The acclaimed author of the bestselling Jane Austen mysteries brings rich historical immediacy to an enthralling new suspense novel centered around Queen Victoria's troubled court...and a secret so dangerous, it could topple thrones.

Windsor Castle, 1861. For the second time in over twenty years, Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen. The first time, he'd been a zealous young legal clerk, investigating what appeared to be a murderous conspiracy against her. Now he is a distinguished gentleman at the top of his profession. And the Queen is a woman in the grip of fear. For on this chilly night, her beloved husband, Prince Albert, lies dying.

With her future clouded by grief, Fitzgerald can't help but notice the Queen is curiously preoccupied with the past. Yet why, and how he can help, is unclear. His bewilderment deepens when the royal coach is violently overturned, nearly killing him and his brilliant young ward, Dr. Georgiana Armistead, niece of the late Dr. Snow, a famed physician who'd attended none other than Her Majesty.

Fitzgerald is sure of one thing: the Queen's carriage was not attacked at random—it was a carefully chosen target. But was it because he rode in it? Fitzgerald won't risk dying in order to find out. He'll leave London and take Georgiana with him—if they can get out alive. For soon the pair find themselves hunted. Little do they know they each carry within their past hidden clues to a devastating royal secret...one they must untangle if they are to survive.

From the streets of London to the lush hills of Cannes, from the slums of St. Giles to the gilded halls of Windsor Castle, A Flaw in the Blood delivers a fascinating tale of pursuit, and the artful blend of period detail and electrifying intrigue that only the remarkable Stephanie Barron can devise.

The Royal Society of London plays home to the greatest minds of England. It has revolutionized philosophy and scientific knowledge. Its fellows map out the laws of the natural world, disproving ancient superstition and ushering in an age of enlightenment.

To the fae of the Onyx Court, living in a secret city below London, these scientific developments are less than welcome. Magic is losing its place in the world and science threatens to expose the court to hostile eyes.

In 1666, a Great Fire burned four-fifths of London to the ground. The calamity was caused by a great Dragon, an elemental beast of flame. Incapable of destroying something so powerful, the fae of London banished it to a comet moments before the comet’s light disappeared from the sky. Now the calculations of Sir Edmond Halley have predicted its return in 1759.

So begins their race against time. Soon the Dragon’s gaze will fall upon London and it will return to the city it ravaged once before. The fae will have to answer the question that defeated them a century before: How can they kill a being more powerful than all their magic combined? It will take both magic and science to save London, but reconciling the two carries its own danger.

seduced by power,

broken by control,

and consumed by love...

Vi has made her choice between Jag and Zenn, and the Resistance may have suffered for it. But with the Thinkers as strong as ever, the rebels still have a job to do. Vi knows better than anyone that there's more at stake than a few broken hearts.

But there is a traitor among them...and the choices he makes could lead to the total destruction of everything Vi has fought for.

Vi, Jag, and Zenn must set their problems aside for the Resistance to have any hope of ending the Thinkers' reign. Their success means everything...and their failure means death.

«After Death» - Игра еще до релиза наделала много шума. Но корпорация Альфа Нова решила что этого мало. Пять сотен человек со всего мира были приглашены для бета-теста игры. Кибер спортсмены, атлеты, военные и экстремалы стали игроками в режиме «Battle Royale». А это значит что в бета тесте будет лишь один выживший и победитель. Никаких возрождений, роста уровней, болевого порога и магии. Только реализм и только хардкор.

When Capt. Ben Bantam is tapped to go back in time in order to retrieve a cure for the vicious Shadow plague, he is shocked to arrive in an alternate 1944 where electricity doesn't exist. Instead, a parallel past has mysteriously arisen — complete with parasols, stunningly luxurious Aerotels, hydrologic computing, Helux-powered 'cloud growlers' and a space elevator-based moon race with Germany. And of course, there is the lovely Dr. Rachelle Archenstone …

But when Hitler is made Chancellor in this world and the American space program sabotaged, Bantam is the only one who realizes the true depth of the danger posed by the newly formed Nazi party. Together with Rachelle, he races to save this America while seeking an explanation to the mystery of this alternate past — and with it, a way to return to his own world with the Shadow's cure. But when it comes down to a choice between his lovely Rachelle and a thousand years of Nazi rule, what will he do? Thrill to a tale of a Yesterday that never was … And yet was!

What if America was based not on the Declaration of Independence but on the values of Mein Kampf?

December 1776. George Washington’s volunteer army of ill-equipped, poorly trained, homesick civilians face a British army freshly reinforced with German mercenaries, the most experienced soldiers in the world. However, these soldiers have come not from the eighteenth-century but from 1945: Nazi Germany.

When the Germans betray the British and offer their tactical ideas and advanced machinery to Washington, they turn the tide of the war.

But their support comes at a price. These Germans have very different views on how the new American nation should develop, and before long the ideology of the Founding Fathers, rooted in liberty and freedom, is challenged.

В мире произошел удивительный подъем национального самосознания, в результате чего политическая карта мира совершенно изменилась. На территории России возникло великое государство финнов, Крым снова стал греческой колонией, мавры вновь захватили Испанию, а англичане попали под иго ирландских оккупантов. И обо всех этих событиях миру поведали летописцы, путешественники и авторы саг.

Yefgenii Yeremin is a flyer and he is a phantom.

In the Korean War, he is the legendary ace dubbed “Ivan the Terrible”, shooting down more American jets than any other pilot in history. But the Soviet Union’s involvement in Korea must be kept secret, so Yefgenii is exiled to a remote Arctic base, his name unknown, his victories uncelebrated.

But in 1964, a man arrives from Moscow, from the Space Committee, in search of a volunteer prepared to sacrifice everything for his country…

Юная Кассандра воспитывается по суровым законам Спарты, она должна стать воином, не знающим страха и пощады. Когда у Кассандры появляется младший брат Алексиос, жажда битв и свершений уступает в ее душе место любви. Но внезапное предсказание оракула обрекает Алексиоса на смерть – если он останется жив, то погибнет вся Спарта. Пытаясь предотвратить неизбежное, Кассандра навлекает на себя гнев соотечественников и оказывается изгнанной из родного города. Ее ждет судьба наемницы – и пешки в игре могущественных и загадочных сил.

Впервые на русском!

Вся жизнь Оуэна пошла наперекосяк с того момента, как его отец был обвинен в преступлении, которого не совершал (Оуэн полностью уверен в этом), и умер в тюрьме. Однако Монро, системный администратор из школы, предполагает, что может помочь Оуэну восстановить доброе имя отца, позволив воспользоваться «Анимусом» – устройством, которое дает пользователям возможность исследовать генетические воспоминания, покоящиеся в ДНК. Правда, опыт, полученный мальчиком в «Анимусе», оказывается гораздо шире, чем он мог себе представить. Во время стимуляции Оуэн открывает существование древней и могущественной реликвии, которая долгое время считалась всего лишь легендой – Трезубца Эдема. Теперь две секретные организации – Братство Ассасинов и Орден тамплиеров – ни перед чем не остановятся в стремлении завладеть этим артефактом. Очень скоро становится ясно, что Оуэну придется найти реликвию первым, чтобы спастись.

Под руководством Монро Оуэн и еще несколько подростков отправляются в общее воспоминание, хранящееся в их ДНК – 1863 год, Нью-Йорк, Призывные бунты. Ребята подвергнутся испытанию на прочность среди жестокости, царящей на улицах Нью-Йорка, а их опыт, проживаемый в прошлом, окажет огромное влияние на настоящее.