As the seals on the Dark One's prison crumble and the armies of the Shadow boil out of the Blight, Perrin Aybara, hunted by specters from his past, must seek answers in "Tel'aran'rhiod" and find a way to master the wolf within him--or lose himself to it forever. Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life ... as The Tower of Ghenjei awaits.
Morrigan Crowová a jej priatelia majú za sebou prvý rok ako hrdí študenti elitného Spolku výnimočných, pomohli prekaziť ohavný Hrôzostrašný jarmok a preukázali oddanosť Oddielu číslo 919. Teraz Morrigan čelí novej, vzrušujúcej výzve. Musí zvládnuť tajuplné Skazené čarotepecké umenia a naučiť sa ovládať čarosilu, inak hrozí, že ju pohltí. Ničnever však zachváti neznáma desivá choroba, ktorá mení nakazené čarozvieratá na bezduché, zlomyseľne útočiace tvory. S narastajúcim počtom obetí prázdnomoru sa šíri panika. A ako sa na Morriganino milované mesto znáša strach, rýchlo jej dôjde, že je na nej, aby našla liek na prázdnomor, aj keby tým vystavila seba aj všetkých v Ničneveri nepredstaviteľnému nebezpečenstvu.
Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up in women's clothes as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend's secret.
Šestnásťročná Tessa Grayová sa vydáva na dlhú zaoceánsku plavbu, aby vo viktoriánskom Anglicku našla brata. V Londýne plnom upírov, bosorákov a iných nadprirodzených bytostí, ju čaká doslova hrôza. Útočisko nájde u Tieňolovcov, ktorí jej prisľúbia pomoc, ak im na oplátku poskytne svoje tajomné schopnosti. Tessu očaria najmä dvaja najlepší priatelia: Jem, za ktorého peknou tvárou sa skrýva temné tajomstvo, a modrooký Will, ktorý od seba všetkých odháňa štipľavými komentármi a nevyspytateľnými náladami. Tessa pochopí, že si bude musieť vybrať, či zachráni brata, alebo pomôže novým priateľom zachrániť svet a že láska je to najnebezpečnejšie kúzlo zo všetkých.
Discover the fate of the original black Magician, Pug, as prophecy becomes truth in the last book of the Riftwar Cycle.
Nová extra kniha k Tieňoloveckej ságe! Simon Lewis bol kedysi obyčajný smrteľník, potom sa z neho stal upír. A teraz sa pripravuje na vstup do najnovšej etapy svojho života – stáva sa z neho Tieňolovec! Nedajte si ujsť exkluzívnu zbierku poviedok, ktorá približuje život jednej z najobľúbenejších postáv Tieňoloveckej ságy po konci šesťdielnej série Nástroje smrteľníkov.
COME TO METhe first victim is found in a snow-covered Philadelphia field. Detective Vito Ciccotelli enlists the aid of archaeologist Sophie Johannsen to determine exactly what lies beneath the frozen ground. Despite years of unearthing things long buried, nothing can prepare Sophie for the matrix of graves dug with chilling precision. The victims buried there haunt her. But the empty graves terrify her-the killer isn't done yet. SCREAM FOR MEHe is cold and calculating, the master of a twisted game. Even with Vito and Sophie hot on his trail, he will not stop. One more empty grave must be filled, and one last scream must be heard-the scream of an archaeologist who is too close for comfort and too near to resist... DIE FOR ME
Sorcerer Pug wakes from a nightmare that portends destruction for all of Midkemia, and his son Magnus learns the reason: a beacon draws an army of alien invaders, and nemesis Sidi, now Leso Varen. In Stardock town, two boys come of age and go deep into the Empire of Great Kesh. A dark plot implicates the highest-ranking nobles, and the Nighthawks clan of Assassins.
As the very fabric of reality wears thin, all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al'Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength. All is in flux as established powers falter . . . In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White Tower is no longer a place of safety. The winds of time have whirled into a storm, and Rand and his companions ride in the vortex. This small company must prevail against the trials of fate and fortune - or the Dark One will triumph and the world will be lost.
Malcolm Polstead je všímavý chlapec, ale sám nepriťahuje pozornosť. Možno aj preto sa stane špiónom... Malcolmov otec má na brehu Temže hostinec. Do Pstruha chodí celý Oxford. Malcolm a jeho démon Asta si preto denne vypočujú všelijaké klebety a rozhovory. Počas daždivých zimných dní však Malcolm postrehne aj čosi nové – intrigy. Náhodou nájde tajnú správu, v ktorej sa píše o akejsi nebezpečnej hmote nazývanej prach. Špiónka, ktorej bola správa určená, si Malcolma nájde a požiada ho, aby mal oči otvorené. On zrazu vidí samé podozrivé osoby a všetky sa vypytujú na to isté – na bábätko menom Lyra. Nemluvňa ich priťahuje ako magnet a Malcolm musí preukázať neuveriteľnú odvahu a vynaliezavosť, aby dievčatko dostal do bezpečia.
Now, for the first time, the best of the Locus Awards for short fiction are gathered in one volume. Spanning the absolute finest in science fiction and fantasy short fiction for the last thirty years, this anthology is an indispensable guide to speculative fiction from the classic to the outrageous by the leaders of the field.
Tretí diel úspešnej série Odkaz Dračích jazdcov pokračuje v putovaní Eragona a Zafiry. Po mesiacoch špekulácií o názve a obálke sa ukázalo, že kniha sa volá Brisingr, čo pre autora predstavovalo správny výber. Toto slovo, ktoré Eragon prvýkrát vyslovil v starodávnom jazyku, znamená oheň a má v príbehu dôležitú úlohu. Obálka je tmavohnedá až čierna s drakom a zlatým nápisom. Pôvodne mal Brisingr uzavrieť trilógiu, no autor sa rozhodol pridať štvrtú časť, aby mohol dôstojne uzavrieť príbeh o záchrane kráľovstva. O poslednej knihe zatiaľ nie sú žiadne podrobnosti. Brisingr vychádza 20. septembra 2008 v americkom vydavateľstve Random House s nákladom 2,5 milióna výtlačkov. Predchádzajúce diely, Eragon a Eldest, sa stali bestsellerami, pričom celosvetovo sa predalo 12,5 milióna kusov. Slovenské vydanie je naplánované na 11. novembra 2008, avšak závisí od dodania rukopisu od Random House. Preklad tak rozsiahlej knihy, ktorá bude pravdepodobne podobne hrubá ako Eldest, si vyžaduje čas. Redaktorka Lenka Macková z Vydavateľstva Fragment vyjadruje nádej, že rukopis dostanú čo najskôr, aby mohli začať s prekladom a potešiť slovenských fanúšikov.
Four millennia have passed since the hundred immortal gods came to Myrillia. Out of chaos they created the Nine Lands, blessed with their Graces and protected from the nightmarish Hinterlands, where rogue gods stalked across a barbarous wilderness. In all this time nothing has disturbed the peace of the Nine Lands.Until now. For the impossible...the unthinkable...has happened. Meeryn, goddess of the Summering Isles, has been murdered.The only witness was Tylar de Noche, a crippled and disgraced former Shadowknight who lives in agonizing shame of his past. He saw the dark entity that killed Meeryn. And as he held the dying goddess, her last breath bestowed a powerful blessing on him—a mark that healed his broken body. A mark that many see as proof that he killed a god. A mark that unleashed a powerful force of darkness within him.Chased across Myrillia by enemies both human and ethereal, aided only by outcasts like himself, Tylar must uncover and face down a being powerful enought to kill an immortal—the true godslayer. If he fails, all of Myrillia will fall into shadow....
The city of Canluum lies close to the scarred and desolate wastes of the Blight, a walled haven from the dangers away to the north, and a refuge from the ill works of those who serve the Dark One. Or so it is said. The city that greets Al'Lan Mandragoran, exiled king of Malkier and the finest swordsman of his generation, is instead one that is rife with rumour and the whisperings of Shadowspawn. Proof, should he have required it, that the Dark One grows powerful once more and that his minions are at work throughout the lands. And yet it is within Canluum's walls that Lan will meet a woman who will shape his destiny. Moiraine is a young and powerful Aes Sedai who has journeyed to the city in search of a bondsman. She requires aid in a desperate quest to prove the truth of a vague and largely discredited prophecy - one that speaks of a means to turn back the shadow, and of a child who may be the dragon reborn.
The master fantasist’s thrilling conclusion to The Darkwar Saga To save the future of both empires, the powerful sorcerer Pug and the Conclave of Shadows have journeyed into the darkest of terrain: the Dasati home world. There, traveling undercover among the bloodthirsty and ruthless Dasati, they have encountered Bek, a disturbing young stranger whose secrets may prove more important than Pug knows. And back in the realm of Midkemia, as the young warriors Tad, Zane, and their friends protect the Kingdom from raiders, Miranda finds herself a prisoner of the Dasati, and, even more ominously, of Pug’s nemesis, the evil sorcerer Leso Varen. And Pug finds himself allied with a friend thought long dead, a friend whose remarkable powers will be sorely needed in the battle to come . . . a battle that will bring them all together in one great struggle for the future and very soul of Midkemia.
With Wizard's First Rule and seven subsequent masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled readers worldwide with the unique sweep of his storytelling. Now Goodkind returns with a new story of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a three-part sequence that will bring their epic story to its culmination.
A story of a young girl who escapes from Nazi Germany to England on the Kindertransport.
A spine-tingling standalone thriller of obsession from bestselling crime writer Peter James.To the outside world, suave, charming and confident doctor Marcus Valentine has it all. A loving wife, three kids, a great job. But there's something missing, there always has been... or rather, someone.Driving to work one morning, his mind elsewhere and not on the road, he almost mows down a woman jogging on the street. As she runs on, Marcus is transfixed. Infatuated. She is the spitting image of a girl he was crazy about in his teens. A girl he has never been able to get out of his mind.Lynette had dumped him harshly. For years he has fantasized about seeing her again and rekindling their flame. Might that jogger possibly be her all these years later? Could this be the most incredible coincidence?Despite all his attempts to resist, he is consumed by cravings for this woman. And when events take a tragically unexpected turn, his obsession threatens to destroy both their worlds. But still he won't stop. Can't stop.
The dread plot to destroy the Empire of Great Kesh has failed. The Conclave of Shadows has ended the murderous Nighthawk brotherhood's horrific reign of terror and death. But the mad sorcerer, Leso Varen, has fled, taking refuge among the most powerful men and women on Kelewan—a world now threatened, along with Midkemia, by hordes of the most vicious warriors in the known universe. The great sorcerer Pug knows of no power that will vanquish these invaders. And now he, brave Magnus and Nakor, and a disturbing young stranger named Bek must venture into the poisonous heart of the Dasati realm—the most terrible place they have ever encountered—in a valiant, impossible attempt to turn the tides against the encroaching doom that would swallow their world.
The remnants of the Clan of the Seven Stars are returning to their long abandoned homeworld . . . but not as friends. The elves, led by the conjurer Laromendis, flee the relentless demon hordes sweeping through their galaxy—and the conquest of war-weary Midkemia is the Clan's sole hope for survival . . . if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift. The magician Pug knows what horrors will surely follow the elven invasion, for slaughter alone will sate Demon King Maarg's minions. For the death tide to be turned, Midkemia's constant defender must somehow unite bitter foes and vengeful former lovers—because failure to do so will mean annihilation.
Nella terra di Maras-Dantia la guerra tra umani e razze antiche sembra non conoscere sosta e i figli del Lupo sono nell'occhio del ciclone. Soli, braccati, bollati dall'infamante accusa di diserzione, vagano per le regioni che gli umani chiamano Centrasia alla ricerca di risposte a interrogativi sempre più pressanti: cosa sono in realtà i manufatti chiamati stelle? Qual è il loro effettivo potere? Perché l'ambizione di possederli ossessiona Jennesta, la spietata regina dell'Orda, così come Kimball Hobrow, capo della fanatica setta degli Uni? E ancora: quale significato attribuire ai sogni di cui è preda il capitano degli orchi Strike? Sono forse profezie? La speranza di un mondo in cui la magia occupi il posto che le compete nell'ordine naturale, un mondo nel quale le razze antiche possano finalmente convivere in pace, libere dalla pestilenziale minaccia dell'uomo, potrà realizzarsi solo dopo aver superato nemici letali e situazioni ai limiti dell'impossibile, in un crescendo di eventi che scateneranno forze oscure, terrificanti incantesimi e arcane potenze da troppo tempo sopite. Prima, però, gli orchi dovranno confrontarsi con le proprie ataviche paure, per porre fine a un'esistenza da mercenari e tornare a essere ciò che sempre sono stati: un popolo fiero, un popolo di guerrieri.
Suzanne Perry is having a vivid nightmare. Someone is in her bedroom, touching her, and she can't move a muscle. She wakes, relieved to put the nightmare behind her, but when she opens the curtains, she sees a polaroid stuck to the window. A photo of her sleeping self, taken during the night. Her nightmare is just beginning.
Melanie Stryderová odmieta opustiť svet. Náš svet sa stal terčom invázie neviditeľných nepriateľov. Ľudia sa stali hostiteľmi týchto votrelcov. Prišli o mysle, zatiaľ čo ich ľudské telá zostali nedotknuté a bez očividných zmien pokračujú v živote. Väčšina ľudstva podľahla. Melanie, jedna z posledných „divých“ ľudských bytostí, ktoré prežili, sa dostane do zajatia a je presvedčená, že to znamená jej koniec. Pútničku, votreleckú „dušu“, ktorú vložia do Melaninho tela, varujú pred nebezpečenstvami, ktoré predstavuje život vo vnútri ľudského tela: pred ťažko zvládnuteľnými emóciami, presýtenými zmyslami, priveľmi živými spomienkami. Na jednu z ťažkostí však Pútnička nebola pripravená vôbec: bývalá obyvateľka jej tela odmieta vzdať sa vlastníctva svojej mysle. Pútnička pátra v Melaniných myšlienkach a dúfa, že sa dopracuje až k príčinám pretrvávajúceho odporu, ktorý im ľudia jednostaj kladú. Namiesto toho však Melanie zaplní myseľ Pútničky predstavami muža, ktorého Melanie miluje – Jareda, človeka, ktorý žije kdesi v úkryte. Pútnička nie je schopná vyslobodiť sa z objatia túžob svojho tela a začína túžiť po mužovi, ktorého – ako jej káže jej úloha – má odhaliť. Sily, ktoré sú mimo nich, nakoniec premenia Pútničku a Melanie na nedobrovoľných spojencov. Spolu aj podniknú nebezpečné a neisté pátranie po mužovi, ktorého obe milujú.
Jedného dňa napadnú malú Grace vlci. Jeden z nich, ten so žltými očami, ju však ubráni a odtiahne do bezpečia. O niekoľko rokov Grace nájde na verande svojho domu postreleného chlapca so žltými očami... Chlad Grace roky pozorovala vlčiu svorku v lese za domom svojich rodičov. Jeden zvláštny vlk so žltými očami – jej vlk – zas tajne sledoval Grace. Zdalo sa jej, že ho pozná, ale netušila odkiaľ. Horúčava Sam viedol dva životy. Ako vlk ticho sprevádzal dievča, do ktorého sa zamiloval. Na krátky čas v roku, v lete, sa z neho stával človek. Grace sa však neodvážil osloviť... až teraz. Triaška Grace a Sam si nikdy nepripúšťali, že by mohli niekoho milovať, ale láska si ich napokon celkom podmanila. Sam musí bojovať, aby zostal človekom, a Grace – aby zostal s ňou, aj keď to znamená prijať bolestnú minulosť, krehkú prítomnosť a budúcnosť bez nádeje.
Three kingdoms. One man. A destiny written in blood. An epic fantasy series begins . . .Seemingly always the outsider, Gavril Andar - an impoverished young painter - yearns to join the privileged circles of Muscobar polite society. However, unknownto him, he does have royal blood in his veins: the dark and powerful blood of a father he never knew.
Grotesquely arranged corpses are turning up in remote locations across America: is it the work of a bizarre sect or a solitary serial killer?
Reuben Maitland runs the UK's elite forensic crime squad -aGeneCrime. Their work is at the cutting edge of modern crime detection, using the very latest scientific knowledge to identify, arrest, prosecute and convict Britain's worst criminals. They only work on the most high-profile of cases. They are controversial, but undeniably effective. But the hunters are about to become the hunted, and find their own techniques used in an attempt to destroy them. When one of the team is brutally murdered, Reuben does not suspect that this is the beginning of a concerted attack on the whole of GeneCrime. The first clue comes when the police discover a warning in the victim's own blood, written in the language of genetics. Someone is out to destroy GeneCrime, even if it means killing them one by one. Another team member is taken, horrifically tortured and sadistically murdered. Reuben is desperate to find and stop the killer. But as his own investigations gather steam, he finds his career attacked. Reuben used his own most advanced scientific discovery for a very personal reason and rivals in the police use this to remove him from command. Suddenly he is on the outside of GeneCrime, cut off from their resources and power. Reuben, ostracized and under suspicion, knows that he must fight this battle alone. The killing has not stopped, and the one thing that is beyond question is that he is the killer's next target.
Ooit behoorde Tylar de Noche tot de onbevreesde Schaduwridders van Myrillia, nu staat hij bekend onder een andere naam, een naam waarin de huiver doorklinkt: godengebieder. Hoewel hij eerder vals beschuldigd werd van de moord op een godin, Meeryn van de Zomeringeilnaden, is Tylar tegen alle verwachtingen in weer opgenomen in de Orde van de Schaduwridders, zijn naam is in ere hersteld. Wat hij evenwel niet weet, niet kàn weten, is dat dit eerherstel onderdeel is van een listig bedachte valstrik. Dat komt aan het licht als de naethryn uit de onderwereld en strijdkrachten uit IJsnest tegelijkertijd een dodelijk offensief inzetten waardoor Tylar en zijn vrienden vast komen te zitten. Ondanks zijn kracht en krijgskunst kan Tylar er niet voor zorgen dat de Citadel van Tashijan, het eeuwenoude hoofdkwartier van de Schaduwridders, gespaard blijft. Dan blijkt dat het hart van de Orde al tientallen jaren geleden is aangevreten door rotting en verderf. Tylar en zijn bondgenoten hebben geen adnere keuze dan te vluchten. Maar is er ergens ter wereld nog wel een plek waar zij veilig zijn voor het allen en iedereen aangrijpende kwaad?
Na een auto-ongeluk neemt de familie van het slachtoffer wraak op alle betrokkenen.
