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Die Schlacht ist verloren … Bis auf wenige Krieger wurde die Schwarze Kompanie vernichtend geschlagen. Auch die Lady vermutete man unter den Toten, doch sie hat über-lebt. Unbeirrt verfolgt sie ihren Plan und bündelt ihre Kräfte. Sie ist fest entschlossen, die Kompanie neu aufzubauen. Schon bald will sie sich ihrem größten Feind, dem Schattenmeister, entgegenstellen. Doch hierfür bedarf es weitaus größerer Kräfte als einem Söldnerheer. Um ihr Ziel zu erreichen, lässt sie sich auf eine Sekte ein, die beide Seiten fürchten. Sie beschwören eine alte Göttin herauf, denn das Jahr der Schädel steht kurz bevor … Das zweite Buch des Südens und fünfter Band der Dark Fantasy Reihe „Die Schwarze Kompanie“ von Glen Cook.

Glen Cook, the father of Grimdark, returns to the Chronicles of the Black Company with a military fantasy adventure in Port of Shadows. The soldiers of the Black Company don’t ask questions, they get paid. But being “The Lady’s favored” is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs--and the Company’s historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all. The one person who was taken into The Lady’s Tower and returned unchanged has earned the special interest of the court of sorcerers known as The Ten Who Were Taken. Now, he and the company are being asked to seek the aid of their newest member, Mischievous Rain, to break a rebel army. However, Croaker doesn’t trust any of the Taken, especially not ones that look so much like The Lady and her sister... The Chronicles of the Black Company #1 The Chronicles of The Black Company #2 The Books of the South #3 The Return of The Black Company #4 The Many Deaths of the Black Company

"The dystopian politics of 1984 meet the naval warship backdrop of The Last Ship in fantasy master Glen Cook's reissued first novel, available for the first time in decades. It is 2193, and still the war continues. Two hundred years after nuclear and chemical weapons have nearly annihilated the global population, the last of mankind struggles on in isolated communities. Law and order is carried out by the Political Office, black-clad police who rule through fear and violence, commanding the world's survivors how to think, how to act, and when to obey the call to the Gathering: the ritual massing for war against an unknown and unseen Enemy. Now the call has come, and all nations must pay tribute. Kurt Ranke is a young man eking out an existence in the ruins of former Germany with his pregnant wife. But when the Gathering is called, he boards the decrepit destroyer Jäger--a once-mighty warship now more than two centuries old. Antiquated, broken-down, and running on steam, it wallows through uncharted waters carrying Ranke and a reluctant and ragtag group of soldiers en route to the Final Meeting: a battle from which it's rumored none have ever returned . . . " -- Provided by publisher

The deliciously inspired patterns in this book have been designed to entice the senses whilst crocheting. From a swirling raspberry ripple to a warming gooseberry fool, with a smattering of summer fruit pudding along the way. Not only will fingers delight in creating such sumptuous designs, crocheters will almost be able to smell and taste the delectable treats. The patterns are designed with all skill levels in mind, from beginner to the more adventurous crocheter. The book is an excellent way to enhance skills by creating shawls with different stitches and shapes. Using the most delicious yarns from Cascade, there's something for every season.

Set against a backdrop of intergalactic conflict, the story unfolds as a long-standing vendetta ignites between a vengeful Sangaree alien and the Storm family, whose ancestors once liberated human slaves. As the alien's intricate plan for revenge unfolds, it triggers a clash of armies on a mysterious, fiery planet known as the Shadowline, intertwining themes of vengeance, legacy, and the consequences of past actions.

THE BLACK COMPANY TODESSCHATTEN Der zweite Teil der Fantasy-Serie von Bestseller-Autor Glen Cook Es sind dunkle, kriegerische Zeiten… Die Söldner der Schwarzen Kompanie kämpfen im Dienst ihrer finsteren Herrin gegen die geheimnisvolle Rebellenallianz „Die Weiße Rose“. Als Kompaniemitglieder ein stummes Mädchen retten, ahnen sie nicht, welches mystische Geheimnis das Kind verbirgt. Kann es einen Pfad zurück ins Licht geben, sogar für Männer wie sie? Doch um diese Frage zu beantworten, müssen sie zuerst überleben…

In the late nineteenth century it became clear to the British government that health hazards facing those serving in warmer climates, particularly West Africa, were unacceptable. This led to the origin of a new clinical specialty - tropical medicine. This book explores the origins and subsequent decline of tropical medicine.

This title features the author's own experiences of National Service as a medical conscript in the Royal Army Medical Corps, between 1960 and 1962, mostly in Lagos, Nigeria, where he was seconded into the Royal Nigerian Army as a junior medical specialist.