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Widely regarded as Sadegh Hedayat's masterpiece, The Blind Owl is the most important work of literature to come out of Iran in the past century. On the surface, this work seems to be a tale of doomed love, but soon basic facts become obscure and the listener realizes this book is much more than a love story. Although The Blind Owl has been compared to the works of Kafka and Poe, it defies categorization. By preserving the spirit as well as the structure of Hedayat's writing, this edition brings the English listener into the world of The Blind Owl as never before.

In his fiction, HG Wells explored various fantasy and science fiction sub-genres, from alien invasion narratives through time travel to dystopian tales. He was also an innovator and pioneer in matters of plot and style, as proven by the 33 short stories in The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. The tale of the title is about a mountaineer who discovers a secluded valley of blind people. When he tries to tell them about the sense of sight, they scoff and attribute it to an over-active imagination.

The city of Liebe is gone and Oscar presumed dead. With Tabby Miss Cakes adrift in a crumbling realm of myth and memory, she is not sure what’s real anymore—or if anything ever was. When Oscar reappears, inexplicably alive, the two stumble into a bizarrely wholesome world where animals sand horses, kindness is weaponised, and no one seems to notice the sky is falling.

Introducing a heroine unlike any other . . . FBI Agent Bernadette Saint Clare’s gift of second sight allows her to see things others can’t. But some things are better left unseen . . . The FBI has never known quite what to do with Agent Bernadette Saint Clare. Shortly after she’s placed at...

Introducing a heroine unlike any other . . . FBI Agent Bernadette Saint Clare’s gift of sight allows her to see things others can’t. But some things are better left unseen. Not always easy to work with, Agent Bernadette Saint Clare has been assigned and reassigned to FBI offices all over the...

An insidious curse is weakening the Norse kingdom of Saylok, where no daughters have been born in years. Washing up on these plagued shores is Ghisla, an orphaned stowaway nursed back to health by Hod, a blind cave dweller. Named for a mysterious god, Hod is surrounded by prophecy. To Ghisla, he’s a cherished new friend, but to Hod, the girl is much more. For when Ghisla sings, Hod can see.

I "Den blinde konge" fortsætter Cecilie Eken med at vride og dreje klicheerne fra eventyr- og fantasygenren til en sjov og spændende fortælling, der både rummer dramatiske sværdkampe, forrædderi, uhyrer og en indre dannelsesrejse for den hidsige, viljefaste hovedperson. Rygtet om Eriann og Vidars bedrift i Vestland har bredt sig, og det vælter ind med tilbud fra folk, der har brug for en stærk og modig helt med et magisk sværd.

When children go missing, and the Humans have no leads, I'm the one they call. I am their last hope in bringing home the lost ones. I salvage what they cannot. Crossing into Ogre country is dangerous when you're a polite, respectful gal. Which means we all know I'm in for a wild ride, despite the new backup I've brought along. Even when things start to go sideways, and enemies close on us from every side, I still believe we have the upper hand. How very blind can one person be when it comes to a salvage for a missing child? I'm about to find out.

Deep beneath the oceans of Ghyran, in kingdoms forgotten by gods and time and overlooked by the ravages of Chaos, the Idoneth Deepkin endure in bitter solitude. However, the Jade Throne of Briomdar sits empty, its long isolation threatened as never before in its history. The Everqueen’s warsong awakens the forests of both land and sea, and everywhere the diseased knights of Nurgle fight to the last foetid breath for the verdant Realm they claim as theirs. But for Prince Lurien this time of peril is one ripe with opportunity.

Je mehr der junge Garion über die Mission, die seine Gefährten und er übernommen haben, erfährt, desto mehr empfindet er sich als Belastung. Seine Freunde sind große Krieger, geschickte Diebe, mächtige Zauberer - und er ist scheinbar nur ein einfacher Junge vom Land. Mit Garion erschuf der New-York-Times-Platz-1-Bestsellerautor David Eddings in den 80er-Jahren eine neue Art des Fantasy-Helden: der vermeintlich einfache Junge, dessen Schicksal es ist, die Welt zu retten.

Justis Fearsson is a private investigator on the trail of a serial killer in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis is also a weremyste - a person with a wizard’s gifts and the ability to see into the paranormal world. Unfortunately, weremystes also tend to go crazy on the full moon - which is why Justis is no longer a cop. Hard to explain those absences as anything but mental breakdown. But now an old case from his police detective days has come back to haunt him, literally, as a serial killer known as the Blind Angel strikes again.

Um den Mann, den sie liebt, nicht zu verlieren, bleibt Kira nichts anderes übrig, als einen Deal einzugehen, der einmal mehr ihr eigenes Leben in Gefahr bringt. Doch in ihrer Verzweiflung greift sie nach diesem allerletzten Strohhalm, um das Unheil abzuwenden.

Medusa - Schwester, Opfer, Monster? Medusa wächst bei ihren Schwestern auf und merkt schnell, dass sie anders ist – eine Sterbliche in einer Familie von Göttern. Von ihrer Schönheit angezogen, bedrängt der Meeresgott Poseidon sie im Tempel der Athene. Die Göttin wähnt ihren Tempel entweiht und lässt ihre Wut an der Unschuldigen aus: Medusa wird in ein Monster mit Schlangenhaaren verwandelt, das kein Lebewesen mehr ansehen kann, ohne es zu Stein erstarren zu lassen. Aus Rücksicht verdammt Medusa sich zu einem Leben in der Einsamkeit.

In der Novelle "Blinde Liebe" wird über ein Königspaar berichtet. Nach langen Jahren bleibt das Paar immer noch kinderlos. Der König holt eine Fee an den Hof, die dies ändern soll. Die Fee aber verliebt sich in den König und möchte seine Frau werden. Der König kann dies nicht dulden und entlässt die Fee. Eines Nachts kommt die Fee jedoch unbemerkt an sein Bett und möchte ihn verführen. Der König will dies aber nicht.