Gollancz The Alloy of Law Sanderson Brandon

Fans of Robert Jordan and George RR Martin alike have found a new champion of epic fantasy in Brandon Sanderson. And now, in the first of two sequels to The Alloy Of Law the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author returns to the world of Mistborn anda hunt for a mysterious assassin • The criminal elite of Elendel were invited to an auction - which became a massacre, when an unknown assailant slaughtered everyone in attendance. Now Wax and Wayne, both able to use magic, both lawmen from the rough and ungoverned frontier territories, are on the case. All the clues suggest the killer is a rogue kandra - a secretive, almost mythical, figure who acts from the shadows - called Bleeder . . . and that the governor is her next target. Bleeder, and the conspiracy behind the killings, has to be stopped

Reinmar of Bielau, called Reynevan, flees after being caught in an affair with a knight's wife • With strange, mystical forces gathering in the shadows and pursued not only by the Stercza brothers bent on vengeance, but also by the Holy Inquisition, Reynevan finds himself in the Narrenturm, the Tower of Fools, a medieval asylum for the mad, or for those who dare to think differently and challenge the prevailing order • The "patients" of this institution form an incomparable gallery of colourful types: including, among others, the young Copernicus, proclaiming the truth of the heliocentric solar system

Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. And soon strange events cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island • The Island Of Doctor Moreau mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre horror in an unrivalled fashion. Its question on how far science should go is one that rings true today as it did when it was first published

Strange radio signals are coming from Jupiter's largest moons • A natural phenomenon, or something else? • Commander Mariucci and his hand-picked research team know they will have to muster all of their expertise, creativity and teamwork to survive the very harshest of conditions in orbit around the king of planets. But when they intercept a peculiar radio transmission, they have to investigate. Nothing should work in these impossible conditions, so what is sending the signal . . . and why? • With a degrading ship and crew at breaking point, there's every chance they will tear themselves apart before they ever find the answer to the ultimate question - are we alone in the universe? • And more importantly - what do we do if we aren't?

Michael Kingman has been an outsider for as long as he remembers. The court which executed his father also exiled him and his family. They branded him a traitor, and the nobles who had been his friends turned their backs, prepared to let the legendary Kingman family die on Hollow's city streets • Only they survived • And it should come as no surprise to Hollow Court, or the King, that they've been searching for the truth ever since • History is written by the winners, truth buried beneath lies until it's Forgotten. Justice seems impossible in a city where the price of magic is a memory. But Michael Kingman is determined to make everyone remember

War Makes Monsters of Everyone • Foolish Cur, once named Wen Alder, finds that his allies in the rebellion might cross any line if it means freedom from the Empire. But he can't overcome a foe as strong as Emperor Tenet alone • Rebellion Has Unintended Consequences • Koro Ha, Foolish Cur's former tutor, discovers the Empire is not so forgiving of those who raise a traitor. And their suspicion may cost him and his people more than he can imagine • The Gods are Lurking in the Shadows • As war against the Empire rages, Foolish Cur knows there is a greater threat. The emperor plans his own coup against the gods, and they will wreak destruction if he tries. To stop him, Foolish Cur might have to risk everything - and resort to ancient magics that could tear the world apart

Моё имя - Вен Альдер. И Глупый Щенок - тоже моё имя • Всю мою жизнь меня разрывали на части две стороны моей семейной истории: среди предков моего отца числится правая рука императора, а семья моей матери стремится поставить империю на колени • Я могу выбрать один из двух вариантов - служение и безопасность или восстание и свободу. Но есть и третий путь, полный магии и тайн, обещающий избавить меня от бремени прошлого, но грозящий потрясти весь мир до основания • Ибо моё путешествие столкнёт меня с самими богами. И они ждали этого уже очень давно. Ждали и продумывали свой ход • Книга на английском языке • My name is Wen Alder. My name is Foolish Cur • All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: my father's, whose family trace their roots back to the right hand of the Emperor

Подарочное издание романа «Цвет волшебства» Терри Пратчетта • Где-то на границе между выдумкой и реальностью находится Плоский Мир. Параллельный мир, который может звучать и пахнуть как наш, но выглядит совершенно по-другому. И существует по иным законам. В частности, этот мир ловко игнорирует маленькую и скромную идею о том, что вселенным положено функционировать согласно логике и гармонии чисел • Да, Плоский Мир отличается от нашего, но кое-какие сходства всё же остаются. Например, его существование вот-вот окажется под угрозой из-за новой напасти: появления первого туриста, от выживания которого зависит мир и процветание всех окружающих земель. И если учесть, что за его безопасность в окружении воров, наёмников и Смерти отвечает самый некомпетентный волшебник на свете, некоторые логические выводы напрашиваются сами собой

Stephen Leeds, also known as ‘Legion’, has a unique mental condition. He can become an expert on any subject in hours . . . and with every new area of expertise a new ‘aspect’ of Stephen is created • Is he schizophrenic? Possibly. Does that make him an incredible intelligence agent? Definitely • And this is his final, and perhaps his strangest, adventure • It begins with two unrelated events: the disappearance of Armando, one of Stephen’s many “aspects,” and an unexpected cry for help from Sandra, the woman who, many years before, helped him learn to live with his condition . . . and the combination of the two leads to a sinister high-tech firm specializing in advanced methods of human incarceration • An original, challenging, and utterly absorbing story, this unmissable novella showcases Stephen Leeds at his best: a compelling hero, and a man constantly struggling to understand and control his own divided nature

The Mistborn trilogy has become a firm favourite with fantasy fans the world over. The imagination that Sanderson brought to the series and his skill at marshalling epic storylines and dramatic action, his ability to create vivid characters made him a natural choice to complete Robert Jordan's epic wheel of time sequence. But with Mistborn, Sanderson has shown his bountiful talents in his own fiction. Now he returns to the series that made his name with a new story, building on the incredible success of THE ALLOY OF LAW. The new Mistborn books move the series into a richly imagined 19th century analogue world with elements of the wild west mixed with magic and science. It's a wonderful concoction from a master storyteller. Sanderson has the knack of giving the epic fantasy reader exactly what they want

The Last Namsara is an extraordinary story about courage, loyalty and star-crossed love, set in a kingdom that trembles on the edge of war • Destroyer. Death bringer. Dragon-slayer. I am more weapon than girl • Asha is a dragon-slayer. Reviled by the very people she's sworn to protect, she kills to atone for the wicked deed she committed as a child - one that almost destroyed her city, and left her with a terrible scar • But protecting her father's kingdom is a lonely destiny: no matter how many dragons she kills, her people still think she's wicked • So to unite the fractured kingdom, she must marry Jarek, her father's cruel commandant. As the wedding day approaches, Asha longs for freedom • Just when it seems her fate is sealed, the king offers her a way out: her freedom in exchange for the head of the most powerful dragon in Firgaard