Adam Troy Castro Knihy

Franka sa spolu s otcom a so sestrou prisťahuje do nového mesta. V snahe zachrániť svoju mačku, ktorá naháňa vlastný, veľmi podivne sa správajúci tieň, sa ocitá v strašidelnom dome rodiny Chmúrnych. Okrem množstva tieňov, ktoré nikomu nepatria, tu objaví knižnicu plnú kníh, ktoré nikdy nikto nenapísal, galériu sôch, ktoré, našťastie, nikto nevytvoril, a zisťuje, že jej vlastný tieň môže mať svoj osobný život! Dom by mohol byť celkom zábavný, keby ju v ňom neprenasledoval Zlodej ľudí so svojou beštiou...

Andrea Cort hat in ihrer Kindheit Grausames durchlebt: Im Alter von acht Jahren musste sie zur kaltblütigen Killerin werden. Heute ist sie die beste Ermittlerin im Diplomatischen Corps. Sie verbeißt sich nur in die „heißen“ Fälle, die man niemand anderem anvertrauen will. Dabei hilft ihr ihre dunkle Vergangenheit. Denn seit ihrer Kindheit ist Andrea kein Mensch mehr. Sie ist ein Monster ...

Gustík a Ema svádí tuhý boj s novým nepřítelem, požíračem stínů, který se lstivě převlékl za zmrzlináře. Místo radosti rozsévá hrůzu a obě děti pronásleduje po temném domě, který je ještě strašidelnější a zlověstnější než dřív. Jde mu o jediné - získat pro krutého lorda Obsidiána tajemný trezor na noční můry, aby vypustil na svět ty nejděsivější zlé sny

Two murders have occurred on One One One, an artificial ecosystem created by the universe's dominant AIs to house several engineered species, including a violent, sentient race of sloth-like creatures. Under order from the Diplomatic Corps, Counselor Andrea Cort has come to this cylinder world where an indentured human community hangs suspended high above a poisoned, acid atmosphere. Her assignment is to choose a suitable homicide suspect from among those who have sold their futures to escape existences even worse than this one. And no matter where the trail leads her she must do nothing to implicate the hosts, who hold the power to obliterate humankind in an instant. But Andrea Cort is not about to hold back in her hunt for a killer. For she has nothing to lose and harbors no love for her masters or fellow indentures. And she herself has felt the terrible exhilaration of taking life . . . .

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