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The Dragonbone Chair: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! Kitchen-boy Simon is bored, restless and 14 years old - a dangerous combination. It seems, however, that his life has just taken a turn for the better when he's apprenticed to his castle's resident wizard. As Simon's learning to read and write under Doctor Morgenes' tutelage, forces greater than he could possibly imagine are gathering: forces which will change Simon's life - and his world - forever.

Following a brutal civil war, Osten Ard has been crushed under the rule of the two villainous High Kings. A single hope remains: if the rebels can find the three swords of legend - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - they might be able to bring the Storm King and evil King Elias down. Once but a humble kitchen boy, Simon is now Simon Snowlock, dragonslayer and bearer of the mythical sword Thorn. But Simon is more alone than ever before: his friends have been imprisoned, and his liege lord, Prince Josua, has been exiled. And the Storm King may also be in possession of one of the swords....

International best-selling author Tad Williams talks to Audible about the newly published addition to his celebrated Osten Ard series, The Witchwood Crown. Delving into one of the most highly anticipated audiobooks of the year, Tad talks to us about his life as an author, his plans for the next few volumes of the fantasy saga and the various inspirations from which he draws when writing.

विश्व साहित्य के गौरव, अंग्रेजी भाषा के अद्वितीय नाटककार शेक्सपियर का जन्म 26 अप्रैल, 1564 ई. को इंग्लैड के रट्रैटफोर्ड-ओँन-एवोन नामक स्थान में हुआ l.

In order for the Storm King to cement his power over Osten Ard, he must find and defeat the rebel forces massing against him. But the rebels, led by the exiled Prince Josua, have rallied at the Stone of Farewell and are ready to fight the Storm King with every power they can muster. The key to their victory lies in finding the third sword of legend, Memory - but the sword has been lost for ages. Lost, that is, until Simon Snowlock realises that he knows exactly where the sword is and how to recover it. The only problem: an undead army, bolstered by powerful magic, lies between him and his destination.

Set a thousand years before the events of Williams' The Dragonbone Chair, the tale of Ineluki's tragic boast and what it brings is told by Pamon Kes, Hakatri's faithful servant. Kes is not one of the Sithi but a member of the enslaved Changeling race and his loyalty has never before been tested. Now he must face the terrible black dragon at his master's side, then see his own life changed forever in a mere instant by Ineluki's rash, selfish promise.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

The Hayholt is in flames. Once the home of the immortal Sithi, now capital of the kingdom of men, the fabled castle has been set ablaze by vengeful Norns. And as the world is distracted by this devastating attack against humankind, the Norns' deathless witch-queen Utuk'ku reaches out to seize the fateful, ogre-haunted valley called Tanakirú—the Vale of Mists. Fooled by the Norn Queen’s trickery, Simon and the Sitha Jiriki must now leave the burning castle behind to race to the forbidden valley.

Bobby Dollar ist ein Engel. Als Anwalt kehrt er hin und wieder herab zur Erde, um die Sterbenden gegen die Mächte der Hölle zu verteidigen und in den Himmel zu geleiten. Dieser Krieg zwischen Himmel und Hölle verschärft sich, als plötzlich eine dritte, unbekannte Macht auf den Plan tritt...

Bobby Dollar, der Engel und Anwalt der verlorenen Seelen, ist aus den Tiefen der Hölle zurückgekehrt. Er hat gegen alle himmlischen Regeln verstoßen, und das bedeutet Ärger. Wenn sich zu den mächtigsten Dämonen der Hölle einer der mächtigsten Engel des Himmels gesellt und sie daraufhin nichts lieber wollen, als Bobby an die Grenzen von Himmel und Hölle zu hetzen, dann heißt das mehr als nur Ärger. Seine Geliebte Caz befindet sich immer noch in den Fängen des Erzdämons Eligor, und Bobby wird nun von seinen letzten Freunden im Himmel fallengelassen. Doch Bobby wäre nicht Bobby, wenn er keinen Ausweg aus all dem Schlamassel wüsste.

Ein neuer Krieg zieht herauf in Osten Ard. König Simons und Königin Miriamels Verbündete haben einen Pakt mit der grausamen Nornenkönigin geschlossen. Jetzt steht dem Einmarsch der Elbenarmeen in die Königreiche von Osten Ard nichts mehr im Wege und auch die Völker des Reiches bekämpfen sich untereinander. Können Simon, Miriamel und ihre Freunde der Nornenkönigin auf ihrer Suche nach der Hexenholzkrone zuvorkommen und die sich abzeichnende Katastrophe verhindern? Und kann ihr Enkel Prinz Morgan noch rechzeitig Hilfe holen?

Otherland is civilisation's most stunning achievement: a private, multidimensional universe built by the greatest minds of the 21st century. But this most exclusive of places is also a jealously guarded secret, created and controlled by the Grail Brotherhood, a private cartel known to a few and made up of the world's most powerful and ruthless individuals. The purpose of Other is still a mystery. But it may not remain so for long. For a small band of adventurers has penetrated the secrecy that surrounds it and has broken into the amazing worlds with worlds it contains.

Southmarch Castle is about to be caught between two implacable enemies, the ancient, immortal Qar and the insane god-king, the Autarch of Xis. Meanwhile, its two young defenders, the king’s children Princess Briony and Prince Barrick, are both trapped far away from home and fighting for their lives. Barrick is lost behind the Shadowline, facing all the terrible dangers and mysteries of that magical twilight land.

Osten Ard ist in Aufruhr. Seit 30 Jahren regieren König Simon und Königin Miriamel über ihr Land mit Weisheit und Güte. Doch die dunklen Mächte sammeln sich um die Nornenkönigin und wollen sich Osten Ard untertan machen. Vor allem Prinz Morgan ist in Gefahr, denn die Feinde wollen seine Thronbesteigung verhindern und selbst an die Macht. Da ruft Simon seine alten Freunde zu Hilfe und Binabiq, Aditu, Jiriki und Jeremias treten mit ihm gegen die dunklen Mächte an.

Where does an angel go when he’s been to Hell and back? Renegade angel Bobby Dollar does not have an easy afterlife. After surviving the myriad gruesome dangers Hell oh-so-kindly offered him, Bobby has returned empty-handed – his demon girlfriend Casmira, the Countess of Cold Hands, is still in the clutches of Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell. Some hell of a rescue. Forced to admit his failure, Bobby ends up back at his job as an angel advocate.

Otherland. In many ways it is humankind's most stunning achievement: a private, multidimensional universe built over two generations by the greatest minds of the twenty-first century. But this most exclusive of places is also one of the world's best kept secrets, created and controlled by an organization made up of the world's most powerful and ruthless individuals, a private cartel known - to those who know of their existence at all - as The Grail Brotherhood.

Bobby Dollar, Anwalt der verlorenen Seelen und Engel auf Erden, wird von seinem Himmelsmentor in die Hölle geschickt. Er soll dort dem Sklavenhändler Rhipash eine kryptische Botschaft übermitteln. Das passt Bobby wunderbar, will er doch die Teufelin Caz wiedersehen, in die er sich unsterblich verliebt hat. So macht er sich auf zur Höllenpforte - um im Innern ein unvorstellbar großes Reich vorzufinden. Tagelang läuft Bobby von einem Höllenkreis zum nächsten, und endlich findet er Rhipash.

Der 2. Teil des 2. Bandes: Die Fortsetzung um das Schicksal von Osten Ard. Die Gefahr lauert von allen Seiten. Die alte und mächtige Nation der Nabban befindet sich am Rand eines blutigen Bürgerkriegs und die wilden Nomaden des Graslandes schließen sich zusammen, vereint in ihrem alten Hass auf alle Stadtbewohner. Aber während sich die Länder und Völker des Hochkönigtums untereinander in Streitereien und Intrigen ergehen, drohen Kampf, Blutvergießen und dunkle Magie sie selbst zu zerstören.

Die Fortsetzung der Fantasy-Saga um Osten Ard. Die Nornenkönigin streckt ihre Hand nach der sagenumwobenen Hexenholzkrone aus und der Schatten eines aufziehenden Krieges legt sich über Osten Ard. Um mehr über die Bedrohung durch die Nornen herauszufinden, schicken König Simon und Königin Miriamel schweren Herzens ihren Enkel Prinz Morgan zu dem alten Volk der Sithi. Wird er wohlbehalten zurückkehren? Und ist ein Krieg gegen die Nornen noch abzuwenden?

Bobby Dollar is an angel - a real one. He knows a lot about sin, and not just in his professional capacity as an advocate for souls caught between Heaven and Hell. Bobby’s wrestling with a few deadly sins of his own - pride, anger, even lust. But his problems aren’t all his fault. Bobby can’t entirely trust his heavenly superiors, and he’s not too sure about any of his fellow earthbound angels either, especially the new kid that Heaven has dropped into their midst, a trainee angel who asks too many questions.