Jim Butcher

Jätkuvad Chicago ainsa võlur-detektiivi Harry Dresdeni fantasy-seiklused. Dresdeni suurim sõber ja ustavaim liitlane on linna Erijuurdluste osakonna juht Karren Murphy, kes temaga alati kontakteerub, kui linnas toimub midagi eriskummalist. Seekord läheb Murphy puhkusele ja Dresdeni otsib üles keegi, keda ta on surnuks pidanud, aga kes kahjuks ei ole, ja kellel on midagi, millega saaks Murphy elu ära rikkuda. Peagi tuleb Dresdenil pista rinda seltskonnaga, kellest ta mitte kuidagi üle ei käi, ja otsida abi sealt, kust ta seda üldse ei tahaks.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure in the New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defence and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

An instant New York Times bestseller The fate of the Cinder Spires may be decided by crossed swords in the next exhilarating fantasy adventure from the author of the Dresden Files, in this New York Times bestselling series of noble families, swordplay, and airships. For centuries the Cinder Spires have safeguarded humanity, rising far above the deadly surface world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses rule, developing scientific marvels and building fleets of airships for defense and trade. Now, the Spires hover on the brink of open war. Everyone knows it's coming. The guns of the great airship fleets that control the skies between the last bastions of humanity will soon speak in anger, and Spire Albion stands alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Aurora's Armada and its new secret weapon--one capable of destroying the populations of entire Spires. A trading summit at Spire Olympia provides an opportunity for the Spirearch, Lord Albion, to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war, and to that end he dispatches privateer Captain Francis Madison Grimm and the crew of the AMS Predator to bolster the Spirearch's diplomatic agents. It will take daring, skill, and no small amount of showmanship to convince the world to stand with Spire Albion--assuming that it is not already too late.

Jim Butcher, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera novels, conjures up a new series set in a fantastic world of noble families, steam-powered technology, and magic-wielding warriors... Since time immemorial, the Spires have sheltered humanity. Within their halls, the ruling aristocratic houses develop scientific marvels, foster trade alliances, and maintain fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship Predator. Loyal to Spire Albion, he has taken their side in the cold war with Spire Aurora, disrupting the enemy's shipping lines by attacking their cargo vessels. But when the Predator is damaged in combat, Grimm joins a team of Albion agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring his ship. And as Grimm undertakes this task, he learns that the conflict between the Spires is merely a premonition of things to come. Humanity's ancient enemy, silent for more than ten thousand years, has begun to stir once more. And death will follow in its wake...

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Dresden Files comes an all-new, action-packed fantasy adventure set in the Cinder Spires universe. Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster hasn't even broken in his lieutenant's insignia when he's summoned to meet with the Spirearch of Spire Albion himself for a very special-and very secret-purpose. The Spirearch needs Benedict to retrieve a bag he's "misplaced" on the Colony Spire known as Dependence, which has strangely cut off all contact with the outside world. It's a delicate mission at best, a potential bloodbath at worst. To this end, the Spirearch has supplied Benedict with backup in the form of three Warriorborn. But unlike the courageous lieutenant, this trio has formerly used its special gifts for crime, carnage, and outright bloody murder. And all of them were caught and imprisoned because of Benedict. Now, if they behave-and make it back alive-they'll go free. But when the odd squad reaches Dependence, they soon discover something waiting for them: a horrific weapon that could shatter the balance of power among the Spires. And Benedict will have to bring his own Warriorborn skills to bear if he, his team, and Spire Albion are to have any hope of survival . . .

Ego zovut Garri Blekstoun Kopperfild Drezden. Mozhete koldovat s etim imenem - za posledstvija on ne otvechaet. Kogda dela prinimajut strannyj oborot, kogda to, chemu polozheno khoronitsja vo mrake, vypolzaet na svet, kogda nikto bolshe ne mozhet pomoch vam, zvonite... Komu? Emu, Garri Drezdenu. Imja ego est v "Zheltykh stranitsakh"... Na etot raz ("Letnij Rytsar") sudba podbrosila Garri Drezdenu delo ne iz prostykh - ubit Letnij Rytsar, posrednik mezhdu Letnim i Zimnim dvorami fejri, i missija charodeja Garri ne tolko rassledovat eto delo, no i ostanovit vojnu, sotrjasajuschuju miry, zemnoj i potustoronnij... Ne uspel geroj otdyshatsja, kak snova sudba-zlodejka brosaet ego v vodovorot strastej ("Liki smerti"). Pokhischena Turinskaja plaschanitsa, ta, v kotoruju, po predaniju, byl zavernut Iisus Khristos posle snjatija s kresta na Golgofe. I najti ee porucheno Garri Drezdenu. Poisk oslozhnjaetsja tem, chto za relikviej, krome Garri, okhotitsja tajnyj orden javno ne zemnogo proiskhozhdenija, a esche chikagskaja mafija, ne znajuschaja ni zhalosti, ni poschady. Da i politsija, kak vsegda, ne proch prizhat charodeja k stenke. Tsikl romanov o Garri Drezdene zanimaet dostojnoe mesto v odnom rjadu s takim izvestnym obraztsom fentezi-detektiva, kak serial o prikljuchenijakh Garreta, vyshedshij iz-pod pera Glena Kuka.

Dzhim Batcher - priznannyj tvorets mirov i master likho zakruchennykh sjuzhetov, avtor pochti dvukh desjatkov uspeshnykh misticheskikh trillerov, mnogie iz kotorykh stali laureatami prestizhnykh premij, - snova udivljaet i voskhischaet nas. Spletaja stimpank, futuristicheskuju antiutopiju i geroicheskoe fentezi v prichudlivoe polotno, Batcher sozdal masshtabnuju sagu ob udivitelnom mire, gde po pokrytoj tumanom poverkhnosti planety ryschut chudovischnye monstry, a vsja chelovecheskaja tsivilizatsija sosredotochena v Kopjakh - rukotvornykh bashnjakh iz pepel-kamnja. Rod ljudskoj, kak voditsja, pogrjaz v intrigakh i konfliktakh, a koe-kto radi vlasti gotov dazhe vstupit v sgovor s absoljutnym Zlom... Im protivostoit lish gorstka smelchakov da esche otvazhnyj otprysk vozhdja klana Tikhikh Lap, kot Roul. Smozhet li sojuz ljudej i koshek vypolnit svoju missiju ili im pridetsja sdatsja na somnitelnuju milost Nevedomykh Sil?

Ego zovut Garri Blekstoun Kopperfild Drezden. Mozhete koldovat s etim imenem - za posledstvija on ne otvechaet. Kogda dela prinimajut strannyj oborot, kogda to, chemu polozheno khoronitsja vo mrake, vypolzaet na svet, kogda nikto bolshe ne mozhet pomoch vam, zvonite... Komu? Emu, Garri Drezdenu. Imja ego est v "Zheltykh stranitsakh"... Tak sluchilos, chto magam iz Belogo Soveta pozarez nuzhen chelovek, sposobnyj dostoverno ustanovit: pravda li to, chto chernaja magija vnov pravit bal v Chikago? Vybor, estestvenno, pal na Drezdena. A esche, kak nazlo, k Garri zajavljaetsja doch ego starogo druga, znakomogo kotoroj nespravedlivo obvinjajut v chudovischnom prestuplenii, i prosit ego o pomoschi. Kak sovmestit to i drugoe? Legko! Drezden - luchshij v mire spetsialist, sposobnyj rassledovat neskolko del odnovremenno ("Dokazatelstva viny"). V gorode objavilsja serijnyj ubijtsa vedm. A dlja Garri Drezdena vedmy ne tolko vedmy, oni dlja nego k tomu zhe esche i zhenschiny. Poetomu emu dazhe v golovu ne moglo prijti otkazatsja ot poiskov neulovimogo i bezzhalostnogo ubijtsy ("Belaja noch") Tsikl romanov o Garri Drezdene zanimaet dostojnoe mesto v odnom rjadu s takim izvestnym obraztsom fentezi-detektiva, kak serial o prikljuchenijakh Garreta, vyshedshij iz-pod pera Glena Kuka.