Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation. The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland... NOS4R2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of the seat while you read, and leaving the lights on…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The first part of Gollancz's definitive collection of Moorcock's short fiction, this selection features some of his finest work. From the Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarious to the Cairene Purse, the stories here are incredibly varied in their style, execution and subject matter.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods — retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki's recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself. Using her life-long passion for…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: When the head of Mossad learns that a major Mexican drug lord may be trafficking something far more deadly than drugs, he turns to his friend Jason Bourne for help. Bourne agrees to investigate, but he has his own agenda: revenge. The drug lord is responsible for the murder of Rebeka — one of the only people Bourne has ever truly cared for. But as Bourne attempts to avenge the woman he loved, he…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Way back in the mists of time, in the days when rock giants walked the earth, the name Ozzy Osbourne was synonymous with the subversive and dark. Back then, Ozzy was the singer in Black Sabbath, and they meant business. A four-piece formed from the ashes of two locally well-known groups called The Rare Breed (Ozzy and bassist Geezer Butler) and Mythology (guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 216 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1024) Аннотация: The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced from the war in the Pacific and China, and yet events on opposite sides of the world had profound effects. Using the most up-to-date scholarship and research, Beevor assembles the whole picture in a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: As a boy, William Bellman commits one small cruel act that appears to have unforseen and terrible consequences. The killing of a rook with his catapult is soon forgotten amidst the riot of boyhood games. And by the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, he seems indeed, to be a man blessed by fortune. Until tragedy strikes, and the stranger in black comes, and William Bellman…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: In Blood Work, Michael Connelly introduces a new character, Terry McCaleb, who was a top man at the FBI until a heart ailment forced his early retirement. Now he lives a quiet life, nursing his new heart and restoring the boat on which he lives in Los Angeles Harbor. Although he isn’t looking for any excitement, when Graciela Rivers asks him to investigate her sister Gloria’s death, her story…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 424) Аннотация: Seventeen-year-old Haley McWaid never gave her parents a moment's worry. Until one morning her mother wakes to find that Haley didn't come home the night before. Three months quickly pass without a word, and everyone assumes the worst. Wendy Tynes is a reporter on a mission: to identify and bring down sexual predators via televised sting operations. Her latest target is Dan Mercer, a social…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 324 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 457) Аннотация: When a former soldier shoots two students and then himself in an Edinburgh classroom, Detective Inspector John Rebus gets the case. The investigation, which starts on the gritty streets of Scotland's capitol, soon winds its way into military and governmental alleys with which Rebus is less familiar. Meanwhile, Rebus's partner is being stalked, and Rebus himself has more than his fair share of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: Rebus is off the case — literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for 'retraining' — in other words, he's in the Last Chance Saloon. Rebus is assigned to an old, unsolved case, but there are those in his team who have their own secrets — and they'll stop at nothing to protect them. Rebus is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high, DI John Rebus is charged with liaison, thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House, bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own, dark past. Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 880 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 370) Аннотация: A phone call from a long-lost lover would turn anyone's world upside down. She's in serious trouble and you're the only one who can help. Terese Collins vanished without a trace from Myron Bolitar's life a few years ago, so her cry for help catches him off guard. She's in Paris, and has lost everything: her marriage, her child and now she's the prime suspect in her ex-husband's murder case. Myron…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Ex fashion model and successful business woman Laura Ayars' perfect world is shattered at a time which should have been the happiest of her life. On her honeymoon, her sports superstar husband goes for a swim — and never returns. But what has happened to David — can he really be dead? Whilst struggling to cope with her almost overwhelming grief, Laura is plagued by questions and doubts. Was it an…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: POISON is a beautifully illustrated re-telling of the Snow White story which takes all the elements of the classic fairytale that we love (the handsome prince, the jealous queen, the beautiful girl and, of course, the poisoning) and puts a modern spin on the characters, their motives and their desires. It's fun, contemporary, sexy, and perfect for fans of ONCE UPON A TIME, GRIMM, SNOW WHITE AND…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Thomas Post is an expert on coincidences. He's an authority. People come to see him, to ask him if he can explain strange events that have befallen them, and he can always explain these things away. We poor humans, he would say, have a tendency to make patterns out of random shapes, or to construct meaning from the random behaviour of the universe. But one day Thomas gets a visit from Azalea…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Deep in the Advanced Technique Concentration, Wentik created a mind-altering drug. Suddenly he is transported to the jungles of Brazil in the 22nd century and a world devastated by nuclear war and poison gas. Only South America survived but even here 'The Disturbances' create havoc. Can Wentik find a way back? For himself? And all of humanity?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The present: Icie is a typical high school teenager — until disaster strikes and her parents send her to find shelter inside a mountain near Las Vegas. The future: Beckett lives on The Mountain — a sacred place devoted to the Great I AM. He must soon become the leader of his people. But when Beckett is forced to break one of the sacred laws and the Great I AM does not strike him down, Beckett…