Fantasy & Sci-Fi

En social dystopi - Simon Stålenhag återvänder med sin efterlängtade nya konstbok <i>Svenska maskiner, enslight belägna</i>. <br/><br/>Simon Stålenhag är känd för sina kritikerrosade narrativa konstböcker som har uppmärksammats av Hollywood. <i>Ur varselklotet</i>, som publicerades 2015, blev ett internetfenomen och gav upphov till en Amazon Prime Show med originalmusik av Philip Glass. Detta följdes upp av <i>Flodskörden</i> och <i>Passagen</i>. Den sistnämnda blir snart en storfilm under namnet <i>The Electric Sta</i><i>te </i>i regi av bröderna Russo (Avengers: Endgame) med Millie Bobby Brown och Chris Pratt i huvudrollerna. <br/><br/><i>Svenska maskiner, ensligt belägna </i>är Stålenhags mest personliga verk hittills och utforskar maskulinitet, vänskap och sexualitet i en queer science fiction-berättelse om två unga män som är fast i det förflutna - och i varandras omloppsbana. Deras historia sträcker sig över decennier, när flyktiga ögonblick blir avgörande minnen, och de ger sig ut för att utforska en mystisk förbjuden zon tillsammans.

A boxed set of the first three books in the Wheel of Time series - one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published.

In his notebooks, day after day, he makes a clear and careful record of its wonders: the labyrinth of halls, the thousands upon thousands of statues, the tides that thunder up staircases, the clouds that move in slow procession through the upper halls. On Tuesdays and Fridays Piranesi sees his friend, the Other. At other times he brings tributes of food to the Dead. But mostly, he is alone. Messages begin to appear, scratched out in chalk on the pavements. There is someone new in the House. But who are they and what do they want? Are they a friend or do they bring destruction and madness as the Other claims? Lost texts must be found; secrets must be uncovered. The world that Piranesi thought he knew is becoming strange and dangerous.

<strong>The searing follow-up to 2018's most celebrated fantasy debut - THE POPPY WAR.</strong> <br/><br/>Rin is on the run... <br/><br/>Haunted by the atrocity she committed to save her people, addicted to opium, and driven by the murderous commands of Phoenix, the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power. <br/><br/>Rin's only reason for living is to get revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland, Nikan, to her enemies. <br/><br/>With no other options, Rin joins forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who has a plan to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new Republic. She throws herself into his war. <br/><br/>After all, making war is all she knows how to do...

A WORLD IN DARKNESS. A BURNING SPARK. A BLAZE OF STARS. Bryce Quinlan is stranded in a strange new world. She&apos;s going to need all her wits about her to get home again and return to everything she loves. But that&apos;s no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Meanwhile, Hunt Athalar is back in the Asteri&apos;s dungeons. Stripped of his freedom and the happiness he&apos;d fought so hard for, he&apos;s without a clue as to Bryce&apos;s fate. Hunt is desperate to help his mate, but until he can escape the Asteri&apos;s chains, his hands are quite literally tied.

<b>A slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romantasy featuring a scholarly healer and a gentleman assassin, set in an exquisite fantasy world, perfect for fans of <i>The Love Hypothesis</i> and <i>Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries.</i></b><br/><br/>Osric Mordaunt, member of the Fyren Order of assassins, is in dire need of healing. Naturally - such is the grim comedy of fate - the only healer who can help is Aurienne Fairhrim, preeminent scientist, bastion of moral good, and member of an enemy Order.<br/><br/>Aurienne is desperate for funding to heal the sick - so desperate that, when Osric bribes her to help him, she accepts, even if she detests him and everything he stands for.<br/><br/>A forced collaboration ensues: the brilliant Woman in STEM is coerced into working with the PhD in Murders, much to Aurienne's disgust. As Osric and Aurienne work together to heal his illness and investigate the mysterious reoccurrence of a deadly pox, they find themselves ardently denying their attraction, which only fuels the heat between them.<br/><br/><b>Tropes include:</b><br/>Enemies-to-lovers<br/>High interaction slow burn<br/>Hypercompetent idiots<br/>He falls first and harder<br/>Slaughter as a love language

A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!<br/><br/>Together they'll restore a divided kingdom-or burn it down-in this new romantasy from USA Today bestselling author and TikTok sensation LJ Andrews.<br/><br/>Lyra Bien intended to live a quiet life to avoid the attention of the magic-obsessed king in the fortress of Stonegate. Until Roark Ashwood-the prince's silent guard and rumored killer for the crown-invades her village and uncovers the truth behind the silver scars in her eyes. To save her best friend from death, she's forced to reveal her abilities, and is immediately claimed by the crown as the next melder.<br/><br/>To be the King's melder is to be revered and feared in equal measures, but above all it is a slow death sentence. Lyra is determined to find a way to free herself and her friends from bondage. But first she must get more information from the silent, brooding sentry who first took her captive: Roark. <br/><br/>As Lyra gets closer to Roark, she soon learns he's nothing like she assumed-and in fact everything she needs. The more they work as allies, the harder it becomes to ignore the growing passion between them. After a sinister truth is revealed, Roark and Lyra must choose to stand against all they know, or accept their dark destiny.