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Toto je příběh Orhana, syna Siyyaha Doctuse Felixe Praeclarissima, a jeho příběh velkého obléhání, sepsaný proto, aby činy a utrpení velkých mužů nebyly nikdy zapomenuty. Cizí armáda se blíží k hradbám, obléhání je neodvratné a město má zoufale málo času na přípravu. Lidé nemajíjídlo ani zbraně a nepřítel přísahal, že je vyvraždí do posledního. K záchraně by město potřebovalo zázrak, ale jediné, co má, je plukovník ženistů Orhan. Orhan má mnohem více zkušeností se stavbou mostů než s bitvami, je podvodník a lhář a má vážný problém s autoritami. Jinými slovy, je pro tuto práci jako stvořený.

FROM ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL VOICES IN FANTASY COMES A HEART-WARMING TALE OF PEACE, LOVE, AND BATTLEFIELD SALVAGE. The finale in the trilogy that began with Saevus Corax Deals with the Dead.

FROM ONE OF THE MOST ORIGINAL VOICES IN FANTASY COMES A HEROIC TALE OF HONOR, FRIENDSHIP, AND BATTLEFIELD SALVAGE. It's important to look after your crew when you're in the battlefield salvage business. It's stressful work at the best of times, and although your employees are unlikely to be happy it makes sense to keep them alive. So when Saevus Corax finds himself having to capture a castle to stop his men from being killed, he has no choice but to give it a try. Needless to say, the conventional rules of siegecraft are unlikely to be followed.

Hoping for a better life, five war veterans colonize an abandoned island. They take with them everything they could possibly need - food, clothes, tools, weapons, even wives. But an unanticipated discovery shatters their dream and replaces it with a very different one. The colonists feel sure that their friendship will keep them together. Only then do they begin to realize that they've brought with them rather more than they bargained for. For one of them, it seems, has been hiding a terrible secret from the rest of the company. And when the truth begins to emerge, it soon becomes clear that the war is far from over. With masterful storytelling, irresistible wit, and extraordinary insight into human nature, K.J. Parker is widely acknowledged as one of the most original and exciting fantasy writers of modern times. THE COMPANY, K.J. Parker's first stand-alone novel, is a tour de force from an author who is changing the face of the fantasy genre.

Engineer Ziani was sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law. Left with no choice except death, he had to flee the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he now seeks a terrible vengeance - one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wake.

The razor-sharp follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City from World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker

Razor sharp and intelligent fantasy from K. J. Parker, set in the same world as the hugely popular Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City

World Fantasy Award-winner K. J. Parker returns with a sweeping new epic fantasy

A gripping novel of obsession, murder, and politics from a leading voice in fantasy literature.

Returning to his childhood home was supposed to bring peace for Poldarn. But it was not to be. The island proved no sanctuary from the ghosts of his past, or from the demons that stalk his dreams. Instead, he has unearthed yet more lies, betrayals, and enemies from his former life. But with each fresh discovery, Poldarn is coming ever closer to the reality of his shadowy origins. One by one, the fragmented memories and obscure clues are falling into place, forming a truth he cannot escape, a past he cannot deny, and a history that may be more than he—or anyone else—can bear. This is the brilliant conclusion of K.J. Parker’s compelling Scavenger Trilogy.

The greatest philosopher of all time is offering to sell his soul to the Devil. All he wants is twenty more years to complete his life’s work. After that, he really doesn’t care. But the assistant demon assigned to the case has his suspicions, because the philosopher is Saloninus–the greatest philosopher, yes, but also the greatest liar, trickster and cheat the world has yet known; the sort of man even the Father of Lies can’t trust. He’s almost certainly up to something; but what? "Parker generates a fair degree of suspense... an accomplished performance." -- Gary K. Wolfe (for Locus Magazine)

The stunning conclusion to The Engineer Trilogy - a fast-moving mix of politics, action and intelligent world-building - that continues to push the boundaries of fantasy fiction.

The first volume of the acclaimed fantasy series reissued with a stunning new cover style.

'There's no formal training for battlefield salvage. You just have to pick things up as you go along. Swords, armour, arrows - and the bodies, of course.' The first novel in an epic fantasy trilogy from World Fantasy Award winner K. J. Parker.

K.J. Parker's SHADOW began a ground-breaking new series that takes fantasy into remarkable new territory. Now, with PATTERN, the extraordinary story of Poldarn takes a new shape. In a world he does not know, Poldarn's future is uncertain. Pursued by invisible enemies, and haunted by the demons of his past, nobody can be trusted - not even himself, it seems. Attempting to piece together his own life from whatever scattered fragments he can find and dreams that hide as much as they reveal has brought him nothing but trouble. Now all he craves is peace. But will he find it on the island he believes to be his childhood home? Or will this place hold more terrors for him to confront? Look out for more information on this and other titles at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

A man wakes in the wilderness, amid scattered corpses and inquisitive crows. He has no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. The only clues to his former existence lie in his apparent skill with a sword and the fragmented dreams that permeate his sleep. Alone in a hostile world he moves from village to village, masquerading as a god to obtain food and shelter. But the shadow of his past pursues him relentlessly. It whispers to him a riddle far more complex than he could ever have imagined - and a truth he may not wish to believe. Look out for more information about this book and others at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

An engaging and action-filled novel from a leading voice in fantasy.

When an engineer is sentenced to death for a petty transgression of guild law, he flees the city, leaving behind his wife and daughter. Forced into exile, he seeks a terrible vengeance -- one that will leave a trail of death and destruction in its wake. But he will not be able to achieve this by himself. He must draw up his plans using the blood of others...In a compelling tale of intrigue and injustice, K. J. Parker's embittered hero takes up arms against his enemies, using the only weapons he has left to him: his ingenuity and his passion -- his devices and desires.

K.J. Parker returns to the amoral world of Prosper's Demon with a wry, sardonic novella that flips the eternal, rule-governed battle between men and demons on its head.An anonymous representative of the Devil, once a high-ranking Duke of Hell and now a committed underachiever, has spent the last forever of an eternity leading a perfectly tedious existence distracting monks from their liturgical devotions. It’s interminable, but he prefers it that way, now that he’s been officially designated by Downstairs as “fragile.” No, he won’t elaborate.All that changes when he finds himself ensnared, along with a sadistic exorcist, in a labyrinthine plot to subvert the very nature of Good and Evil. In such a circumstance, sympathy for the Devil is practically inevitable.

"In a botched demonic extraction, they say the demon feels it ten times worse than the man. But they don?t die, and we do. Equilibrium. The unnamed and morally questionable narrator is an exorcist with great follow-through and few doubts. His methods aren?t delicate but they?re undeniably effective: he?ll get the demon out?he just doesn?t particularly care what happens to the person. Prosper of Schanz is a man of science, determined to raise the world?s first philosopher-king, reared according to the purest principles. Too bad he?s demonically possessed." --publisher's website

Nachdem sein Vater und alle potenziellen Thronanwärter einander in einem mörderischen Bürgerkrieg ausgelöscht haben, sieht sich Nicephorus gezwungen, die Universität zu verlassen und die Kaiserwürde anzunehmen. Siebenundsiebzig Kaiser haben in den letzten hundert Jahren einen gewaltsamen Tod gefunden, die meisten durch die Hand ihrer eigenen Soldaten. So überrascht es kaum, dass Nico alle wichtigen Ämter ausschließlich mit Leuten besetzen möchte, denen er vertrauen kann seinen ältesten und besten Freunden. Doch an der Nordgrenze des Reiches herrscht Unruhe, und Nico traut sich nicht, einen seiner regulären Generäle dort hinauf zu schicken, da er einen Militärputsch befürchten muss. So wendet er sich an seinen engsten Freund Phormio, der den Auftrag widerstrebend annimmt. Diplomatische Depeschen in purpurner Tinte geschrieben, die ausschließlich offizellen Angelegenheiten vorbehalten ist genügen den beiden Freunden bald nicht mehr, um miteinander in Verbindung zu bleiben. Doch in den Dokumentenröhren ist stets noch Platz für ein weiteres Pergamentblatt.

Der Meisterfechter Bardas Loredan ist dem Untergang Perimadeias entronnen und lebt zurückgezogen an einem entlegenen Ort auf der kleinen Insel Scona. Doch seine Hoffnungen auf ein friedliches Leben als Bogenbauer erfüllen sich nicht ...

Einst war er Gerichtsfechter in Perimadeia, dann Bogenbauer auf der Insel Scona jetzt dient Bardas Loredan als einfach Soldat in der Armee des Imperiums. Doch das bleibt er nicht lange. Von den Minen unter der Stadt Ap'Escatory führt ihn sein Weg unausweichlich der letzten Konfrontation mit seinem alten Widersacher entgegen - dem Nomadenkönig Temrai, der ihn einst aus dem blühenden Perimadeia vertrieben hat. Die Stunde der Vergeltung scheint nahe, doch sind die erbitterten Gegner selbst nur Schachfiguren in einem ebenso undurchsichtigen wie tödlichen Spiegel ...