Raine is a sorceress of moderate powers, from an extended family of smugglers and thieves. With a mix of street smarts and magic spells, she can usually take care of herself. But when her friend Quentin, a not-quite-reformed thief, steals an amulet from the home of a powerful necromancer, Raine finds herself wrapped up in more trouble than she cares for. She likes attention as much as the next girl, but having an army of militant goblins hunting her down is not her idea of a good time. The amulet they're after holds limitless power, derived from an ancient, soul-stealing stone. And when Raine takes possession of the item, takes possession of .Now her moderate powers are increasing beyond anything she could imagine—but is the resum? enhancement worth her soul?"An absolutely enjoyable read." C E Murphy
Kate Daniels has quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but starting her own business isn't easy when the Order starts disparaging her good name. And being the mate of the Beast Lord doesn't bring in the customers, either. So when Atlanta's premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at the chance. Unfortunately, this is one case where Kate should have looked before she leapt.
Sandry finds a dance-mage boy in Summersea, the twelve-year-old Pasco Acalon, the son and grandson of two police families (known as «harriers» in Summersea). When a rich trading family falls prey to a serial killer, she and Pasco must work together to stop the killer mages who have a deadly weapon — unmagic, which is the absence of magic and life.
Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that's saying a lot.But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet.
Using magic means it uses you back — and every spell exacts a price from the user. Some people, however, get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent, then Allison Beckstrom's job is to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune and the strings that come with it, but when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father's signature all over it she is thrown back into the world of his black magic.
For star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris, there can be no happily ever after until Erris is freed from the clockwork form in which his soul is trapped. And so they go in search of the sorcerer Ordoria Valdana, hoping he will know how to grant Erris real life again. When they learn that Valdana has mysteriously vanished, it's not long before Nimira decides to take matters into her own hands-and begins to study the sorcerer's spell books in secret. Yet even as she begins to understand the power and limitations of sorcery, it becomes clear that freeing Erris will bring danger-if not out-and-out war-as factions within the faerie world are prepared to stop at nothing to prevent him from regaining the throne.
With the capital city of Ar the sway of the beautiful traitress Talena, a ruler placed in power by the Cosian invaders, Tarl Cabot and the Delta Brigade, the members of the underground force sworn to defeat Cos, must call upon the unique talents of master magician Boots Tarsk-Bit to recapture the precious Home Stone of vanquished Ar's Station. For snatching the Home Stone from the enemy's grasp may prove the vital ingredient in Tarl's desperate and deangerous compaign to rouse the people of Ar to fight on to regain their freedom from the hated foe..
Zrodil se m?g tak mocn?, ?e proti n?mu jsou ostatn? m?gov? jen varietn? hudla?i, a sama jeho existence p?ivede Zem?plochu na pokraj panmagick? v?lky. Jedin?, kdo mu stoj? v cest?, je Mrakopla?, nedostudovan? kouzeln?k, jen? chce zach?nit sv?t, nebo alespo? tu ??st, na kter? se s?m pr?v? nach?z?. K zem?plo?sk?m hrdin?m, kter? u? zn?me se p?ipoj? dal??: Conina — barbarsk? kade?nice, Nijel — ni?itel (jeho? mati?ka st?le dohl??? na to, aby nosil vln?n? spodn? pr?dlo), a pravd?podobn? prvn? m?stsk? d?in, kter? podnik? v mosazn?ch lamp?ch, kde by r?d objevil prostor pro vlastn? r?st.
In this book, the main character is Vaynel Ashkevron, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever live. Vanyel, when he was younger, had a very powerful, untrained, mage gift. He didn't want anything to do with it, he'd much rather be a Bard, but something that strong in nature is very dangerous if left untrained. Savil, the most powerful Herald-Mage of Valdemar at the time & Vanyel's aunt took him from his family's estate and brought him back to Haven to be trained in his Gift. At Haven, Vanyel fell in love with a young man, a Herald-trainee named Tylendel. But ...
In this book, Valdemar is in trouble. Karse, the religious/evil country to the South is waging a ruthless attack against Valdemar's borders. But more importantly, a dark Mage of unknown strength is preparing a final massing strike into Valdemar. Vanyel meets a young Bard named Stefen and falls in love with him. He finds out that not only is he in love, he is lifebonded, just as he and Tylendel were. Is this Tylendel's reincarnated soul? King Randale is near death from illness, so Vanyel has temporarily taken on most of the King's duties. As if this is not enough, all of the Herald-Mages are mysteriously being murdered off, one by one, until finally there is only Vanyel left. The dark master challenges Vanyel. He receives a vision in his dreams that reveals to his just what would happen if he and his companion Yfandes were to accept that challenge. If they should fail this fight, they will both be asked to pay the ultimate price. But if they flee, Valdemar will fall.
In this book, Vanyel is 28 years old and is now the head of all the Herald-Mages in Valdemar. Vanyel has just returned to Haven from more conflicts on the Valdemar, Karsite border and deserves a rest. But, as it goes for most Heralds, the greater the Herald you are, the more you are needed. He needs to go visit his family, which is unfortunate since he and his family barely get along. While there, Yfandes receives a cry for help from a neighboring kingdom. Urged by this cry they go to investigate. They find a place that is in the middle of a Magical Holocaust. There they find Prince Tashir, a newly chosen Herald. This boy has a powerful Gift that he cannot control; Is he responsible for this Magic-made destruction? Find out.
Akcja pierwszego tomu rozpoczyna si? w Bergen w Norwegii pod koniec XVII wieku. Tiril Dahl jest samotnym dzieckiem, kt?re dorasta w cieniu ?licznej siostry Carli. Z czasem wok?? obu si?str zaczynaj? si? dzia? bardzo z?e rzeczy. Tiril staje wobec niezwykle trudnego dylematu, jej ?yciu zagra?a prawdziwe niebezpiecze?stwo. Pomocn? d?o? wyci?ga do niej m?ody przedsi?biorca Erling, ale jednocze?nie w jej otoczeniu pojawia si? tajemniczy, budz?cy groz? Islandczyk. Jego imi? brzmi M?ri, ma on w ?yciu tylko jeden cel: sta? si? najpot??niejszym czarownikiem wszech czas?w.
Christa Lind z Ludzi Lodu zosta?a wybrana na matk? wyj?tkowego dziecka. Gdy odpowiedni czas nadejdzie, podejmie ono walk? z samym Tengelem Z?ym. Ojczym Christy pragn?? wyda? j? za m?? za bardzo religijnego wdowca, Abla Garda. Abel by? jednak dwa razy starszy od dziewczyny, poza tym mia? siedmiu syn?w. My?li Christy zajmowa? Lindelo, urodziwy ch?opiec z biednej komorniczej rodziny. Tajemniczego Lindelo otacza?a cudowna, mistyczna aura…
NIKOLAJS GOGOLIS IZLASEMAIJA NAKTS VAI SL?KONELATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIEC?BA 1948Tulk. M. Mencendorfa Noskann?jis gr?matu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Lo?melis
Eine fremdartige Macht droht die Menschheit zu vernichten.November 1963. Die Ermordung Kennedys ersch?ttert die Welt. Doch die Menschheit ahnt nicht, wie nah sie am Abgrund steht: Eine au?erirdische Macht hat sich der wichtigsten Entscheidungstr?ger in Washington bem?chtig und will die Weltherrschaft erringen. Der junge Regierungsmitarbeiter John Loengard wei? von der Gefahr, aber als er das ganze Ausma? der Verschw?rung begreift, ist es fast zu sp?t. Zusammen mit seiner Geliebten Kimberley mobilisiert er in letzter Sekunde Kr?fte, die denen seiner Gegner ebenb?rtig scheinen. Bis er auch in den Augen eines vertrauten ...
‘There's a room in there where millions of people of Majipoor have left memory-readings. You pick up a capsule, put it in a special slot and suddenly... you find yourself living in Lord Confalume's time, or Lord Siminave's, or out there fighting the Metamorph Wars…’The archives of the House of Records of the planet Majipoor have been rediscovered by the boy Hissune in the time after the restoration of the Coronal Lord Valentine.In tales of life, love, conflict and discovery, the complex and colourful world of Majipoor is explored from different perspectives, ranging across its long history and immense terrain.
A Labirintus Majipoor gig?szi bolyg?j?nak b?rokratikus sz?ve, egy spir?lform?ban m?lys?gbe tekered? folyos?rendszer. Innen fel?gyeli az ?larcos hivatalnokokat minden egykori Napkir?ly, ?s itt ?l Hissune, a volt utcagyerek, aki a tr?nra seg?tette Lord Valentine-t. Amikor megindul felfel? a hivatali rangl?tr?n, els? l?p?sk?nt ?vtizedekig unalmas feljegyz?seket k?ne csak katalogiz?lnia a v?gtelen folyos?kon. M?g szerencse, hogy a k?zelben tal?lhat? a L?lekt?rol?, ahol Majipoor ut?bbi kilencezer ?v?b?l rakt?rozz?k t?bb milli?rd alattval? ?nk?ntes l?leklenyomat?t. Hissune pedig unatkozik, ez?rt hamis pap?rokkal rendszeresen besurran, kik?r n?h?ny l?lekkapszul?t, ?s elmer?l a t?rt?nelem egy-egy jelent?s vagy jelent?ktelen szerepl?j?nek ?let?ben. Szeme el?tt lassan roppant mozaik ?lt form?t e gigantikus bolyg? ?vezredeir?l, melynek alakjai m?gis egyt?l egyig ?rz?, h?s-v?r szem?lyek.
Major Operation is a 1971 science fiction book by author James White and is the third volume in the Sector General series. The book collects together a series of five short stories, all of which were originally published in magazine.“Invader” — A series of clumsy accidents at the hospital lead Conway to suspect an alien presence.“Vertigo” (1968) — a spinning ship (from the planet later nicknamed 'Meatball') is 'rescued' and brought to the hospital.“Blood Brother” (1969) — Meatball's natural doctors are discovered.“Meatball” (1966) — Additional investigation reveals more about Meatball’s doctors.“Major Operation” (1971) — A gigantic patient on Meatball fights medical treatment.
Sometime in the dark future of urban jungles, riots, food shortages, and senseless violence, a cynical New York City detective embarks on a desperate hunt for the truth.
