Unstoppable and lethal, they move across the battlefields like ghosts. They are the soldiers of the Legio Occulta.Nola, Roman Italy, 19 August 14 A.D.History does not acknowledge them, but the Roman Empire knows the debt they owe to this secret legion. Trained not to fight but to read and interpret the messages of the gods, they pave the way for Roman swords, intervening when earthly weapons must give way to the power of the transcendent. With the Legio Occu...

Demoni. Quali sembianze assumono? Dove si nascondono? Con quale atavico impulso riescono a scatenare la furia omicida dell’uomo? Ce lo dicono i fuoriclasse della narrativa fantastica italiana, capaci di inquadrare le orde del Diavolo sotto ogni punto di vista per restituirle al lettore in tutte le sfumature. Racconti gotici e urban fantasy, sword and sorcery e d’azione, tendenti alla fiaba e al comico; e ancora med-fantasy, weird-horror e sperimentali in un’antologia provocante e ambiziosa...

Invasive alien plants and animals are known for their disruption of ecosystems and threat to biodiversity. This book highlights their major impact on human health. This includes not only direct effects through contact with the species via bites, wounds and disease, but also indirect effects caused by changes induced in ecosystems by invasive species, such as more water hyacinth increasing mosquito levels and thereby the potential for malaria. Covering a wide range of case studies from diff...