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I took control of the Shadow Clan, giving the district's residents something they hadn't had in years—a chance to breathe freely. Independence, protection, and a shot at a normal life. But to the rest of society, the Shadow Clan was still nothing more than a den of killers, criminals, and thieves. They despised us. They refused to leave us alone. And worst of all? They underestimated us.

The Boss of the Shadow District has fallen, and the Clans who seized power aren't happy—especially those whose interests I inadvertently disrupted. Now the list of people who want me dead has grown, with a second offended Grand Prince joining the first. But will that be enough to stop the rising Paladin of Darkness? Well, let them try.

Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife's house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of her time? Answer: Julius Caesar—poised to become King of Rome. Or as good as. Question: At this potentially sensitive point in your political manoeuvrings, who are the last people you'd want crashing through the door, observing, recording, documenting ...? I think we all know the answer to that one.

Redécouvrez la fabuleuse histoire du Roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la Table Ronde en quête du Saint Graal. Le lecteur y retrouvera également avec grand plaisir, au cœur de la forêt de Brocéliande, des figures emblématiques telles que Merlin l'enchanteur, dans une aventure magnifiquement contée dont les accents mythologiques ont profondément marqué notre inconscient collectif.

1828. Robin Swift, den ein Cholera-Ausbruch im chinesischen Kanton als Waisenjungen zurücklässt, wird von dem geheimnisvollen Professor Lovell nach London gebracht. Dort lernt er jahrelang Latein, Altgriechisch und Chinesisch, um sich auf den Tag vorzubereiten, an dem er in das Königliche Institut für Übersetzung der Universität Oxford - auch bekannt als Babel - aufgenommen werden soll. Oxford ist das Zentrum allen Wissens und Fortschritts in der Welt. Für Robin erfüllt sich ein Traum, an dem Ort zu studieren, der die ganze Macht des britischen Empire verkörpert.

Michael Stoerzers Stimme bringt den Hörer zurück in das Ägypten um 1900 vor Christus. Man lernt den Bronzehändler Karidon kennen, den eine Freundschaft mit dem Pharao Chakaura verbindet, für den er spioniert. Dadurch hat sich Karidon jedoch auch Feinde geschaffen - es ist Fürst Anatnethish, der einen Anschlag vorbereitet, weil er durch Karidon Macht und Reichtum verloren hat. Doch er trachtet nicht nur nach Karidons Leben, sondern auch nach dessen Geliebten.

Marcus Sempronius Gracchus, a soldier of Rome, has spent 2,000 years walking the earth, seeking redemption he may never find. After losing his latest confrontation with Thomas, a man he once considered his brother, Marcus is on the run and must find new allies to continue the struggle.

To continue training at the guild in the capital, or pack it in and get out before the orcs take the city by siege? For answers to this and other questions, check out the latest issue of "F—k If I Know" magazine! And it sure would be nice if the greenskins were the only threat. In any case, I'm already good enough to face any challenges the system can throw at me with a smile. Time to have some fun! P.S. When do I get to learn how to be an elf?!

In this modern-day "lively re-imagining of classical mythology" (Deborah Harkness), when a string of women are murdered in an ancient pagan ritual, Selene DiSilvia -- known by some as the goddess Artemis -- hears their cries for help and takes up her bow once more. Manhattan has many secrets...

Trois coracles cinglaient vers le couchant. À leur bord, Uther, un chef de guerre de l'île de Bretagne, et ses compagnons de toujours. Leur destination, une île au bout de la mer, là où dit-on vivent les fées et les morts. Que va-t-il chercher si loin des terres habitées par les hommes ? Uther sait-il seulement qu'il va enfanter d'une légende destinée à traverser les siècles ?

A plan. A sensible, efficient, and most definitely unrushed plan. Every dwarf has one. Dwarves in general are like rhinos—slow to get going, but unstoppable once they do. The dwarf named Crow is no exception. He has a plan, too: one that is properly thorough, unhurried, and carefully laid out. This is the plan he has been following since the day he arrived at the Gray Peak outpost.

Selene DiSilva, goddess of the hunt, squares off against a killer who threatens the very existence of the gods themselves in this stunning sequel to Jordanna Max Brodsky's The Immortals, "a lively re-imaging of classical mythology." (Deborah Harkness) Winter in New York: snow falls, lights...