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Kay aims to stop Thorgisl from obtaining Esch. Meanwhile Galfride has discovered the twenty-first century and wants his boyhood friend Ian back. Kay's son and daughter seem to him a barrier which puts them in danger. Between keeping the power stone she saved from greedy mages of medieval Earth and protecting her kids, Kay is again pulled between times, but she has a new ally, a witch of ancient Cornwall who slipped through the portal into her neighborhood.

A sweeping and suspenseful novel of love and war, set in Japan during the final days of World War II, with a shocking historical premise: three atomic bombs were actually delivered to the Pacific—not two—and when one of them falls into the hands of the Japanese, the fate of a couple that has been separated from one another becomes entangled with the fate of this strange new device.

No Easy Deeds is neither a time travel novel nor a rom-com, but it cleverly blends elements of both genres. Genuinely funny, nostalgic, and occasionally touching, it’s another gem of a story from the bestselling British author, Keith A Pearson.

"El verano en que cumplió quince años, Melanie descubrió que era de carne y hueso". Con este arranque empieza La juguetería mágica, una de las mejores y más célebres obras de Angela Carter: una novela iniciática sobre el despertar a los misterios del cuerpo y del alma y sobre el siempre violento descubrimiento de ese reino del caos y lo inesperado que es la vida. Una noche, Melanie camina por el jardín con el vestido de boda de su madre y, a la mañana siguiente, todo su mundo se ha hecho añicos. Así de simple, así de inconcebible.

Una misteriosa explosión perturba el silencio y la tranquilidad que caracterizan a la Barranquilla del siglo XXII. Un edificio es destruido y, en sus cimientos, aparece el cuerpo del doctor Juan Francisco Rogers que despierta tras doscientos años de hibernación. Esta novela de 1932 es una de las obras menos recordadas de Osorio Lizarazo y una de las primeras incursiones de la literatura colombiana en el género de la ciencia ficción.

In a future where the U.S. has splintered into new nations, the Atlantic Coalition and Pacific Federation strive for equity and sustainability, while the original U.S. grapples with the consequences of traditionalism and deregulation. From the ashes of environmental and economic collapse, can a new form of democracy rise? Follow the intertwined destinies of Gov. Robert Callahan, Justice Marisol Reyes and Sen. Charlie McBride as they navigate this splintering and what follows.

Московский студент-юрист из современности меняется телом с таким же студентом из 1982 года, получившим распределение в органы внутренних дел. Не просто попал, а влип по уши. Информации о предшественнике — ноль. Надо как-то выжить и приспособиться, не выделяться, не дать заподозрить окружающим, что он изменился в корне, найти своё место в "обществе развитого социализма". А ещё раскрыть жуткое преступление с убийством четырёх человек.

Raised and marked as a bastard human, she is as surprised as the rest when blood tells and her dragon roars. Trin has been raised with the knowledge that her parentage was unknown and she was human. Those two items were the cornerstone of her existence. An altercation at a baby shower leads to her discovering another side to herself. That side was big, crystalline, and caused the other dragons in her vicinity to bow their heads. Defending her friend had led her into this new shape, and now, she was stuck with it.

La conquista de México ha terminado, y Juan de Toñanes es uno de tantos soldados sin gloria que vagan como mendigos por la tierra que contribuyeron a someter. Cuando recibe una última misión, dar caza a un indio renegado a quien apodan el Padre y que predica una peligrosa herejía, comprende que puede ser su última oportunidad para labrarse el porvenir con el que siempre soñó.

Rooted in deep research and told through the fates of three real-life historical figures including the English American political activist Thomas Paine, the French Revolution's leading radical journalist Camille Desmoulins, the Machiavellian politician Joseph Fouché, and the women who stirred these radicals, Children of Saturn continues the literary tradition advanced by Hilary Mantel, promising listeners a thrilling ride and an all-encompassing understanding of one of the most important watershed events in world history.

Пожилой ветеран умирает в 2014 году, но его сознание возвращается в него самого на 77 лет назад, в теперь уже такой далекий 1937 год. У него появился шанс прожить свою жизнь заново, вот только как? Можно просто тупо ее повторить, не делая никаких попыток изменить ход времени и судьбы, а можно попробовать все кардинально изменить. Можно попробовать спасти свою большую семью, из которой во время блокады Ленинграда выжили только он и его двоюродная сестра.

The close-knit community on Unholy Island is protected by ethereal wards, keeping the unusual residents and their secrets safe from prying eyes. But the island is more than a sanctuary for the magically-inclined and the not-quite-human, and when the mayor goes missing, the ramifications threaten the whole world…

Он свою войну прошел. От и до. Начал в сорок первом, закончил в сорок пятом в Берлине. Но судьба дает ему второй шанс. Зачем? За ответ придется заплатить кровью. И своей, и чужой.

Старший лейтенант пограничных войск Туманов из лета 1985 года попадает в суровую зиму 1907 года в захолустный сибирский городок. Обдумав своё положение, он понял, что правду о себе никому рассказывать нельзя, никто не поверит, и, скорее всего, остаток жизни пройдёт в палате сумасшедшего дома. Единственный выход — сослаться на потерю памяти, а дальше... Ведь все умения, навыки и привычки — при нём, а это такой козырь! Обладая природной смекалкой и используя свои знания, Туманов легализуется в условиях царской России и поступает на военную службу, где делает головокружительную карьеру.

In Pillars of Fire, Ray Bradbury presents a gripping tale that intertwines themes of faith, doubt, and the quest for truth. Set against a backdrop of political and social upheaval, the story follows a group of individuals grappling with the impact of a devastating event that challenges their beliefs and perceptions of reality. Bradbury's characteristic lyrical prose immerses readers in a world where the boundaries between the sacred and the profane blur.

NATO Counterstrikes…and Western tanks storm into Germany. Can they break the Warsaw Pact? With the Soviet conquest of Germany nearly complete, the alliance falters. NATO scrambles to salvage the situation before it’s too late. American and Korean forces must hold the line. But can reinforcements arrive before it’s too late?

Fresh off his victory in the 1980 Presidential election, Jimmy Carter works with his National Security team to not only defend Western Europe, but prevent this war from going nuclear. Can they stop the escalation? Soldiers from east and west clash in battlefields across the world. Conflicts rage across Central America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Just before the Tet Offensive changes the dynamic in Vietnam, before President Johnson announces he will not run for reelection, before the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, as riots and protests rage across the nation, a spy ship, the USS Pueblo, is captured by communist forces off the coast of North Korea. The crew thought they had destroyed everything of intelligence value. They were wrong.

In the shadows of Jacobean London, a conspiracy far deeper than gunpowder and treason unfolds. As Guy Fawkes awaits his fate in the Tower, unseen forces pull at the threads of reality itself. The thirty pieces of silver that enticed the betrayal of Christ now scattered across the globe, each coin a power to destroy. Enter Investigator Thomas Blackwood, John Dee, the Queen's own magician, and Christopher Marlowe, playwright and spy, thrust into a quest that will challenge everything they believe.

The Soviets invade Afghanistan, and the governments of Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev jockey for position on the international stage. CIA operative Fred Poole races against the clock to decode the pieces of a Soviet puzzle that could lead to war.