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Darkome
Before the bio-terror attack, Darkome was a place where DIY genetics enthusiasts could communicate in peace. After the attack, they were pushed deep underground by a brutal government response. The perpetrators were from Darkome, and the biohacker community was simply too dangerous to be allowed to exist.Inara was a member of Darkome, but was forced to leave when she realised she had a rare form of cancer which could only be controlled by accepting an Aspis medchip. It could monitor her health and pump her full of a cocktail of drugs to combat her illness, but it went against everything Darkome stood for. She had to choose between her community and her life.But now Inara''s Aspis appears to have malfunctioned. She can edit her own DNA on the fly, make herself stronger, improve her eyesight, move faster. It could be the genetic breakthrough of the millenium, but only if she can figure out how it works. And manage to stay ahead of everyone else who wants this new secret, and don''t care if she dies as a result. Chased by Aspis, Darkome and the government, her new skills may be the only way Inara has to survive... but they may cost her everything, including her humanity...
Faithbreaker
THE EPIC FINALE TO THE INSTANT NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING FALLEN GODS TRILOGYIn the epic finale to the #1 internationally bestselling Fallen Gods trilogy that started with Godkiller, the fate of Middren hangs in the balance as mighty gods and mortal heroes clash in a final battle for supremacy.War has come. The fire god Hseth is leading an unstoppable army south, consuming everything in her path. Middren’s only hope of survival is to unify allies and old foes against a common enemy.Elo navigates an uneasy alliance with Arren; his friend, his enemy, and his king. Now they each must decide how much they''re willing to sacrifice to turn the tides of war.Meanwhile, Inara joins her mother on their ship, the Silverswift, to seek aid. Still grappling with her powers, Inara must reconcile who she is and where she belongs, while Skediceth has to question if their bond will be enough to keep them safe.Kissen has no allegiance to the old ways of Middren. But, as she tries to find her family, she is forced to question what, and whose, future she is fighting for.In Faithbreaker, Hannah Kaner delivers a powerful conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy, masterfully weaving together love and sacrifice, loyalty and betrayal, and the true meaning of faith.PRAISE FOR THE FALLEN GODS TRILOGY‘Godkiller will have you in its grasp from the first pages’ Samantha Shannon, bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree‘Devastating and triumphant’ Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne‘Violent, bawdy, beautifully imagined, and intensely felt, Godkiller is a bone-rattling fantasy thriller that flies by in a breathtaking rush’ Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman‘Epic and intimate, tender and sharp’ Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf‘Holy heck, this book is so good’ Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author of the Dark Olympus series
The Quest for Cush
Treachery, betrayal, defeat . . .Betrayed by the bandit-tribes he led, Imaro once again finds himself searching for answers - and revenge. On the trail of his kidnapped lover, he finds a new ally who could be the key to Imaro''s past. Joining with Pomphis, Imaro and Tanisha head to the ruined City of Madness. There, they hope to find the truth behind the sorcerous forces that destroyed Imaro''s youth and set his life on its current path. They must face assassins, monsters, and deadly creatures from the sea, but they won''t be stopped until they have the answers: Who is Imaro? Why was he cursed from birth? What is his destiny?The sequel to sword and soul epic, Imaro, Charles R. Saunders brings us back to the rich, sprawling world of Nyumbani. Genre-defining, expansive and bold, this is a must-read for fantasy fans.
The Daughters' War
The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.
Galva - Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill - has defied her family's wishes and joined the army's untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind.
The road to victory is bloody, and goblins are clever and merciless. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted - not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side.
But some hopes are worth any risk.
A fraught, shattering fantasy adventure, this standalone novel is set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief.
The Corn Bride
‘A rural Ben Aaronovitch!’ C. K. McDonnell ‘Fast-paced, entertainingly creepy, laugh-out-loud funny, and genuinely moving’ Michelle Paver Dear reader, you are cordially invited to the strangest wedding of the year . . . It’s May 1941, and the war is in full swing. Yet in the quiet village of Woodville in rural Kent a happy event is on the horizon, as Faye Bright interrupts her training with the British Secret Service to return home and marry her true love, Bertie. But as preparations get underway, a ghostly premonition throws a spanner in the works. Who is the Corn Bride, and is her burning visage a warning, or a threat to the happiest day of Faye’s life? As Faye and the witches investigate, it’s soon apparent that there’s much more on the line than dress fittings, cake and Bertie’s stag do. For an old enemy is stirring in the shadows, bent on vengeance. And he’s not above crashing a wedding to get it. Will the happy couple make it to the church on time? Or, after all she’s survived, could it be getting hitched that finally spells Faye’s doom?Embark upon an adventure that weaves together romance, undead Nazis, pensioner spies, spectral schoolchildren and a talking budgerigar, and still somehow manages to prove that love is the most powerful magic of all. For fans of Lev Grossman and Terry Pratchett comes the fifth novel in this delightful series of war, mystery and a little bit of magic . . . Don’t miss the other magical books in the WITCHES OF WOODVILLE series! #1 The Crow Folk #2 Babes in the Wood #3 The Ghost of Ivy Barn #4 The Holly King
The Siege of Burning Grass: Shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
The paperback release of 2024''s stunning meditation on war and violence by an award-winning author.The Empires of Varkal and Med?ariz have always been at war. Alefret, the founder of Varkal?s pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a ?visionary? scientist. But now they?re offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med?ariz?s flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemy?s population and provoke them into an uprising against their rulers. He should refuse to serve the warmongers, but what if he could end this pointless war once and for all? Is that worth compromising his own morals and the principles of his fellow resistance members?
Heat of the Everflame
After her disastrous coronation, Diem is now at the centre of the conflict between the Descended and the Guardians. With her newfound friends - and the man she's falling for - on one side, and the mortals she vowed to protect on the other, Diem must walk a careful line to save the people she loves from one another.
When the mystery of her unusual heritage starts to unravel, it sends Diem and Luther on an unexpected journey across the realms. The answers they seek may hold the key to winning the war, but finding them will require Diem to face painful truths about her mother, her bloodline, and her fate.
The Crowns now have Diem in their sights, and while some could be her greatest allies, to end their oppressive reign, Diem must sort friend from foe and risk it all to build an army of her own.
Meanwhile, a powerful figure in the north has plans that could change everything . . .
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Druhá antologie edice Evropská space opera přináší dalších osm českých a jednoho slovenského autora tohoto specifického subžánru literatury science-fiction. V jejich doprovodu se opět můžete vydat ke hvězdám, ale také do složitých a záhadných zákoutí lidských myslí.
Čeká vás pestrá směsice příběhů, od romanticky zadumaných, přes kyberpunk, akční špionážní jízdu až po rozmáchlou epiku. Přijměte pozvání do světů za hranicí planety Země!
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Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 11
A sarcastic isekai comedy about surviving in a fantasy world with only the weirdest magic powers. Inspired the hit manga!When sarcastic loner Haruka gets transported with his class to another world, he?s not wild about adventuring, but he wouldn?t mind having some cool powers. Unfortunately, he?s last in line when the magic cheat skills get divvied up, so by the time it?s Haruka?s turn, there are no good choices left. Now Haruka will have to take on this fantasy world the hard way?on his own, with a hodgepodge of bizarre skills! When infighting and chaos break out among his classmates, can this loner come to the rescue?
The Sea Eternal
'Wherever Emery Robin goes from here, I'm going to follow' Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom one of the most original voices in science fiction comes the spectacular sequel to the epic, interstellar love story that began in The Stars Undying. Goddess, tell me the story. Matheus Ceirran, commander of half the known world, is dead. For the past year, his loyal captain Anita has hunted down his assassins-that is, when she can pull herself from the bed of Altagracia Caviro Patramata, queen and oracle of the client planet of Szayet. But when Anita's quest for revenge takes her across the borders of an enigmatic neighboring empire, she uncovers a dangerous secret that could upend the fragile balance of the galaxy. Meanwhile, Ceirran's heir apparent Otávio Julhan grows more and more powerful in the capital that Anita has left behind. Caught between home, Szayet, and a new and greater threat, Anita finds herself at the center of a war that threatens to collapse her world. The fate of empires dances on the tip of a knife, and history will be written by the victors in this sweeping tale of myth, imperial legacy, and the love affair of a lifetime. Praise for this duology: 'Dazzling, transportive, boundless, precise-and dares to ask, what if Mark Antony was the hottest butch girl in space?' Casey McQuiston'Gorgeously written, impeccably characterized, and profoundly aware of the way the ghosts of history linger' Emily Tesh 'A glittering triumph of a book that weaves together history and tragedy into a star-spanning epic' Everina Maxwell
Scorched Skies
From the award-winning author of the Mousai series comes book one in an epic duology inspired by the Icarus myth, about an outcast woman and a winged prince torn between forbidden love and born duty.In the divided world of Cadra, where the winged Volari rule over the earthbound Süra, Tanwen has never relished her life of secrecy, but hiding is her only means of survival. As the child of a forbidden union, her very existence is punishable by death.As the Crown Prince, Zolya is forced to fulfill his father?s every whim. Acting on orders, he captures Tanwen?s father and brother, whisking them away to his kingdom in the sky. Determined to save her family, Tanwen infiltrates the royal court disguised as a servant.Amid the palace?s intrigue, she realizes there?s more to save than just her family and more to Prince Zolya than meets the eye. As their worlds collide, their star-crossed relationship intensifies under the king?s oppression. With their loyalties pulling them in opposite directions, Tanwen and Zolya must decide if their love can bridge the divide or if they have flown too close to the sun.
Scorched Skies
From the award-winning author of the Mousai series comes book one in an epic duology inspired by the Icarus myth, about an outcast woman and a winged prince torn between forbidden love and born duty.In the divided world of Cadra, where the winged Volari rule over the earthbound Süra, Tanwen has never relished her life of secrecy, but hiding is her only means of survival. As the child of a forbidden union, her very existence is punishable by death.As the Crown Prince, Zolya is forced to fulfill his father?s every whim. Acting on orders, he captures Tanwen?s father and brother, whisking them away to his kingdom in the sky. Determined to save her family, Tanwen infiltrates the royal court disguised as a servant.Amid the palace?s intrigue, she realizes there?s more to save than just her family and more to Prince Zolya than meets the eye. As their worlds collide, their star-crossed relationship intensifies under the king?s oppression. With their loyalties pulling them in opposite directions, Tanwen and Zolya must decide if their love can bridge the divide or if they have flown too close to the sun.
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Mysteriózny triler. Fantasy. Slovenský autor
Ján Taber je vyhľadávaný knižný archeológ a svoju prácu, vystopovať dávno stratené literárne dielo, berie ako poslanie. Má samotársku povahu a večery trávi obvykle doma. Znenazdajky do jeho života vplávajú dve očarujúco krásne ženy: Margaréta Smetanová a Lucia Bannisterová. A každá z nich prejavuje jasný zámer padnúť mu do náručia.
Na milostné avantúry nemá Taber príliš veľa času, pretože sa snaží vypátrať dodnes nezverejnený rukopis apoštola Petra, nazývaný Petrova Apokalypsa.
Taberovo vyšetrovanie sa dostane do hľadáčika kráľa Háda, vládcu pekelnej ríše. Hádes považuje Petrovu Apokalypsu za nebezpečnú zbraň. Ak by Taber tento rukopis zverejnil, hrozí, že v ríši mŕtvych vypukne veľká vzbura. Rozhnevaný Hádes označí Tabera za svojho úhlavného nepriateľa a neváha použiť všetky dostupné prostriedky, aby ho zastavil.
Rozhorí sa neľútostný súboj. Taber stráca pôdu pod nohami a zachrániť ho môže iba slávna čarodejnica Medea. Ale ako sa s ňou má dohovoriť? Veď Medea zomrela už pred tritisíc rokmi...
The Witch who Trades with Death
From the author of Citadel and popular TikTokker C.M. Alongi comes a bewitching new romantic fantasy where a young witch seeks her freedom by forging a deal with Death...A young witch forced to play concubine for her empirical captor, finally breaks free to find a life of her own, but even those with the power to call Death cannot outrun their past…All witches must serve the cruel and immortal Emperor Yamueto. But after four years of terror and abuse, Khana not only kills one of his favorite courtiers with her magic, but also discovers the secret of his power and immortality: he?s been making deals with Death. And now, so is she.Armed with magic that she doesn?t fully understand, Khana flees the empire and stumbles into a small mountain town filled with fierce warriors that ostracize her for being a witch, despite using her abilities to heal their sick and injured. There, her magic and courage are put to the test as she is forced to stop running and fight back against the emperor that wants her dead.But every deal she makes with Death takes another piece of her soul. And there?s only so much Khana can give before she turns into the very monster she?s trying to destroy.
The God and the Gumiho
A delightful romantic Korean contemporary fantasy tale - a quest to track down a demon of darkness before it devours the mortal realm.
Two bickering immortals. One chance to save the world.
Kim Hani - the once-terrible gumiho known as the Scarlet Fox - spends her days working at a café and trying not to let a certain customer irk her.
Seokga - a trickster god thrown from the heavens for his attempt at a coup - spends his days hunting demons and irking a particular gumiho.
When a demon of darkness escapes the underworld, and the Scarlet Fox briefly emerges from hiding, Seokga is offered a chance at redemption: kill them both, and his sins will be forgiven.
But Hani is prepared to do anything to prevent Seokga from bringing her to justice, even trick her way into his investigation. Anything, that is - except fall in love . . .
The Book That Broke the World
We fight for the people we love. We fight for the ideas we want to be true.
Evar and Livira stand side by side and yet far beyond each other's reach. Evar is forced to flee the library, driven before an implacable foe. Livira, trapped in a ghost world, has to recover her book if she's to return to her life. While Evar's journey leads him outside into the vastness of a world he's never seen, Livira's destination lies deep inside her own writing, where she must wrestle with her stories in order to reclaim the volume in which they were written.
And all the while, the library quietly weaves thread to thread, bringing the scattered elements of Livira's old life – friends and foe alike – back together beneath new skies.
Long ago, a lie was told, and with the passing years it has grown and spread, a small push leading to a chain of desperate consequences. Now, as one edifice topples into the next with ever-growing violence, it threatens to break the world. The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board. The time has come when they must fight for what they believe, or lose everything.
The Library Trilogy is about many things: adventure, discovery, and romance, but it's also a love letter to books and the places where they live. The focus is on one vast and timeless library, but the love expands to encompass smaller more personal collections, and bookshops of all shades too.
Zkažená říše
Brexley se dostala k jedné z nejhledanějších věcí na světě. S objevem nektaru však vyvstala i další tajemství – taková, která by ji mohla definitivně zničit. Magie musí být v rovnováze. Vychýlit ji něco stojí. Když Brexley zachraňuje životy, zadusí své vlastní schopnosti i spojení s Warwickem. Její vztahy se tak ocitají na pokraji propasti a čelí těm nejtěžším zkouškám. Brexley se na svůj zármutek snaží zapomenout a dál při tom pronásleduje Ištvána. Je snad ochotný zajít až za hranice pekla, aby získal moc?
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Kladivo na čaroděje 2: Poklad gnómů
Svět je zázračné místo. Zvlášť pro ty, kterým ukázal záda.
Když vás odtud vykážou na oběžnou dráhu, do limbu nebo rovnou do nebytí, najednou vám ten starý všivý prohnilý svět, plný korupce a pošahaných magorů bude připadat jako to nejúžasnější místo pod sluncem. A uděláte cokoliv, abyste se tam mohli vrátit.
Svět je zázračné místo, protože magie se vrátila. A vrátil se i Felix Jonáš, jenomže jak to tak vypadá, jeho bývalý tým už o něj příliš nestojí. To ale není nic, s čím by si neporadil! Je zpátky a plný odhodlání napravit staré chyby. A nadělat spoustu nových.
Vincenc je mrtvý a začíná mít neodbytný pocit, že záhrobí není místo pro něj. Jenomže vstát z mrtvých, to není jen tak, dokonce i pro Vincence. Taková věc vyžaduje odhodlání a oběti. S tím však Vincenc nikdy neměl problém.
I Klaudie se vrací, do světa střízlivosti a předstírané normálnosti. Je z ní dvojitá agentka, a to jednomu zamíchá prioritami. A Walter? Ten si hledí své kariéry a jediné, po čem opravdu netouží, je pomáhat po Felixově boku dámám v nesnázích.
Co ale mohl čekat? Svět je zázračné místo a jako takový nyní poskytuje rejdiště nové, divoké magii. Z hlubin země se navracejí vzpomínky na dávné bytosti a jejich poklady.
Poklady mimořádné ceny, které by každý chtěl. Poklady gnómů...
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Ve stínu Leviatanů 1: Pohár smrti
Detektivně laděné fantasy s dvojicí podivuhodných vyšetřovatelů ve stylu Sherlocka Holmese a doktora Watsona
V nejhonosnějším domě v Daretaně je nalezen mrtvý říšský důstojník — podle všeho ho zabil strom, který mu vyrašil z těla. Taková smrt je krajně nezvyklá a děsivá i na hranicích Říše, kde bují rozličné nákazy a krev leviatanů způsobuje podivné magické změny.
Případu se ujímá Ana Dolabrová, vyšetřovatelka proslulá nejen svou prohnaností, ale též výstředností. Povídá se, že všude chodí se zavázanýma očima, dokonce prý dokáže vyřešit zdánlivě neřešitelné záhady, aniž vystrčí nos z domu.
K ruce má nového asistenta jménem Dinios Kol, který se díky své magicky vylepšené paměti stává Aniným dokonalým pomocníkem. Jeho nadřízená ho svým chováním střídavě pohoršuje, mystifikuje a příšerně dopaluje, ovšem při rozplétání zašmodrchaného případu je Din svědkem toho, jak se její důvtip žene od jedné překvapivé dedukce ke druhé, a musí uznat, že Ana je skutečně nejlepší vyšetřovatelkou v Říši.
Když oba detektivové rozkryjí plán, který ohrožuje celou Říši, Din pochopí, že ještě zdaleka nerozluštil hádanku, již představuje sama Ana Dolabrová — a v duchu se začíná ptát, jak dlouho dokáže před jejím pronikavým rozumem skrývat svá vlastní tajemství…
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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.
