Fantasy & Sci-Fi

En <b>SPECIALUTGÅVA</b> av den populära fantasyromanen <b>DEN RÖDA FALKEN</b> med exklusiva <i>sprayed edges</i>. <br/><br/><br/><br/>En falk faller inte ... <br/><br/>... de svävar. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Livia Falk är Göteborgs bästa jägare. Hon har dedikerat sitt liv åt att jaga och eliminera främmande. Monster som besitter mänskliga kroppar och tar död på själen. Hon har siktet inställt på att befria världen från denna invasion, men under ett uppdrag sker något oväntat. <br/><br/>Händelsen är startskottet för ett äventyr som tar Livia ner i Europa, till Paris och Rom. Ju mer hon lär sig om världen utanför hennes Göteborg, desto mer börjar Livia tvivla på sig själv och sitt kall. <br/><br/>Vem är det riktiga monstret? <br/><br/>Främmande eller hon själv? <br/><br/>Den röda falken är en historisk fantasyroman som utspelar sig i en fallen värld. Det är första delen i den hyllade serien om flickorna Falk som är en serie med mörker, kärlek och ondska under tidigt 1900-tal i Göteborg. <i></i>

Since its initial publication in 1978, <i>The Stand</i> has been considered Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction. It has sold millions of copies and has been adapted twice for television. Generations of writers have been impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilisation, and its stunning array of characters.<br/><br/>Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorised a return to the harrowing world of <i>The Stand</i> through this original short story anthology, as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today's greatest and most visionary writers, <i>The End of the World As We Know It</i> features unforgettable, all-new stories set during and after (and some perhaps long after) the events of <i>The Stand</i> - brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers everywhere as an essential companion to the classic, bestselling novel.<br/><br/>Featuring an introduction by Stephen King, a foreword by Christopher Golden and afterword by Brian Keene. Contributors include Wayne Brady and Maurice Broaddus, Poppy Z. Brite, Somer Canon, C. Robert Cargill, Nat Cassidy, V. Castro, Richard Chizmar, S. A. Cosby, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Meg Gardiner, Gabino Iglesias, Jonathan Janz, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, Michael Koryta, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Josh Malerman, Ronald Malfi, Usman T. Malik, Premee Mohamed, Cynthia Pelayo, Hailey Piper, David J. Schow, Alex Segura, Bryan Smith, Paul Tremblay, Catherynne M. Valente, Bev Vincent, Catriona Ward, Chuck Wendig, Wrath James White and Rio Youers.

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, this paperback of the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves, dragons, Dwarves and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. <br/><br/>It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister Nienor will be tragically entwined. <br/><br/>Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Hurin. <br/><br/>Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.

<strong>The forerunner to <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, <em>The Silmarillion</em> tells the earlier history of Middle-earth, recounting the events of the First and Second Ages, and introducing some of the key characters, such as Galadriel, Elrond, Elendil and the Dark Lord, Sauron.</strong> <br/><br/><em>The Silmarillion</em> is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien's world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The tales of The Silmarillion are set in an age when Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in Middle-Earth, and the High Elves made war upon him for the recovery of the Silmarils, the jewels containing the pure light of Valinor. <br/><br/>Included in the book are several shorter works. The Ainulindale is a myth of the Creation and in the Valaquenta the nature and powers of each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second Age and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. <br/><br/>This pivotal work features the revised, corrected text and includes, by way of an introduction, a fascinating letter written by Tolkien in 1951 in which he gives a full explanation of how he conceived the early Ages of Middle-earth.

Delve into the mind of Critical Role's most charming villain in this original novel that chronicles Lucien's early life and his fateful meeting with the Mighty Nein.<br/><br/>Lucien has always been able to spin a bad situation to his advantage. From his childhood on the dangerous streets of Shadycreek Run to his years living off the grid and learning blood magic from the Claret Orders, the charismatic blood hunter will find a way to get the upper hand.<br/><br/>When Lucien is on a job in the frozen wastelands of Eiselcross with his fellow mercenaries, a rough-and-tumble crew called the Tombtakers, fate leads him to a mysterious journal in the ruins of an ancient city. The book speaks of the Somnovem, nine beings who can grant Lucien power beyond imagining-if he is able to find them and free them from captivity.<br/><br/>Intrigued by this opportunity, Lucien pores over the journal-but the more he reads, the stranger things become. The nine whisper to him in dreams and waking visions. Time slips away, along with Lucien's grasp on reality. And tattoos of red eyes begin appearing on his skin. . . .<br/><br/>With the ability to reshape the world within his grasp, Lucien ignores all warning signs. He has always bent fortune to his will, and nothing-not even death-will stop him now.<br/><br/>Written by New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux, Critical Role: The Mighty Nein-The Nine Eyes of Lucien explores the meteoric rise and fall of one of Critical Role's most notorious and tragic figures.

En <b>SPECIALUTGÅVA</b> av <b>DEN BLÅ LILJAN</b> som är andra delen i serien om<b> Flickorna Falk</b> med exklusiva <i>sprayed edges</i>.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Ett oemotståndligt gift ...<br/><br/>... du inte kan låta bli att svälja ner. <br/><br/><br/><br/>Britta Falk är befriad, fri från den främmande som levt i hennes kropp sedan barnsben. I alla andras ögon är hon harmlös, en lärling hos apotekaren i stadsdelen de bor. Vad hon aldrig berättat för någon, inte ens sina systrar, är att hon bär på förmågor. Hon använder dessa för att beskydda de kvinnor som inte kan försvara sig själva. <br/><br/>Men när kvinnorna börjar försvinna en efter en, måste hon söka hjälp hos DAF och sin syster Livia. Tillsammans med den eviga Benedict får hon i uppdrag att söka upp den skyldige till kvinnornas försvinnande men inget är som det verkar. <br/><br/>Britta lär sig mer om främmande och deras värld än hon kunnat föreställa sig. <br/><br/>Och det där mörkret det som hon känner inom sig, är redo att släppas fri. <br/><br/>Den blå liljan är andra delen i Caroline Hurtigs historiska serie om Flickorna Falk som utspelar sig i ett fallet Göteborg.

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