Allan Cole Knihy

Стэн, не имеющий практически никаких других вариантов действий, поднял отчаянный мятеж против стремительно теряющего рассудок Вечного Императора. И хотя ему удалось найти союзников в этой борьбе и нанести империи несколько чувствительных ударов, на самом деле успех или неудача зависят исключительно от того, удастся ли Стэну и его сподвижникам разгадать два самых главных секрета бессмертного владыки – откуда берётся Антиматерия-2 и каким образом император возвращается после смерти. Именно этим вопросам приходится уделять львиную долю внимания, при том что ни один из других «фронтов» борьбы упускать из виду нельзя – пусть император безумен, но он далеко не глуп, и любой промах мятежников может стать для них фатальным.

Sten had fought his way up from slave labour on a factory world to commander of the Eternal Emperor's bodyguard, the Imperial Gurkhas. But during his first three months on Prime World, the most dangerous weapons Sten had encountered were the well-phrased lies of Court politicians. It seems no place for an honest fighting man. But when a bomb destroys a local bar, Sten discovers the danger and corruption behind Court intrigue. Look out for more information on this book and others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Sten had fully expected to die in a blaze of glory, taking his Emperor's greatest foe with him. Instead he was a slave laborer in a P.O.W. camp deep in the heart of enemy territory. But sitting out the action had never been Sten's style. And now that the war was building to a climax, the Eternal Emperor needed him more than ever. Not even the toughest prison in the known universe could keep Sten from his mission ... For more information on this or any other Orbit title, visit the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

Sten’s luck seems to have deserted him. Having been assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds, he soon discovers that the Imperial Officers are more interested in having fun than honing their fighting skills. The enemy Tahn couldn’t have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. Sten and his men are outgunned and outmanned—but Sten isn’t going to give up without a fight.

1. Teil einer breit angelegten Fantasy-Saga. Amalric Antero ,Kaufmannssohn aus Orissa, und der Abenteurer Janos Greycloak beschliessen, eine Reise zu den sagenumwobenen Fernen Königreichen zu machen, über denen ein furchtbares Geheimnis lastet.

The Eternal Emperor was dead, and the five members of the Privy Council ruled in his place. But they quickly discovered that their power would collapse around them if they could not locate the Emperor's secret source of Anti-Matter Two, the economic keystone of the Empire. And so they sent a team of crack commandos to capture Sten, one of their later ruler's only surviving confidantes. But Sten - as usual - had his own agenda. For he knew something about the Eternal Emperor that would shake the Empire down to its foundations. And to play his part, all Sten had to do was kill the five most powerful beings in the universe... For more information on this or any other Orbit title, visit the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk

The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead to pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great leader could not halt the Empire’s decline alone. And so Sten—master spy, military strategist, and assassin—found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the stability of the Empire itself. Quelling a civil war is nothing new for Sten, but as the war intensifies, he begins to suspect that he is up against more than a mere local disturbance. Someone operating in deep-cover and seemingly backed by the highest authorities is working behind the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that someone wants nothing more than to see Sten dead.

Raised on the factory planet of Vulcan, Sten soon learns about the survival of the toughest. The Eternal Emperor of the entire galaxy commands vast armies but turns to Sten and his Mantis Team of militant problem-solvers to pacify the Wolf Worlds, a small cluster of planets who have raised space piracy to a low art.

Vítězný Safar Timura je zachráněn před jistou smrtí. Zoufalá touha zabránit sopečné erupci, kterou dvakrát spatřil v prorocké vizi, jej žene do daleké země Hadin k poslední konferenci s dávným nepřítelem. S ním putuje jeho adoptivní polodémonský syn Palimak, bojovnice Leiria a magický hřebec Kyšmet. Krátce poté, co se expedice složená z velké plachetnice a mrakolodi vydá na cestu, vše nasvědčuje tomu, že jejich mise bude úspěšná. Avšak Iraj Protarus, nepřítel, kterého jak byl přesvědčen, přemohl, za sebou zanechal malé překvapení. Sopka živená mocnou magií má i nadále schopnost uvolnit přirozené i nadpřirozené síly, které mohou znamenat konec Safarova světa.