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Hidden away from the world by his mother, the powerful sorceress Heloise Oliver, Pierce has grown up working in her restaurant in Desolation Point. One day, unexpectedly, strangers pass through town on the way to the legendary capital city. "Look for us," they tell Pierce, "if you come to Severluna. You might find a place for yourself in King Arden's court."

Le grand retour du tueur à gages Don Benvenuto. Au cours du tournoi de Lyndinas, l'épreuve de force s'est envenimée entre la noblesse restée loyale au duc Ganelon de Bromael et les chevaliers qui ont pris fait et cause pour son épouse répudiée. Des manigances étrangères ont contribué à jeter de l'huile sur le feu... Car quels sont les intérêts la République de Ciudalia au sein du duché ? Pourquoi appuyer les ambitions militaires du duc contre l'Ouromagne ? Quelle est la réelle mission de l'ambassade envoyée à la cour ducale par le podestat Leonide Ducatore ?

Jane and Vincent have finally gotten some much-needed rest after their adventures in Italy - then Vincent receives word that his estranged father has passed away on one of his properties in the West Indies. His brother, who manages the estate, is overwhelmed, and no one else in his family can go. Grudgingly, out of filial duty, the couple decide to go.

Lieutenant Commander Shaila Jain has been given the assignment of her dreams: The first manned mission to Saturn. But there’s competition and complications when she arrives aboard the survey ship Armstrong. The Chinese are vying for control of the critical moon Titan, and the moon Enceladus may harbor secrets deep under its icy crust. And back on Earth, Project DAEDALUS now seeks to defend against other dimensional incursions. But there are other players interested in opening the door between worlds…and they’re getting impatient.

Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic--known here as glamour--is real. In Valour and Vanity, master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote Ocean's Eleven. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on their tour of the continent. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute.

Jane and Vincent go to Long Parkmeade to spend time with Jane’s family, but quickly turn restless. The year is unseasonably cold. No one wants to be outside and Mr. Ellsworth is concerned by the harvest, since a bad one may imperil Melody’s dowry. And Melody has concerns of her own, given the inadequate selection of eligible bachelors. When Jane and Vincent receive a commission from a prominent family in London, they decide to take it, and take Melody with them.

A contemporary man, John Thornburn (a meek, non-violent and unpredictable artist) and woman, Derval (his tough, confrontational, strong and warrior-like lover) time travel to ancient Ireland to avenge a Viking attack. Packed with fascinating details of historical time and place in Irish history and delicately balanced on the border between realism and fantasy, the story centers around one of the most famous and beautiful illuminated manuscripts in history, the legendary but entirely real Book of Kells.

In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi Germany. The balls and banquets of Britain's upper class never faltered, while British ships ferried undesirables across the Channel to board the cattle cars headed east. Peter Carmichael is commander of the Watch, Britain's distinctly British secret police. Its his job to warn the Prime Minister of treason, to arrest plotters, and to discover Jews.

Die Tangfelder des Sargassomeers erwürgen die Hoffnung der Seeleute, die in ihre Fänge geraten. Sie ersticken die Träume der Kauffahrer, den Stolz der Seesoldaten, den Mut der Hai-Jäger. Über die Jahrhunderte hat die Gier dieses Reiches ohne Wiederkehr auch einiges angesammelt, das Begehrlichkeiten weckt. Dieser Lockruf erklingt sogar in Sphären, deren Bewohner allen Göttern Feind sind. Die sechste Aufgabe ihrer Wettfahrt fordert von Asleif Phileasson und Beorn dem Blender, an diesem Ort etwas zu bergen, das kostbarer ist als profane Schätze.

Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and only the threat of starvation persuades Brother Gregory, a Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the task. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness.

Amid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong Katherine Sinclair must join the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. Unfortunately for Katherine, she cannot imagine anything more loathsome - or dangerous. To help ease her entrance into society, Katherine’s family has elicited the assistance of the Earl of Thornewood, a friend and London’s most eligible bachelor, to be her constant companion at the endless fetes and balls.

Soupçonnée d'adultère, la duchesse Audéarde de Bromael a été jugée, répudiée et emprisonnée. Le champion qu'on l'a accusée d'avoir trop aimé, le chevalier Ædan de Vaumacel, lui a fait défaut au cours de son procès.

After a defeat at the hands of Lord Kali, Kalki Hari must journey towards the Mahendragiri mountains with his companions to finally become the avatar he is destined to be. But the road ahead is not without peril.... Not only is he trapped by the cannibalistic armies of the Pisach, he is also embroiled in the civil war of the Vanars. And in midst of all this, he meets a face from the legends.

Mitten in der libyschen Wüste werden Andrej und Abu Dun von Sklavenhändlern überfallen, denen sie eine vernichtende Niederlage bereiten. Um sich Zugang zu deren Festung zu verschaffen, beschließen sie, sich zum Schein gefangen nehmen zu lassen. Doch als sie dem Anführer Ali Jhin und seinen dreihundert Räubern waffenlos gegenüberstehen, müssen sie erkennen, dass sie die Gefangenschaft der Flucht durch die lebensfeindliche Wüste etwas vorschnell vorgezogen haben.

Alaric Morgan has been pledged to the king's service. His Deryni blood makes him ideal to safeguard the Haldane kings and ensure that Prince Brion shall have the protection of his hereditary magic.

The number of Deryni was small, for they had been hounded for generations and kept their identities secret. Those who managed to retain their arcane powers concealed their background - for bitter persecution once again swept the land of Gwynedd, inspired by a raving fanatic sworn to destroy all Deryni in a final bloodbath.

The Qualinesti, the third title in The Elven Nations trilogy, was first released in 1991, and it documented the ancient schism of the elven races in the Dragonlance world. Unavailable for the past several years, this title is now being brought back in order to fulfill the rising demands of consumers. The other two titles in this trilogy will also be re-released so that listeners may easily compile the entire trilogy.

In this extraordinary third and final work in the Second DemonWars Saga, R. A. Salvatore weaves a diverse tapestry of characters and events from all the novels of the DemonWars Saga into an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Casting his inimitable spell of the human and supernatural, love and war, faith and faithlessness, Salvatore's crowning work is centered on a dark young king driven by a quest to remake humankind.

Die Unsterblichen Andrej und Abu Dun haben nach vielen Jahren der Ruhelosigkeit und Verfolgung endlich ein Zuhause gefunden. Malta ist für sie zur neuen Heimat geworden, in der Abu Dun sogar eine Familie gründet. Doch ihr Kampf geht weiter. Als die türkische Flotte einen vernichtenden Angriff auf die kleine Insel plant, scheint die Verteidigung aussichtslos.

865 A.D. Warring kings rule over the British Isles, but the Church rules over the kings, threatening all who oppose them with damnation. Only the dreaded Vikings of Scandinavia do not fear the priests. Shef, the bastard son of a Norse raider and a captive English lady, is torn by divided loyalties and driven by strange visions that seem to come from Odin himself. A smith and warrior, he alone dares to imagine new weapons and tactics with which to carve out a kingdom.