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I was the Rift Magus, master of space and time, protector of worlds. Reborn in a broken body with only my knowledge intact, I rebuilt myself from nothing. Now the reckoning has come. House Delamere, the architects of my abduction and the force behind demonic pacts and soul-warping corruption, has taken Adrian. My cousin. My friend. They believe they understand power. They are wrong.

Born 75 million years ago, Ridley has no experience of the modern world or life outside the primeval wilderness and its primordial beasts. Fierce and headstrong, she's no stranger to adversity and loves the thrill of the chase. When she learns about an extreme endurance race, she jumps at the chance to enter the most dangerous competition in history.

Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.

Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta’s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders—and dangerous secrets. ...

Award-winning novelist Austin Grossman reimagines the Cold War as an epic battle against the occult waged by the ultimate American antihero: Richard Nixon. Richard Milhous Nixon lived one of the most improbable lives of the twentieth century. Our thirty-seventh president's political career...

With fragmented memories of her former life as Breanna Ban Morna—a fierce Gaelic-Norse warrior—Erin’s Hero awakens to a new fate. To discover what she has become, she must seek the wisdom of the All-Father, Dagda himself, who is now her father in the new timeline.

By 2052, the Empire spans continents, ruling from its capital in New York. Generations of constant war have consolidated the monarchy’s power and reduced Parliament to a puppet. Censorship, violence, and control govern daily life. But the thirst for freedom never fully died. They tried—five times—to win it back. Each time, they failed. Now, a sudden rupture inside the Royal Family has changed everything. And the fractured, sometimes competing rebels have their best chance in a generation to strike.

Nel maggio del 2119 Thomas Metcalfe, studioso di letteratura del periodo 1990-2030, si reca per l'ennesima volta alla biblioteca Bodleiana per consultarne gli archivi, a lui arcinoti, nel tentativo di scovare qualche scampolo di informazione inedita sull'oggetto dei suoi interessi, la fantomatica Corona per Vivien del grande poeta Francis Blundy, mai ritrovata.

Ce livre regroupe 10 uchronies qui nous offrent un nouveau regard sur l'histoire de France et rebattent les cartes du passé avec une intensité déconcertante. Car selon toute logique, Vercingétorix aurait dû être le grand vainqueur d'Alésia, Louis XVI n'aurait jamais dû finir à l'échafaud, et Joffre ne devait pas remporter la bataille de la Marne !

Una strana nuvola compare nel cielo e, in un lampo, quattro colleghi si ritrovano catapultati in un’altra realtà. Prima, un paesaggio sconosciuto e un camion militare alleato che si avvicina. Un altro lampo… e tutto cambia di nuovo. Ora, insieme a tre soldati della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, scoprono di essere finiti nella Roma di Tiberio. Per sopravvivere in un mondo tanto affascinante quanto spietato, dovranno trovare dentro di sé risorse inaspettate, affrontare pericoli e riscrivere il proprio destino.

Wenn du nicht kämpfst, hast du schon verloren. Die Welt taumelt. Nach einer Reihe verheerender Anschläge durch die Insurgents herrschen Angst und Chaos. Die Regierungen sind machtlos, der Frieden zerbricht – und während das grausame Flutprotokoll in seine finale Phase tritt, bereitet der skrupellose Patriamer Balendin im Verborgenen den ultimativen Genozid vor: Omega Telos. Verstreut, geschwächt und gejagt bleibt nur eine kleine Gruppe Mutiger. Cornell Rohde, Ava Canary, Cyberella und P.I.K.E. – sie alle stehen mit dem Rücken zur Wand. Ihr Feind ist übermächtig, ihr Auftrag ein Himmelfahrtskommando.

Der Krieg tobt unerbittlich an allen Fronten und Deutschland gerät zunehmend in die Defensive. Als Befreiungsschlag plant das Oberkommando der Wehrmacht eine letzte große Offensive an der Ostfront, mit der die Sowjetunion endgültig bezwungen werden soll. Zum Erfolg dieser Offensive sollen vor allem deutsche Raketen beitragen, die sogenannten "Höllenhunde". Kanzler Halder ruft daher einen erbarmungslosen Raketenkrieg aus … Im Mittelpunkt dieser historisch detaillierten Alternativwelt-Serie stehen die lebendigen Figuren.

Trench warfare has come to the ancient world, and the results are brutal and deadly. As men are thrown into the meat grinder of the trenches and the war expands to Greece, Ky and Lucilla work to find new ways to regain the upper hand against the invaders. Ky attempts to bring a new weapon to the battlefield to help defeat the massive eastern hordes while Lucilla struggles to keep the western alliance together and strong.

Susan Jackson’s serene life as a sixty-eight-year-old florist living in Indiana shatters following a groundbreaking eye transplant that comes with an unexpected side-effect—visions of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Initially a harmless oddity, the invasive visions swiftly escalate as she starts morphing into the iconic actress. As Susan’s transformation becomes undeniable, a battle of wills ensues between the long-dead Hollywood icon and the woman whose body she’s seized.

1828. Un jeune orphelin chinois est recueilli à Canton par un professeur et conduit à Londres. Rebaptisé Robin Swift, le jeune garçon consacre ses journées à l'étude des langues dans l'optique d'intégrer le prestigieux Institut royal de traduction de l'Université d'Oxford, plus connu sous le nom de Babel. Berceau de l'argentogravure, les étudiants y exploitent le sens perdu des mots à l'aide de barres d'argent enchantées.

Lilith O’Reilly might be dead, but that hasn’t stopped life throwing problems at her. An entire city is living rent-free in her head, and her favourite mermaid is hoarding things she probably shouldn’t in the dark depths of the Mersey.

The people of the principality of Liechtenstein have long wished for independence, but the Empire has always had its own plans for the country. The neighboring states, meanwhile, have kept a constant eye on the principality, as if it were their own property. What's more, the internal conflicts between the country's aristocrats have shown no sign of abating. Was it really a good idea to stir up this hornets' nest? Well . . . they only have themselves to blame!

The evil king is dead, and thanks to the efforts of revered Deryni magic-user Camber of Culdi, a human liege occupies the throne of Gwynedd for the first time in nearly a century. The yoke of tyranny has finally been lifted from the shoulders of an oppressed people who suffered for decades under the cruelty of the ruling magical race. But Camber's job remains unfinished. The dangerous remnants of a conquered enemy still mass at the borders.

Long before Camber was revered as a saint, he was a Deryni noble, one of the most respected of the magical race whose arcane skills set them apart from ordinary humans in the medieval kingdom of Gwynedd. For nearly a century, Camber's family has had little choice but to loyally serve the ruling Festils, Deryni usurpers who employed dark magic to wrest the throne from the rightful Haldane liege.

Everett and Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans—his and his aides' belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic.