Jim C. Hines je autor známý svojimi humornými fantasy sériami, vrátane série o goblinoch a radu rozprávkových prepisov. Jeho tvorba sa často zameriava na témy spolupatričnosti a hľadania svojho miesta vo svete, pretkané nápaditými zvratmi v žánri. Hines je známy svojím jedinečným štýlom, ktorý kombinuje humor s hlbším skúmaním postáv. Jeho romány ponúkajú čitateľom osviežujúci pohľad na fantastické svety.
Ein Angriff auf die Goblin-Höhlen ? und schon steckt Jig Drachentöter mitten im Krieg. Er gerät in die Gefangenschaft der Menschen und wird in die ehemalige Elbenstadt Avery verschleppt. Dort soll er dabei helfen, die Stadt gegen den Angriff einer Monsterarmee zu befestigen, die von einer blutrünstigen Ork angeführt wird. Doch die Menschen haben nicht mit Jigs Intelligenz gerechnet. Er beschließt zu fliehen ... mit der festen Absicht, der Ork-Armee beizutreten.
Jig ist ein Goblin. Ein kleiner, schwächlicher Goblin. Wenn er eines nicht sein will, dann ein Held. Eines Tages jedoch fällt er einigen Abenteurern in die Hände, die in seine Heimat eindringen. Sie verlangen, dass er sie zu einem magischen Artefakt führt. Dumm nur, dass sich das Artefakt in den Tiefen eines höchst gefährlichen Höhlensystems befindet, in den Klauen eines Drachen. Um dieser misslichen Lage zu entfliehen, bleibt dem bibbernden Jig nur eine Wahl: Er muss zum Helden werden ... irgendwie.
Einst galt der Goblin Jig in seiner Sippe als Versager. Doch diese Zeiten sind vorbei! Denn Jig hat sich wegen seiner heilenden Kräfte den Respekt der anderen Goblins erworben. Nur eine hasst ihn wie die Pest: die neue Anführerin Kralk, die Jig am liebsten tot sähe. Als eines Tages ein Oger auftaucht und die Goblins um Hilfe bittet, entsendet Kralk den armen Jig auf eine brandgefährliche Mission. Jemand tötet die Oger in ihren Höhlen! Und der schwächliche Jig soll dem Morden ein Ende bereiten ...
What would happen if an author went back to the darker themes of the original fairy tales for his plots, and then crossed the Disney princesses with Charlie's Angels? What's delivered is The Stepsister Scheme?a whole new take on what happened to Cinderella and her prince after the wedding. And with Jim C. Hines penning the tale readers can bet it won't be and they lived happily ever after.
Tarot card decks have twenty-two major arcana, filled with symbolism and imbued with meaning. Explore the greater secrets and ideas behind those cards with the stories and poems of Arcana. Discovery awaits, in tales such as: a grasping king struggling with his legacy; an alchemist setting a golem out on a mission of revenge; and a woman finding what she didn't know she was looking for. Each story is like drawing a card from the deck--you never know what it might reveal.Featuring stories by Sara Dobie Bauer, Greg Bechtel, Beth Cato, Eliza Chan, Kevin Cockle, Sara Cleto, J.G. Formato, Chadwick Ginther, Joseph Halden, Gabrielle Harbowy, Jim C. Hines, Diana Hurlburt, L.S. Johnson, Dan Koboldt, C.S. MacCath, Susan MacGregor, Cat McDonald, Annie Neugebauer, Alexandra Seidel, Angela Slatter, Sarena Ulibarri, Brittany Warman and BD Wilson.
The third and final book of The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse follows a group of unlikely heroes trying to save the galaxy from a zombie plague.
When Isaac Vainio helped to reveal magic to the world, he dreamed of a utopian future, a new millennium of magical prosperity, but things aren't going as he planned. Surrounded by betrayal and political intrigue, Isaac and a ragtag group of allies must evade pursuit both magical and mundane, expose a conspiracy by some of the most powerful people in the world, and find a path to a better future.
Human civilization didn't just fall; it was pushed. The Krakau arrived on Earth in 2104, and by 2105, humanity had devolved into feral monsters. This was an accident, and a century later, the Krakau returned to attempt a fix. Four months have passed since Marion 'Mops' Adamopoulos uncovered the truth behind that accident. During this time, she and her team of hygiene specialists hijacked the EMCS Pufferfish to thwart a bioterrorism attack on the Krakau homeworld. Now, Mops is on a quest to find proof of what truly transpired on Earth. The Krakau are preoccupied with protecting their secrets while battling the escalating aggression of the xenocidal Prodryans. Mops' mission shifts when she discovers a secret Krakau lab on Earth, where a group led by Fleet Admiral Belle-Bonne Sage is developing a new weapon that could either defeat the Prodryans or plunge the galaxy into chaos. To uncover the truth, Mops and her rogue cleaning crew must confront their greatest fear: returning to an Earth overrun by feral apes, wild dogs, and savage humans. The planet has been neglected for a century and a half, and what Mops discovers in the ruins of humanity could change everything—if she survives long enough to share it. Perhaps humanity isn't as lost as the galaxy believes.
Michigan librarian Isaac, stripped of his power, teams up with fire-spider Smudge, dryad warrior Lena, and psychiatrist Nidhi in order to stop a banished queen who has returned in the body of a young girl.
The first installment of Hugo-winning author Hines' new series, ideal for fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett. Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos, head of a spaceship's Health and Sanitation crew, guides her team through a zombie infestation and their discovery that the human history they took for granted isn't quite the whole story.