Джайлс Кристиан – лучшие книги

Ланселот - прославленный рыцарь Круглого стола, чье мужество и воинская доблесть воспеты во множестве легенд. Но в этой книге рассказ о героических подвигах и приключениях Ланселота под знаменами короля Артура отступает, освобождая место истории великой любви и утраты, верности, предательства и мучительного поиска собственного пути. Истории мальчика, который взрослеет и проявляет характер; юноши, который переживает муки первой любви; зрелого мужа, который вынужден выбирать между чувством и долгом.

IX век. Эпоха викингов. Время, когда полчища честолюбивых искателей приключений покидали родную Скандинавию и отправлялись за добычей на побережье Европы. Среди них были благородные воины и изгои общества, пираты и великие мореплаватели.
Эти люди несли угрозу благополучию Англии, разоряли и жгли поселения и монастыри. Немногим из вступивших с ними в схватку удавалось остаться в живых. Но подмастерье плотника, попавший в плен к викингам, не просто выжил. Предводитель норвежцев Сигурд Счастливый посчитал, что боги связали воедино нить их судеб, и не только дал юноше имя Ворон, но и принял его в братство викингов, превратил в непревзойденного воина. Именно поэтому Сигурд дает Ворону смертельно опасное поручение.

Могущественный норвежский ярл Сигурд Счастливый никому не прощает измены – тем более презренным англам. А ведь их олдермен осмелился нарушить договор о дружбе и бежал на похищенном у викингов корабле, прихватив с собой чужую добычу! Сигурд со своей «волчьей стаей» бросился в погоню, и никому из англов не удалось уйти. Среди вещей олдермена викинги нашли старую книгу – бесценное Евангелие, стоившее целое состояние. Тогда хитроумный Ворон предложил своему ярлу поплыть в Париж, в земли императора франков Карла, и продать ему эту книгу. А чтобы грозный христианский владыка, известный своей лютостью к язычникам, не расправился с ними, – прихватить с собой плененного олдермена, дабы тот говорил с Карлом как христианин с христианином. План очень рискован, но викинги – сыны грома – не ведают страха…

Славен и любим богами ярл Харальд, многочисленны и могучи его воины, крепок и богат город… Но есть люди, которым не по нраву его сила. Один из них – сам конунг Горм, которому не нужны вассалы едва ли не могущественнее его. И вот однажды он столкнул лбами дружины двух соседей – Харальда и Рандвера, – пообещав первому свою помощь, но в решающий момент оставшись в стороне. Преданный им ярл со старшими сыновьями погибли, угодив в расставленную им ловушку, ибо конунг заранее вошел в сговор с Рандвером. Победителю отдали на поток и разграбление город Харальда, и спастись удалось лишь немногим. Одним из них был Сигурд, младший сын погибшего ярла.…

In a time of brave and brutal adventure, one man will journey across land and sea to pursue his greatest enemy... The Golden Bough, captained by Henry 'Hal' Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew and his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English and Dutch, Hal scents danger. When the Bough is boarded, the crew must go hand to hand to defend their ship and their lives. But soon Hal will face even graver danger, as he discovers his mortal enemy still lives and…

...Беспокойная судьба викинга забросила ярла Сигурда Счастливого и его неустрашимых бойцов в священный город Рим. Здесь «волчья стая» приняла участие в возрожденных гладиаторских боях, прельстившись на богатый приз серебром. Тут-то и приметил искусных северных воителей беглый византийский базилевс Никифор. В результате дворцовых интриг он потерял свой трон в Константинополе, и теперь горит желанием уничтожить самозванца, захватившего власть в империи. Плата за острую сталь и горячую кровь предложена немалая – Никифор пообещал буквально озолотить Сигурда и его викингов. Теперь надо придумать хитрый план, как кучке пусть и бесстрашных, но малочисленных бойцов пробиться к узурпатору через тысячи императорских гвардейцев. Но для «волчьей стаи» нет ничего невозможного – ибо их ведет в бой сам Один…

The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and uncertain world the boy is cast, a refugee from fire, murder and betrayal. An outsider whose only companions are a hateful hawk and memories of the lost.

Yet he is gifted, and under the watchful eyes of Merlin and the Lady Nimue he will hone his talents and begin his journey to manhood. He will meet Guinevere, a wild, proud and beautiful girl, herself outcast because of her gift. And he will be dazzled by Arthur, a warrior who carries the hopes of a people like fire in the dark. But these are times of struggle and blood, when even friendship and love seem doomed to fail.

The gods are vanishing beyond the reach of dreams. Treachery and jealousy rule men’s hearts and the fate of Britain itself rests on a sword’s edge.

But the young renegade who left his home in Benoic with just a hunting bird and dreams of revenge is now a lord of war. He is a man loved and hated, admired and feared. A man forsaken but not forgotten. He is Lancelot.

Set in a 5th century Britain besieged by invading bands of Saxons and Franks, Irish and Picts, Giles Kristian's epic new novel tells - through the warrior's own words - the story of Lancelot, that most celebrated of all King Arthur's knights. It is a story ready to be re-imagined for our times.

Following his acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, Lancelot, Giles Kristian's new novel returns us to the realms of Arthurian legend . . .

Britain is a land riven by anarchy, slaughter, famine, filth and darkness. Its armies are destroyed, its heroes dead, or missing. Arthur and Lancelot fell in the last great battle and Merlin has not been these past ten years. But in a small, isolated monastery in the west of England, a young boy is suddenly plucked from his simple existence by the ageing warrior, Gawain. It seems he must come to terms with his legacy and fate as the son of the most celebrated yet most infamous of Arthur's warriors: Lancelot. For this is the story of Galahad, Lancelot’s son – the reluctant warrior who dared to keep the dream of Camelot alive...

Erik Amdahl and his spirited daughter, Sofia, have embarked on a long-promised cross-country ski trip deep into Norway's arctic circle. For Erik, it's the chance to bond properly with his remaining daughter following a tragic accident. For Sofia, it's the proof she needs that her father does care.
Then, far from home in this snowbound wilderness, with night falling and the mercury plummeting, an accident sends them in search of help - and shelter. Nearby is the home of a couple - members of Norway's indigenous Sami people - who they've met before, and who welcome them in. Erik is relieved.
He believes the worst is over. He thinks that Sofia is now safe. He could not be more wrong.
Because he and Sofia are not the old couple's only visitors that night - and soon he and his daughter will be running for their lives . . .
And beneath the swirling light show of the Northern Lights, a desperate fight ensues - of man against man, of man against nature - a fight for survival that plays out across the snow and ice.
A story of endurance and of the desperate, instinctive will to survive, of a father's love for his child, of knowing when to let go - and of a daughter's determination to prove herself worthy of that love, Where Blood Runs Cold is a pulse-racing thriller from a master storyteller.

Norway, AD 785. A wild place, a place of blood, a place where the gods hold sway...
Sigurd Haraldarson and his oathsworn band are winning fame and reputation. But to confront his hated enemy - the oath-breaker and betrayer King Gorm - they must win riches too.
When a daring raid goes wrong, Sigurd finds himself a prisoner of the powerful Jarl Guthrum. Bound like a slave, he is taken to the sacred temple at Ubsola to face the sacrificial knife.
But here Sigurd discovers a potent relic: Gungnir, a great spear that would give him the power to assemble a host strong enough to challenge King Gorm, and avenge the betrayal of his father and the murder of his family.
The roar of Odin and the wild hunt will be as nothing compared to Sigurd's rage, for he and his warriors will be borne on the wings of the storm...

Norway AD 785. Sigurd Haraldarson has proved himself a great warrior . . . and a dangerous enemy.
And yet the oath-breaker King Gorm, who betrayed Sigurd's father, still lives.
The sacred vow to avenge his family burns in Sigurd's veins, but he must be patient and bide his time as he knows that he and his band of warriors are not yet strong enough to confront the treacherous king. They need silver; they need more fighters to rally to the young Viking's banner; they need to win fame upon the battlefield.
And so the fellowship venture to Sweden, to fight as mercenaries. And it is there - in the face of betrayal and bloodshed, on a journey that will take him all too close to the halls of Valhalla - that Sigurd's destiny will be forged...
The Vikings return in this thrilling, thunderous sequel to Giles Kristian's bestselling God of Vengeance. Sigurd's adventures continue in Wing's of the Storm.

Erik Amdahl and his spirited daughter, Sofia, have embarked on a long-promised cross-country ski trip deep into Norway's arctic circle. For Erik, it's the chance to bond properly with his remaining daughter following a tragic accident. For Sofia, it's the proof she needs that her father does care.
Then, far from home in this snowbound wilderness, with night falling and the mercury plummeting, an accident sends them in search of help - and shelter. Nearb

As a nation burns, a family fights to survive...
Rebel Cast out and rejected by his family, Tom Rivers returns to his regiment. But his commander believes the young hothead's recklessness and contempt for authority has no place in his troop. But to a spymaster like Captain Crafte, Tom's dark and fearless nature is in itself a weapon to be turned upon the hated Cavaliers. He has plans for the young rebel...
Renegade Raw with grief at the death of his father, Edmund Rivers rejects the peace talks between Parliament and the King. He chooses instead to lead a hardened band of marauders across the moors, falling on unsuspecting rebel columns like wolves. But Prince Rupert - recognising in Mun a fellow child of war - has other plans for him. The only peace the enemy will get from Mun Rivers is that of the grave...
Huntress Her heart broken following the deaths of her beloved Emmanuel and her father, Bess Rivers takes the hardest decision of her life: to leave her new-born son and depart Sheer House in search of the one person who might help her re-unite her broken family. She will do whatever it takes but can she douse the flames of her brothers' fury and see them reconciled?