Fantasy
T.C. Bridges
Short and stout as he was, Pip could handle a boat with any man, and the speed with which he got the sail up and tied down the reef points was worth watching. As he finished, the great arch of cloud swept over the sun, wiping, out its bright light. Then with a roar the wind was on them.
Robert E. Howard
The Pool of the Black One is one of the original short stories starring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan becoming the captain of a pirate vessel and encountering a remote island with a mysterious pool that has powers of transmutation.
The Prison Healer. Próby żywiołów
Lynette Noni
Napisane po mistrzowsku powieści Lynette Noni to lektura obowiązkowa dla wszystkich wielbicieli fantasy! Sarah J. Maas Siedemnastoletnia Kiva Meridan od dziesięciu lat walczy o przetrwanie w owianym złą sławą ciężkim więzieniu Zalindov, gdzie pracuje jako uzdrowicielka. Kiva podtrzymuje przy życiu umierającą Zbuntowaną Królową, która musi wziąć udział w próbie przetrwania przeznaczonej dla najbardziej niebezpiecznych przestępców serii wyzwań związanych z czterema żywiołami: powietrzem, ogniem, wodą i ziemią. Pewnego dnia Kiva otrzymuje zaszyfrowaną wiadomość od bliskich, a w niej krótkie polecenie: Nie daj jej umrzeć. Przybywamy. Kiva wie, że śmiertelnie chora królowa nie ma szansy sprostać wyzwaniom, więc zgłasza się na jej miejsce. Jeśli jej się powiedzie, obie odzyskają wolność. Problem w tym, że nikt jeszcze nie przeżył próby przetrwania.
The Prison Healer. Tom 2. Złota klatka
Lynette Noni
Lynette Noni to mistrzyni opowieści. Must read dla wszystkich, którzy kochają fantasy! Sarah J. Maas Mroczny i zagadkowy drugi tom trylogii The Prison Healer. Kiva Meridan zamienia jedną klatkę na drugą, gdy z ciężkiego więzienia trafia do najeżonego niebezpieczeństwami pałacu. Wyszła z opresji obronną ręką. Przetrwała pobyt w Zalindovie, a do tego sprostała wyzwaniom, którym nie miała prawa podołać. Teraz musi nie tylko przeżyć, ale i dokonać zemsty. Przez dziesięć lat pragnęła tylko wrócić do rodziny i ukarać ludzi odpowiedzialnych za jej nieszczęście. Gdy jednak uciekła z Zalindovu, jej misja ogromnie się skomplikowała. Kiva rozpoczyna nowe życie w stolicy, gdzie się dowiaduje, ilu cierpień doświadczyli jej bliscy i jak bardzo zmieniły się ich przekonania. Wkrótce wychodzi na jaw, że nie tylko wrogowie, ale i członkowie rodziny mają przed nią tajemnice.
The Prison Healer. Tom 3. Zdrada krwi
Lynette Noni
Lynette Noni to mistrzyni opowieści. Must read dla wszystkich, którzy kochają fantasy! Sarah J. Maas Fenomenalny finał trylogii The Prison Healer. Zawiodła ich. Wszystkich. I teraz za to zapłaci. Kiva sądziła, że wie, czego chce. Pragnęła zemsty, lecz uczucia się zmieniają, podobnie jak ludzie... i wszystko inne. Po zajściachw pałacu Kiva rozpaczliwie próbuje się dowiedzieć, czy jej rodzina i przyjaciele są bezpieczni i czy ci, których skrzywdziła, kiedykolwiek jej wybaczą. Tyle tylko, że wojna wisi na włosku, Kiva znajduje się daleko od centrum wydarzeń, a gra toczy się o stawkę wyższą niż jej złamane serce. Nowy rozdział w jej życiu zaczyna się od niebezpiecznej wyprawy, podczas której śmiertelni wrogowie i niechętni sojusznicy zmuszeni są do pośpiesznego zjednoczenia sił, by ocalić nie tylko Evalon, ale i cały Wenderall. Kiva już wie, o co walczy: nie tylko o swoje przetrwanie, ale i o to, w co wierzy, o tych, w których wierzy. Z każdej strony jednak zagraża im śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo. Czy Kiva zdoła stawić czoło złu, czy poniesie porażkę?
J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith
Semi Dual was an embodied mind rather than a human in the usual sense. He was a man of outstanding mental abilities, who applied his knowledge to straighten out the excesses and confusions of mortal life on earth. Many people would call him a mystic; in fact, he was a representative of the highest universal laws that few recognize. Another impressive story about Semi Dual, which reveals the new features of the main character.
T.C. Bridges
Winter closed early over the great desert of the Northwest, and the first dense snow lay on the banks and covered dark trees with a white mantle. Ice formed under the river banks, and its huge layers crumbled under the sound of a choking stern wheel and rattled like broken glass on a track. In the snowy forest thickets, neither human dwellings nor living creatures were visible. The still air was bitter from the frost, and a dull red sun fell behind the distant hills.
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the sword and sorcery genre. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fictions most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan is indisputably Howards greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes, and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology. Kull is an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize. This collection gathers together three stories plus one poem featuring Kull The Shadow Kingdom, The Mirrors Of Tuzun Thune, Kings of the Night and The King And The Oak.
Robert E. Howard
The roar of battle had died away; the shout of victory mingled with the cries of the dying. Like gay-hued leaves after an autumn storm, the fallen littered the plain; the sinking sun shimmered on burnished helmets, gilt-worked mail, silver breastplates, broken swords and the heavy regal folds of silken standards, overthrown in pools of curdling crimson. In silent heaps lay war- horses and their steel-clad riders, flowing manes and blowing plumes stained alike in the red tide.
Garrett P. Serviss
The protagonist is a rich scientist who predicts the onset of a new flood due to the passage of the Earth through a nebula. Instead of panic, people had laughter, because no one believed in his words. They thought he was crazy. While everyone was laughing, the mad scientist built the ark. The rains did not stop. The world is sinking, but will the main character survive?
T.C. Bridges
Set against a Florida background, this story tells of the adventures of Bill Picton and his young companions who trail a gang of moonshiners through the steaming, sluggish swamp-lands. Fitzgordon had never in his life before been in a tropical swamp, and the very first thing he did was to get both feet tangled in a coil of tough bamboo vine, and come down flat on his face on the wet black muck. The stuff was like rotten sponge, and just as full of water as it would hold. When he gained his feet again he was soaked from his knees to his neck.
Robert E. Howard
The blare of the trumpets grew louder, like a deep golden tide surge, like the soft booming of the evening tides against the silver beaches of Valusia. The throng shouted, women flung roses from the roofs as the rhythmic chiming of silver hosts came clearer and the first of the mighty array swung into view in the broad, white street that curved round the golden-spired Tower of Splendor.
The Significance of the High D
J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith
The story begins at the Central Police Department. Where led Sheldon for the fourth time. The prisoner asked to speak with the detective, saying that he has a lead on the case, which the detective is so interested in. But is he not lying? And would a detective believe this? After all, what the prisoner will say will affect many of the detectives decisions.
Garrett P. Serviss
For some time, sky pirates took public attention, because everyone was shocked by their brave actions. The handsome and sophisticated captain Alfonso Payton was one of the most daring. They decided to steal the billionaires daughter, Helen Grayman, and her servant. Their goal is to squeeze money out of the most wealthy person in the USA. Do these pirates again get what they want?
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
The Splendor of Asia (1926) is the Story and Teaching of the Buddha. Elizabeth Louisa Moresby was already sixty years old by the time she started writing her novels, which commonly had an oriental setting, and then became a prolific author. She wrote under various pseudonyms, depending on the genre. As Louis Moresby, she wrote nonfiction, including a history of Egypt. As E. Barrington, she wrote historical romances, including a tale of Napoleon and Josephine (1927). As Lily Adams Beck, she wrote stories set in Asia and influenced by Oriental philosophy and religion. She was also known as Elizabeth Louisa Beck, Eliza Louisa Moresby Beck and Lily Moresby Adams. She was a staunch Buddhist and strict vegetarian, highly critical of the materialism of the West.
Thorne Smith
In The Stray Lamb, author Thorne Smith draws inspiration from his most famous works, the beloved Topper series. It follows mild-mannered investment banker, cuckold, ordinary, faithful, and dipsomaniac T. Lawrence Lamb. He is given a new perspective on life through the eyes of many different animals as he assumes the shape of many including a stallion, goldfish, dog, lion and many others. Mr. Lamb gains wisdom, fresh insight, and a new much needed exuberance for life as he exchanges the mundane for the slightly insane. Thorne Smith again shows his mastery of the comic fantasy tale as Lamb lurches from one mishap to another, reeling from his wifes abandonment and the actions of his headstrong daughter and reveling in the new opportunities that his excursions into animal form provide.