Ф. Джели Кларк3.5 Каир, 1912 год. Фатима эль-Шаарави — самая молодая женщина, работающая в Министерстве алхимии, заклинаний и сверхъестественных сущностей. Впрочем, новичком в своем деле ее назвать трудно, особенно после того, как прошлым летом агент Фатима предотвратила разрушение Вселенной. Поэтому, когда кто-то убивает всех членов тайного общества, посвященное одному из самых известных людей в истории — аль-Джахизу, к делу привлекают именно ее.
Аль-Джахиз изменил мир сорок лет назад, когда приоткрыл завесу между царством магии и царством людей и исчез в неизвестности. Убийца утверждает, что он и есть аль-Джахиз, вернувшийся, чтобы осудить современный мир. Его опасные магические способности провоцируют беспорядки на улицах Каира, которые угрожают выйти на мировую арену.
Роман и повести Ф. Джели Кларка о магическом альтернативном Каире, полном ангелов, джиннов, духов и нераскрытых тайн.
John Appel0.0 On the eve of the planet Ileri's historic vote to join the Commonwealth, the assassination of a government minister threatens to shatter everything. Private investigator Noo Okereke and spy Meiko Ogawa join forces with police chief Toiwa to investigate - and discover clues that point disturbingly toward a threat humanity thought they had escaped.
A threat that could destroy Ileri and spark an interplanetary war... unless the disparate team can work together to solve the mystery.
E.J. Beaton0.0 This Machiavellian fantasy follows a scholar's quest to choose the next ruler of her kingdom amidst lies, conspiracy, and assassination.
When the death of Iron Queen Sarelin Brey fractures the realm of Elira, Lysande Prior, the palace scholar and the queen’s closest friend, is appointed Councillor. Publically, Lysande must choose the next monarch from amongst the city-rulers vying for the throne. Privately, she seeks to discover which ruler murdered the queen, suspecting the use of magic.
Resourceful, analytical, and quiet, Lysande appears to embody the motto she was raised with: everything in its place. Yet while she hides her drug addiction from her new associates, she cannot hide her growing interest in power. She becomes locked in a game of strategy with the city-rulers – especially the erudite prince Luca Fontaine, who seems to shift between ally and rival.
Further from home, an old enemy is stirring: the magic-wielding White Queen is on the move again, and her alliance with a traitor among the royal milieu poses a danger not just to the peace of the realm, but to the survival of everything that Lysande cares about.
In a world where the low-born keep their heads down, Lysande must learn to fight an enemy who wears many guises… even as she wages her own battle between ambition and restraint.
Женевьева Горничек4.0 История Ангербоды начинается там, где большинство историй о ведьмах заканчивается: на костре. За отказ открыть ему знания о будущем бог Один решает сжечь непокорную ведьму. С трудом выжив, израненная и обессиленная Ангербода скрывается в безлюдных лесах… где встречает легендарного трикстера Локи.
Их отношения рождаются с недоверия, но перерастают в любовь. У них появляются трое необыкновенных детей, у каждого из которых — особое предназначение. Ангербода растит малышей на краю света, укрывая от всевидящего ока Одина… до тех пор, пока пророческий дар не открывает ей: ее дети в опасности. В опасности весь мир. И теперь Ангербода должна решить, примет ли она предначертанную судьбу — или восстанет, пытаясь изменить будущее.
Роман для поклонников «Цирцеи» Мадлен Миллер, который переосмысливает скандинавскую мифологию и рассказывает современным читателям вечную историю любви, надежды и потерь.
Lena Nguyen0.0 This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the source of her crew's madness... or risk succumbing to it herself.
Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship—all specialists in their own fields—as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, preferring their company over the baffling complexity of humans, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility.
Shortly after landing, the crew finds themselves trapped on the ship by a radiation storm, with no means of communication or escape until it passes—and that's when things begin to fall apart. Park's patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing—neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself—is as it seems.
Kimberly Unger0.0 We are live, we are live, we are live . . .
Helen Vectorovich holds the unique distinction of failing at first contact - and she did it in both virtual reality and outer space.
Only the most elite teams of operators and navigators get to pilot in remote space-mining operations. And no one was better than Helen and her navigator. Together they secured a multibillion contract for establishing an interstellar gate to a distant star. But during a routine mission, what should have been an easy success turned deadly.
Helen, grounded in a desk job, has overeager junior pilots jockeying to take her place, jealous corporate rivals, and nasty rumors blaming her for the botched mission. Meanwhile, Helen’s new discovery in space - the Scale - seems to be . . . evolving.
When someone - or something - wants to terminate her project, Helen must race to find out why before it is far too late.
