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A bold and brilliant debut from a darkly funny new voice.Oskar is a minimalist composer best known for a piece called Variations on Tram Timetables. He is married to a Californian art dealer named Laura and he lives with two cats, named after Russian composers, in an Eastern European city.But this book isn't really about Oskar. Oskar is in Los Angeles, having his marriage dismantled by lawyers. He…
With friends like these, who needs enemies?A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacrificed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works alongside. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren't the ones she's vowed to give her life guarding. Those were much darker…Kaylin's moved on with her life—and is keeping sile…
С возвращением в мир Земного Круга, любезный читатель! И лучше бы тебе знать его героев и негодяев, в противном случае истории, собранные в этой книге, могут тебя шокировать. Шеведайя, лучшая воровка Стирии, и Джавра, львица Хоскоппа, – две столь разные женщины, и все же подруги. Бетод, король Севера, и Логен Девятипалый – совершенная машина для убийства. Только можно ли достичь желанного мира, ко…
После смерти Дж. Р. Р. Толкина в его архиве осталась масса частично или полностью подготовленных к печати материалов: набросков, рассказов, легенд, эссе – тот грандиозный фундамент, на котором выросло монументальное здание «Властелина Колец». В 1980 году его сын Кристофер подобрал и издал первый сборник, «Неоконченные предания Нуменора и Средиземья», в котором рассказывается о персонажах, событиях…
One of C. S. Lewis’ works of fiction, or more specifically allegory, this book is clearly modelled upon Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, as Lewis cleverly satirizes different sections of the Church.Written within a year of Lewis’ conversion, it characterises the various theological and temperamental leanings of the time. This brilliant and biting allegory has lost none of its freshness and theological…
The concluding part of the captivating Sangreal trilogy from the author of Prospero’s Children.Like most young people, when Nathan Ward sleeps, he has adventures. But unlike most people, Nathan cannot relish the escapism, for his dreams are not fantasies; his adventures are real and the nightmares he faces in them can keep him from ever waking up.
New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara returns to the city of Elantra with a thrilling tale rife with ancient magic, assassination attempts and political intrigue.Private Kaylin Neya already has Dragons and Barrani as roommates. Adding one injured, flightless Aerian to her household should be trivial. Sure, the Aerian is Sergeant Moran dar Carafel, but Kaylin's own sergeant is a Leontin…
They were prisoners, exiles, pawns of a corrupt government. Now they are Dr Rachel Dycek's adin: surgically transformed beings who can survive new lives on the surface of Mars. But they are still exiles, unable ever again to breathe Earth's air … And they are still pawns.They were prisoners, exiles, pawns of a corrupt government. Now they are Dr. Rachel Dycek’s adin: surgically transformed beings …
The sixth marvellous tale of high adventure and derring-do from the master of steampunk literature, set in the world of The Court of the Air. A daring underwater chase ends in a battle for the Kingdom itself… The streets of Middlesteel are under attack by an unseen enemy, leaving bloodless corpses in its trail. The newssheets scream vampire, but the truth is even more deadly than anyone knows. …
The second volume in the bestselling Mars trilogy – and now part of the Voyager Classics collection.Mars can be plundered – for the benefit of a ravaged Earth. It can be terraformed to suit Man’s needs – frozen lakes form, lichen grows, the atmosphere slowly becomes breathable. But most importantly, Mars can be owned. On Earth, countries are bought and sold by the transnationals. Why not Mars too?…
An unpredictable, poignant, and captivating tale for readers of all ages, by the critically acclaimed author of Only Forward.There are a million stories in the world. Most are perfectly ordinary.This one… isn’t.Hannah Green actually thinks her story is more mundane than most. But she’s about to discover that the shadows in her life have been hiding a world where nothing is as it seems: that there'…
Мечи Геральта из Ривии по-прежнему остры, а на белом свете не стало меньше чудовищ, пусть далеко не все они – клыкастые монстры. И все же мир, знакомый читателям по первым двум книгам цикла, стремительно меняется. Забудьте о камерности и сказочности! На передний план выходят эпичный размах, высокая политика и… ожидание большой беды. Короли и военачальники, маги и наемники, люди и нелюди ведут слож…
НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНОВЛЕННУЮ ЗАКОНОДАТЕЛЬСТВОМ ОТВЕТСТВЕННОСТЬ Что-то кончается. Надвигается Tedd Deireadh, Час Конца… Это чувствуется в воздухе и в воде, в шелесте трав и в гуле ветров, в крови закатов и в ослепительных сполохах северного сияния на зубчатых остриях верш…
«Танцем драконов» издавна звали в Семи королевствах войну. Но теперь война охватывает все новые и новые земли. Война катится с Севера – из-за Стены. Война идет с Запада – с Островов. Войну замышляет Юг, мечтающий посадить на Железный Трон свою ставленницу. И совсем уже неожиданную угрозу несет с Востока вошедшая в силу «мать драконов» Дейенерис… Что будет? Кровь и ненависть. Любовь и политика. И п…
17 year old Ceres, a beautiful, poor girl from the Empire city of Delos, wakes to find herself powerless. Poisoned by the sorcerer’s vial, held captive by Stephania, Ceres life reaches a low point as she is made cruel sport of—and is unable to do anything to stop it. Thanos, after killing his brother Lucious, embarks for Delos, to save Ceres and to save his homeland. But the Felldust fleet has alr…