A killer adventure fantasy follow-up to HOPE AND RED, set in a fracturing empire spread across savage seas, where two young people from different cultures find common purpose. Red is being trained as a cold-blooded assassin by the biomancers. As he becomes increasingly embroiled in palace
"Niezwykły zbiór nietypowych pytań i odpowiedzi, które niezbicie świadczą, że prawda może być zdecydowanie bardziej zaskakująca (i zabawna) niż fikcja. W zabawnych, a zarazem popartych rzetelną wiedzą anegdotach prezentowanych w tym zbiorku bracia Sones odpowiadają na codzienne, i nie do końca
Byzantium by Robin Brooks: the true story of the Empress Zoe and her desperate struggle to stay on the throne of the Byzantine Empire, in a vortex of sexual and political intrigue.
Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and the Rebel Alliance have fought valiantly against the evil Galactic Empire. Together they have kept alive the hopes for freedom, and helped restore the ways of the Old Republic with its wise Senate and noble line of Jedi Knights. But now a new threat
'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...' The release of George Lucas's Star Wars in 1977 launched an epic saga that has changed how we view science fiction. Experience the wonder and magic of the Star Wars universe with The Star Wars Trilogy, a collection of the first three Star Wars novels
A solar system fights to survive and reform in the wake of war, but the real battle is about to begin. Across the six-planet expanse of the Gaia System, the Earthlike Gretia struggles to stabilize in the wake of an interplanetary war. Amid an uneasy alliance to maintain economies, resources, and
War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it, with the East as his ally and the empire as his enemy. He’s finally managed to dismiss the memory of Kestrel, even if he can’t quite forget her. Kestrel turned into someone he could no longer recognize: someone who cared more for the empire than for the
In a panoramic and pioneering reappraisal, Pieter Judson shows why the Habsburg Empire mattered so much, for so long, to millions of Central Europeans. Across divides of language, religion, region, and history, ordinary women and men felt a common attachment to “their empire,” while bureaucrats,
A breathtaking geopolitical epic fantasy, The Monster Baru Cormorant is the sequel to Seth Dickinson's "fascinating tale" (The Washington Post), The Traitor Baru Cormorant. Her world was shattered by the Empire of Masks. For the power to shatter the Masquerade, She betrayed everyone she loved.
Crete - the dread island of wizardry where the power of Minos was guarded by three walls. The land where every nine years the Minoan games decided the fate of Crete's famed ruler. Where the winner stood to gain the hand of Ariadne, the treasure of Knossos - and command of the formidable Dark One's
