Обложки мистических романов

 » Adrian Tchaikovsky

Да, мне тоже напоминают Assassin's Creed. Этим и впечатлили обложки!

Adrian Tchaikovsky
Series: Shadows of the Apt











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Соната вот спасибо))) меня зацепило однозначно - первая ассоциация с чародеем Дрезденом - не подскажешь про что серия??? а то хочется для разнообразия почитать про смелых мужчин, а не только боевых женщин да и фамилия автора так и ласкает мой слух)))))))))))
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Brent Weeks

1. The Way of Shadows (The first book in the Night Angel Trilogy series) (2008)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art - and he is the city's most accomplished artist.
For Kylar Stern, just surviving is a struggle. As a guild rat, he's learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint.
But to be accepted, he must turn his back on everything he has ever known.

2. Shadow's Edge (The second book in the Night Angel Trilogy series) (2008)

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. The Godking's successful coup has left Kylar's master, Durzo, and his best friend, Logan, dead. He is starting over: new city, new friends, and new profession.
But when he learns that Logan might actually be alive and in hiding, Kylar is faced with an agonizing choice: will he give up the way of shadows forever and live in peace with his new family, or will he risk everything by taking on the ultimate hit?

3. Beyond the Shadows (The third book in the Night Angel Trilogy series) (2008)

Logan Gyre is king of Cenaria, a country under siege, with a threadbare army and little hope. He has one chance - a desperate gamble, but one that could destroy his kingdom.
In the north, the new Godking has a plan. If it comes to fruition, no one will have the power to stop him.
Kylar Stern has no choice. To save his friends-and perhaps his enemies-he must accomplish the impossible: assassinate a goddess.
Beyond the Shadows is the action-packed conclusion to the Night Angel Trilogy.
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Сонат а, не могла бы ты написать о Чайковском - я его книги имела ввиду - Adrian Tchaikovsky Series: Shadows of the Apt)))))плииииз))))
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Сонатик спасибо!!!Brent Weeks Series: Night Angel Trilogy - чего то у меня ассоциации с самураями и ниндзя....

По просьбе)))

Adrian Tchaikovsky
1. Empire in Black and Gold (The first book in the Shadows of the Apt series) (2008)

Seventeen years ago Stenwold witnessed the Wasp Empire storming the city of Myna in a brutal war of conquest. Since then he has preached vainly against this threat in his home city of Collegium, but now the Empire is on the march, with its spies and its armies everywhere, and the Lowlands lie directly in its path. All the while, Stenwold has been training youthful agents to fight the Wasp advance, and the latest recruits include his niece, Che, and his mysterious ward, Tynisa. When his home is violently attacked, he is forced to send them ahead of him and, hotly pursued, they fly by airship to Helleron, the first city in line for the latest Wasp invasion.Stenwold and Che are Beetle-kinden, one of many human races that take their powers and inspiration each from a totem insect, but he also has allies of many breeds: Mantis, Spider, Ant, with their own particular skills. Foremost is the deadly Mantis-kinden warrior, Tisamon, but other very unlikely allies also join the cause.

As things go from bad to worse amid escalating dangers, Stenwold learns that the Wasps intend to use the newly completed railroad between Helleron and Collegium to launch a lightning strike into the heart of the Lowlands. Then he gathers all of his agents to force a final showdown in the engine yard ...

2. Dragonfly Falling (The second book in the Shadows of the Apt series) (2009)

Two young companions, Totho and Salma, arrive at Tark to spy on the menacing Wasp army, but are there mistakenly apprehended as enemy agents. By the time they are freed, the city is already under siege. Over in the imperial capital the young emperor, Alvdan, is becoming captivated by a remarkable slave, the vampiric Uctebri, who claims he knows of magic that can grant eternal life. In Collegium, meanwhile, Stenwold is still trying to persuade the city magnates to take seriously the Wasp Empire's imminent threat to their survival. In a colourful drama involving mass warfare and personal combat, a small group of heroes must stand up against what seems like an unstoppable force.

This volume continues the story that so brilliantly unfolded in Empire in Black and Gold - and the action is still non-stop.

3. Blood of the Mantis (The third book in the Shadows of the Apt series) (2009)

Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, but he has only days before the magical box is lost to him forever. Meanwhile, the forces of the Empire are mustering over winter for their great offensive, gathering their soldiers and perfecting their new weapons. Stenwold and his followers have only a short time to gather what allies they can before the Wasp armies march again, conquering everything in their path. If they cannot throw back the Wasps this spring then the imperial black-and-gold flag will fly over every city in the Lowlands before the year's end. In Jerez begins a fierce struggle over the Shadow Box, as lake creatures, secret police and renegade magicians compete to take possession. If it falls into the hands of the Wasp Emperor, however, then no amount of fighting will suffice to save the world from his relentless ambition.

4. Salute the Dark (The fourth book in the Shadows of the Apt series) (February 2010)

The vampiric sorcerer Uctebri has at last got his hands on the Shadow Box and can finally begin his dark ritual - a ritual that the Wasp-kinden Emperor believes will grant him immortality - but Uctebri has his own plans both for the Emperor and the Empire. The massed Wasp armies are on the march, and the spymaster Stenwold must see which of his allies will stand now that the war has finally arrived. This time the Empire will not stop until a black and gold flag waves over Stenwold's own home city of Collegium. Tisamon the Weaponsmaster is faced with a terrible choice: a path that could lead him to abandon his friends and his daughter, to face degradation and loss, but that might possibly bring him before the Wasp Emperor with a blade in his hand - but is he being driven by Mantis-kinden honour, or manipulated by something more sinister?

Валюш, зато красота обложки и аннотации вроде так ничего
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спасибо Соната)))))))))) очень интересно, но вот читать пока буду врядли - там не просто мистика, а фентези намешана, а на английском ее читать убиться можно...поэтому, пожалуй повременю)))))))
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 » Jeanne C.Stein

Я за фэнтези на английском вообще не берусь, потому что это каша в моей голове выходит)))

Jeanne C. Stein
Series: Anna Strong Chronicles


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Maria Lima
Серия: Blood Lines


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Doranna Durgin
Серия: Sentinels


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Karen MacInerney
Серия: Tales of an Urban Werewolf


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Suzanne McLeod
Series: Spellcrackers


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Nancy Holder
Серия: Gifted


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Carrie Vaughn
Series: Kitty Norville


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