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The Rages Trilogy - The Enduring Universe
The explosive and reality-shattering Rages trilogy, started by The Surviving Sky, concludes as Ahilya and Iravan fight one last time to save everything they''ve ever loved?the survivors of humanity, their families, their home and each other. A powerful, immersive and sweeping epic fantasy like no other."Rao is a phenomenal new voice and deserves a place alongside authors like Arkady Martine, N.K. Jemisin, and Adrian Tchaikovsky. I can?t wait to see how she wraps up this epic series!" ?S.B. Divya on The Unrelenting EarthThe worst has happened. The Conclave has crashed into the jungle, and humanity builds one last city, clinging to survival in the ruins.Forced into a deadly alliance with the Virohi, Ahilya alone can communicate with the cosmic creatures ? but she is growing weaker with every encounter. Equally revered and feared by her council, Ahilya desperately tries to balance the needs of her people with the untameable desires of the trapped Virohi.Iravan does not believe reconciliation is possible. All he sees is a crumbling bastion being eaten from the inside out. Answering to no law, he would destroy the Virohi before they can destroy humanity.As Ahilya and Iravan wage war, the planet itself rebels, unleashing new rages of untold power. Caught between a wounded planet and the cosmic creatures, all screaming to exist, the last survivors of the human race confront the approaching maelstrom. At the last, Ahilya and Iravan must face up to their mistakes to forge peace between themselves ? to save each other and humanity.
Den, kdy padla noc
Návrat do magického světa bestselleru Převorství u pomerančovníku
Stovky let před událostmi zachycenými v knize Převorství u pomerančovníku je Tunuva Melim sestrou Převorství. Padesát let se cvičila v zabíjení wyrmů — avšak od dob Bezejmenného se žádný neobjevil a mladší generace sester začíná o smyslu existence celého řádu pochybovat. Na Západě, v královenství Inys, se královna Sabran VI. Berethnetská právě provdala za Bardholta Bitvobijce, krále Hróthu, a jen o vlásek zachránila obě říše před zkázou. Jejich dcera Glorian se skrývá ve stínu obou — přesně tam, kde chce být. Draci Východu spí už celá staletí. Dumai strávila život v Nejvyšším chrámu Kwirikiho na Seiiki a snažila se probudit bohy z dlouhého spánku. Jenže teď přichází někdo z minulosti její matky, aby zvrátil její osud. Když vybuchne Hora děsu a přinese s sebou věk hrůzy a násilí, musejí tyto ženy najít sílu, aby ochránily lidstvo před ničivou hrozbou.
Nezapomenutelné experimenty
Čím by byl žánr science fiction bez setkání s tajemným, nepoznaným, přesahujícím meze lidského chápání? Arkadij a Boris Strugačtí si toho byli velice dobře vědomi, a tak ve svých dílech často líčili interakci člověka s neznámými silami, jejichž jednání je zcela nepochopitelné a záměry nevysvětlitelné.
V povídce Zapomenutý experiment hrstka odvážlivců proniká na území nikoho, do divočiny plné záhadných jevů a prazvláštních tvorů. V novele Capart pozemská výprava na vzdálené planetě postupně odhaluje, že svět, kde během své mise přistála, není ani zdaleka tak prázdný, jak se zpočátku jevil. A konečně novela Miliardu let před koncem světa přesvědčivě ukazuje, že podivno nemusí číhat jen v pustinách či zapadlých koutech vesmíru…
Hlavními hrdiny všech tří děl přesto zůstávají především lidé v celé lidské rozmanitosti: Odvážní i zbabělí, rozhodní i váhaví, ti, kteří tváří v tvář neznámu raději ucouvnou, i ti, kteří v sobě naleznou vůli a odhodlání neuhnout z původního směru.
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Az éhezők viadala
Észak-Amerika romjain ma Panem országa, a ragyogó Kapitólium és a tizenkét távoli körzet fekszik. A Kapitólium kegyetlenül bánik Panem lakóival: minden évben, minden körzetből kisorsolnak egy-egy tizenkét és tizennyolc év közötti fiút és lányt, akiknek részt kell venniük Az Éhezők Viadalán. Az életre-halálra zajló küzdelmet élőben közvetíti a tévé.
A tizenhat éves Katniss Everdeen egyedül él a húgával és az anyjával a Tizenkettedik Körzetben. Amikor a húgát kisorsolják, Katniss önként jelentkezik helyette a Viadalra, ez pedig felér egy halálos ítélettel. De Katniss már nem először néz farkasszemet a halállal - számára a túlélés a mindennapok része. Ha pedig győzni akar, olyan döntéseket kell hoznia, ahol az életösztön szembe kerül az emberséggel, az élet pedig a szerelemmel.
Suzanne Collins trilógiájának első része mára megkerülhetetlen klasszikus: több mint ötven nyelven adták ki, milliós példányszámban fogyott és népszerű filmet forgattak belőle Jennifer Lawrence főszereplésével.
Énekesmadarak és kígyók balladája
Az Éhezők Viadala hivatalos előzményregénye!
A becsvágy hajtja.
A küzdelem élteti
De a hatalomnak megvan az ára.
Annak az aratásnapnak a reggelén járunk, amely a tizedik Éhezők Viadalát előzi meg. A Kapitóliumban a tizennyolc éves Coriolanus Snow élete nagy dobására készülődik, a mentori posztjára a Viadalban. Az egykor nagy hatalmú Snow-házra nehéz idők járnak: a jövőjük azon múlik, hogy Coriolanus képes lesz-e elbűvölőbbnek, ravaszabbnak és taktikusabbnak bizonyulni diáktársainál, és győztest tud-e faragni a saját kiválasztottjából.
Az esélyek azonban ellene szólnak. Azt a megalázó megbízatást kapja ugyanis, hogy a 12. körzet lány kiválasztottját mentorálja, a legaljának a legalját. Sorsuk ezzel végleg összefonódik - Coriolanus minden döntése kedvezményekhez vagy kudarchoz, csillogáshoz vagy csődhöz vezethet. Az arénán belül életre-halálra szóló harc következik, az arénán kívül pedig Coriolanus elkezd együttérezni megpecsételt sorsú kiválasztottjával... és mérlegelnie kell, hogy a szabályok követése a fontosabb, vagy a túlélés. Kerül, amibe kerül.
Wickedly Ever After
R. Lee Fryar dishes up a delightful, cosy fantasy adventure for romantasy readers in this funny, tongue-in-cheek, screwball fairy tale romp.
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Even the most wicked deserve their happily-ever-after.
For almost a thousand years, Wicked Witch Hector West and Good Witch Ida North have maintained the balance between good and evil, preserving a magical Happily-Ever-After that keeps the realm from falling apart. But even Cardinal Witches need a hobby, and every spare moment they have is spent antagonising each other.
But when Ida's latest "harmless" hex goes too far, Hector retaliates with a curse that immediately backfires, making her choose the wrong princess for the year's big pantomime.
Which, if not corrected immediately, could have world-shaking consequences.
One reluctant prince and badly botched dragon kidnapping later, both Hector and Ida are determined to set things right. With love magic gone wild, the two best enemies set off on a quest to save the realm, their lovesick gnome chamberlains at their sides. Yet as they unravel what went wrong with their mixed-up magic, Hector and Ida will have to face a more daunting challenge than trying to avoid their own Wickedly-Ever-After:
Deciding whether a millennium worth of enmity might have been the biggest mistake of their very long lives.
Wickedly Ever After is a charming fairy tale romp through a magical land, full of enticing charm and a compelling enemies to lovers romance.
Tropes
Cosy Fantasy
Enemies to Lovers
Romantasy
Monster Romance
Fairytale Retelling
Magic Gone Wrong
Hekate
‘Atmospheric, engrossing, beautiful and sad, one of those books you find yourself wanting to be back inside when you’ve had to put it down'' NATALIE HAYNES, author of A Thousand Ships and Stone Blind ‘A vivid and imaginatively wrought divine world that is monstrous, magical and beautiful’ JENNIFER SAINT, bestselling author of Hera and Ariadne‘Wholly original, incandescent... This poem is pure magic’ ELODIE HARPER, bestselling author of The Wolf Den trilogy‘A powerful reflection on magic, power, family and the consequences of war. I absolutely loved it’ COSTANZA CASATI, bestselling author of ClytemnestraA propulsive, electrifying and enraging retelling in verse of the life of Greek goddess Hekate, child of war turned all-powerful goddess of witchcraft and necromancy, by internationally bestselling poet Nikita Gill.Born into a world on fire, Godling Hekate has never known safety. After her parents find themselves on the losing side of the war between the ruling Titans and the new Olympian Gods, Hekate is taken by her mother Asteria to the Underworld, where Styx and Hades agree to raise her. Meanwhile, Asteria is pursued across the world by Zeus and Poseidon and, to escape their clutches, transforms herself into an island in a stormy sea.Orphaned and alone, Hekate grows up amongst the horrors and beauties of the Underworld, desperate to find her divine purpose and a sense of belonging in the land of the dead. When she finally uncovers her powers and ascends to Goddess status, she realises that even the most powerful Olympians are terrified of her. But when immortal war breaks out again, threatening to destroy everything from Mount Olympus to the Underworld itself, the Goddess of witchcraft and necromancy is the only one who can bring the deadly conflict to an end...
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.
The Once and Future Me
Dark Matter meets Girl, Interrupted with a feminist twist in this gripping psychological thriller about a young woman teetering on the edge of reality, perfect for fans of dystopian fiction, time travel, and shows like Black Mirror and Russian DollVirginia, 1954. When a woman wakes up on a transport bus to Hanover State Psychiatric Hospital, she remembers nothing of her life up to that moment. Doctors tell her she''s Dorothy Frasier, a paranoid schizophrenic committed by the state for her violent delusions. She refuses to believe them, but despite her uncanny fighting skills and ability to pick locks and find impossible escape routes, she has no idea who she actually is and no knowledge of any of the dark things she may have seen and done.Visions begin invading her reality, transporting her to a dystopian future where she is told of her mission, which could help save humanity. She decides not to tell her doctors about the hallucinations or her doubts of her own sanity?until she has a visitor. A man whose concerned, loving face she recognizes; a man her doctors calls her husband, Paul.Now she is unsure of nothing, but she needs answers?about the future and about Paul and, most important, about herself. To find those answers, she will have to face the darkness inside her as she risks everything in a cat-and-mouse quest for the truth.
Reckoning
Winter. War. Chaos.
As Elder turns against Elder and riders clash, Holt and Ash fight to protect the people of the Fae Forest as Thrall seeks to blight every creature within it. On the front lines their only real aid comes from Holt’s new lunar blade, and a dangerous new ally whose claws cut both ways.
In the west, Athra and Risalia have dragged Talia into war. She can’t bring peace without pain; told she can’t be a rider and a queen; torn beyond duty and her dream beyond the dream. There are no good options, not without becoming the monster her enemies claim her to be.
Rake and Osric have missions of their own, one to right their past, the other to confront it. Both will step out of the known world, to the Green Sea of the east and beyond the desert’s end; both hunted by new scourge of immense power and skill.
Few will survive.
The reckoning has come.
Reckoning
Winter. War. Chaos.As Elder turns against Elder and riders clash, Holt and Ash fight to protect the people of the Fae Forest as Thrall seeks to blight every creature within it. On the front lines their only real aid comes from Holt's new lunar blade, and a dangerous new ally whose claws cut both ways.In the west, Athra and Risalia have dragged Talia into war. She can't bring peace without pain; told she can't be a rider and a queen; torn beyond duty and her dream beyond the dream. There are no good options, not without becoming the monster her enemies claim her to be.Rake and Osric have missions of their own, one to right their past, the other to confront it. Both will step out of the known world, to the Green Sea of the east and beyond the desert's end; both hunted by new scourge of immense power and skill.Few will survive.The reckoning has come.
Dwelling
A dazzling, surrealist fairy tale of a young woman''s quest for house and home?from New York to the Texas hinterlands and, maybe, back again. The world is ending. It has been ending for some time. When did the ending begin? Perhaps when Evie?s mother died, or when her father died soon after. Perhaps when her sister, Elena, was forcibly institutionalized in a psychiatric hippie commune in Colorado. Certainly at some point over the last year, as New York City spun down the tubes, as bedbugs and vultures descended, as apartments crumbled to the ground and no one had the time or money to fight it, or even, really, to notice. And then, one day, the ending is complete. Every renter is evicted en masse, leaving only the landlords and owners?the demented, the aristocratic, the luckiest few. Evie?parentless, sisterless, basically friendless, underemployed?has nothing and no one. Except, she remembers, a second cousin in Texas, in a strange town called Gulluck, where nothing is as it seems. And so, in the surreal, dislodged landscape, beyond the known world, a place of albino cicadas and gardeners and thieves, of cobblers and shoemakers and one very large fish, a place governed by mysterious logic and perhaps even miracles, Evie sets out in search of a home. A wry and buoyant fairy tale set at the apex of the housing crisis, Emily Hunt Kivel?s Dwelling takes us on a hapless hero?s journey to the end of the world and back again. Madcap and magical, hilarious and existential, Dwelling holds a funhouse mirror to our moment?for anyone in search of space, belonging, and some semblance of justice.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
A magical house. A secret past. A summons that could change everything.
Somewhere Beyond the Sea is a story of resistance, lovingly told, about the daunting experience of fighting for the life you want to live and doing the work to keep it.
*Winner of the 2024 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy*
Arthur Parnassus has built a good life on the ashes of a bad one. He’s headmaster at an orphanage for magical children, on a peculiar island, assisted by love-of-his-life Linus Baker. And together, they’ll do anything to protect their extraordinary and powerful charges.
However, when Arthur is forced to make a public statement about his dark past, he finds himself fighting for those under his care. It’s also a fight for the better future that all magical people deserve. Then when a new magical child joins their island home, Arthur knows they’ve reached breaking point. The child finds power in calling himself a monster, a name Arthur has tried so hard to banish to protect his children. Challenged from within and without, their volatile family might grow stronger. Or everything Arthur loves could fall apart.
TJ Klune's Somewhere Beyond the Sea is the No. 1 New York Times-bestselling sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Železná vdova 2: Nebeskí tyrani
Netrpezlivo očakávané pokračovanie bestselleru Železná vdova!
Po tom, čo Ce-tchien utrpela zničujúcu stratu a urobila drastické rozhodnutia, ocitá sa v sídle moci v Chua-sii. Zisťuje, že jej svet nie je taký, ako sa zdá. Odhalenia o nepriateľovi sú skľučujúcejšie, než sa nádejala, a nútia ju deliť sa o moc s nebezpečným mužom, ktorého sa nemôže zbaviť len tak. Napriek diametrálne odlišným predstavám o tom, ako odstaviť skorumpovaný mizogýnny systém, ktorý sužuje ich krajinu, Ce-tchien je nútená tancovať s týmto mužom tanec pravdy a lží. Svoje roly musia hrať dokonale, aby zlikvidovali spoločného nepriateľa, ktorý sa ich snaží ovládať ako bábky a drží osobu blízku Ce-tchien ako rukojemníka.
Dokáže obávaná železná vdova uzákoniť pozitívne zmeny ako dobrá a spravodlivá vládkyňa aj popri politických nepokojoch a zákerných silách, ktoré podkopávajú jej autoritu na každom kroku? Alebo bude nútená spoľahnúť sa znovu na rozsievanie strachu a násilia a riadiť sa svojimi temnejšími inštinktami?
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The House in the Cerulean Sea
DELUXE EDITION?A beautiful new paperback of one of the best-loved and best-selling fantasy novels of the past decade, The House In the Cerulean Sea by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune! Now with aqua blue sprayed edges and fun extras!
A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.
Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages.
When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist. Linus must set aside his fears and determine whether or not they’re likely to bring about the end of days.
But the children aren’t the only secret the island keeps. Their caretaker is the charming and enigmatic Arthur Parnassus, who will do anything to keep his wards safe. As Arthur and Linus grow closer, long-held secrets are exposed, and Linus must make a choice: destroy a home or watch the world burn.
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family is yours.
Alchemised (Hardback)
In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy - and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.
'What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save'
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner - of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.
In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile, undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.
According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?
To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight - to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self - is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.
Swordcrossed
A dazzling queer fantasy from the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light, brimming with steamy romance, rougeish charm and intrigue. Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree, Lex Croucher and Casey McQuiston.
Low stakes. High heat. Sharp steel . . .
Mattinesh Jay, heir to his family's struggling business, needs his arranged marriage to go off without a hitch. But if he's to successfully restore his house's fortunes, Matti must first hire a swordsman to defend him against any sword-challenges at the altar. Unfortunately, the only duellist he can afford is part-time con artist and full-time charming menace Luca Piere.
All Luca wants to do is make some easy money and forget the crime he committed in his home town. He didn't plan on being blackmailed into giving sword lessons to a chronically responsible - and inconveniently handsome - wool merchant like Matti.
However, neither Matti's business troubles nor Luca himself are quite what they seem. As secrets threaten to drive a blade through their growing alliance, both Matti and Luca will have to answer the question: how many lies are you prepared to strip away when the truth could mean losing everything you want?
The Summer War
In this enchanting, poignant novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell.
Celia discovers her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother Argent leaves home. Furious at being left behind, she lashes out, not realising her childish, angry words will suddenly become imbued with the power of prophecy, dooming him to a life without love.
While Argent wanders the world, forced to seek only fame and glory instead of the love and belonging he truly desires, Celia attempts to undo the curse. Yet she cannot find the solution - until she learns the truth about the centuries-old war between her people and the summerlings, the immortal beings holding a relentless grudge against their mortal neighbours.
With the aid of her unwanted middle brother, Celia may be able to undo her eldest brother's curse and heal the lands so long torn apart by the Summer War. But what price will she have to pay?
Jeden
Kdesi v neurčité vzdálené budoucnosti potlačil dobrotivý totalitní stát chudobu a zločinnost a zaručuje štěstí všem svým občanům, kteří se podřídí jeho pravidlům.
I profesor Burden se považuje za loajálního občana, ale Úřad vnitřního šetření zjistí, že ve skutečnosti podvědomě pochybuje o státních metodách a tajně si cení vlastní individuality. Vyšetřovatel jménem Lark je nenápadností jeho protistátní hereze tak zděšen, že si Burdena vybere za svůj mimořádný projekt. Je přesvědčený, že Burdena dokáže jeho individualistických pocitů zbavit a znovu z něj udělat normálního, produktivního člena společnosti. Chce ho k tomu zkusit přimět přesvědčováním, ale v případě nutnosti je ochotný přistoupit i ke kompletnímu vymazání jeho identity.
Román Jeden, který poprvé vyšel v roce 1953, líčí paranoidní atmosféru totalitní společnosti, kde jsou osobní svobody považovány za ohrožení státu a individualismus je potřeba surově kontrolovat. Tento informovaně napsaný psychologický thriller se jakožto jeden z velkých dystopických románů své doby řadí po bok Orwellovým, Huxleyovým a Zamjatinovým dílům.
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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.
