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This striking one-volume edition marks the 75th anniversary of
Lewis's classic SF trilogy featuring the adventures of Dr Ransom on
Mars, Venus and Earth. It includes an exclusive Foreword compiled
from letters by J.R.R. Tolkien, who inspired Lewis to write the
first volume. The Space Trilogy is a remarkable work of fantasy,
demonstrating the powerful imagination of C.S..Lewis. This new
one-volume edition marks the 75th Anniversary of the first
publication of Out of the Silent Planet with an exclusive Foreword
by J.R.R. Tolkien, on whom the main character of Ransom was largely
based. OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic, is
abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra,
which he knows as Mars. His captors are plotting to plunder the
planet's treasures and offer Ransom as a sacrifice to the creatures
who live there... PERELANDRA Having escaped from Mars, Dr Ransom is
called to the paradise planet of Perelandra, or Venus. When his old
enemy also arrives and is taken over by the forces of evil, Ransom
finds himself in a desperate struggle to save the innocence of this
Eden-like world... THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH Investigating the truth
about her prophetic dreams, Jane Studdock encounters the fabled Dr
Ransom, who is in great pain after his travels. A sinister society
run by his old adversaries intends to harness the ancient powers of
a resurrected Merlin in their ambition to subjugate the people of
Earth...
The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just
beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and
her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and
brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest
of her former party. How will she come to understand what life
means to the people around her? The Northern Plateau-a wild and
dangerous place, filled with monsters and other threats. Frieren
once traveled it with her legendary friends now long passed. Now,
she finds herself following those familiar paths with new friends.
Frieren's journey brings back many old memories, including...the
terrible flavor of bread?
The final volume in New York Times bestselling author Raymond E.
Feist's epic heroic fantasy series, The Firemane Saga. War has
swept across Marquensas. Ruthless raiders have massacred the
inhabitants of Beran's Hill, including Gwen, the beloved wife of
Declan Smith. Hollow of heart, his hopes burned to ashes, Declan
swears to track down and destroy the raiders, an ambition shared by
Baron Daylon Dumarch, whose family was massacred as they fled the
capital. Meanwhile Hava, whose gift for piracy has seen her acquire
the treasure ship Borzon's Black Wake and the swift Azhante sailing
vessel, Queen of Storms, and won her the name of 'the Sea Demon',
is closing in on the whereabouts of those who unleashed the
murderous hordes. Her husband, Hatushaly, the last remaining member
of the ruling family of Ithrace, the legendary Firemanes, seeks to
control the magical powers he has inherited. He is able now to
visualise and even travel among the filaments of energies that
power all existence: the furies. But will he be able to channel his
magic in time to combat the deepest, darkest threat the world of
Garn has ever faced?
Stuck in a house full of vampires, her guardian's Vladimir and
Louie have protected her for as long as she can remember. She still
wants to live a normal life, mainly going to school but with the
arrival of a new vampires, school life seems more difficult. She
wants to be able to balance both her home and her school. One of
her main problems at school are the werewolves, mainly the alpha,
Nicolas. Nicolas is determined to keep her close against the other
werewolves better judgement. He has no idea what has went on in
Alexis's life but he wants to find out and protect her. Even if
that means going up against the vampires. But niether of them are
her biggest problem, her biggest problem is her own wolf.
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the Number One
New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive.
Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions
with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only
ten days to prepare-and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless
Taravangian to take Odium's place has thrown everything into disarray.
Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide-Adolin in Azimir,
Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City.
The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from
the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who
faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who
must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.
At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the
mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the
enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants
killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against
Odium's champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where
memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere
hangs in the balance.
*An Amazon Best Book of the Year* The final book in the gripping
Sunday Times bestselling series. By way of a staggering deception,
Karou has taken control of the chimaera rebellion and is intent on
steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests
on her, if there can even be a future for the chimaera in
war-ravaged Eretz. Common enemy, common cause. When Jael's brutal
seraph army trespasses into the human world, the unthinkable
becomes essential, and Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies
against the threat. It is a twisted version of their long-ago
dream, and they begin to hope that it might forge a way forward for
their people. And, perhaps, for themselves. Toward a new way of
living, and maybe even love. But there are bigger threats than Jael
in the offing. A vicious queen is hunting Akiva, and, in the skies
of Eretz ... something is happening. Massive stains are spreading
like bruises from horizon to horizon; the great winged stormhunters
are gathering as if summoned, ceaselessly circling, and a deep
sense of wrong pervades the world. What power can bruise the sky
From the streets of Rome to the caves of the Kirin and beyond,
humans, chimaera and seraphim will fight, strive, love, and die in
an epic theater that transcends good and evil, right and wrong,
friend and enemy. At the very barriers of space and time, what do
gods and monsters dream of ? And does anything else matter
'Even better than the Farseer books. I didn't think that was
possible' GEORGE RR MARTIN The triumphant conclusion to the
magnificent Liveship Traders series. The dragon, Tintaglia,
released from her wizardwood coffin, flies high over the Rain Wild
River. Below her, Reyn and Selden have been left to drown, while
Malta and the Satrap attempt to navigate the acid flow of the river
in a decomposing boat. Althea and Brashen are sailing the liveship
Paragon into pirate waters in a last-ditch attempt to rescue the
Vestrit family liveship, Vivacia, who was stolen by the pirate
king, Kennit; but there is mutiny brewing amongst their ragtag
crew, and in the mind of the mad ship itself. And all the while the
waters around the Vivacia are seething with giant serpents,
following the liveship as she sails to her destiny . . .
It's time for Resha Valentine to face her past. After running from
her family she is confronted by both her past and her present, as
well as making a new enemy. Will Red Flame be able to stand by her
side?
This definitive paperback edition features nine illustrations and
two maps drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien, and a preface by Christopher
Tolkien. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable,
unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his
hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the
wizard, Gandalf, and a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his
doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there
and back again'. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of
Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon... The
prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions
of copies since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one
of the most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
Special collector's film tie-in hardback of the best-selling
classic, featuring the complete story with a sumptuous cover design
inspired by THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY and brand new
reproductions of all the drawings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien. Bilbo
Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life,
rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag
End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and
a company of thirteen dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to
whisk him away on an unexpected journey 'there and back again'.
They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the
Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon... The prelude to
The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit has sold many millions of copies
since its publication in 1937, establishing itself as one of the
most beloved and influential books of the twentieth century.
Things are going wrong in Faerieland. Spells aren't working, and
grey cloud covers the sky. Deciding to take matters into her own
hands, Faerie Baby persuades Titania and Oberon to swap her.
However, she has underestimated the Fat Cat who lives in the
kitchen. Blamed for the havoc Faerie Baby is wreaking, Fat Cat sets
off on a journey into Faerieland to rescue newborn baby. A journey
that is to have unforseen consequences not only for them, but for
the fate of all the worlds. Faerie Baby, Moon Magic and The Stone
Dragon are now available in a single volume for the first time.
'Fantasy as it ought to be written' George R.R. Martin The second
volume in Robin Hobb's internationally bestselling Farseer Trilogy.
Honesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz -
royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the
security of the kingdom - bare his soul to his beloved Molly?
Danger lies all around him - from the raiders savaging the coastal
towns, and from within the court. The king has been struck down by
a mystery illness and his eldest son, Verity, is bound up in the
defence of the realm. When Verity leaves the court in search of the
mythical Elderlings, Fitz finds himself friendless apart from his
wolf, Nighteyes, and the king's strange, motley-clad fool, exposed
to Prince Regal's malign ambitions. He will be asked to sacrifice
everything - his heart, his hope, even his life - for the sake of
the realm.
A dark and compelling fantasy about sisterhood, impossible tasks
and the price of power, from award-winning author T. Kingfisher.
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive
prince, Marra-the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter-has
finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one,
except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a powerful gravewitch,
Marra is offered the tools to kill a prince-if she can complete
three impossible tasks. But, as is the way in tales of princes,
witches, and daughters, the impossible is only the beginning. On
her quest, Marra is joined by the gravewitch, a reluctant fairy
godmother, a strapping former knight, and a chicken possessed by a
demon. Together, the five of them intend to be the hand that closes
around the throat of the prince and frees Marra's family and their
kingdom from its tyrannous ruler at last.
Where there’s a will, there’s a war.
Thayer Wren, brilliant CEO of Wrenfare Magitech, is dead. As the
‘father of modern technology,’ he leaves an incredible legacy. But
which of his three telepathically and electrokinetically gifted
children could inherit the Wrenfare throne?
Meredith, head of her own profitable company, has recently cured mental
illness. If only her journalist ex-boyfriend wasn’t set on exposing
what she really is: a total fraud. Arthur, second-youngest congressman
ever, wants to do everything right. Except his wife might be leaving,
and he’s losing his re-election campaign. Heading Wrenfare could
relaunch his sinking ship. Eilidh was a world-famous ballerina, until a
life-altering injury. Gaining the company might finally validate her
worth.
On the pipeline of gifted kid to clinically depressed adult, nobody
wins. Yet as they gather to read his final words, which Wren will come
out on top?
This is a compulsive contemporary fantasy of family, twisted love and
dangerous secrets from a writer at the height of her powers.
The 6th book in the bestselling "A Shade Of Vampire" series has
arrived Welcome back to The Shade... Derek and Sofia are finally
enjoying a well-deserved break. Staying at a resort with good food,
sun and sea, Sofia is thrilled to witness Derek's re-introduction
to the human world. They would almost be mistaken for a normal
young couple, if it were not for the red-eyed monster lurking in
the shadows and watching their every move, waiting for his signal
to pounce...
"An alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human and how far we'll go in pursuit of personal and societal 'perfection.' Dayton's newest is imagination at its best and most terrifying. I devoured this book." --Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken
For fans of television shows Black Mirror and Westworld, this compelling, mind-bending novel is a twisted look into the future, exploring how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimen and what it means to be human at all.
Set in our world, spanning the near to distant futures, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a novel made up of six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of "human."
This extraordinary work explores the amazing possibilities of genetic manipulation and life extension, as well as the ethical quandaries that will arise with these advances. The results range from the heavenly to the monstrous. Deeply thoughtful, poignant, horrifying, and action-packed, Arwen Elys Dayton's Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is groundbreaking in both form and substance.
"A deep and suddenly necessary exploration of the beautiful and terrible futures we face. Every story leaves you desperate for more. Somehow, the further from today Dayton travels, the more real it becomes." --Hank Green, author of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
"Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a remarkable book, visionary and very hard to put down. The characters live in compelling, personal stories that have relevance to the future of the human race itself." -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Dark Between the Stars
"A work of unforgettable vision and imagination. This book is everything I love about science fiction." --Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Illuminae Files
"Haunting, challenging and provocative--this is an extraordinary book. I can't stop thinking about it." --Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Illuminae Files
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