Harper Voyager Assassin's Quest Хобб Робин

Второй том всемирно известной трилогии «Провидцы» Робина Хобба • Честность – основа любых отношений. Но как может Фитц – королевский бастард, убийца-стажер, хранитель секретов, имеющих решающее значение для безопасности королевства – раскрыть свою душу своей возлюбленной Молли? • Опасность окружает его повсюду – как от рейдеров, разоряющих прибрежные города, так и от придворного круга. Король поражен загадочной болезнью, а его старший сын Верити занят защитой королевства • Когда Верити покидает двор в поисках мифических Элдерлингов, а Фитц остается один, без друзей, если не считать своего Ночного Волка и странного, пестро разодетого придворного шута короля, подвергающегося пагубным амбициям принца Регала. Его попросят пожертвовать всем – своим сердцем, надеждой и даже жизнью – ради королевства

Voyager Classics – timeless masterworks of science fiction and fantasy • The classic collection of robot stories from the master of the genre • In these stories Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age • Earth is ruled by master-machines but the Three Laws of Robotics have been designed to ensure humans maintain the upper hand • 1) A robot may not injure a human being or allow a human being to come to harm • 2) A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law • 3) A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law • But what happens when a rogue robot’s idea of what is good for society contravenes the Three Laws?

"Магия отступника" - третья книга трилогии "Сын солдата" от Робина Хобба • Юный Невар Бурвиль, повинуясь зову Магии, вынужден оставить цивилизацию и уйти в лес. Его цель — остановить надвигающуюся войну между лесным народом и своим родным королевством Гернией. Но как сделать это, не предавая собственный народ, тем более, что вторая половина его души, воплощенная в облике мальчика-солдата, не остановится ни перед чем ради защиты спеков? Решить эту задачу можно только снова соединив воедино разрозненные части души • Книга на английском языке • The third book in The Soldier Son Trilogy, from the author of the bestselling Farseer, Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies • The people of Gettys town believe their cemetery soldier, Nevare Burve, guilty of unspeakable crimes

Во второй том антологии «Смертельно опасны» вошел рассказ «Соседи» Меган Линдхольм (также известной под псевдонимом Робин Хобб). Причудливая вдова живет в полном одиночестве. Все ее соседи – молодые семейные пары. В чем причина странностей одинокой вдовы – деменция или нечто другое? • В сборник также вошли произведения таких авторов бестселлеров, как Диана Гэблдон (рассказ из цикла «Чужестранка»), Шэрон Кей Пенман и Лев Гроссман • Книга на английском языке • This second volume features an original short story by Megan Lindholm (who also writes as Robin Hobb). In the bittersweet ‘Neighbors’ Sarah, a rather strange widow, lives isolated and alone, surrounded by young families. But is the old lady afflicted by dementia – or by something far more odd? • Other contributors to this volume of stories of formidable women include worldwide bestselling authors Diana Gabaldon, with an Outlander story, Sharon Kay Penman and Lev Grossman

The long-awaited second book of the fourth story arc – Sword of the Canon – in the epic fantasy series, the Wars of Light and Shadow • Lysaer’s unstable integrity lies under threat of total downfall, and as his determined protector, Daliana will face the most frightening decision of her young life • Arithon, Master of Shadow, is marked for death and still hunted, when his critical quest to recover his obscured past entangles him in a web of deep intrigue and ancient perils beyond his imagining • Elaira’s urgent pursuit of the Biedar Tribes’ secret embroils her in the terrible directive of the Fellowship Sorcerers, while Dakar — the Mad Prophet — confronts the hard reckoning for the colossal mistake of his misspent past, and Tarens is steered by a destiny far from his crofter’s origins

2015: Astronaut Reid Malenfant is flying over the African continent, intent on examining a mysterious glowing construct in Earth's orbit • But when the very fabric of the sky tears open, spilling living creatures to the ground and pulling others inside, including Reid's wife, Emma, his quest to uncover the unknown becomes personal • While desperately searching to discover what happened to the woman he loves, Reid embarks upon an adventure to the very fount of human development . . . on earth and beyond

Book two of the thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author of The Nevernight Chronicle and the Illuminae Files • After a battle that broke hearts, minds, and bodies, two friends find themselves on opposite sides of the same quest • Shattered by the discovery that she is not at all who or what she believed, Eve joins forces with her new ‘siblings’. Meanwhile, Lemon finds a sense of belonging –perhaps even love – in an enclave of other genetic deviates • But with friends and enemies, heroes and villains, wearing interchangeable faces, nothing is as it seems. Soon, Eve and Lemon are racing against each other to find a missing girl whose DNA may hold the key to saving or destroying their broken world

The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today • In a time before the Foundations, psychohistory’s creator Hari Seldon is made to stand before the Emperor of the crumbling Galactic Empire to present how his scientific theory of predicting the future might be applied to the real world • However, Hari refuses to deploy his theory for political gain, setting off instead with reporter Chetter Hummin in quest of a place to safely apply his theory: Earth, the original home of humanity • All records of Earth have been lost to time

With this rich, masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of THE FIONAVAR TAPESTRY trilogy has created an epic that will forever change the boundaries of fantasy fiction • Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered • But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride, set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana

The Foundation series is Isaac Asimov’s iconic masterpiece. Unfolding against the backdrop of a crumbling Galactic Empire, the story of Hari Seldon’s two Foundations is a lasting testament to an extraordinary imagination, one that shaped science fiction as we know it today • After a long war which saw the First Foundation emerge victorious, the Second Foundation is now believed to be extinct, and all records of planet Earth’s existence have been erased • No one suspects that the Second Foundation could still exist. None, except Council member Golan Trevize, who finds himself ordered to leave Terminus, accompanied by historian Janov Pelorat, in order to find it • Yet this quest will lead an unsuspecting Golan further than he could have possibly imagined – closer than ever to Earth, where the fate of the whole galaxy awaits him

A sharp, lyrical thriller of power, religion, and artificial intelligence • The world has changed, but Jerusalem endures. Overlooked by new superpowers, the Holy City of the future is a haven of spies and smugglers, exiles and extremists • A refugee with strange technological abilities searches for a place to disappear • An ambitious young criminal plots the heist that could make or destroy him • A corrupt minister harnesses the power of the past in a ruthless play for complete control • And the wheels of another plan - as old and intricate as the city itself - begin to turn…

Second in Feist & Wurts’ wonderful epic trilogy – one of the most successful fantasy collaborations of all time • Nobody knows how to play the Game of the Council better than Mara of the Acoma. But when you’re surrounded by deadly rivals intent on toppling you at every turn, you need to be the best simply to survive…