It's cold. The wells of power are weakening and the forces of Night grow strong. The gods are real, and still have some power, mostly to do harm. The Instrumentalities of the Night are the worst of these.Piper Hecht, born Else Tage, survived a battle with the Instrumentalities. Now he's Captain-General of the armies fighting a crusade for Patriarch Sublime V. Intrigues swirl around the throne of the Grail Empire, as the imperial family's enemy Anne of Menand raises money to help the perpetually indebted Patriarch finance his crusades. To reduce his own vulnerability, sickly young Emperor ...
On Majipoor — an immense world teeming with alien races and fantastic magical machinery, a certain Valentine wakes up one morning with only a vague and troubled idea of who he is. His dreams suggest he is the ruler of Majipoor — but no one believes him… so far.
By?y ?o?nierz wyrusza w galaktyczn? wypraw? w nieznany ?wiat. I staje do pojedynku o w?adz? nad planet?, na kt?rej nikt nie wie o istnieniu Ziemi – dobrze ukrytej przed wzrokiem innych przez wszechpot??n? ras?. ?eby wr?ci? na Ziemi?, Siergiej musi j? najpierw odnale??. Ale naszej planety szuka tak?e kto?, kto chce j? zniszczy?…
Despu?s de dos a?os encadenado a un remo en una galera roknari, Lupe de Cazaril, noble de sangre, regresa a su casa en Chalion como un hombre humilde y an?nimo, cruelmente marcado por el l?tigo y las penurias. Sin tierras, con los honores adquiridos en batalla y los viejos rencores casi olvidados, ahora s?lo aspira a servir en el mismo castillo en el que una vez fue paje. Sin embargo, los dioses de Chalion parecen haberle reservado otro destino.Tras convertirse en secretario y tutor de Iselle, la nieta de los se?ores ...
When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn't commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But the one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhнminee is many things—none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot ...
Ki and Vandien should've known the money was too good just to transport a human boy to Villena! It smelled like trouble. And it was. Not to mention a few other problems they never imagined - like a lovesick stowaway, an army of rebels and road bandits and a magical detour with death itself.
Lud-in-the-Mist (1926) is the third novel by Hope Mirrlees, and the only one still in print as of 2005. It continues the author's exploration of the themes of Life and Art, by a method already described in the preface of her first novel, Madeleine: One of Love's Jansenists (1919): "to turn from time to time upon the action the fantastic limelight of eternity, with a sudden effect of unreality and the hint of a world within a world".Whereas in Madeleine and The Counterplot Mirrlees took from historical figures, religions and literature the elements with which to build her stage, her use ...
Des plus lointains horizons de Terremer, la nouvelle venait : la magie allait mourir. De terrifiantes histoires couraient, pareilles ? des l?gendes retrouv?es, faisant ?tat de l’?chec de la sorcellerie. Il semblait que les sources m?mes des pouvoirs anciens fussent ass?ch?es. Et le prince Arren d’Enlad en vint ainsi ? requ?rir l’assistance de Ged l’Archimage contre ce p?ril nouveau qui r?alisait les tr?s anciennes proph?ties de Terremer, qui mena?ait de faire basculer les forces de la vie dans le chaos noir de la mort.troisi?me volet de la trilogie deest le r?cit de l’ultime combat d’un monde condamn? ? l’ab?me.
Une mission de tout repos pour trois sorci?res de haut vol (Air Balai) : emp?cher les ?pousailles d’une servante et d’un prince. Pas de quoi impressionner M?m? Ciredutemps, Nounou Ogg et Magrat Goussedail. Oui, mais :1 — Ca se passe (beurk !), dans la cit? lointaine de Genua.2 — Que faire d’une baguette magique de seconde main qui ne sait que transformer les choses en citrouilles ?3 — Comment s’opposer au pouvoir irr?sistible des contes s’ils sont manipul?s par la redoutable « bonne f?e » Lilith ? N’est-ce pas le merveilleux destin d’une servante que d’?pouser le prince ? Comme celui des m?res-grands de se faire d?vorer par le loup ?Tel n’est pourtant pas l’avis de Madame Gogol, la sorci?re vaudou des marais de Genua.« »
Miranda, ?yczliwa ludziom dusz, zawsze troszczy si? o innych. Tym razem pragnie zanie?? ?wiat?o nieszcz?snym mieszka?com Kr?lestwa Ciemno?ci, chocia? wie, ?e ?yj? tam z?e, niebezpieczne istoty. Po przej?ciu przez terytorium potwor?w, rozci?gaj?ce si? w pobli?u muru, Miranda spotyka dw?ch Wareg?w. Harama i Gondagila. Nie przypuszcza, ?e na zawsze rozdzieli przyjaci??…
Taking both inspiration and naming convention from Ray Bradbury's R Is for Rocket and S Is for Space, Gaiman's first YA anthology is a fine collection of previously published short stories. Although Gaiman's prose skill has improved markedly since the earliest stories included here, one constant is his stellar imagination, not to mention his knack for finding unexpected room for exploration in conventional story motifs. Jill Dumpty, sister of the late Humpty, hires a hard-boiled detective to look into her brother's tragic fall; the 12 months of the year sit around in a circle, telling each other stories about the ...
Nowy zbi?r opowiada? przeznaczony jest nie tylko dla doros?ych ale r?wnie? dla m?odszych czytelnik?w.Neil Gaiman tak m?wi o swojej nowej ksi??ce: W zebranych tu opowiadaniach spotkacie twardego detektywa ze ?wiata dzieci?cych bajek i grup? ludzi, kt?rzy lubi? jada? najr??niejsze rzeczy, znajdziecie te? wiersz o tym, jak si? zachowa?, gdy traficie do magicznego ?wiata, i histori? o ch?opcu, kt?ry spotyka pod mostem trolla i dobija z nim targu. Jest tu te? opowie??, kt?ra stanie si? cz??ci? mojej nast?pnej ksi??ki dla dzieci, “Ksi?...
