Nouveautés

В мире, где всё обусловлено интересами рода, повзрослевшая девушка не располагает собой. Она пойдёт замуж за того, кого старшие родичи выберут ей в женихи. И дальше опять всё предопределено: бесконечные домашние хлопоты, дети, внуки... Очень многих устраивает такая определённость, избавляющая от бремени личных решений. Но что делать, если сильная душа восстаёт против векового порядка и стремится к чему-то гордому и высокому? Если сердце жаждет встречи с единственным на всю жизнь человеком, а рука достаточно крепка, чтобы за себя постоять?

In una Madrid diventata da poco capitale del Regno e pervasa dalla furia controriformistica dell'Inquisizione, la giovane Luzia Cotado, conversa orfana di entrambi i genitori, cerca di sopravvivere come meglio può, nascondendo a tutti le sue origini e, soprattutto, la sua capacità di compiere milagritos, piccole magie. Un giorno, però, la signora della casa presso la quale presta servizio si accorge del suo dono e di lì in poi la obbliga a farne sfoggio davanti ai suoi ospiti, nel patetico e disperato tentativo di migliorare la posizione sociale della sua famiglia ormai decaduta.

Disinherited and poverty stricken, bastard Danial clutches at the slim chance to earn a living as a guard, until a night attack leaves both he and his half-brother Devlin vampires. After finding true love with the aristocrat Lacey, Danial comes to the attention of James, the Vampire Lord of France. Enslaved by James, his love murdered, Danial plots to escape, his complex plan of years finally succeeding only to result in all of Europe's demonic forces on the hunt for him.

Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was an American writer and artist. He achieved early local recognition, largely through the enthusiasm of George Sterling, for traditional verse in the vein of Swinburne. As a poet, Smith is grouped with the West Coast Romantics alongside Joaquin Miller, Sterling, and Nora May French and remembered as "The Last of the Great Romantics" and "The Bard of Auburn".

Kay has been drawn into a vortex of intrigue in the ancient world, of magic-wielding Wanderers, mesmerizing sylphs, powerful Nordic shamans, crafty mages. And now she cannot deny that her children are involved. Her son is channeling stories of abductions by threatening pirates. Her daughter’s mysterious lover sounds uncannily like a tenth-century Welsh musician. She tries to pull away from the medieval world but finds herself increasingly enamored with her spirit-travel.

Il vecchio è il più grande alchimista di tutti i regni, il "Maestro delle essenze", come dimostrano in modo impressionante le sue ingegnose pozioni "Maledizione dell'ombra curiosa" o "Specchio dell'ultimo istante". Che siano altri a inventare la pozione per l'umiltà e la modestia. Mentre indaga su una morte misteriosa, il soldato della guardia cittadina trova una lettera con il sigillo del re. Non riesce a resistere alla tentazione. La figlia dello scorticatore si addentra nella foresta col suo amico per raccogliere funghi. Uno strano bagliore li attira in una grotta nascosta.

A Guild of Criminals. A Guild of Heroes. One Holy Weapon. A book made entirely by rolling the dice.

When Rob of Loxley finds an injured nobleman’s son in the forest, neither he nor his sister Marion understand what befriending young Gamelyn could mean for the future of their beliefs. Already the ancient spirits of the Old Religion are fading beneath the iron of nobleman’s politics and the stones of church subjugation. More, the druid elders warn that Rob and Gamelyn are cast as sworn adversaries, locked in timeless and symbolic struggle for the greenwood’s Maiden.

Whoever holds the Egg controls the ancient animals of power: kraken, wyvern, and dragon. Whoever cracks the Egg unleashes these monsters on the world, unrestrained and beyond the control of anyone alive…Three young Torra Altans, Caspar, Brid, and Hal, are closing in on the immemorial hiding place of the Egg. Strange wild beasts that sense their purpose follow close behind. From Yew Wood to Lake of Tears, spices and enemies pursue them. The Mother Goddess has promised that once the Egg is brought to their ancient home in the North, the starving hordes of Vaalakans will be driven back.

Home & family struck down by Church edict, Rob is taken by the old druid master into the deeps. He emerges with a new name & purpose: Robyn Hode, leader of a band of tight-knit outcasts, claiming the ancient Shire Wode and wielding the Horned God’s vengeance with deadly arrows. Also escaping Loxley’s destruction, nobleborn Gamelyn has returned from Crusade with his own new identity and purpose—but no absolution. When the two boyhood lovers next cross paths, a brutal game of foxes and hounds ensues, pitting Templar assassin against Heathen outlaw.

Im Jahr 2212 als gläubiger Christ aufzuwachsen, ist schon eine Herausforderung an sich. In der Schule sieht sich Bastian, der nur als der "Priesterboy" bekannt ist, täglichen Hänseleien ausgesetzt. Er möchte nichts weiter, als ein gottgefälliges Leben zu führen. Doch als er dem Engel Marcel begegnet, beginnt er alles zu hinterfragen.

Episch, brillant und spektakulär actionreich: In Jade Legacy – Ehre ist alles, dem sensationellen Finale von Fonda Lees Fantasy-Trilogie Die Jade-Saga, erreicht der Kampf um Ehre, Macht und magische Jade seinen Höhepunkt. Längst giert die ganze Welt nach der magischen Jade, die einst nur den Grünblut-Kriegern vorbehalten war: Jeder will seinen Nutzen aus den übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten ziehen, die sie verleiht. Der Krieg um die Jade hat die Insel Kekon ebenso gezeichnet wie die Geschwister der Familie Kaul. Dennoch werden Hilo, Shae und Anden noch grausamere Opfer abverlangt.