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More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.

Years of Hyksos rule have seen the ruin and suffering of a once-mighty Egypt. Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power fragile as some seek to take advantage of the ensuing chaos following the overthrowing of the Hyksos. Desperate to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule, great mage Taita sends his protégé, Piay, to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure the fate of Egypt forever. But in the chaos of war, a dark evil has thrived.

Ragnarok was the End of Worlds. Asgard fell centuries ago, and the old gods have been defeated. Some are dead while others have been consigned to eternal torment in the netherworld - among them the legendary trickster, Loki. A god who betrayed every side and still lost everything, who has lain forgotten as time passed and the world of humans moved on to new beliefs, new idols and new deities...But now mankind dreams of the Norse Gods once again, the river Dream is but a stone's throw from their dark prison and Loki is the first to escape into a new reality.

Avertissement : Cet ouvrage fait immédiatement suite au tome 3, "Le marteau des sorcières", et ne devrait pas être lu indépendamment. Et si l'origine du plus grand lac de la région de Cologne avait un rapport avec une prophétie réalisée en 1341 ? Et si cette même année, le chevalier de Kosigan avait réveillé des forces qui le dépassent ? Et si le destin de sa postérité se jouait cinq siècles plus tard dans la cave voûtée d'un bistrot parisien ? Et si les secrets révélés dans ce livre étaient dangereux ? Et qu'en les découvrant, vous deveniez complice.

Cinder Shade’s life begins on a fateful afternoon at the bottom of a well where he awakens, bruised, battered, and bereft of all memory. His only understanding is a driving imperative to protect those who can’t defend themselves and become a warrior worthy of the name. He discovers within himself a peculiar gift, one in which the codes of combat are made evident and the language of steel is made clear.

Years of Hyksos rule have seen the ruin and suffering of a once-mighty Egypt. Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power fragile as some seek to take advantage of the ensuing chaos following the overthrowing of the Hyksos. Desperate to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule, great mage Taita sends his protégé, Piay, to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure the fate of Egypt forever. But in the chaos of war, a dark evil has thrived.

Talk about seeing the sunny side of things: when Thomas is turned into a vampire, he sees the terrifying transformation as a gift from God. Being a vampire is not a death sentence but a second chance at life for him, and he sets off to do God's work in his new role. Too bad there are older vampires who do see their transformation as a curse and resent God. A battle ensues, pitting vampire against vampire and threatening the existence of everyone.

In a hidden cave in the mountains of Lebanon, a man makes a fateful discovery. He has been chosen to bring what has been forbidden for thousands of years out of the darkness and into the light: The Testament of Lucifer. Now an unfathomable danger has arisen: Lucifer's advance guard, the Fallen. All of humankind is at risk of being enslaved by the forces of evil. Bravo Shaw, Fra Leoni and Bravo's blind sister, Emma, are the first and last line of defence against the unleashed chaos.

"Testaments" originally appeared in The Book of Dreams, published by Subterranean. The late Jay Lake was the author of 10 novels and more than 300 published stories. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Over his long career he was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and many other awards.

Lt. Fitzgerald has found his own special wartime nightmare - looking into the faces of his men prior to battle, he has the disquieting ability to see who is about to die.

In this version of London, there is a small, private clinic. Behind its layers of security, procedures are taking place on poor, robust teenagers from northern estates in exchange for thousands of pounds - procedures that will bring the wealthy dead back to life in these young, supple bodies for 14 days. It's an opportunity for wrongs to be righted, for fathers to meet grandsons, for scientists to see their work completed. Old wine in new bottles. But at what cost?

Cuando las puertas de la furgoneta se cerraron de golpe tras Defred al final de El cuento de la criada, los lectores no tenían forma de saber cuál iba a ser su futuro: la libertad, la prisión o la muerte. Con la publicación de Los testamentos, la espera ha terminado. Margaret Atwood recupera la historia 15 años después de que Defred se adentrara en lo desconocido, con los testimonios asombrosos de tres narradoras del mundo de Gilead.

Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her devout husband away fighting the king's wars for many months at a time, discontent and loneliness dog her steps - and make it frighteningly easy to succumb to King David's charm and attention. Though she immediately regrets her involvement with the powerful king, the pieces are set in motion that will destroy everything she holds dear. Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God - and David - forever?

Tal vez un hombre sin alma no sea un hombre. Puede que sea un monstruo, como aseguran algunos, o puede que sea mucho más que un hombre. Ni siquiera yo, que conozco toda la historia, me atrevo a juzgar a un ser único. El Gris, aquel que no tiene alma, es por definición un fenómeno insólito. ¿Cómo describir lo que siente un hombre sin alma? Tal vez ni siquiera se deba intentar.

Er verfügt seinen letzten Willen – eine Mutantin tritt sein Erbe an. Das Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung ist angebrochen. Mehr als dreieinhalbtausend Jahre von unserer Zeit entfernt lebt die Menschheit in Frieden. Zwischen den Sternen der Milchstraße herrschen keine großen Konflikte mehr. Wie es aussieht, könnte Perry Rhodan, der als erster Mensch von der Erde auf Außerirdische gestoßen ist, sich endlich seinem großen Ziel nähern: der alte Traum von Freundschaft und Frieden zwischen den Völkern der Milchstraße und der umliegenden Galaxien.

La suite de la série "le Secret de Ji !" Vingt-trois ans sont passés depuis la terrible attaque des barbares Wallattes contre la Sainté Cité d'Ith. Si les Hauts-Royaumes ont retrouvé leur stabilité, la confusion règne toujours dans le reste du monde connu. Tout particulièrement derrière le Rideau, cette immense cordillère dont le bruit court qu'elle pourrait abriter un Démon. Au pied du Mont fleuri, les sectes noires sortent de l'ombre, répandant leur foi maudite jusqu'à Kaul et Lorelia. Et les tueurs züu eux-mêmes voient leurs traditions soudain ébranlées.

Habrá quien opine que las andanzas de un asesino no merecen ser incluidas en estas crónicas. Pero solo yo, que poseo una visión global, estoy en disposición de saber qué acontecimientos deben ser narrados. Y la historia del vampiro llamado Sombra tendrá el hueco que le corresponde.

Je m'appelle Agnès Cleyre et je suis orpheline. De ma mère sorcière, j'ai hérité du don de voir les fantômes. Plutôt une malédiction qui m'a obligée à vivre recluse, à l'abri de la violence des sentiments des morts. Mais depuis le jour où mon oncle notaire m'a prise sous son aile, ma vie a changé. Contrairement aux apparences, le quotidien de l'étude qu'il dirige n'est pas de tout repos : vampires, loups-garous, sirènes... À croire que tout l'AlterMonde a une succession à gérer ! Moi qui voulais de l'action, je ne suis pas déçue.

Je m'appelle Agnès Cleyre et je suis une sorcière. Une vraie cette fois. Ignorée durant toute mon existence par mes consœurs, voilà que la Grande Mère a enfin décidé de m'intégrer dans un convent. Mais pas le temps de m'interroger sur cet étrange revirement de situation. Au même moment, tous les vampires du Cénacle Majeur viennent de périr dans un mystérieux attentat, laissant à l'étude notariale de mon oncle la délicate question de la succession à régler et la garde d'un étrange coffre qui attire bien des convoitises.

Hawk’s life is a secret. Wanted for murder, he hides from the law on a marijuana plantation in the Texas hill country. The violence of his past pales against the depravities he endures on the farm: dangerous and miraculous secrets he must protect if he wants to survive.