When patron of the arts Lady Erlorne Werewilk hires Markhat to identify the parties who are stealthily mapping out the Lady’s estate by moonlight, Markhat anticipates the usual—greedy relatives or rapacious neighbors plotting a land grab. After...
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Eager to graduate from the school on the hill, Phelan Cle chose Bone Plain for his final paper because he thought it would be an easy topic. Immortalized by poets and debated by scholars, it was commonly accepted-even at a school steeped in...
The...
Автор: Тертлдав Гарри Норман
Серия: The Scepter of Mercy #1
Язык: английский
Год: 1993
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Lanius is the only son of King Mergus of Avornis. But he is the son of the king’s seventh wife—and therefore illegitimate in the eyes of church and state. After the king’s death, the council of regents takes advantage of the irregular...
Ebulon, the last human city, is under attack by the largest confederation of orcs ever assembled. Against this monstrous force, there’s little hope of surviving — save that their King has a most unique ability. Knowing that his brave troops...
The Bavarian...
Elena Ferrante returns to a story that animated the novel she considers to be
a turning point in her development as a a writer: The Lost Daughter. But this
time the tale takes the form of a children’s fable told from the point of view
of the lost...
At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn't mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her...
Автор: Эмшвиллер Кэрол , Йолен Джейн
Серия: Anthology #2010
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
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A collection of stories and poems relating to shapeshifting — animal transfiguration — legends from around the world — from werewolves to vampires and the little mermaid, retold and reimagined by such authors as Peter Beagle, Tanith Lee,...