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Forever
The latest steamy adventure in the Lair of the Wolven spin-off series from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward, set in the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, with a scientist fighting to save the timber wolves - and getting caught in a deadly trap herself . . .
For Lydia Susi, there is no sweet sorrow in saying goodbye to the man she loves. As a wolven hiding among humans, she became used to being alone - until destiny gave her the kind of love she didn't dare hope for. But then came a devastating diagnosis that ended all her dreams. Grief is the only thing she sees in her future now.
Daniel Joseph, as an operative for a clandestine arm of the U.S. government, always expected to die an early death. He just assumed it would be out in the field . . . not in a hospital bed in an underground lab. With his time running out, he refuses a potentially lifesaving treatment to focus on making sure that Lydia finds her wolven clan.
Following an attack on the lab's compound, Daniel fears his former boss is coming after him and Lydia. Marshalling his strength, he must call on all his training to protect the female he loves . . . even if it means her moving on, without him.
Discover your new obsession . . .
Eversion
Eversion is a superb, original Gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake - and their goal-----
Until disaster strikes.
Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well--
Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration - and their lives - into his own hands . . .
Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian return in this essential novel set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.
The Empire is dead. Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor, the tattered remnants of Palpatine's forces have fled to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. But for the heroes of the New Republic, danger and loss are ever-present companions, even in this newly forged era of peace.
Jedi Master Luke Skywalker is haunted by visions of the dark side, foretelling an ominous secret growing somewhere in the depths of space, on a dead world called Exegol. The disturbance in the Force is undeniable... and Luke's worst fears are confirmed when his old friend Lando Calrissian comes to him with reports of a new Sith menace.
After Lando's daughter was stolen from his arms, he searched the stars for any trace of his lost child. But every new rumor leads only to dead ends and fading hopes-until he crosses paths with Ochi of Bestoon, a Sith assassin tasked with kidnapping a young girl.
Ochi's true motives remain shrouded to Luke and Lando. For on a junkyard moon, a mysterious envoy of the Sith Eternal has bequeathed a sacred blade to the assassin, promising that it will answer the questions that have haunted him since the Empire fell. In exchange, he must complete a final mission: Return to Exegol with the key to the Sith's glorious rebirth-Rey, the granddaughter of Darth Sidious himself.
As Ochi hunts Rey and her parents to the edge of the galaxy, Luke and Lando race into the mystery of the Sith's lingering shadow and aid a young family running for their lives.
Sea of Tranquility
The instant Sunday Times bestseller, Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel investigates the idea of parallel worlds and possibilities, and plays with the very line along which time should run.
Lives separated by time and space have collided, and an exiled Englishman, a writer trapped far from home, and a girl destined to die too young, have each glimpsed a world that is not their own. Travelling through the centuries, between colonies on the moon and an ever-changing Earth, together their lives will solve a mystery that will make you question everything you thought you knew to be true.
From the award-winning author of Station Eleven
Misrule
Did they break the curse, or begin one? Sleeping Beauty's dark sorceress reclaims her story in this sequel to Malice
The Dark Grace is dead.
Feared and despised for the sinister power in her veins, Alyce has spent 100 years wreaking her revenge on the kingdom that made her an outcast. Once a realm of decadence and beauty, Briar is now wholly Alyce's wicked domain. No one escapes the consequences of her wrath.
Not even the one person who holds her heart.
Princess Aurora saw through Alyce's thorny facade, earning a love that promised the dawn of a new age. But that love came with a heavy price: Aurora now sleeps under a curse that even Alyce's vast power cannot seem to break, and their dream of the world they would have built together is nothing but ash.
Alyce vows to do anything to wake the woman she loves, even if it means descending into the monster Briar believed her to be. But could Aurora ever love the villain Alyce has become?
Or is true love only for fairy tales?
Matilda gyermekei
Amikor még a Nap is fiatalabb volt – és nem látott annyi szörnyűséget, mint manapság –, az emberek is egész másfajta életet éltek. Különösen igaz volt ez egy völgyben élő, istenekhez fohászkodó, saját szabályok szerint és a nagyvilágtól elszigetelten élő kis közösségre. A szokványos, idilli napokat furcsa történések kezdik beárnyékolni, amelyek nem várt, tragikus eseményekhez vezetnek. Az összeszokott csoport addigi, háborítatlan életét örökre megváltoztatja a balsors. A hátborzongató eseményekhez, úgy tűnik, hogy többeknek is közük van a falubeliek közül, s a titkok, amelyeket addig féltve őriztek, mind-mind felszínre kerülnek, kíméletlenül feltárva a dermesztően sötét, lélekfacsaró igazságot… Lehet-e a lélek eredendően gonosz? Hány arca van a szerelemnek? Mennyi fájdalmat képes egy ember elviselni? Hol húzódik meg a határ szeretet és gyűlölet között? Feláldozható-e egy élet, ha ezzel számos másikat megmenthetünk? Mi történik akkor, ha átveszi az irányítást a józan ész fölött a feltételezés, a hiedelem és a bőr alá kúszó félelem?
Heartless - Szívtelen
A Szív Királynő valaha csak egy szerelemre vágyó fiatal lány volt.
Bár Catherine az egyik legkelendőbb fiatal hölgy Csodaországban, és a házasodni kívánó Szív Király kedvence, őt mégis egyebek foglalkoztatják. Ínycsiklandó süteményeket süt, és a leghőbb vágya az, hogy pékséget nyisson a legjobb barátnőjével. Az édesanyja szerint ilyen gondolatok azonban nem méltók egy olyan fiatal lányhoz, aki akár királyné is lehetne.
Cath megismerkedik Jesttel, a jóképű és titokzatos udvari bolonddal. Életében először valódi vonzalmat érez valaki iránt.
Kockáztatva, hogy vérig sértik a Királyt, és éktelen haragra gerjesztik Cath szüleit, a két fiatal titkos, viharos kapcsolatba bonyolódik. Cath a saját szerencséjének kovácsa akar lenni,
és a maga módján akar szerelembe esni. Ám a sorsnak más tervei vannak e varázslatos, őrült és szörnyetegekkel teli vidéken...
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World of Warcraft: Sylvanas
The epic, long-awaited definitive story of Sylvanas Windrunner, one of World of Warcraft's most enduring and iconic characters. Ranger-General. Banshee Queen.Warchief. Sylvanas Windrunner has borne many titles.
To some, she is a hero... to others, a villain.But whether in pursuit of justice, vengeance, or something more, Sylvanas has always sought to control her own destiny. The power to achieve her goals has never been closer, as Sylvanas works alongside the Jailer to liberate all Azeroth from the prison of fate. Her final task? Secure the fealty of their prisoner-King Anduin Wrynn.To succeed, Sylvanas will be forced to reflect on the harrowing path that brought her to the Jailer's side, and reveal her truest self to her greatest rival.
Here, Sylvanas' complete story is laid bare: from the breaking of the Windrunner family and her rise to Ranger-General; to her own death at the hands of Arthas and her renewed purpose in founding the Forsaken; to the moment she first beheld the Maw, and understood the true consequences of what lay beyond the veil of death. But as her moment of victory draws near, Sylvanas Windrunner will make a choice that may ultimately come to define her. A choice that's hers to make.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – A Zóna ködében
Mogorva egy sikeres, tapasztalt stalker, de senki sem veszi túl komolyan. Nem keresi a bajt, közepes áron adja el a közepesen értékes relikviákat, nem keveredik konfliktusokba, nem kér és nem ad kölcsönt. Egyetlen barátja a humoros, életvidám, dilinyós stalker, Moonlight. És ez a fura páros elvállal egy megbízást: egy különös srác jelentős summát hajlandó fizetni annak, aki elviszi a Zóna szívébe, a Monolithoz… Mogorva még csak a Monolit létezésében sem hisz. Moonlightnak meg teljesen mindegy, hol teszi kockára a bőrét a Zónában. A pénz az pénz, ezért elindulnak a Négyes Reaktorblokkhoz, mely körül szörnyű és hihetetlen legendák keringenek. Útjukat folyamatosan áthatja egy sűrű, tejfehér köd, amiben észrevétlenek maradnak a mutánsok és az anomáliák, feloldódnak benne a határok, és az is kétségessé válik, ki barát, és ki ellenség. Amikor a Zóna látszólag éppen lépéselőnyt ad, nem tudni, hogy ez szerencsét hoz-e nekik, vagy megsemmisítő csapásra kell készülniük… Alekszej Gravickij forgatókönyvíró, többek között a nagy sikerű Kóma című film fűződik a nevéhez. Jelen regénye, a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. sorozat többi darabjához képest, lélektani megközelítésű, kevésbé az akciókra, mint inkább a stalkerek belső világára helyezi a hangsúlyt.
Gothikana: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance
"If this is madness," she whispered almost against his lips, "drown me in it."
Corvina Clemm is a woman with secrets. The last thing she expects to receive is an admission letter from the University of Verenmore, a place just as secretive. A castle atop a mountain, Verenmore is steeped in shadows, deceit and death, a place where students have been disappearing every five years for over a century. As Corvina becomes caught up in unravelling the clues to solve the mystery, her path collides with Vad Deverell, her enigmatic professor.
Vad, too, is a man with secrets. And he cannot allow Corvina to get close enough to discover what he hides. But whenever she is near, his heart and soul yearn to possess her. As Corvina and Vad become more and more entangled, their passion for each other could be the very thing to solve the mystery of Verenmore - or it could bring them both down in flames.
The History of the Hobbit
Brand new deluxe edition of this definitive companion to The Hobbit, quarter-bound, stamped in gold foil with a unique design inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's own artwork, featuring a ribbon marker and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase.
The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that 'grew in the telling', and many characters and plot threads in the published text are quite different from the story J.R.R. Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as one of their 'fireside reads'.
Together in one volume, The History of the Hobbit presents the complete text of the unpublished manuscript of The Hobbit, accompanied by John Rateliff's lively and informative account of how the book came to be written and published. Recording the numerous changes made to the story both before and after publication, he examines - chapter by chapter - why those changes were made and how they reflect Tolkien's ever-growing concept of Middle-earth.
As well as reproducing the original version of one of the world's most popular novels - both on its own merits and as the foundation for The Lord of the Rings - this book includes many little-known illustrations and draft maps for The Hobbit by Tolkien himself. Also featured are extensive commentaries on the dates of composition, how Tolkien's professional and early mythological writings influenced the story, the imaginary geography he created, and how Tolkien came to revise the book years after publication to accommodate events in The Lord of the Rings.
Endorsed by Christopher Tolkien as a companion to his essential 12-volume The History of Middle-earth, this thoughtful and exhaustive examination of one of the most treasured stories in English literature offers fascinating new insights for those who have grown up with this enchanting tale, and will delight any who are about to enter Bilbo's round door for the first time.
Vampýrská akademie 4: Krvavý slib
Život Rose Hathawayové nebude už nikdy stejný. Po nelítostném útoku na Akademii zemřelo hodně Morojů i dhampýrů. Ti, kteří přežili, jsou na tom ještě hůř: musejí se vyrovnat se smrtí kamarádů. A Rosin krk nyní zdobí tetování, které všem zvěstuje, že zabila bezpočet Strigojů. Jen jedna oběť je však důležitá… Dimitrij Belikov. Rose podstoupila bolestnou volbu, opustila Akademii i svou nejlepší kamarádku Lissu, poslední žijící dragomirskou princeznu, a vydala se pronásledovat muže, kterého miluje. Musela dojít až na kraj světa, aby Dimitrije našla a mohla tak splnit krvavý slib, který mu dala. Až ale nastane okamžik rozhodnutí, bude Dimitrij stále chtít, aby ho raději zabila, než aby žil jako stvůra? V sázce je teď úplně všechno. Zranitelná a osamocená Rose se ocitá ve světě, který je pro ni stejně neznámý jako nebezpečný. Najde v sobě dost sil, aby Dimitrije zničila? Anebo se obětuje ve jménu nesmrtelné lásky?
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Siréna, 2. vydání
Oceán zachránil Kahlen před smrtí, a od té doby mu slouží jako siréna. Svým zpěvem láká bezpočet neznámých do hlubin moře. Je smířená se samotou až do konce služby… ale pak se seznámí s Akinlim. Je to kluk, který má všechno, o čem kdy snila. Všemožně se s ní snaží komunikovat, úžasně si rozumějí a vztah mezi nimi rychle přeroste kamarádství. Ať chtějí nebo ne, jsou spojeni poutem lásky. Jenže žádný člověk nesmí poznat svět sirén...
Železná vdova 1: Železná vdova
Chlapci z Chu-sie snívajú o tom, že sa raz stanú pilotmi kukiel, obrovských robotov, ktoré sa dokážu transformovať a bojovať proti votrelcom z vesmíru, číhajúcim v temnote za Veľkým čínskym múrom. Na to však potrebujú spojiť sily s dievčaťom a zdá sa, že nikoho netrápi, že pilotka-konkubína takmer vždy príde pri mentálnom spojení so svojím partnerom o život. Osemnásťročná Ce-tchien túži zabiť špičkového pilota zodpovedného za smrť jej sestry, a tak sa dobrovoľne prihlási na túto nevďačnú pozíciu. Šanca pomstiť sa naskytne skôr, než by čakala, a jej sa dokonca podarí vyjsť z kokpitu kukly bez škrabanca a za sebou zanechať len spúšť. Vyslúži si tým prezývku železná vdova a zaradí sa k vzácnemu a obávanému druhu pilotiek, ktoré sa mocní snažia umlčať. Ce-tchien pridelia k najkontroverznejšiemu pilotovi ríše, odsúdenému vrahovi. Ten má za úlohu skrotiť jej znepokojujúcu, a predsa neoceniteľnú mentálnu silu. No keď už raz Ce-tchien ochutnala moc, len tak ľahko necúvne. Využije každú možnosť, čo jej ponúkajú novonadobudnuté schopnosti a neblahá povesť, aby v krutom svete a boji proti desivým monštrám prežila.
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Méz és jég 2: Toll és csont trónja
Az a végzetem, hogy soha ne érinthessem meg a szerelmem...
Nemrégiben még úgy nézett ki, hogy jó irányt vesz az életem, de rosszul gondoltam... Az apám, aki egész életében megtagadott, most holtan fekszik. Mindkét udvarban hatalmas a felfordulás, és vért kívánnak. Az én véremet. Meg kell találnom apám gyilkosát, pedig a halálát övező rejtély eltörpül a tündéreket összeroppantó őrület mellett.
Minden vágyam megtalálni Hegyalja bejáratát, mielőtt kitör az igazi anarchia. A válaszok, amelyeket keresek, odaát vannak. Ebben egészen biztos vagyok.
Két ajándékba kapott kard, egy mágikus pajzs, némi szeszélyes varázserő és belső kétely kísér. Fel kell derítenem a szülőotthonunkhoz vezető utat. Eközben minden lépésemet figyelik, és folyton a nyomomban járnak az Árnyudvar-béliek.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
A Sunday Times-bestselling, award-nominated genre-defying tour-de-force of Faustian bargains, for fans of The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life After Life, and The Sudden Appearance of Hope.
When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she is convinced she’s found a loophole?immortality in exchange for her soul. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone.
Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day.
Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. Alone in the world, Addie has no choice but to confront him, to understand him, maybe to beat him.
Until one day, in a second hand bookshop in Manhattan, Addie meets someone who remembers her. Suddenly thrust back into a real, normal life, Addie realises she can’t escape her fate forever.
Moon Witch, Spider King
In this mighty follow-up to his number one bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to tell the story of Sogolon the Moon Witch.
Part adventure story, part tale of an indomitable woman, Moon Witch, Spider King chronicles the antagonist-turned-antihero's journey from an ostracised no-name girl, hated by her brothers and made to live in a termite hill, to a woman with fully developed powers engaged in a long-standing feud with the Aesi, chancellor to the king.
Offering Sogolon's version of the events of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Moon Witch, Spider King is an unforgettable exploration of power, resistance and revenge set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.
Skyward Flight
In Sunreach, after a planet-destroying Delver suddenly appears in the sky of Detritus and vanishes just as suddenly, FM knows that the last free human society got lucky. Her Skyward Flight companion Spensa figured out how to draw this Delver away, but it won't be so easy next time. Humanity has to be prepared...
In ReDawn, Alanik has recovered from the shock of answering a distress call and finding a planet of humans making a stand against the Superiority, only to be dismayed to discover they're considering a peace overture from their enemy. Worse, when she returns to her home planet of ReDawn, she find her own people falling into exactly the same trap. With her mentor captured, she turns to her new friends to help: can Alanik, FM, Jorgen and Rig coax an ancient technology into life in time to save both their planets from disaster?
And in Evershore, the government of Detritus is still in disarray following Superiority treachery, and no word has come from Spensa, on her mission deep in the Nowhere, leaving Alanik, Jorgen, FM and Rig to pick up the pieces. So when the Kitsen send word from the planet Evershore, saying they have some humans and wish to return them, they have to decie if the strange message can be trusted...
A gripping collection of novellas, told from the perspectives of three different characters, these superb adventures are essential Skyward reading!
Firefly Generations
Winner of the 2021 Dragon Award for Best Media Tie-in Novel
A new era of Firefly canon in the fourth original novel tie-in of the much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon.
A mysterious star map
On an Outer Rim moon, Captain Malcolm Reynolds ends a card game the lucky winner of an old map covered in mysterious symbols. The former owner insists it's worthless; back on Serenity, River Tam is able to interpret it.
An ancient legend
River claims the map points the way to one of the Arks: legendary generation ships that brought humans from Earth- That-Was to the 'Verse. The salvage potential alone is staggering.
A drifting relic
As the crew approach the aged floating ship, they find it isn't quite as dead as it first seemed. The closer they get, the more agitated River becomes. She claims something is waiting on board, something powerful, and very angry..
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.
