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It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody - which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth: He has to play protector while keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet.

In 1914, they called it The Great War, and few could imagine anything worse. For nearly three decades, a peace forged in blood and fatigue has held sway in North America. Now, Japan dominates the Pacific, the Russian Tsar rules Alaska, and England, under Winston Churchill, chafes for a return to its former glory. But behind the façade of world order, America is a bomb waiting to go off. Jake Featherston, the megalomaniacal leader of the Confederate States of America, is just the man to light the fuse.

Ein verzweifelter Notruf von der Erde erreicht die neue Kolonie auf Lumera. Nicht nur das Überleben der Menschheit steht auf dem Spiel, sondern das Schicksal allen Lebens im uns bekannten Universum. Ausgerechnet jetzt bedroht ein tot geglaubter Feind den Frieden zwischen Menschen und Kidj’Dan: Dr. Elias Fox, der skrupellose Politiker, ist dank seiner Hyperbots zu einer wandelnden Superwaffe mutiert und kennt nur noch ein Ziel: Rache.

After falling in love with the king's intended, Lewis Deathstalker is now exiled, an outlaw from the empire he faithfully served for so long. With Lewis out of the way, former Paragon Finn Durandal has led a silent coup to wrest control from the king and set himself up as the power behind the throne. But Durandal is not the Empire's biggest threat. The Terror that Owen Deathstalker prophesied nearly 200 years ago is almost upon them, and Owen is supposedly the only one who can save civilization from unspeakable horrors.

In this brilliant sequel to The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.—an enthralling, history-bending adventure traversing time and space, fact and fiction, magic and science co-written with #1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson—a daring young time traveler must return to Jacobean England...

If war is hell, there is no word to describe what Private Jones has been through. Forced into a conflict with an unknowable enemy, he awakes to find himself in a strange land, and is soon joined by young woman, Morana, who tends to his wounds and tells him of the battles played out in this...

"Возвращение Богов" - фантастическая повесть Андрея Ливадного, эпизод пятый основное время действия 2608 год, цикл "История Галактики", жанр боевая фантастика, космическая фантастика. Лейтенант космофлота Антон Вербицкий, принимает неравный бой с истребителями Альянса на орбитах безымянной планеты.