Anna Stephensová píše drsnou epickou fantasy, jejíž příběhy se odehrávají v zemi Rilpor, kde prolitá krev zplodí bohy. Její díla jsou známá svým temným a brutálním pojetím světa, kde postavy často nacházejí násilné konce. Stephensová, která vždy toužila být spisovatelkou, dává přednost tvorbě vlastních světů před realitou a své čtenáře zve k prozkoumání těchto temných, ale poutavých vyprávění.
Bývaly časy, kdy zemi vládlo Rudé božstvo, představované Temnou paní a její
hordou toužící po krvi. Od té doby však uplynulo mnoho let a dvě sousedící
království, Mireces a Rilpor, setrvávají v křehkém příměří. K nepokojům
dochází jedině na hranicích, kde se rilporští strážci, známí jako Vlkové,
snaží svou zem a její obyvatele ubránit za každou cenu. Avšak rilporský král
Rastoth se po smrti své ženy – zdrcený a zranitelný – vydává mimo území
království. V horách však číhá krvelačný a chamtivý mireceský král Liris se
svou obávanou armádou…
'If you're a fan of the likes of Joe Abercrombie or George R.R. Martin, then
you'll be pleased to learn that Anna Stephens has joined this august pantheon
of lovingly horrible and deliciously dark writers' STARBURST
All that stands between Hela and control of Elizabethan England are two
legendary heroes and an army of Dark Elves, in this action-packed historical
adventure from Marvel's Legends of Asgard
Evil gods walk the land as armies prepare for war in the thrilling grimdark sequel to the fantasy debut Godblind. In the besieged city of Rilporin, Commander Durdil Koridam orders that the city’s people must fight to the last rather than surrender to the surrounding armies of the Mireces and their evil Red Gods. Outside Rilporin, the uneasy truce between King Corvus’s Mireces and the traitorous Prince Rivil’s forces holds, but the two armies are growing desperate to force a breach of the walls before the city’s reinforcements arrive. Meanwhile, prophet Dom Templeson reaches Rilporin: the Red Gods have tortured and broken his mind, and he ends up in Corvus’s hands, forced to tell all his secrets. And what he knows could win the war for the Mireces. Elsewhere, in Yew Cove, only a few survivors remain from a Rank of thousands of Rilporian warriors. Dom foresees the important role one of those survivors, Crys Tailorson, will take on as the events to come unfold. As Crys grows into his position as a leader, that role becomes clearer—and far darker. Will he be willing to pay the price to fulfill his destiny?
Fantastic Portmanteu novel featuring the Daughters of Khaine. Rising from the gloom-shrouded cults of Ulgu, the empire of the Daughters of Khaine now dominates the Realm of Shadow. These matriarchal witch-aelves are graceful masters of death who revel in spilling blood, and whose opposition to Chaos borders on mania. Proud governors of their own ruthless agendas, it is their devotion to Khaine, the ancient aelven god of murder, the Daughters seek to prove above all, and alongside it, the favour of his High Priestess, Morathi. To this end, a Khainite would bleed the realms dry in dedication to her cause. This portmanteau novel weaves together three brutal tales, each telling of a witch-aelf burdened by an impossible task: Trisethni of the Khailebron sect, Nepenora of the Kharumathi, and Vahis of the Draichi Ganeth. Whether by poisoned chalice, enchanted blade or razored whip-lash, these murderesses honour Khaine with gifts of slaughter to rival even their hag queens’. But faced with their most arduous trials yet, will remarkable skill in the art of war be enough to save them?
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