Hodder & Stoughton The Leopard Sword Ричес Энтони

Мятежники побеждены. Кальг, властитель северных племён, стал узником вождей, которыми не так давно командовал. Ну а лидер римлян строит амбициозные планы по захвату крепости варваров, их Твердыни Копий • Марк Аквила, охваченный жаждой мести за смерть одного из своих лучших друзей, выезжает на север с кавалерией. Он уверен, что легенда центуриона по-прежнему защищает его • Но император Рима уже отправил своих людей за его головой. Эти безжалостные убийцы знают настоящее имя Марка. Им слишком многое известно о его друзьях. И он опережает их всего лишь на каких-то несколько дней • "Твердыня тысячи копий" - третья часть цикла Энтони Ричеса "Империя" • Книга на английском языке • The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance; Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, is the prisoner of the chieftains he once led

Marcus Aquila and his allies spearhead a daring attack into enemy territory, as three generals claim to be the true Roman Emperor • A new civil war has begun: with the emperor Pertinax's murder Marcus and his protector Scaurus have escaped Rome, seeking sanctuary for their familia in the East • But they are soon pressed back into service by Septimus Severus, the ruthless commander who has seized the imperial capital and who holds the military balance of power over his two rivals • Niger, the would-be emperor in the East, is on the march with six legions, and Scaurus's legion is ordered to Thrace as a sacrificial advance guard, tasked with delaying them. Whatever the cost

Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire • Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war

Едва тунгрийцы вернулись в Рим, как им была поручена новая миссия, кординально отличавшаяся от их отчаянных подвигов в Парфии • Получив приказ переправиться через реку Рен в варварскую Германию и захватить племенную жрицу, которая может быть самым опасным человеком на северной границе империи, они вскоре становятся жертвами махинаций старого врага, который не остановится ни перед чем, чтобы опередить их и саботировать их планы, и даже ступит на восточный берег реки • Но после того, как они нейтрализуют своего римского врага, они столкнутся с еще более серьезной проблемой • Имея в своих руках два величайших сокровища племени Бруктери, они должны вернуть себе римскую территорию, пересечь неумолимую пустыню, которая была кладбищем стратегии римской имперской двести лет назад

Адрианова стена спасена, но новый римский наместник в Британии должен подавить восстание северных племён, чтобы не потерять провинцию. Кальг, кровожадный вождь мятежников, предаёт южные земли огню и мечу, и остановить его будет непросто • Для Марка, ныне просто центуриона Первой Тунгрийской когорты, эта кампания опасна вдвойне. Ведь в Британию прибывают подкрепления, и его окружают офицеры, у которых нет причин защищать его от прихвостней императора. В такой обстановке неосторожно брошенное слово и вражеское копьё одинаково смертельны • Мало того, враги уже дышат Марку в спину. Пока он тренирует две центурии сирийских лучников, чтобы отбить нападение варваров и начать контрнаступление, новый префект Второй Тунгрийской узнал его тайну. Только чудо может спасти Марка и его людей от смерти и позора

Vietnam veteran Michael Lander wants the country that made him suffer to suffer in return • Al-Fatah operative Dahlia Iyad wants to help him turn his bold plan into devastating reality • David Kabakov, Mossad's most dedicated soldier, is determined to uncover the plot before it's too late • All he and the FBI know is that it will be apocalyptic • They don't know about the 1,200 pounds of explosives on their way to the states • The largest, deadliest bomb on American soil • That it will detonate in front of millions at the biggest sporting event of the season • The day of horror is nearly here • Black Sunday

With the great sword Caliburn in his hand and Merlin the enchanter at his side, Arthur comes out of hiding to claim the crown he was born to wear. Merlin, Arthur's protector, sees the glories and horrors that await the new king . . . and to save him Merlin musters all his power to weave one last enchantment. He is showing signs of age and he gradually realises he is losing his powers of prophecy and clairvoyance to a younger generation. But he is able to accept this because he knows that they will be at the service of his beloved monarch whose fabled victories, marriage and the building of Camelot shine through these pages

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven – ready to solve any mystery, any time – in Enid Blyton’s classic series of 15 mystery novels • When the gang go star-gazing, they soon get bored and spy on the town – and see someone setting a haystack on fire • Will the Seven act fast enough to save the barn? • In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are published in The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (Hodder). The stories are also available in individual volumes, divided into chapters to make them ideal for newly confident readers. They have been illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross

The Secret Seven are siblings Peter and Janet, and Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. Together they are The Secret Seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in Enid Blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novels • Peter and Janet think Old Mill is perfect for their Seven Society meetings - until they make a startling discovery about some stolen goods. So the gang hatch a plan to wait for the thieves to come back • In addition to the Secret Seven novels, Enid Blyton wrote six short stories based on the characters which are published in The Secret Seven Short Story Collection (Hodder). The stories are also available in individual volumes, divided into chapters to make them ideal for newly confident readers. They have been illustrated in full colour by Tony Ross

The terrifying thriller from the acclaimed and bestselling author of The Lovers • The Black Angel is not an object. The Black Angel is not a myth. The Black Angel lives • A young woman goes missing from the streets of New York. Those who have taken her believe that nobody cares about her, and that no one will come looking for her. They are wrong. She is 'blood' to the killer Louis, the man who stands at the right hand of private detective Charlie Parker, and Louis will tear apart anyone who stands in the way of his attempts to find her • But as Louis's violent search progresses, Parker comes to realize that the disappearance is part of an older mystery, one that is linked to an ornate church of bones in Eastern Europe, to the slaughter at a French monastery in 1944, and to the quest for a mythical prize that has been sought for centuries by evil men: the Black Angel

The Bunker Is Designed To Keep Them All Safe • In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to heal. Wolfe is one of the lucky ones. She's safe and employed as the bunker's pharmacist, doling out medicine under the watchful eye of their increasingly erratic and paranoid leader • But Is It The Place Of Greatest Danger? • But when the leader starts to ask things of Wolfe, favours she can hardly say no to, it seems her luck is running out. Forming an unlikely alliance with the young Doctor Stirling, her troubled assistant Levitt, and Canavan - a tattooed giant of a man who's purpose in the bunker is a mystery - Wolfe must navigate the powder keg of life underground where one misstep will light the fuse