Michael Reaves Knihy

Po letech čekání ve stínech zahajuje sithský lord Darth Sidious první fázi svého velkého plánu srazit Republiku na kolena. Významnou roli mají v jeho intrikách sehrát Neimoidiané z Obchodní federace. Avšak jeden z jeho nespolehlivých neimoidianských spojenců zmizí a Sidious ani nepotřebuje své Sílou vybroušené schopnosti, aby vytušil zradu. Poručí svému učedníkovi Darthu Maulovi, aby zrádce neprodleně dopadl a zajistil holokron, jenž v sobě skrývá tajemství, které může plán sithského lorda prozradit. Maul však přichází pozdě. Holokron a s ním i tajemství už má v rukou obchodník s informacemi Lorn Pavan, který se tak rázem ocitá na prvním místě seznamu Maulových cílů. Na útěku před Maulem se Lorn ve spletitých uličkách a stokách Coruscantu, hlavního světa Republiky, setkává s Darshou Assant, padawankou Jedi. Budoucnost celé Republiky nyní závisí na Darshe a Lornovi. Ale jak by mohli nezkušená Jedi a obyčejný muž, který nevládne Silou, doufat, že uniknou jednomu z nejnebezpečnějších lovců v celé galaxii?

Doyleův Sherlock Holmes patří po víc než sto let mezi nejznámější literární postavy. Po téměř stejnou dobu jitří makabrózní příběhy a horory Howarda Phillipse Lovecrafta (1870-1937) čtenářskou představivost děsivými pohledy do prostorů kosmického chaosu a nehynoucího zla. Co kdyby… se Doyleův nedostižný Velký Detektiv a jeho spojenci setkali tváří v tvář se záhadami, jejichž řešení se vymyká nejen logickému uchopení, ale popírá i zdravý rozum? V osmnácti povídkách od dvaceti předních a uznávaných autorů žánru hororu, detektivky, fantasy a science-fiction se v různých lokacích setkávají fiktivní světy Doyleova mistra racionální dedukce - Sherlocka Holmese - se surreálným universem hrůzných entit z Lovecraftova cyklu Mýtu Cthulhu. Přestože autoři byli limitováni tématem, jejich příběhy dosahují kvalit svých vzorů. Dokazuje to i fakt, že úvodní „Studie ve smaragdové“ od Neila Gaimana získala roku 2004 prestižní cenu Hugo za nejlepší SF povídku. Antologie Stíny nad Baker Street obsahuje podivné, ale úspěšné hybridy - potěší nejen čtenáře a znalce tradičních příběhů Sherlocka Holmese a makabrózních hororů z cyklu Mýtu Cthulhu, ale i ty, kteří si takový průnik nedokáží přestavit. Leč pozor - hluboko v R´lyeh se pohnul Velký Cthulhu… a profesor James Moriarty musí být určitě nablízku.

Joey Harker není žádný hrdina. Vlastně je to ten typ kluka, co zabloudí ve vlastním domě. Jenomže jednoho dne se Joey ztratil doopravdy. Vyšel prostě ze svého světa do jiné dimenze. To, že dokáže procházet mezi světy, z něj dělá cennou kořist hned pro dva mocné nepřátele – armády magie a vědy, které by udělaly cokoliv, aby si jeho schopnost podrobily. Když Joey pozná, čeho jsou schopny, udělá to jediné, co mu zbývá: přidá se ke své vlastní armádě, armádě Joeyů z různých dimenzí sdílejících stejnou tajemnou moc a odhodlaných zachránit svět… tedy všechny světy stejně jako všechny jejich možné dimenze. První vydání. V roce 2013 dotisk.

Joey Harker je hrdina. Sotva ovládl svou schopnost procházet mezi dimenzemi, pomohl zachránit Altiverzum před zkázou. Ale nepřátelské síly toužící ovládnout všechny světy – ty na vědecké bázi i ty magické – jsou tady pořád, takže mírotvorné poslání Mezisvětu ještě ani zdaleka není u konce. Když cizí dívka jménem Acacia udělá něco, co by mělo být nemožné, a sleduje Joeyho do základny v Mezisvětě, věci se ještě zkomplikují. Nikdo neví, co je Acacia zač, odkud přichází a jak je možné, že toho tolik ví o Mezisvětě. Joey a jeho přátele čekají dny plné nebezpečí. Skrývá se mezi nimi zrádce a jestli má mít Joey vůbec naději, že zachrání Mezisvět, multiverzum a svou výpravu, musí spoléhat na svou chytrost a možná – jen možná – i na tajemnou Acacii Jones. Stříbrnný sen je strhující pokračování románu Mezisvět o odvaze, věrnosti, cestování v čase i prostoru a budoucnosti mladého muže, který je mnohem schopnější, než si sám uvědomuje.

The second of a mass-market original Star Wars duology in which MAS*H meets the Clone Wars, as a small group of medics, including Jedi Bariss Offee, struggles to save lives amidst impossible circumstances. číst celé

The stand-alone sequel to The Shattered World chronicles the struggle between human magicians--led by the sorcerer Pandrogas and his lover, Amber--and the inhuman Chthons with their demon masters. All want total control over the fragments of the Earth, torn apart by the cataclysm unleashed by the Necromancer.

The Death Star is one of the great icons of the science fiction genre. Now veteran Star Wars authors Michael Reaves and Steve Perry join forces to tell the story of the Death Star, from the start of its construction to its final destruction at the hands of Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance. číst celé

"When the master of scares Jack Skellington has a dream about bringing his expertise in spookiness to the rest of the holiday worlds, he appoints Sally the official Halloween planner so he can spend his time on his newest invention. But as Sally coordinates with the Halloween Town residents, it becomes clear that something is very wrong. It's almost as if there's a secret doppelganger sneaking around behind her back! Can she get to the bottom of this mystery in time to save the celebrations?"--Back cover.

Publisher Annotation: In Disney's live-action film "Beauty and the Beast," Belle, a bright, beautiful, and independent young woman, is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she befriends the castle's enchanted staff and learns to look beyond the Beast's hideous exterior and realize the kind heart and soul of the true Prince inside. Soft, warm, bright colors show Belle's optimistic view of the world in this full-color manga-style graphic novel, which explores Belle's innermost thoughts as she learns that true beauty comes from within.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the infamous, power-hungry Sith, beholden to the dark side, the time has come to rise again. “Full of lightsaber battles, the Jedi philosophy, and lots of new life-forms.”—Chicago Sun-Times After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down. But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of Darth Maul’s hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?

Kilala was an ordinary girl living an ordinary life, until a magical tiara and a miraculous portal led her on an incredible journey through the worlds of her favorite Disney princesses, and gave her the strength she needed to save a kingdom and become a true princess. But being a princess isn't easy, and Kilala's tiara sends her on a new quest... this time to ancient China's greatest warrior, Mulan!Bandits are storming the countryside, and Mulan and Shang are on an imperial mission to help the villagers relocate to safer grounds. Kilala and her friends stop to help, but when they're overpowered by a team of bandits they must all work together to free themselves.

After the Empire's bloody purge of the Jedi, one lone Knight still fights for those who cannot, unaware that he's about to be swept into a cataclysmic battle against the Master of Darkness himself.Throughout the galaxy, a captured Jedi is a dead Jedi, even in Coruscant's most foul subterranean slums, where Jedi Knight Jax Pavan champions the causes of the oppressed with the help of hard-nosed reporter Den Dhur and the wisecracking droid I-5YQ. But Jax is also involved in another struggle--to unlock the secrets of his father's death and his own past.While Jax believes that I-5YQ holds some of those answers, he never imagines that the truth could be shocking enough to catapult him to the frontlines of a plot to kill Emperor Palpatine. Worse yet, Darth Vader's relentless search for Jax is about to end . . . in triumph. The future looming over the valiant Jedi and his staunch pals promises to be dark and brief, because there's no secret whatsoever about the harshest truth of all: Few indeed are those who tangle with Darth Vader . . . and live to tell the tale.

Adapted from Disney's live-action film Beauty and the Beast, presents the classic fairy tale of a young woman who falls in love with her captor, the Beast, from her point of view.

SOME GAMES ARE PLAYED FOR LIFE OR DEATH. Javul Charn is the most famous pop star in the galaxy—and the runaway bride of a violent lieutenant in Black Sun, the crime syndicate commanded by Prince Xizor. Or so Javul says. Soon after Dash Rendar, broke and desperate, agrees to be Javul’s bodyguard, he realizes that openness is not her strong suit—and that murder is stalking her tour. Between the discovery of dead bodies in a cargo hold and an attack by an unidentified warship, Dash and co-pilot Eaden Vrill desperately try to understand who is terrorizing Javul’s tour and why. When Han Solo suddenly joins Javul’s road show, the stakes are raised even higher. Now Dash, who has a history with Han and an even worse history with Prince Xizor, follows his instincts, his discoveries, and Javul herself—straight into a world that may be too dangerous to survive.

After years of waiting in the shadows, Darth Sidious is taking the first step in his master plan to bring the Republic to its knees. Key to his scheme are the Neimoidians of the Trade Federation. Then one of his Neimoidian contacts disappears, and Sidious does not need his Force-honed instincts to suspect betrayal. He orders his apprentice, Darth Maul, to hunt the traitor down. But he is too late. The secret has already passed into the hands of information broker Lorn Pavan, which places him right at the top of Darth Maul's hit list. Then, in the labyrinthine alleyways and sewers of Coruscant, capital city of the Republic, Lorn crosses paths with Darsha Assant, a Jedi Padawan on a mission to earn her Knighthood. Now the future of the Republic depends on Darsha and Lorn. But how can an untried Jedi and an ordinary man, stranger to the powerful ways of the Force, hope to triumph over one of the deadliest killers in the galaxy?

A novel of healers in wartime, in which a unit of medics struggles against the worst possible circumstances to save lives as the Clone Wars rage around them. With a special appearance by Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee, who will gain her Knighthood in the course of this exciting duology. A little of M*A*S*H, a little of ER, a lot of Star Wars! A must-read for everyone who saw STAR WARS: ATTACK OF THE CLONES and looks forward to seeing STAR WARS: EPISODE III!

While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . . The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids’ durasteel. Nowhere is this point more painfully clear than in the steaming Jasserak jungle, where the doctors and nurses of a small med unit face an impossible situation. As the dead and wounded start to pile up, surgeons Jos Vandar and Kornell “Uli” Divini know that time is running out.Even the Jedi abilities of Padawan Barriss Offee have been stretched to the limit. Ahead lies a test for Barriss that could very well lead to her death–and that of countless others. For the conflict is growing–and for this obscure mobile med unit, there’s only one resolution. Shocking, bold, unprecedented, it’s the only option Jos and his colleagues really have. The unthinkable has become the inevitable. Whether it kills them or not remains to be seen.

With the Jedi all but wiped out in the grim aftermath of Order 66, the Empire’s power seems unchecked. But one lone Knight continues to fight the good fight–against all odds and when all else fails.Deep in the bowels of Coruscant, Jedi Jax Pavan ekes out a living as a private investigator, a go-to, can-do guy for the downtrodden. Now a mysterious Zeltron knockout named Deejah approaches Jax with a case that needs to be cracked: to find out who killed her artist lover Volette, brutally murdered hours after his triumphant unveiling of a dazzling new light sculpture with obvious links to lightsaber pyrotechnics.Finding Volette’s killer won’t be easy–too many secrets, too many suspects, and all kinds of motives. But with the droid I-5YQ’s help, and ex-reporter Den Dhur’s excellent snooping skills, the investigation is soon operating like a well-oiled machine.Unfortunately, there’s a far more efficient machine hunting Jax. It’s a deadly game of cat-and-mouse as the clock starts ticking toward the final explosive showdown . . . to see who strikes first and who will die first.

Metaphysics: The Basics is a concise and engaging introduction to the philosophical study of the world and universe in which we live. In this lively and lucid book, Michael Rea examines the issues that philosophers have raised about time, identity, change and the very nature of existence.

With the dark ascension of the Empire, and the Jedi Knights virtually wiped out, one Jedi who escaped the massacre is slated for a date with destiny-and a confrontation with Darth Vader.Jax Pavan is one of the few Jedi Knights who miraculously survived the slaughter that followed Palpatine's ruthless Order 66. Now, deep in Coruscant's Blackpit Slums, Jax ekes out a living as a private investigator, trying to help people in need while concealing his Jedi identity and staying one step ahead of the killers out for Jedi blood. And they're not the only ones in search of the elusive Jax. Hard-boiled reporter Den Dhur and his buddy, the highly unorthodox droid I-5YQ, have shocking news to bring Jax-about the father he never knew. But when Jax learns that his old Jedi Master has been killed, leaving behind the request that Jax finish a mission critical to the resistance, Jax has no choice but to emerge from hiding-and risk detection by Darth Vader-to fulfill his Master's dying wish.Don't miss the continuing adventures in the Coruscant Nights series, coming this Fall!

The conclusion to the bestselling InterWorld trilogy, from Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves, is now in paperback! Joey Harker never wanted to be a leader. But he's the one everyone is looking to now that FrostNight looms, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between. Eternity's Wheel is the heart-pounding concluding book in the InterWorld trilogy, full of time and space travel, magic, science, and the bravery of a young boy who must now face his destiny as a young man.

They watched in horror as humanity destroyed itself in a nightmare of biological warfare. Now they are trapped in the Dome--an underwater laboratory off the coast of Hawaii.Scientists. Technicians. Bureaucrats. And the special ones, recipients of an advanced technology--as much machine as human, or more animal than man. They are the citizens of the Dome. Sentenced to the endless night of the ocean floor. Safe from the virus-ravaged surface. They are humanity's last chance...

From New York Times bestselling author Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, a new private detective series featuring Gina Tinkerbell Miyoko, who must go undercover in the Mexican jungle to hunt down a mysterious antiquities dealer.

Simple blocus de la planète Naboo : voilà l'opération que Dark Sidious, le Seigneur Noir de Sith, a proposée aux Neimoidiens. Pour une galaxie, une guerre locale, un abcès de fixation. Et un piège minutieusement tendu : s'il fonctionne, la république s'effondrera, entraînant la galaxie dans sa ruine. Mais un des Neimoidiens fait faux bond : Dark Sidious flaire la traîtrise et envoie son champion. Dark Maul, traquer le félon, qui a un cristal à vendre avec toutes les informations qu'il contient : l'acheteur pressenti ne sait pas que cette seule transaction le mettra sur la liste des gens à éliminer ! Et l'ombre de Dark Maul, le chasseur noir, se profile au loin... plus près... plus près...

Der Weg aus den Schatten führt über das Licht. Jax Pavan ist einer der wenigen Jedi-Ritter, die wie durch ein Wunder Palpatines Order 66 überlebt haben. Tief unten, in den zwielichtigen Slums von Coruscant, schlägt er sich nun als Privatdetektiv durch. Während er versucht, Menschen in Not zu helfen und dabei seine Jedi-Identität zu verschleiern, setzt er alles daran, den Häschern des Imperators immer einen Schritt voraus zu sein. Doch als Jax vom Tod seines alten Meisters erfährt und eine beschwörende letzte Nachricht von ihm erhält, bleibt ihm nichts anders übrig, als die trügerisches Sicherheit der Schatten zu verlassen und das Vermächtnis seines Meisters zu ehren – auch wenn dies bedeutet, dass die Schergen der Dunklen Seite der Macht nun seine Fährte aufgenommen haben …

Nach der fast vollständigen Vernichtung der Jedi durch Palpatines Order 66 scheint die Macht des Imperiums nahezu grenzen - los zu sein. Doch ein einzelner Überleben - der stemmt sich gegen die Übermacht und nimmt den Kampf gegen die Schreckensherrschaft wieder auf… Tief in den düstern Häuserschluchten von Coruscant versucht sich der ehemalige Jedi-Ritter Jax Pavan als Privatdetektiv durchzuschlagen. Als ihn die mysteriöse Zeltron Deejah anheuert, um den Mord an ihrem Geliebten aufzuklären, ahnt Jax noch nicht, auf welches gefährliche Spiel er sich da einlässt. Schon bald gerät er bei seiner Suche nach dem Mörder in ein Netz aus Intrigen und Verrat. Zum Glück stehen ihm der Droide I-5YQ und der ehemalige Reporter Den Dhur eisern zur Seite. Jax kann jede Hilfe gebrauchen, denn während er Jagd auf den Killer macht, hat sich der effektivste Schlächter des Imperiums bereits unbemerkt an die Fersen des Jedi gesetzt …

Somewhere beyond the northern mists lies a land where dreams live and dragons are real. This is the tale of the twilight of the dragons, of two nations plunged into war by a tragic misunderstanding, of a shy dreamer's incredible voyage of peace to a long-forgotten land where nightmares are born. A magnificient creation, a sweeping epic of high fantasy set in a richly imagined world, vividly brought to life with over eighty pages of stunning illustrations by Joseph Zucker.

Fées, Irlande, miniatures, inspiration, Majipoor, hyperespace, temporalités, télé-réalité, éthérisateur, fantômes malades, steampunk, infra-rouge, rocher, 666, matin du monde, Arcadie, imaginaire du Golfe, ivoire, Brassens, Mabuse, Calabi-Yau, masque mortuaire, paléozoïque...