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Silver Elite
‘This dystopia has BLOWN me away‘ @emilymiahreads‘One of my new FAVOURITE books’ @abbysbooks‘In my TOP BOOKS of the year’ @amymaybooks''I’m absolutely obsessed!'' ALI HAZELWOOD''Thoroughly addictive – I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough'' L.K. STEVEN__________________________________________WELCOME TO SILVER BLOCK - DISCOVER THE OBSESSION THAT IS SILVER ELITE.**PRE-ORDER EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITION WITH SPRAYED EDGES & SILVER FOILED DESIGN UNDER THE DUST JACKET. AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**In this sizzling dystopian romance, perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Hunger Games, your secrets can be a death sentence, and there are rules to survival:TRUST NO ONE.Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She’s one of the most powerful in existence.But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes - those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago - want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers.LIE TO EVERYONE.Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes’ oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent’s military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her - and the Uprising - the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks.AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T FALL FOR YOUR GREATEST ENEMY.That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer.Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving.__________________________________________READERS CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF SILVER ELITE - DYSTOPIAN IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER:‘I’m IN LOVE with this book’ @libraryoflanie‘My new FAVE book’ @porschreads‘I gasped, I giggled and FLABBERGASTED near the end’ @cultofbooks‘I’m OBSESSED’ @acourtofspicybooks
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Silver Elite
WELCOME TO SILVER BLOCK - DISCOVER THE OBSESSION THAT IS SILVER ELITE.
In this sizzling dystopian romance, perfect for fans of- Fourth Wing -and -Divergent your secrets can be a death sentence, and there are rules to survival:
TRUST NO ONE.
Twenty-year-old Wren Darlington is not your ordinary Mod. She's one of the most powerful in existence.
But her world is divided. On the Continent, being a known Modified means certain death, as the Primes - those immune to the biotoxin that nearly wiped out the population 150 years ago - want nothing more than to eliminate those who were enhanced by the toxin and developed psychic powers.
LIE TO EVERYONE.
Wren has survived all these years by concealing her abilities and keeping a low profile while doing what she can to aid the rebel Uprising in fighting against the Primes' oppressive rule. But one careless mistake places her in the crosshairs of the Continent's military, and she is forced to join their most elite program: Silver Block. Unwittingly, her enemy has given her - and the Uprising - the perfect opportunity to strike a devastating blow from inside their ranks.
AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T FALL FOR YOUR GREATEST ENEMY.
That is, if she can keep her powers hidden, survive training, and prove herself to Cross Redden, her cocky, maddeningly attractive commanding officer.
Despite the explosive chemistry between them, Wren cannot let Cross get in the way of her mission. But as war rages between Mods like her and those who aim to destroy them, emotions run high and secrets are revealed, forcing Wren to decide how far she's willing to go to protect herself . . . and how much of the Continent is worth saving.
Star Wars: The Acolyte: Wayseeker
SET IN THE ERA OF STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC
Before The Acolyte, Vernestra Rwoh must find her place in the Jedi Order.
Vernestra Rwoh has spent over a decade exploring the Outer Rim as a Wayseeker, answering to no other authority but the Force itself. When a request from the Jedi Council orders her back to Coruscant, Vernestra initially refuses, feeling that her first priority should be to the beings she's already serving.
But after Jedi Master Indara arrives to ask for Vernestra's aid in person, Vernestra finds herself pulled back into Coruscant's complicated world of Republic politics and underworld crime. As the two delve further into their investigation, and the lines between Jedi and Republic business blur, and Vernestra must reconsider what it means to serve for Light and Life.
The Sun Blessed Prince
On a hotly-contested battlefield, a prince whose touch creates life meets a soldier chosen by death. But can they forge a future together, from opposite sides of a great war?
A lyrical and character-driven queer fantasy for those who loved She Who Became the Sun, The Song of Achilles and Sistersong.
Prince Elician is a Giver - a closely-guarded secret. He can heal any wound and bring the dead back to life. He also can't be killed, so is cursed to watch his country wage an endless war. Reapers can kill with a single touch. And when one attacks Prince Elician near a hotly contested battlefield, the Reaper expects a terrible punishment. Instead, Elician offers him a new life on enemy territory.
Cat, as Elician calls him, hadn't realized he could ever find someone who would make life worth living. Yet Elician's enemies plan to turn his kindness against him. As the pieces of a deadly plot come together, tensions escalate at court and on the battlefield. The fires of conflict burst into new flame - but can those who wield the powers of life and death find peace?
A powerful and richly-imagined tale from a bold new voice in fantasy fiction, Lindsey Byrd's The Sun Blessed Prince is a sweeping, enemies-to-lovers, found-family adventure.
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The Tainted Khan
The epic sequel to Taran Matharu's instant Sunday Times bestseller, Dragon Rider, in which empires fall and dragons soar…
Jai dreams of being a dragon rider. He dreams of freedom from the Sabine Empire and a world in which he can lead his people, the Kidara, to freedom. But even though he has his dragon, Winter, she is still growing, just as he's still growing in his own power. And the road to victory is even more fraught than he had hoped…
Because even when he finds a tribe on the Great Steppe, they are not his people. They are the outcasts, the Tainted, and he finds that he knows little of the political intricacies that take place in these vast grasslands. He is a stranger amongst his own kind, for Jai's uncle rules, and is loath to cede power to his nephew.
But the legionaries and Gryphon Guard of the Sabine Empire are wreaking havoc against the other tribes of the Great Steppe, and Jai is forced to learn a lifetime's worth of knowledge in a matter of months. From levelling up his magic, to becoming a true warrior, saving the woman he loves, and strengthening his bond with Winter, Jai is a dragon rider with a massive weight on his young shoulders. And his greatest hope is that the shoulders of Winter will soon be strong enough to help carry him.
The Will of the Many - The Hierarchy 1
At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.
AUDI. VIDE. TACE.
The Catenan Republic - the Hierarchy - may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.
I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus - what they call Will - to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do.
I tell them that I belong, and they believe me.
But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart.
And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family.
To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy's ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me.
And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.
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The Wind Weaver
A PROPHECY REIGNITED. A STORM UNLEASHED. A LOVE THAT COULD SHATTER EVERYTHING.
An epic, gripping romantasy debut which will steal your heart and take your breath away . . .
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In war-torn Anwyvn, fear of maegic plagues every corner of the kingdom and halflings like Rhya Fleetwood are hunted and killed.
When Rhya is sentenced to death, her execution is interrupted by an unexpected savior, the formidable Commander Scythe - a merciless fighter on the battlefield, Scythe is far more terrifying than the hangman's noose.
In the clutches of this new enemy, Rhya finds herself forced to travel to the Northlands with her fearsome captor.
But she is no ordinary halfling. The strange birthmark on her chest and the wind she instinctively calls forth means she is a Remnant.
One of four souls fated to restore the balance of maegic . . . or die trying.
But mastering this power is only the beginning.
A forbidden desire for the Commander starts to burn fiercely while this tempest within her is waiting to be released.
And Rhya must choose: her heart or the Kingdom?
The Raven Scholar - Eternal Path Trilogy 1
She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.
After twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for Bersun the Brusque, emperor of Orrun, to bring his reign to an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders will compete to replace him.
Trained at rival monasteries, each contender is inspired by a sacred animal - Fox, Raven, Tiger, Ox, Bear, Monkey, and Hound. An eighth - the Dragon proxy - will be revealed only once the trials have begun. Eight exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists - the best of the best.
Then one of them is murdered.
It falls to the brilliant but idiosyncratic Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering.
If Neema succeeds, she could win the throne - whether she wants it or not. But if she fails, she will sentence herself to death - and set in motion a sequence of events that could doom the empire . . .
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The Ashfire King
The Ashfire King continues the tale of myth and magic that began with The Stardust Thief, Chelsea Abdullah's unmissable debut.
Neither here nor there, but long ago...
After fleeing a patricidal prince, legendary merchant Loulie al-Nazari and banished prince Mazen bin Malik find themselves in the realm of jinn. But instead of sanctuary, they find a world on the cusp of collapse.
The jinn cities, long sheltered beneath the Sandsea by the magic of its kings, are sinking. Amid the turmoil, political alliances are forming, and rebellion is on the rise. When Loulie assists a dissenter she puts herself in the centre of a centuries-old war.
Trapped in a world that isn't her own and wielding magic that belongs to a fallen king, Loulie must decide: Will she carry on someone else's legacy or carve out her own?
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The Book That Held Her Heart
The final volume in the The Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN and THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD.
The secret war that defines the library has chosen its champions and set them on the board
The fate of an infinite library hangs on one book, a book that holds the power to break the unbreakable. In the face of such forces, fragile things like hearts, family, and the world seem certain to fail.
The people most vital to Livira are scattered across time and space, lost, divided into factions, in mortal peril. Somehow, she must bring them together and resolve the unresolvable argument that fuels the library’s war. The bond between Livira and Evar has stretched and stretched again. Can it hold at the end, when things fall apart? Can it bring them together against impossible odds?
This is the last chapter, the final page. The end threatens and no one, not characters, readers, or even the author, will emerge unscathed.
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Legendy jak je napsal Oldřich Suchý
Fascinující sbírka příběhů, které mistrovsky kombinují temnou fantastiku, hlubokou symboliku a poetický jazyk. Autor s precizností a citem pro detail vykresluje postavy zmítané osudem, hledáním a vnitřními konflikty. Jeho vypravěčský styl se vyznačuje bohatými obrazy, silnou atmosférou a schopností přenést čtenáře do tajemných světů, kde hranice mezi skutečností a magií zcela mizí. Každý z příběhů vyniká svou mnohovrstevností – postavy jsou nezapomenutelné, dialogy mají spád a filozofické přesahy obohacují zážitek z četby. Oldřich Suchý brilantně zachycuje napětí mezi temnotou a světlem, zoufalstvím a nadějí, což činí z Legend dílo, které zůstává v mysli dlouho po dočtení poslední stránky. Tento literární klenot osloví čtenáře hledající krásu ve slovech, hloubku v příbězích a kouzlo v nepoznaném.
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Kronika rodiny Leroy II.
Svadobným obradom medzi kráľovským synom a upírkou dostáva láska v spoločenstve anjelov nový rozmer. Princ Jesper sa ho zúčastňuje nielen ako oddávajúci, ale sám sa stáva hlavným aktérom vo vlastnom nečakanom manželstve, ktoré všetkým vyráža dych.
Princezná Amy je svadbami svojich bratov nadšená, jej situáciu to však nemení. Očakáva sa od nej, že si počas prebiehajúcich slávností vyberie svojho nastávajúceho, a ona je rozhodnutá nikoho nesklamať. Stotožňuje sa s názorom Rady, že upír je absolútne neprijateľný, hoci sa meno jedného z nich objavuje v oficiálnom zozname uchádzačov.
Angel sa zväčša drží bokom, no pri súťažiach bojových skupín je rozhodnutý dostať sa na čelo tej Aminej. Neprekáža mu ani jej hnev, pretože vie, že len pod svojím velením by bol schopný zaistiť jej bezpečnosť. Ich stretnutia sa pravidelne odohrávajú v dusnej atmosfére, no v súkromí sú nabité vášňou a nežnosťami, ktoré v sebe obaja po celý čas potláčajú.
Ostane Amy vo velení svojej skupiny? Dokáže v Angelovej prítomnosti myslieť racionálne a správne si vybrať manžela?
Druhá časť trojdielnej ságy Kronika rodiny Leroy poukazuje na ťaživú váhu predsudkov a konfrontácií vyplývajúcich z rozdielnosti dvoch spoločenstiev. Zobrazuje aj rôzne podoby manželského zväzku, kde nad vlastnými záujmami a láskou prevláda povinnosť a pokora. Nesmrteľnosť v manželstve však mení všetky zaužívané perspektívy.
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Gifted & Talented
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six, Succession meets magic in Gifted & Talented by Olivie Blake. This is the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential. Where there's a will, there's a war.
Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the 'father of modern technology,' he leaves an incredible legacy. But which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted children could inherit the Wrenfare throne?
Meredith, head of her own profitable company, has recently cured mental illness. If only her journalist ex-boyfriend wasn't set on exposing what she really is: a total fraud. Arthur, second-youngest congressman ever, wants to do everything right. Except his wife might be leaving, and he's losing his re-election campaign. Heading Wrenfare could relaunch his sinking ship. Eilidh was a world-famous ballerina, until a life-altering injury. Gaining the company might finally validate her worth.
On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody wins. Yet as they gather to read his final words, which Wren will come out on top?
This is a compulsive contemporary fantasy of family, twisted love and dangerous secrets from a writer at the height of her powers.
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Strangers in Time
During one of the fiercest conflicts the world has ever known, three strangers' lives collide . . .
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EVERY SECOND COUNTS
Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie Matters' life has always been a fight for survival. He miraculously emerges unscathed from the Blitz, but there's no telling when the next bomb will fall, and whether it will be the one to end his life.
Molly Wakefield's dreams of a joyful homecoming are all she's had to hold on to after being evacuated to the countryside five years before. But when she finally returns, Molly faces a London changed beyond recognition, and the devastating news that neither of her parents are there.
Charlie and Molly's paths converge at 'The Book Keep', where they find an unexpected ally and protector in the bookshop's owner, widower Ignatius Oliver. But the trio's newfound peace is jeopardized as past secrets catch up with them. Can they help one another survive this turbulent time? Or will they be ripped apart from the last people they hold dear?
Journey back to wartime London with Strangers in Time, a gripping wartime drama from David Baldacci, the internationally bestselling author of The 6:20 Man and A Calamity of Souls.
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KILLER TWISTS. HEROES TO BELIEVE IN. TRUST BALDACCI.
A Song of Legends Lost
In the kingdom of Nine Lands, incursions by an ancient enemy are dealt with by the Invoker clans - warriors of noble blood who can summon their ancestors to fight with them in battle. But when Temi, a commoner from the slums, accidentally invokes a powerful spirit, she finds it could hold the key to ending this centuries-long war.
But as secrets long buried come to light, Temi will learn that 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.
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye
One day, suddenly and without explanation, the moon turns into a ball of cheese.
For some, it's an opportunity. For others, it's time to question their life choices. How can the world stay the same in the face of such absurdity and uncertainty?
Astronauts and billionaires, comedians and bank executives, professors and presidents, teenagers and patients at the end of their lives - over the length of a lunar cycle, each gets their moment in the moonlight. To panic, to plan, to wonder and to hope, to laugh and to grieve. All in a story that goes all the places you'd expect, and to many others you could never anticipate. For the people of the earth, this could be the end - or the beginning of a whole new world.
From the Hugo and Locus Award-winning author John Scalzi, When the Moon Hits Your Eye is an entirely serious take on an entirely unserious subject.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Vol. 20 (light novel)
OUT OF THE FRYING PAN AND INTO THE FIREAlthough Rimuru managed to defeat his archenemy Michael, battles continue raging across the land, and the fighting between Milim’s forces and the insectors is particularly chaotic. Just when the outcome seems to be in Milim’s favor, a beautiful woman of ice and snow appears, drastically shifting the tides of the war. She is none other than Velzard, the eldest of the three True Dragons left in existence. Once Velzard overwhelms the situation, encasing everything in ice, Milim begins to rampage—and Rimuru has no choice but to return to the battlefield to stop her!
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Elphie
Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born...
ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves.
Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?
Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.
The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.
It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...
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Holy Terrors
It has been almost two years since she defeated the vengeful spirit of her mother, but Vanja Ros - no longer Schmidt - has finally made a name for herself. She is a God Daughter, a (reformed) thief, and now a folk hero. She stands up for those with nothing, bringing justice and prosperity where she can.
But members of the royal families are turning up dead, found with Vanja's calling card on the bodies. And as old flames, adversaries, and allies resurface, Vanja must face what it took to become the Pfennigist once and for all.
It will take everything she is to save not only herself and the people she loves, but time as we know it.
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.
