Vasilijs Golovačevs Magacitli Romantikas gars un piedzīvojumu slāpes, kas savulaik Petrogradas inženieri Mstislavu Sergejeviču Losu aicināja starpplanētu ceļojumā uz Marsu, aiznes Tarasu Ždanovu un Nastju Beliju uz vienu no Metauniversa invariantiem, citiem vārdiem sakot, uz vienu no Laiku Koka Zariem, kura realitātes parametri sakrīt ar XX gadsimta sākumā aprakstītajiem Alekseja Tolstoja romānā Aelita. Mīļākās grāmatas varoņu meklēšana jauniešiem no riskanta piedzīvojuma pārvēršas par nopietnu pārbaudījumu. Uz Marsa atrastais Artefakts, ja tas netiks padarīts nekaitīgs, spēj iznīcināt ne tikai Saules sistēmu, bet visu Zaru. Tomēr ir arī tie, kuri ir ieinteresēti aktivizēt šo Laiku Koka Spēles atribūtu. Aelitas dzimtene kļūst par no nākotnes ieradušos Debesu Dēlu kaujas lauku. Tulkojis Imants Ločmelis https://disk.yandex.ru/i/Bn4Uov0rIyuvZA  https://disk.yandex.ru/i/Bn4Uov0rIyuvZA https://mega.nz/file/4EsGCaoA#ksBbC6AMBxF1D7gY2TLIizO374sCpIMLReZIx9o-_34

Dvyniai Sofi ir Džošas gimė su aukso ir sidabro auromis. Anot senos pranašystės, jie gali išgelbėti – arba sunaikinti – pasaulį. Nerūpestingas San Fransisko paauglių gyvenimas visiems laikams pasikeitė, kai jiems drauge su nemirtinguoju, Hario Poterio draugams ir Hogvartso mokyklos auklėtiniams gerai pažįstamu alchemiku Nikolu Flameliu tenka bėgti nuo Abraomo knygą užvaldžiusio juodojo mago Džono Di. Raganos iš Endoro dėka Sofi juslės stebuklingai paaštrėjo – ji išmoko oro magijos. Tačiau tamsiųjų jėgų atstovas turi netikėtą sąjungininką gėrio jėgų teritorijoje – Sofi brolis Džošas taip pat svajoja įgyti stebuklingų magijos galių, ir jo širdyje užgimsta pavydas

Stefans Cveigs Magelāns Sērija «Ievērojamu cilvēku dzīve». Par drosmīgo vīru pirmajiem ceļojumiem, kuri mums atklāja bezgalplašās jūras un zemes. Mēģiniet iztēloties, kā viņi tolaik savos mazajos zvejas kuģīšos devās nepazīstamās tālēs, nezinot ceļu, riskēja pazust ūdeņu bezgalībā, ik brīdi padoti briesmām, pakļauti nelabvēlīgiem laikā apstākļiem, ik brīdi no visa atsacīdamies. Naktī ne gaismas stara, dzeršanai tikai iesāļais, remdenais mucu ūdens un uzkrātais lietus ūdens, nekādas citas pārtikas kā vien kaltēti sausiņi un sasmacis, sālīts speķis, un pat šīs tik nožēlojamās pārtikas tiem reizēm trūcis dienām ilgi. Ne gultas, ne telpas, kur atpūsties, velnišķīgs karstums, nežēlīgs aukstums un turklāt apziņa, ka viņi ir pamesti, neglābjami vieni baismīgajā ūdens tuksnesī. Mājinieki mēnešiem ilgi, pat gadiem ilgi nezināja, kur jūras braucēji atrodas, un viņi arī paši nezināja, kurp dodas. Ik uz soļa viņus pavadīja posts un likstas, nāve neskaitāmos veidos uzglūnēja viņiem gan uz ūdeņiem, gan sauszemes, briesmas draudēja gan no cilvēkiem, gan no stihijas, un mēnešiem un gadiem viņi savos mazajos, nožēlojamos kuģīšos cieta visbaismāko vientulību. Viņi zināja, ka neviens nespēj palīdzēt, zināja, ka mēnešiem ilgi nesastaps kādu citu burinieku, ka neviens viņus nevar paglābt no nelaimes un briesmām, ka neviens nepavēstīs par viņu nāvi, par viņu bojā eju. Izdevniecībā «Liesma» Rīgā 1972 A (Austr) Cv 230 Stefan Zweig MAGELLAN Der Mann und seine Tat S. Fischer Verlag 1953 Стефан Цвейг МАГЕЛЛАН Собрание сочинений в семи томах Том третий Издательство «Правда» Москва 1963 Издательство «Лиесма» Рига 1972 На латышском языке Переводчик В. Балоде Художник В. Грант No vācu valodas tulkojusi Velta Balode Mākslinieks Viesturs Grants

To return to old Magepa. I had known him for many years. The first time we met was in the battle of the Tugela. I was fighting for the king’s son, Umbelazi the Handsome, in the ranks of the Tulwana regiment–I mean to write all that story, for it should not be lost. Well, as I have told you before, the Tulwana were wiped out; of the three thousand or so of them I think only about fifty remained alive after they had annihilated the three of Cetewayo’s regiments that set upon them. But as it chanced Magepa was one who survived

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Arly Hanks – the wildest chief of police in the Ozarks – has finally met her match. To her horror, she's been cajoled into chaperoning a group of ten hormonally challenged teens on a youth group camp out, along with the mayor's wife, the high school shop teacher, and preacher Brother Verber. Bunking with the crew is bad enough, but things get even hairier when one of the campers stumbles upon the body of a white-robed woman with a shaved head. And before Arly Hanks can do a head count, she finds herself hindered by a cast of crazies, while she tracks down a spacey cult whose initiation ritual could be a real killer

Arly (aka Ariel) Hanks, Chief of Police of Maggody, Arkansas (pop. 755), has been known to break out in hives just thinking about Manhattan. Her idea of a good time is running a speed trap at the edge of town, stomping around the ridge looking for Raz Buchanan's still, and having the blue plate special at Ruby Bee's Bar and Grill on Saturday night. So the last place on earth Arly wanted to be was back in Manhattan with its bright lights, memories of her nasty divorce… and, doggone it anyway, a most inconvenient murder. The week started out just dandy with the social event of the season, the long-awaited marriage of lovestruck Kevin Buchanan and his sweet, his beloved, his three-hundred-pound darling, Dahlia O'Neill. As if that didn't give the gossips enough to talk about, Ruby Bee won an all-expense-paid trip to New York as a finalist in the Koko-Nut Cooking Contest, and she and Estelle were on their way to show the city folks a thing or two. But before the week ended, the newlyweds went amok on their way to Niagara Falls, and Ruby Bee, while making a big splash in the Big Apple, was in the slammer for attempted murder! Flying to the rescue just about wiped out Arly's bank account, and checking into the Chadwick Hotel almost did the same thing for her reputation. The contest had brought together some of the most unlikely characters ever to turn on a Mixmaster, and in an embarrassingly short time, Arly found herself in the room of good-looking, unmarried Durmond Pilverman, whose talents went way beyond his skill at baking a Koko-Nut Kream Pie. But when a dead body turned up in the hotel dumpster, Arly smelled something suspicious in this national cook-off. And the.38 she found hidden in Durmond's dresser had her wondering if she was in danger of sleeping with the enemy. In this sixth mystery in the highly acclaimed Maggody series, the spunky, off-beat, appealing Arly Hanks once again stars in a thoroughly original, wonderfully funny whodunit

"Magia seksu…" Jest poradnikiem seksuologicznym przeznaczonym nie tylko dla kobiet, ale również dla mężczyzn. Graham opisuje seks, jako magiczną, uzupełniającą życie duchowe sferę egzystencji. Książka zawiera wiele rad, poznawania nieznanych dla wielu ludzi możliwości ciała i erotycznych fantazji. Poradnik mimo dużej konkurencji w tej dziedzinie jest bestsellerem, w samych Stanach Zjednoczonych została sprzedana w nakładzie kilku milionów egzemplarzy. Masterton opisuje w przystępnym, odważnym, a zarazem humorystycznym językiem różnego rodzaju sfery seksualne, przedstawiając seks, jako narzędzie samorozwoju. Autor już na wstępie, można by nawet rzec po pierwszym zdaniu zaciekawia czytelnika swoimi rozważaniami

Strange things were happening in Drake House: A perfect rose appearing on a pillow…an antique dress materializing out of nowhere…a mysterious spirit roaming the halls… Five years after Rachel Lindquist had left California to chase her dreams, she returned home to care for her aging mother, only to find herself chasing a ghost! Addie Lindquist insisted a presence haunted Drake House and had hired noted parapsychologist Bryan Hennessy to investigate, but Rachel knew better than to believe in what she couldn't see-or to surrender to the strong current of desire pulling her towards Bryan. Bryan had dealt with skeptics before, but convincing Rachel was the biggest challenge of his life. The enchanting beauty had lost faith in everything that wasn't practical, and that included matters of the heart. As Bryan fought her reluctance to succumb to feelings she couldn't control, a second, more sinister force began to stalk them, threatening to drive them from Drake House and from each other-a force that could be banished only by a man who believed in the power of love and…Magic

An omnibus of novels An innovative ebook featuring two intertwined stories: Magic: When good witch Brianna James uses her magic and writes a sexy, forbidden love spell on her thirty-first birthday, on the thirty-first day of October during a full moon, and conjures up on roguish, bad boy warlock, she has no idea that she'll experience a passion so deep and so intense it would forever turn her good girl days into bad girl nights. But, when that spell lands in the wrong hands, be prepared for a little mayhem… Mayhem: When Abigail Garvey steps into Conjure, the local magic shop, all she's looking for are a few props to round out her fortune teller Halloween costume. Abby isn't looking for a love spell that turns her drop-dead gorgeous, but long-oblivious neighbor into an aggressive alpha sex machine… Sure his single-minded pursuit (and follow-through!) is the stuff her wickedest fantasies are made of, but how much of it is the real deal? And how much of it is just a little magical mayhem?

Located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Golgotham has been the city’s supernatural district for centuries. Populated by creatures from myth and legend, the neighborhood’s most prominent citizens are the Kymera, a race of witches who maintain an uneasy truce with the city’s humans... It has been several months since Tate Eresby developed her new magical ability to bring whatever she creates to life, but she is still learning to control her power. Struggling to make a living as an artist, she and Hexe can barely make ends meet, but they are happy. That is until Golgotham’s criminal overlord Boss Marz is released from prison, bent on revenge against the couple responsible for putting him there. Hexe’s right hand is destroyed, leaving him unable to conjure his benign magic. Attempts to repair the hand only succeed in plunging Hexe into a darkness that can’t be lifted—even by news that Tate is carrying his child. Now, with her pregnancy seeming to progress at an astonishing rate, Tate realizes that carrying a possible heir to the Kymeran throne will attract danger from all corners, even beyond the grave

Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she's faced could have prepared her for this.... Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar.... Kate's father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in his never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead. The odds are impossible. The future is grim. But Kate Daniels has never been one to play by the rules

Mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. But her latest prey, a pack of undead warriors, presents her greatest challenge

Kate Daniels cleans up the paranormal problems no one else wants to deal with—especially if they involve Atlanta's shapeshifting community. And now there's a new player in town—a foe that may be too much for even Kate and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, to handle. Because this time, Kate will be taking on family

No matter how much the paranormal politics of Atlanta change, one thing always remains the same: if there’s trouble, Kate Daniels will be in the middle of it… As the mate of the Beast Lord, Curran, former mercenary Kate Daniels has more responsibilities than it seems possible to juggle. Not only is she still struggling to keep her investigative business afloat, she must now deal with the affairs of the pack, including preparing her people for attack from Roland, a cruel ancient being with god-like powers. Since Kate’s connection to Roland has come out into the open, no one is safe—especially those closest to Kate. As Roland’s long shadow looms ever nearer, Kate is called to attend the Conclave, a gathering of the leaders from the various supernatural factions in Atlanta. When one of the Masters of the Dead is found murdered there, apparently at the hands of a shapeshifter, Kate is given only twenty-four hours to hunt down the killer. And this time, if she fails, she’ll find herself embroiled in a war which could destroy everything she holds dear…

As a mercenary who cleans up after magic gone wrong, Kate Daniels knows how waves of paranormal energy ebb and flow across Atlanta like a tide. But once every seven years, a flare comes, a time when magic runs rampant. When Kate sets out to retrieve a set of stolen maps for the Pack, Atlanta's paramilitary clan of shape shifters, she quickly realizes much more is at stake. The stolen maps are only the opening gambit in an epic tug of war between two gods hoping for rebirth, and if Kate can't stop the cataclysmic showdown, the city may not survive

A princess and a stableboy? It sounds like the worst sort of hackneyed formula romance. Think again, for "A Man of His Word" may well be the most original fantasy you ever read. The magic is unique and applied in unexpected ways, some of which the late Lester del Rey admitted he had not met in fifty years as writer and editor. The world itself is unique - there are no humans in Pandemia, only imps, elves, gnomes, jotnar, and many more, all of whom you will recognize as "human". MAGIC CASEMENT In MAGIC CASEMENT the tale begins gently, even slowly, with Inosolan enjoying an idyllic childhood in her father’s tiny backwater kingdom, too innocent even to understand that the feelings she shares with her friend Rap are more than friendship. Mystery, menace, and the gods appear in short order, and from then on the story grows in scope and power to straddle the world, and adversity thrusts rapid maturity on Rap and Inos. Populated by unforgettable characters - Aunt Kade, Little Chicken, Doctor Sagorn, and many more - Pandemia is an incredible world of credible people and infinite surprises

Spring, 1922 — Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess — who’s given up her duties to follow her heart, working for nothing backstage at the Viennese opera. No one there knows who she really is, or that a fairytale castle is missing its princess, and Tessa is determined to keep it that way. But secret lives can be complicated. When a wealthy, handsome Englishman discovers this bewitching urchin backstage, Tessa’s two lives collide — and in escaping her inheritance, she finds her destiny…

The eccentric Lesley family could not agree on what to name Lorraine's new baby girl even after four months. Lorraine secretly liked the name Marigold, but who would ever agree to such a fanciful name as that? When the baby falls ill and gentle Dr. M. Woodruff Richards saves her life, the family decides to name the child after the good doctor. But a girl named Woodruff? How fortunate that Dr. Richards's seldom-used first name turns out to be... Marigold! A child with such an unusual name is destined for adventure. It all begins the day Marigold meets a girl in a beautiful green dress who claims to be a real-life princess

An omnibus of novels by Ilona Andrews and Jeaniene Frost New York Times bestselling authors Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews bring you two short stories of paranormal. Jeaniene Frost's story, One For the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation. Also includes the first three chapters from Jeaniene's story in The Bite Before Christmas anthology, as well as a sneak peak at ONCE BURNED, the first novel in the new Night Prince series. Ilona Andrews story, A Questionable Client, is a prequel to her award-winning Kate Daniels series. In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she find herself protecting a man against Russian wizards. Previously published in Dark and Stormy Knights. Also includes first two chapters of FATE'S EDGE, book 3 in the Edge series, and first two chapters of Magic Grieves, a Kate Daniels novella

Working as a Hound — tracing illegal spells back to their casters — has taken its toll on Allison Beckstrom. But even though magic has given her migraines and stolen her recent memory, Allie isn't about to quit. Then the police's magic enforcement division asks her to consult on a missing persons case. But what seems to be a straightforward job turns out to be anything but, as Allie finds herself drawn into the underworld of criminals, ghosts, and blood magic

My name is Raine Benares. I'm a seeker. The people who hire me are usually happy when I find things. But some things are better left unfound… Raine is a sorceress of moderate powers, from an extended family of smugglers and thieves. With a mix of street smarts and magic spells, she can usually take care of herself. But when her friend Quentin, a not-quite-reformed thief, steals an amulet from the home of a powerful necromancer, Raine finds herself wrapped up in more trouble than she cares for. She likes attention as much as the next girl, but having an army of militant goblins hunting her down is not her idea of a good time. The amulet they're after holds limitless power, derived from an ancient, soul-stealing stone. And when Raine takes possession of the item, it takes possession of her. Now her moderate powers are increasing beyond anything she could imagine—but is the resumé enhancement worth her soul? "An absolutely enjoyable read." C E Murphy

Я — обычный следователь, которую занесло в удивительный мир! Представьте себе Америку 30-х годов, с гангстерами, подкупными полицейскими, эльфийским кабарэ и игорными домами! Где-то играет эльфийский джаз! Да-да! Это тот самый Нуар! Разгул преступности, разборки между бандами, борьба за права эльфов, известный преступник — любитель эльфов, но не с той стороны Ларри Орк, маленькие камеры и куча денег, которые прямо и текут в мой карман! Я теперь самый известный адвокат, способный вытащить из тюрьмы хоть пьяного гнома, хоть известного преступника. А еще у меня есть проблемы с местным красавчиком прокурором. С которым мы делим постель и собираемся поделить недвижимость, доставшуюся нам по липовым документам!

Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost. Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack's shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there's little available in Atlanta. Kate can't bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they'll pay him in medicine. With the young people's survival and the Pack's future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they're heading straight into a trap… 

Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul’s magnificent Magic Seeds continues the story of Willie Chandran, the perennially dissatisfied and self-destructively naive protagonist of his bestselling Half a Life. Having left a wife and a livelihood in Africa, Willie is persuaded to return to his native India to join an underground movement on behalf of its oppressed lower castes. Instead he finds himself in the company of dilettantes and psychopaths, relentlessly hunted by police and spurned by the people he means to liberate. But this is only one stop in a quest for authenticity that takes in all the fanaticism and folly of the postmodern era. Moving with dreamlike swiftness from guerrilla encampment to prison cell, from the squalor of rural India to the glut and moral desolation of 1980s London, Magic Seeds is a novel of oracular power, dazzling in its economy and unblinking in its observations

Kate Daniels has quit the Order of Merciful Aid, but starting her own business isn't easy when the Order starts disparaging her good name. And being the mate of the Beast Lord doesn't bring in the customers, either. So when Atlanta's premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at the chance. Unfortunately, this is one case where Kate should have looked before she leapt

Sandry finds a dance-mage boy in Summersea, the twelve-year-old Pasco Acalon, the son and grandson of two police families (known as «harriers» in Summersea). When a rich trading family falls prey to a serial killer, she and Pasco must work together to stop the killer mages who have a deadly weapon — unmagic, which is the absence of magic and life

Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that's saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet

Using magic means it uses you back — and every spell exacts a price from the user. Some people, however, get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent, then Allison Beckstrom's job is to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune and the strings that come with it, but when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father's signature all over it she is thrown back into the world of his black magic

Cara Liu is determined to unite the forces under her leadership but when Nightkeeper Sven enters the scene, Cara has trouble separating her duty to her people from her desire for her ex-lover. Their secret affair will not only jeopardize a tenuous alliance among the Nightkeepers, but it also distracts them from a danger within their own ranks planning a vicious betrayal... Cara Liu must earn her place as the leader of the winikin, but her powerful feelings for Nightkeeper Sven could jeopardize the balance right when the winikin must become warriors to help the magi fight their increasingly powerful enemies. Sven tries to keep his distance given their troubled past, but when they are betrayed by one of their own, he can no longer deny the attraction. Their searing chemistry - and the danger - increases as they race to locate a hidden cave that could hold the key to resurrecting the Nightkeepers’ strongest ancestor. But their growing feelings face the ultimate test when the winikin army faces an unimaginable threat and Sven is called on to make the hardest choice of his life

For star-crossed lovers Nimira and Erris, there can be no happily ever after until Erris is freed from the clockwork form in which his soul is trapped. And so they go in search of the sorcerer Ordoria Valdana, hoping he will know how to grant Erris real life again. When they learn that Valdana has mysteriously vanished, it's not long before Nimira decides to take matters into her own hands-and begins to study the sorcerer's spell books in secret. Yet even as she begins to understand the power and limitations of sorcery, it becomes clear that freeing Erris will bring danger-if not out-and-out war-as factions within the faerie world are prepared to stop at nothing to prevent him from regaining the throne

In this book, the main character is Vaynel Ashkevron, the most powerful Herald-Mage to ever live. Vanyel, when he was younger, had a very powerful, untrained, mage gift. He didn't want anything to do with it, he'd much rather be a Bard, but something that strong in nature is very dangerous if left untrained. Savil, the most powerful Herald-Mage of Valdemar at the time & Vanyel's aunt took him from his family's estate and brought him back to Haven to be trained in his Gift. At Haven, Vanyel fell in love with a young man, a Herald-trainee named Tylendel. But something horrible happened and Tylendel dies. (I won't say how...you'll have to find out!) Vanyel is so grief-striken that he almost loses his mind. Then, as if by miracle, he is Chosen by Yfandes, the only full-grown Companion that hasn't chosen, that refused to choose anyone for over 10 years. She helps him overcome his grief. But another problem occurs, it soon becomes clear to Savil that not even she can train Vanyel with his Mage Gift. She must take him to the Tayledras that reside in the Pelagris Forest. There he learns to become a full Herald-Mage

In this book, Valdemar is in trouble. Karse, the religious/evil country to the South is waging a ruthless attack against Valdemar's borders. But more importantly, a dark Mage of unknown strength is preparing a final massing strike into Valdemar. Vanyel meets a young Bard named Stefen and falls in love with him. He finds out that not only is he in love, he is lifebonded, just as he and Tylendel were. Is this Tylendel's reincarnated soul? King Randale is near death from illness, so Vanyel has temporarily taken on most of the King's duties. As if this is not enough, all of the Herald-Mages are mysteriously being murdered off, one by one, until finally there is only Vanyel left. The dark master challenges Vanyel. He receives a vision in his dreams that reveals to his just what would happen if he and his companion Yfandes were to accept that challenge. If they should fail this fight, they will both be asked to pay the ultimate price. But if they flee, Valdemar will fall

In this book, Vanyel is 28 years old and is now the head of all the Herald-Mages in Valdemar. Vanyel has just returned to Haven from more conflicts on the Valdemar, Karsite border and deserves a rest. But, as it goes for most Heralds, the greater the Herald you are, the more you are needed. He needs to go visit his family, which is unfortunate since he and his family barely get along. While there, Yfandes receives a cry for help from a neighboring kingdom. Urged by this cry they go to investigate. They find a place that is in the middle of a Magical Holocaust. There they find Prince Tashir, a newly chosen Herald. This boy has a powerful Gift that he cannot control; Is he responsible for this Magic-made destruction? Find out

With the capital city of Ar the sway of the beautiful traitress Talena, a ruler placed in power by the Cosian invaders, Tarl Cabot and the Delta Brigade, the members of the underground force sworn to defeat Cos, must call upon the unique talents of master magician Boots Tarsk-Bit to recapture the precious Home Stone of vanquished Ar's Station. For snatching the Home Stone from the enemy's grasp may prove the vital ingredient in Tarl's desperate and deangerous compaign to rouse the people of Ar to fight on to regain their freedom from the hated foe

Zrodil se mág tak mocný, že proti němu jsou ostatní mágové jen varietní hudlaři, a sama jeho existence přivede Zeměplochu na pokraj panmagické války. Jediný, kdo mu stojí v cestě, je Mrakoplaš, nedostudovaný kouzelník, jenž chce zachánit svět, nebo alespoň tu část, na které se sám právě nachází. K zeměplošským hrdinům, které už známe se připojí další: Conina — barbarská kadeřnice, Nijel — ničitel (jehož matička stále dohlíží na to, aby nosil vlněné spodní prádlo), a pravděpodobně první městský džin, který podniká v mosazných lampách, kde by rád objevil prostor pro vlastní růst

Akcja pierwszego tomu rozpoczyna się w Bergen w Norwegii pod koniec XVII wieku. Tiril Dahl jest samotnym dzieckiem, które dorasta w cieniu ślicznej siostry Carli. Z czasem wokół obu sióstr zaczynają się dziać bardzo złe rzeczy. Tiril staje wobec niezwykle trudnego dylematu, jej życiu zagraża prawdziwe niebezpieczeństwo. Pomocną dłoń wyciąga do niej młody przedsiębiorca Erling, ale jednocześnie w jej otoczeniu pojawia się tajemniczy, budzący grozę Islandczyk. Jego imię brzmi Móri, ma on w życiu tylko jeden cel: stać się najpotężniejszym czarownikiem wszech czasów

Christa Lind z Ludzi Lodu została wybrana na matkę wyjątkowego dziecka. Gdy odpowiedni czas nadejdzie, podejmie ono walkę z samym Tengelem Złym. Ojczym Christy pragnął wydać ją za mąż za bardzo religijnego wdowca, Abla Garda. Abel był jednak dwa razy starszy od dziewczyny, poza tym miał siedmiu synów. Myśli Christy zajmował Lindelo, urodziwy chłopiec z biednej komorniczej rodziny. Tajemniczego Lindelo otaczała cudowna, mistyczna aura…

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Prisonniers de Blaine, le monorail fou lancé à pleine vitesse, Roland et ses compagnons filent vers leur destin et, espèrent-ils, la Tour Sombre, leur but ultime. Les épreuves ne font pourtant que commencer pour eux, puisqu’ils devront déjouer les pièges du train infernal pour affronter le Mal aux multiples visages — jusque dans leurs souvenirs et dans leurs rêves, peuplés de signes et de messages qu’ils sont bien en peine de déchiffrer. Ils savent qu’ils doivent protéger la Rose, réceptacle de tout ce que le monde compte encore de magique et de pur, et combattre l’odieux Roi Cramoisi. Les pistoleros ne sont pas au bout de leur quête… STEPHEN KING fait partie de ces écrivains qu’il n’est plus besoin de présenter. Carrie, Shining, Christine… autant de romans — et souvent de films — mondialement célèbres. Mais rien ne compte plus à ses yeux que le cycle de La Tour Sombre, son Grand Œuvre, une saga-fleuve monumentale dont il entama l’écriture alors qu’il était encore étudiant, et qui connaît enfin sa conclusion aujourd’hui