Synopsis:
"Sharakhai, the great city of the desert, center of commerce and culture,
has been ruled from time immemorial by twelve kings -- cruel, ruthless,
powerful, and immortal. With their army of Silver Spears, their elite
ompany of Blade Maidens and their holy defenders, the terrifying asirim,
the Kings uphold their positions as undisputed, invincible lords of the
desert. There is no hope of freedom for any under their rule.
Or so it seems, until Çeda, a brave young woman from the west end slums, defies the Kings' laws by going outside on the holy night of Beht Zha'ir. What she learns that night sets her on a path that winds through both the terrible truths of the Kings' mysterious history and the hidden riddles of her own heritage. Together, these secrets could finally break the iron grip of the Kings' power...if the nigh-omnipotent Kings don't find her first."
Or so it seems, until Çeda, a brave young woman from the west end slums, defies the Kings' laws by going outside on the holy night of Beht Zha'ir. What she learns that night sets her on a path that winds through both the terrible truths of the Kings' mysterious history and the hidden riddles of her own heritage. Together, these secrets could finally break the iron grip of the Kings' power...if the nigh-omnipotent Kings don't find her first."
Synopsis:
"The Royal Society of Unnatural Philosophers, one of the most
respected organizations throughout all of England, has long been tasked
with maintaining magic within His Majesty’s lands. But lately, the once
proper institute has fallen into disgrace, naming an altogether
unsuitable gentleman—a freed slave who doesn’t even have a familiar—as
their Sorcerer Royal, and allowing England’s once profuse stores of
magic to slowly bleed dry. At least they haven’t stooped so low as to
allow women to practice what is obviously a man’s profession…At his wit’s end, Zacharias Wythe, Sorcerer Royal of the Unnatural Philosophers and eminently proficient magician, ventures to the border of Fairyland to discover why England’s magical stocks are drying up. But when his adventure brings him in contact with a most unusual comrade, a woman with immense power and an unfathomable gift, he sets on a path which will alter the nature of sorcery in all of Britain—and the world at large…"
Synopsis:
"A SHIVERING OF WORLDSDeep in the Chalk, something is stirring.
¬The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in
her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.
As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.
There will be a reckoning. . . ."
This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.
As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.
There will be a reckoning. . . ."
Synopsis:
"Kirit Densira cannot wait to pass her wingtest and begin flying as a
trader by her mother's side, being in service to her beloved home tower
and exploring the skies beyond. When Kirit inadvertently breaks Tower
Law, the city's secretive governing body, the Singers, demand that she
become one of them instead. In an attempt to save her family from
greater censure, Kirit must give up her dreams to throw herself into the
dangerous training at the Spire, the tallest, most forbidding tower,
deep at the heart of the City.As she grows in knowledge and power, she starts to uncover the depths of Spire secrets. Kirit begins to doubt her world and its unassailable Laws, setting in motion a chain of events that will lead to a haunting choice, and may well change the city forever-if it isn't destroyed outright."
(Note: this is the first of the Tor.com novellas. They will mainly be available in e-book, but also in print and for order through your local bookstore.)
Synopsis:
"The alien gods and angels left long ago, but their workings and their
descendants remain, mingling with low-tech human cultures.
Compassionate, lonely Demane is one of the gods’ great-grandchildren, a
Storm Bird working as a guard for a merchant caravan. The man he
follows, the enigmatic and tortured Captain, also has celestial blood.
Demane must strike a balance between his unofficial role as the
so-called sorcerer for the caravan and his inescapable heritage,
building friendships with his young and ignorant fellow guards while
sneaking in brief, tender trysts with the Captain. The Wildeeps is a
jungle where the only safe passage is on the magically warded Road. But a
man-eating monster is able to evade the wards, and Demane will need the
Captain’s help to defeat it."
No comments:
Post a Comment