Селия Фридман — новинки

A thrilling space opera celebrated as one of science fiction's most profound explorations of diversity, THIS ALIEN SHORE is a modern classic of the genre.
Jamisia, a young girl protected by biological brain-ware and troubled by multiple voices in her head, flees her comfortable life on a satellite when corporate raiders destroy the entire colony. To her horror, she learns that they were looking for her.
Launched into the intrigues of the mysterious Gueran guild, mutant star-pi

Руководство по капитальному ремонту масляного выключателя С-35М-630-10 предусматривает применение ремонтным персоналом энергетических и других специализированных предприятий рациональных форм организации ремонтных работ и передовых технологических приемов их выполнения.

"C.S. Friedman makes fantastic things-and frightening things-seem very real." -New York Times bestselling author Tad Williams.
The young peasant woman Kamala has proven strong and determined enough to claim the most powerful Magister sorcery for herself-but now the Magisters hunt her for killing one of their own. Her only hope of survival lies in the northern Protectorates, where spells are warped by a curse called the Wrath that even the Magisters fear. Originally intended to protect the lands of men from creatures known only as souleaters, the Wrath appears to be weakening-and the threat of this ancient enemy is once more falling across the land.

Wings of Wrath is the second novel in C. S. Friedman's Magister trilogy – a true high fantasy replete with vampire-style magic, erotic action, war, treachery, sorcerous danger, and one of the most terrifying dragon-like creatures in fantasy. Against a backdrop of knife-edged politics and fearsome prophecies, those who are sworn to protect the human lands must discover the truth that lies at the heart of ancient legends, and find a way to defeat an enemy that once brought mankind to the very brink of destruction.

At the end of her bestselling Coldfire trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice-that of life itself. Now, in Feast of Souls, she introduces us to a terrifying world in which the cost of magic is just that...in which the fuel for sorcery is the very fire of the human spirit, and those who hunger for magical power must pay for it with their lives. In this epic tale of nightmarish shadows and desperate hope, the greatest threat of all may not be that of ancient enemies returned, or ancient wars resumed, but of the darkness that lies within the hearts of men.

Мир, в котором за магию люди платят самую высокую цену на свете — цену жизни, либо собственной, либо чужой. Мир, который живет под угрозой возвращения древних врагов людей — таинственных пожирателей душ. Здесь ""низшая каста"" волшебников — сельские ведьмы, колдуны и целительницы — отдает за каждое магическое действие частицу своего невосстановимого душевного огня, а каста высшая — магистры — хранит мрачные тайны своего ордена. Болезнь Угасания уносит все новые и новые жертвы. Но что хуже всего, один из могущественнейших королей этого мира, сын которого умирает от Угасания, изгнал из страны магистров и призвал на помощь силы зла…

The tribal Braxaná-created to become the ultimate warriors. The Azeans-raised to master the power of the mind. Two civilizations fighting an endless war over a long-forgotten cause. Now, after a century and a half, the legacy of their greatest military leaders threatens to tear apart both empires.

Unlikely allies Damien and Tarrant are faced with an enemy who may prove invulnerable-a demon who has declared war on mankind. Called Calesta, he is a master of illusion and devourer of pain, and he plans to remake the human species until it exists only to sate his unquenchable thirst for suffering. The war against Calesta will take Damien and Tarrant from the depths of Hell to the birthplace of demons and beyond-in a battle that could cost them not only their lives, but the very soul of mankind.

Two men, absolute enemies, must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known. One is a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. In their joint quest, both will be irrevocably changed.

The Coldfire trilogy tells a story of discovery and battle against evil on a planet where a force of nature exists that is capable of reshaping the world in response to psychic stimulus. This terrifying force, much like magic, has the power to prey upon the human mind, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. This is the story of two men: one, a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. They are absolute enemies who must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known.

Отдаленное будущее. Галактика, расколотая противостоянием двух могущественных межпланетных держав, равным по силе - и бесконечно разных во всем остальном. Республика Бракси живет войной - и войну почитает единственно достойным решением любого конфликта. Научно-олигархическая империя Азеа, искушенная в дипломатических интригах, предпочитает бить в спину - и всеми силами уходит от открытого конфликта... Война кажется неизбежной... но кто остановит ее?! "Рожденные в завоеваниях" - одна из масштабнейших "звездных саг" нашего времени.

Braxi and Azea - two interstellar civilizations fighting an endless war over a long-forgotten cause; two peoples descended from the human species and bred over countless generations to embody opposing ideals, seeking opposite paths to power.

The Braxana - dominant tribe of the fierce Braxin Holding - are brilliant, powerful, and aloof from the society they rule. They were bred by their primitive forebearers to be aggressive, competitive, and secretive beyond all prior human norms. The mysteries of their internal society are legendary even among the people they rule.

The Azeans - masters of genetic science - have redesigned their own race to reflect ancient ideals. Now they seek to unlock the powers of the human mind, using telepathy to penetrate where mere weapons cannot.

But Zatar and Anzha - master Braxana and Azean generals - have exceeded all genetic expectations of their opposed cultures, and have made this endless war a personal vendetta. Who can say what will happen when these ultimate warriors use every power of mind and body to claim the vengeance of total conquest?

Вторая часть романа "Время истинной ночи".

Первая часть романа "Время истинной ночи".

`Восход черного солнца` - первая часть эпопеи `Золотой огонь`. Больше тысячи лет существует колония землян на планете Эрна. И все эти годы им приходится бороться за элементарное выживание с жуткими порождениями планеты, способной материализовать самые потаенные кошмары человеческого подсознания.

Бракси и ациа - две цивилизации, ведущие бесконечную борьбу.
И вот - последняя фаза войны, когда весь мир полыхает от древней ненависти. Это - время Затара, высокородного браксана, и Анжи, ацийской женщины - генерала, для которых эта битва - личная вендетта. Страсть и любое достоинство ума и тела будут вложены в это мщение, в эту битву во Вселенной...