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Jedinečné spojení viktoriánského románu a dobrodružné fantasy z dračí říše, kde platí přísná společenská hierarchie. Ctihodní svobodní draci létají, loví, hromadí majetek, honosí se vznešenými tituly a pořádají dekadentní večírky v přepychových slujích. Otroci dřou v továrnách a služebnictvo má pevně svázaná křídla. A podobně jako u lidí, i mezi draky se intrikuje a soutěží o nejlepší podmínky ke snůškám vajec a výchově potomstva. Kdo v tomto boji klopýtne, je v rámci neúprosného přirozeného výběru nemilosrdně sežrán. Sloužící si nejsou jisti před svými pány, dračice před manžely a malá dráčata před rodiči… Vítejte ve světě, kde kus šťavnatého dračího masa má vyšší hodnotu než zlato.

Featuring new editions of acclaimed science fiction and fantasy works, this collection highlights titles recognized for their enduring significance. Each volume is introduced by a notable literary figure, providing insights and context that enhance the reader's experience. These carefully curated selections celebrate the genre's rich history and its influential narratives.

Twenty years have passed since the goddess Athene founded the Just City. The god Apollo is still living there, albeit in human form. Now married and the father of several children, the man/god struggles to cope when tragedy befalls his family. On the surface he handles his feelings in his stride; but it's evident that deep down he is unhinged with raw, human grief. Fuelled by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge, Pythias sets sail for the mysterious Eastern Mediterranean to find the man he believes may have caused him such great pain. What his expedition actually discovers, however, will change everything. From acclaimed, award-winning author Jo Walton: Philosopher Kings, a tale of gods and humans, and the surprising things they have to learn from one another. The follow up to The Just City [insert thumbnail]

From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jo Walton comes Lent, a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence—in all its astonishing strangeness Young Girolamo’s life is a series of miracles. It’s a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It’s a miracle that he’s friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It’s a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo “the Magnificent,” the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It’s a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. It’s a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. It’s a miracle that, despite the Pope’s determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, he’s still on the loose...and, now, running Florence in all but name. That’s only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who—or what—he thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling possible time. And this will be only the beginning of his many lives. "Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale." —N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, on My Real Children

DARK, ADDICTIVE, AWARD-WINNING ALT-HISTORY: THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION TO JO WALTON'S SMALL CHANGE TRILOGY

World Fantasy Award winner Jo Walton continues her alternate history of resistance in an England darkened by triumphant Fascism

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closests companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead.

What if you could remember two versions of your life?My Real Children is an alternate history, in which a woman with dementia struggles to remember her two contradictory lives. It's a book about life and love and choices and moonbases. The new novel from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others.

One summer weekend in 1949 — but not our 1949 — the well-connected "Farthing set", a group of upper-crust English families, enjoy a country retreat. Lucy is a minor daughter in one of those families; her parents were both leading figures in the group that overthrew Churchill and negotiated peace with Herr Hitler eight years before.Despite her parents' evident disapproval, Lucy is married — happily — to a London Jew. It was therefore quite a surprise to Lucy when she and her husband David found themselves invited to the retreat. It's even more startling when, on the retreat's first night, a major politician of the Farthing set is found gruesomely murdered, with abundant signs that the killing was ritualistic.It quickly becomes clear to Lucy that she and David were brought to the retreat in order to pin the murder on him. Major political machinations are at stake, including an initiative in Parliament, supported by the Farthing set, to limit the right to vote to university graduates.But whoever's behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn't reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts… and looking beyond the obvious.As the trap slowly shuts on Lucy and David, they begin to see a way out — a way fraught with peril in a darkening world.

From the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Among Others, an utterly original novel about how stories are brought forth.

""Here in the Just City you will become your best selves. You will learn and grow and strive to be excellent." " Created as an experiment by the time-traveling goddess Pallas Athene, the Just City is a planned community, populated by over ten thousand children and a few hundred adult teachers from all eras of history, along with some handy robots from the far human future--all set down together on a Mediterranean island in the distant past. The student Simmea, born an Egyptian farmer's daughter sometime between 500 and 1000 A.D, is a brilliant child, eager for knowledge, ready to strive to be her best self. The teacher Maia was once Ethel, a young Victorian lady of much learning and few prospects, who prayed to Pallas Athene in an unguarded moment during a trip to Rome--and, in an instant, found herself in the Just City with grey-eyed Athene standing unmistakably before her. Meanwhile, Apollo--stunned by the realization that there are things mortals understand better than he does--has arranged to live a human life, and has come to the City as one of the children. He knows his true identity, and conceals it from his peers. For this lifetime, he is prone to all the troubles of being human. Then, a few years in, Sokrates arrives--the same Sokrates recorded by Plato himself--to ask all the troublesome questions you would expect. What happens next is a tale only the brilliant Jo Walton could tell.

Winner of the 2011 Nebula Award and the 2012 Hugo Award, this novel presents a compelling tale of a young woman, Morwenna Phelps, who seeks to escape a troubled childhood. Raised by a half-mad mother involved in magic, Mori finds solace in two worlds: the spirits inhabiting the industrial ruins of Wales and the science fiction novels that become her closest companions. When her mother attempts to manipulate these spirits for dark purposes, Mori is forced into a magical confrontation that leaves her crippled and results in her twin sister's death. Fleeing to her estranged father, Mori is sent to a boarding school in England, devoid of true magic. There, feeling outcast and alone, she experiments with magic in hopes of finding friends. However, her actions attract her mother’s attention, leading to an inevitable reckoning. This narrative blends autobiography with imaginative elements, reminiscent of works like Jonathan Lethem's The Fortress of Solitude, showcasing the author's unique voice and brilliance. Recognized as one of School Library Journal's Best Adult Books for Teens and one of io9's best Science Fiction & Fantasy books of 2011, it promises to resonate with readers seeking depth and enchantment.

Sulian ap Gwien was seventeen when the Jarnish raiders came. Had she been armed when they found her, she could have taken them all. As it was, it took six of them to subdue her. She will never forgive them.Thus begins her story-a story that will take her to Caer Tanaga, where King Urdo struggles to bind together the squabbling nobles and petty princes into a unified force that will drive out the barbarians and restore the King's Peace.Ringing with the clash of arms, rich with high magic and everyday life, The King's Peace is an epic of great deeds and down-to-earth people, told in language with the strength and flexibility of sharpened steel.

Na de strijd die het koninkrijk Tir Tanagiri verenigd heft onder het banier van koning Urdo, is Sulien ap Gwien verheven tot Vrouwe van haar eigen gebied, terwijl haar heldendaden worden bezongen in het hele koninkrijk. Maar de vrede die zij en Urdo bevochten lijkt van korte duur en een burgeroorlog is onvermijdelijk. Sulien wordt wederom gedwongen het zwaard om te gorden. maar ditmaal komt ze tegenover vrienden en familie te staan in een grimmige strijd om Urdo's droom te kunnen behouden.

Sulien ap Gwien is zeventien als een groep plunderaars haar dorp overvalt, waarbij haar broer om het leven komt. Ze zweert dat ze zich op de daders zal wreken en gaat op pad om koning Urdo te zoeken. Urdo is druk doende alle opstandige edelen te herenigen door ze onder zijn banier te scharen, om zo zijn land te kunnen bevrijden van de plunderaars. Zo begint het verhaal van Sulien ap Gwien, die zich langzaam omhoog vecht in de rangen van de koning, tot ze naast hem staat in de strijd voor de Koningsvrede en haar naam bekend is in het hele land.

Edward Moon, Bühnenzauberer in einem heruntergekommenen Theater im Londoner East End, hat seine besten Tage hinter sich. Doch er hat eine erfüllende Nebenbeschäftigung gefunden: das Lösen von Kriminalfällen. Scotland Yard selbst bittet ihn und seinen Gehilfen, einen schlafwandelnden Giganten, um Unterstützung in einer schaurigen Mordserie. In der dunklen, geheimnisvollen Welt unter dem viktorianischen London treffen die beiden auf Hellseher, größenwahnsinnige Geheimbündler und eine Verschwörung epischen Ausmaßes. • In einem viktorianischen Zeitalter, einer Welt der Kirchenmänner und Könige, Ränkespiele und Intrigen: Nach dem Tod Agornins gerät die Familie in einen Erbschaftsstreit. Daverak, der mächtigste Magnat der Stadt, hat unrechtmäßig das Vermögen des Verstorbenen an sich gerissen und den Leichnam Agornins verspeist. Dessen Sohn Avan zieht Daverak vor Gericht und beschwört damit ein feuriges Duell herauf, das ihn und seine Familie in Lebensgefahr bringt – denn sie alle sind Drachen, bewehrt mit roten Fängen und Klauen …