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Overgrowth
Day of the Triffids meets Little Shop of Horrors in this smart, charming, harrowing alien invasion story about being human, by a Hugo-award winning author.
Since she was three years old, Anastasia Miller has been telling anyone who would listen that she's an alien disguised as a human being, and that the armada that left her on Earth is coming for her. Since she was three years old, no one has believed her.
Now, with an alien signal from the stars being broadcast around the world, humanity is finally starting to realize that it's already been warned, and it may be too late. The invasion is coming, Stasia's biological family is on the way to bring her home, and very few family reunions are willing to cross the gulf of space for just one misplaced child.
What happens when you know what’s coming, and just refuse to listen?
The Devils
''Abercrombie is in a class of his own'' JOE HILL''An unholy delight'' PIERCE BROWN''Hilarious, profound, tragic, and so thrillingly paced'' NICHOLAS EAMES''An incredibly fun, incredibly action-packed and, by the end, incredibly affecting book'' TAMSYN MUIREurope stares into the abyss.Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone.Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread . . .And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath.Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the worst to a higher cause: to put a thief on the throne of Troy, and unite the sundered church against the coming apocalypse.When you''re headed through hell, you need the devils on your side.
Thunder Game
Two broken souls find a love worth fighting for in this captivating GhostWalker novel from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan.Diego Campos has come home to die. The GhostWalker is tired of walking a dark path shaped by countless losses. There has never been a moment of good in his life that wasn''t followed by something bad. But as he makes his way to his family''s homestead in the Appalachian Mountains, his plans are interrupted by a violent ambush that sets his life on a new course.In between fighting off a small army of assailants, Diego is struck by a beautiful, brutal warrior woman unlike anyone he''s encountered before. Compelled to rescue her, Diego uses his psychic gifts to make Leila''s broken body whole again and save her from certain death. With each new breath she regains her strength, showcasing her humor, intelligence and courage as she reveals the truths of her past and inspires feelings Diego never thought his heart could experience.After a lifetime alone, in the middle of firefight, Diego has finally found a light to guide him through the darkness - and one brief touch is enough to set them both aflame.
For Whom the Belle Tolls
THE #4 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER from Hell’s Belles BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn! A fiery romantasy about forbidden love, dark magic, and a young woman’s adventure in the Afterlife, perfect for fans of Sarah A. Parker and Callie Hart.THEY TOLD HER TO GO TO HELL. SHE WENT ON HER OWN TERMS. Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning. As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass. Lily’s expectations are subverted every day in Hell—especially by Bel, a demon general with a distractingly sexy voice. The two meet by chance and form an immediate, deeply healing friendship, but the undeniable heat between them threatens to combust. Meanwhile, something stirs beyond the boundaries of their world, threatening to destroy everything they’ve known and everything that could be…unless they fight like Hell to stop it.
Winter Lost
'Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic and fable filled suspense story' Erin Watt, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Royals series. Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this exhilarating entry in the No. 1 New York Times bestselling series. In the supernatural realms, there are creatures who belong to winter. I am not one of them. But like the coyote I can become at will, I am adaptable. My name is Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and my mate, Adam, is the werewolf who leads the Columbia Basin Pack, the pack charged with keeping the people who live and work in the Tri-Cities of Washington State safe. It's a hard job, and it doesn't leave much room for side quests. Which is why when I needed to travel to Montana to help my brother, I intended to go by myself. But I'm not alone anymore. Together, Adam and I find ourselves trapped with strangers in a lodge in the heart of the wilderness, in the teeth of a storm of legendary power, only to discover my brother's issues are a tiny part of a problem much bigger than we could have imagined. Arcane and ancient magics are at work that could, unless we are very careful, bring about the end of the world . . . Praise for Patricia Briggs:'It is always a joy to pick up a new Briggs novel' RT Book Reviews'Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer . . . I love hanging out with the amazing characters in this series!' Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author of the Psy-Changeling seriesBooks by Patricia Briggs:The Mercy Thompson booksMoon CalledBlood BoundIron KissedBone CrossedSilver BorneRiver MarkedFrost BurnedNight BrokenFire TouchedSilence FallenStorm CursedSmoke BittenSoul TakenWinter LostShifting Shadows (Stories from the world of Mercy Thompson)Blind Date with a Werewolf (Novel-in-Stories in the world of Mercy Thompson & Alpha and Omega)The Alpha and Omega booksCry WolfHunting GroundFair GameDead HeatBurn BrightWild SignAralornAralorn (Masques & Wolfsbane Omnibus)
Pedro Paramo: Edicion conmemorativa 70 anos
"Pedro Páramo is one of the best novels of Spanish-language literature, and even of literature." —Jorge Luis BorgesPublished with Fundación Juan Rulfo. Juan Preciado makes a promise to his dying mother that he will travel to the town of Comala in search of his father, the titular character. Instead, Juan encounters a ghost town that relays to him the fragmented history of his father's cruel and violent life, and how he led Comala to ruin. Though met with an unwelcome critical reception in the years after its publication, Pedro Páramo has ascended into the canon of Mexican literature and magical realism writ large, thanks in no small part to its star-studded list of devotees. Gabriel García Márquez called it "the most beautiful novel ever written in the Spanish language," while Susan Sontag proclaimed: "The goal of every writer's life is to produce one great book—that is, an enduring work—and that is what Rulfo achieved."Commemorating the 70th edition of its original publication, this Spanish-language edition of Pedro Páramo includes unmissable archival material, including more than 100 cover designs from translated editions in over 30 languages. A charming black-and-white postcard of Rulfo placed between the pages provides a glimpse into the character and personality of the "father of magical realism."Juan Rulfo (1917–86) was born in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The corpus of his narrative work is his short story collection El llano en llamas, his novella El gallo de oro and the novel Pedro Páramo. He was a member of the Mexican Academy of Language. In 1983 he received the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and in 1985 he was named Doctor honoris causa by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
When the Moon Hatched
He's fire and brimstone.
I'm shattered ice ...
I'll gladly burn beneath him until the world comes crumbling down.
As an assassin for the rebellion, Raeve’s job is to complete orders and never get caught. When a rival bounty hunter shatters her world, Raeve finds herself captured by the Guild of Nobles – a group of powerful fae.
Crushed by the loss of his great love, dragon rider Kaan Vaegor took the head of a king and donned his melted crown. Now on a tireless quest to quell the never-ebbing ache in his chest, a clue lures him into the capital’s high-security prison where he stumbles upon the imprisoned Raeve ...
Together, they seek truths that threaten to unravel everything they knew about their world – and each other.
Bestselling sensation When the Moon Hatched will transport you into a world filled with magic, dragons and a love that blazes through the ages...
For Whom the Belle Tolls
They told her to go to Hell.
She went, but on her own terms.
Lily isn’t exactly thrilled with her arrival in the Afterlife, but what awaits her there is more fantastical than she ever could have imagined: Deities wait in line at the coffee shop. Fae flit between realms. Souls find ways to make death a beginning.
As she explores the many corners of the Afterlife, Lily finds herself surprisingly drawn to a place most people would avoid at all costs: Hell. Armed with years of customer service experience and pent-up sarcasm, Lily carves a job out for herself amongst Hell’s demons, sending souls to their rightful circles with more than a hint of sass.
Lily’s expectations are subverted every day in Hell—especially by Bel, a demon general with a distractingly sexy voice. The two meet by chance and form an immediate, deeply healing friendship, but the undeniable heat between them threatens to combust.
Meanwhile, something stirs beyond the boundaries of their world, threatening to destroy everything they’ve known and everything that could be…unless they fight like Hell to stop it.
This debut novel from BookTok sensation Jaysea Lynn invites you to lose yourself in a world where love ignites in the unlikeliest of places, magic defies the rules, and the Afterlife proves more thrilling than anyone could imagine.
A Fate of Wrath and Flame - Harag és lángok sorsa (Sors és tűz 1.)
"Hamarosan lehull a hályog a lány szeméről. Megismeri majd a bosszúszomjas istenek és szörnyetegek világát, és szembesül azzal, mi mindenre képes valaki a szerelemért. Ezután pedig soha semmi nem lesz már számára a régi."
Romeria, a tehetséges tolvaj egy New York-i bűnszövetkezet hálójába gabalyodva, ékszerlopással foglalkozik. Ám mikor egy rejtélyes nő kardot ránt, és a szolgálatába állítja, Romeria elszakad eddig ismert világától, és egy hatalmi ellentétekkel, egymással hadakozó tündetársadalmakkal
és elementáris mágiával teli birodalomba csöppen. Az árulással vádolt tünde hercegnő testében magához térve Romeria hamar ráébred, hogy egy veszedelmes összeesküvésbe keveredett, a valódi
kilétét pedig mindenáron titokban kell tartania... különösképp Zander király, vagyis a hercegnő jegyese előtt, aki történetesen gyűlöli őt. Romeria kénytelen eljátszani a szerelemittas hercegnőt, miközben a vonakodó páros együtt igyekszik lerántani a leplet a körülöttük kibontakozó veszedelemről. De ahogy az ellenségeik egyre közelebb férkőznek - és míg Romeria a király iránt fellobbanó érzelmeivel küzd -, elérkezik az ideje, hogy megtudja, ki is ő valójában...
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"Ha azt a romantasyt keresed, aminek a rajongója lehetsz, máris megtaláltad."
- Nisha J. Tuli, bestsellerszerző -
Hagyd, hogy téged is magával ragadjon!
Szereted a fantáziadús, érzéki, tartalmas könyveket?
Vidd haza nyugodtan, tetszeni fog!
Fiatal nőknek, felső korhatár nélkül!
Lady of Embers - Lady of Darkness 4
Wrath.
When they met her, she was a whirlwind of shadows and darkness. Standing among the ashes of betrayal and grief, now she is a tempest of rage and malice. Queen Scarlett Aditya will hunt them all down, one by one, and make them pay. Starting with the one who took her brightest star from her.
Acceptance.
She knows she will come for her. Her betrayal was too great. She deserves the storm of fury that will end her, but until then Queen Talwyn Semiria will protect a secret that could turn the tides in the coming war. But when the time comes to pay for her sins, will she be able to give up everything? And will it even be enough?
Hope.
A kingdom wrapped in mystery, locked away behind wards to protect its secrets. That is where the last hope of King Callan Solgard lies to get his throne back. But does he even want it any more? Will it cost him more than what he’s already lost? Or will new nightmares draw him from the light and into the darkness?
It’s time to start a fire and let it burn.
Le Fay
Lady Morgan surveys her life at Camelot: she is safe, valued for her intelligence, and has the love and respect of her brother King Arthur, despite a growing conflict with Queen Guinevere.
It’s not enough. For, between the strict rules of court, a vengeful husband determined to snatch their son away, and a jealous rival in sorcerer Merlin, Morgan desires freedom. And when a face from her past arrives, igniting old memories and new desires, the future she is planning becomes fraught with danger.
Morgan must break the shackles of expectation to seek true happiness. In doing so, she discovers dark new powers that promise control of her life is within reach. But it’s at the risk of destroying everything…
The End of Eternity
The best time-travel story since H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, by the Grand Master of science fiction, the story of Andrew Harlan, Technician and Eternal.
Andrew Harlan’s job is to range through past and present centuries monitoring and even altering Time’s myriad cause-and-effect relationships.
As a Technician with the Allwhen Council, he initiates Reality Changes that may affect the lives of as many as fifty billion people – and a million or more of them may be so drastically affected as to be considered new individulas. Above all, therefore, a Technician must be dispassionate. An emotional make-up is a distinct handicap. Then Harlan meets Noys and falls victim to a phenomenon older than Time itself – love.
Years of self-discipline are cast aside as Harlan uses the awesome techniques of the Eternals to twist Time so that he and Noys might survive… together.
A Spell for Change
In this sumptuous, atmospheric historical fantasy set in post-World War One Appalachia, three outcasts with misunderstood magical gifts search for their place in the world while battling the dark forces that circle their community.
Perfect for fans of Katherine Arden and Susanna Clarke.
Kate Mayer has always been troubled by visions of the future. No matter what she does, her disturbing premonitions come to pass—often with terrible consequences. But Kate has a secret: swirling, romantic dreams of a strange boy, and a chance meeting in the woods.
Oliver Chadwick Jr. returned from the Great War disabled, disillusioned, and able to see the dead. Haunted by the death of his best friend, Oliver realizes that his ability to communicate with spirits may offer the chance of closure he desperately seeks.
Nora Jo Barker’s mother and grandmother were witches, but she has never nurtured her own power. Always an outsider, she has made a place for herself as the town's schoolteacher, clinging to the independence the job affords her. When her unorthodox ideas lead to her dismissal, salvation comes in the form of a witch from the mountains, who offers her a magical apprenticeship. Yet as she begins to fall for another woman in town, her loyalties pull her in disparate directions.
Rumors of a dark force stalking the town only push Kate, Oliver, and Nora Jo onwards in their quest to determine their own destinies. But there are powers in the world stronger and stranger than their own, and not all magic is used for good...
Gold
The last Isaac Asimov science fiction collection which contains all of his previously uncollected stories.
Gold is Isaac Asimov's last science fiction collection‚ one containing all of his uncollected SF stories that had never before appeared in book form. Gold is the final and crowning achievement of the fifty-five year career of science fiction's transcendent genius‚ the world-famous author who defined the field of SF for its practitioners‚ for its millions of readers‚ and for the world at large.
The stories collected here for the first time range from the humorous to the profound‚ for Asimov was engaged until the end of his days in the work of redefining and expanding the boundaries of the literature he loved‚ and indeed‚ helped create. And there is more. For at the heart of this extraordinary compendium is the title story‚ "Gold‚" a moving and revealing drama about a writer who gambles everything on a chance at immortality-a gamble Asimov himself made. And won.
Magic
A final collection of original short fantasy stories assembles previously uncollected tales, stories about the two-centimeter demon Azael, several fairy tales, and a humorous adventure about Batman's old age from the grandmaster of science fiction.
Isaac Asimov and science fiction are one and the same to millions of readers. He was the field's transcendent genius, its reigning prophet, its genial patriarch, and its most prolific author. But Asimov also wrote fantasy, and invariably of an enduring quality. Magic is his final original collection, containing all of his uncollected fantasy stories that have never before appeared in book form. Wry and witty, they carry his unique, personal stamp of rationalism and logic.
These stories are fascinating musings of a wide-ranging intelligence, discussing everything from Tolkien to Spielberg, from unicorns to King Arthur. Magic is the last word on fantasy by the renowned science fiction author.
Though Isaac Asimov had fun writing all his works, these are the stories he wrote for fun. They are an essential part of his irreplaceable legacy.
Hořící hvězdy
Dystopická space opera plná politických machinací, akce a pomsty
Ve vzdálené budoucnosti osídlí pasažéři lidských generačních lodí tři hvězdné soustavy, pojmenují je Trojspolek a ustaví vládu jménem Dominium. Jun Ironwayová, hackerka, kšeftařka a příležitostná zlodějka, se dočká životní příležitosti — osud jí shodí do klína důkaz o tom, že jeden z nejmocnějších rodů Trojspolku, klan Nightfootů, se před tři čtvrtě stoletím podílel na celoplanetární genocidě.
Jak už to ale ve vesmíru chodí, čím je tajná informace cennější, tím je i nebezpečnější. A Dominium, které vládne Trojspolku železnou rukou, nemůže dopustit, aby Jun tak zásadně narušila zavedený řád. A tak pověří dvě své nejschopnější kleričky úkolem, aby notorickou hackerku vypátraly a zlikvidovaly. Po stopě se jí vydá neochvějně stoická, pobožná Čono a charismatická, brilantní psychopatka Esek Nightfootová, která zároveň patří mezi horké kandidátky na titul matriarchy rodu Nightfootů.
Čono a Esek však nejsou jen lovkyněmi, ale také kořistí. Stíhá je přízrak z jejich společného mládí, tajemná postava přezdívaná Šestka. Vše může skončit jen krvavým střetem, z něhož nikdo nevyjde bez újmy.
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Hvězdopravci z kavárny Úplněk
V Japonsku jsou kočky symbolem štěstí. Legenda praví, že pokud k nim budete vlídní, jednoho dne vám vaši laskavost oplatí. A pokud budete vlídní k té správné kočce, možná dostanete pozvánku do záhadné kavárny za třpytivého svitu kjótského měsíce.
Nejde však o jen tak ledajaký podnik. Nemá stálé místo ani stálou otvírací dobu, objevuje se na zdánlivě nahodilých adresách a zásadním způsobem ovlivňuje osudy mladých lidí, kteří se nacházejí na důležitých životních křižovatkách.
A navíc ji provozují kočky.
A zatímco si zákazníci pochutnávají na koláčích, kávě a čaji, kočky s nimi probírají jejich hvězdné mapy, nabízejí jim záhadné rady a ukazují jim, kde ve svých životech sešli z cesty.
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Orbity
Útlý román s epickou silou Orbital obratně zachycuje jeden den v životě šestičlenné posádky řítící se vesmírem – ne k Měsíci nebo do neznáma, ale kolem naší planety. Tito astronauti a kosmonauti vybraní pro jednu z posledních misí na vesmírné stanice před ukončením programu, opustili své životy a vydali se na cestu rychlostí přes sedmnáct tisíc kilometrů za hodinu, zatímco se Země pod nimi otáčí. Nahlédneme do okamžiků jejich pozemského života prostřednictvím krátké komunikace s rodinou, jejich fotografií a talismanů. A hlavně jsme s nimi, když pozorují a zaznamenávají dění na tiché modré planetě. Jejich zážitky z šestnácti východů a západů slunce a jasných blikajících souhvězdí galaxie jsou zároveň úchvatné a překvapivě intimní. Stejně jako stopy civilizace daleko pod námi, které se usazují na planetě, na níž žijeme.
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Sci-fi žáner poznáme aj pod pojmom vedecko-fantastická literatúra, poprípade science fiction. V týchto dielach sa dostaneme do budúcnosti, pričom dej sa opiera o súčasnú vedu, techniku a o predpoklady jej ďalšieho vývoja. Medzi hlavné témy sci-fi patrí pokročilá veda a technológia, prieskum vesmíru, cestovanie v čase, paralelné vesmíry a mimozemský život. Sci-fi má pravdepodobne svoje korene v antickej mytológii. Súvisí s fantasy, hororom a fikciou o superhrdinoch. Sci-fi v literatúre, filme, televízii a iných médiách sa stala populárnou a vplyvnou vo veľkej časti sveta. Nazýva sa tiež „literatúra myšlienok“ a často skúma potenciálne dôsledky vedeckých, sociálnych a technologických inovácií.
Medzi najznámejších autorov sci-fi žánru patrí Isaac Asimov, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson, Herbert Frank, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Margaret Atwoodová a Karel Čapek.
Fantasy literatúra sa zaoberá fiktívnymi svetmi, bytosťami a udalosťami Tento žáner obsahuje prvky nadprirodzena, mágie, mýtov, legend a imaginárnych bytostí, ako sú napríklad draci, víly, čarodejníci, orkovia a ďalší.
Fantasy literatúra vytvára bohaté a detailné fiktívne svety, ktoré sa líšia od realistického prostredia. Príbehy z tohto žánru sa často zameriavajú na hrdinské cesty, dobrodružstvá, boje medzi dobrom a zlom, epické konflikty a príbehy o nadprirodzených schopnostiach a magických predmetoch. Fantasy literatúra má dlhú a bohatú históriu, pričom mnohé jej klasické diela vznikli už v 19. a 20. storočí.
K najznámejším autorom fantasy pattrí J. R. R. Tolkien, autor kultového fantasy Pán prsteňov. Určite poznáte tiež J.K. Rowlingovú, ktorá vytvorila zázračný svet Harryho Pottera.ďalšími známymi autormi sú napríklad George R.R. Martin a jeho Pieseň ľadu a ohňa známejšia pod názvom sfilmovaného seriálu Hry o tróny, C.S. Lewis, ktorá napísal Kroniky Narnie, Terry Pratchett, Ursula K. Le Guin, či Robert Jordan.
