Rudow?osa Jonga szuka zemsty. Pi?kny major Hengist szuka ?wi?tego Obrazu. Genera? Tundu Embroja szuka czego? do zjedzenia. Wszyscy szukaj? odpowiedzi na to, dlaczego musz? tak cierpie?.W drugiej cz??ci powie?ci, zatytu?owanej Szczury i rekiny, major Hengist trafi na rozmem?an? i magiczn? P??noc. Jonga i Tundu b?d? tropi? Niedotykalnego W?adc? w podziemnych kana?ach. A ca?e armie bez jednego ruchu pozwol? si? wymordowa?, stoj?c na baczno??.
Po ?mijach i kretach. po Szczurach i rekinach. przychodzi czas na prawdziwe bestie. Elfy i ludzie. Ostatni tom sagi Ukochani Poddani Cesarza. I ostatnia szansa. aby dowiedzie? si?. co si? sta?o z rudow?os? z?odziejk? Jong?. z tch?rzliwym genera?em Tundu Embroja. z pi?knym majorem Hengistem… i z samym Cesarzem. Czy opowie??. kt?ra dzieje si? w ?wiecie gorszym ni? nasz. mo?e sko?czy? si? dobrze?Ukochani poddani Cesarza znajduj? si? w Rombie. gdzie torturowane s? nawet ro?liny. a cierpienia fizyczne i psychiczne s? tak misternie kombinowane. aby po??czy?y si? w doskona?? jedno??. Tymczasem grupa gotowych na wszystko krasnolud?w przekrada si? do stolicy. aby zg?adzi? Cesarza. Kto? musi ponie?? kar? za m?czarnie wszystkich istot… Ale kto. je?li to wszystkie istoty s? winne?
Award-winning author China Mi?ville (King Rat; Perdido Street Station; The Scar; Iron Council) claims that he meant Un Lun Dun for younger readers, but, like the Harry Potterseries, the novel will appeal to a wide range of ages. While it includes the basics of the genre — magic, monsters, quests, heroes — it breaks the mold in many ways. An urban adventure with a strong environmental message, the novel harkens back to London's Great Smog of 1952, which bridges the real and the fantastical. Mi?ville's playful, clever language and plot, reminiscent of Lewis Carroll's, also impressed most critics, though a few thought them contrived and tedious. "Finding it as a grown-up may not be the optimum way to stumble into UnLondon," concludes Salon, "but it's pretty miraculous all the same."
En el mundo de Terramar hay dragones y espectros, talismanes y poderes, y las leyes de la magia son tan inevitables y exactas como las leyes naturales.Un principio fundamental rige en ese mundo: el delicado equilibrio entre la muerte y la vida, que muy pocos hombres pueden alterar, o restaurar. Pues la restauraci?n del orden c?smico corresponde naturalmente al individuo que se gobierna a s? mismo, el h?roe completo capaz de dar el paso ?ltimo, enfrentarse a su propia sombra, que es miedo, odio, inhumanidad.
Fiord ha quindici anni ed ? sciatta e scontrosa. Di giorno fa la sguattera e di notte, dalla sua solitaria capanna, guarda con odio il mare che le ha portato via il padre. Ma Fiord ? anche una piccola maga: sar? lei a trovare l’antica via che unisce la terra agli abissi, e che ha permesso a una creatura del mare di sostituire l’erede al trono con un figlio suo, il malinconico Kir. Un’affascinante storia di magia la cui protagonista, per?, ? una ragazza vera, che va in cerca di se stessa e per la prima volta riflette sull’amore.
Risk Leidolf was a hellhound — a legendary, otherworldly creature who was both man and beast. For centuries, he'd been bound to do the bidding of a cruel witch queen. But after being ordered to destroy novice witch Kara Shane, the man within him rebelled. And the beast within him was held at bay — for now. Fiercely drawn to each other, Risk and Kara soon formed a passionate alliance as they set out to find her missing sibling — and the key to his salvation. For the power unleashed by the twin witches could free him from the witch queen's bondage. But that freedom came at a steep price. For the fierce battle would put more than one soul at stake…and two hearts on the line!
Peter S. Beagle was born in Manhattan in 1939, on the same night that Billie Holiday was recording "Strange Fruit" and "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" just a few blocks away. Raised in the Bronx, Peter originally proclaimed he would be a writer when he was ten years old. Today he is acknowledged as an American fantasy icon, and to the delight of his millions of fans around the world he is now publishing more than ever.In addition to being an acclaimed novelist and writer of short stories and nonfiction, Peter has also written numerous plays, teleplays, and screenplays, and is a gifted poet, librettist, lyricist, and singer/songwriter including , and Beagle produced a small but significant body of short fiction during the first thirty years of his career. Recently he has become a prolific short story writer, regularly producing stories that rank amongst the best of the year. In 2008 alone he published half a dozen stories, any of which could have graced these pages.
An epic historical adventure set in a pseudo 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.An epic historical adventure set in a pseudo 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.For two years Shen Tai has mourned his father, living like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire, by a mountain ...
Peter S. Beagle was born in Manhattan in 1939, on the same night that Billie Holliday was recording “Strange Fruit” and “Fine and Mellow” just a few blocks away. Raised in the Bronx, Peter originally proclaimed he would be a writer when ten years old. Today he is acknowledged as an American fantasy icon, and to the delight of his millions of fans around the world he is now publishing more than ever.In addition to being an acclaimed novelist and writer of short stories and nonfiction, Peter has also written numerous plays, teleplays, and screenplays, and is a gifted poet, librettist, lyricist, and singer/songwriter. To learn more about The Last Unicorn, A Fine and Private Place, Summerlong, I’m Afraid You’ve Got Dragons, I See By My Outfit, “Two Hearts,” and all the rest of his extraordinary body of work, please visit www.peterbeagle.com
In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees…Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy. Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out ...
For a century since the Convergence of Faerie and modern reality, the Ways between this world and the next have been closed. But now signs point to the chance that the veil may lift again.Connor Grey has enough problems with a vengeful Queen of Faerie and the return of his old Guild partner. Add an occult string of murders, and it's another case that just may kill him.
Hailey Tarbell is no typical girl. As one of the Banished who arrived from Ireland generations ago, Hailey has the power to heal – and, as she recently learned, to create zombies if she heals someone too late. But now, Hailey is finally getting a chance at a normal life. After realizing the good and bad sides of her power, Hailey has survived the unimaginable to settle with her aunt, Prairie, and her little brother, Chub, in the suburbs of Milwaukee. Finally Hailey has a loving family, nice clothes, and real friends. But her safe little world is blown apart when she tries to contact her secret boyfriend, Kaz – and alerts the incredibly dangerous man who's looking for her to her true whereabouts.
Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork — not the old fashioned, grubby pushing and shoving, but the new, fast football with pointy hats for goalposts and balls that go gloing when you drop them. And now, the wizards of Unseen University must win a football match, without using magic, so they’re in the mood for trying everything else. The prospect of the Big Match draws in a street urchin with a wonderful talent for kicking a tin can, a maker of jolly good pies, a dim but beautiful young woman, who might just turn out to be the greatest fashion model there has ever been, and the mysterious Mr Nutt (and no one knows anything much about Mr Nutt, not even Mr Nutt, which worries him, too). As the match approaches, four lives are entangled and changed for ever. Because the thing about football — the important thing about football — is that it is not just about football. Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!
