Когато пагубната сянка, надвиснала над света, се храни от слънцето, нямаш друг избор, освен да се превърнеш в слънцелом. Aрхимагът е полудял. Върховният български магьосник, човекът, донесъл толкова добро с изумителните си слънчеви сили, вместо за защита е започнал да говори за разкриване на Тайната и за подчинение на обикновеното население. Проблемът е, че не е сам. В магьосническата столица Горно Търново назрява братоубийствена война – сподвижниците на архимага се изправят срещу тези, които вярват, че магията има за цел не господство, а защита на света. И тази защита става все по-належаща, защото архимагът е готов на немислимото – да похити Дървото на живота. Въпросът е може ли да бъде спрян. Отговорът – дошъл от най-омразната пророческа уста, звучи така: изходът е само един, всички останали сценарии завършват с взрив и изличаване на България, а може би и на цяла Европа. Единственият план с (малки) шансове за успех включва: - висока австралийка с безпогрешен лък; - безок наемен убиец, обявен за международно издирване; - и двама български магьосници, готови да се изправят срещу тайните на Долната земя. Но ще бъдат ли достатъчни? Преплел в едно най-добрите традиции на класическото фентъзи и популярни мотиви от българския фолклор, дебютният роман на Вида Делчева изгражда свят, в който магията оживява, за да се превърне в огледало на реалността. От срещи с караконджули, самодиви и змейове до борба със скрити лични демони, героите в „Слънцеломи“ повеждат читателя на шеметно пътешествие към Долната земя, в което не липсват и хуморът, и важните теми за дълга, приятелството и малката частица мрак, която се крие във всеки от нас.

Когато пагубната сянка, надвиснала над света, се храни от слънцето, нямаш друг избор, освен да се превърнеш в слънцелом. Aрхимагът е полудял. Върховният български магьосник, човекът, донесъл толкова добро с изумителните си слънчеви сили, вместо за защита е започнал да говори за разкриване на Тайната и за подчинение на обикновеното население. Проблемът е, че не е сам. В магьосническата столица Горно Търново назрява братоубийствена война – сподвижниците на архимага се изправят срещу тези, които вярват, че магията има за цел не господство, а защита на света. И тази защита става все по-належаща, защото архимагът е готов на немислимото – да похити Дървото на живота. Въпросът е може ли да бъде спрян. Отговорът – дошъл от най-омразната пророческа уста, звучи така: изходът е само един, всички останали сценарии завършват с взрив и изличаване на България, а може би и на цяла Европа. Единственият план с (малки) шансове за успех включва: - висока австралийка с безпогрешен лък; - безок наемен убиец, обявен за международно издирване; - и двама български магьосници, готови да се изправят срещу тайните на Долната земя. Но ще бъдат ли достатъчни? Преплел в едно най-добрите традиции на класическото фентъзи и популярни мотиви от българския фолклор, дебютният роман на Вида Делчева изгражда свят, в който магията оживява, за да се превърне в огледало на реалността. От срещи с караконджули, самодиви и змейове до борба със скрити лични демони, героите в „Слънцеломи“ повеждат читателя на шеметно пътешествие към Долната земя, в което не липсват и хуморът, и важните теми за дълга, приятелството и малката частица мрак, която се крие във всеки от нас.

King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death. Only Verity's return--or the heir his princess carries--can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.

Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . . Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to consider—that her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the grave—even trading in the occult. Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. It’s a miserable existence marred by pain, sickness, and monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that she’s glimpsed what’s beyond the veil, Jude’s desperate to find someone to undo the damage she’s done to herself. Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power, a.k.a. the solution to both Zara’s and Jude’s problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble life, she gives away her most valuable asset—her invocations—to women in desperate situations who are willing to sacrifice a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willing, but they first have to find Emer. When Emer’s clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know why—and to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she can’t give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.

Holy work sometimes requires unholy deeds. Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends. Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him, it's a good thing Brother Diaz has the devils on his side.

A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author. Psychoanalyst Jean Bolen's career soared in the early 1980s when Goddesses in Everywoman was published. Thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying their own inner goddesses and using these archetypes to guide themselves to greater self–esteem, creativity, and happiness. Bolen's radical idea was that just as women used to be unconscious of the powerful effects that cultural stereotypes had on them, they were also unconscious of powerful archetypal forces within them that influence what they do and how they feel, and which account for major differences among them. Bolen believes that an understanding of these inner patterns and their interrelationships offers reassuring, true–to–life alternatives that take women far beyond such restrictive dichotomies as masculine/feminine, mother/lover, careerist/housewife. And she demonstrates in this book how understanding them can provide the key to self–knowledge and wholeness. Dr. Bolen introduced these patterns in the guise of seven archetypal goddesses, or personality types, with whom all women could identify, from the autonomous Artemis and the cool Athena to the nurturing Demeter and the creative Aphrodite, and explains how to decide which to cultivate and which to overcome, and how to tap the power of these enduring archetypes to become a better "heroine" in one's own life story.

King Shrewd is dead at the hands of his son Regal. As is Fitz--or so his enemies and friends believe. But with the help of his allies and his beast magic, he emerges from the grave, deeply scarred in body and soul. The kingdom also teeters toward ruin: Regal has plundered and abandoned the capital, while the rightful heir, Prince Verity, is lost to his mad quest--perhaps to death. Only Verity's return--or the heir his princess carries--can save the Six Duchies. But Fitz will not wait. Driven by loss and bitter memories, he undertakes a quest: to kill Regal. The journey casts him into deep waters, as he discovers wild currents of magic within him--currents that will either drown him or make him something more than he was.

A page-turning, unforgettable fantasy set in a city peopled with ruffians, spies, malcontents and murderers. Experience out-of-this world adventure and dangerous politics as Maggie tries to survive waking up in her favourite fictional world. A heart-pounding epic from No. 1 New York Times bestselling author duo Ilona Andrews. When Maggie wakes up cold, filthy and naked in a gutter, it doesn’t take her long to recognize Kair Toren. It’s a city she knows intimately from the pages of a famously unfinished dark fantasy series – one she’s been obsessively reading and re-reading, while waiting years for the final novel. Her only tools for navigating this gritty world of rival warlords, magic and mayhem? Her encyclopaedic knowledge of the plot, the setting and the characters’ ambitions and fates. But while she quickly discovers she cannot be killed (though many will try!), the same cannot be said for the living, breathing characters she’s coming to love – a motley band that includes a former lady’s maid, a deadly assassin, various outrageous magical creatures and a dangerously appealing soldier. Soon, instead of trying to return home, she finds herself enmeshed in the schemes – and attentions – of duelling princes, dukes and villains. This all while trying to save them and the kingdom of Rellas from the ending she’s seen on the a cataclysmic war. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is the beginning of the most epic adventure yet from genre powerhouse writing duo Ilona Andrews. For fans of Samantha Shannon, Sarah J. Maas, Danielle L. Jensen and isekai portal fantasy.