Новинки Гая Гэвриеля Кея

Returning to the near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay tells a story of vengeance, power, and love.
On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship, the Silver Wake, sends two people ashore to a stony strand. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired to do this by two of the most dangerous men alive. The consequences will affect so many lives both great and small, and possibly alter the balance of power in the world.
One of those arriving on that night strand is a woman abducted by corsairs from her home as a child, escaping that fate, that destiny, years after, now trying to chart her own course - and bent upon revenge. Another figure, on the boat, bringing it to meet the secretive landing party at the city where they are going, is a merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith.
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of his most recent novels, international bestseller Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature 'quarter turn to the fantastic' to offer readers a wide-ranging, vividly memorable set of characters in a story of vengeance, power, and love, built around profoundly contemporary themes of exile, loss, and memory.
In a narrative of page-turning drama, All the Seas of the World also offers moving reflections on choices, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives.

Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered.
But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride, set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.

An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.
Honour is beyond measure
But its price may be an empire…
For two years Shen Tai has mourned his celebrated father and lived like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire. There, by a mountain lake, the bones of the soldiers killed in great battles between the Kitai and the Tagurans lie unburied and their wailing ghosts strike terror into the living.
Tai has laboured alone, laying to rest the mingled dead of both empires, until a letter arrives. It contains the promise of a poisoned chalice: Tai will be given two hundred and fifty Sardian horses by the Tagurans, legendary steeds from the far west, as a reward for his courage and piety.
Now, Tai must try to return alive from solitude to a glittering, dangerous court. For to give a man even one of the famed Sardians is to honour him greatly; to give him so many is a reward which would overwhelm an emperor, and could be Tai's death warrant.

From the multiple award-winning author of Ysabel, Tigana and A Song for Arbonne, this powerful, moving saga evokes the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago.
There is nothing soft or silken about the north. The lives of men and women are as challenging as the climate and lands in which they dwell. For generations, the Erlings of Vinmark have taken their dragon-prowed ships across the seas, raiding the lands of the Cyngael and Anglcyn peoples, leaving fire and death behind. But times change, even in the north, and in a tale woven with consummate artistry, people of all three cultures find the threads of their lives unexpectedly brought together…
Bern Thorkellson, punished for his father's sins, commits an act of vengeance and desperation that brings him face-to-face, across the sea, with a past he's been trying to leave behind.
In the Anglcyn lands of King Aeldred, the shrewd king, battling inner demons all the while, shores up his defenses with alliances and diplomacy-and with swords and arrows-while his exceptional, unpredictable sons and daughters pursue their own desires when battle comes and darkness falls in the woods.
And in the valleys and shrouded hills of the Cyngael, whose voices carry music even as they feud and raid amongst each other, violence and love become deeply interwoven when the dragon ships come and Alun ab Owyn, chasing an enemy in the night, glimpses strange lights gleaming above forest pools.

Однажды ночью по тёмному морю к пустынному побережью подплывает корабль, на борту которого двое. Их цель — убийство. Их наняли, чтобы изменить баланс сил в этом мире. И если задуманное исполнится, последствия гибели одного человека отразятся на судьбах целых империй.

Надию ещё в детстве похитили и продали в рабство на годы, закалившие её в орудие мести. Рафел — купец, давно изгнанный из родного дома и с тех пор странствующий в поисках нового. Эти двое встретились на том самом корабле, что теперь гасит фонари в тёмном море. И им суждено вплести нити своих судеб в эпическое полотно великих событий, которые определят их время…

Однажды ночью по тёмному морю к пустынному побережью подплывает корабль, на борту которого двое. Их цель – убийство. Их наняли, чтобы изменить баланс сил в этом мире. И если задуманное исполнится, последствия гибели одного человека отразятся на судьбах целых империй.
Надию ещё в детстве похитили и продали в рабство на годы, закалившие её в орудие мести. Рафел – купец, давно изгнанный из родного дома и с тех пор странствующий в поисках нового. Эти двое встретились на том самом корабле, что теперь гасит фонари в тёмном море. И им суждено вплести нити своих судеб в эпическое полотно великих событий, которые определят их время…
Впервые на русском языке! Новый роман автора «Тиганы» и «Львов Аль-Рассана», признанного мастера жанра, лауреата Всемирной премии фэнтези, неоднократно номинировавшегося на «Локус» и «Хьюго».
Произведения Гая Гэвриэла Кея регулярно входят в списки лучших книг года по версии журнала «Мир Фантастики».
Хвалебные отзывы Брэндона Сандерсона, Энн Маккефри и других мастеров жанра.
Для поклонников Патрика Ротфусса, Джо Аберкромби и Теда Уильямса.
Прекрасное оформление и карты на форзацах.

Однажды ночью по тёмному морю к пустынному побережью подплывает корабль, на борту которого двое. Их цель – убийство. Их наняли, чтобы изменить баланс сил в этом мире. И если задуманное исполнится, последствия гибели одного человека отразятся на судьбах целых империй.
Надию ещё в детстве похитили и продали в рабство на годы, закалившие её в орудие мести. Рафел – купец, давно изгнанный из родного дома и с тех пор странствующий в поисках нового. Эти двое встретились на том самом корабле, что теперь гасит фонари в тёмном море. И им суждено вплести нити своих судеб в эпическое полотно великих событий, которые определят их время…

On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship, the Silver Wake, sends two people ashore to a stony strand. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired to do this by two of the most dangerous men alive. The consequences will affect so many lives both great and small, and possibly alter the balance of power in the world.
One of those arriving on that night strand is a woman abducted by corsairs from her home as a child, escaping that fate, that destiny, years after, now trying to chart her own course - and bent upon revenge. Another figure, on the boat, bringing it to meet the secretive landing party at the city where they are going, is a merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith.
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of his most recent novels, international bestseller Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature 'quarter turn to the fantastic' to offer readers a wide-ranging, vividly memorable set of characters in a story of vengeance, power, and love, built around profoundly contemporary themes of exile, loss, and memory.
In a narrative of page-turning drama, All the Seas of the World also offers moving reflections on choices, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives.

Роман всесвітньо відомого канадського письменника Ґ. Ґ. Кея, написаний у жанрі псевдоісторичного фентезі, – це грандіозна панорама світу, в якій яскраво проведено історичні паралелі з життям Європи в середині першого тисячоліття нашої ери. Сповнена пригод, містичних зустрічей і роздумів про покликання в житті, подорож головного героя Гая Криспа з Варени до Сарантію занурює читача у створений автором світ. Письменник майстерно описує двірцеві інтриги, змальов

Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay deploys his signature ‘quarter turn to the fantastic’ to tell a story of vengeance, power, and love.

On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small.

One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course — and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time.

All the Seas of the World is a page-turning drama that also offers moving reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives — in the past, and today.

Родриго Бельмонте из Вальеды. Капитан армии джадитов в землях Аль-Рассана. Аммар ибн Хайрам из Альджейса. Поэт, дипломат и убийца. И Джеана бет Исхак, лекарь из Фезаны. Женщина, которую они оба любили. Женщина, любившая их – мужчин, что поклоняются разным богам, но одинаково ценят честь и доблесть. Непревзойденных воинов, что еще при жизни стали легендами. Врагов, сделавшихся сперва соратниками поневоле, а позже — друзьями. Но государям нет дела до чувств тех, кто служит им. И настанет день, когда Родриго с Аммаром окажутся во главе враждующих армий, на поле боя, где решится, кто будет править этой жестокой и прекрасной землей...

Двадцать лет назад два могущественных колдуна, Альберико Барбадиорский и Брандин Игратский, вторглись во главе армий на полуостров Ладонь и поделили завоёванные земли между собой.

Ныне во владениях Альберико царит кровавая тирания, но Брандин милосерден к новым подданным. Ко всем, кроме жителей страны Тигана: в сражении за неё погиб любимый сын Брандина, и месть короля-колдуна оказалась страшна. Дворцы и храмы Тиганы были разрушены, скульптуры – разбиты, книги и летописи – сожжены. Могущественное заклятие заставило людей забыть само её название. Когда умрёт последний, кто был в ней рождён, даже память о Тигане исчезнет из мира.

Однако остались те, кто жаждет спасти свою страну от вечного забвения. Кто готов убить Брандина, ведь его смерть разрушит чары. И то, что два правителя-колдуна готовятся развязать новую кровопролитную войну, на сей раз – между собой, как нельзя кстати вписывается в их планы…

Двадцать лет назад два могущественных колдуна, Альберико Барбадиорский и Брандин Игратский, вторглись во главе армий на полуостров Ладонь и поделили завоёванные земли между собой. Ныне во владениях Альберико царит кровавая тирания, но Брандин милосерден к новым подданным. Ко всем, кроме жителей страны Тигана: в сражении за неё погиб любимый сын Брандина, и месть короля-колдуна оказалась страшна. Дворцы и храмы Тиганы были разрушены, скульптуры — разбиты, книги и летописи — сожжены. Могущественное заклятие заставило людей забыть само её название. Когда умрёт последний, кто был в ней рождён, даже память о Тигане исчезнет из мира. Однако…

Благодаря своему уму Гвиданио Черра попал в известную на всю Батиару школу, хотя был всего лишь сыном портного. Позже он поступил на службу ко двору графа Милазии и вскоре узнал, почему того прозвали Зверем. Судьбе этого молодого человека — а заодно и судьбе всего мира — еще только предстояло измениться навсегда. Ведь однажды, осенней ночью, в покои графа вошла юная Адрия Риполи. Рожденная дочерью правителя, комфорту и праздности она предпочла жизнь, полную опасностей, действий и свободы. И вот теперь пришла с намерением убить Зверя.

А ведь в этой истории есть и другие: целительница, решившая бросить вызов судьбе; очаровательно легкомысленный наследник всесильного семейства банкиров; могущественный религиозный лидер, известный скорее распутством, чем набожностью; и, разумеется, два величайших командира наемников — вечных противников в политике и на поле боя, чье соперничество держит в равновесии чашу мировых весов в то неспокойное, опасное, яростное время, которое еще долго будут вспоминать.

Ведь он слишком ослепителен, блеск минувших дней.

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast.
Danio's fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.
Other vivid figures share the story: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting these lives and many more, two mercenary commanders, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.

Based on the troubadour culture that rose in Provence during the High Middle Ages, this panoramic, absorbing novel beautifully creates an alternate version of the medieval world.The matriarchal, cultured land of Arbonne is rent by a feud between its two most powerful dukes, the noble troubador Bertran de Talair and Urte de Miraval, over long-dead Aelis, lover of one, wife of the other and once heir to the country's throne.To the north lies militaristic Gorhaut, whose inhabitants worship the militant god Corannos and are ruled by corrupt, womanizing King Ademar. His chief advisor, the high priest of Corannos, is determined to irradicate the worship of a female deity, whose followers live to the south.Into this cauldron of brewing disaster comes the mysterious Gorhaut mercenary Blaise, who takes service with Bertran and averts an attempt on his life. The revelation of Blaise's lineage and a claim for sanctuary by his sister-in-law sets the stage for a brutal clash between the two cultures. Intertwined is the tale of a young woman troubadour whose role suggests the sweep of the drama to come.

From the internationally bestselling author of Tigana and The Lions of Al-Rassan comes a masterful new novel set in a vivid world evoking early Renaissance Italy and offering an extraordinary cast of characters whose lives come together through destiny, love, and ambition.

In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man recalls his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school even though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a count--and soon learned why that man was known as the Beast.

Danio's fate changed the moment he recognized Adria Ripoli as she entered the Beast's chambers one autumn night, intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen, instead of a life of comfort, one of danger--and freedom. Which is how she encounters Danio in a perilous time and place.

Unforgettable figures share the unfolding story. Among them: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a powerful religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting all these lives and many more, two larger-than-life mercenary commanders, lifelong adversaries, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.

A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.

In this exhilarating, moving novel set in modern and ancient Provence, Guy Gavriel Kay casts brilliant light on the ways in which history – whether of a culture or a family – refuses to be buried.Ned Marriner, fifteen years old, has accompanied his photographer father to Provence for a six-week “shoot” of images for a glossy coffee-table book. Gradually, Ned discovers a very old story playing itself out in this modern world of iPods, cellphones, and seven-seater vans whipping along roads walked by Celtic tribes and the Roman Legions.On one holy, haunted night of the ancient year, when the borders between the living and the dead are down and fires are lit upon the hills, Ned, his family, and his friends, are shockingly drawn into this tale, as dangerous, mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, claiming and changing lives.

With this rich masterfully written extravaganza of myth and magic, the internationally acclaimed author of the Fionovar trilogy has created an epic that will change forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction.Set in a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a people struggling to be free. A people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered.But not everyone has forgotten. A handful of men and women, driven by love, hope and pride set in motion the dangerous quest for freedom and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana

An epic historical adventure set in a pseudo 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.An epic historical adventure set in a pseudo 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape.For two years Shen Tai has mourned his father, living like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire, by a mountain lake where terrible battles have long been fought between the Kitai and the neighbouring Tagurans, including one for which his father – a great general – was honoured. But Tai's father never forgot the brutal slaughter involved. The bones of 100,000 soldiers still lie unburied by the lake and their wailing ghosts at night strike terror in the living, leaving the lake and meadow abandoned in its ring of mountains.To honour and redress his father's sorrow, Tai has journeyed west to the lake and has laboured, alone, to bury the dead of both empires. His supplies are replenished by his own people from the nearest fort, and also – since peace has been bought with the bartering of an imperial princess – by the Tagurans, for his solitary honouring of their dead.The Tagurans soldiers one day bring an unexpected letter. It is from the bartered Kitan Princess Cheng-wan, and it contains a poisoned chalice: she has gifted Tai with two hundred and fifty Sardian horses, to reward him for his courage. The Sardians are legendary steeds from the far west, famed, highly-prized, long-coveted by the Kitans.