Epic City

A family of commoners builds, morphs, and strengthens its character in the Ridgelands saga, moving toward its destiny amid hostile and degrading societies. The first building block of this family appears in Franchise as two city-states commit to a mutual iron-making venture. The cities claim moral high ground, fighting slavers and licentious elements, but display their own corruption.

Enter the macabre, wasted world through the dutiful black eyes of Vela Mara and her sisterhood of sworn soldiers. Their vendetta will take them far beyond the pale, to lands they have only dreamed of in their wildest nightmares. With a whole battalion at their backs, they launch a slash-and-burn campaign, waging a revenge-driven war against an accursed force of insanity. Witness their strife to drive the living atrocities back to the very depths of eldritch horror.

Clay ist jetzt Kapitän in der königlichen Armada. Eine tolle Beförderung, das steht fest. Schade nur, dass der Zeitpunkt denkbar ungünstig gewählt ist. Es steht nämlich ein Krieg bevor. Die einzige Hoffnung für Clay und seine Freunde ist die Suche nach einem uralten Schatz in den vergessenen Reichen auf dem Grund des Wolkenmeeres. Aber sie sind nicht die einzigen, die nach der verlorenen Macht suchen.

For Londoner Fern King, Annwn is her second home—the dream mirror of London, the city she loves. An astonishing world, a world where Dreamers walk in their slumber, their dreams playing out all around them. And Fern, along with her twin brother Ollie, is a Knight, a trusted guardian and protector of those Dreamers—and every night is spent in Annwn, fulfilling that previously only-imagined destiny to guard those who sleep. But Fern is struggling since the loss of her extraordinary powers.

What can a phoenix rider do when her phoenix is missing? Alone in Briccatore with an untrustworthy ally and no phoenix available, Sersha is in over her head. The sun is stuck in the sky and until night falls again, she is on her own. Can new friends, new puzzles, and the return of unexpected allies be enough to help her realize the last wish of a dying man?

This story originally appeared in Mindflights Magazine in Sept. 2008.

The City on the Rock is dying. It rests on Salan, Captain of the Tower Guard, to find out why.

Freja Jensen, contemplating retiring from BeeBop Publishing Group in Austin, Texas, received a brown paper parcel in the mail. She opened the package, and saw that it was from Lucas Hansen, or his pen name, Lucas Pedersen. With the letter was a manuscript. Another note received was from a doctor who asked to remain anonymous. Included in a small teakwood box was an ancient sistrum, an Egyptian musical instrument with magical powers, and had the etching of an ankh on top.

Echoes of the past. Powers of the present. The deeper the truth, the darker the price. With her Resonant powers no longer a secret, Vesper Ainsley has become a target for every magical faction in Nightreach. But a greater threat lurks within her mind—vivid echoes of her friend Selene's final days, memories that aren't her own yet feel increasingly real. These dangerous visions may hold the key to stopping Lucian D'Arco—a mysterious figure whose dark magic threatens both the mortal and magical worlds. Her path collides with Detective Inspector Blair Calloway, who's investigating the ...

Fractured magic. Unraveling threads. The more they fight, the more everything falls apart. Vesper Ainsley's Resonant power has become both her greatest weapon and her most dangerous vulnerability. Now she faces her most impossible challenge yet — shadow magic spreads across Nightreach, the Threads are unraveling, and Lucian D’Arco grows ever closer to harnessing the Echo’s devastating power. Joined by Rafe, whose own magical connection grows deeper with each passing moment, and Detective Blair Calloway, whose street-smart determination matches her investigative skills, Vesper must ...

Тайна зимней ночи - фантастическая повесть Светланы Казаковой, третья книга цикла "Город, где живёт магия", жанр любовное фэнтези, городское фэнтези. От новогодней ночи ждут чудес. Но чего ожидать, если живёшь в мире, где магия является неотъемлемой частью?

From tundra to desert, from prairies to rainforests, the trade routes of Ganelerdos converge at Sparrenfor, Enelarmos, Larpektis, and Torg-ra-Honne - the Merchant Cities. Fair exchange offers prosperity to the creative and industrious, whether human or elemental, and unearned riches to the ambitious and greedy.