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A taut high fantasy as an assassin must destroy an empire from
within, eliminating wizards, their demons, and even the emperor.
For the lives-for the very souls-of her people, she must succeed
within a single day, or her homeland will be destroyed. ALONE
AGAINST AN EMPIRE. When Yash of Zeltah arrives in the fortress city
of Honaq she is greeted as a barbarian, a simple pawn. Her marriage
to prince Chej has been arranged, they say, to avert war. Yet she
knows the truth, for the armies already ravage the land. A skilled
and deadly assassin, there is more to Yash than any might suspect.
Before another day can pass, she must defeat the masters of the
nine towers-the plagues, magics, and monsters they control, the
soldiers they command. Without raising an alarm, she must kill all
who oppose her-even the immortal emperor. The lives and souls of
Zeltah, the people and the land upon which they live, all depend on
it.
Four decades after the Oblivion Crisis, Tamriel is threatened anew
by an ancient and all-consuming evil. It is Umbriel, a floating
city that casts a terrifying shadow-for wherever it falls, people
die and rise again.
And it is in Umbriel's shadow that a great adventure begins, and a
group of unlikely heroes meet. A legendary prince with a secret. A
spy on the trail of a vast conspiracy. A mage obsessed with his
desire for revenge. And Annaig, a young girl in whose hands the
fate of Tamriel may rest . . . .
Based on the award-winning "The Elder Scrolls," The Infernal City
is the first of two exhilarating novels following events that
continue the story from "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion," named
2006 Game of the Year.
Forty years after the Oblivion crisis, the empire of Tamriel is
threatened by a mysterious floating city, Umbriel, whose shadow
spawns a terrifying undead army.
Reeling from a devastating discovery, Prince Attrebus continues on
his seemingly doomed quest to obtain a magic sword that holds the
key to destroying the deadly invaders. Meanwhile, in the Imperial
City, the spy Colin finds evidence of betrayal at the heart of the
empire--if his own heart doesn't betray him first. And Annaig,
trapped in Umbriel itself, has become a slave to its dark lord and
his insatiable hunger for souls.
How can these three unlikely heroes save Tamriel when they cannot
even save themselves?
"Based on the award-winning Elder Scrolls"(R) "series, "Lord of
Souls" is the second of two exhilarating novels that continue the
story from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, named 2006 Game of the
Year by numerous outlets, including Spike TV, the Golden Joystick
Awards, and the Associated Press."
As a beleaguered galaxy fights its way back from the brink of destruction, the Jedi’s most fearsome enemy plots to end the war–and claim victory–with a final act of domination. . . .
The troubles for the embattled living planet Zonama Sekot have just begun. As Luke Skywalker and Jacen Solo negotiate its place in the galactic struggle against the Yuuzhan Vong, one of its organic ships is taken by the alien invaders. Scientist Nen Yim is ordered to use the captive to find weak spots in Zonama Sekot’s technology. But what Nen Yim discovers about the planet and its mysteries shocks her to the core. Clearly her people have gone terribly astray. For the peace-loving planet harbors not only the key to its own destruction, but the long-forgotten secrets of the Yuuzhan Vong themselves.
Meanwhile, General Wedge Antilles, commanding one fleet in a three-pronged campaign to retake the Bilbringi system, is suddenly stranded deep in Yuuzhan Vong space, cut off from all contact. Wedge and his ships must rely on trickery and brilliant battle tactics if they are to survive long enough to ensure the success of one of the deadliest and most crucial missions the Galactic Alliance forces have ever seen. . . .
Master and Commander meets A Game of Thrones and Pirates of the
Carribean. Rapid-paced high fantasy with all-out combat on the high
seas, and a canny young woman who faces the hidden threats of an
imperial court. Yet the key to defeating a sorcerous enemy may lie
with a wild rogue and the slave of a maniac. For centuries the
Drehhu have ruled every continent, brutally enslaving the human
inhabitants. Now after endless wars the human empires of Ophion,
Velesa, and Modjal have pushed the inhuman enemy back to their
heartland and unite in a final, massive assault. Alastor Nevelon
and his son Crespin set sail against the Drehhu, and they have
their own secret weapons. Yet Alastor is forced to send his
daughter Chrysanthe to the capitol city Ophion Magne as a
“token” of his loyalty to the emperor. He instructs Chrysanthe
to use her considerable intellect to discover what plots may be
afoot, even as she enters a place where courtly manners hide
murderous intent. As nations collide the true key to defeating the
Drehhu may lie in a remote mountain stronghold, with a wild rogue
known as Hound and Ammolite, the young slave of a sorcerer more
ancient than any nation—whose loyalties remain threateningly
unknown.
The official prequel to Marvel's Avengers from Marvel, Crystal
Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix, with an exclusive
adventure that leads into the game itself. The official prequel to
the blockbuster action video game Marvel's Avengers, written by
bestselling author Greg Keyes. The game is being developed by
Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal, Nixxes, and published by Square
Enix. It will be released May 15, 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox,
Stadia, and PC. Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, and
the Hulk. Earth's Mightiest Heroes have assembled to face
world-class threats whenever and wherever they might appear. They
are the AVENGERS. Yet some threats transcend the ages. Centuries
ago, a never before seen group of heroes gathered as the Avengers
of their ancient era to fight the Zodiac, foes who wielded
unimaginable arcane energies channeled through a mysterious Key.
The resulting battle devastated vast swaths of the planet. The Key
was lost and the Zodiac went into hiding, influencing world events
from the shadows, waiting for the stars to align to usher in their
return. When strange beings exhibiting the traits of the twelve
astrological signs appear in the 21st century, the Avengers again
answer the call to assemble. But when this modern team of heroes
are forced to divide their efforts, each encounter leads to their
opponents gaining strength. Once again, the hunt is on for the
Extinction Key...and if the Avengers don't find it, our world will
be lost.
The official novelization of the biggest battle in movie history
Godzilla vs Kong, the latest film in the MonsterverseTM franchise,
starring Alexander Skarsgard, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Kyle
Chandler and Zhang Ziyi.
ONE WILL FALL
The next epic Monsterverse chapter sees legends collide as Godzilla and
Kong, the two most powerful forces of nature, clash in a spectacular
battle for the ages. As a squadron embarks on a perilous mission into
fantastic uncharted terrain, unearthing clues to the Titans’ very
origins and mankind’s survival, a conspiracy threatens to wipe the
creatures, both good and bad, from the face of the earth forever.
New York Times bestseller Greg Keyes returns once again to the
Monsterverse and takes readers deeper into the worlds of Monarch, the
Titans, and so much more.
Four decades after the Oblivion Crisis, Tamriel is threatened anew
by an ancient and all-consuming evil: Umbriel, a floating city,
casts a terrifying shadow - for wherever it falls, people die and
rise again. And inside Umbriel's shadow, a great adventure begins -
and a group of unlikely heroes meet. A legendary prince with a deep
secret. A daring spy on the trail of a vast conspiracy. A mage
obsessed with his desire for revenge. And Annaig, a young girl in
whose hands the fate of Tamriel may rest...Based on the
award-winning "The Elder Scrolls", "The Infernal City" is the first
of two exhilarating novels following events that continue the story
from "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion", named 2006 Game of the Year.
It's been ten years since humanity's war with the monstrous Kaiju
ended and the Breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean was sealed.
The Pan Pacific Defense Corps remains vigilant in anticipation of
the Kaiju's return, expanding and advancing their fleet of massive
mechs known as Jaegers and accepting the best and the brightest
candidates into the Jaeger Academy Training Program to forge the
next generation of heroes. Training is competitive and positions
are few. Ou-Yang Jinhai and Viktoriya Malikova grew up in the ashes
of the Kaiju War and followed different paths to join the latest
batch of cadets at the Moyulan Shatterdome, the most prestigious
PPDC training location in the world. Yet not long after their
arrival, tragedy strikes as a deadly act of sabotage casts
suspicion on the new cadets. Together they must work to clear their
name and discover the truth as dark forces conspire against them
and new threats surface from both sides of the Breach...
The official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King
of the Monsters, the latest film in the MonsterverseTM franchise,
starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken
Watanabe and Ziyi Zhang. Godzilla: King of the Monsters follows the
heroic efforts of the cryptozoological agency Monarch as its
members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including
the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and its
ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these
ancient super-species - thought to be mere myths - rise again, they
all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in
the balance.
As the ruthless forces of Russia lay waste to the New World,
English troops make landfall in the east, determined to reconquer
the colonies. Trapped in between are the Native Americans,
ex-slaves, and European refugees, led by Benjamin Franklin and the
Choctaw shaman Red Shoes. But the balance of power rests with the
French woman Adrienne de Montchevreuil, whose grasp of science is
the equal of Franklin's, whose magic may be stronger than the
Choctaw, and whose shocking secret may call into question where her
true allegiances lie . . . 'Inventive and exciting, filled with
clever details and high adventure, this brings to a close a
sequence that seems likely to establish Keyes as one of the more
significant and original new fantasy writers to appear in recent
years' Science Fiction Chronicle 'Thrilling . . . The book builds
to a climactic confrontation to see who will reshape the universe'
Publishers Weekly
The Star Wars epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order–as Luke and Mara, Leia and Han, and others battle the mighty enemy from beyond the galactic rim.
The brutal Yuuzhan Vong are scouring the universe for Jedi to slaughter. With no help from the divided New Republic, the Jedi stand alone against their seemingly invincible foe. Han and Leia Organa Solo risk deadly consequences with their controversial tactics to bolster the Jedi resistance. After uncovering a new Yuuzhan Vong menace, Anakin and Tahiri find themselves wanted for murder by the Peace Brigade. To avoid capture, they jump into hyperspace . . . and into trouble far graver.
Hunted by the Yuuzhan Vong, wanted as criminals by the New Republic, and with unrest stirring within their own ranks, the Jedi find peril everywhere they turn. But even in the midst of despair, while the most fiercest battle of all looms on the horizon, hope arises with the birth of one very special child. . . .
The dazzling Star Wars space adventure continues in The New Jedi Order as Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil, and spectacular triumph . . .
No longer content with the destruction the Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has demanded the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible danger–and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are in the Yavin system–and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind.
At Luke Skywalker’s request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas. Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than permission, he takes off for Yavin 4 in his X-wing.
When it comes to confidence, courage, and raw Force talent, Anakin has few peers. But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri, and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific ends . . .
The STAR WARS epic continues its dazzling space odyssey in The New Jedi Order - as Luke and Mara, Leia and Han and others battle the mighty enemy from beyond the galactic rim. The brutal Yuuzhan Vong are scouring the universe for Jedi to slaughter. With no help from the divided New Republic, the Jedi stand alone against their seemingly invincible foe. Han and Leia Organa Solo risk deadly consequences with their controversial tactics to bolster the Jedi resistance. After uncovering a new Yuuzhan Vong menace, Anakin and Tahiri find themselves wanted for murder by the Peace Brigade. To avoid capture, they jump into hyperspace . . .and into trouble far graver.Hunted by the Yuuzhan Vong, wanted as criminals by the New Republic, and with unrest stirring within their own ranks, the Jedi find peril everywhere they turn. But even in the midst of despair, while the most fiercest battle of all looms on the horizon, hope arises with the birth of one very special child . . .
A young man looking for death finds purpose in a world beyond our
own in this sweeping fantasy from Greg Keyes (The Briar King,
Newton's Cannon). Errol Greyson hadn't intended to commit suicide.
Or so he told himself. But waking up after his "cry for help"
trapped in the body of a wood-and-metal construct magically
animated by Aster-the strange girl from school-was not a result he
could have imagined. Aster's wild explanations about needing help
on a quest to find the water of health that would cure her father
seemed as unreal as her description of Errol's own half-dead
existence, his consciousness stuck in an enchanted automaton while
his real body was in a coma from which it might never wake. And of
course, they would need to recruit a girl who had been dead for
thirty years-a virgin, no less-to lead them through something
called the Pale, beyond which a bunch of magical kingdoms existed.
Plus, the threat that Aster could turn him off like a light switch,
sending him into a hellish oblivion, was a convincing incentive to
cooperate. It all seemed quite mad: Either Aster was nuts, or Errol
was hallucinating. But if it meant a new chance at life, he
reckoned it was worth playing along.
Forty years after the Oblivion crisis, the empire of Tamriel is
threatened by a mysterious floating city, Umbriel, whose shadow
spawns a terrifying undead army.
Reeling from a devastating discovery, Prince Attrebus continues on
his seemingly doomed quest to obtain a magic sword that holds the
key to destroying the deadly invaders. Meanwhile, in the Imperial
City, the spy Colin finds evidence of betrayal at the heart of the
empire--if his own heart doesn't betray him first. And Annaig,
trapped in Umbriel itself, has become a slave to its dark lord and
his insatiable hunger for souls.
How can these three unlikely heroes save Tamriel when they cannot
even save themselves?
"Based on the award-winning Elder Scrolls"(R) "series, "Lord of
Souls" is the second of two exhilarating novels that continue the
story from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, named 2006 Game of the
Year by numerous outlets, including Spike TV, the Golden Joystick
Awards, and the Associated Press."
The dazzling Star Wars adventure The New Jedi Order continues as
Luke Skywalker, Anakin Solo, Mara Jade Skywalker, and others battle
their deadliest enemy in a tale of nonstop action, shadowy evil and
spectacular triumph... No longer content with the destruction the
Yuuzhan Vong have already sown, Warmaster Tsavong Lah has emanded
the heads of all the Jedi. Now the Jedi Knights are in terrible
danger-and none more so than the young students at the Jedi academy
on Yavin 4. Already the sympathizers known as the Peace Brigade are
in the Yavin system- and a Yuuzhan Vong fleet is not far behind. At
Luke Skywalker's request, Talon Karrde mounts an expedition to
rescue the young students. Anakin Solo has his own ideas.
Impatient, and figuring that forgiveness is easier to come by than
permission, he takes off for Yavin4 in his X-wing. When it comes to
confidence, courage and raw Force talent, Anakin has a few peers,
But when his friend Tahiri is separated from the other academy kids
and captured by the Yuuzhan Vong, even Anakin may be in over his
head. For the aliens have a different future in mind for Tahiri,
and they will stop at nothing to achieve their horrific end...
This novel of Ben Franklin, Isaac Newton, and a demonic Louis XIV
is "eminently worthwhile reading for both fantasy and
alternate-history lovers" (Booklist). In 1681, in an England
somewhat like our England . . . the great alchemist Sir Isaac
Newton makes the remarkable discovery of a substance he calls
philosopher's mercury, with which one can manipulate the four
essential elements of the universe: earth, water, air, and fire. In
the opulent court of Britain's greatest enemy, the ancient King
Louis XIV, his life alchemically and indefinitely prolonged,
employs treacherous means to obtain the prize that will grant him
dominion over the entire continent. Meanwhile, his brilliant and
beautiful mistress, Adrienne de Mornay de Montchevreuil, secretly
pursues a mathematical method to prevent his takeover. And in
another corner of the world, the young printer's apprentice and
aspiring alchemist Ben Franklin is plagued by a demon and flees to
England seeking the aid of his hero: Newton. But Franklin will
discover that Newton has demons of his own . . . A wondrously dark
and richly imagined alternate history, Greg Keyes's Newton's Cannon
is the first book in his extraordinary Age of Unreason series-a
magnificent journey to a past that never was in a world where magic
is a science and the greatest minds must conspire to prevent an end
to all things.
In an alternate eighteenth-century Europe devastated by alchemical
disaster, Sir Isaac Newton and his able assistant, Benjamin
Franklin, confront enemies who seek humankind's destruction Sir
Isaac Newton's discovery of philosopher's mercury in 1681 gave rise
to a remarkable new branch of alchemical science. Forty years
later, the world stands poised on the brink of a new dark age . . .
England is in ruins, crushed by an asteroid called to Earth by the
very alchemy Newton unleashed. France is in chaos following the
long-delayed death of Louis XIV. Cotton Mather, Blackbeard, and the
Choctaw shaman Red Shoes set sail from the American colonies to
investigate the silence lying over the Old World. And in Russia,
Tsar Peter the Great, now host to the evil entity that kept the Sun
King alive, seizes a golden opportunity for conquest as he marches
his unstoppable army across a devastated continent. Meanwhile
Newton and his young apprentice, Ben Franklin, hide out in Prague,
awaiting the inevitable violent collision of all these disparate
elements-human and demonic alike-while a fugitive Adrienne de
Mornay de Montchevreuil pursues the secrets of the malakim and her
own role in their conspiracy to obliterate humankind. The second
volume of the Age of Unreason series, Greg Keyes's masterwork of
alternate history, A Calculus of Angels brilliantly expands the
scope of the world he introduced in Newton's Cannon as an
unforgettable cast of historical heavyweights collide on a
different Earth where magic and science coexist.
On an eighteenth-century Earth crippled by alchemical disaster, a
secret American cabal led by Benjamin Franklin strives to prevent
the annihilation of humankind The dark magic that the great
alchemist Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed with his
discovery of philosopher's mercury has taken a devastating toll on
Earth: The destruction of Europe and the advent of eternal winter
have aided the mysterious malakim in their apparent quest for the
annihilation of the human race. In the American colonies, Benjamin
Franklin hones his alchemical skills and prepares the Junto-his
secret cabal of scientists, Native American tribesmen, former
slaves, and fugitive European intellectuals-for the upcoming battle
for humankind's survival as the army of the Scottish "pretender"
king James Stuart invades the continent to reestablish British
dominion. Meanwhile, on the other side of a shockingly diminished
world, in the court of the mysteriously vanished Peter the Great,
the missing tsar's chief alchemist, Adrienne de Mornay de
Montchevreuil, prepares to depart Russia in search of her lost son,
who may well be at the heart of the conspiracy of malevolent angels
to eliminate the human scourge. The third volume in author Greg
Keyes's ingenious Age of Unreason alternate history series, Empire
of Unreason broadens the story, elevates the action, and reveals
secrets within secrets as the surviving inhabitants of this
different, endangered world race frantically toward a climactic
confrontation.
Angels and demons alike watch and wait as the last warriors of old
Europe invade the New World in this magnificent conclusion to the
Age of Unreason alternate history series The alchemical catastrophe
that Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently unleashed late in the
seventeenth century has transformed Europe into a cold, dead
wasteland in the eighteenth-much to the delight of the otherworldly
malakim, who have set humanity at war with itself for the sin of
dabbling in the arcane. The last inhabitable territory, the New
World, is now the coveted prize of the surviving European warlords.
From the West, Russian forces led by the Sun Boy, child of the
powerful French sorceress Adrienne de Mornay de Montchevreuil, move
relentlessly onward, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake.
British troops in the East are equally merciless in their
conquests. All that stands against them is a motley alliance of
colonists, Native Americans, scientists, philosophers, displaced
Europeans, and others led by Ben Franklin, now an alchemist of
great repute, and Red Shoes, a Choctaw shaman with questionable
motivations. But no matter who wins or loses, the manipulating
angels and demons are always watching, and the malakim are
determined to be the ultimate victors. In The Shadows of God, the
Age of Unreason, Greg Keyes's magnificent alternate history series,
comes to a stunning and most satisfying conclusion. It is the final
chapter in a colorful, exciting, richly detailed, and ingeniously
imagined chronicle of life on a damaged Earth where magic and
science are on equal planes and history's icons inhabit a past that
never was.
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