Hermes was a god, one of the line of genetically manipulated super beings. He was a mix of human and alien, and they had just been freed from Origin, the company that had created and enslaved them. Sent on a mission, he was captured by a rogue agent of Origin who was intent on auctioning him off to the highest bidder. He hides Hermes at his father's estate where Cherish, the agent's sister, sees him and becomes infatuated. She makes sure he's fed...

When the Santa Simulacrum for the generation ship Hermes fails mid-flight, Brian has to fix it, or face the end of Christmas for all the children in his world. Hermes' Kringle is a short, fun science fiction story with Christmas themes.

Introduces the Greek god Hermes and explains his importance; features well-known Greek myths about this god; and includes a map of ancient Greece and a family tree of the principal Greek gods. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative sidebars, a list of Greek characters introduced in the text, a list of equivalent Roman gods and goddesses, sources for further research including websites, an index, and an introduction...

Hermes is a vital and complex figure in Greek mythology-trickster and culture hero, divine child and patron of stealthy action, master of magic words, seducer and whisperer. Shepherd, artisan, herald, musician, athlete, merchant-who is this tricky shapeshifter, confronting us at every turn? In this classic, prescient work...Brown asks: Is Hermes the Thief the prototype from which, by extension and analogy, the Trickster was derived? Alternatively,...

Esta obra recoge una selección de artículos y textos más o menos "urgentes" publicados por el autor en diferentes medios a lo largo de más de una década. No se trata de una compilación caprichosa y más allá de su ordenación cronológica y de su carácter fragmentario, responde a un doble propósito: el de de mirar al mundo de las letras, por un lado; y el de observar la realidad circundante desde las letras: desde los libros que como muletas...

It's the little things that killThe highest levels of the government believe Project Hermes is the best way to control America's immigration problem. A simple microchip carrying a citizen's information will allow officials to sort out who belongs-and who doesn't. Harmless.Unless the chip carries more than just information.Agent Miranda Kruz of the Terrorism Task Force has reason to believe something is very wrong with Project Hermes. People are dying...

Clement of Alexandria tells us that the whole of the religious philosophy-that is, the wisdom, discipline and multifarious arts and sciences-of the Egyptian priesthood was contained in the Books of Hermes, that is of Thoth. These Books, he informs us further, were classified under forty-two heads and divided into a number of groups according to the various septs or divisions of the priests.

La "Tabla Esmeralda es un texto misterioso y fundamental en la tradición hermética y alquímica. Aunque su origen exacto y autoría son inciertos, se le atribuye a la figura legendaria de Hermes Trimegisthus, una amalgama de los dioses griegos Hermes y egipcio Thoth, que simboliza la fusión de la sabiduría divina y humana. La Tabla Esmeralda se presenta como un breve y críptico documento que contiene principios fundamentales de la alquimia y...

When a chance encounter with a petty thief named Helarion land Xena, Warrior Princess, and her apprentice, the bard Gabrielle, in an Athens jail, it looks like someone wants them out of the way . . . permanently. But when their night behind bars reveals a plot to overthrow the city, Xena and Gabrielle turn to local tradesmen and Hippolyta, the queen of Athens, for help. With time running out and the schemers closer than ever to the throne, Xena and...

Nymphs in peril, obsessive gods, females who literally cannot admit when they're wrong, and unruly satyrs. Just another typical day for Hermes. When Pan's mother, Hybris-the goddess of hubris-comes back into Hermes' life, the timing couldn't be worse. Not to mention, she refuses to be ignored. Not that anyone could ignore Hybris if they wanted to, and Hermes definitely wants to. He still loves her after thousands of years, and while the pain isn't...