Fantasy og science fiction

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to TolkieThere are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World.In that remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband, the Hells of Iron, in the North; and the tragedy of Turin and his sister Nienor unfolded within the shadow of the fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against the lands and secret cities of the Elves.Their brief and passionate lives were dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bore them as the children of Hurin, the man who had dared to defy and to scorn him to his face. Against them he sent his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire. Into this story of brutal conquest and flight, of forest hiding-places and pursuit, of resistance with lessening hope, the Dark Lord and the Dragon enter in direly articulate form. Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung manipulated the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile, and the curse of Morgoth was fulfilled.The earliest versions of this story by J.R.R. Tolkien go back to the end of the First World War and the years that followed; but long afterwards, when The Lord of the Rings was finished, he wrote it anew and greatly enlarged it in complexities of motive and character: it became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.

Mary Shelleys klassiske gyser- og science fictionroman fra 1818 i en helt ny oversættelse af Jakob Levinsen.Victor Frankenstein er en ung og ærgerrig videnskabsmand, der drømmer om at skabe sit eget levende væsen - af rester af lig! Han har opdaget, hvordan det kan lade sig gøre og forestiller sig at skabe noget smukt, men sådan går det som bekendt ikke. Han skaber et monster, som han ikke kan holde af, og så går det løs. Monsteret flygter, lever som udstødt og indleder en uhyggelig vendetta for at påkalde sig Frankensteins opmærksomhed.Pressen skriver:**** - Politiken»Mary Shelleys roman kan helt uden problemer bidrage til underholdningen i 2014. Det er en glimrende bog.«- Folkebladet

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer.Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Toshikazu Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to:The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years agoThe son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeralThe man who travelled to see the girl who he could not marryThe old detective who never gave his wife that gift...This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time?

War. Politics. Revolution. The Age of Madness has arrived . . .

Snigmorderens lærling er en stor fortælling om et rige truet af stærke kræfter udefra og svækket af interne stridigheder – og om en ung dreng, der må finde sin egen plads og sit eget værd i en verden af intriger og skjulte magtkampe. En kold vinterdag bliver en seksårig dreng afleveret til kongen af De Seks Hertugdømmers folk med en besked om, at nu er det på tide, at drengens far, kronprins Chivalry, selv tager sig af ham. Drengen får hurtigt kaldenavnet Fitz og bliver sat til at hjælpe til i kongens stalde ved hoffet i Bukkenborg. En bastard kan dog udgøre en potentiel trussel for rigets sikkerhed, så derfor beslutter den gamle kong Shrewd at købe drengens troskab og tage ham under sine vinger. Fitz installeres nu i selve inderborgen, hvor han i det skjulte oplæres til kongelig snigmorder og lærer at bruge Farseer-slægtens særlige evner. Inden længe bliver han også sendt på hemmelige missioner for kongen, som har brug for Fitz i kampen mod Rødskibspiraterne, der truer riget. Hvad Fitz dog ikke ved, er, at der tæt på kongen befinder sig magtfulde kræfter, som gerne ser den unge dreng ryddet af vejen. Pressen skriver: »Robin Hobb er en mesterlig historiefortæller, og hun skriver smukt og billeddannende med alle sanser i spil.« ****** – Ekstra Bladet »Robin Hobb doserer romanens raffinerede sortekunster helt rigtigt. Ikke for meget, ikke for overdrevet. Det er de menneskelige bevæggrunde og de uregerlige følelser bag brugen af magi, der er interessante, og Hobb holder balancen perfekt.« – Weekendavisen »Hvis du ikke allerede læser fantasy, skal du unde dig selv en roman, som ikke foregår omkring den samme opvask og de samme sure sokker, som éns eget liv gør, og Hobbs roman er det perfekte sted at begynde.« **** – Femina »Den bedste fantasyroman siden Harry Potter.« – Litteratursiden »Dette er en af fantasygenrens største klassikere […]« ***** – Litteraturlinjer.dk »… en fantastisk flot fortælling. *****– Bech’s Books »… velskabt, velskrevet, engagerende og sympatisk.« **** – Borough of Books

Sidste og afsluttende bog i trilogien om dronningen af Tearling "Nu ikke flere tårer – det er tid til hævn" Kelsea Glynn har forvandlet sig fra kejtet teenager til en magtfuld dronning og visionær leder. Men i sin kamp for at sætte en stopper for korruption og genindføre retfærdighed i kongeriget Tearling har hun fået mange fjender. Den stærkeste af dem er den onde og frygtede Røde Dronning, der nu holder Kelsea og hendes magiske safirer indespærret på sit slot i Mortmesne. Men Tearling har brug for sin dronning, og Mace, lederen af Kelseas personlige garde, helmer ikke før han og hans mænd har reddet deres dronning fra sit fængsel. Nu vil dronning Kelseas og Tearlings skæbne blive afsløret … "En nervepirrende afslutning på en fantastisk trilogi" – Booklist

The thrilling fourth book in the New York Times bestselling series The 100. Now a hit TV show on E4.The hundred, once branded juvenile delinquents, are now leaders among their people. But a new threat has emerged: a fanatical cult determined to eliminate everyone else on the war-ravaged planet of Earth. After scores of their friends are captured, CLARKE sets off to retrieve them, certain that she can come to an understanding with these strangers. BELLAMY has a different plan; he won't let anything - or anyone - get in the way of saving the people he loves. Meanwhile, in captivity and scared for their lives, GLASS falls under the spell of the cult's magnetic message, and WELLS has to learn how to lead again. Unless the rescue party arrives soon, the captives will face a fate more terrifying than anything they could imagine.If the hundred ever want to call this dangerous planet home, they'll need to put aside their differences...and fight to protect themselves and their world.'Dark and riveting...A mash-up of The Lord of the Flies, Across the Universe, and The Hunger Games.' Booklist

Elantris is the novel which began Brandon Sanderson's career - and now, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its first publication, comes the definitive edition with 10,000 words of bonus content!

Ender's Game meets The Hunger Games in MORNING STAR , the second in an extraordinary trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of RED RISING.'I'm still playing games. This is just the deadliest yet.' Darrow is a rebel forged by tragedy. For years he and his fellow Reds worked the mines, toiling to make the surface of Mars inhabitable. They were, they believed, mankind's last hope. Until Darrow discovered that it was all a lie, and that the Red were nothing more than unwitting slaves to an elitist ruling class, the Golds, who had been living on Mars in luxury for generations. In RED RISING, Darrow infiltrated Gold society, to fight in secret for a better future for his people. Now fully embedded amongst the Gold ruling class, Darrow continues his dangerous work to bring them down from within. It's a journey that will take him further than he's ever been before - but is Darrow truly willing to pay the price that rebellion demands?A life-or-death tale of vengeance with an unforgettable hero at its heart, Golden Son guarantees Pierce Brown's continuing status as one of fiction's most exciting new voices.

When the very fabric of time and space are about to be put through the wringer - in this instance by the imminent arrival of a very large and determinedly oncoming meteorite - circumstances require a very particular type of hero.

A brand new Mistborn story from an exceptionally commercial novelist; fantasy with a steampunk twist.

Invasionen af Tearling er anden del i trilogien om den unge dronning Kelsea og kongeriget Tearling. Kelsea er kommet på tværs af Den Røde Dronning, som nu ønsker hævn. Det udløser en indædt kamp mellem de to rivalinder, mens befolkningen i Tearling samler sig i frygt. Spørgsmålet er: Kan den mystiske pige Lily hjælpe Kelsea? Eller er Tearlings undergang nær? I den gribende opfølger til den internationale bestseller Dronningen af Tearling vender vi tilbage til Erika Johansens fantasyunivers, som vil tryllebinde alle, der elskede Game of Thrones og Hunger Games. "En blændende og gribende opfølger, der mesterligt kombinerer moderne og middelalderlige temaer … Johansen væver en magisk fortælling, der transcenderer tid … en af de mest originale og velskrevne serier, der er udkommet de senere år.” - USA Today "Mød Kelsea, en heltinde så badass, at Emma Watson allerede har sagt ja til at spille hende." - Cosmopolitan ERIKA JOHANSEN voksede op i nærheden af San Fransisco. Hun arbejdede oprindeligt som advokat, men debuterede som forfatter med den anmelderroste og storsælgende roman Dronningen af Tearling – første bog i trilogien om Dronning Kelsea og kongeriget Tearling. Romanen er blevet solgt til filmatisering med Emma Watson i hovedrollen. Erika Johansen bor nu i England.

Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this three-volume boxed set of Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, features striking black covers based on Tolkien's own design, the definitive text, and three maps including a detailed map of Middle-earth.

Snigmorderens kald er den fantastiske afslutning på Robin Hobbs store klassiker Farseer-trilogien, der nu endelig foreligger på dansk. I en lille afsidesliggende hytte vender den unge kongelige snigmorder Fitz langsomt tilbage til livet igen efter sit seneste opgør med prins Regal, der på svigefuld vis har tilranet sig tronen. De få venner, Fitz har, tror nu alle, at han er død, og han kan ikke kontakte dem uden at bringe deres liv i stor fare. Da Fitz således ikke har noget at miste, drager han i selskab med sin ulv af sted til Vadkøbing, hvor De Seks Hertugdømmers nye hersker har trukket sig tilbage efter at have overladt rigets kyst til Rødskibspiraterne. Fitz har et kald: Han må og skal dræbe den mand, der har lagt hele hans verden i ruiner. Pressen skriver: »I dette tredje bind når handlingen et hæsblæsende højdepunkt, der holder læseren i et jerngreb, og efter sidste side efterlader ham både forpustet og fornøjet … først og fremmest er trilogien et drabeligt mesterværk i sin egen ret.« ****** – Ekstra Bladet »Uden tvivl årets allerbedste læseoplevelse – eller måske årtiets. Sublim fantasy når det er allerbedst.« – Litteratursiden »Det er et brag af en finale.« **** – Litteraturlinjer »Det er uden tvivl den bedste serie jeg har læst, og Snigmorderens kald er en helt fantastisk afslutning på FitzChicalrys fascinerede historie.« ***** – Bech’s Books »… en helt igennem fantastisk afslutning på en helt igennem fantastisk serie!« – Bookeater

I en nær fremtid rammer den mystiske Aurora-virus kvinder, når de lægger sig til at sove. De omsluttes af en tynd kokon, og i søvnen forlader deres bevidsthed denne verden. Forstyrrer man kokonens sarte ydre, vækkes kvinderne til en vild og voldelig trance.Klodens mænd er overladt til sine i stigende grad primale drifter. Men en eneste kvinde, Evie, er immun over for den sælsomme sovesyge. Er Evie en anomali, der bør studeres, eller en dæmon, der bør jages?Nye King-læsere kan starte her!Om forfatteren:Stephen King er født i 1947 i Portland, Maine. Som ung læste han engelsk på University of Maine, hvor han skrev en ugentlig klumme “King’s Garbage Truck” for universitetsbladet The Maine Campus. Henover en bogstak på universitetets bibliotek hvor han var studentermedarbejder, mødte han sin viv Tabitha Spruce som han har været gift med siden 1971.Med over 350 millioner bøger solgt verden over, er Stephen King en forfatter det er nærmest umuligt at overse. Den ultraproduktive herre har i løbet af sit 66-årige liv udgivet over 50 romaner såvel som en række samlede fortællinger og ikke-fiktion. Hans bøger er oversat til 38 sprog og mange af dem er blevet udødeliggjort på det hvide lærred. Disse tæller blandt andet filmene En verden udenfor, Ondskabens Hotel, It og Den grønne mil. Alt i alt er Stephen King en forfatter af imponerende format.

and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.But he's got to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers' Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.

The Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel that defined the Cyberpunk movement.

A beautiful gift-edition hardback of the classic Discworld novel.

The first of the Gentleman Bastard sequence, this stunning heist fantasy is a must-read for fans of GAME OF THRONES and THE NAME OF THE WIND.

A narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim.

Dragerne er tilbage. Ember Hill fik et valg. Trygheden hos drageorganisationen Talon, eller et liv som udstødt og jaget for evigt. I stedet for at blive en morder i Talons tjeneste, valgte hun at slutte sig til Riley og hans oprørere. Nu har hun mistet kontakten med sin tvillingebror Dante, der er loyal over for Talon, samt med Garrett, soldaten der ændrede hendes syn på sine egne menneskelige side. Mens Ember og Riley gemmer sig og samler kræfter, rejser Garret alene til Storbritannien, til det sted hvor den hemmelige og urgamle Sankt Georg-orden blev grundlagt. Der vil han udspionere sine tidligere allierede, og afsløre dødbringende hemmeligheder, som vil rystebåde dragerne og dragedræbernes verden i deres grundvold. Nu, hvor Talon rejser sig igen, er de alle i fare...

Fenrisulven har sprængt sin lænke og udrydder i raseri hele landsbyer. Vølven Snehild må drage til dværgenes storslåede underjordiske rige og bede om hjælp. For kun de ypperste mestre behersker kunsten at smede en ny lænke. Her forelsker hun sig i den smukke, kraftfulde dværgekonge Fafner, men det viser sig at være en farlig kærlighed. I kongebyen Himlinge forsøger den nye hersker Roald at samle til kamp mod Fenris. Han er dog ved at miste grebet på grund af de magiske urter, som ypperstepræstinden Ragnfrid har gjort ham afhængig af. Magtkampen blusser op i et forsøg på at rive ham ud af præstindens kløer."Ulvegabet" er tredje del af Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesens serie "Vølvens vej", der er inspireret af nordisk mytologi. Første bog, "Snehild", modtog DR Romanprisen 2022.Anne-Marie Vedsø Olesen har en lang række anmelderroste og prisbelønnede mytologiske og historiske romaner bag sig. Med sin store viden om Danmarks oldtid og nordisk mytologi er hun på hjemmebane i det eventyrlige univers, hun udfolder i "Vølvens vej", der blandt andet er inspireret af "Vølvens spådom" fra "Den poetiske Edda". Seriens første bog, "Snehild", vandt DR Romanprisen 2022 og er solgt til filmatisering.

Chaos. Fury. Destruction. The Great Change is upon us . . .

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1 is an enthralling work by the illustrious author, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. Published recently on December 14, 2021, this novel has quickly gained traction among readers worldwide. The tale is a captivating blend of fantasy and drama, a genre that Mo Xiang Tong Xiu has masterfully explored. The narrative is a carefully woven tapestry of rich characters and riveting plotlines that transport readers to a world beyond their imagination. The book's publisher, Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC, is renowned for bringing such unique stories to the global audience. This novel is an English edition, allowing a wider reader base to enjoy this enchanting tale. Don't miss out on this mesmerizing journey, grab your copy today!

Harrow the Ninth, an Amazon pick for Best SFF of 2020 and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling sequel to Gideon the Ninth, turns a galaxy inside out as one necromancer struggles to survive the wreckage of herself aboard the Emperor's haunted space station."e;Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!"e; -Charles Stross on Gideon the Ninth"e;Unlike anything I've ever read."e; -V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth"e;Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original."e; -The New York Times on Gideon the NinthShe answered the Emperor's call.She arrived with her arts, her wits, and her only friend.In victory, her world has turned to ash.After rocking the cosmos with her deathly debut, Tamsyn Muir continues the story of the penumbral Ninth House in Harrow the Ninth, a mind-twisting puzzle box of mystery, murder, magic, and mayhem. Nothing is as it seems in the halls of the Emperor, and the fate of the galaxy rests on one woman's shoulders.Harrowhark Nonagesimus, last necromancer of the Ninth House, has been drafted by her Emperor to fight an unwinnable war. Side-by-side with a detested rival, Harrow must perfect her skills and become an angel of undeath - but her health is failing, her sword makes her nauseous, and even her mind is threatening to betray her. Sealed in the gothic gloom of the Emperor's Mithraeum with three unfriendly teachers, hunted by the mad ghost of a murdered planet, Harrow must confront two unwelcome questions: is somebody trying to kill her? And if they succeeded, would the universe be better off?THE LOCKED TOMB TRILOGYBOOK 1: Gideon the NinthBOOK 2: Harrow the NinthBOOK 3: Alecto the NinthAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues ...

The popular paperback edition of this fascinating collection of stories, which continue the tales of The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion and contains an alternative version of The Children of Hurin.Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most acclaimed popular author.The book concentrates on the realm of Middle-earth and comprises such elements as Gandalf's lively account of how it was that he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor on the coast of Beleriand, and an exact description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan.Unfinished Tales also contains the only story about the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known about such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri and the legend of Amroth. The tales were collated and edited by JRR Tolkien's son and literary heir, Christopher Tolkien, who provides a short commentary on each story, helping the reader to fill in the gaps and put each story into the context of the rest of his father's writings.

This new edition of the multi-award-winning fantasy skirmish wargame offers improved rules based on years of player feedback, a revised spell list, new soldier types, and a host of brand-new scenarios. Choose a wizard from one of ten schools of magic, and select from a list of eighty spells. Hire a warband filled with soldiers, from lowly thugs and thieves to mighty knights and barbarians, then lead your men into the frozen ruins of the magic city of Frostgrave on the hunt for ancient treasures and the secrets of lost magic. Be warned -- it is a deadly place, filled with rival wizards, wandering monsters, animated constructs, and demonic entities. Do you dare enter the Frozen City one more time?