Max Gladstone píše o světě, kde se magie a právo prolínají, a zkoumá, jak lze moc a odpovědnost ovládat prostřednictvím složitých systémů. Jeho díla se zaměřují na témata spravedlnosti, magie a lidské povahy v kontextu nadnárodních korporací a starobylých božstev. Gladstone mistrně kombinuje napínavé zápletky s hlubokými filozofickými úvahami, čímž vytváří nezapomenutelné světy a postavy. Jeho jedinečný styl přitahuje čtenáře, kteří hledají promyšlenou a originální fantasy.
Agentura a Zahrada, dvě mocné říše, které spolu věky vedou nelítostnou válku. Jejich agenti cestují časem a přetvářejí vlákna dějin. I ten nejnepatrnější zásah může změnit osud celých civilizací a vytvořit novou, alternativní realitu. Když uprostřed trosek skomírajícího světa najde jedna agentka dopis od své protivnice se vzkazem „Před přečtením spal“, považuje ho za žert, za nastraženou past. Navzdory všem pravidlům však odepíše.
Korespondence, která byla míněna jako výsměch nepříteli, se postupně mění v něco hlubšího. V něco, co by mohlo změnit minulost i budoucnost. Začíná sled soubojů, pronásledování a setkání uprostřed světa plného boje a fantaskních proměn.
Odhalení vztahu mezi agentkami by pro obě znamenalo zkázu. Agentura i Zahrada touží zvítězit a nemilosrdně odstraní kohokoli, kdo by je mohl kompromitovat a ohrozit jejich cíl.
The Hugo Award is one of the most prestigious speculative fiction literary awards. Every year, supporting members of WorldCon nominate their favorite stories first published during the previous year to determine the top five in each category for the final Hugo Award ballot. Between the announcement of the ballot and the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon, these works often become the center of much attention (and contention) across fandom. But there are more stories loved by the Hugo voters, stories on the longer nomination list that WSFS publishes after the Hugo Award ceremony at WorldCon. The Long List Anthology collects 21 tales from that nomination list, totaling almost 500 pages of fiction by writers from all corners of the world. Within these pages you will find a mix of science fiction and fantasy, the dramatic and the lighthearted, from near future android stories to steampunk heists, too-plausible dystopias to contemporary vampire stories. There is something here for everyone.
Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point
to Max Gladstone's beloved fantasy epic. BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES
"Stunningly good. Stupefyingly good." —Patrick Rothfuss Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence chronicles the epic struggle to build a just society in a modern fantasy world. A god has died, and it's up to Tara, first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethres, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring Him back to life before His city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without Him, the metropolis's steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara's job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in. Her only help: Abelard, a chain-smoking priest of the dead god, who's having an understandable crisis of faith. When Tara and Abelard discover that Kos was murdered, they have to make a case in Alt Coulumb's courts?and their quest for the truth endangers their partnership, their lives, and Alt Coulumb's slim hope of survival. Set in a phenomenally built world in which lawyers ride lightning bolts, souls are currency, and cities are powered by the remains of fallen gods, Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence introduces readers to a modern fantasy landscape and an epic struggle to build a just society. For more from Max Gladstone, check out: The Craft Sequence Three Parts Dead Two Serpents Rise Full Fathom Five Last First Snow Four Roads Cross
Two time-travelling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters - and fall in love. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them.
From the co-author of the bestselling This Is How You Lose the Time War.
Gaiman's American Gods meets King's The Dark Tower in this electric,
captivating road trip across America and alternate realities to stop the
apocalypse, from a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author.
American Gods meets The Amber Chronicles: A hitchhiker wizard gathers her estranged friends to defend the world from her long lost lover--and the monsters that return with her. Imagine that the American highway system is a vast magical network binding city to city. By soaking up magic from intentionally directionless travel, initiates can slip into alternate realities. Stray too far from our America, though, and things get weird. And dangerous. And terrifying. When visionary mathematician Zelda Qiang was in college, she learned how to travel from one alternate reality to another. Her response was to take her friends on a road trip to strange new worlds. Six of them set out. Only five returned. Zelda's lover, Sal, betrayed them: she walked into the jags--sharp cutting shadows like cracks in space--and didn't come back. Now Zelda still walks the road alone, a wandering magus keeping the jags from breaking through. But now Sal is coming back--with Dark Things in tow.
Originally released as an e-serial, this book offers a unique reading experience that unfolds in episodic segments, allowing for suspense and engagement with the characters and plot. The format encourages readers to anticipate each new installment, creating a dynamic connection to the storyline. The narrative likely explores themes relevant to contemporary audiences, making it a fresh addition to the literary landscape.
Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladstone's Craft Wars, an epic fantasy like no other. A deadly force has been unleashed into the world. With apocalypse on the horizon, a girl and a god have joined in order to turn back the coming end. Young, brash, and desperate, they are willing to destroy anything and everything that stands between them and their goals. The structures of the Craft are theirs to overturn, with billions of lives in the balance. And it is all Tara Abernathy's fault. The battle for the world of the Craft is heating up. A dead god will rise. A mountain will fall. Ancient fire will be stolen. And while Tara races to stop Dawn's plans, the end draws ever closer, skittering across the stars to swallow the world. The Craft Wars enter their second stage in Wicked Problems.
'Smart, bold and so much fun . . . I'm officially a member of the Grace Curtis fan club' AMIE KAUFMAN The Grand Budapest Hotel in space, Floating Hotel is a hopeful story of misfits, rebels and found family, perfect for fans of Becky Chambers, Martha Wells and Aliette de Bodard. Welcome to the Grand Abeona Hotel: home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. Year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way. The last word in sub-orbital luxury - and a magnet for intrigue. Intrigues such as: Why are there love poems in the lobby intray? How many Imperial spies are currently on board? What is the true purpose of the Problem Solver's conference? And perhaps most pertinently - who is driving the ship? At the centre of these mysteries stands Carl, one time stowaway, longtime manager, devoted caretaker to the hotel. It's the love of his life and the only place he's ever called home. But as forces beyond Carl's comprehension converge on the Abeona, he has to face one final question: when is it time to let go? ** AUTHORS LOVE GRACE CURTIS ** 'A beautiful novel . . . You will turn every page hoping for one hundred more' HANNAH KANER 'Curtis oozes charm and humour' TAMSYN MUIR 'An absolute marvel' BETH REVIS 'A real treat' MAX GLADSTONE 'Bittersweet and breathtaking' JULES ARBEAUX 'Beautiful and clever, sad and hopeful, subtle and profoundly moving . . . A heartbreak and a hug' CLAIRE NORTH 'If you read one sci-fi novel this year, make it this one' KATE DYLAN ** READERS LOVE FLOATING HOTEL ** 'I was completely immersed ' Netgalley, Five Stars 'Made me laugh and tear up and restore a little hope in humanity' Netgalley, Five Stars 'Grace Curtis is a wonderful writer' Netgalley, Five Stars 'Unique and brilliant' Netgalley, Five Stars 'Deliriously divine' Netgalley, Five Stars
