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Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap out of the audio, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants. The result is a heart-pounding epic science fantasy. Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.

Khemet has guarded the tombs of her people for millions of years, patiently waiting for the day when the numberless legions of the dead will rise again. As they finally begin to stir, old ambitions and treacheries are roused with them. Betrayed and imprisoned, dogged by the shame of a terrible failure, Khemet has endured the gravest punishment Necron ingenuity can conjure. Now she is free, offered a single chance to restore her honour and reclaim her standing.

Chateaubriand (1768-1848), figure de proue du Romantisme français, homme de lettres mais également ministre et ambassadeur, fait partie des figures incontournables du XIXe siècle. De toutes ses œuvres, qui connurent une indéniable gloire de son temps, la seule à véritablement passer à la postérité fut sa colossale geste autobiographique, Les Mémoires d'outre-tombe. A la fois spectateur et acteur de son temps, dans une prose parfois éblouissante, il brosse à la fois son portrait et celui de son époque.

In many ways, Nona is like other people. She lives with her family, has a job at her local school, and loves walks on the beach and meeting new dogs. But Nona's not like other people. Six months ago she woke up in a stranger's body, and she's afraid she might have to give it back. The whole city is falling to pieces. A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart. Blood of Eden forces have surrounded the last Cohort facility and wait for the Emperor Undying to come calling. Their leaders want Nona to be the weapon that will save them from the Nine Houses.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her.

The tomb is the story of Jervas, a little boy whose whole life begins to revolve around the tomb of the Hyde family. A childhood spent sneaking out to sleep beside the tomb eventually turns into a young adulthood of sleeping in a tomb with his name on it. After a stormy night and after heading for the tomb, he turns back and sees the Hyde mansion, which had been burnt down in previous years, aglow with splendor. Once Jervas went inside, the spectral mansion sets ablaze, and his vision is broken by his father. Jervas comes to find out he had never been inside the tomb at all.

Le famose storie dell'orrore dello scrittore statunitense Howard Phillips Lovecraft continuano a far discutere gli appassionati, incerti se collocarle nella categoria del fantastico più originale o delle cronache di un possibile domani, di un oggi "laterale" in cui antichi misteri si aprono come crepe nel tessuto della realtà. "La tomba" raccontato e interpretato con dialoghi, atmosfere, effetti sonori e musiche.

The demons have been defeated, along with their masters. At last, the Collen Basin is at peace. But that peace is a lie. The prince of Mallon is conspiring to wage war on Collen — and young Cally is the only one who knows of his scheme. He and his new girlfriend Myla rush to the basin to warn them. Yet the Colleners have only just begun to react when the Mallish vanguard arrives in force. Led by Inquisitor Vara, they swiftly take the city's children hostage — and deliver an offer of peace from the king.

Marseillette, 1977. Dans le café qui l'a accueillie, étouffée, puis révélée, Carmen pleure sa nièce chérie. À plus de quarante ans, elle se rappelle les personnages qui ont changé sa vie. Ceux qui l'ont fait plonger, l'ont remise dans le droit chemin. Ceux qui ont su percer ses failles et écouter ses désirs. Sans oublier ses soeurs, dont elle partage les stigmates de l'exil mais refuse de suivre la route. Parce qu'après tant d'épreuves, Carmen aussi veut s'inventer un destin.

During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits - a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist - worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb.

Empires rise and fall. Some become legend, others myth, but most are lost to time. “Tomb of Empires” is a captivating historical fiction novel set in 90 BC, where the ancient world is shaped by ambition, power, and the capricious whims of fate.

Nora Kelly, de l'Institut archéologique de Santa Fe, est approchée par l'historien Clive Benton pour localiser le Campement perdu de l'expédition Donner, introuvable depuis 1847, afin d'y effectuer des recherches historiques... et mettre la main sur un trésor.

Tryam dreams about becoming a legendary paladin of old and combating the evil that is falling across Medias like a malevolent shadow. But as a ward of the church, he is forced to obey every whim of an overbearing abbot who preaches peace above all else. Dementhus is a wizard of immense power and even greater ambition.

Eight Generations after the atomic mega-cull, a shattered world still struggles to heal itself. The iron-fisted rule of the nine baronies is compromised by an intrepid group of warriors who have uncovered secrets as dark as they are damning. For nothing in the history of humankind is what it seems. Reality is obscured by the grim impermanence of power...and deceit. All that remains is the human spirit's enduring will to survive.

The Tomb of Eternity is the third and final part of the Immortality Arc and sees former Special Forces soldier Joe Hawke and the rest of the team face a lethal enemy who will stop at nothing in the epic hunt for the oldest secret in the world. As the struggle to discover the elixir of life draws to its furious conclusion, Hawke fights against the clock in a desperate search for the dark truth about not only the source of eternal life but also his wife's savage murder, and what he discovers shocks him to his core.

Librarian Jayne Thorne enjoys her quiet life of tea and books. That is, until she finds a spell book in the Vanderbilt archives that accidentally gives her access to a magical dimension.

Trasformato in un adolescente mortale, bandito dall'Olimpo e privato della propria sfolgorante bellezza, Apollo deve ora affrontare la perdita più grave: quella di un amico, Jason Grace. Deciso a tributare all'eroe tutti gli onori, l'ex divinità lo conduce al Campo Giove per consegnarlo alla terra cui appartiene. Ma qui lo attende un'amara rivelazione: dopo aver approntato una disperata resistenza contro gli imperatori del Triumvirato, i semidei devono respingere un nemico ancora più spietato di Caligola, Commodo e Nerone messi insieme: Tarquinio il Superbo, l'ultimo re di Roma!

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From the destruction of an L.A. skyscraper to a desperate battle on board a Swiss train, from a crazy car chase through Hollywood to a covert assault on a secret SAS base, Matt Drake and his team ignite a blazing trail of destruction as they chase madmen and traitors across the globe. On a furious, action-packed battlefield, alongside soldiers ready to fight and die for their cause, Drake and his entire team stand as one and charge fearlessly into the jaws of death.

Un'antica leggenda narra di un uomo che osò amare una dea e di una dea che rinunciò all'immortalità per amore di un uomo. Quell'uomo è Arumna, principe Seianti, che per difendere la sua Tuscia dalla minaccia di Roma sarà costretto a compiere delle scelte difficili. Amori e alleanze inaspettate saranno la cornice della sua personale battaglia contro i Figli di Marte, contro le ingiustizie, contro il destino. E la Tomba degli Amanti sigillerà per sempre il suo segreto. Riuscirà Velia, archeologa ormai disillusa, a riportare alla luce l'amore tormentato di un uomo e di una dea?