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Having risked their lives and souls to capture the fortress of Stormgard, a band of weary soldiers known as the Company witnesses their commander's descent into madness and await the reemergence of their ancient gods.

In a god-cursed realm where rage is the food of war, Snowlin was already satiated. Now a prisoner of her father again, she has no choice but to play a gambit for the sake of the people she loves. With only three pieces away from forming the Octa Virga, the Winter King prepares his armies of monsters and humans to overtake the realm and claim it as his own, and crown himself a God. But his daughter lays the chessmen to play one last game of deceit.

Welcome back to Sanctuary, "the city where anything could happen, where characters created by some of the best fantasy writers of the generation crossed paths and shared adventures" (Black Gate). The Thieves' World® series continues with a story line created by Robert Lynn Asprin, C. J. Cherryh, Diana L. Paxson, Lynn Abbey, Janet Morris, and Andrew J. Offutt. In Storm Season, immortal warrior Tempus Thales and his nemesis, the crime lord Jubal, go head to head in fast-paced exploits that bring the simmering tension between them to a boil.

Es ist Minas erstes Jahr an der sagenumwobenen Winter Academy, die die Welt davor beschützt, in ewigem Frost zu versinken. Doch alles läuft schief: Ihre Kräfte wollen ihr nicht gehorchen, und Professor Abercroft, ihr Lehrer für Eismagie, macht ihr das Leben schwer. Dann wird Mina an den Hof des bösen Winterkönigs verschleppt. Und ihre einzige Hoffnung ist ihr verhasster Lehrer, der plötzlich am Hof auftaucht. Ist er wirklich, wie alle behaupten, ein Spion des Winterkönigs? Und warum spürt Mina dieses Kribbeln, wenn sie in seiner Nähe ist?