peru, who is investigating the death of a U.S. Senator who was allegedly killed by leftist-guerrillas. As he delves deeper into the story, Collins ventures into the jungles of Peru and becomes entangled in a web of schemes involving drug traffickers, guerrillas, diplomats, anti-terrorism operatives, and others who threaten to kill his story and perhaps, ultimately, him. Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor. -Jake Halpern, author of the New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America

This coveted collection of short stories by Sherwood Anderson (including the "Unlighted Lamp" and "Out of Nothing to Nowhere," contains some of the author's most celebrated works. In this edition, I have provided a more readable text with larger fonts and fewer errors than the original publication. The previous edition that I edited contained many formatting errors, typos, slips of the pen, and misspellings, which I have tried to remedy. That being said, numerous punctuation infelicities, as well as many grammatical quirks, which I felt uncomfortable in addressing, remain untouched. At the same time, I believe that they do not significantly hinder the reading. Another aim was to present various photos from the era in which the novel was written. They offer the reader vivid snapshots of a dynamic period of transition-what Anderson saw as the Age of Mechanization. Certainly his writing captures the era superbly, and thus it was not my intention to provide corresponding photos of the characters, towns, cities, and landscapes he so artfully depicted in his work. The photos provide historical background and additional detail about life lived more than a hundred years ago. For this reason, I have been careful to choose photos that do not extend beyond the publication date of The Triumph of the Egg. Lastly, I would like to thank the Library of Congress for making the photos available to the public.

"Well done, Mr. Michael Segedy, well done. Our Darker Angel is a thrilling, suspenseful, dark, heart pounding, page turning, terrifying, exciting, and shocking novel." Lorena Sanqui, Readers' Favorite Notable Mention in Shelf Unbound's International Indie Book Award Contest "When Our Darker Angel opens we meet Ali Cohen, a wealthy young woman, who's discussing her concerns about her friend Alan with her psychiatrist. Ali's childhood experiences in Jaffa and then Gaza City are fascinating to read and add an extra dimension to Segedy's thriller." Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite In Our Darker Angel the mystery begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark's investigation into a series of murders committed by a terrorist group identifying itself as ARC, Anarchists for Real Change. Terrorism has become a personal issue with Clark. Two years earlier, his daughter perished in a bombing orchestrated by EMMA, an acronym for Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists. The ARC murders bear a striking resemblance to the killings by EMMA, as they too target the rich and powerful and morally bankrupt. There is one notable difference, though. ARC uses the Darknet to hire lowlife assassins to do their bidding. While undertaking his investigation of ARC, Clark relies on the expertise, keen intuition, and psychological insights of Dr. Marty Robin, a forensics psychologist. Together, they research the backgrounds of the victims, while Marty attempts to construct profiles of the assassins. As Clark becomes more and more preoccupied with solving the ARC case, he is dragged down by personal ghosts. Fortunately, Marty manages to rescue him from his darkest hours and pull him safely to shore.

"The details are where this story shines, from the napkin shifting in the breeze of a ceiling fan to the accent of Neva. As the story unravels, we learn so much about the characters that you feel every triumph and victory, and every devastating truth of those Agent Clark loved and lost." Natasha Jackson, Readers' Favorite "Segedy is a talented wordsmith and storyteller who has a knack for keeping the audience transfixed." Reviewed by Audiobookreader This thriller begins with Special Agent Rick Clark recovering from a traumatic loss that has turned his world upside down. Determined to discover the truth behind the grisly murder of his dear friend, he departs for Peru where his key witness has mysteriously fled. With the help of the Peruvian intelligence services and a beautiful Peruvian special agent, Clark hunts down clues that bring him into direct confrontation with those who possess the means and the will to crush any opposition. Mercilessly and completely. This is a powerful story about courage, commitment, and personal loss. But it is also a story about regenerative hope and how it can restore one to wholeness. From tragic ashes, a fate battered phoenix arises and promises justice for its victims, and healing for a noble, tortured soul.

Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio is a seminal work of art that has had a broad reach in American literature, influencing such famous writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, and J. D. Salinger. Sherwood Anderson had the courage to break from tradition and tell his stories in a unique, courageous voice, touching on taboo subjects and exploring psychological themes rarely, if ever, broached in the literature of his day. Any serious study of modern American literature is incomplete without examining the contribution this great writer made to our literary tradition. Michael Segedy, author of Hampton Road and Evil's Root, worked with the illustrator Julio Meyzen in sketching key scenes and characters from the novel.

"We are given front row seats into the killer's unsettling reasoning behind the killings Segedy plays on the listener's emotions to the point there is genuine empathy for the killer." This novel received the Audiobook Reviewer's Choice Award. This award is given only to those books that deserve higher than the standard five-star ranking system. "One of the best thrillers I have read in many years. The suspense nearly killed me and I guarantee any reader will struggle to tear themselves away from it. It has the whole range of ingredients needed to keep a reader hooked - great story, great characters and suspense beyond anything I have experienced in a long time. Add a dose of terror and you have the perfect mix." Anne-Marie Reynolds, Readers' Favorite The Bed Sheet Serial Killer begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark and his forensic psychologist sidekick, Marty Robin, investigating a number of brutal serial murders committed within a three-year-period. All of the victims are women, and though they share few physical traits, their backgrounds are similar in one important way. One important way, that is, in the twisted brain of the serial killer. While Rick and Marty speculate on personal events that may have created this moral monster, the reader becomes, if not sympathetic to the perp, at least more understanding of the role the past plays in creating a cold-blooded killer on a mission to save lost souls.

Readers Favorite Award Winning Novel! "Michael Segedy gives valuable insight into the minds of two young men and how jealousy and fear can be a deadly combination." Reviewed by Audio Book Reviewer "I don't know much about young adult fiction category, being long gone from that world, but someone gave me a copy of HAMPTON ROAD and I soon forgot about the genre.... Like any good novel, Hampton Road has its roots in real people, and these three kids are hard to forget. If I'd known about it, I'd have given this to my son." -Bjarne Rostaing, author of novelized version of the movie Phantom of the Paradise with Brian DePalma, Epstein's Pancake, and Breeders. "Segedy's young adult thriller, Hampton Road, is suspenseful and compelling. The reader, in many ways, becomes Billy as he tries to piece together what happened to his life and why he's in an institution. I loved this book. It's amazingly good and highly recommended." Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite Hampton Road is a psychological thriller told from the perspective of three characters. Their overlapping narratives unravel a mystery that begins one fateful summer night and ends months later in a mental institution when a young man is forced to confront the source of his personal anguish. It is his sharp wit and flashes of humor that save him from despair. As time passes, his present life seems less and less real. Its center can no longer hold. Everything around him strikes him as surreal. The doctor, the hospital, the visits from his mother and girlfriend - even what he remembers of his own past - all seem to belong to someone else. He feels like an imposter, a phony, and a helpless prisoner. He distrusts the doctor and believes, more than wanting to help him, he wants something from him. And, that something has to do with Hampton Road.

Three murders within eighteen months. Three that Special Agent Rick Clark and forensic psychologist Dr. Marty Robin knew of. How many other women the Bedsheet Serial Killer had raped and murdered was anyone's guess. This case was definitely beyond the reach of a single police department, and whether the local police force liked it or not, this was a case for the FBI. Clark and Robin would need all of the resources the agency had available to solve it. Marty's expert knowledge of psychopathic killers was the key to unlocking the case. Building a detailed profile on the Bed Sheet Serial Killer, and discovering the motive behind his horrifying acts of murder and perversion, would hopefully lead them to him.In the second half of the novel, Agent Clark is determined to crack another case, this time a more personal one. The grisly murder of a dear friend. He departs for Peru where his key witness has mysteriously fled. With the help of the Peruvian intelligence services and a beautiful Peruvian special agent, Clark hunts down clues that bring him into direct confrontation with those who possess the means and the will to crush any opposition. Mercilessly and completely.

Finalist for best thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award. "Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." --Jake Halpern, author of Welcome to the New World, a New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military's claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site. Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator's death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves.

The four essays I have included in this book, published in various English journals over the years, represent what were then original and effective approaches to teaching writing and literature.I hope a new generation of English teachers will find a some of the ideas contained in the essays of value today.