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The Masquerades of Spring
Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps.
'Gussie' is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an unexpected guest.
Enter his old friend Thomas Nightingale, who has braved the Atlantic passage pursuing the matter of a rather intriguing saxophone said to possess a strange power over those who play it.
This deeply inconvenient affair will rouse Gussie from his warm bed for the cold shores of Long Island - and down to the jazz clubs of Harlem where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows...
Before We Forget Kindness
The enchanting fifth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Translated from Japanese, in Before We Forget Kindness four new guests enter the mysterious Tokyo café, each with a secret wish, each hoping to go back in time to fulfil it as their coffee is poured . . . - The father who could not allow his daughter to get married- A woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one- A boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents- A wife holding a child with no name . . . The incomparable Toshikazu Kawaguchi introduces us to the dreams, wishes and deeply emotional encounters of these four guests, all travelling back in time to find comfort, peace, and a newfound happiness. But, as ever, they must return before the coffee gets cold . . . Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the coffee gets cold, Tales from the cafe, Before your memory fades and Before we say goodbye. **Before I knew I loved you, the sixth book in the series, is available to pre-order now!**
Mindscape
An SF tale of global warfare and the people who profit from it. Hairston''s extraordinary debut novel, first published by a small press in 2006.Nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the Otherwise AwardThe world has been divided by the Barrier. For 115 years this extraterrestrial, epidimensional entity has divided the earth into warring zones. Power-hungry politicians, gangsters, and spiritual fundamentalists are determined to thwart a potential treaty to end the internal wars.When the treaty''s architect is assassinated, her protegee, Elleni, a talented renegade and one of the few able to negotiate the Barrier, is forced to take up her mantle.Now Elleni and a motley crew of allies risk their lives to make the treaty work.Can they repair their fractured world before the Barrier devours them completely?
The Games Gods Play
THE GODS PLAY FOR POWER. HADES PLAYS FOR HER.
LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN - featuring spray-painted edges with a stenciled design, plus gorgeously detailed endpapers. This exclusive edition is available only while supplies last.
The gods love to play with us mere mortals. And every hundred years, we let them…
I have never been favored by the gods, thanks to Zeus. Cursed and working as a lowly clerk for the Order of Thieves, I survive by keeping my head down. No easy feat in Zeus' patron city of San Francisco.
Until the night I cross paths with a different god.
The worst god. Hades.
For the first time, the ruthless King of the Underworld has entered the Crucible, the deadly contest where gods choose mortals to fight in their stead.
And he has chosen me - a sarcastic nobody with a curse on her shoulders.
Am I his pawn, his weapon, or something else entirely? Every time he calls me his, my heart betrays me.
Because Hades is playing by his own rules… and Death will win at any cost.
Medusa
Praise for Rosie Hewlett''Delightfully devastating'' Bea Fitsgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen''A fiery and dramatic novel'' Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne''Vivid and powerful'' Luna McNamara, author of Psyche and ErosYou know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one...Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic past and speak out.Determined to expose the centuries of lies surrounding her name, Medusa gives unparalleled insight into her cursed life, from her earliest memories and abandonment at birth, right through to her tragic and untimely death at the hands of the hero Perseus. Through telling her story, Medusa finally reveals the lost truth behind antiquity’s most infamous monster.Medusa breathes new life into an ancient story and echoes the battle that women throughout millennia have continued to wage – the opportunity to simply be heard.Readers love Rosie''s writing...''This book is up there with Song of Achilles as one of my all-time favourite retellings''''Heart-breaking and beautiful''''Any readers of mythological retellings struggling to find a rival to Madeline Miller should look no further than Rosie Hewlett''''Absolutely spellbinding''''Dark, moody, at times heartbreaking, and utterly phenomenal, this book is an absolute must read for any fans of Circe or Ariadne!''
Automatic Noodle
A cozy near-future novella about a crew of leftover robots opening their very own noodle shop, from acclaimed sci-fi author Annalee Newitz.You don’t have to eat food to know the way to a city’s heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food—the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around—for the humans of San Francisco, who are recovering from a devastating war.But when their robot-run business starts causing a stir, a targeted wave of one-star reviews threatens to boil over into a crisis. To keep their doors open, they’ll have to call on their customers, their community, and each other—and find a way to survive and thrive in a world that wasn’t built for them.
The Morrigan
PRE-ORDER THIS FIERCE, WITCHY RETELLING OF IRISH MYTHOLOGY, FROM AN UNFORGETTABLE NEW VOICE IN MYTHIC FICTIONRULER. MOTHER. GODDESS. WARRIOR.PERFECT FOR FANS OF ELODIE HARPER''S THE WOLF DEN, ROSIE HEWLETT''S MEDEA AND COSTANZA CASATI''S CLYTEMNESTRA-----They called me The Morrigan. I was magnificent. I was multitudes.They twisted my story, stripped me away. But I will tell it now in my own voice.It begins, as all the best stories do, in darkness.From an ancient, storm-tossed sea, a tribe of gods reach the rocky shores of Ireland.Among them, a strange, hungry, red-haired girl. A girl who can change shape, from bird to beast to goddess. A girl who dreams of battle, of blood, of death and power.She does not know yet that a woman who seeks to rule will always be in danger – or that there are far more treacherous figures in this land than the gods who raised her.She does not know that one day love will burn so deep in her heart that its scars will never heal. That she will know pain so raw and pure it will almost tear her apart.She does not know that her journey will take a thousand years. That her name will be remembered for a thousand more.She is The Morrigan, and she is waiting: a girl with rage coiled in her chest. Beautiful, powerful, ravenous rage. A rage that will live forever.An electric debut retelling of Ireland’s mythic goddess of war, from a bold and powerful new voice.
Selkie
From the author of Medusa comes another beautiful and emotional story, this one featuring a selkie, a mythological creature who can turn from a seal into a human as she goes on "unforgettable journey that leaves us asking what it means to be home, and what it means to be free" (Kate Heartfield, author of The Valkyrie)
Seven years ago, Quinn finally dared to transform from a seal into a human and took her first steps on land. As a selkie, she is both a daughter of land and sea. But when a human stole her pelt, he stole her freedom as well, forcing Quinn to become his wife and bear his children. As legend tells, capturing a selkie will bring you luck, and she became a coveted prize.
Constrained to a life that was no longer her own, Quinn longed for nothing more than to find her pelt and seize her freedom. Then one day, her eldest daughter hands Quinn her pelt and without a second thought, Quinn snatches it and escapes to the sea. But she's no longer used to swimming and doesn't know where her herd has gone. And after an almost disastrous encounter with her former husband, leaving her severely injured, Quinn doesn't even have the strength to go searching.
Instead, she finds herself taking shelter on a nearby island with a lighthouse and three lighthouse keepers. Quinn doesn't trust humans anymore and wants to stay hidden from the keepers. But she can't survive on her own either. Can she learn to trust these humans and shed her hatred of all humankind? Or will she give into her fears and accept the monstrous fate that others have bestowed upon her?
Vilest Things
The epic sequel to the #1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Immortal Longings.
Romance, politics and power meld in this pulse-pounding, electric enemies-to-lovers epic fantasy romance, inspired by Antony and Cleopatra.
The games are over. Let chaos reign.
Calla Tuoleimi has done the impossible. Against all odds, she won San-Er's bloody games and eliminated the king. She now serves as royal advisor to August Shenzhi, who has risen to the throne.
Only Calla knows it isn't really August.
Anton Makusa is still furious about Calla's betrayal in the games. In an impossible feat, he took over August's body, and has no intention of giving it back. But when his first love awakens from a years-long coma and reveals a secret that threatens the monarchy, chaos erupts.
As tensions come to a boiling point, Calla and Anton will have to journey to the kingdom's furthest reaches to prevent anarchy - before their real identities are exposed . . .
The Seven Miracles of Beatrix Holland
A "warm, witchy, and wonderful" family story that is the queer love-child of Practical Magic and The Parent Trap as one woman is about to discover that she's a witch (Sarah Beth Durst). Beatrice Barnard doesn’t believe in magic. She definitely doesn’t believe the predictions of the celebrity psychic who claims that she will experience seven miracles and that she will die. And as it turns out, her husband is cheating on her. Bea, now in desperate need of solitude, flees to Skerry Island, off the Pacific Northwest coast. Immediately upon arrival, she finds her life on the line as a rogue woodchopper blade almost kills her. Her survival is almost like a miracle. And then things get more miraculous when she discovers her twin sister, Cordelia, and her mother, Astrid, who supposedly died when Beatrice was two years old. Astrid and Cordelia reveal that Beatrice (given name Beatrix) is an immensely powerful witch who can commune with the dead. When Cordelia and Beatrice’s twin magic is joined, it shines like a beacon on the malevolent spirits who are locked in an age-old struggle for magical dominance over the Hollands. Beatrice doesn’t know what to believe, but she begins to fear that the seven predicted miracles may occur and that her death is near. But when her niece, Minna, goes missing, Bea’s own life suddenly seems much less important. Beatrice must join her mother andher sister to save Minna even if she dies in the process.
Vlčí srdce - World of Warcraft
Po Kataklyzmatu zachvátila každý kout Azerothu válka.
Horda hladoví po dalších zdrojích a hodlá využít chaosu, aby vpadla do Ashenvale a posílila tam svou rostoucí válečnou mašinérii. Nový náčelník Garrosh Hellscream v Ashenvale používá nevídanou brutální taktiku, aby si podmanil místní území, rozdrtil obránce z řad nočních elfů, a ochromil tak Alianci napříč světem Warcraftu.
Aniž cokoliv tuší o hrůzách, které se chystají v Ashenvale, legendární vůdci nočních elfů, velekněžka Tyrande Whisperwind a arcidruid Malfurion Stormrage, pořádají v Darnassu summit s úmyslem přijmout worgeny z Gilneasu do Aliance, ne všem je však tnto plán po chuti – v čele s králem Varianem Wrynnem.
Když je na předměstí Darnassu nalezen zavražděný Urozený, Malfurion a Tyrande se snaží zabránit dalšímu krveprolití a nepokojům a nalezením vraha pověřují jednu z nejprohnanějších a nejzkušenějších nočních elfek – proslulou Dozorkyni Maiev Shadowsong. Jenže události v Darnassu také znamenají, že Aliance může zůstat bezmocná ve snaze zastavit neúprosného nového náčelníka Garroshe v jeho postupu do Ashenvale…
Prokletí Spřízněných 2: Záře Věčného plamene
Má třicet dní na záchranu světa. Ale nejtěžší bitvu bude muset svést s vlastním srdcem.
Válka je na spadnutí a Diem se naskytla příležitost ochránit své milované. Aby ji však mohla využít, musí přežít následujících třicet dní. A toho dosáhne pouze uzavřením spojenectví s lidmi, jimiž pohrdá ze všech nejvíc: s královskou rodinou Dědiců. Jakmile ale do světa šlechty začne pronikat, rychle si uvědomí, že hranice mezi dobrem a zlem není tak jednoznačná a rozdíly mezi přáteli a soky se stírají.
Tajemství, jež za sebou zanechala její stále pohřešovaná matka, už nelze dále ignorovat, a stejně tak se musí Diem vypořádat s požadavky Strážců Věčného plamene. Ocitá se v sevření starého ohně a nové jiskry a je nucena pohlédnout do očí pravdě o svém původu i touhách dřív, než jí dojde čas.
V nadcházející válce čekají silní nepřátelé na všech frontách… ale nejtěžší bitvu bude Diem muset svést s vlastním srdcem.
Záře Věčného plamene je druhou knihou čtyřdílné romantasy série Prokletí Spřízněných. V tomto romantickém epickém příběhu vás čeká pomalu se rozvíjející vztah mezi nepřáteli. Zaujme milovníky magie, draků, napětí a přátelského popichování a oblíbí si jej především čtenáři knih Dvůr trnů a růží, Z krve a popela, Zmije a křídla noci nebo Čtvrté křídlo.
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Ónyxová smršť
Špeciálne prvé vydanie knihy s oriezkou v limitovanom počte kusov.
Po takmer osemnástich mesiacoch na Basgiathskej vojenskej akadémii si Violet Sorrengailová uvedomuje, že na štúdium už nie je čas. Bitka vypukla a nepriatelia ohrozujú nielen múry akadémie, ale prenikli aj do ich vlastných radov. Navarra zúfalo potrebuje posily, je však skoro nemožné poznať, komu sa dá veriť. Violet tak čaká náročná úloha, ktorá preverí jej silu, dôvtip a šťastie. Musí sa vydať za hranice ochranného štítu, aby získala nových spojencov a s ich pomocou ochránila svojich milovaných, aj keby to znamenalo udržať tajomstvo natoľko veľké, že by dokázalo všetko zničiť.
Potrebujú armádu. Potrebujú mágiu. A potrebujú to, čo dokáže nájsť len Violet: pravdu. Blíži sa však smršť a nie je isté, kto prežije jej besnenie.
Z anglického originálu Onyx Storm (Red Tower Books is an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC., 2025) preložila Ivana Cingelová.
Blood of Hercules
Step into the Coliseum at the Spartan War Academy where monsters are made, immortality is won, and even a god can die…
Alexis Hert isn't a hero, and she certainly isn't a god. All she's ever been is a survivor.
But the Fates disagree.
When a blood test leads to her admittance at the Spartan War Academy, she'll have to do more than merely survive.
Alexis will have to claim her birthright: immortality.
But immortality is a privilege, one earned in the crucible of the academy, where the heroes are villains and classrooms battlegrounds. While gladiators Achilles and Patro, her demanding mentors, hone her into a warrior, Augustus and Kharon, her professors and the brooding heirs to the underworld, haunt her steps and her thoughts.
Because where there are gods, there are bound to be monsters, and there is more than one hunting Alexis…
Králové Avalieru - Zlomený elfí král
Pokud tak neučiní, královská Rada starších jej připraví o trůn. Raife Lightstone je naštěstí nechutně bohatý, až otravně krásný a prudce inteligentní, není tedy divu, že o nápadnice nemá nouzi. Jenže natrefit na kandidátku, která by dostála jeho nárokům, není snadné.
Najít vhodnou nevěstu připadne za úkol půlelfce Kailani, bývalé otrokyni, již si elfí král vybral za svoji osobní asistentku. Netrvá však dlouho a Raife odhalí, že svéhlavá dívka oplývá mocí, o které neměla nejmenší tušení a kvůli níž se ocitá v ohrožení života.
Řešení je nasnadě: fingovaný sňatek. Raife tak umlčí Radu a Kailani získá ochranu. Skvělý plán, který může zkomplikovat jen jediné – kdyby se do sebe král a služebná skutečně zamilovali…
A Mother's Guide to the Apocalypse
If you knew the world was ending, what lengths would you go to protect the people you love? How would you ensure their survival? And what secrets would you want to stay buried? For Olivia Sullivan, the summer of 2024 was the beginning of the end. Political upheaval and natural disasters were bad enough, but danger arrives on her doorstep, threatening her triplet daughters, Olivia finds herself scrolling doomsday-prepping forums for hours determined to protect her family from the coming apocalypse. Olivia''s husband and friends insist she is being irrational, until she is swept away in a flash flood that devastated LA.At least that''s the story her daughters, Rosie, Bettie, and Cassie, were always told.Twenty years later, the triplets discover a box of their mother''s belongings that calls into question everything their father told them about their mother and her death. Reeling from this betrayal, the family returns to California, determined to uncover Olivia''s true fate. Confronted by an unfamiliar world where nothing and no one are what they seem, the sisters must unravel the truth about their father and the mother who may have abandoned them, while struggling to hold onto the one constant in their lives-each other.
The Shattered King
A captive healer and a mysterious prince are drawn to each other in the midst of war and magic in a beguiling dark fantasy by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.The kingdom of Cansere is on the brink of war. Young men are conscripted from their homes, and a royal decree from the queen has made healing the only legal form of craftlock. Nym, a healer and beekeeper, is the sole provider for her family of seven now that her younger brother has been sent to the warfront. But when a letter comes from the queen, summoning Nym to the palace to heal Prince Renn, the kingdom’s ailing shut-in, Nym finds herself making the tumultuous journey from her family’s apiary to the capital city. Nym is determined to fail the queen’s mission and return to her younger siblings as soon as she can.But escaping the castle’s hold isn’t as easy as failing a simple test. Prince Renn is cold and distant, and his illness is nothing like Nym has ever seen before, nothing she could ever imagine treating. In a moment of connection with Prince Renn, Nym manages to remedy the faintest symptom of his ailment—only to discover that no healer before has made such progress. Forced to become the prince’s official healer and a ward of the castle, and with her only hope of returning to her family hinging on the prince’s recovery, Nym must navigate the castle’s cruel and twisted court and uncover the haunting truth behind Prince Renn’s illness—even as she finds herself irrevocably drawn to him.
Blood of the Old Kings
''Thrilling, inventive, and fierce - a tale of malevolent empire and those who stand against it. Not to be missed'' Max GladstoneThere is no escaping the Empire. Even in death, you will serve.In an Empire fuelled by necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest.Born with magic, Arienne has become resigned to her dark fate. But when the voice of a long-dead sorcerer begins to speak inside her head, she listens. There may be another future for her, if she''s willing to fight for it.Miles away, beneath a volcano, a seven-eyed dragon also wears the Empire''s chains. Before the imperial fist closed around their lands, it was the people''s sacred guardian.Loran, a widowed swordswoman, is the first to kneel before the dragon in decades. She comes with a desperate plea, and will leave with a sword of dragon-fang in hand and a great purpose before her.Blood of the Old Kings begins an epic fantasy adventure in which three strangers fight back against an all-powerful Empire, from award-winning author Sung-il Kim and translated by the highly-acclaimed Anton Hur.''A woman''s burning quest for vengeance and power leads to a thrilling magic-filled adventure. Absolutely captivating'' K.S. Villoso''Fast, fun and fabulous! Truly imaginative fantasy with a story that speeds along like a bullet train fueled by sorcery'' Dyrk Ashton ''Epic underdog fantasy in which choice outweighs destiny . . . Readers seeking an exciting new fantasy world to sink into will find this hits the spot'' Publishers Weekly''A magnificent tapestry . . . If you''re looking for something to scratch that sprawling epic itch, give Blood of the Old Kings a chance'' Lightspeed''Full on fantasy delight . . . expansive and exciting?it''s a book that so clearly loves fantasy and gives readers classic elements of the genre in a totally new way. Blood of the Old Kings is just a goddamn blast to read'' Reactor''An immersive world that''s sparking towards war'' Library Journal
The Great Library of Tomorrow
Helia has served as the Sage of Hope for the Great Library of Tomorrow for centuries. She is one of the chosen few who embody and protect the values of humanity across the numerous realms of Paperworld, which are connected within the Library itself via magical Portals controlled by the Book of Wisdom. But even her hope is tested when she and her partner Xavier, the Sage of Truth, are attacked while visiting the famous Rose Garden in the realm of Silvyra. Wounded and in shock amidst a storm of fire, they are confronted by a deadly figure known to them as the Ash Man. With the Garden destroyed and its dragon protector missing, Xavier sacrifices his life so that Helia can return home to warn the other Sages. But there she finds the Book of Wisdom-always a guide to the Sages-eerily silent. With the Ash Man gaining strength, Helia soon finds herself in a race against time, searching for clues to the origins of their foe-and any possible way to defeat him. Fueled by the same collaborative heart and boundless imagination that dazzle millions of devoted Tomorrowland estivalgoers every year, this book is perfect for fans of The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin and Brandon Sanderson''s Mistborn.
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.
