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Seanan McGuire

    5. január 1978

    Seanan McGuire sa zameriava na súčasnú fantasy s dôrazom na hlboké skúmanie identity, rodiny a spoločenských obmedzení. Jej štýl sa vyznačuje zmesou humoru, melanchólie a bystrých postrehov. Pod pseudonymom Mira Grant sa venuje aj špekulatívnej fikcii, kde často skúma témy ako postapokalyptické svety a etika vedy. McGuire vytvára komplexné svety a nezabudnuteľné postavy, ktoré nútia čitateľov k zamysleniu.

    Seanan McGuire
    Newsflesh Trilogy
    Armagedon ve slevě. Půlnoční výprodej. Ragnarok za polovic
    Every Heart a Doorway
    Discount Armageddon
    Půlnoční výprodej
    Ragnarok za polovic
    • Ragnarok za polovic

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania
      4,3(29)Ohodnotiť

      Když Alex Price souhlasil, že se vypraví do Ohia, aby dohlížel na chovný program bazilišků a pomohl své sestřenici-telepatce při zotavování, nečekal, že kolem toho bude tolik mrtvých. V zoo, kde Alex pracuje, se však objevují mrtvoly a jeho přítelkyně – Shelby Tannerová, australská zooložka se zálibou ve velkých kočkovitých šelmách – začíná být nedůvěřivá. A co hůř; všechna těla byla částečně proměněna v kámen… Třetí kniha série InCryptid přivede čtenáře na nová místa a seznámí ho s novým členem rodiny, přičemž se Alex snaží ustát náročnou pozici mezi běžným životem, prací a touhou nenechat se proměnit v zahradní sochu. Na scéně se objevují staří i noví přátelé a nebezpečí číhá na každém rohu.

      Ragnarok za polovic
    • Rodina Priceových se po celé generace věnuje zkoumání monster z celého světa a snaží se je chránit před lidmi – a lidi před nimi. Verity Priceová je od narození vedená k práci kryptozooložky, ačkoli by raději tančila tango, než se zaplétala s démony. Když ji její práce s komunitou kryptidů zavála na Manhattan, myslela si, že jí konečně nic nebude bránit v účasti na prestižních tanečních soutěžích. Jenže ono to dopadlo trochu jinak… Nyní, když Verity vyřešila problém hadího kultu, který zabíjel panny z celého Manhattanu, je připravena vrhnout se po hlavě do společenského tance. Ovšem jen do chvíle, než ji Dominic De Luca – její chvíli přítel, chvíli expřítel a také člen Úmluvy svatého Jiří, zaměřené na lov monster – informuje, že Úmluva je na cestě na Manhattan. Lidé z Úmluvy si chtějí ověřit, že je vše připraveno na čistku, jež má město zbavit kryptidů. V sázce jsou všichni a všechno, co Verity miluje, a tak rozhodně nehodlá čekat se založenýma rukama. Spojenectví projde tvrdou zkouškou, spojenci upadnou v pochybnost, přijdou ztráty na životech a mluvící myši ve Veritině bytě to všechno zvěční jako Písmo svaté – pokud ovšem zůstane kámen na kameni, až bude po všem. Je tu půlnoční výprodej a se slevou si dnes můžete zakoupit zradu, faleš… a masakr.

      Půlnoční výprodej
    • The first installment of the exhilirating InCryptid series, from the author of the October Daye urban fantasies

      Discount Armageddon
    • Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward ChildrenNo SolicitationsNo VisitorsNo QuestsChildren have always disappeared under the right conditions; slipping through the shadows under a bed or at the back of a wardrobe, tumbling down rabbit holes and into old wells, and emerging somewhere... else.But magical lands have little need for used-up miracle children.Nancy tumbled once, but now she’s back. The things she’s experienced... they change a person. The children under Miss West’s care understand all too well. And each of them is seeking a way back to their own fantasy world.But Nancy’s arrival marks a change at the Home. There’s a darkness just around each corner, and when tragedy strikes, it’s up to Nancy and her new-found schoolmates to get to the heart of the matter.No matter the cost.

      Every Heart a Doorway
    • Newsflesh Trilogy

      • 1892 stránok
      • 67 hodin čítania
      4,5(332)Ohodnotiť

      "Alive or dead, the truth won't rest. My name is Georgia Mason, and I am begging you. Rise up while you can." The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. NOW, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives-the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them. The Newsflesh trilogy boxed set includes Feed, Deadline, and Blackout.

      Newsflesh Trilogy
    • The Unkindest Tide

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania
      4,5(106)Ohodnotiť

      Now in mass market, the thirteenth novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series! Hundreds of years ago, the Selkies made a deal with the sea witch: they would have the sea for as long as she allowed it, and when the time came, she would call in all their debts at once. Many people assumed that day would never come. Those people were wrong. When the Luidaeg--October "Toby" Daye's oldest and most dangerous ally--tells her the time has come for the Selkies to fulfill their side of the bargain, and that Toby must be a part of the process, Toby can't refuse. Literally. The Selkies aren't the only ones in debt to the Luidaeg, and Toby has to pay what she owes like anyone else. They will travel to the fabled Duchy of Ships and call a convocation of the Selkies, telling them to come and meet the Luidaeg's price...or face the consequences. Of course, nothing is that simple. When Dianda Lorden's brother appears to arrest Dianda for treason against the Undersea, when a Selkie woman is stripped of her skin and then murdered, when everything is falling apart, that's when Toby will have to answer the real question of the hour. Is she going to sink? Or is she going to swim?

      The Unkindest Tide
    • The Rising

      • 1200 stránok
      • 42 hodin čítania
      4,5(30)Ohodnotiť

      Now, for the first time, Mira Grant's complete New York Times bestselling NEWSFLESH trilogy is available in a single volume. "Alive or dead, the truth won't rest. My name is Georgia Mason, and I am begging you. Rise up while you can." The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED. Now, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives - the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them. The Rising includes Feed, Deadline, and Blackout. NewsfleshFeedDeadlineBlackout Feedback Newsflesh Short Fiction CollectionRise

      The Rising
    • When Sorrows Come: An October Daye Novel

      • 416 stránok
      • 15 hodin čítania
      4,4(58)Ohodnotiť

      Toby's getting married! Now in paperback, the fifteenth novel of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling October Daye urban fantasy series. It's hard to be a hero. There's always something needing October "Toby" Daye's attention, and her own desires tend to fall by the wayside in favor of solving the Kingdom's problems. That includes the desire to marry her long-time suitor and current fiancé, Tybalt, San Francisco's King of Cats. She doesn't mean to keep delaying the wedding, it just sort of...happens. And that's why her closest friends have taken the choice out of her hands, ambushing her with a court wedding at the High Court in Toronto. Once the High King gets involved, there's not much even Toby can do to delay things... ...except for getting involved in stopping a plot to overthrow the High Throne itself, destabilizing the Westlands entirely, and keeping her from getting married through nothing more than the sheer volume of chaos it would cause. Can Toby save the Westlands and make it to her own wedding on time? Or is she going to have to choose one over the other? Includes an all-new bonus novella!

      When Sorrows Come: An October Daye Novel
    • "Trying to enjoy married life, October Daye discovers that an old friend and ally is really an enemy in disguise and must battle for her life and community"--

      Be the Serpent