This bestselling speculative fiction author crafts deeply engaging worlds and complex characters. Their narratives delve into profound moral questions, immersing readers in thought-provoking journeys. With a keen eye for intricate plots and a distinctive narrative voice, this author has captivated a wide audience and left a significant mark on the genre.
A gripping fantasy where all truths lie in folklore. The nearly ten-year-old boy RAIF who has a fascination with clocks experiences a recurring vision of colossal waterspouts unaware this is shared by the migrant DARKE who has psychotic designs on achieving power absolute.
This is a wide-ranging new history of the Allied Arctic convoys which supplied arms to the Red Army, whilst under the pressure of freezing temperatures, constant attack from German forces and turbulent seas. The book examines whether the results ever justified the losses.
A leading Leonardo da Vinci scholar takes a fresh look at the master's work by exploring 100 key da Vinci milestones across his oeuvres of art, science, engineering, architecture, anatomy and more, in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of his death.
Seven authors--Ed Greenwood, Clayton Emery, Lisa Smedman, Dave Gross, Voronica Whitney-Robinson, Richard Lee Byers, and Paul Kemp--contribute sections to this seven-part novel that offers close-up portraits on the inhabitants of a remarkable city in which everything has a price and the members of the wealthiest families will do anything to survive. Original.
As the Emperor continues to close his iron fist over the galaxy, occasionally situations arise that he does not want to trust even to his notorious right-hand man and apprentice, Darth Vader. Now, when the two of them venture out to handle a new political treaty in person, their journey lands them in the middle of insurgent action, alone on an inhospitable planet, and left to survive or die - they must rely solely on each other, the Force, and their awesome martial skills to prevail!
An ancient Sith ship hurtles into the future carrying a lethal cargo that could forever destroy Luke Skywalker’s hopes for peace. The Civil War is almost over when Jedi Knight Jaden Korr experiences a Force vision so intense he must act. Enlisting two salvage jocks and their ship, Jaden sets out into space. Someone—or something—appears to be in distress. But what Jaden and his crew find confounds them. A five-thousand-year-old dreadnaught—bringing with it a full force of Sith and one lone Jedi—has inadvertently catapulted eons from the past into the present. The ship’s weapons may not be cutting-edge, but its cargo, a special ore that makes those who use the dark side nearly invincible, is unsurpassed. The ancient Jedi on board is determined to destroy the Sith. But for Jaden, even more is at stake: for his vision has led him to uncover a potentially indestructible threat to everything the Jedi Order stands for.
Thousands of years before the Legacy of the Force series, two Sith ships were sabotaged, resulting in the crash of one on a distant, isolated planet, and the loss of the other in a hyperspace anomaly. číst celé
In the process of vanquishing a shipload of Sith from the distant past, Jedi Knight Jaden Korr uncovered the frozen results of a horrific cloning experiment: insane Jedi-Sith clones. Only some of those clones thawed...and now they're loose in a galaxy that has enough to deal with under the tightening grip of the evil Darth Caedus.
Kill a demon. Steal the treasure. Retire to a life of luxury. Sounds easy when you put it like that. Unfortunately for Egil and Nix, when the demon they kill has friends in high places, retirement is not an option. číst celé