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Here starts an adventure that will span lifetimes and worlds. Discover where the story begins. Raymond E. Feist is an internationally best-selling author. My name is Pug. I was once an orphaned kitchen boy, with no family and no prospects, but I am destined to become a master magician…War is coming to the Kingdom of the Isles from another world, bringing with it chaos and destruction.

Off the coast of Ireland sits a legendary island hidden by magic. A place of ruins and ancient trees, sea-salt air and fairy lore, Hy-Brasil is the only home Biddy has ever known. Washed up on its shore as a baby, Biddy lives a quiet life with her guardian, the mercurial magician Rowan. A life she finds increasingly stifling. One night, Rowan fails to return from his mysterious travels. To find him, Biddy must venture into the outside world for the first time. But Rowan has powerful enemies-forces who have hoarded the world's magic and have set their sights on the magician's secrets.

After his parents died, Alex Roth had one desire: become a wizard. Through hard work, he was accepted into the University of Generasi, the world’s greatest academy of wizardry.... Fate, however, had another plan. On his 18th birthday, he is Marked by prophecy as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the Ravener, his land’s great enemy. But his brand is "The Fool". Worst of the marks.

A fleet of boats dock at the port of Sanjan in Gujarat in 720 CE. They carry 18,000 frightened souls fleeing the cruelty of Iran’s Umayyad Caliphate. Chanting Sanskrit-like prayers, the high priest consecrates a sacred fire to thank their god, Ahura Mazda, leading them to a new home and hope. He uses a mysterious substance to spark the flame, but few know of its miraculous properties or provenance.

It is the Age of Enlightenment - of new and magical political movements, from the necromancer Robespierre calling for revolution in France, to the weather mage Toussaint L'Ouverture leading the slaves of Haiti in their fight for freedom, to the bold new Prime Minister William Pitt weighing the legalization of magic among commoners in Britain and abolition throughout its colonies overseas. But amid all of the upheaval of the early modern world, there is an unknown force inciting all of human civilization into violent conflict.

The adventure concludes with the triumphant finale in the Riftwar Saga. Raymond E. Feist is an internationally best-selling author. The battle may be over, but war is coming… The Kingdom forces may have won the first conflict but the enemy has a strong grip on Midkemia and invasion now seems inevitable. Arutha travels north to confront the Dark Elves, but without help, Pug knows that Arutha's forces face slaughter. With Tomas he must scour the world - and beyond - to find the one person with enough power to give them a chance.

The whole of the magnificent Riftwar Cycle by bestselling author Raymond E. Feist, master of magic and adventure, now available in ebook. For nearly a year peace reigned in the enchanted kingdom of Rillanon. But new challenges awaited Arutha, the Prince of Krondor, when Jimmy the Hand - the youngest thief in the Guild of Mockers - came upon a sinister Nighthawk poised to assassinate him. What evil power raises the dead and makes corpses do battle with the living at the behest of the Guild of Death?

Life should have been easier for Sonea, now that Regin ignored her and the rest of the novices treated her with wary respect, but she cannot forget what she witnessed in Akkarin's underground room, or his warning that Kyralia's ancient enemy is watching the Guild closely.

Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power and connected by a single city: London. Until the magic grew too fast and forced the worlds to seal the doors between them in a desperate gamble to protect their own. The few magicians who could still open the doors grew more rare as time passed and now, only three Antari are known in recent memory—Kell Maresh of Red London, Delilah Bard of Grey London, and Holland Vosijk, of White London.

Millennia ago, a magical race called the Aesir found a new home on a distant world. Attracted to the cold during an ice age, they hibernated for hundreds of years at a time. With each awakening, however, they saw their world changed by ever-evolving mortals encroaching on their territory and way of life. Two civilizations with opposing magic, poised to clash over and over. Now, the Aesir are awakening to wage a new war—this time to exterminate their enemy once and for all.

From the end of the 18th century, Americans traveled west to find new homes and new lands. They brought with them the magics of plain people. It is from these roots of the American dream that award-winning writer Orson Scott Card has crafted what the Charlotte Observer called "a uniquely American fantasy." Using the lore and the folk magic of the men and women who settled a continent, and the beliefs of the tribes who were here before them, Card has created an alternate frontier America.

In 1523, in a far-away, bankrupt kingdom, there lives a magician named Anatole who considers himself to be the greatest in the land, having cured the King of a deadly illness decades ago. Except now, Anatole's spells have dried up. He can't even turn sand into gold - the most basic magic. Anatole's chance presents itself. The wedding of the century approaches, with the princess to marry a neighbouring prince. The only problem is she's fallen in love with a lowly apprentice scribe.

What humankind feared the most has come to pass: the Awakening of the Aesir, an ancient race who rose with an implacable vengeance to wage war on mortals through bombardments and plague. Two people gifted with magic and ingenuity strive to stop them. Professor Robinson Hawksley, an elocutionist in the Invisible College, prepares to exhibit his invention to the world. Using sound to defeat the enemy could change the course of the war. It’s invaluable to the military. Even more so to a conniving rival who’ll do anything to prove its patent as her own.

En el remoto pueblo de Mandryn, la joven Tessia ejerce de ayudante de su padre, el sanador local, para gran frustración de su madre, que preferiría que se dedicara a buscar un marido. A pesar de que el Gremio de Sanadores no suele aceptar a mujeres entre ellos, Tessia se empeña en seguir los pasos de su progenitor. Pero su vida está a punto de tomar un rumbo inesperado.

Imardin es una ciudad de intrigas, donde el juego de la política puede ser mortal. Quien controla la magia, controla el poder. Pero en su orden establecido se ha colado una joven de la calle con un extraordinario poder. Bajo el manto protector del Gremio de los Magos, su vida ha cambiado y ya no hay vuelta atrás... ni para lo bueno, ni para lo malo. Sonea sabía que el aprendizaje en el Gremio sería duro, pero no podía imaginar el nivel de hostilidad que le depararían sus compañeros.

Брачный договор стал для Одри Нейтон приговором. Для нее он означает потерю свободы и всего, чем она дорожила. А для ее мужа? Быть может, шанс на любовь и счастье? Но сперва Верховному Магу придется покорить непокорную жену, а потом спасти страну, застывшую на грани Темного Бунта.

Александр Думский. Алекс Дум. Профессор черной магии. Он ненавидит фейри. Все знают, что это так, но никто не в курсе - почему. Эта короткая история расскажет почему. Эта короткая история станет началом приближающегося финала.

Quentin y Julia son dos de los cuatro reyes de Fillory, un reino de fantasía perfecto. Pero, de repente, se hallan de vuelta en el deprimente mundo de Massachussetts de donde proceden. Su queste ha fracasado. ¿Lograrán regresar al país de sus sueños?

Cada año los magos de Imardin se reúnen para realizar, junto con la guardia real, una gran purga en las calles de la ciudad: la vacían de vagabundos, pícaros y maleantes. Son maestros en las diversas disciplinas de la magia y saben que nadie puede oponérseles. Pero su escudo protector no es tan impenetrable como creen. Porque Sonea, una joven de origen humilde, está furiosa tras ver que su familia y sus amigos van a ser expulsados de la ciudad. Toda la rabia acumulada por años de injusticia va concentrada en una piedra que Sonea lanza contra las fuerzas del orden.

Фантастический роман Кирилла Клеванского, третья книга одноименного цикла, жанр боевая фантастика, городское фэнтези, приключения. Демоны, террористы, убийцы и... студенты. Александр Думский, он же - бывший осужденный, ныне профессор черной магии Алекс Дум, пока не решил, что именно из перечисленного утомляет его больше.