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The Hunted Heir – Az örökös nyomában - Éldekorált kiadás
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Verena, az elveszett hercegnő ismét menekülni kényszerül – Dacre, a lázadás vezetőjének fia azonban elengedi őt. A múltjuk azonban nem ereszti őket.
Dacre mindig is tudta, hogy a lány valamit rejteget. Verena árulása mély sebet ejtett rajta, hiánya azonban minden napját és éjszakáját kísérti. És miközben ő is elkövetett egy árulást – talán a legrosszabbat –, újra és újra felrémlik előtte a lány döbbenettől elkerekedett, mélykék szeme, amikor rájött, hogy Dacre tudja az igazat.
A lázadás vezetője parancsba adta: Verenát csak ők foghatják el, ezért hajtóvadászatot indítanak utána. Verena a királyság trónörököse, a Dacre anyjának haláláért felelős, kegyetlen király leánya, és egyben a lázadás győzelmének kulcsa.
Harag, bűntudat és vágy viaskodik benne, miközben elindul, hogy megtalálja a lányt – megelőzve a királyt és megelőzve az apját, mert ha ők érnek elsőként célba, az ég a megmondhatója, mit tesznek majd vele. Az igazi kérdés azonban az, hogy mihez kezdenek majd ők, ha végre újra találkoznak. Vajon képesek lesznek szembenézni egymással, az igazsággal és az érzéseikkel?
Holly Renee legújabb regénye, a perzselően romantikus The Veiled Kingdom-sorozat második kötete, még sötétebb titkokat, még izzóbb szenvedélyt és még nagyobb tétet tartogat. Egy olyan világban, ahol a bizalom életet menthet – vagy mindent elpusztíthat –, Verena és Dacre sorsa újra egymásba fonódik.
Daleké království
Pohádky zná každý – ale co se stane, když se klasické příběhy převypráví pro dospělé a v úplně jiných žánrech? Kráska a zvíře jako sci-fi, Popelka jako současná komedie nebo Jabloňová panna jako historická detektivka.
Stejně jako v původních příbězích, i tady najdete nevázaný humor a odhodlání pomoct druhým, ale i vnitřní strádání, nejhorší lidskou špínu a zlo. Někdy nadpřirozených prvků přibývá, jindy mizí úplně. Nečekaným způsobem se mění úhly pohledu a identita hlavních postav. Buďte zvědaví a nechte si vyprávět.
Čeká vás sbírka žánrově i tematicky velmi pestrých povídek.
Čindi
Při běžné průzkumní misi ke vzdálené neutronové hvězdě zachytí jedna z kosmických lodí Akademie krátké vysílání v neznámém jazyce. Ačkoli již byla velká část galaxie prozkoumána lidstvem, bylo nalezeno jen velmi málo dalších inteligentních druhů. Dříve než loď opustí oběžnou dráhu hvězdy, vyšle několik satelitů, aby pátraly po zdroji signálů. Po pěti letech jedna z družic identifikuje původ signálu jako mimozemský, nebo přinejmenším potenciálně mimozemský. Stejného názoru je i Společnost pro kontakt, skupina mocných a bohatých, která zaníceně financuje výzkum existence mimozemského života. Tato Společnost poskytne Akademii loď, která bude pátrat po neidentifikovaném mimozemském zdroji vysílání. Její členové se hodlají výpravy pod velením kapitánky Priscilly „Hutch“ Hutchinsonové sami zúčastnit. Přes nesčetné množství hvězd, od jednoho cizího světa k dalšímu, Hutch a její posádka sledují putující signál, ale nacházejí jen hádanky a smrtonosná překvapení. Pak v planetárním systému daleko za hranicemi dosavadního průzkumu objeví neznámý objekt. Je obrovský, zlověstný a záhadný. A možná skrývá odpověď nejen na otázky Kontaktní společnosti, ale i na otázky každého člověka, který se někdy podíval na oblohu a přemýšlel, jestli jsme ve vesmíru sami...
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Heir 1: Dědic
Sirotek. Vyvrženec. Princ. A vrah, který srazí říši na kolena.
Aíz vyrůstala v chudinské čtvrti a prožila si už spoustu utrpení. V kegarijských stokách se naučila, že spoléhat se může jen sama na sebe. A dávná tragédie v ní probudí touhu po pomstě.
Sírša je stopařka, kterou její lid kdysi zavrhl. Teď cestuje po světě a živí se sledováním záletných manželů a podvodníků. Tentokrát má však pátrat po vrahovi dětí.
Quil je korunním princem říše a synovcem uctívané císařovny Heleny. Po tetině abdikaci by měl nastoupit na trůn a ví lépe než kdokoli jiný, že moc je příliš vrtkavá. Říši však hrozí nebezpečí a Quil se musí rozhodnout, zda dokáže být dědicem, jakého jeho lid potřebuje.
Všichni tři hrdinové se vydávají na cestu, jež je může stát život, a potýkají se během ní s mocí, zradou, láskou a ničivými následky nezřízené chamtivosti.
Dědic je očekávaným návratem do světa autorčiny série Jiskra v popelu a také prvním dílem plánované dilogie.
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Leave No Trace
Seventeen-year-old Lexi has been living in a remote stretch of the Rocky Mountain woods since her father dragged her there ten years ago, after her mother and baby brother were afflicted with a magical sickness. Her paranoid father thinks they''ve escaped the magic, and that as long as they never leave the woods, they''ll be safe.
So Lexi never tells him about her friend Gil, who turns up sometimes in a birch copse that travels with him, and who is definitely not human. She especially doesn''t mention the magic he taught her, which can open a path to wherever she needs to go. After all, she''s been in the woods for most of her life: she can find her way without magic.
But when pop star TJ Furey hires them to help him hunt down a bear, Lexi''s secret is threatened. The bear he wants to kill is under Gil''s protection, and if Lexi doesn''t prevent its death, she''ll never see Gil again. But she can''t do so without risking her father''s wrath – and when it turns out that TJ''s manager is harboring a similar grudge of his own, Lexi feels trapped. If she wants her own life, she''ll have to find a way to break all their expectations.
Leave No Trace plays the clash of worlds – magic and technology, future and past, rural and urban – against the backdrop of a bear hunt.
The Curse Bearer series 2: To Clutch a Razor
#1 New York Times bestselling author pulls from Slavic folklore to explore family, duty, and what it means to be a monster in this sequel to the USA Today bestselling When Among Crows
A funeral. A heist. A mission born of desperation.
When someone in Dymitr’s family dies, he’s called back home for the Empty Night, a funeral rite intended to keep evil at bay.
The secret Dymitr is keeping from them makes returning home downright dangerous, but if he wants to get his hands on a book of curses that might appease Baba Jaga’s blood lust, he has no choice. And when that same funeral brings ferocious creature-of-legend Niko to town for his own bloody purposes, Dymitr’s charade becomes impossible to maintain.
Family gatherings can be brutal. Dymitr’s might just be fatal.
Dirty Lying Wolves
From the author of Dirty Lying Faeries and Dirty Lying Dragons comes a new installment in the Enchanted Fates series in which a young woman involuntarily finds herself in the company of a rogue pack of wolves, with plenty of troubles of their own.When Juniper stumbles across a small group of strangers during her morning power walk, she jumps in tohelp an injured member of the party. However, her act of kindness backfires when she?s savagely bitten bywhat turns out to be a very ill werewolf. Amelia, the pack?s de facto leader, in fact.Second-in-command, Dom, decides June must join them on their journey to reunite with their original pack. This is the only way to help her with her first ?shift,? which could happen as soon as the next full moon. As she travels with the group, June learns that these rogue wolves abandoned their original pack a decade ago, for reasons no one wants to reveal, yet.When they finally arrive at Moonpeak, far out in the wilderness of Newfoundland, nothing feels quite right. A power shift is in the air and the underlying tension between Evander, the resident Alpha and Dom?s rogue wolves looking to come home explodes. June will have to decide if she wants to face her new reality and take her place with Dom in the pack or risktearing everything apart to return to her old life. But first, she?s got to survive her shift?and live to make her next move.
The Undetectables series - The Unfathomable Curse
A witty, witchy fantasy murder mystery packed with ancient magic and fiendish puzzles. When Cornelia?s twin sisters are taken by the Wickermere Reaper, Mallory, Diana and Theodore must race against time to uncover the buried secrets of the Broadwicks before it?s too late. Perfect for fans of supernatural mysteries and cosy crime by authors such as Ben Aaranovitch, Josiah Bancroft and Tammie Painter.The summer after the events of The Undead Complex, the unthinkable finally happens ? Cornelia?s money is running out. Estranged from her family, furious at her parents following recent revelations, the Broadwick heir finds herself living on her own resources for the first time.Meanwhile two crimes are rocking the Apparent community. The Wrackton Digger is stealing bodies from the cemetery, and a new serial killer ? the Wickermere Reaper ? has emerged. But when the Reaper snatches their next victims ? Cornelia?s twin sisters ? she must return to her family?s home, and seat of the Ghoul Council, to conduct the search.With their resources split, and a ticking clock on the race to save the twins, The Undetectables must do what they do best ? solve the strangest, most well-hidden magical mysteries to save the people they love.
Terms of Service
A woman is torn between her family and the draws of a new, villainous colony in this epic, fast paced space opera by award nominated author Ciel Pierlot. A perfect read for fans of Arkady Martine.When her cousin gets kidnapped by a dastardly trickster, Luzia is forced to sell herself in servitude to the Eoi in exchange for his life. But the terms of the deal turn out to be much more complicated than she ever imagined…Luzia N.E. Drainway never really thought too much about the Astrosi. They lurk above and below Bastion City ? a giant multileveled megalopolis she calls her home ? and they tend to keep to themselves. On the rare occasions they use their magics to meddle with human affairs, most people with an ounce of sense steer clear of whichever unfortunate soul happens to be their victim. Luzia is far too dedicated to repairing and maintaining the frequently-damaged Bastion to pay them much attention, and prefers to ignore the Astrosi just like everyone else.That disregard gets blown out of the water when a rogue Astrosi and nefarious trickster named Carrion kidnaps her nephew and sells him to the Eoi, one of the Astrosi courts. With no other options to save her nephew, Luzia trades her life for his and finds herself in service to the Eoi. Unfortunately for her, Astrosi logic is acrobatic in ways even the most devious human mind can barely comprehend. It?s not until the deal is struck that she realizes she?s trapped in the most abstruse verbal contract imaginable. She is essentially conscripted into their ranks, and her devotion to her city becomes stretched to breaking point by her new masters? orders. As she struggles under this weight, she begins to uncover the secrets of the Astrosi people ? the internal battles for power between the two kingdoms, the never-ending conflict between them, the trickster Carrion who somehow bridges that gap, and the very nature of the Bastion itself.
Blood Over Bright Haven
Discover the gripping dark academia fantasy about the limits of truth and power from the author of The Sword of Kaigen, perfect for fans of Babel by R. F. Kuang, Leigh Bardugo's Ninth House, and V. E. Schwab.
For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic.
When she finally achieves her ambition to become the first woman admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry, she finds herself undermined at every turn. Instead of a lab assistant, she's paired with a janitor, putting her crucial research at risk.
But Thomil wasn't always a janitor. Once a nomadic hunter from the wild plains outside the city, he now sees a chance to understand the forces that decimated his tribe and drove him from his homeland.
Together they will uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever - if it doesn't get them killed first.
The Book of Bill Limited Collector's Edition
A limited special edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller!
Is there a horrifying screaming inside your head? Do you want it to get louder? Well, you’re in luck! The Book of Bill is back in a limited collector’s edition that will make all the other books on your shelf jealous.
This time, Bill Cipher has blessed you with rare special extras, including:
A cursed glow-in-the-dark collector’s slipcase, and an exclusive cover variant in Undead Green!
A beautiful double-sided poster!
A sticker sheet of Bill tattoos!
A collection of four keepsake postcards!
Beware: This book travels to dimensions meant for older readers.
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Twilight Deluxe Collector's Edition
The book that inspired the global film phenomenon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.
Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire that redefined romance for a generation, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephenie Meyer.
In honour of the 20th anniversary of the genre-defining tale, this vintage-inspired collector's edition features:
- Foil-stamped slipcase
- Stunning new cover with lush, romantic artwork
- New interior art and beautifully illustrated endpapers
- Elegant ribbon marker
- One-of-a-kind interactive gilded-edge design
So far, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella-the person Edward now holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
A must-have collector's edition for any die-hard or newly minted Twilight fan.
Heir - Heir Duology 1
'Heir is a tour de force of fantasy that will leave readers breathless and boneless and aching for more' Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Once Upon A Broken Heart
Prepare for the action-packed, ruthless, and romantic new fantasy from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling and National Book Award winning author Sabaa Tahir about love, legacy, and vengeance.
An orphan.
An outcast.
A prince.
And a killer who will bring an empire to its knees.
Growing up in the Kegari slums, AIZ has seen her share of suffering. An old tragedy fuels her need for vengeance, but it is love of her people that propels her. Until one hotheaded mistake lands her in an inescapable prison, where the embers of her wrath ignite.
Banished from her people for an unforgivable crime, SIRSHA is a down-on-her-luck tracker who uses magic to trace her marks. Destitute, she agrees to hunt down a killer who has murdered children across the Martial Empire. All she has to do is carry out the job and get paid. But when a chance encounter leads to an unexpected attraction, Sirsha learns her mission might cost her far more than she's willing to give up.
QUIL is the crown prince of the Empire and nephew of a venerated empress, but he's loath to take the throne when his aunt steps down. As the son of a reviled emperor, he, better than anyone, understands that power corrupts. When a vicious new enemy threatens the survival of the Empire, Quil must ask himself if he can rise above his tragic lineage and be the heir his people need.
Beloved storyteller Sabaa Tahir masterfully interweaves the lives of three young people as they grapple with the burdens of power, the treachery of love and the devastating consequences of unchecked greed. Get ready for a dark and breathless journey that will captivate readers and that may cost these young people their lives - and their hearts. Literally.
Dotek chaosu
Persefona si nikdy nemyslela, že náhodné setkání s bohem podsvětí Hádem navždy změní její život – ale stalo se. Také si nikdy nemyslela, že zažije boj o záchranu lidstva a válku mezi bohy. Aby s tímto chaosem skoncovala, musí se ponořit do temnoty vlastní duše a strhnout okovy všem svým nově objeveným stránkám: bohyni, manželce, královně podsvětí. Kvůli těm, kteří jsou jí drazí, kdysi uzavírala nebezpečné dohody. Teď pro ně půjde rovnou do války.
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Bitten
The Wolf Queen's court enforces few laws.
Vanessa Hart plans on breaking each and every one.
A fast-paced and romantic fantasy debut, in which a teenage girl must survive ruthless werewolves, a glittering court, and deadly politics to exact revenge on the monsters who destroyed her. Perfect for fans of Belladonna, Crave and Powerless.
The night her best friend is brutally slaughtered by wolves, Vanessa Hart's life is changed forever.
Because these are no ordinary wolves . . . they're werewolves. And when Vanessa's father discovers that she has been bitten, he hands her to them - and to the treacherous Wolf Queen's court.
Taken as prisoner to the enchanted Castle Severi, Vanessa vows to seek vengeance for her friend, even as she finds herself mesmerised by the golden prince Sinclair Severi, and his brooding disgraced cousin, Calix.
Vanessa has two choices: swear her life to the Court, or die the agony of a lone wolf. But the malevolence of werewolf society goes far beyond a single murder in the forest. The Court is at war, and Vanessa just a pawn in its deadly game . . .
Tropes
Forbidden romance
Enemies-to-lovers
Werewolves
Paranormal romance
Love triangle
Soul Searching - A Sweetwater Peak 1
The author of the Rebel Blue Ranch series returns with a stirring Western romance about a new-to-town upholsterer, a photographer whose life has come to a halt, and the supernatural forces that bring them together.
Home is where the heart is - and this one is haunted.
Collins Cartwright does not want to go home. Sweetwater Peak, Wyoming, was supposed to be in her rearview mirror, but when she finds out a developer is trying to buy her parents' antique shop, she doesn't have a choice. At least, that's what she tells her family.
They don't need to know she's lost her job and is out of money. Or that the ghosts that have always been her companions have recently gone silent.
Brady Cooper is absolutely fine. Seriously, there's no secret reason why he decided to uproot his life and suddenly move to Sweetwater Peak. He just needed a change of pace. At least, that's what he tells himself.
But when he agrees to let Collins stay in his spare room, he doesn't realize that she constantly talks to thin air or
that she looks like that. Good thing their arrangement is only temporary. Right?
Thief of Night
Charlie Hall used to be a talented con artist and thief – until her last job nearly killed her. Instead of walking away, she bartered her freedom to the Cabal, a ruthless circle of elite gloamists who trapped Charlie’s boyfriend, the powerful shadow named Vince. As the Cabal's new Hierophant, Charlie hunts rogue shadows on their behalf – not out of loyalty, but because it keeps Vince out of their hands.
Or, at least, what’s left of him.
The tether that binds Charlie and Vince erased every memory he had of her, leaving behind only Red – a dangerous Blight with Vince’s face. Cold, ruthless, and angry, Red doesn’t trust Charlie; he doesn’t like her, so when she’s pressed into service by the Cabal’s most manipulative member, the Puppeteer, she’s on her own.
Charlie’s no investigator, just a thief in over her head, sent to track down the Blight behind a brutal church massacre. And worse, her own shadow is making plans to betray her. Vulnerable, heartbroken, and magically outmatched, Charlie has one last chance to save herself, but the price might be the one person she thought she couldn't bear to lose.
A Sword of Gold and Ruin
The sequel to the masterpiece folk horror high fantasy A Sword of Bronze and Ashes, a lyrical blend of epic myth and daily life.
Kanda and her family are on a quest to rebuild the glory that was Roven. Mother and daughters stand together as a light against the darkness. But mother and daughters both have hands that are stained red with blood. They walk a path that is stranger and more beautiful than even Kanda dared imagine, bright with joy, bitter with grief. Ghosts and monsters dog their footsteps - but the greatest monsters lie in their hearts.
The 2024 Independent Publisher of the Year, FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
Předehra k Duně 3: Corrinové
Imperátor Shaddam IV. usiluje o syntetickou melanž, aby si udržel moc nad Impériem, a v tajných laboratořích na Iksu nechává experimentovat s otroky. Vévoda Leto Atreides, zlomený smrtí syna, chce obnovit čest svého rodu a osvobodit planetu. Lady Jessica mezitím poruší rozkaz Sesterstva a počne syna místo dcery. Schyluje se k osudovému střetu, který může rozhodnout o budoucnosti celého vesmíru.
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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.
