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A posthumous recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement, Marion Zimmer Bradley reinvented—and rejuvenated—the King Arthur mythos with her extraordinary Mists of Avalon series. In this epic work, Bradley follows the arc of the timeless tale from the perspective of its previously marginalized female characters: Celtic priestess Morgaine, Gwenhwyfar, and High Priestess Viviane.

Five days after Owen Zastava Pitt pushed his insufferable boss out of a 14th story window, he woke up in the hospital with a scarred face, an unbelievable memory, and a job offer. It turns out that monsters are real. All the things from myth, legend, and B-movies are out there, waiting in the shadows. Some of them are evil, and some are just hungry. Monster Hunter International is the premier eradication company in the business. And now Owen is their newest recruit.

Trevor Anderson, a Summoned from Earth with the Power of Inventory, has been leveling up solely through courier quests. Now he’s looking for something more. With wanderlust calling him to action, it’s time to cross borders and see what lies beyond. But this new world isn’t just a beautiful place; it’s also full of dangerous animals and monsters never before heard of on Earth. With the help of friends both old and new, Trevor will leave his comfort zone to see if he has what it takes to become an adventurer.

All Trades, Inc. had cemented itself as the biggest and best business around. If you wanted armor, weapons, potions, or anything else you might possibly need on an adventure, nobody did it better. Unfortunately, a company in the real world took notice and decided they wanted what Jack had. When he said no, things turned ugly.

Harmon Cooper presents Book 8 in the Cherry Blossom Girls series.

What if I told you that heroes lived among us, that a US government agency had grown these super powered children in labs, raising them to be super soldiers? What if the technology got out? What if the tech made it all the way to Asia? You probably wouldn't believe me. You would probably would tell me that I was crazy, or that I was some type of conspiracy theorist, that there was no way that a person could turn themselves invisible, or teleport, or morph into a terrible monster. But you would be dead wrong.

Zbiór fantastycznych opowieści odwołujących się do dawnych podań oraz legend. Dzięki tej fascynującej lekturze poznamy wiele ciekawych, intrygujących i barwnych postaci, takich jak wiedźma Ksantypa, straszliwy Duch Gór, diabły Asmodeusz i Zarostros, ale także piękna Grzymisława, tatarska księżniczka Sulejka czy waleczny rycerz Blizbor. Co ciekawe, nawet negatywni bohaterowie – demony i upiory – nie zawsze okazują się postaciami po prostu złymi.

Countess Alessandra Zorzi, international adventurer and thief, arrives in Arkham pursuing an ancient body freshly exhumed from a mound in Oklahoma, of curious provenance and peculiar characteristics. But before she can steal it, another party beats her to it. During the resulting gunfight at the Miskatonic Museum, the countess makes eye contact with the petrified corpse and begins an adventure of discovery outside her wildest experiences.

La sensata y tranquila Ariel Salazar, conservadora del Archivo de Indias de Sevilla, recibe inesperadamente la visita del encantador buscador de tesoros Darrell McKay, que pretende localizar los restos hundidos de un mítico galeón español, el Santa Bárbara. Su curiosidad la incita a aceptar ayudarlo en una búsqueda que se convertirá en una peligrosa aventura contrarreloj que los llevará desde las calurosas calles de Sevilla a la exótica Estambul, y en la que descubrirán que incluso dos personas tan diferentes como ellos pueden llegar a sentir una atracción insospechada.

¡Cuánto misterio nos reserva la vida! ¡Cuántos mundos y planos conviven en este planeta! "Crónicas paranormales" es una investigación atrapante sobre muchos casos que resultan inexplicables para la ciencia y la religión tradicionales. Se trata de premoniciones, historias de vampiros, comunicaciones con los muertos y otros fenómenos más allá de la percepción habitual.

Rakastetun fantasiatrilogian huikea päätös. Maailma on vääjäämättä kulkemassa kohti pitkää talvea. Vain vanhojen mahtien suojeluksessa oleva perhekunta Ailegais, Arni ja Troi kumppaneineen ja lapsineen voi selvitä talvesta. He ovat kokoontumassa yhteen matkatakseen kotiin, suuren veden taakse Pohjankontuun. Mutta joukosta puuttuu yksi: Troi, jonka ympärille koko sisarusten ja heidän perheidensä maailma kietoutuu.

The Organization has dispatched Ishmael and his partner Penny to Coronach House on the shores of Loch Ness, where the secretive but highly influential Baphamet Group are holding their annual meeting. The Organization believes an imposter has infiltrated the Group, and they have instructed Ishmael to root him - or her - out. It's not Ishmael's only mission. The first agent sent by the Organization has been found dead in her room, murdered in a horribly gruesome manner. Ishmael must also discover who killed Jennifer Rifkin, his fellow agent - and why.

In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance.

Chaim Klein - a fearless Israeli Special Forces officer - has his hands full. After Klein unexpectedly finds the long-lost Ark of the Covenant, he must then search the globe for the Ten Commandments tablets. Klein must also confront and stop a consortium of Islamic states and terrorist organizations who are planning a simultaneous attack that would obliterate dozens of Western cities and Israel. Along the way, he comes across the mystical and awe-inspiring Sword of David.

In Edward Whittemore’s masterful and surreal alternate history, a man’s search for answers about his vanished parents propels him on an odyssey from the present into the past, from a bar in the Bronx to Tokyo and Shanghai during the Second World War. Quin, born in China and raised in the Bronx, is orphaned in the closing days of the Second World War when his parents go missing and are presumed dead in Shanghai.

A mysterious woven metal artifact is found at a paleontological dig in Africa. Mystified experts, confounded by the impossible timeline they get from traditional dating methods, call upon a stubborn young man with a unique talent. Matthew Turner's gift is also his curse: When he touches any object, his awareness is flooded with the thoughts and feelings of those who touched it before him. It is a talent that many covet, some fear, and almost no one understands.

Powiesc z pogranicza sensacji i fantastyki. Polskie i amerykanskie sluzby specjalne zawieraja porozumienie w sprawie wspólpracy polegajacej na inwigilacji ugrupowan terrorystycznych w Polsce. Do pomocy amerykanskiemu agentowi polskiego pochodzenia oddelegowany zostaje Kamil Stochard z ABW. Jednak juz wkrótce okazuje sie, ze ich celem nie sa znane grupy terrorystyczne, a pomioty Cthulhu znane jako guimony. Te przybierajace postac staruszków stwory zeruja na ludzkich emocjach wraz ze swoim mistrzem Fn’thalem. Nie maja jednak zamiaru tak latwo dac sie zniszczyc. Polowanie utrudnia fakt, ze guimony maja mozliwosc odradzania sie po smierci. Ksiazka Debskiego to gwarancja rozrywki na wysokim poziomie.

In a period of just three days, everything changes for young painter Eduardo “Tato” Simmone, who has never sold a painting. During the funeral of Tato’s renowned and beloved mentor, Aníbal Marsotti, Tato meets two people who will determine his fate: a beautiful young woman who may be a vampire and a major dealer of art forgeries. Tato gets caught up investigating the theft of famed Italian figurative painter Amadeo Modigliani’s tombstone, and all signs point to Curitiba, Brazil - Tato’s hometown.

Luna y Lola son amigas, pero son tan diferentes que parece imposible. Lola es alocada, jamás piensa lo que dice y vive la vida sin importarle el mañana. Luna, en cambio, es una mujer tranquila, centrada en su trabajo y que medita todos y cada uno de sus movimientos. Marcos y Víctor son hermanos, están tan unidos que incluso emprenden un negocio juntos. Son los dueños de una cadena de gimnasios y el negocio les va tan bien, que deciden abrir uno nuevo en Valencia.