Orbit feb 2026 (6 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An Iron Age goddess must grapple with becoming human in this delightful historical fantasy of myth and magic from the author of the instant hitGreenteeth.? 'Yet another excellent story rooted in the folklore of the British isles, this one charged with queer love.' Booklist (starred review) When Malt, the goddess of death, is accidentally turned human by a wayward spell, she finds she's ill-equipped to deal with the trials of a mortal life. After all, why would a goddess need to know how to gather food or light a fire Unable to fend for herself, she teams up with warrior Bellis on a perilous journey to the afterlife to try to restore her powers. Frustrated by her frail human body and beset with blisters, Malt might not make the best travelling companion. But as animosity slowly turns to attraction, these two very different women must learn to work together if they are to have any hope of surviving their quest.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. With breathtaking imagination and extraordinary storytelling, they have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre. 'Banks is a phenomenon.' William Gibson, author of The Sprawl Trilogy Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time. Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been awaiting from the Plain of Sliding Stones. Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt. This is the time of the encroachment and everything is about to change. Although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, and the crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sentan emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for the novels of Iain M. Banks: 'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution. ' The Independent on Sunday 'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future.' The Guardian 'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention.' The Scotsman 'Compulsive reading.' The Sunday Telegraph Also by Iain M. Banks:The Culture Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata The State of the Art Against a Dark Background The Algebraist.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Forced by the gods to be wed. Forced by their secrets tobe enemies. Adesperate queen and a lowly fisherman must join together to save her land in this spellbinding fantasy from Sarah K. L. Wilson.'Intricately wrought and deeply imaginative . the kind of delicious slow-burn fantasy that made me love reading.' -Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove KingQueen Coralys, ruler of the Crocus Isles, kneels to no one. But when her kingdom is besieged by a terrible hurricane, killing her husband and destroying half her nation, she is forced to make a deal with the gods for salvation.But the gods have a wicked sense of justice, and they demand payment for their help. Coralys must give up her titles and marry the first man to set foot on her pier: a poor, wounded fisherman with broad shoulders and dark power in his eyes.Coralys keeps her promise and setsout with him in his dinghy, with only the hope of revenge against the gods to keep her from despair. But her new husband hides his own secrets: a link to the gods that may make him her enemy or her ally, and a mysterious list of impossible feats waiting to be crossed off. However, learning to trust each other will be their greatest challenge, because only together can they stop the enemies gathering at her kingdom's shores.'Perfect for readers who love slow-burn romance steeped in lush fantasy!' -Danielle L. Jensen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A breathtaking novel of courtly intrigue, sapphic yearning, and the wives of Henry VIII as you've never seen them before.? 'Combines the romantasy of Sarah J. Maas, the cutthroat political corruption of Game of Thrones, and the feminist/sapphic history and mythology revisionism of Madeline Miller's Circe, set in a fantastically researched Tudor Court with all its machinations, à la Alison Weir.' ?Library Journal (starred review) As tradition has it, the king of Elben must marry six queens and magically bind each of them to one of the island's palaces or the kingdom will fall. Clever, ambitious Boleyn is determined to be her beloved Henry's favorite queen. She relishes the games at court and the political rivalries with his other wives. Seymour is the opposite?originally sent to Boleyn's court as a reluctant spy and assassin, she ends up catching Henry's eye and is forced into a loveless marriage with the king. But when the two queens become the unlikeliest of things?friends and allies?the balance of power begins to shift. Together, they uncover a dark and deadly truth at the heart of the island's magic. Boleyn and Seymour's only hope of survival rests on uniting all six of the rival queens?but Henry will never let that happen.'A luscious and luminous read' ?Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A merchant and a prince trapped in the crumbling realm of jinn must figure out how to save one world to return to their own in the second book in the Sandsea Trilogy. ? 'Once again Abdullah deftly conjures magic.' ?Library Journal(starred review) Neither here nor there, but long ago After fleeing a patricidal prince, legendary merchant Loulie al-Nazari and banished prince Mazen bin Malik find themselves in the realm of jinn. But instead of sanctuary, they find a world on the cusp of collapse. The jinn cities, long sheltered beneath the Sandsea by the magic of its kings, are sinking. Amid the turmoil, political alliances are forming, and rebellion is on the rise. When Loulie assists a dissenterone of her bodyguard's old comradesshe puts herself in the center of a centuries-old war. Trapped in a world that isn't her own and wielding magic that belongs to a fallen king, Loulie must decide: Will she carry on someone else's legacy or carve out her own The Sandsea TrilogyThe Stardust Thief The Ashfire King.…