Fantasy og science fiction

As the USSR crumbles, a young medical officer faces a pivotal choice: a promising military career or a new life in a shifting world. Opting for the latter, he joins Ukraine's law enforcement - the militia - only to confront a harsh reality marred by violence, corruption, and despair.In this gritty journey, he becomes entangled in a web of bribes, illegal activities, alcoholism, and nepotism, slowly eroding his hope for a better future. As disillusionment sets in, he realizes he must break free from a life devoid of promise.Militiaman is a compelling tale of duty turned desperation, offering a stark look at one man's quest for a new beginning in a world tainted by the darkness of its own making.

In the small hamlet of Havendale, an unending winter brings a desperate father to make a deal with a mysterious figure for the safe birth of his twin boys, Jacob and Robin. Raised in the harsh northern climate, the brothers struggle to survive famine, cold, plague, wolves, witches, and the insidious Inquisition.As they come of age, one of the twins discovers he possesses a power considered heretical by the church and must hide it at all costs to avoid persecution.Meanwhile, a young prince named William sets out on his own quest to secure his kingdom and make it a fair and just land for all. His journey leads him into a treacherous political game, as he tries to grant civil rights to the downtrodden non-human Haulfin.As these two storylines unfold, they begin to intersect, and the fate of the Empire rests on the shoulders of these unlikely heroes. The Twins and William must face their own challenges and overcome impossible odds to save their world from an uncertain future.

An exile crosses into a foreign world where he must fight for survival against an unknown evil.

A queer Caribbean Count of Monte Cristo in which a betrayed captain is set on a journey of revenge against the interplanetary empire that has subjugated her people for generations.

The world is in trouble: the curtain of meaninglessness has engulfed it, and people live a life of dullness and suffering.Isabella is a young princess who doesn't fit in with her royal family. Her cruel mother throws her in the dungeon and declares that the princess has been sent to finishing school - indefinitely. Isabella starts digging her way out and finds a well. She dives in, and deep in the water she finds a half of a golden heart that fills her with energy and life: the antidote to the illness consuming the world. She sets on a quest to find the other half of the golden heart, and with the help of friends in the forest she gets close to her goal - when trouble hits. A wizard entraps her and aims to steal the golden heart for himself. He makes her forget who she is and keeps her in his castle engaged to marry him.Will the owner of the other half of the golden heart succeed in waking up the princess from her stupor on time? Will the united golden heart liberate the world from the curtain of meaninglessness, or will the wizard succeed at keeping the populace entrapped?The Well of the Golden Heart is a tale of self-discovery, finding true love and the perils that are found along the way.

A fast-paced miniatures game of whimsical fantasy jousting.Grab a lance, jump on your mount, and get ready to joust!While the Hairfoot halflings typically prefer eating and drinking to strenuous exercise, one thing that is sure to stir them from their armchairs is the noble sport of Hairfoot Jousting. Small teams take to the field on the backs of various unruly mounts - pigs, turkeys, sheep, and more - to tilt against their rivals, striving to knock them to the ground with their blunt lances. For the victors: fame, glory, and perhaps a new pair of gardening gloves. For the defeated team... well, everyone loves an underdog, so they'll have more fans cheering them on next time!Hairfoot Jousting is a quick and simple tabletop miniatures game in which players seek to lead their teams of three to victory in tournaments or over the course of a season. Play on some of the most famous pitches to grace the sport, such as Baker's Run, The Puddles, and Barrel Bottom, each with their own special challenges. Point your jousters in the direction of their opponents and hope their mounts don't have their own ideas! In Hairfoot Jousting, sportsmanship and a sense of humour are as valuable as skill or luck - after all, it's joust a bit of fun.

Ahead of the blockbuster film reboot starring Henry Cavill, the original, highly acclaimed novelisation of the cult classic.

Theology and the Mythic Sensibility will be attractive to anyone with an interest in stories and how they reveal the world to be full of meaning. It will be of particular interest to theologians, clergy, and anyone curious about what Christian theology can tell us about both popular culture and fantasy literature.

The world of your favourite fantasy novels is real, and you're invited to visit. The only catch? It's filled with thirsty vampires. Devour this page-turning romance from the bestselling author of One to Watch.

The Return is a sequel to The Gatekeepers in a new series by Susan B. A. Hofmann.Damion Tingley has returned to claim his rightful position as the most powerful Gatekeeper the underworld has ever known. His return is fraught with many unexpected setbacks. Yet he is determined to be given the coveted Gatekeeper's Robe as well as the Book of Spells and Incantations. The Gatekeeper's Robe and the Book of Spells and Incantations have been handed down to all previous Gatekeepers.Throughout the centuries and from around the world, all the former Gatekeepers and coven heads have given the power they possessed to the Gatekeeper's Robe. All the knowledge of spells and incantations they possessed has been recorded in The Book of Spells and Incantations. These two powerful items will be given to Damion Tingley as the most powerful Gatekeeper to date.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. This manhwa adaptation of Hong Heesu'swebnovel is now available in English print for the first time.Juvelian, infamous daughter of the legendary Duke Floyen, must rebuild her reputation if sheis going to survive the events that ended her previous life. Amid scandalous rumors of asecret lover, she makes careful plans for her reformed debut at an aristocratic birthday party.But finding a suitable date to the event proves more difficult than Juvelian expected.When she discovers that her father is making plans of his own - ones that see her married offto the tyrannical crown prince - Juvelian is determined to thwart them. The only problem isshe'll need to convince Max, her father's unpredictable protégé, to join in on the scheme.This volume collects episodes 15-31 of the webcomic Father, I Don't Want This Marriage.

While the legacy of Mary Shelley as the creator of Frankenstein has shown no sign of waning, and her name is synonymous with the roots of the science-fiction genre, few have read her other novellas, and The Mortal Immortal - a short story concerned with ageing while being unable to die - is an unjustly neglected gem in her bibliography. While for generations critics considered the fact that she was married to Percy Bysshe Shelley to be the most interesting thing about her, and most modern readers only meet her best-known work, Mary Shelley's Gothic short stories and novellas are ripe for revisiting. One of the finest in her oeuvre, The Mortal Immortal is every inch as powerful and chilling as when it was written.

"Deep inside a top-secret U.S. Air Force research facility, a revolution in cybernetics is taking shape. Using ordinary domestic animals for their test subjects, the scientists of Project AWE have created a new class of cyborgs--flesh-and-metal creatures designed to rule the battlefields of tomorrow. The project's crowning achievement is a trio of prototypes code-named WE3: each one custom-built and trained to work as specialists within a team. With their nervous systems enhanced and supplemented by cutting-edge military hardware, WE3 are the ultimate smart weapons--programmable yet autonomous, loyal yet utterly ruthless. But successful as they are, WE3 are still only prototypes, to be dismantled when their testing is complete. Inside their fearsome mechanical shells, however, are three lost pets whose amplified traits include the will to survive"--

'[Beagle's] prose style is unmatched for wit and grace' - SFSite.com

Full of humour, charm, and a touch of magic, this entrancing romance about a woman who mysteriously has lost all traces of her identity is perfect for fans of Ashley Poston and Lucy Score.

The U.S. is in chaos.War rages in the streets of most of the major cities, between the Paladins and the Necromancers with their armies of the dead. The Church is now set to launch a major offensive to regain control of the city of Boston.Picked to lead this mission is former Boston police detective, Dathan Finn. Thinking himself spent and unworthy his reluctance is dissuaded by his former connection to the other Paladins being sent. Driven by a sense of responsibility and a desire for revenge, he leads the charge into the dead filled streets of downtown Boston.In the end he could end up saving more than a city, his very soul.