Alex Pheby Pořadí knih

Nathan Treeves is dead, murdered by the Master of Mordew, his remains used to create the powerful occult weapon known as the Tinderbox. His companions are scattered, making for Malarkoi, the city of the Mistress, the Master's enemy. They are hoping to find welcome there, or at least safety. They find neither - and instead become embroiled in a life and death struggle against assassins, demi-gods, and the cunning plans of the Mistress. Only Sirius, Nathan's faithful magical dog, has not forgotten the boy, and, bent on revenge, he returns to the shattered remains of Mordew, newly deformed into an impossible mountain, swarming with monsters. He senses something in the Manse at its pinnacle - the Master is there, grieving the loss of his manservant, Bellows - and in the ruins of the slums he finds a power capable of destroying his foe, if only he has the strength to use it. So the stage is set for battle, sacrifice, magic and treachery in the stunning sequel to Mordew. ...Welcome to Malar

Temná fantasy britského autora je první knihou série, která uvádí na scénu nedospělého hrdinu v neutěšeném městě Mordii. V chudinské čtvrti nebohého města zničeného mořem žije s rodiči chlapec Natan Treeves. Vydělává si sbíráním a prodejem pokladů z Živoucího bahna. Jako jiní chlapci hledá kouzelné položivé tvory, kteří se v něm rodí. Není to šťastný život, ale může být i horší - jednoho dne matka Natana prodá tajemnému Pánovi. Pán je mistrem magie a vládcem Mordie. Udržuje město v chodu pomocí komplikovaných mechanických strojů, přesto však Mordii sužuje neustálé vlhko, slaná mořská tříšť proniká zdmi přístavních domů a ulice skrápí vytrvalý déšť. Moc Pána z Mordie je velká, nikoli však nekonečná. To pozná, když se setká s Natanem. Navzdory strachu a chudobě vládne chlapec větší silou, než jakou kdy Pán poznal. Tak začne Pán spřádat zákeřné plány. Nathan musí čelit zradám, tajemstvím i pomstychtivému městu, kde vládne temnota. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

Alex Pheby's extraordinary novel takes us inside the darkness of Lucia Joyce - gifted dancer, lover of Samuel Beckett, daughter of James - who spent her last thirty years in an asylum. Since her death her voice has been silenced, her correspondence burned and her story shrouded in mystery. In sharp, cutting shards of narrative this novel evokes the things that may have been done to Lucia, for her and against her. Yet while it tells these stories in vivid and heart-breaking detail, it also questions what it means to recreate a life.

Paul Schreber is a man who wants to go home - but can't. He is a man stymied by an illness he doesn't understand - and sometimes doesn't even know he has. He has to deal with past traumas, a disintegrating family, his own fantasies of persecution - as well as the very real forces marshalled against him. As Playthings delves deeper into Schreber's disturbed mind, the book also unearths the roots of the great ills in the 20th century, the psychological structure of fascism, the cancer of anti-Semitism, and the abuse of institutional power.