In a fantastic city of canals, seventeen-year-old gondolier Altair Jones finds herself involved in aristocratic plots and mortal danger when she rescues a man thrown into the canal to drown

A sequel to “Rusalka”, set in the magical world of pre-Christian Russia. Petyr and Eveshka, now married and living in domestic bliss in Uulemet’s cottage, begin to realize that the past is not truly buried. Premonitions lead to a sense of unease that is terrifyingly realized.

They named him Thorn. They told him he was of their people, although he was so different. He was ugly in their eyes, strange, sleek-skinned instead of furred, clawless, different. Yet he was of their power class: judge-warriors, the elite, the fighters, the defenders.Thorn knew that his difference was somehow very important – but not important enough to prevent murderous conspiracies against him, against his protector, against his caste, and perhaps against the peace of the world. But when the crunch came, when Thorn finally learned what his true role in life was to be, that on him might hang the future of two worlds, then he had to stand alone to justify his very existence.

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Die katzenartigen Chanur befahren weite Gebiete der Galaxis. Ihre Handelsschiffe sind ausschließlich von Frauen "bemannt", die demselben Familienclan angehören — ähnlich wie bei den menschlichen Kauffahrern. Auch auf "Chanurs Stolz" ist das so, die von Pyanfar Chanur kommandiert wird, einer Lady mit seidigem Pelz, aber messerscharfen Krallen und einem messerscharfen Verstand.Pyanfar ist eine edle Hani im Kapitänsrang, und sie kennt eine Menge anderer Rassen, wie die Stsho, die ammoniakatmenden Kif, die Knnn, aber ein Wesen wie dieses — bleich, schmutzig, pelzlos bis auf ein Büschel auf dem Kopf, und unverständliche Kehllaute ausstoßend — ist ihr noch nie begegnet. Es ist von einem Kif-Frachter im Dock der Meeting-Station geflohen und in einem unbewachten Augenblick in die Luftschleuse der "Chanurs Stolz" geschlichen. Ist es ein Tier? Das Alien gehört einer raumfahrenden Rasse an, die in den Außenbezirken der Galaxis lebt. Sie nennt sich "Menschen".

Die Zauberkugel wurde zerstört, und die Todesfee Roxane ist verschwunden. In Freistatt scheint endlich wieder Frieden eingekehrt zu sein. Tempus denkt sogar daran, seine wilden Stiefsöhne wieder zum Hexenwall abzuziehen. Doch wer wird dann die Macht in der Diebeswelt ergreifen? Da tritt Chenaya, die Gladiatorin und Tochter der Sonne, auf den Plan: Sie will sich mit den gefürchtetsten Männern von ganz Freistatt verbünden – der Rebellen der Unterwelt.Neue Abenteuer aus der Stadt der Diebe, wo man sich mit Feuer und Flamme der Magie verschreibt, selbst wenn man sich dabei furchtbar die Finger verbrennt.

Los comerciantes hani y sus antiguos enemigos, los kif, coexisten en precaria paz en la estación Punto de Encuentro. Hasta que el Extraño aparece y provoca la gran conmoción que acabará poniendo en peligro el pacto interestelar entre diversas especies. La capitana hani Pyanfar Chanur deberá afrontar la persecución de los kif, con la ayuda de los mahendo sat y la constante presencia de los misteriosos knnn. Y todo ello sin olvidar la defensa de la mismísima casa de Chanur en su planeta natal.Una saga espacial que moderniza lo mejor de la clásica space opera y que da inicio a una tetralogía que hará historia dentro del genero.

Two surprising allies have emerged to aid the embattled ruler in a struggle he *must* win: Cefwyn's two young sons. Aewyn Marhanen is the prince destined to rule. Aewyn's half-brother, Elfwyn Aswydd—the bastard son of the king and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd—has spent years unaware of his parentage, yet now it is his time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied for so long.But a dark, sinister magic has crept close to the young man and seized hold of the kingdom. Nothing is as it seems, as the bonds of family strain against the powerful forces that would see them undone—and the battle is joined to unmask and destroy the malevolence that threatens to unhinge the king's peaceful and fragile reign.

"I Dreamed of Owl. That Means Wizardry is Near."Tristen is a weapon in an ancient war between wizardry and sorcery. He is a summoning and a shaping, brought to life by a wizard. And his sword is a weapon as well. Its keen blade, marked *Illusion *on one side and *Truth *on the other, once helped Tristen win the throne of Ylesuin for the young king Cefwyn, gaining Tristen the stewardship of the brave country of Amefel.Tristen's rule in Amefel is blessed with two extraordinary friends: one a stalwart and simple warrior, the other a young rebel with royal blood. But the scarlet banners of war are unfolding again, and far more than a kingdom is at stake. Now Tristen must take up the sword--as well as the Sihhë magic he has forsworn. He is destiny's own, created a combatant in a far older and more fearsome conflict than any ever imagined by mere mortal man. And he is about to do battle once more. . . .Rich with magic, intrigue, and adventure, this high fantasy series from the acclaimed C. J. Cherryh brings to life an enchanting world as real as, yet far more wondrous, than our own.

Book One of the Chronicles of MorgaineScanned by BW-Scifi; proofed by Casca; reproofed and formatted by Nadie.

Niūru ir gūdu Magijaros karalystėje. Siaubas lediniais nagais kausto žmonių sielas bei širdis. Nes piktieji goblinai pasklebė karą.Žmonės bejėgiai prieš goblinų kliautis ir burtus. Vienintelė viltis — nedidelė goblinų veidrodžio šukė, spinduliuose spinduliuojanti magišką galią…

After a hundred pioneer years, the colony on Hestia seemed to be nearing its end. Its holdings on that green and fertile planet were still limited to a single river in one valley. Everywhere else hostile fauna hedged them in. A dam could break the deadlock, and they needed an engineer to build it for them. Sam Merrit was the man who came in answer to their S.O.S. -- and he wanted out as soon as he landed. But once down on Hestia, it was live or die within the colony. So Sam stayed -- to discover certain anomalies that the hardscrabble colonists had thrust from their minds.

COPYRIGHT ©, 1978, BY C. J. CHERRYHAll Rights ReservedCover art by Gino D'AchilleFrontispiece sketch by the AuthorFor DON WOLLHEIM with most especial appreciationFIRST DAW PRINTING, AUGUST 1978 123456789PRINTED IN U. S. A.

The Faded Sun Trilogy Book 3

Cuando se desencadenó la crisis del sistema, ellos eran ya solamente el resto de una Flota, y luchaban contra un poder que llegaba a todas partes, que poseía una inextinguible cantera de vidas, de suministros, de mundos.Después de tan larga lucha, eran lo último que quedaba del poder de la Compañía Tierra. La capitana Mallory había sido testigo de cómo se llegaba a aquella situación. Había volado para mantener juntas a la Tierra y a la Unión, el pasado de la humanidad y su futuro. Y era una gran ironía que la Unión se hubiese convertido en el soporte de la postura pro-espacio en aquella guerra, y que la Compañía luchara en contra. Era una ironía que ellos, los que creyeron en el Más Allá, terminaran oponiéndose a aquello en que se había convertido, exponiéndose a morir por la Compañía que les había abandonado.Hubo un tiempo en que los sueños de las viejas naves de exploración la indujeron a meterse en aquello, un sueño largamente contrastado con las realidades de la Compañía. Y llegó un momento en que tuvo que admitir que era imposible ganar.La Flota se enfrentó sola a la situación, sin mercantes ni estaciones de soporte, sola, como había estado desde hacía mucho tiempo.

Gwiazda Pella, strategiczny punkt w konflikcie zbrojnym Kompanii Ziemskiej i międzygwiezdnych kolonii. Ten, kto kontroluje Stacje Pella, decyduje o zasięgu ziemskich sił obronnych bądź o skali ziemskiej ekspansji w celu odzyskania utraconego imperium. Ale Pell jest zdecydowany utrzymać neutralność za wszelką cenę.Ludzie z Gwiazdy Pella to obszerna, wielowątkowa i dramatyczna wizja przyszłości, ukazująca charaktery, postawy i ambicje nie odbiegające od naszych. Przez stronice tej powieści przewija się galeria fascynujących postaci, ludzkich i nieludzkich, których losy zależą od wyniku tytanicznych zmagań w skali kosmicznej.Powieść ta otrzymała nagrodę Hugo w roku 1982.

Stranded on a distant planet that abounds with fertile farmland, human colonists appear to be in paradise. But all the native animals communicate by telepathy, projecting images that drive humans mad. Only Nighthorses stand between civilization and madness. When a flare of human emotion spreads to all the horses, chaos erupts.

A Rusalka—the spirit of a maiden drowned by accident or force—will return as a ghost to haunt the river and woods where she met her death. The locale for this fantasy by SF writer Cherryh (Downbelow Station) is pre-Christian Russia. Two young men flee the village of Vojvoda—Pyetr, accused of killing a wealthy noble, and Sasha, an accessory to his escape. They are making their way to Kiev when, in the middle of a forest, they become involved in the search for the wizard Uulamets’s dead daughter Eveshka, a Rusalka and a wizard herself. Uulamets wants to resurrect her, but evil forces oppose him, among whom may be Kavi Chernevog, Uulamets’s former student, and a suspect in Eveshka’s death.Cherryh fills her story with myriad magical creatures from Slavonic mythology. A richness of detail and characterization enliven this drama about the human (and unhuman) greed for power and the redemptive power of love.