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Dcera ředitele mocné korporace se ztratila a ten je přesvědčený, že ji dokáže najít jen Butler. A vláda je nadšená, že ho má kam „uklidit“. Carl zná bolest ze ztráty dcery až moc dobře, a tak s misí, byť neochotně, souhlasí. Záhy se ocitá v nové kolonii, kde se nebezpečná džungle skrývá hned za kopulemi osadníků. Ještě se ani nerozkoukal a už se někdo pokusil zabít. Tváří v tvář nekompetentnímu guvernérovi, ochromené armádě a korporacím, které si rychle a nemotorně hrají se zákony, se Butler ocitá na známém území. Nemá komu věřit, jen sám sobě. Zase. ZÁVĚREČNÝ DÍL TRILOGIE SCI-FI TRHILLERŮ
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Hunt the Ever Wild
When the king calls a hunt for the Lichtenwald forest’s elusive phoenix, wizard Sy jumps at the chance. Years ago, he indentured himself to the crown to pay for his magical education, and an unbreakable spell binds him to carry out the king’s every wicked whim, or face certain death. The prize is enough to pay off his debt, but he can’t survive the forest alone. Seeking help, he finds Anya, a skilled huntress living on the Lichtenwald’s edge, and lies about splitting the prize. But Anya’s lying too. Cursed by a witch after killing her familiar, Anya must find the phoenix and bind it to the witch by the summer solstice, or else suffer a gruesome transformation. With the curse worsening and the Lichtenwald swarming with wizards, she needs Sy on her side – for now. Neither of them can split the prize, nor win alone. And despite the growing attraction between them, betrayal remains their only option. But anything is possible in the forest. And the forest is hungry. FILE UNDER: | One Touch | Goose & Gander | Strange Magics | A Heavy Burden
Under the Oak Tree, Vol. 3 (novel)
Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after - but this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webnovel on MANTA, continues in this third volume.
The gorgeous first edition will feature designed sprayed page edges, full-colour patterned endpapers, foil stamping on the cover, and a ribbon bookmark!
The day that Lady Maximilian has been dreading is here: after an arduous journey to Livadon, she must stay behind at a monastery while her husband, the renowned Sir Riftan, rides off to war with the Remdragon Knights. Fretting for their loved ones, Maxi and the other noblewomen in the monastery keep themselves busy tending to villagers in need at the local shelter.
But Maxi's patience quickly runs thin as she fears the worst. Desperate to see Riftan, she escapes the monastery and makes her way to the battlefield. Little does she know that the brutality of war is not the only danger awaiting her. As she confronts her painful past, the tumultuous present, and an uncertain future, Maxi faces the greatest obstacles of her life - and the gravest threats to her relationship with Riftan thus far.
This volume collects chapters 134-193 of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.
Upíři z Chicaga 12: Půlnoční znamení
V Chicagu se něco probouzí. Merit patří mezi nejzkušenější upíří válečníky v Chicagu a jen tak něco ji nevyděsí – dokud nezkříží cestu mocnému nepříteli… Když je zavražděn mladý mág, stopy vedou k dávno zapomenutému řádu a k tajemství, které mělo zůstat navždy skryté. Merit, strážkyně Cadoganského Domu, se proto pouští do vyšetřování, jež ji zavede do temných zákoutí magie i politiky. Naštěstí na to není sama – po jejím boku stojí upíří mistr Ethan, ale i jeho síla má své limity…
The Anatomy of Magic
Where falling in love could be the last mistake you ever make.
In the city of Valveron, an elite academy seeks to control all magic. But in the darker districts, every kind of power is for sale. If you can pay the price.
Nina Veyr has a dangerous secret-illegal magical abilities she cannot explain. If the city's enforcers found her, she would be executed... or worse.
For years, Nina has stayed in the shadows, picking pockets and smuggling enchanted relics to get by. Then she steals from the wrong man.
Max Antonin is the most powerful crime boss in the city. Cold, deadly, and breathtakingly attractive, Max has his sights set on Nina, and nothing will stand in his way.
But when Nina is framed for a shocking murder, Max offers to help her find the true killers. She knows she can't trust him-that deals with a devil always come at a cost. But there's no way she can survive on her own.
As they follow a trail of bodies into the city's underworld, Nina feels a dangerous attraction pulling her ever closer to him. Can she trust her life and her heart to Valveron's most ruthless criminal?
The Anatomy of Magic is a thrilling fantasy romance full of searing chemistry and razor-sharp banter. It's perfect for fans of Callie Hart, Carissa Broadbent and Elise Kova.
Čtvrtý konkubín
Dalton Greaves je hrdina. Je jedním z prvních lidských zástupců Jednoty, mezidruhové konfederace, která usiluje o spojenectví veškerého inteligentního života v jednom laskavém, harmonickém bratrstvu.
Tak mu to přinejmenším bylo řečeno. Na vlastní oči dosud viděl jen dva představitele Jednoty – obřího slimáka Boreaua, kterému jde spíš o plundrování než šíření lásky a harmonie, a jeho lidskou kumpánku Neeru. A tu Dalton podezřívá, že ho přizvala na Boreauovu loď jen proto, aby se sama nestala další členkou posádky, kterou při průzkumu nějaké neznámé planety sežerou domorodci.
Kupodivu se však ukáže, že vlídná mezidruhová konfederace, jíž leží na srdci dobro všeho inteligentního života, skutečně existuje. Říká si Kolektiv a Jednotu nemá ráda. A už vůbec nemůže vystát její nové lidské přisluhovače.
Když setkání Boreauovy průzkumné lodi s křižníkem Kolektivu nad nově objeveným světem skončí neslavně pro obě strany, Dalton se ocitne mezi třemi mlýnskými kameny – špejlovcem, děsivým vojákem Kolektivu, místními domorodci, kteří nejsou zrovna přátelští, a Neerou, která je ze všech tří možná tou nejnebezpečnější.
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The Winged Game
For a chance at redemption, a disgraced player of carriwitchet must team up with and fake-date the rival player who destroyed her career
A CHANCE AT REDEMPTION IN THE HANDS OF HER RIVAL. . .
Carriwitchet is a violent, rugby-esque game played atop winged beasts. It was once Taissa Cho's whole life. She was considered her country's most promising player-until her nemesis, rival player Kion Locke, destroyed her career.
She was expelled from the sport in disgrace. No team would take her. And Taissa has spent the last two years thinking of nothing but revenge.
Until a chance to redeem herself and career presents itself, offered by the very man who ruined everything in the first place. A spot on his team, the Stymphs.
The catch? To garner publicity and keep Taissa as the team's secret weapon, she and Kion are forced into a fake relationship. But Taissa and Kion only have two things in common: their love of the game and their undying hatred of each other.
Yet as a mysterious illness befalls the winged creatures of the league, they are forced to work together to save their team.
With sabotage afoot, Taissa and Kion find themselves prepared for anything . . . except the fact that their fake-for-the-cameras relationship may be something real after all.
Tropes:
Rivals-to-lovers
Fake dating
Found family
Fantasy sports romance
Bickering MCs
The Stone Curse
Fans of dark academy fantasy and enemies-to-lovers tension will devour this gritty romantasy series from Debbie Cassidy. Gargoyles are meant to be unbreakable. Until they aren’t. The attack on the cadets shattered everything I knew. Now the academy is under lockdown, and betrayal bleeds through our ranks. With every secret exposed, my circle of trust shrinks to nothing. The only balm for my grief is vengeance—the promise of bringing down the graynite alpha. But his death will demand more power than I possess. Power that can only be earned by surviving the elite trial. So I’ll seal the fractures in my heart, breathe through the ache in my soul, and fight back. It’s time for retribution. But the path to justice is paved with lies. As secrets unravel, I’m forced to face the one certainty that remains—nothing will ever be the same again.
Seven Recipes for Revolution
The Bear meets Attack on Titan in this exhilarating, food-based epic fantasy filled with high stakes and monster steaks, perfect for fans of Pierce Brown and Jay Kristoff.
Paprick is a common butcher, carving slabs of meat from gargantuan monsters so elite chefs can prepare magic-granting meals for the rich. But Paprick’s true passion is cooking, and if he can learn the secret art, his dreams of liberating his people and sharing the monsters’ magic with the world could come true. He steals the precious ingredients needed to practise recipes at home, but if he’s caught, he’ll be executed.
As his desperation grows, he ventures into the black market and uncovers a spice imported from unknown lands. Combining it with the last of his stolen meat, he cooks a dish the world has never tasted before, with side-effects he couldn’t have foreseen.
The dish’s magic grows Paprick to kaiju-size, and legends of his powers spread among the people. Immediately, the rulers arrest him, but Paprick convinces them to make him a chef’s apprentice—if they ever want to learn his Recipe. However, his exposure to the world of high cuisine reveals the rot at its centre, and with his new power, rebellion is only a few recipes away…
The Moonsingers
In a quiet glen beyond the reach of the railway lives a peculiar family who knows the best magic is the kind found in ordinary moments.
When Ismay Gebhardt is dismissed from yet another teaching post after an unfortunate accident (which everyone survived!), she accepts a last-chance job as a private tutor in sleepy Glenmaidens village. The town is brimming with natural beauty, uncanny traditions, and earnest locals, none more unusual than her three young pupils-the Underhill sisters-and their puzzling father.
Determined to make herself useful after several catastrophic lessons with the unbiddable girls, Ismay writes to the transport bureau suggesting an extension to the train line, hoping to bring Glenmaidens into modernity. As usual, Ismay's good intentions lead to chaos with the arrival of the bureau's frustratingly thorough officer, Hamish Breck, whose railway plans threaten not only the glen's tranquility, but also the ancient oak tree at its heart. Amidst a mess of her own making, Ismay unearths Glenmaidens' enchanted secret: the Underhills, like many villagers, are fairies who settled in the mortal world in search of a gentler life, and the oak is their only bridge back to the moonlit realm of the fantastic.
As summer heat rises, Ismay schemes with her magical neighbors to prevent the extension, each day finding herself more entangled with the charming, persistent bureaucrat. With her newfound family, the way between worlds, and her heart all at risk, Ismay must decide how much she would bargain to finally embrace the wonder and belonging she's always wished for.
Witch Season - Broken Coven 1
Perfect for fans of Juno Dawson, Leigh Bardugo and Buffy, Witch Season is a grounded enemies-to-lovers urban fantasy that explores a world of competing covens, malevolent mentors, and the horror and power of stolen magic.
Katherine Barnes was an unsettled witch - a witch born to non-magical parents and saddled with a power she couldn't explain, let alone control.
Following a tragic accident that sent her running away from home at sixteen, the only reason Katherine survived was Sylvia Page, the leader of Los Angeles' Aestas Coven and a former unsettled witch herself, who scooped Katherine up and taught her how to harness the storm inside. Together, over the past thirteen years, Katherine and Sylvia turned Aestas into a halfway house for unsettled witches, creating the home neither of them got to have.
Enter Silas Khatri, the heir to the most influential coven in the country who has a mandate from his parents to bring the rogue Aestas Coven to heel.
Desperate to muscle Silas out of her territory, Sylvia makes an impulsive decision that gives her untold power - but at the cost of an unsettled teenager's life. Unaware of her mentor's betrayal, Katherine launches an investigation into the young witch's death.
As she unravels secrets that go back further than she ever knew, Katherine finds an unlikely ally in the man she thought she hated and an unexpected enemy in the woman who saved her future. With Silas' real motives and the depths of Sylvia's treachery all coming to light, Katherine has to decide what's more important - the family she's worked so hard to build, or the truth.
He Who Fights With Monsters: Outworlder
Survive an alternate universe and jump into the first installment of the witty and magic-fueled HE WHO FIGHTS WITH MONSTERS series-now with a bonus short story exclusive to this deluxe hardcover edition.
"Exciting, hilarious, irreverent, and action-packed." -Matt Dinniman, New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Dungeon Crawler Carl
For fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl, Cradle, Defiance of the Fall, The Primal Hunter, The Wandering Inn, The Dresden Files, Kaiju Preservation Society, and The Murderbot Diaries.
It's not an easy career jump, going from retail assistant manager to interdimensional adventurer. Jason doesn't have much of a choice, though, when he wakes up naked confused in a world of mystery and magic.
It wasn't prophecy that brought him here. He wasn't chosen. It was the wrong place, the wrong time and the very, very wrong guy. The wizard who summoned him by accident does not react well.
In short order, Jason will have to fight monsters, face cultists, escape cannibals and find some pants, preferably not in that order.
The good news? He has powers. The bad news? They're kind of evil.
With no idea where he is or what he's doing, he's going to need friends, and fast, because in this world, power isn't just about magic and monsters.
Jason will have to deal with politicians, noble houses and crime lords to survive. He'll need to master his powers, evil or not, hopefully without becoming the worst monster of all.
The Book of Imaginary Beings
A dazzling catalogue of be creatures drawn from the dreamworlds of myth, folklore, and imagination
From ancient myths to obscure legends, a strange menagerie takes shape: creatures part real, part invented, drawn from cultures across the world. Each is described with care, as if it might exist just beyond the edge of belief. The Book of Imaginary Beings is Jorge Luis Borges’s playful, erudite bestiary of the fantastic. Curious and endlessly inventive, it explores the power of imagination to create entire worlds.
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.
The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance
BEHIND EVERY HERO, THERE'S A HISTORIAN
An ambitious young scholar is sent to research the mysteries of an adventurer's inn - only to uncover a centuries-old secret in this heart-warming and poignant fantasy.
Mount Vengeance is legendary, a monumental climb with a dragon at its peak.
For most, it's an adventure, or a quest to prove themselves worthy of fame and glory.
For Ainsworth, it's perfect thesis material.
Ainsworth Gladsly, ambitious young scholar, research fellow and up-and-coming historian is finally ready to make his mark on the world. When his supervisor learns of a rustic inn at the foot of the legendary Mount Vengeance, she sends him to be the first to document the exploits of the bold adventurers who face the perils of the mountain - and the dragon said to inhabit it.
But the inn is far from the sophisticated city life he's grown to love, and even as he grudgingly warms to its rustic charm - and its lovely innkeeper, Honey - the mystery of the mountain refuses to reveal itself. Worse, Ainsworth can't find evidence that anyone has ever undertaken the climb - every adventurer comes to the inn, stays for a single night, and then returns home.
And with Ainsworth's reputation as an academic on the line, it's a mystery he can't allow to remain unsolved - even if he has to push the adventurers up the mountain himself.
Pád Gondolinu
Legenda o páde Gondolinu hovorí o boji dvoch najväčších mocností sveta. Zlo predstavuje Morgoth, najhorší zo všetkých, vodca obrovských armád, ktoré riadi zo svojej železnej pevnosti. Proti nemu stojí Ulmo, druhý najmocnejší hneď po Manwëm, najvyššom z Valarov. Uprostred súboja sa nachádza dokonale skrytá posledná elfská pevnosť Gondolin. Tá dlho úspešne odolávala temnote, no zrada a nenávisť ju teraz vystavujú útoku najhoršej zo zlých síl. Pád Gondolinu je strhujúci príbeh J. R. R. Tolkiena, ktorý z autorovej literárnej pozostalosti zostavil a vydal jeho syn Christopher Tolkien.
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Očarovaná 1
Největší touhou Selene Bowersové je být přijata do Henbaneského covenu, elitní akademie pro čarodějky - a udělala by pro to cokoli. Praktikování magie si však u ní vybírá krutou daň: pokaždé když použije nějaké kouzlo, ztrácí část svých vzpomínek. Svou mocí navíc omylem osvobodí čaroděje Memnona, po tisíciletí drženého v zajetí. Když pak v covenu začne kdosi vraždit ostatní čarodějky, je to právě Selene, kdo se kvůli absenci vzpomínek stane hlavní podezřelou. Její jedinou nadějí se stává Memnon - za svou pomoc však mocný mág požaduje vysokou cenu...
Ashen Throne - Hamvadó trón - Dragonbound 2.
Egy sárkány nem áldoz fel semmit, főként nem a szabadságát.
Cassim áruló. És semmilyen bűnténytől nem riad vissza, hogy felszabadítsa magát és a többi sárkány alakváltót Eldeya királyának kegyetlen uralma alól. Lovasa, Yessa is csak egy eszköz volt számára. De az egykori ellenségből mára sokkal több lett, és a Yessa iránt érzett szerelme most mindent elvehet Cassimtól. Ha vele marad, az életét kockáztatja. Ha elhagyja, az istenek akaratával száll szembe. És ha Yessa megtudja, mit tett, örökre gyűlölni fogja…
„Nagyon tetszett a könyv. Cassim és Yessa története szuper izgalmasan folytatódik, tele van lélegzetelállító és váratlan fordulatokkal.” – nietchen, lovelybooks.de
„Csodálatos írói stílus. Már sóvárogva vártam ezt a részt.” – B.Frankenstein, amazon.de
Nézz szembe az igazsággal… mielőtt mindent elpusztít!
Szereted a fantáziadús, érzéki, tartalmas könyveket? Vidd haza nyugodtan, tetszeni fog!
Fiatal nőknek, felső korhatár nélkül!
The Cursed - Az Átkozott - A csont szövetsége 2.
A csont szövetsége perzselő és szívdobogtató folytatása!
Árulás.
Ő volt az éjszakában rám váró álnokság, a váratlan igazság. Egész életemben átvertek. Most végre megtudtam az igazat. A bábja voltam, csak nem vettem észre a zsinórjaimat.
Hiába tudom, hogy elárult, nem tudok megszabadulni a köztünk lévő, tagadhatatlan köteléktől. Gray egyetlen pillantásával képes lángra lobbantani a lelkemet. Ellenségek vagyunk, és nemsokára összecsapunk azért a jövőért, amit nemrég még el akartam pusztítani.
A magiszter halála után már nem vágyom annyira a bosszút. A megmaradt boszorkányok nem játszottak szerepet a nagynéném halálában, és az egyetlen, aki a sérelmek gyógyításának útjában áll, éppen az, aki elszántan az ágyában akar tartani.
De a Koven életben maradt tagjai sosem fogják megbocsátani, hogy részt vettem vezetőik leigázásában és elpusztításában. Az egészben az a legrosszabb, hogy ezért nem is tudom hibáztatni őket. Naiv voltam. Mindent oly nagyszerűen elképzeltem, de a sorsnak más tervei voltak. Olyanok, amik már századokkal a születésem előtt mozgásba lendültek.
Ám még ez is hazugság volt, és most az én kötelességem, hogy minden erőmet latba vetve megpróbáljam megállítani.
Hogy megvédjem a Kovenemet a férjem gyűlöletétől – bármi áron.
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Six Days in Bombay
"A sparkling travelogue and a poignant journey of self-discovery all in one. . . . Alka Joshi is simply the best!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Rose CodeFrom the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Henna Artist, this captivating novel follows a young Anglo-Indian nurse who embarks on a journey from her home in Bombay to uncover a mystery and prove her innocence after a famous painter dies in her care. 1937. Young nurse Sona is drawn to the renowned, feisty, scandalous painter Mira Novak when they meet while the latter is recovering at a Bombay hospital, and the two women bond over their half-Indian identities. But when Mira dies suddenly and mysteriously, Sona falls under suspicion. The key to proving Sona's innocence may lie in a cryptic note and four paintings Mira left in her care, sending the young woman across a tumultuous Europe to meet Mira’s former lovers and friends. As Sona travels from Bombay to Istanbul, Prague, Paris, Florence and London uncovering Mira's life story, she learns that behind the charming facade was a complicated, troubled woman with dangerous secrets. But will Sona discover them in time to clear her name?
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.
