K. J. Taylor Knihy

THE CONCLUSION TO K.J. TAYLOR'S "COMPELLING AND EXCITING" (SFFANZ) RISEN SUN TRILOGY Half-breed Queen Laela Taranisäii is in more danger than ever before. Her subjects hate her, her closest allies, including her griffin, have fallen, and, most worryingly, the Night God’s immortal assassin, The Shadow That Walks, is bent upon reaping vengeance. As her enemies close in on all sides, her methods of maintaining power increase in desperation—and violence. Laela’s half-brother, Kullervo, is supposed to be her strongest ally. But as he comes to terms with both who he is and what his sister’s reign means to the land, he begins to doubt his once strong loyalties. With the conflict drawing to its bloody close, he must decide what he’s truly prepared to fight for, a choice that could have dire consequences for all he once held dear. Meanwhile, a new threat is lurking in the darkness, the Night God’s final, deadly pawn. It is this shadow that will decide the outcome of the war—and its power that will seal the fates of all involved…

Mocní gryfové se spojili s lidmi a společně žijí v zemích Cymrie. Ale ne všichni gryfové jsou mírumilovní a ne všichni lidé jsou ochotní gryfy respektovat… Arren Cardockson to nemá v životě právě lehké. Pochází ze severu, z oblasti, jejíž obyvatelé byli kdysi podrobeni a zotročeni. Šťastnou náhodou se z něj stane gryfmistr, když si jej jeden gryf vybere za svého společníka. To Arrenovi sice přinese určité společenské postavení a váženost, ale přesto jím stále někteří opovrhují a chtějí se ho zbavit. * Mladý hrdina dostane nabídku chytit divokého gryfa, agresivního a zlého, který ohrožuje své okolí. Arren si potřebuje vydělat peníze, a proto se rozhodne úkol zvládnout sám, jen s pomocí své gryfí společnice Eluny. Ta je ale divokým gryfem zabita a Arrenovi se hroutí svět… * Ve své velmi zdařilé prvotině se Katie Taylor rozhodla vrátit zašlou slávu gryfům – dnes již trochu pozapomenutým fantasy tvorům. Povedlo se jí napsat zajímavý a napínavý příběh, v němž tragédie nečekaně spojila dva protivníky. Společně se vydávají na cesty a poznávají, že rozhodně ne vždy dobro vítězí nad zlem.

Arenadd Taranisäii, infamous leader of the Northern people, has vanished. Only his half-breed daughter Laela knows what happened to him. Left to rule her father’s Kingdom, Laela is all that stands in the way of the war her cousin Saeddryn wants to declare. But Laela faces a far more dangerous enemy: the Night God herself wants Laela dead. Faced by enemies on all sides, Laela must learn to rule, and survive, with her griffin partner Oeka by her side. As allies come from unexpected places, someone new will enter Laela’s life: the mysterious shapeshifter Kullervo. But soon the Night God will send the most dangerous enemy of all—the deadly Shadow That Walks, an invincible murderer created to fulfill only one mission: kill Laela.

In a world plagued by a spreading illness, Lyell Blackfletch, an elf ambassador, harbors a dark secret while navigating the tensions between races. The fire-loving dwarves face extinction, and the key to salvation lies with Fiorella, a human on the brink of discovering a cure. With Fiorella's life at stake, her friend Lavender, a gnome, must embark on a perilous journey to deliver the cure to the steam-powered city of Vaporcitta, highlighting themes of friendship, sacrifice, and the struggle for survival amidst adversity.

Although he was once chosen as a griffin's companion, Arren Cardockson was reviled, betrayed, and ultimately killed. Brought back to life by a power beyond his understanding, Arren flees for the frozen sanctuary of the North. With the man-eating griffin Skandar by his side, and an entire country hunting him, Arren has little hope of reaching the place of his ancestry and of lifting his curse. But then he comes across a wild woman who may hold the key to making his lifeless heart beat once more.

Escaping a fate worse than death to free his people, the Northerners, who have been enslaved for generations, Arren, promising his allegiance to the Night God, prepares an army in the shadows to destroy his nemesis once and for all. By the author of The Griffin's Flight. Original. 40,000 first printing.

Laela Redguard was born with the black hair of the Northern kingdom and the blue eyes of the Southern people, forever marking her as a hated half-breed child of both. When her only family tie is severed, the fierce and strong-willed Laela decides to leave her adoptive father’s home in the hopes of finding acceptance in the North, where the ruthless King Arenadd and the dark griffin Skandar rule. While Laela’s Northern features allow her to blend into the crowds of the King’s seat at Malvern, she cannot avoid falling victim to a pair of common thugs. When a stranger saves her life and gives her a place to stay, Laela is shocked to learn he is Arenadd himself—a man said to be a murderer who sold his soul to the Night God—the King without a heart. Arenadd is unsure what compels him to help this girl, but there is something about her that seems familiar, something he cannot remember—something that may rise up to banish the darkness forever…