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The Nameless Land
Surprising betrayals, surprising alliances, and surprising discoveries of heritage abound in this energetic sequel to The Witch Roads.When the royal party finds themselves in a land they never believed they could access, it will take all of Prince Gevulin''s (admittedly impressive) diplomatic skills to forge a coalition with an unlikely group of would-be allies.Meanwhile, as Erin mourns her lost love, an unwelcome visit to the land of her birth brings back the traumatic memories of the childhood she shared with her sister.And a surprise visit from an unwelcome family member threatens to derail the plans of multiple opposing factions.Loyalty cannot be demanded, only won
The Gods Must Burn
War hero Basuin doesn''t know what to believe in anymore. All Basuin knows is life as an army captain and the pain, loss, and disgrace it has brought him. Demoted and humiliated by his legion commander, he is led into the forest for one more mission: capture a god. But when his commander uses innocent wolf pups as bait, Basuin dies saving them. The Wolf God, impressed by his sacrifice, deifies Basuin to protect the forest and its beautiful, sharp-tongued god from the legion''s deforestation. To the Forest God, Basuin is nothing more than one of the men sent to burn her forest down. Betrayed by humans too many times, she rejects him, working alone to protect the spirits of the forest as her home disappears around her. To save the god he is growing to love, Basuin must untangle the feelings between them. Otherwise, they''ll burn together.
Psychopomp & Circumstance
Shirley Jackson and Nebula Award finalist author Eden Royce pens a Southern Gothic historical fantasy story of a contentious funeral in her adult fiction debut.Phee St. Margaret is a daughter of the Reconstruction, born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. Coddled to within an inch of her life by a mother who refuses to let her daughter live a life other than the one she dictates, Phee yearns to demonstrate she''s capable of more than simply marrying well.When word arrives that her Aunt Cleo, long estranged from the family, has passed away, Phee risks her mother''s wrath to step up and accept the role of pomp?the highly honored duty of planning the funeral service. Traveling alone to the town of Horizon and her aunt''s unsettling home, Phee soon discovers that visions and shadows beckon from every reflective surface, and that some secrets transcend the borders of life and death.
Bridge of Souls
General Wyl Thirsk of Morgravia has died many times . . . But thanks to the miraculous gift bestowed upon him by the witch Myrren, Wyl lives on - though greatly altered and unrecognisable. Only by assuming the throne will he be freed from the dark spell that has both cursed and sustained him. But Wyl's time is running out. His beloved Queen Valentyna will soon be wed to his most hated enemy, the ruthless King Celimus - and despite the impending nuptials, war threatens to engulf their nations. Trapped in a body that is not his own, Wyl must walk his most dangerous path yet - straight into the brutal clutches of his sadistic foe, in a last, desperate attempt to save his land, his love, his life - and his soul.
Kill the Beast
The Witcher meets Howl?s Moving Castle in this debut original faerie tale of revenge, redemption, and friendship?for fans of T. Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, and cozy fantasy with a dash of gritty adventure.The night Lyssa Cadogan''s brother was murdered by a faerie-made monster known as the Beast, she made him a promise: she would find a way to destroy the immortal creature and avenge his death. For thirteen years, she has been hunting faeries and the abominations they created. But in all that time, the one Beast she is most desperate to find has never resurfaced.Until she meets Alderic Casimir de Laurent, a melodramatic dandy with a coin purse bigger than his brain. Somehow, he has found the monster?s lair, and?even more surprising?retrieved one of its claws. A claw Lyssa needs in order to forge a sword that can kill the Beast.When the witch Ragnhild decrees that Alderic and Lyssa must gather the other ingredients to forge the weapon together, or else the spell will fail, Lyssa gets more than she bargained for. Alderic is ill-equipped for the task at hand, and almost guaranteed to get himself killed.But as the two of them search for the materials that will be the Beast''s undoing, Alderic reveals hidden depths: dark secrets that he guards as carefully as Lyssa guards hers. Before long, and against Lyssa''s better judgment, they begin to forge a blooming friendship?one that will either lead to the culmination of Lyssa''s quest for vengeance, or spell doom for them both.
A Strange Country
'Barbery explores the mystical connections between nature, art and the human heart with vivid clarity' 'A mix of J.R.R. Tolkien and Hayao Miyazaki, epic in scope yet grounded by humour' Publishers WeeklyOne cold November night, in the sixth year of a devastating war, Alejandro de Yepes and his loyal lieutenant, Jesús Rocamora, discover intruders in the castillo's cellars. Leaving no footprints in the snow, these curious visitors come seeking peace and friendship-and perhaps a glass or two of wine. Yet behind their cheerful exterior lies a mission of the gravest urgency: to save a dying realm.Soon, Alejandro and Jesús abandon their posts, crossing a magical bridge into a land of lingering fog and extraordinary beauty, where the fate of all living creatures hangs in the balance. From the bestselling author of The Elegance of the Hedgehog comes a bewitching, witty, and timely meditation on the interconnectedness of peoples, of the human and natural worlds, and a call to destiny unlike any other.
The Astral Library
From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: books will never let you down, unlike people. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives…inside their favorite books.The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner and bookmarking their way from volume to volume, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as their enemy draws closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—the Library, the Librarian, or Alix herself?
The Witch and the Wolf
Discover the sequel to gothic fantasy sensation The Bell Witches from Sunday Times bestseller, Lindsey Kelk.Blood is thicker than water…Since arriving in Savannah Emily Bell has faced prophecies, werewolves, family secrets and her own grandmother''s attempt to take her life.But, strangely, surrounded by her friends and new family, Savannah has never felt more like home.Now, faced with the absence of her love, Wynn, as he wrestles with his new abilities as a werewolf, and burdened with the task of finding her fellow witches to avert the prophecy that surrounds her, Emily is attacked by a new threat. A lone wolf that will stop at nothing to destroy her.Emily must act fast and find out the wolf''s identity before it kills her and all those she cares about. She will soon find out she can’t do everything alone, and that a burdened shared is a burdened halved…
The Witch of Whispervale
From the legendary author and creator of Drizzt Do’Urden comes the next installment in the New York Times bestselling DemonWars fantasy series, about the traitorous invasion by the Xoconai of the eastern realms of Corona. However, the heroes of the last war against their demon god may be forgotten, but they are not powerless.Treaties are discarded as the full invasion of the Xoncai has begun and war returns to Corona. Consolidating resistance on land in Behren and within the abbeys as a last stand against the golden warriors is the catalyst for the return of the most powerful gem-wielding witch the world has ever known. Yet, as the rumor of a witch of gemstone magic reaches the Xoconai they send a hunter, so brutal he is known as the Coyote, to find her in this novel set at the beginning of a new war in R. A. Salvatore’s bestselling world of heroic fantasy.
Emberclaw
Long-banished dragons, revered as gods, return to the mortal realm in the second book in this magical, romantic, epic fantasy series from a Sunday Times bestselling author. An ancient danger. A broken bond. The fate of two worlds hangs in the balance. Arcady and Everen have been separated, parted by the Veil. Alone in Vatra, Arcady embarks on their greatest con yet: posing as a noble student at the University, determined to prove their grandsire's innocence once and for all. Imprisoned in Vere Celene, Everen is hated by his kind. When he is released to defend his people, visions of the past and the future haunt him. If he steers the wrong path, he may never create a future where humans and dragons can live in harmony. Time is running out. Threats rise from Arcady's old life and their new. And between the worlds, an ancient danger is awakening. Together Arcady and Everen can face it - but only if they can find their way back together, and restore the trust that has been broken. READERS LOVE EMBERCLAW 'Trials, fated lovers, and a plot so knotted you'll be wishing this were a trilogy' ? 'If Dragonfall left you intrigued, Emberclaw will leave you breathless' ? 'I loved reading every line of it' ? 'Each chapter had me gasping and ready for more' ? 'This second book was so enthralling' ?
Kráska na věčnosti - Pekelné krásky 1
Lily zrovna neskákala radostí, když po smrti dorazila do Posmrtného života. To ovšem ještě netušila, že skutečnost je tam mnohem zběsilejší než všechny její dosavadní fantazie.
V kavárně si vystojíte frontu na kafe s nějakým tím božstvem. Duše zde objevují, jak ze smrti udělat nový začátek. Při svých průzkumech komplikovaného světa po smrti Lily záhy zjistí, že nejvíc ji kupodivu přitahuje místo, kterému by se většina lidí nejraději vyhnula: Peklo.
To, co tam objeví, převrací na hlavu všechno, co o tomto místě kdy slyšela, a Lily zjistí, že démoni u vstupní brány by potřebovali s dušemi trochu pomoci. A tak Lily, vyzbrojená letitými zkušenostmi ze zákaznického servisu, neváhá a udělá si u brány takové své malé stanoviště.
Díky tomu se seznámí s Belem, pekelným generálem a neuvěřitelně sexy démonem. Mezi nimi to od samého začátku jiskří tak moc, že je jen otázkou času, kdy to bouchne.
A zatím se na pomezí jejich Vesmíru něco děje a hrozí, že přijdou nejen o to, co už znají, ale i to, co by teprve mohlo být. Pokud o to nebudou bojovat jako o život.
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Zlomené čepele 2: Čtyři padlé říše
Temná fantasy ze světa, inspirovaného korejskými mýty, se vrací!
Král nakonec přelstil i ty nejlepší lháře. Nyní usiluje o získání mocné relikvie, kterou vlastní jeho sestra, a je ochoten pro ni riskovat vše. Dokonce pro ni pošle i pětici nechvalně proslulých vrahů, které se téměř podařilo ho zabít… Pět nesourodých, smrtelně nebezpečných atentátníků musí naplnit jeho přání, nebo je stihne krutý trest. Mají pouhý měsíc na získání Zlatého prstenu Dračího pána od přísně střežené královny cizí země. Přesto však čelí nejen nástrahám obtížné mise, ale i nedůvěře, kterou k sobě chovají. Na jednom se shodnou všichni: král nesmí zvítězit. Podaří se jim ho ale porazit jeho vlastní zbraní? Tentokrát jim nejde jen o vlastní cíle, ale o pomstu. Ta je sjednocuje daleko více, než je komplikované osobní vztahy rozdělují. Aby uspěli, nezbývá jim nic jiného, než krále zradit…
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U Hlavy mantichory
RESTAURATÉŘI, NESTVŮRY A DOBRÉ JÍDLO. JEN HRDINOVÉ CHYBÍ…
Být polovičním půlčíkem není pro Alrena Sedmikvítka, mladíka paběrkujícího ve vesnici terorizované nestvůrami, žádná výhra. Zvlášť když si na něj kromě vidláckých sousedů zasedne i vůdce grázlů Kresta, který je odhodlaný mu ukázat, kde je jeho místo. Tedy to na hřbitově.
Vše se ale mění s příjezdem trpasličího kuchaře Fnayira a tajemného pana Akveda, kteří se chystají proměnit opuštěný hostinec v moderní restauraci. Jestli se ovšem dokážou vypořádat s byrokraty, sabotéry a jídelními kritiky. Přesto má Alren o svém novém poslání jasno: Stane se kuchařem!
O mnoho set mil dál se paladin Božizmar, hraničářka Ryalin a kněz Grunghi vzpamatovávají z katastrofální výpravy. Mohli by jim s tím restauratéři pomoct? A udrží Alren krok s převratnými událostmi, které se na něj hrnou – včetně obsahu žaludku, když zjistí, odkud jeho šéfové berou všechno to lahodné maso?
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Království krve a zrady
SVÉMU OSUDU SE NEPODDÁ, VLASTNÍ TOUZE VŠAK VZDOROVAT NEMŮŽE…
Adara se narodila jako Hvězdami požehnaná a její osud je svázán s princi Gavrilem a Evrenem – jedním zrozeným z královské krve, druhým z čarovné moci. Ani jednomu nemůže věřit, jenže je prokletá neukojitelnou touhou.
Pak ji ale nemilosrdný, avšak neodolatelně přitažlivý Evren, nesoucí na bedrech temnou kletbu, unese na Krvavý dvůr. Tam jí nabídne dohodu, která by mohla zachránit život jeho lidu i samotné Adaře, a dívka nedokáže říct ne. Obětuje se a stane se jeho oddanou družkou.
Evren jí našeptává lži – a každý jeho dotyk plodí hříšné myšlenky. Adara ví, co je zač, ale nedokáže se mu postavit, i přesto že je vyvolená. Mezi dvěma mocnými dvory se totiž schyluje ke konfliktu a jen ona dokáže probudit dřímající magii a zachránit vílí říši Citlali. Stane se klíčem k vzestupu říše, nebo bude příčinou jejího pádu?
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Mistborn 3: Hrdina vekov
Vin zabila Pána vládcu, aby Konečná ríša padla, a priniesla ľuďom slobodu. V dôsledku toho sa však vrátila Hlbina – smrtiaca forma všadeprítomnej hmly – spolu s čoraz hustejšími spádmi popola a ešte ničivejšími zemetraseniami. Zdá sa, že ľudstvo je odsúdené na zánik.
Zemevládca Elend Venture, ktorý v závere Prameňa vzostupu unikol smrti a sám sa stal zrodeným z hmly, dúfa, že zachráni svet vďaka stopám, ktoré po sebe zanechal Pán vládca. Vin trápia výčitky svedomia, pretože sa nechala oklamať a uvoľnila z Prameňa mystickú silu známu ako Zhuba. Tá túži zničiť všetko živé a zdá sa nemožné ju zastaviť – je takmer všadeprítomná a dokáže prekrúcať realitu podľa seba. Vin o tom nemôže hovoriť ani s Elendom, aby Zhuba neodhalila ich plány! Začína sa súboj s časom, po ktorom už nič nebude ako predtým.
Preklad z anglického originálu Mistborn, Hero of Ages (A Dragonsteel Entertainment Book, USA, 2018) Ivana Krekáňová.
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Sentient
The survivors of the South Pole massacre will find that getting off the Antarctic continent may cost them their lives…Months after the events of Symbiote, sunrise has come to the ice continent, bringing with it the beginning of the annual tourist season. where 1,500 summer visitors will soon call the coastal McMurdo Station home. With them are the architects of the classified CIA program that unleashed the deadly microbes, who are determined to uncover what happened with their experiment and harvest samples of the mutation to turn into a biological weapon. However, when Ben Jacobs returns from an impossible journey to the Pole and is reunited with Penny - an asymptomatic carrier of the symbiotic microbes - all hell breaks loose. When the sea ice surrounding the station becomes a fertile breeding ground for a new and more dangerous infestation, Rajan Chariya and his friends will have to join forces with the CIA to fight the onslaught of infected "sea people" roving the streets. With tensions high and stakes even higher, the question becomes when will the group stop being useful, and start becoming targets who know too muc? orse, there may be more than one asymptomatic carrier…. With a heart-stopping pace and twists that will leave readers breathless, Sentient is a thrilling sequel that brilliantly combines all the best horror tropes with real world scenarios.
Az elásott csatabárd
Minden rendszer összeomlik. Minden társadalom megrendül. Minden világ véget ér.
A Föderáció tekintélyuralmi rendszerében összeesküvést szőnek, hogy meggyilkolják és lecseréljék az elnököt, aki rendre új testekbe tölti fel az elméjét, hogy megőrizze hatalmát. Mindeközben Nyugat-Európa perifériáján, ahol átadták a kormányzást a látszólag hatékonyabb, objektívebb és békésebb elnöki mesterséges intelligenciáknak, egy kísérleti elme meghibásodik, és azzal fenyeget, hogy olyan láncreakciót indít el, amely elhozhatja a nyugati világ végét.
A baljós eseményekkel egy időben a Föderációban élő Lilja, a zseniális tudós, akinek a találmánya lehet a kulcs a látszólag halhatatlan elnök megdöntéséhez, menekülni kezd a törvény elől, és megpróbál kiszabadulni a rendszer felügyeletének szinte kijátszhatatlan védelmi hálójából. Sorsa összefonódik más lázadókéval a világ különböző pontjain, és hamarosan kockázatos szövetségek, titkos akciók és halálos következmények közt zajlik a harc fajunk túléléséért.
Az elásott csatabárd vad tempójú, mélyen rétegzett futurisztikus thriller a geopolitikai kémkedések izgalmas jövőbeli világából, az emberi szabadságot megfojtó diktatórikus rendszerek kemény kritikájával. Ray Nayler Az óceán szeme és a Hugo-díjas Mamutrezervátum óriási nemzetközi sikere után egy újabb fontos és rendkívül elgondolkodtató könyvvel jelentkezik.
The Trident and the Pearl
A desperate queen makes a deal with the gods to save her land in this spellbinding romantasy debut from Sarah K. L. Wilson.
Queen Coralys rules the Kingdom of the Five Isles, but when disaster strikes, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she pleads with the gods for salvation. And they do save her, turning back the terrible winds and tide, and snatching her islands from the brink of destruction.
But the gods have a wicked sense of justice and they demand an exchange for their help: Coralys must marry the first man to set foot on her pier. Coralys expects the fleet of a neighboring country to come to rescue her people, led by its prince, a loyal ally. What she gets instead is a fisherman so sunburnt and stinking that her court can barely keep their breakfast down.
Coralys, undaunted, marries the fisherman just as she promised the gods, and sets out with him in his unkempt dinghy, with nothing but hopes of revenge against the gods to keep her from despair. But what this fearless queen does not know is that the fisherman is actually the god of the sea and he stepped on her dock on purpose.
His own kingdom besieged, his body terribly wounded, and his place as a god threatened, the god of the sea has plans to turn the tides set against him and finally offer a place of refuge for his people. But to work the magic he needs will require the willing help of the one woman bent on his destruction.
Tropes to watch for: THE ULTIMATE ENEMIES TO LOVERS, rage against destiny, slow burn romance, sea god vibes, dark fairy-tale, hurt/comfort aka comforting wounded hearts.
A Song of Legends Lost
A SONG OF REBELLION. A SONG OF WAR. A SONG OF LEGENDS LOST.
In the Nine Lands, only those of noble blood can summon the spirits of their ancestors to fight in battle. But when Temi, a commoner from the slums, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she sets in motion a chain of events that will change her world forever.
For not everything that can be invoked is an ancestor. And some of the spirits that can be drawn from the ancestral realm are more dangerous than anyone can imagine.
A relentlessly gripping tale of revenge and rebellion set in a richly imagined world of warring clans and ancestor magic, A Song of Legends Lost is an unmissable debut from a major new voice in epic fantasy, perfect for fans of John Gwynne, Anthony Ryan and Evan Winter.
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.
