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New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to world of the Rain Wilds—called “one of the most gripping settings in modern fantasy” (Booklist)—in City of Dragons. Continuing the enthralling journey she began in her acclaimed Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven, Hobb rejoins a small...

For years, the Trader cities valiantly battled their enemies, the Chalcedeans. But they could not have staved off invasion without the powerful dragon Tintaglia. In return, the Traders promised to help her serpents migrate up the Rain Wild River after a long exile at sea—to find a safe haven...

As METAtropolis: Green Space moves into the 22nd Century, human social evolution is heading in new directions after the Green Crash and the subsequent Green Renaissance. Nearly everyone who cares to participate in the wired world has become part of the "Internet of things", a virtual environment mapped across all aspects of the natural experience. At the same time, the serious back-to-the-land types have embraced a full-on paleo lifestyle, including genetically engineering themselves and their offspring.

A marriage that could save them both. A truth that might destroy them. And a choice that will break her heart. All Aika ever wanted was a family—until hers was standing on opposite ends of a war. Trapped between her loyalty to a monster and her love for a man who despises her, she must decide who she's willing to lose. And who she's willing to betray.

Being an unwanted twin in the Imperial line of succession, Farilane became a scholar, adventurer, and in a time when reading was once more forbidden—a book hunter. Her singular obsession is finding the mythical Book of Brin, a tome not just lost but intentionally buried. Respected and beloved by the Teshlor Knights, not even their legendary skills can protect her for what she finds is more dangerous than what she sought.

Eigentlich wollte Dr. Minerva Sterling ihre Professur an der Universität in St. Andrews beginnen, aber das Universum hat andere Pläne: Allen voran einen unmöglichen Studenten, der ihr völlig unerwartet unter die Haut geht, ein mysteriöses Amulett, das ihre Welt auf den Kopf stellt, und ein Geheimnis, das alles fordern wird – nicht zuletzt auch ihr Herz. Wenn dein Schicksal mit den antiken Göttern verbunden ist, bist du bereit, es zu erfüllen?

Winter blankets the land, and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha, the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri, the only chance for the living rests with the dead. Having made their fateful choice, can a handful of misfits do the impossible, or are they forever lost to an inescapable grave? Do gods truly exist? Is it possible to know the future? And what lies beyond the veil of death?

The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world’s greatest empire—but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god—all before the age of eight. How he managed to survive and why people continued to fear his name a thousand years later has always been a mystery...until now.

A formidable alien armada stands on the brink of vanquishing the cosmos, their gaze set firmly on every inhabited world. The last line of defense? An eclectic crew of improbable champions: a maverick starfighter pilot, a daredevil stuntwoman, a lethal super-assassin, and a cosmic prankster with alien tricks up his sleeves. Their mission is to shield not just humanity, but billions of other intelligent lifeforms spanning the multiverse.

“A full master of the epic fantasy.” —Tulsa World One of the world’s most acclaimed fantasists, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to the world of her popular “Tawny Man” trilogy with Dragon Haven—the second book, following Dragon Keeper (“Imaginative, literate...

The final volume in Robin Hobb's popular Rain Wilds fantasy series, Blood of Dragons completes the story of the dragons, their keepers, and their quest to find the lost city of Kelsingra—and the mythical silver wells that the dragons need to survive. Can Tintaglia and the Elderlings unlock the...

It's all here: the story of how Robin lost his birthright as the King's Ranger at Locksley, his archery feats at Nottingham, the outlaws' war with the Sheriff, Robin's pursuit of Marian, and many tales of bravery, rescue, laughter and rivalry with Little John, Friar Tuck, Allan-a-Dale, Much the Miller, Will Scarlett, and all the others.Now you can have this incomparable story read to you, in a gripping full stereo audio book. The story is adapted from the Paul Creswick text. It is faithful to the entire original story.

Thea is a washed-up mimic exterminator who expected more out of life, not some hero from stories. Aven is an impulsive wandering adventurer whose personal goddess is constantly getting her into trouble. Neither of them has the slightest interest in getting involved in world-shaking historical events. History doesn't care what they want, unfortunately. It's fallen right into their laps in the shape of a god-slaying weapon from a fallen civilization. Thrown together out of chance, Thea and Aven will have to learn to work together if they want to survive their pursuers.

Snigmorderens lærling er en stor fortælling om et rige truet af stærke kræfter udefra og svækket af interne stridigheder - og om en ung dreng, der må finde sin egen plads og sit eget værd i en verden af intriger og skjulte magtkampe. En kold vinterdag bliver en seksårig dreng afleveret til kongen af De Seks Hertugdømmers folk med en besked om, at nu er det på tide, at drengens far, kronprins Chivalry, selv tager sig af ham. Drengen får hurtigt kaldenavnet Fitz og bliver sat til at hjælpe til i kongens stalde ved hoffet i Bukkenborg.

This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons of the Lady Aerin. And this is the story of Harry Crewe, the Homelander orphan girl who became Harimand-sol, King’s Raider, and heir to the Blue Sword, Gonturan, that no woman had wielded since Lady Aerin herself bore it into battle. And this is the song of the kelar of the Hillfolk, the magic of the blood, the weaver of destinies …

The Sarrazins have always stood apart from the rest of their Bayou-born neighbors. Almost as far as they prefer to stand from each other. Blessed - or cursed - with the uncanny ability to see beyond the spectral plane, Aurie has raised his children, Sol, Baz, and Lutie, in the tradition of the traiteur, finding wayward spirits and using his special gift to release them along Deadroads into the afterworld. The family, however, fractured by their clashing egos, drifted apart, scattered high and low across the continent.

Der Inhalt: Er wirkt wie ein Mann Anfang vierzig, lebt jedoch seit nahezu 300 Jahren unter aufeinanderfolgenden Identitäten in ständiger Angst vor Aufdeckung seiner Andersartigkeit. Als er im Netz auf eine Person stößt, die vorgeblich – wie er selbst – um ein Siebenfaches langsamer altert als gewöhnlich, zeigt er sich unentschlossen, ob einem Treffen zuzustimmen klug oder fahrlässig wäre.

Nur die Drachenkönigin Tintaglia - die letzte Überlebende des Drachengeschlechts - konnte die von Feinden umringte Händlerstadt der lebendigen Zauberschiffe noch retten. Doch die Menschen und die Zauberschiffe sind verantwortlich für das Aussterben ihrer stolzen Rasse. Tintaglia will also eine Gegenleistung und Viviace kann dabei behilflich sein.

Althea, die junge Tochter des Vestrit-Clans erhält ihr heiß begehrtes Schiffszeugnis: Jetzt kann sie sich daranmachen, die Viviace, das führende Zauberschiff ihrer Familie, zurückzugewinnen. Doch Viviace befindet sich in der Hand des Piraten Kennit und ist vorerst außer Reichweite. Als Althea in ihre Heimatstadt Bingtown zurückkehrt, erfährt sie, dass der Regenwildmann Rheyn um Malta Vestrits Hand anhält.

Fitz ist ein Bastard, der Sohn eines Prinzen und eines Bauernmädchens. Doch schon in jungen Jahren nimmt ihn der König in seine Dienste. Noch ahnt Fitz nicht, was er für seine Treue aufgeben muss - seine Ehre, seine Liebe, sogar sein Leben! Denn die Intrigen bei Hofe sind mannigfaltig, und Fitz kann seine Augen nicht vor dem drohenden Unheil verschließen, das dem Reich droht. Doch da befiehlt ihm der König, genau das zu tun. Fitz muss sich entscheiden: Wird er gehorchen oder seinem eigenen Gewissen folgen?