Matthew Woodring Stover Knihy

Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does.At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that he kills men on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet--and bound to keep his rage in check.But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds...

From the depths of catastrophe, a glimmer of hope.After the capture of Coruscant, the mighty heart of the New Republic, a stunned galaxy fears that nothing can stop the Yuuzhan Vong. Still, that crushing defeat produces one small miracle: Jacen Solo is alive. Yet he can scarcely imagine himself in stranger circumstances.The young Jedi Knight is in the care of Vergere, a fascinating creature of mystery and power, her intentions hard to fathom, her cruelties rarely concealed. But this master of inscrutable arts has much to teach the young Jedi...for she holds the key to a new way to experience the Force, to take it to another level - dangerous, dazzling, perhaps deadly.In the wrong hands, the tremendous energies of the Force can be devastating. And there are others watching Jacen's progress closely, waiting patiently for the moment when he will be ready for their own dire purposes. Now, all is in shadows. Yet whatever happens, whether Jacen's newfound mastery unleashes light or darkness, he will never be the same Jedi again...

Mace Windu je žijící legenda: mistr Jedi, zkušený diplomat a vynikající bojovník. Je znám jako muž přinášející mír – ale galaxie se poprvé za tisíc let ocitá ve válce. Pralesní planeta Haruun Kal, Maceova domovina, kterou téměř nezná, se stala jedním z bojišť galaktické války. Rada Jediů na planetu vyslala Depu Billabu – Maceovu bývalou padawanku – aby vycvičila místní partyzány pro boj proti separatistům. Depa však zmizela. Jediným vodítkem k jejímu nalezení je záhadná nahrávka svědčící o šílenství a vraždění… nahrávka Depina hlasu. Mece Windu ji vycvičil. Jenom on ji může najít. Proto se nyní musí vydat do jedné z nejzrádnějších džunglí v galaxii a zároveň do své vlastní minulosti. Musí na čas opustit Republiku, jíž slouží, civilizaci, v niž věří, odložit stranou vše kromě své oddanosti věci míru a náklonnosti ke své bývalé padawance. A dozví se, jak strašnou cenu musí platit strážci míru, kteří jsou přinuceni válčit…

Císař Palpatine a Darth Vader jsou mrtví, ale boj proti temné straně a Sithům pokračuje. Povstalecká Aliance porazila Impérium a založila Novou republiku, avšak Luke Skywalker, princezna Leia, Han Solo a jejich spojenci se musí znovu postavit hrozbám, které ohrožují čerstvě osvobozenou galaxii. Zbytky Impéria, vedené krutým vojevůdcem Shadowspawna a jeho vojáky v černé zbroji, provádějí záškodnické útoky na planetách Nové republiky. Tato frakce, operující z planetární základny na Mindoru, vyvolává obavy o návrat Impéria a temnoty. Generál Luke Skywalker se rozhodne, že nedopustí návrat sithského útlaku. Spolu s Hanem, Leou, C-3PO, R2-D2 a Chewbaccou mobilizují eskadru Rogue, aby se postavili této hrozbě. Nicméně, plánovaný útok na Mindor hraje do karet jejich nepříteli. Shadowspawn, bývalý důstojník Imperiální tajné služby a Prorok temné strany, se vrátil z vyhnanství a nyní má sithskou moc a technologii, která mu umožňuje usilovat o ovládnutí galaxie. Podle temného proroctví mu v cestě stojí pouze jeden muž, a Shadowspawn se těší na okamžik, kdy ho zničí.

The turning point for the entire Star Wars saga is at hand. . . . As combat escalates across the galaxy, the stage is set for an explosive endgame: Obi-Wan undertakes a perilous mission to destroy the dreaded Separatist military leader, General Grievous. Supreme Chancellor Palpatine continues to strip away constitutional liberties in the name of security while influencing public opinion to turn against the Jedi. And a conflicted Anakin fears that his secret love, Senator Padmé Amidala, will die. Tormented by unspeakable visions, Anakin edges closer to the brink of a galaxy-shaping decision. It remains only for Darth Sidious to strike the final staggering blow against the Republic–and to ordain a fearsome new Sith Lord: Darth Vader. Based on the screenplay of the final film in George Lucas’s epic saga, bestselling Star Wars author Matthew Stover’s novel crackles with action, captures the iconic characters in all their complexity, and brings a space opera masterpiece full circle in stunning style.

The turning point for the entire Star Wars saga is at hand. After years of civil war, the Separatists have pushed the already faltering Republic to the brink of collapse. On Coruscant, the Senate anxiously observes as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine aggressively strips away constitutional liberties in the name of safeguarding the Republic. Yoda, Mace Windu, and their fellow Masters grapple with the Chancellor's disturbing move to assume control of the Jedi Council. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker, the prophesied Chosen One destined to bring balance to the Force, is increasingly consumed by fear for his secret love, Senator Padmé Amidala. As combat escalates across the galaxy, the stage is set for an explosive climax: Obi-Wan embarks on a perilous mission to eliminate the Separatist military leader, General Grievous. Palpatine seeks greater control, subtly influencing public opinion against the Jedi. A conflicted Anakin, tormented by ominous visions, edges closer to a galaxy-altering decision. It remains for Darth Sidious, whose shadow looms larger, to deliver the final staggering blow against the Republic and to ordain a new Sith Lord: Darth Vader. This novel, based on the screenplay of the final film in George Lucas's epic saga, captures the iconic characters and action in stunning style.

In Heroes Die and Blade of Tyshalle, Matthew Stover created a new kind of fantasy novel, and a new kind of hero to go with it: Caine, a street thug turned superstar, battling in a future where reality shows take place in another dimension, on a world where magic exists and gods are up close and personal. In that beautiful, savage land, Caine is an assassin without peer, a living legend born from one of the highest-rated reality shows ever made. That season, Caine almost single-handedly defeated—and all but exterminated—the fiercest of all tribes: the Black Knives. But the shocking truth of what really took place during that blood-drenched adventure has never been revealed…until now.Thirty years later, Caine returns to the scene of his greatest triumph—some would say greatest crime—at the request of his adopted brother Orbek, the last of the true Black Knives. But where Caine goes, danger follows, and he soon finds himself back in familiar territory: fighting for his life against impossible odds, with the fate of two worlds hanging in the balance.Just the way Caine likes it.

On Earth, Hari Michaelson was a superstar. But on Overworld, he was the assassin Caine. Real monarchs lived and died at his hands and entire governments were overthrown–all for the entertainment of millions back on Earth. But now Hari, stripped of his identity as Caine, must fight his greatest against the powerful corporate masters of Earth and the faceless masses who are killing everything he loves. Enemies old and new array themselves against him. And Hari is just one man–alone, half-crippled, powerless. They say he doesn’t have a chance. They are wrong. . . .

Caine is washed up and hung out to dry, a crippled husk kept isolated and restrained by the studio that exploited him. Now they have dragged him back for one last deal. But Caine has other plans. Those plans take him back to Overworld, the alternate reality where gods are real and magic is the ultimate weapon. There, in a violent odyssey through time and space, Caine will face the demons of his past, find true love, and just possibly destroy the universe.

Walk the Blind Eternities!The New York Times best-selling author Matthew Stover brings his razor-sharp prose and hard-hitting characterization to the Multiverse of Magic: The Gathering®. From the ashes of defeat, the planeswalker Tezzeret will rise again.  Beaten to within an inch of his life and left for dead by the psychic sorcerer Jace Beleren, Tezzeret has lost control of the Infinite Consortium—an interplanar cabal he built from the ground up to achieve the sort of power and influence few in the Multiverse have ever achieved. Now he must turn to a former enemy for help: the dragon Nicol Bolas, perhaps the only being in the Multiverse powerful enough to get him back on his feet.