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The Ever Queen
HE'LL BURN THE WORLD UNTIL HE FINDS HER . . .The epic second book in the sensational fantasy series that took TikTok by storm. Filled with a romance that will leave you wanting more and vengeful pirates, fae and sirens . . .
With his queen missing, the king's wrath knows no boundaries.
Captive. Challenger. Queen.
Enemies took her from the man who holds her heart. They might see her as weak, as a pawn in wicked games, but they're no match for her cunning.
Let them think they've won. Her heart belongs to a beautiful monster, and she will never stop fighting until she's back in his arms.
Captor. Villain. King.
They'll die for touching her.
He will never stop searching for her light across the skies. Not until the blood of his enemies spills at her feet.
Not until his queen wears their bones around her neck.
Sub-Majer's Challenge
L. E. Modesitt, Jr., bestselling fantasy author, continues his sweeping Saga of Recluce series with Sub-Majer's Challenge. The epic scope of the world, the intricate magic system, and a reluctant hero, continue the story arc that began with From the Forest and continued with Overcaptain. Alyiakal, a sub-majer in the Mirror Lancers of Cyador, The Empire of Light, is serving the last year of his tour as commanding officer of a remote border post. Rumors hint that the Cerlynese Duke, in retaliation for Alyiakal's success in a border skirmish, is readying an even larger attack. Against terrible odds, Alyiakal gains victory and a promotion. He takes leave only to discover his courtship of Saelora is opposed by her mother. Disappointed and reposted to the remote Pemedra Post— again—Alyiakal must navigate a rapidly developing war. In the midst of this, when forces outnumbering his command five to one attack a small town, Alyiakal is given orders to drive out the invaders, whatever the cost. Saga of Recluce#1 The Magic of Recluce / #2 The Towers of the Sunset / #3 The Order War / #4 The Magic Engineer / #5 The Death of Chaos / #6 Fall of Angels / #7 The Chaos Balance / #8 The White Order / #9 Colors of Chaos / #10 Magi’i of Cyador / #11 Scion of Cyador / #12 Wellspring of Chaos / #13 Ordermaster / #14 Natural Order Mage / #15 Mage-Guard of Hamor / #16 Arms-Commander / #17 Cyador’s Heirs / #18 Heritage of Cyador / #19 The Mongrel Mage / #20 Outcasts of Order / #21 The Mage-Fire War / #22 Fairhaven Rising/#23 From the Forest/ #24 Overcaptain/ #25 Sub-Majer's ChallengeStory Collection: Recluce TalesOther Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Grand IllusionThe Imager PortfolioThe Corean ChroniclesThe Spellsong CycleThe Ghost BooksThe Ecolitan Matter
Babel, Vol. 4
THE SECRETS OF THE CONTINENT COME TO LIGHT!Having overcome the strife in Kisk and returned to Farsas, Shizuku sets about making educational resources for the children affected by the language impediment. Meanwhile, Erik continues trying to help her get back home to Japan and discovers one of the interlopers’ cursed artifacts—a book filled with hidden secrets of the world—in the most surprising of places. Yet this is only one of a pair, and the possessor of the other volume, the evil mage Aviella, suddenly declares war on the entire continent! What fate lies in store for Shizuku at the end of her journey?
Moon Songs
"A major fabulist, a marvelous magical realist.” — Ursula K. LeGuinCarol Emshwiller’s pioneering stories have been praised by and influenced a wide variety writers including Ursula K. Le Guin, Grace Paley, Samuel R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, China Miéville, Connie Willis, and numerous others. Moon Songs is the first one-volume selection from Emshwiller’s entire career, with stories from 1958 to 2012. Another admirer, Kelly Link, wrote the collection''s foreword. It is unsurprising that Emshwiller, a winner of the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, two Nebula Awards, a Philip K. Dick Award, and a Pushcart Prize, is so respected by her fellow writers and avid fans. What is surprising is that her work has not enjoyed more widespread success and notoriety. There are so many who still have not experienced the joy of her engrossingly odd narrators, hyper-original imagery, and unguessable plot twists in stories such as "Moon Songs," "Creature", "Mrs. Jones," "I Live with You and You Don’t Know It,"and "The Bird Painter in Time of War." Moon Songs selects a representative sample of stories from every era of Emshwiller''s work, providing readers new and old with a guidebook to a unique vision and feminist voice. Wry and ironic, hilarious and heartbreaking, poignant and poetic, these tales stand as testament to the vivid imagination of an original and uncompromising writer.
The Order of Masks
The Order of Masks is the first in a seductive, glittering fantasy duology, as two ambitious young women navigate deadly court politics, determined to improve their lives - no matter the sacrifice.Circus performer Mira has spent her life on the run. She is determined to secure her future by competing in the deadly Trials and winning a place in one of the three magical royal Orders.Princess Scarlett is fighting to withstand her half-brothers'' sinister ambitions and seize power. Mira is the opportunity she''s been waiting for - a dangerous outsider poised to cleave apart the foundations of the Court.As Mira and Scarlett navigate a glittering world of magic, intrigue and forbidden romance, they must decide if they are co-conspirators or rivals in a bloody bid for the throne. Will they sacrifice everything - even their own lovers - for power and revenge? Only one thing is certain: not everyone will survive.TropesMorally grey FMC ??Dual POV 2?????Hidden Identity ??Trials ??READERS ARE LOVING THE ORDER OF MASKS:''Anyone who likes Trials of the Sun Queen by Nisha Tuli will love the first book in this new series'' ?????''The characters, the world, the magic, and especially the politics had me hooked from page one'' ????? ''Gorgeous story steeped in betrayal, lies, deception, secrets and forbidden love'' ????? ''Readers are definitely in for a wild, bumpy, and stabby ride that also happens to have some spice!'' ????? ''A book that you MUST read for a daily dose of magic, empires, fierce characters and complex stories'' ?????
Extremity
Extremity is a nail-biting, time-travelling police procedural from bestselling author Nicholas Binge. For fans of True Detective and Philip K. Dick. ‘Easily in the running for the best novella of the year’ – The Fantasy HiveInfamous police detective Julia Torgrimsen is brought out of forced retirement to investigate the murder of Bruno Donaldson, a billionaire she worked with while undercover. But she doesn’t expect to find two bodies. Both are Bruno, identical down to the fingerprints – and both have been shot. She soon finds herself on the hunt for a mysterious assassin who has been taking out London’s rich elite one by one. But when she finally catches up with her quarry, she unveils a world of deadly secrets: impossible documents about future stock market crashes; mysterious doppelgangers; and a conspiracy that threatens the entire human race. To have any chance solving this mystery, Julia will have to revisit her undercover past and the brutal act that destroyed her once-legendary career . . . ‘I was so tense I could feel every muscle locking up in my body’ – FanFiAddict‘A sharp, intelligent, and potent shot of sci-fi thriller excellence’ – Ginger Nuts of Horror* * *Readers are gripped by Extremity:‘I didn’t want it to end’ – 5* Goodreads Review‘Excellent, fast-paced, and incredibly fun’ – 5* Goodreads Review‘Totally gripping and I wanted it to be longer as I didn't want it to finish’ – 5* Goodreads Review
The Shattering Peace
Peace is an illusion . . .After a decade, acclaimed Hugo Award winner and science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the Old Man’s War series with the long-awaited seventh book, The Shattering Peace.For a decade, peace has reigned in interstellar space. An agreement between the Colonial Union, Earth and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay. But there is a new force that threatens the hard-maintained peace: The Consu. The most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met are on the cusp of a species-defining civil war, and the rest of the galaxy is at risk of being dragged into the conflict.Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of each – or destroy them forever . . .
Uncharmed
*** PRE-ORDER NOW ***She''s practically perfect in every witch way . . . Uncharmed is the spellbinding new cosy fantasy from Lucy Jane Wood, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rewitched.Annie Wildwood''s life is a haze of pink, magic and impossibly high standards. But, when she is tasked with mentoring a troubled teenage witch with extraordinary powers, Annie’s charmed existence is quickly thrown into utter chaos . . .Set in the same enchanting world as Rewitched, Uncharmed celebrates found family, unconditional love and the joy of swapping perfectionism and people-pleasing for being your true magical self.
The Tiger Skin
A meeting of lost souls in the care of a headless coachman. An obsession with eugenics descends into a cruel madness. In 1911, the British writer, feminist and literary salon hostess Violet Hunt published her groundbreaking first collection of uncanny stories, Tales of the Uneasy, exploring psychological and ghostly hauntings shot through with tragedy. Seeking to promote Hunt's achievements as a writer often obscured by the famous authors of her social set literary historian Melissa Edmundson presents a new edition of her eeriest work, including material from Hunt's 1923 volume More Tales of the Uneasy.
Krv nad Oázou svetla
Mágia je moc a moc vždy niečo stojí – jeden z najprepracovanejších magických systémov v modernej fantasy literatúre.
Historicky prvá žena prijatá do prestížneho rádu mágov odhalí tajné sprisahanie, ktoré môženavždy zmeniť praktizovanie mágie. Dvadsať rokov venuje Sciona každý okamih svojho života štúdiu mágie, poháňaná šialenoutúžbou po nemožnom: stať sa historicky prvou ženou, ktorú prijmú do veľmagisterstva naUniverzite mágie a inžinierstva. Keď Sciona konečne dosiahne svoje ambície a stane sa veľmágyňou, zistí, že jej ťažkosti sa ešte len začali. Noví kolegovia sú odhodlaní dať jej pocítiť, že medzi nimi nie je vítaná – a namiesto kvalifikovaného laboratórneho asistenta jej pridelia upratovača. Avšak Sciona ani jej kolegovia netušia, že jej mlčanlivý asistent nebol vždy upratovačom. Pred desiatimi rokmi bol lovcom nomádom, ktorý prišiel o rodinu počas strastiplnej cesty z divokých stepí do mesta. A teraz vidí príležitosť pochopiť, čo za sily zničili jeho kmeň, vyhnaliho z rodného územia a udržiavajú privilegovaných pri moci. Sprvu je vzťah mágyne a cudzinca konfliktný. No počas svojej spolupráce odhalia prastaré tajomstvo, ktoré by mohlo navždy zmeniť vývoj mágie – ak ich kvôli tomu ešte predtým nezabijú.
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Heavenly Bodies - Égi Testek - Éldekorált kiadás
KÜLÖNLEGES, ÉLDEKORÁLT KIADÁS
Szerelembe esel a Csillagok Királyával, s végül ez lesz mindkettőtök vesztének okozója.
Ezek a prófécia szavai, amely átokként sújt le Elara életére. Celestia világának uralkodói a Csillagok, kegyetlen és könyörtelen istenségek, akik zsarnokként uralkodnak egy-egy királyság felett, amiknek népe minden egyes nap kiszolgáltatottan, rettegésben él az istenek szeszélyei miatt.
Egy nap, mikor a Csillagok egyike alászáll, hogy pusztítást hozzon Elara királyságára, a lánynak menekülnie kell, méghozzá a szomszédos királyságba, egyenesen esküdt ellenségei udvarába.
Ám ahogy egyre több részlet tárul fel előtte saját képességeivel és a Csillagok hazugságaival kapcsolatban, úgy tud meg többet a számára menedéket nyújtó királyságról, és annak hercegéről, aki apja parancsára fegyvert igyekszik kovácsolni a lányból az istenek ellen.
Azonban még maguk a Csillagok sem tudják, miféle sötétség kavarog Elara varázsa mélyén - egy éjszaka és árnyak szülte erő, amely hosszú ideje csak arra vár, hogy végre kiszabadulhasson.
A kiválasztott
Bár minden ellene szólt, Katniss Everdeennek kétszer is sikerült élve kikerülnie az Éhezők Viadalából. Túlélt minden megpróbáltatást, de még mindig nincs biztonságban. Mert a Kapitólium bűnbakot keres a lázadás miatt. Snow elnök pedig egyértelművé tette: Kapitólium haragja elől senki sem menekülhet. Sem Katniss családja, sem a barátai, sem pedig a 12. Körzet lakói.
De közeledik a végső forradalom ideje. Amikor a nép végre szembeszáll a Kapitólium zsarnokságával. És ebben a forradalomban Katnissnak döntő szerepe lesz. Az ő bátorságától, kitartásától és eltökéltségétől függ Panem jövője. Mert ő a kiválasztott. De maradt-e elég ereje hozzá, hogy megvívja az utolsó, mindent eldöntő harcot?
Suzanne Collins Az éhezők viadala című trilógiája az utóbbi évek legnagyobb szenzációja az ifjúsági regények műfajában. Az immáron világszerte több mint tízmillió példányban értékesített sorozatról azt mondják, hogy méltó folytatása a Harry Potter- és Twilight-könyveknek, tovább népszerűsítve, illetve megszerettetve az olvasást a fiatalokkal.
Az éhezők viadala deluxe díszdoboz
Suzanne Collins világsikerű trilógiája nemcsak generációkat szögezett az oldalaihoz, hanem a disztópikus irodalom egyik megkerülhetetlen alapművévé vált. Az Éhezők viadala több mint 100 millió eladott példánnyal és kasszasiker filmadaptációival a kortárs popkultúra egyik legnagyobb hatású jelensége.
Futótűz
KATNISS EVERDEEN TÚLÉLTE AZ ÉHEZŐK VIADALÁT.
A KAPITÓLIUM BOSSZÚRA ÉHES.
Katniss és Peeta megnyerték Az Éhezők Viadalát, így ők és acsaládjaik megmenekültek az éhezéstől, de a fiatalok nem ülhetnek nyugodtan a babérjaikon. Vár rájuk a hosszú Győzelmi Körút, ismét csak a tévénézők árgus szeme előtt.
A kötelező udvariaskodás unalmát azonban döbbenet és félelem váltja fel, amikor hírét veszik, hogy lázadás készül a Kapitólium ellen. Snow elnök sosem habozott lesújtani az engedetlenekre, és most is ott csap le, ahol senki sem várja. Emberek halnak meg, családok lesznek földönfutók, Katniss és Peeta pedig újabb küzdelemre kényszerülnek, ahol a tétek még nagyobbak, mint korábban.
Suzanne Collins trilógiájának második része mára megkerülhetetlen klasszikus: több mint ötven nyelven adták ki, milliós példányszámban fogyott és népszerű filmet forgattak belőle Jennifer Lawrence főszereplésével.
Slow Gods
From the million-copy-bestselling Claire North - one of the most original and dazzling voices in speculative fiction - comes an intergalactic tale of conspiracy, war and the fall of empires.
My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself.
In telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about. I should make myself a hero. Pretend I was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind.
Here is one truth: out there in deep-space, in the pilot's chair, I died. And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.
This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I've lived since I died for the first time.
Are you listening?
Discover this thrilling and breathtakingly imaginative space opera from the multi-award-winning Claire North, perfect for fans of Ann Leckie, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Iain M. Banks and Arkady Martine.
The Alchemy of Fate
From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler comes the latest installment in the thrilling Invisible College series as the fate of the world hangs in the balance of two star-crossed lovers determined to unravel fate—even amid betrayals, a looming war, and twisted secrets of the past. For now, the centuries-long war between mortalkind and the Aesir is quiet. Yet not over. With the coming of winter, a season in which the Aesir thrive, they will resurface. Only two people, united by magic, can stop them. But first they’ll have to survive more imminent threats to their lives. Robinson Hawksley is of the tragic belief that his beloved wife, McKenna, has perished in a sorcerer’s fire—just as he is about to ascend to the highest rank in the magic order of the Invisible College. But as Robinson navigates political machinations, deception, and betrayal, not everything is as it seems. McKenna, a woman of uncanny mysteries, has been abducted as an offering to the Aesir that promises to end the invasion once and for all. Now she is running for her life. To reunite, Robinson and McKenna have so much to learn about themselves and each other. Amid secrets, sacrifices, and long-dormant memories restored, they still hold the power to save the world.
Pojídač slunce 2: Skučící temnota
Nejstarší sok lidského druhu čeká a stezka k němu vede jedině skrze temnotu vesmíru.
Tma houstne a Hadrian Marlowe se ve druhém svazku ságy Pojídač slunce noří do čím dál hutnější směsice epické fantasy a space opery, kterou tentokrát rozleptává i notná dávka kosmického hororu.
Hadrian je ztracen. Coby kapitán žoldnéřů se už půl století toulá mezi hvězdami a marně pátrá po temné planetě Vorgossos, aby navázal kontakt s hrůznou rasou Cielcin a ukončil tak téměř čtyři sta let zuřící válku.
V zoufalé snaze najít odpovědi se musí pustit za bezpečné hranice Sollanského císařství do temných hlubin kosmu, brázděných tajemnými Extrasolariany, kteří se dávno zřekli imperiálního slunce a spojili svá těla se zapovězenými stroji. Pokud chce Hadrian uspět, bude muset čelit běsům přesahujícím hranice svého chápání, a nakonec dát všanc i samo svoje lidství.
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Audition For The Fox
Nesi is desperate to earn the patronage of one of the Ninety-Nine Pillars of Heaven. Without the protection of a divine animal, she will never be allowed to leave her temple home. But after she fails ninety-six auditions, Nesi makes a risky prayer to T''sidaan, the Fox of Tricks. In folk tales, the Fox is a loveable prankster. But despite their humour and charm, T''sidaan, and their audition, is no joke. They throw Nesi back in time three hundred years, when her homeland is occupied by the brutal Wolfhounds of Zemin. Now, Nesi must ally with her besieged people and learn a trickster''s guile to snatch a fortress from the disgraced and exiled 100th Pillar: The Wolf of the Hunt.
American Werewolves
It takes aliens (or an Emily Jane) to help us see our society for the bizarre, sugary, microplastic-poisoned dream it is. Edgar Cantero. From the author of On Earth as It Is on Television and Here Beside the Rising Tide... Many full moons ago, a young American boy with ambition in his belly and the moon in his veins followed his destiny west, determined to carve a path to success no matter the carnage. Two centuries later, a city is captivated by the strange and savage murder of a young woman. Her roommate, Natasha, no longer able to afford their apartment alone - and hounded by both rumours of wolves and a pop-star''s angry fan-swarm - has resorted to living in her car. There''s nothing left for her... except vengeance. Across town, Shane LaSalle is about to see his wildest dreams come true. He already has a gorgeous apartment and a high paying job in venture capital. Now the partners of Barrington Equity have invited him to board the company''s private jet for an exclusive retreat. But with partnership finally in his reach, Shane realizes he''s losing his taste for just how ruthless and all - consuming the firm is. Epic and electric, American Werewolves brings readers from the wilds of the New World to the opulent board rooms and golf courses of the twenty-first century, where devouring the weak is an American birth right as old as the country itself.
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.
