Showing results by author "Samantha Shannon" in All Categories

Paige Mahoney is outside the Republic of Scion for the first time in more than a decade – but she has no idea how she got to the free world. Half a year has been wiped from her memory. As she makes her way back to the revolution, her journey takes her to Venice, where she learns a dangerous secret – one that could change the face of the war between humans and immortals. Before she can return to London, she must help the Domino Programme unravel the sinister Operation Ventriloquist.

Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose. To the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be. The dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber.

Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion’s downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim’s puppet empire. The mysterious Domino Programme has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim - her former enemy - at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles.

It is a dark time for clairvoyants. Scion is in league with the Rephaim, an extraordinarily powerful, otherworldly race that intends to make humans its slaves. In an unprecedented feat of bravery, Paige Mahoney has succeeded in leading a mass break-out from the brutal camp, Sheol I, where she and other clairvoyants were systematically imprisoned. Paige is desperate to reach the safety of the London underworld, but the ruthless leader of the Rephaim, Nashira Sargas, is not likely to let her escape so easily…

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Following a fierce battle for the Rose Crown, Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over the clairvoyant syndicate of London. But with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld has never seemed so challenging. As Paige rallies her army of criminals, she continues to meet in secret with her former enemy, Arcturus Mesarthim. Should they be discovered, the fragile alliance with the Ranthen will fail.

The year is 2059. For two centuries, the Republic of Scion has led an oppressive campaign against unnaturalness in Europe. In London, Paige Mahoney holds a high rank in the criminal underworld. The right hand of the ruthless White Binder, Paige is a dreamwalker, a rare and formidable kind of clairvoyant. Under Scion law, she commits treason simply by breathing. When Paige is arrested for murder, she meets the mysterious founders of Scion, who have designs on her uncommon abilities. If she is to survive and escape, Paige must use every skill at her disposal.

It has been centuries since the Draconic Army took wing, almost extinguishing humankind. Marosa Vetalda is a prisoner in her own home, controlled by her cold father, King Sigoso. Over the mountains, her betrothed, Aubrecht Lievelyn, rules Mentendon in all but name. Together, they intend to usher in a better world. A better world seems impossibly distant to Estina Melaugo, who hunts the Draconic beasts that have slept across the world for centuries.

A dreamer is born - the exhilarating prequel to the ground-breaking, extraordinary Bone Season series. In the perilous heart of Scion London, a dangerous and valuable poltergeist is on the loose - and it must be caught before chaos erupts on the streets of the capital. Here, the clairvoyant underworld plays by its own rules, and rival gangs will stop at nothing to win such a magnificent prize. Sixteen-year-old Paige Mahoney is working for Jaxon Hall, the most notorious mime-lord in the city. He thinks she is hiding a powerful gift.

Paige Mahoney and Arcturus Mesarthim have arrived in the Scion Citadel of Paris. Exhausted by her efforts against Scion, Paige has no choice but to remain in hiding, away from the revolution she started, so she can heal and come to terms with her mental and physical scars. In the confines of a safe house, Arcturus and Paige begin to reconnect after following separate paths for weeks. As they wait for contact from the mysterious Domino Programme – an espionage network operating in Scion – their present begins to mirror their past.

La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis près de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX qui rechigne à se marier doit absolument donner naissance à une héritière pour protéger son reinaume de la destruction, mais des assassins se rapprochent d'elle... Ead Duryan est une marginale à la cour. Servante de la reine en apparence, elle appartient à une société secrète de mages. Sa mission est de protéger Sabran à tout prix, même si l'usage d'une magie interdite s'impose pour cela.

UN MONDO DIVISO. UN REGNO SENZA EREDI. UN ANTICO NEMICO CHE SI RISVEGLIA. Tra draghi e lotte per il potere, un epic fantasy sontuoso e inarrestabile che narra di un mondo sull'orlo della rovina e delle donne coraggiose che combattono per salvarlo.

Eine Welt voller Drachen, starker Frauenfiguren und politischer Intrigen - umwerfender Fantasy-Stoff grandios erzählt! In ihrem epischen Fantasy-Roman Der Orden des geheimen Baumes hebt Samantha Shannon das Genre auf die nächste Stufe. Mächtige Frauen lenken und beeinflussen das Schicksal ihrer Welt, ob als Königin, Magierin oder Drachenreiterin. Doch die Welt ist geteilt: Während im Westen alle Drachen als absolut böse verdammt werden, werden diese im Osten als göttergleiche Wesen verehrt.

2059. Da duecento anni la Repubblica di Scion porta avanti una campagna persecutoria contro ogni forma di "innaturalità" in Europa. A Londra, Paige...

POR LA AUTORA DE EL PRIORATO DEL NARANJO Y EL DÍA QUE SE ABRIÓ EL CIELO. TERCER LIBRO DE LA SERIE LA ERA DE HUESOS. UNA REBELDE QUE SE CONVIERTE EN REINA. Después de una sangrienta batalla contra sus enemigos, Paige Mahoney se ha elevado a la peligrosa posición de Subseñora, gobernando así sobre la población criminal de Londres. Sin embargo, después de haberle dado la espalda a Jaxon.

Un monde divisé. Un reinaume sans héritière. Un ancien ennemi s'éveille. La maison Berethnet règne sur l'Inys depuis plus de mille ans. La reine Sabran IX doit impérativement donner naissance à une héritière, mais des assassins essaient de l'en empêcher. Quoique la monarque l'ignore, elle peut compter sur l'aide d'Ead Duryan, une jeune magicienne qui la protège en secret. De l'autre côté de l'Abysse, Tané s'est entraînée toute sa vie pour devenir dragonnière, mais le destin a d'autres plans pour elle.

Una fugitiva que no será silenciada. Son malos tiempos para los clarividentes. Scion se ha aliado con los refaítas, una raza de otro mundo extraordinariamente poderosa y que tiene la intención de convertir a los humanos en sus esclavos. En una proeza de valentía sin precedentes, Paige Mahoney ha logrado liderar una fuga masiva del brutal campamento, Sheol I, donde ella y otros clarividentes fueron encarcelados sistemáticamente.

Es el año 2059. Scion se ha apoderado de la mayoría de las ciudades del mundo, prometiendo seguridad y estabilidad para todos los ciudadanos que considera dignos y eliminando a los clarividentes allí dondequiera que pueda encontrarlos. Paige Mahoney es una joven de diecinueve años clarividente y por ello considerada una criminal, por el simple hecho de existir. Paige está decidida a luchar contra el poder de Scion, y como parte de los Siete Sellos, Paige ha encontrado la manera de usar sus poderes: buscar información entrando en la mente de los demás mientras sueñan.

Königin Sabran ist in ihrem eigenen Palast gefangen. Sie setzt alles daran zu entkommen, doch erst als die Magierin Ead vom Kloster des geheimen Baumes zurückkehrt und sie unterstützt, gelingt ihr die Flucht. Gemeinsam brechen sie auf, um das magische Schwert Ascalon aufzuspüren, die einzige Waffe, die den namenlosen Drachen töten kann. Doch in den verbotenen Wäldern finden sie nicht nur Hoffnung. Sabran muss auch erkennen, dass ihr ganzes Leben auf einer schrecklichen Lüge fußt. Hat sie überhaupt noch das Recht, sich Königin von Inys zu nennen?

Sie ist stark, sie ist schnell und sie kann etwas, was sonst niemand kann: die Gedanken anderer auskundschaften. In einer Welt, in der Freiheit verachtet wird und Träume verboten sind, wächst die junge Paige zu einer Kämpferin heran. Doch dann wird sie erwischt und in eine geheime Stadt verschleppt, in der ein fremdes Volk herrscht, die Rephaim. Und wo sie Warden trifft, den jungen Rephait mit den goldenen Augen.