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Following a brutal civil war, Osten Ard has been crushed under the rule of the two villainous High Kings. A single hope remains: if the rebels can find the three swords of legend - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn - they might be able to bring the Storm King and evil King Elias down. Once but a humble kitchen boy, Simon is now Simon Snowlock, dragonslayer and bearer of the mythical sword Thorn. But Simon is more alone than ever before: his friends have been imprisoned, and his liege lord, Prince Josua, has been exiled. And the Storm King may also be in possession of one of the swords....

The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and diminished. Queen Miriamele has been caught up in a brutal rebellion in the south and thought to have died in a fiery attack. Her grandson Morgan, heir to the throne, has been captured by one of Utuk'ku's soldiers in the ruins of an abandoned city. Miriamele's husband, King Simon, is overwhelmed by grief and hopelessness, unaware that many of these terrible things have been caused by Pasevalles, a murderous traitor inside Simon's own court at the Hayholt.

Tausend Jahre vor den Ereignissen des "Drachenbeinthrons" wird die Geschichte der Sithi und Nornen erzählt. Unter den Sithi Osten Ards gibt es keine anderen zwei, die so geliebt und bewundert werden wie die beiden Söhne der Herrscherfamilie: Hakatri, ein stets verlässlicher Junge, und sein stolzer und leidenschaftlicher kleiner Bruder Ineluki, der spätere Sturmkönig. Sein Temperament reißt den jüngeren hin, einen gleichermaßen kühnen wie schrecklichen Schwur zu leisten: Er will das tödliche und furchtbare Ungeheuer Hidohebhi zur Strecke bringen und vernichten.

Set a thousand years before the events of Williams' The Dragonbone Chair, the tale of Ineluki's tragic boast and what it brings is told by Pamon Kes, Hakatri's faithful servant. Kes is not one of the Sithi but a member of the enslaved Changeling race and his loyalty has never before been tested. Now he must face the terrible black dragon at his master's side, then see his own life changed forever in a mere instant by Ineluki's rash, selfish promise.

Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors.

Mountain of Black Glass is the third volume of Tad Williams's highly acclaimed four-book series, Otherland. A truly unique reading experience combining elements of science fiction, fantasy, and techno-thriller, it is a rich epic tale in which virtual reality could prove the key to a whole new universe of possibilities for the entire human race - or become the exclusive domain of the rich and the ruthless as they seek a technological pathway to immortality.

Tyler und Lucinda verbringen schon zum zweiten Mal ihre Sommerferien auf der Farm ihres Onkels Gideon, die ein unglaubliches Geheimnis birgt...

Eigentlich sollte es ein ganz normaler Ferienaufenthalt werden, aber was die Geschwister Tyler und Lucinda auf der Tierfarm ihres Onkels erleben, übersteigt jede Vorstellungskraft...

Where does an angel go when he’s been to Hell and back? Renegade angel Bobby Dollar does not have an easy afterlife. After surviving the myriad gruesome dangers Hell oh-so-kindly offered him, Bobby has returned empty-handed – his demon girlfriend Casmira, the Countess of Cold Hands, is still in the clutches of Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell. Some hell of a rescue. Forced to admit his failure, Bobby ends up back at his job as an angel advocate.

Otherland is civilisation's most stunning achievement: a private, multidimensional universe built by the greatest minds of the 21st century. But this most exclusive of places is also a jealously guarded secret, created and controlled by the Grail Brotherhood, a private cartel known to a few and made up of the world's most powerful and ruthless individuals. The purpose of Other is still a mystery. But it may not remain so for long. For a small band of adventurers has penetrated the secrecy that surrounds it and has broken into the amazing worlds with worlds it contains.

Otherland - a display of mankind's extraordinary intellect, a multidimensional universe built by the geniuses of the 21st century and controlled by the private cartel known as the Grail Brotherhood, powerful and ruthless. But now Otherland is out of control. Fleeing through broken realities, a small band of adventurers struggle to avert the nightmare that Otherland could become. The only hope may lie in an alliance with their enemy. But time is running out - and Otherland's most terrifying secret is yet to be revealed.

Otherland is a realm of the imagination where anything can happen, a triumph of technology, a virtual world of enormous complexity and possibility. But Otherland is owned and controlled by a secret cartel, The Grail Brotherhood, whose motives remain shrouded in mystery. Trapped in this extraordinary world, the quest of a small band of companions to unlock the secrets of Otherland is running perilously short of time. For the Brotherhood has finally set the date for the Ceremony when they will make their bid for immortality. The journey will lead them through a strangely unfinished land and an endlessly labyrinthine house.

Otherland, a universe where any fantasy can be made real, but which is ruled by Earth's wealthiest and most ruthless power brokers, the Grail Brotherhood. Shrouded in secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Vast amounts of money have been lavished on it. The best minds of two generations have laboured to build it. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming Earth's most valuable resources - its children

Bobby Dollar, Anwalt der verlorenen Seelen und Engel auf Erden, wird von seinem Himmelsmentor in die Hölle geschickt. Er soll dort dem Sklavenhändler Rhipash eine kryptische Botschaft übermitteln. Das passt Bobby wunderbar, will er doch die Teufelin Caz wiedersehen, in die er sich unsterblich verliebt hat. So macht er sich auf zur Höllenpforte - um im Innern ein unvorstellbar großes Reich vorzufinden. Tagelang läuft Bobby von einem Höllenkreis zum nächsten, und endlich findet er Rhipash.

Krieg und Frieden als großes Fantasy-Epos. Krieg zieht herauf. Die Elben, einst hinter der Schattengrenze im Norden zurückgezogen, treten aus dem Nebel heraus und wollen verlorene Gebiete zurückerobern. Aber auch der machtbesessene Autarch im Süden stellt Heere bereit und beide haben die Südmarkfeste zum Ziel.

For generations the misty Shadowline has marked the boundary between the lands of men and the lost northern lands that are the lair of their inhuman enemies, the ageless Qar. But now that boundary line is moving outward, threatening to engulf the northernmost land in which humans still live - the kingdom of Southmarch.

Die Fortsetzung der Fantasy-Saga um Osten Ard. Die Nornenkönigin streckt ihre Hand nach der sagenumwobenen Hexenholzkrone aus und der Schatten eines aufziehenden Krieges legt sich über Osten Ard. Um mehr über die Bedrohung durch die Nornen herauszufinden, schicken König Simon und Königin Miriamel schweren Herzens ihren Enkel Prinz Morgan zu dem alten Volk der Sithi. Wird er wohlbehalten zurückkehren? Und ist ein Krieg gegen die Nornen noch abzuwenden?

A year ago, the March Kingdoms were at peace, and the Eddon family held the throne. Now the family has been shattered. King Olin Eddon is a prisoner in a faraway land, and Olin’s heir Kendrick is dead – slain by treachery and dark, bloody magic. With their father and brother taken from them, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have done their best to hold the kingdom together, but now Barrick has been captured in a failed war against the immortal Twilight People and Briony has been forced to flee.

Neues aus der Welt der Großen Schwerter. Osten Ard steht erneut am Scheideweg. Die Nornen bereiten sich darauf vor, das Land, das einst ihnen gehörte, zurückzuerobern. König Simons und Herzog Isgrimnurs Kriegern gelingt es, das Elbenvolk zurück in seine Hochburg in den Bergen zu drängen. Der Krieg scheint vorbei, aber das Töten dauert an. Die Sterblichen begnügen sich nicht mit ihrem Sieg: Sie trachten danach, das Volk der Nornen gänzlich auszulöschen.

Die beliebte Shadowmarch-Reihe geht weiter. Dunkelheit senkt sich auf die Südmark, als ein riesiges Elbenheer von jenseits der Schattengrenze auf die Burg zuschreitet. Den königlichen Zwillingen Barrick und Briony bleibt nur noch die Flucht in entgegengesetzte Richtungen. Während Barrick und Hauptmann Gerras hinter die Schattengrenze der grausamen Elben fliehen, schmiedet Briony mit ihrem Gefolgsmann Shaso Pläne, den Thron zurückzuerobern.