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Authority (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 2)
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The second volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy. ‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King. The Southern Reach is a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten. Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in ‘Annihilation’, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery. But, as instructed by a higher authority known only as The Voice, the self-styled Control must battle to ‘put his house in order’. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, the mysteries of Area X begin to reveal themselves―and what they expose pushes Control to confront disturbing truths about both himself and the agency he’s promised to serve. Undermined and under pressure to make sense of everything, Rodriguez retreats into his past in a labyrinthine search for answers. Yet the more he uncovers, the more he risks, for the secrets of the Southern Reach are more sinister than anyone could have known.
Acceptance (The Southern Reach Trilogy, Book 3)
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The third volume of the extraordinary Southern Reach trilogy. ‘Creepy and fascinating’ Stephen King. The Southern Reach trilogy draws to a close and it is winter in Area X. One last, desperate team embarks across the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. As they press deeper into the unknown, the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting. The mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound – or terrifying.
Renegade’s Magic (The Soldier Son Trilogy, Book 3)
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The final book in the Soldier Son from the author of the Tawny Man and Farseer trilogies, following on from the bestselling Shaman’s Crossing and Forest Mage. The people of Gettys remember the death of their cemetery soldier vividly. They remember believing him guilty of unspeakable crimes, condemning him, and then watching as other men of his unit beat him until he no longer drew breath. But Nevare Burvelle didn't die that day, though everyone believes they saw it happen. He was cornered by a power far more intractable than an angry mob. When he was a boy, the magic of the Specks – the dapple-skinned tribes of the frontier forests – claimed Nevare as a saviour; severing his soul in two, naming his stolen half Soldier's Boy and shaping him into a weapon to halt the Gernian expansion into their lands and save their beloved ancestor trees. Until now Nevare has defied the magic, unable to accept his traitorous fate. But the magic has won: it has extinguished his once golden future, devastated his family and has now turned his own people against him. Faced with endangering the only loved-ones he has left, Nevare has no choice but to surrender to its will and enter the forest. But surrendering to his Speck destiny is only the beginning of his trials. Before he submits completely, Nevare makes one desperate last attempt to deter the Gernians from the Barrier Mountains without causing them harm. But the magic accepts no compromise. Exhausted, Nevare can no longer suppress his traitorous Speck self, Soldiers Boy. Losing control, he becomes a prisoner in his own body; able only to watch helplessly as his other half takes Soldier's Boy is determined to stop the Gernian expansion at all cost, and unlike Nevare, he has no love, nor sympathy for his spirit-twin's world.
Emperor: The Blood of Gods (Special Edition) (Emperor Series, Book 5)
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The epic new novel in Conn Iggulden’s bestselling EMPEROR series: this special edition eBook features an exclusive short story by the author. Julius Caesar has been assassinated. A nation is in mourning. Revenge will be bloody. Rome’s great hero Julius Caesar has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed Liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar’s adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar. Uniting with his great rival Mark Antony, Octavian will stop at nothing to seek retribution from the traitors and avenge his father’s death. His greatest hatred is reserved for Brutus, Caesar’s childhood friend and greatest ally, now leader of the conspirators. As the people take to the streets of Rome, the Liberatores must face their fate. Some flee the city; others will not escape mob justice. Not a single one will die a natural death. And the reckoning will come for Brutus on the sweeping battlefield at Philippi.
All at Sea
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‘The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true. If I never told it to a soul, and this book did not exist, it would not cease to be true. I don’t mind at all if you forget this. The important thing is that I don’t.’ On a hot still morning on a beautiful beach in Jamaica, Decca Aitkenhead’s life changed for ever. Her four-year-old boy was paddling peacefully at the water’s edge when a wave pulled him out to sea. Her partner, Tony, swam out and saved their son’s life – then drowned before her eyes. When Decca and Tony first met a decade earlier, they became the most improbable couple in London. She was an award-winning Guardian journalist, famous for interviewing leading politicians. He was a dreadlocked criminal with a history of drug-dealing and violence. No one thought the romance would last, but it did. Until the tide swept Tony away, plunging Decca into the dark chasm of random tragedy. Exploring race and redemption, privilege and prejudice, ALL AT SEA is a remarkable story of love and loss, of how one couple changed each other’s lives and of what a sudden death can do to the people who survive.
The Story of Kullervo
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The world first publication of a previously unknown work of fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the powerful story of a doomed young man who is sold into slavery and who swears revenge on the magician who killed his father. Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. ‘Hapless Kullervo’, as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny. Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and who tries three times to kill him when still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and guarded by the magical powers of the black dog, Musti. When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruellest of fates. Tolkien wrote that The Story of Kullervo was ‘the germ of my attempt to write legends of my own’, and was ‘a major matter in the legends of the First Age’; his Kullervo was the ancestor of Túrin Turambar, tragic incestuous hero of The Silmarillion. In addition to being a powerful story in its own right, The Story of Kullervo – published here for the first time with the author’s drafts, notes and lecture-essays on its source-work, The Kalevala, is a foundation stone in the structure of Tolkien’s invented world.
Lupta mea. Cartea ?nt?i: Moartea unui tat?
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Devenit p?rinte, Karl Ove Knausgård se reg?se?te în fa?a propriului eu, un pu?ti sensibil, care cre?te în umbra unui frate sociabil, a unei mame adesea absente ?i a unui tat? cu accese de mânie imprevizibile. Maturizarea lent? a sentimentelor, flirturile nelini?tite, pasiunea pentru rock compun cu o onestitate dureroas? romanul unui adolescent hipersensibil. O c?l?torie afectiv? de o fidelitate absolut?, o explorare proustian? a propriului trecut, o poveste deopotriv? intim? ?i universal?, care pune problema capacit??ii literaturii de a descrie via?a, doar via?a, în toate aspectele ei. „... extrem de sincer, Knausgård... vrea s? ne introduc? în cotidianul vie?ii, care este uneori vizionar, alteori banal, alteori profund semnificativ, dar, prin for?a lucrurilor, absolut obi?nuit, pentru c? ni se întâmpl? pe tot parcursul vie?ii ?i tuturor...” – The New Yorker „O reu?it? rar?. Nici un scriitor din genera?ia sa nu egaleaz? combina?ia lui Karl Ove Knausgård de talent, stil, spirit de observa?ie ?i originalitate...” – Dagens Næringsliv „Dur ?i plin de for?? precum granitul. Mai real decât realitatea.” – La Repubblica
Verde de smarald. Culorile dragostei
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Lumea lui Allie Sheridan este la p?m?nt: fratele ei mai mare a disp?rut, ea a fost dat? iar afar? din ?coal? pentru indisciplin?, ba chiar ?i arestat?. Din nou.Trimis? de p?rin?i la o ?coal?-internat extrem de strict?, Allie se a?teapt? s? g?seasc? acolo o ?nchisoare. ?n schimb, descoper? c? Cimmeria este un liceu de elit? foarte diferit, o ?coal? de mod? veche, a c?rei cl?dire, aflat? ?n mijlocul naturii, dateaz? de c?teva sute de ani ?i este complet lipsit? de orice cale de acces la tehnologia modern?. Elevii s?i sunt un straniu amestec de tineri supradota?i ?i de fii de milionari, de?i Allie este sigur? c? ea nu face parte din nici una dintre aceste categorii. Regulile ?colii sunt cvasimilitare, iar anumi?i elevi sunt recruta?i ?ntr-un grup de elit? foarte discret, o organiza?ie misterioas? autointitulat? Night School.Cur?nd, Allie constat? c?, mai ales ?n timpul nop?ii, Cimmeria este plin? de secrete, c? toat? lumea minte. Pe m?sur? ce ?coala ?ncepe s? devin? un loc foarte periculos, adolescenta trebuie s? decid? ?n cine poate avea ?ncredere ?i, mai ales, pe cine poate s? iubeasc?...?n Night School, C.J. Daugherty creeaz? o lume tulbur?toare, plin? de mister, de primejdii ?i de emo?ie.
?ngerul nop?ii
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Spionaj high-tech. Un plan diabolic, ?n stare s? zguduie lumea, ?i foarte pu?in timp pentru a-l opri.Jonathan Ransom, alpinist de clas? mondial? ?i chirurg experimentat, schiaz? ?mpreun? cu frumoasa lui so?ie Emma ?n ?nz?pezi?ii Alpi Elve?ieni. O furtun? de z?pad? se porne?te ca din senin, Emma se accidenteaz? grav ?i moare ?n ad?ncurile unei crevase.Dou?zeci ?i patru de ore mai t?rziu, Jonathan prime?te un plic adresat so?iei sale ?n care g?se?te dou? bilete de bagaje. Atacat ?n mod inexplicabil de poli?ia elve?ian? ?i obligat s? fug?, Jonathan se treze?te dintr-odat? urm?rit interna?ional ?i ?inta unui asasin misterios. Pas cu pas, el este prins tot mai ad?nc ?ntr-o lume a spionajului, a armelor de ?nalt? tehnologie ?i-a terorismului global, o lume ?n care nimeni nu este cine pare ?i unde scopul scuz? ?ntotdeauna mijloacele. Singura lui ?ans? de supravie?uire depinde de descoperirea crudului adev?r legat de via?a secret? a so?iei sale.?Un thriller ingenios, plasat credibil ?n ?ntunecata lume a spionajului interna?ional… personaje bine conturate, o scriere captivant?, locuri exotice ?i un complot terorist ce are la baz? tehnologie de ?nalt? clas?.“ – Nelson DeMille?Reich este maestrul thrillerelor de spionaj al secolului XXI.“ – Clive Cussler?Christopher Reich este unul dintre scriitorii mei favori?i de romane de suspans, iar de data asta s-a ?ntrecut pe sine ?nsu?i.“ – James Patterson
Clopotele
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Lemmer este bodyguard profesionist. T?cut, invizibil, nu se implic? niciodat?.Emma le Roux crede c? ??i recunoa?te fratele ?ntr-o fotografie prezentat? la jurnalele de ?tiri: suspect de uciderea a patru braconieri. Numai c? Jacobus este mort de dou?zeci de ani.Emma ?l angajeaz? pe Lemmer s?-i p?zeasc? spatele ?n timp ce ea caut? r?spunsuri ?i cur?nd am?ndoi ??i dau seama c? cineva vrea s?-i ?mpiedice s? afle adev?rul. Iar c?nd acel cineva ?ncearc? s?-i ucid?, Lemmer este nevoit, pentru prima oar? ?n via??, s? ias? din umbr?…?Cu Deon Meyer n-ai cum s? dai gre?.“– Michael Connelly?Vibrant ?i palpitant.“ – The Sunday Times?…de departe cel mai bun autor sud-african de romane poli?iste. Ac?iunea se desf??oar? ?ntr-un ritm trepidant, potrivit unui thriller.“ – The Guardian?Meyer este pur ?i simplu excelent. Lemmer, un fin cunosc?tor ?i un comentator sarcastic al metehnelor Africii de Sud, ?i ?n special ale popula?iei afrikander…“ – Business Day?Meyer ??i merit? reputa?ia interna?ional?.“ – The Washington Post
Otr?vurile din Caux – Breasla degust?torilor. Vol. 2
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Temperamental, Holban era un romantic; ca romancier, este ?ns? un modern, ?i nu numai la nivelul scriiturii sau al compozi?iei, ci ?i prin cultul autenticit??ii sau prin tehnica analizei psihologice. (Al. C?linescu)
Avantajul. De ce s?n?tatea organiza?ional? este cel mai important atu ?n afaceri
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Nu exist? niciun roman care s? fi fost la fel de prost citit ca Rusoaica lui Gib Mih?escu. Inclusiv de c?tre critica literar? a anilor ‘30 din secolul trecut. Despre critica de dup? r?zboi e greu de vorbit. Tip?rit ?n 1933, romanul n-a fost reeditat niciodat? ?n timpul comunismului. Nici m?car ?n edi?iile critice. Motivul este ?n primul r?nd titlul. Cu toat? ?desp?r?irea“ politic? a regimului de la Bucure?ti de Uniunea Sovietic? din aprilie 1964, liderii comuni?ti rom?ni au continuat s? menajeze p?n? la sf?r?it ?marea ?ar? prieten?“, era formula obi?nuit?, de la R?s?rit, interzic?nd orice referire direct?. Rusoaica e un roman captivant, care se cite?te cu pl?cere, dincolo de toate sofisticatele considera?ii ale criticilor. E un roman de aventuri ?i de iubire, despre un t?n?r care ??i ia dorin?ele drept vise ?i iluziile drept idealuri. Cu to?ii, la o anumit? v?rst?, p??im acest lucru. ?i p?n? s? ne fie ru?ine de p??ania proprie, ne desf?t?m cu nemaipomenitele p??anii sentimentale ale locotenentului Ragaiac.
Febra oaselor
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Londra, 1826. Gabriel Swift studiaz? cu Edwin Poll, cel mai mare anatomist londonez. Atras ?n jocurile lui Lucan, adversarul maestrului s?u un temut profanator de morminte, st?p?nul absolut al comer?ului cu cadavre, t?n?rul decade ?i ajunge s? cunoasc? violen?a ?i depravarea lumii interlope, ?n care – va descoperi – a lua via?a cuiva este incredibil de u?or.Dup? zece ani, un cu totul alt om pred? lec?ii de desen ?n colonia australian? de de?inu?i New South Wales ?i, ?n timpul liber, picteaz? p?s?ri. C?nd se ?ndr?goste?te de una dintre elevele sale, ?n?elege c? nimeni nu poate sc?pa de trecut ?i c?, adesea, cele mai ?ngrozitoare temni?e sunt cele ?n care ne zidim singuri.Un thriller gotic captivant, o evocare a atmosferei ?nc?rcate de mister din Londra victorian? ?i totodat? povestea emo?ionant? a unui destin marcat de brutalitatea unei lumi ?n care totul este de v?nzare. Dickens s-ar fi sim?it aici ca acas?.??mbin? atmosfera sumbr? ?i fascinant? a genului horror cu medita?ia profund? asupra unor teme metafizice.“ – Sydney Morning Herald
Ro?u de rubin. Culorile dragostei
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Anglia, 1520. Henric al VIII-lea doreste sa anuleze casatoria cu Caterina de Aragon si sa o ia de sotie pe Anne Boleyn. Poporul si Europa catolica se opun. Un singur om indrazneste sa-si puna in joc viata pentru a castiga bunavointa regelui: Thomas Cromwell, un personaj original, deopotriva fermecator si ticalos, idealist si oportunist, fin cunoscator al caracterului uman si cu o energie fara seaman. Politician desavarsit, intarit de pierderea familiei, de neclintit in ambitia sa, Cromwell isi croieste cu abilitate drum intr-o lume in care ?omul este lup pentru om“. Opunandu-se parlamentului, politicii de stat si papalitatii, Cromwell este pregatit sa redefineasca Anglia conform vointei lui Henric si propriilor sale dorinte. Dar Henric este schimbator: binevoitor intr-o zi, gata sa ucida in alta.Cu un stil inimitabil, Hilary Mantel infatiseaza tabloul unei societati in prag de schimbare, in care indivizii lupta cu propriul destin sau il accepta cu pasiune si curaj. Romanul recreeaza o perioada in care succesul ofera puteri nelimitate, dar o singura greseala aduce moartea.
Crescendo
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Mitul de erou legendar pe care imaginatia populara l-a creat despre Stefan cel Mare s-a perpetuat prin graiul viu al traditiilor noastre si a fost inviorat necontenit, de-a lungul vremurilor, de creatii folclorice care l-au ridicat pe voievodul moldovean la inaltimea unui simbol national. Cum a reusit Stefan cel Mare sa-si castige acest nimb de glorie? Faptele sale marete sunt dovezile cele mai graitoare. Domn abil si intelept iubit de popor, pretuit de prieteni si apreciat pana si de dusmanii sai, el a cautat sa-si asigure mai intai linistea interna si apoi sa obtina cu orice pret neatarnarea tarii. Pentru infaptuirea acestor deziderate, domnitorul a inteles ca poporul este puterea bratului sau si a cautat sa se apropie de popor si sa se sprijine pe el. Astfel, ducand o politica echilibrata intre cele doua clase ale societatii feudale – boierime si taranime –, el a reusit sa stapaneasca si chiar sa limiteze tendintele marilor boieri, ridicand in acelasi timp o parte dintre tarani la starea de razesi, rasplatindu-si vitejii din lupte cu sate si pamanturi.
T?n?rul Sherlock Holmes. Lipitoarea ro?ie
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La o conferin?? de la Institutul Francez de pe bulevardul Dacia, Mirona face cuno?tin?? cu ?un b?rbat impun?tor, greoi, cu p?rul ca z?pada“, care, c?nd afl? c? scrie literatur?, o invit? la cenaclu s? citeasc? ceva. ?Maestrul“ e, desigur, E. Lovinescu, surprins dintr-o singur? tr?s?tur? de condei, cu spiritul s?u curios ?i generozitatea fa?? de ?ncep?tori, dar ?i cu mania – nevinovat? – de a-i ?boteza“ cu pseudonime conving?toare: ?Mirona? repet? maestrul mirat. E ingenios, dar prea c?utat, neverosimil... S? vii s?-mi cite?ti ceva. Las? c?-?i g?sesc eu un alt pseudonim. ?i, potrivindu-?i ochelarii, ca un profesor care nu se decide s?-?i pun? o not? de trecere: Vino duminic? la cenaclu, domni?oar? Mirona...“?La cap?tul lecturii acestui roman, scris cu verv? ?i cu sensibilitate feminin?, cititorul va r?m?ne cu imaginea unei epoci istorice tulburate de mari prefaceri, ?n care o fat? idealist? ??i caut? drumul, crez?nd cu ?nc?p???nare ?n destinul ei de scriitoare. Narator ?i personaj ?n acela?i timp, ea tr?ie?te deopotriv? ?n realitatea Bucure?tiului ?i a Parisului din anii celui de-al Doilea R?zboi Mondial, c?t ?i ?n fic?iune, al?turi de fascinanta ?i misterioasa bunic? Fana.“ – Elena Zaharia-Filipa?
Night School
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Ion Minulescu a fost cel care a mpmntenit la noi un mod de via simbolist – sintez ntre boem i dandism. Adic acea voit difereniere de lumea comun, prin ceea ce s-a numit atunci spiritul decadent. [...] Ce aducea nou Ion Minulescu n poezie n primul rnd, o alt lume, o alt surs de inspiraie; nu satul, ci oraul, nu un univers cantonat n vechime, ci unul modern.Frumuseea liricii lui Ion Minulescu a constat n faptul c poetul a intit i a izbutit s rmn el nsui, cu tot ce a adus nou i personal n literatura romn. Iar atunci cnd i-a extins aria inspiraiei, s-a pstrat n matca proprie. A cutat s-o lrgeasc, iar apele s-au dus la vale i mai zglobii, i mai nepstoare. Chiar dac unii cu care a pornit la drum l-au ntrecut, chiar dac dintre cei care-au venit dup el civa au aflat ci mai adnci de expresie, Ion Minulescu nu i-a pierdut identitatea.“ – Valeriu Rpeanu
Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
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The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book. From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel’s terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot. But the commentary in this book includes also much from those lectures in which, while always anchored in the text, he expressed his wider perceptions. He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf ‘snuffling in baffled rage and injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup’; but he rebuts the notion that this is ‘a mere treasure story’, ‘just another dragon tale’. He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago, and observes that it is ‘the feeling for the treasure itself, this sad history’ that raises it to another level. ‘The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real. The “treasure” is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time, or marry the princess. It is laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination.’ Sellic Spell, a ‘marvellous tale’, is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the ‘historical legends’ of the Northern kingdoms.
The Loss of Leon Meed
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‘Josh Emmons is the real deal: a major league prose writer who has fun in every sentence; you want to keep reading him for the pure pleasure of his company’ Jonathan Franzen Over the course of one December, ten residents of Eureka, California, are brought together by a mysterious man, Leon Meed, who repeatedly and inexplicably appears – in the ocean, at a local music club, clinging to the roof of a barrelling truck, standing in the middle of Main Street’s oncoming traffic – and then, as if by magic, disappears. Each witness to these bewildering events – young and old, married and single, punk and evangelical, black, white and Korean – interprets them differently, yet all of their lives are irrevocably changed. Over time, these ten characters, previously only tenuously connected, form a strange community of shared experience. Highly original and brilliantly written, Josh Emmons’s award-winning debut is a mystery, a love story and something else entirely.
Hero Born (Seeds of Destiny, Book 1)
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It’s in the darkest hour, when all hope is lost, that heroes are born. After witnessing the deaths of everyone he holds dear, Brann is wrenched from his family home and thrust into a life of slavery. Now he must do everything he can to survive. Miles away, word is spreading of a growing evil; a deposed and forgotten Emperor is seeking a weapon to use in his bid to rise once again to power. Ruthless and determined, nothing and no one can stand in his way. Especially not a galley slave like Brann. But heroes can be forged in the most unlikely of ways, and Brann’s journey has only just begun.
Dangerous Women Part 2
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Dangerous Women Vol. 2, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, includes stories by Lev Grossman, Sharon Kay Penman, S. M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Caroline Spector, and Nancy Kress, and features an entirely new 28,000-word "Outlander" novella by New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon.
