When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy Luna, the woman he loved…unless he could discover the only way out….The first novel of the INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY series.
The wizard cats Rhiow, Urruah, and Arhu are summoned to London to deal with a crisis that could destroy the very fabric of time, and they join forces with a teenage Arthur Conan Doyle to stop the evil schemes of their old nemesis, the Lone One.
You can run from the grave, but you can't hide…Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She's still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind.Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head-wanted: dead or half-alive-means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she'll find that desire lasts forever… and that Bones won't let her get away again.
Ziemiomorze — ?wiat wysp, magii, smok?w i czarnoksi??nik?w. Tu w?a?nie rozgrywa si? akcja s?ynnego cyklu fantasy Ursuli K. Le Guin. Autorka po latach powraca do stworzonego przez siebie ?wiata i postaci w opowiadaniach tworz?cych tom "Opowie?ci z Ziemiomorza". Pi?? epizod?w z bogatych dziej?w Archipelagu ods?ania kolejne tajemnice magicznego ?wiata. Jakie by?y pocz?tki szko?y czarnoksi??nik?w na Roke? Co si? sta?o z Mistrzem Przywo?a?, Thorionem, gdy powr?ci? z krainy umar?ych? Jakie jeszcze przygody prze?y? Arcymag Ged? O tym wszystkim opowiadaj? kolejne historie z tego tomu.
His name is John James—at least, that’s the name he gives to anyone asking. He’s a former pirate just back in Port Royal from the sack of Panama, and he has every intention of settling down and leading a respectable life. First, though, he must honor a promise and deliver a letter to the mistress of one of his dead comrades.But the lady is much more than she seems, and the letter turns out to contain detailed instructions for recovering a hidden fortune. It’s one thing to know where treasure may be found; finding it, and keeping it, is quite another. On his quest for a prince’s ransom John is joined by two unlikely allies: a black freedman named Sejanus Walker and a humble clerk named Winthrop Tudeley. Pirate attacks, hurricanes, shipwrecks, sharks, unearthly visitations and double-crosses follow. Especially double-crosses…
Wright’s new fantasy is a tale about five orphans raised in a strict British boarding school who begin to discover that they may not be human beings. The students at the school do not age, while the world around them does. The children begin to make sinister discoveries about themselves. Amelia is apparently a fourth-dimensional being; Victor is a synthetic man who can control the molecular arrangement of matter around him; Vanity can find secret passageways through solid walls where none had previously been; Colin is a psychic; Quentin is a warlock. Each power comes from a ...
Extraterrestrial life has led Earth's population to the verge of extinction – and humanity's future hangs in the balance. It seems that only Jason Wander has the experience, and the guts, to do what must be done. But he will sure need some help…
O universo destas narrativas envolve-nos, desde o princ?pio, numa atmosfera m?gica e deveras inquietante. Este segundo volume ? uma obra onde impera o suspense, os encontros m?sticos, os horrores inomin?veis, mas tamb?m o sentido de humor. ? neste cen?rio que os destinos dos her?is, Tenar e Gued, ir?o entrecruzar-se. Tenar, a grande sacerdotisa, ? uma crian?a que foi despojada da pr?pria identidade e afastada da fam?lia para se dedicar ?s entidades do al?m: Aqueles-Que-N?o-T?m-Nome, as for?as misteriosas dos t?mulos de Atuan. Gued, o jovem feiticeiro, ? o bravo her?i que arrisca a vida no labirinto proibido em busca do grande tesouro, o famoso Anel de Erreth-Akbe. Ao mesmo tempo, ? tamb?m sua miss?o libertar Tenar daquele local tenebroso.
Kilkaset lat temu pi?ciu rycerzy zawar?o brzemienny w skutki pakt. Od tamtej pory na ich rodach spocz??o przekle?stwo. Pierworodni w ka?dym pokoleniu umierali w m?odym wieku, nie do?ywali dwudziestych pi?tych urodzin… Bracia Jordi i Antonio, wraz z Unni, Vesl? i pozosta?ymi przyjaci??mi zabrali si?, by przeczyta? pochodz?cy z XVII wieku pami?tnik grzesznej Estelli. Maj? nadziej?, ?e odnajd? w nim nowe informacje dotycz?ce ci???cego na rodach przekle?stwa, chocia? Estella rozpisuje si? g??wnie o swych erotycznych przygodach…
Sta? si? legend? za ?ycia. Wci?? pami?ta wspania?e dni niezwyk?ych przyg?d. Pami?ta czasy, gdy bohater nie musia? si? martwi? o ogrodzenia, prawnik?w i cywilizacj?. Pami?ta te? czasy, kiedy ludzie nie krytykowali zabijania smok?w. Dzisiaj za to nie zawsze pami?ta, gdzie od?o?y? swoje z?by… I wcale mu si? to nie podoba. Teraz wi?c, ze swym staro?ytnym mieczem, now? lask? i starymi przyjaci??mi — a s? to bardzo starzy przyjaciele — Cohen Barbarzy?ca wyrusza w ostatni? misj?. Zamierza wspi?? si? na najwy?sz? g?r? ?wiata Dysku i spotka? swoich bog?w. Nie podoba mu si?, ?e pozwalaj? ludziom starze? si? i umiera?.
Co? zagin??o na Niewidocznym Uniwersytecie — najbardziej presti?owej (tzn. jedynej) instytucji naukowej w Ankh-Morpork. Brakuje profesora — ale grupa poszukiwawcza jest w drodze! Zesp?? starszych mag?w pod??y jego tropem, dok?dkolwiek by prowadzi?, nawet na drugi koniec Dysku, gdzie Ostatni Kontynent, Czteriksy, wci?? jest w stadium budowy.Wyobra?cie sobie magiczn? krain?, gdzie deszcz jest tylko mitem, gdzie to, co zwyk?e, jest niezwyk?e, a przesz?o?? i tera?niejszo?? biegn? rami? w rami?.Prze?yjcie groz? spotkania z Szalonym Krasnoludem, Wojownikiem Szos, ?mierci?, jednym czy drugim Stw?rc? i przera?aj?cym Pasztecikowym P?ywakiem…Wczujcie si? w t? pasj?, kiedy mieszka?cy Ostatniego Kontynentu odkrywaj?, co si? dzieje, kiedy pada deszcz, a rzeki wype?niaj? si? wod? (na przyk?ad trzeba odwo?a? regaty)…
M?odzi Rosjanie, dwudziestokilkuletni Witold i jego dziewi?tnastoletnia dziewczyna o imieniu Waleria kryj? si? przed nadspodziewanie pal?cym wrze?niowym edynburskim s?o?cem w „Podziemiach Szkocji” – atrakcji turystycznej, stylizowanej na prawdziwe ?redniowieczne podziemia z „salami tortur”, labiryntem luster, „zamkiem wampir?w” i „krwaw? rzek?”. Witold i Lera podchodz? do tych rozrywek z przymru?eniem oka, u?miechaj?c si? kpi?co na widok sztucznych paj?czyn, czerwonych ?ar?wek i nazbyt teatralnego przewodnika. Dopiero gdy wsiadaj?c do ??dki, kt?ra ma ich zawie?? do „zamku wampir?w” Lera zaczyna si? niespodziewanie ba?. Witold pot?guje jej ...
