Библиотека
Страна Асгейр известна своей военной политикой. Так повелось, что расширять границы никогда не входило в интересы правителей — великой династии Грифов, но жить за счёт собственных наёмников, вступать в каждый конфликт и выстраивать на этом экономику — приоритет. Последние несколько лет оказались неудачными — первая война за территорию досталась Грифу VIII с колоссальными потерями как людей, так и…
Накипело — это исповедь. Не выдуманная история, не аккуратный художественный роман, а честный крик души человека, который слишком долго молчал. Здесь нет попытки понравиться, быть правильным или держаться как надо. Это книга о боли, злости, разочаровании, усталости и попытке понять — почему мир так ломает людей, и почему, несмотря ни на что, они продолжают жить. Каждая страница — как рана, котор…
Александр купил в Египте старинную лампу, а нашёл в ней джинна. Только он не исполняет желания, а удовлетворяет женщин. Ситуацией мгновенно заинтересовалась очаровательная соседка. Женщина-сирена, да ещё и полковник, для которой мужское внимание — воздух, а власть — главный афродизиак. Она знала о джиннах всё и взяла ситуацию в свои изящные, железные руки. Теперь Александр — оператор древнего арт…
Отправленный с посольством в загадочную Японию, боярский сын Иван и представить не мог, во что выльется его командировка. Из лучшего переговорщика он в мгновение ока превратился в пленника, когда коварный придворный колдун похитил его легендарного сокола Грома для древнего ритуала. Выбраться из неволи Ивану помогает Акане — хулиганка-лисица с девятью хвостами, которая готова на всё, лишь бы не доп…
Controversial and brilliant, Report on Probability A is a claustrophobic and terrifying novel that examines the politics of surveillance and ownership.The Brian Aldiss collection includes over 50 books and spans the author’s entire career, from his debut in 1955 to his more recent work.Mr and Mrs Mary live a normal life in every way, except one. All day, every day, they are being watched by three …
Debut novel of adventure, romance and interplanetary intrigue from a new voice in science fiction.When her crewmate, Danny, is murdered on the colony of Volhynia, Central Corps engineer Commander Elena Shaw is shocked to learn the main suspect is her lover, Treiko Zajec. She knows Trey is innocent – he was with her when Danny was killed. So who is the real killer and why are the cops framing an in…
The first volume of a thrilling fantasy adventure trilogy filled with necromancy and bone-chilling magic from the bestselling US author of the Nightrunner series.Long ago, during the dark days of the Great War with Pleinmar, King Thelatimos journeyed to the Oracle of the God Illior at Afra to save his warn-torn kingdom. Here he was presented with a prophecy ‘So long as a daughter of Thelatimos’s l…
The Release is the thrilling YA conclusion to Tom Isbell’s suspenseful post-apocalyptic Prey series. Perfect for fans of the MAZE RUNNER!Two months have passed since Book, Cat, Hope, and the two others rescued the remaining Less Thans, but no one is safe yet. The group must leave Liberty for good and escape the wolves, the Brown Shirts and the Hunters. Most important, they need to stop Chancellor …
Richard Sharpe, abandoned in enemy territory, has to trust in assistance from a hostile American privateer.The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of Riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast. It is to be one of the most dangerous missions of his career.Through the reckles…
Richard Sharpe, with enemies on every side, survives Marshall Massena’s attack and ends at the lines of Torres Vedras.Sharpe’s job as Captain of the Light Company is under threat and he has made a new enemy, a Portuguese criminal known as Ferragus. Discarded by his regiment, Sharpe wages a private war against Ferragus – a war fought through the burning, pillaged streets of Coimbra, Portugal’s anci…
The third novel in the internationally bestselling EVERNIGHT series – a vampire romance with a shocking twist.Bianca will risk everything to be with Lucas.After escaping from Evernight Academy, the vampire boarding school where they met, Bianca and Lucas take refuge with Black Cross, a fanatical group of vampire hunters. Bianca must hide her supernatural heritage or risk certain death at their han…
A stunning debut YA novel, destined to blow the dystopian genre wide open – The Handmaid’s Tale for a new generation.Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers and forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, and go home – before her time runs out forever.What if you knew you exactly when yo…
Ray Bradbury’s first ever poetry collection, available in ebook for the first time.Carried into strange and enticing realms by his fantastic stories, the multitudes of his admirers have never doubted that the author of Dandelion Wine, The Martian Chronicles, and other uniquely imaginative works of short and long fiction is a poet. But, even so, the intensity of feeling, the imaginative range, the …
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.THE TOYNBEE CONVECTOR is a brilliant short story collection from one of the genre’s master storytellers. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines Playboy, Omni, Gallery, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Woman's Day, and Weird Tales.Bradbury display…
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available in ebook for the first time.In this book you will meet: a Hollywood monster-maker whose Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly becomes alarmingly lifelike; a boy who raises giant mushrooms in his cellar – until the mushrooms begin to raise him; a corpse who supports his wife and family; a circus fat lady whose midget husband has tattooed every i…