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Dreams of Steel is Book 5 in Glen Cook's fantasy masterpiece, The Chronicles of the Black Company.Croaker has fallen and, following the Company's disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost.But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder--competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals.Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse.Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing stronger every day. All that disturbs her are the dreams which afflict her by night--dreams of carnage, of destruction, of universal death, unceasing...

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes a novel of the Chronicles of The Black Company--an epic military fantasy series, with millions of copies in print. The soldiers of the Black Company don't ask questions, they get paid. But being "The Lady's favored" is attracting the wrong kind of attention and has put a target on their backs--and the Company's historian, Croaker, has the biggest target of all. The one person who was taken into The Lady's Tower and returned unchanged has earned the special interest of the court of sorcerers known as The Ten Who Were Taken. Now, he and the company are being asked to seek the aid of their newest member, Mischievous Rain, to break a rebel army. However, Croaker doesn't trust any of the Taken, especially not ones that look so much like The Lady and her sister... Chronicles of The Black Company The Black Company (The First Chronicle) Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle) The White Rose (The Third Chronicle) The Silver Spike Shadow Games (The First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South) Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone) Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone) Port of Shadows Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company (comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) The Books of the South (comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) Return of the Black Company (comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness) The Many Deaths of the Black Company (comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journeying there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price. One of the greatest fantasy epics of our age continues in this ninth installment of Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company.

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark himself, Lies Weeping is the first book in a brand new arc of Glen Cook's groundbreaking Chronicles of the Black Company--an epic fantasy series, with millions of copies in print.The Black Company has retreated across the plain of glittering stone, toward a shadow gate that would let them trade the dangers of the plain for the questionable safety of the Company's one-time haven in Hsien, a region in the world known as the Land of Unknown Shadows. In Hsien, the company returns to their former base, An Abode of Ravens, where the Lady ages backwards in a return to force, shaking off the thrall, one breath at a time. Meanwhile, Croaker, ascended to godlike status as the Steadfast Guardian, has been left behind in the Nameless Fortress. In their adopted father's stead, Arkana and Shukrat have taken up the role of annalist for the Black Company. At first, life in Hsien appears quiet, even boring, but it is quickly apparent that strange goings on are more than what they seem, and it's up to them to discover the truth hidden in the shadows of this strange land. "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black Company The Black Company (The First Chronicle) Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle) The White Rose (The Third Chronicle) The Silver Spike Shadow Games (The First Book of the South) Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South) Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone) She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone) Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone) Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone) Port of Shadows Lies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company (comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose) The Books of the South (comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike) Return of the Black Company (comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness) The Many Deaths of the Black Company (comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes the first book in the Chronicles of The Black Company--an epic fantasy series, with millions of copies in print--following a group of hard-bitten mercenaries waging war on behalf of The Lady, who may be the very infestation of evil itself. Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black CompanyThe Black Company (The First Chronicle)Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle)The White Rose (The Third Chronicle)The Silver SpikeShadow Games (The First Book of the South)Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South)Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone)She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone)Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone)Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone)Port of ShadowsLies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company(comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose)The Books of the South(comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike)Return of the Black Company(comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness)The Many Deaths of the Black Company(comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

From Glen Cook, the godfather of Grimdark, comes the first book in the Chronicles of The Black Company--an epic fantasy series, with millions of copies in print--following a group of hard-bitten mercenaries waging war on behalf of The Lady, who may be the very infestation of evil itself. Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... "With the Black Company series Glen Cook single-handedly changed the face of fantasy."--New York Times bestselling author Steven Erikson Chronicles of The Black CompanyThe Black Company (The First Chronicle)Shadows Linger (The Second Chronicle)The White Rose (The Third Chronicle)The Silver SpikeShadow Games (The First Book of the South)Dreams of Steel (The Second Book of the South)Bleak Seasons (Book One of Glittering Stone)She Is the Darkness (Book Two of Glittering Stone)Water Sleeps (Book Three of Glittering Stone)Soldiers Live (Book Four of Glittering Stone)Port of ShadowsLies Weeping (Book One of A Pitiless Rain) Omnibus editions: Chronicles of the Black Company(comprising The Black Company, Shadows Linger, and The White Rose)The Books of the South(comprising Shadow Games, Dreams of Steel, and The Silver Spike)Return of the Black Company(comprising Bleak Seasons and She Is the Darkness)The Many Deaths of the Black Company(comprising Water Sleeps and Soldiers Live)

At long last, the conclusion to Glen Cook's Dread Empire saga has arrived King Bragi Ragnarson is a prisoner, shamed, nameless, and held captive by Lord Shih-kaa and the Empress Mist at the heart of the Dread Empire. Far away in Kavelin, Bragia's queen and what remains of his army seek to find and free their king, hampered by the loss or desertion of their best and brightest warriors. Kavelina's spymaster, Michael Trebilcock, is missing in action, as is loyal soldier Aral Dantice. Meanwhile, Dane, Duke of Greyfells, seeks to seize the rule of Kavelin and place the kingdom in his pocket, beginning a new line of succession through Bragia's queen, Dane's cousin Inger. And in the highest peaks of the Dragona's Teeth, in the ancient castle Fangdred, the sorcerer called Varthlokkur uses his arts to spy on the world at large, observing the puppet strings that control kings and empires alike, waiting... For the time of the wrath of kings is almost at hand, and vengeance lies along a path to coldness of heart. Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.

Centuries ago, a private army's deadly strike freed human slaves from their cruel Sangaree masters. A single Sangaree alien survived--and swore vengeance on the Storm family and their soldiers. Generations later, his carefully mapped revenge scheme explodes as the armies of the galaxies collide along a strange burning planet's Shadowline. In the war's deadly aftermath, Mouse Storm makes his way towards Stars' End, a mysterious planet bristling with deadly automated weapons systems, programmed to slaughter anyone foolish enough to approach. Mouse and fellow Confederation agent Moyshe benRabi are pursuing Starfishers, Sangaree harvestships that protect the Starfish; creatures of pure fusion energy that produce the priceless ambergris that makes travel between the stars possible. But who built Stars' End, and why so close to the drifting Starfish? In the midst of the Sangaree wars, a far more sinister enemy approaches, coming from the depths of the galaxy, in hordes larger than a solar system. From Glen Cook, the master of modern heroic fantasy, comes his landmark space opera, a seamless blend of ancient myth, political intrigue, and scintillating space combat.

Ten beskonechnoj nochiZa gromadnymi gorami pod nazvaniem Zuby Drakona, kuda ne dostaet kholodnoe dykhanie Vetra-Oborotnja i plamja nachala mira, nad stenami zamka Fangdred vozvyshaetsja Bashnja Vetrov. Obitatel etoj odinokoj tsitadeli, bessmertnyj charodej, razvjazyvaet vojnu za vekovuju ljubov Nepanty, sestry Korolej Bur...Ditja oktjabrjaOktjabr - pora, kogda listja obretajut tsvet krovi, a veter pronizyvaet do kostej; eto vremja temnykh i strannykh svershenij. U korolevy rozhdaetsja ditja Tmy, i ego kriki slyshny daleko za vershinami Zubov Drakona, na kraju mira, gde Nepanta i Nasmeshnik zhdut vojny, kotoroj strashatsja dazhe charodei.Nashestvie TmyNa kraju imperii vojna - ne tolko ad. Nasmeshnik poterjaet v chertogakh smerti starykh druzej, no obretet novykh storonnikov sredi zalitykh krovju i usejannykh kostjami polej. Ditja vojny zavladeet mechom istiny, i nakonets raskroetsja rokovaja tajna Zvezdnogo Vsadnika.Perevodchik Pleshkov Kirill Petrovich

Imperija Uzhasa raskinulas na ves kontinent - ot zasnezhennykh Zubov Drakona do beskrajnikh pustyn Khammad-al-Nakira, ot osazhdennogo Kavelina do moguschestvennogo Shinsana.Chtoby protivostojat Shinsanu, Bragi Ragnarson, vzoshedshij na tron Kavelina, reshaet obedinitsja so Mgloj, shinsanskoj printsessoj v izgnanii, zhazhduschej vernut sebe tron. No v pustynjakh na okraine Imperii pojavljaetsja novaja vrazhdebnaja sila. Etrian, syn Nasmeshnika, dobravshis do pogibshego korolevstva Navami, zakljuchaet sojuz s drevnim bogom-zverem i poluchaet pod svoe nachalo gromadnuju armiju mertvetsov..."Gnev korolej" - zakljuchitelnaja trilogija tsikla "Imperija Uzhasa". Epicheskaja saga ostavalas nezavershennoj, tak kak rukopis finalnogo romana byla utrachena. Posle dvadtsatiletnego pereryva Glen Kuk napisal "Put k kholodnomu serdtsu" zanovo.Perevodchik Pleshkov Kirill Petrovich

Obitaemye miry Prostranstva Kanona soedineny tainstvennoj Pautinoj, pozvoljajuschej letat so sverkhsvetovoj skorostju. Tysjacheletijami nepobedimye storozhevye korabli obespechivajut mir i porjadok v etoj oblasti kosmosa, zhestoko podavljaja ljubye popytki mjatezha. Sajmon Tregesser, glava moguschestvennogo mezhzvezdnogo Doma Tregesserov, zadumal zakhvatit takoj korabl. Zaruchivshis tekhnicheskoj i syrevoj podderzhkoj odnoj iz ras Vneshnego kosmosa, Tregesser podgotovil lovushku v glukhom kontse Pautiny. Organizovannaja im tsepochka planetarnykh vosstanij neizbezhno privedet dobychu v zapadnju...Znamenitaja kosmoopera v novom perevode!

S kazhdym godom v mire razumnykh volkov-metov vse surovee kholoda. Dolgie zimy i zatjazhnye snegopady probuzhdajut drevnij strakh v stae Degnanov - strakh pered vtorzheniem svirepykh kochevnikov, napadeniem zagadochnykh vedm-silt i prikhodom graukena - pory, kogda razum ustupaet instinktu i mety pozhirajut drug druga.Junaja Marika polna otchajanija, poskolku vsem etim ugrozam ne sposobny protivostojat ni ee semja, ni vsja staja. No v nej samoj probuzhdaetsja sila, ravnoj kotoroj net v tselom mire, legendarnaja sposobnost, kotoraja mozhet ne tolko spasti mir, no i otkryt Marike dorogu k samim zvezdam...Znamenitaja trilogija publikuetsja na russkom v novom perevode, a rasskaz "Temnaja vojna", primykajuschij k nej, vykhodit na russkom vpervye.

Vse peremeshalos v mire, gde zhivet Garret. Gobliny i trolli zdes sosedstvujut s gnomami i ljudmi, a ognedyshaschij drakon v nebe takoe zhe obydennoe javlenie, kak samolet nad gorodami Evropy. V etom strannom mire otsutstvuet ognestrelnoe oruzhie, poetomu chastnomu detektivu Garretu bolshe prikhoditsja primenjat fizicheskuju silu i magiju. A esche u nego est khoroshij pomoschnik - zhivoj mertvets, vosstajuschij po mere nadobnosti iz prakha i vnov otpravljaemyj na pokoj, kogda razgadana ocherednaja zagadka. Zagadok zhe zdes khot otbavljaj, i vse oni soprjazheny s riskom, poetomu Garretu i prikhoditsja chto ni den idti po lezviju britvy.

Kosmicheskaja vendetta nachalas za veka do rozhdenija Masato Igarasi Shtorma. Ego ded napal na planetu Prefaktl i uchinil krovavuju raspravu, osvobodiv rabov-ljudej ot ikh gospod-sangari. No odin iz sangari ostalsja zhiv. Junyj naslednik klana Norbonov pokljalsja otomstit semejstvu Shtormov i ikh soldatam. On pridumal izoschrennyj plan, dlja osuschestvlenija kotorogo moglo potrebovatsja neskolko pokolenij. I vot teper Gnej, otets Masato, vynuzhden srazhatsja za bogatstva, kotorye khranit v sebe ognennaja polovina planety Chernomir. Poka moguschestvennye chastnye armii so vsego kosmosa skhodjatsja v boju na uzkoj Tenevoj Cherte, chto otdeljaet pylajuschij ad ot zhivotvornoj teni, svodnyj brat Gneja Majkl vedet svoju sobstvennuju igru - rokovuju igru izmennika.

Net v volshebnom gorode Tanfere syschika luchshe Garreta, potomu chto, vo-pervykh, on uspeshno rassleduet prestuplenija v mire magii, a vo-vtorykh, kak i polozheno klassicheskomu chastnomu detektivu, u nego vsegda v zapase ostroe slovtso. V romane "Smertelnaja rtutnaja lozh" on beretsja najti devushku, kotoraja, po slovam ee materi, svjazalas s durnoj kompaniej, i konechno zhe, stol budnichnaja zavjazka - vsego lish prolog k feericheskim prikljuchenijam. V romane "Zhalkie svintsovye bozhki" reputatsija Garreta zainteresuet srazu dva panteona poluzabytykh bogov, soshedshikhsja v zhestokoj borbe za poslednij khram. A razgadyvat kriminalnye zagadki i vyputyvatsja iz smertelno opasnykh peredrjag geroju pomogut ne tolko starye vernye druzja, no i dva nedavnikh patsienta sumasshedshego doma, a takzhe "samyj otjavlennyj skvernoslov na vsem belom svete" - govorjaschij popugaj mister Bolshaja Shishka.

Byvshij morpekh, a nyne chastnyj detektiv znaet tolk v pive i krasavitsakh; ego zhizn do otkaza napolnena chrezvychajnymi proisshestvijami. V romane "Zhar sumrachnoj stali" ubijstva, krazhi, pokhischenija ljudej, stychki s oborotnjami i dazhe pokushenie na samogo Garreta tesno perepleteny mezhdu soboj i imejut odnu pervoprichinu - mnogoletnjuju vojnu mezhdu venagetami i karentijtsami. V romane "Zlobnye chugunnye nebesa" Garret znakomitsja s parochkoj udivitelnykh suschestv, umejuschikh stanovitsja nevidimymi, zatumanivaja soznanie okruzhajuschikh. Na nevidimok vedetsja okhota, i lovets primenjaet raznovidnost magii, pozvoljajuschuju emu vydavat sebja za drugogo.

Zhivi Garret v nashem mire, a ne v mire magii, on by na ravnykh sopernichal s proslavlennymi gerojami "chernogo detektiva", chastnymi syschikami Niro Vulfom, Majkom Khammerom, Filipom Marlou i Semom Spejdom. Zato v Tanfere, naselennom ne tolko ljudmi, no i elfami, piksi, gnomami, trolljami i prochimi fentezijnymi suschestvami, emu net ravnykh. V romane "Shepchuschie nikelevye idoly", vzjavshis vyjasnit, pochemu vpal v komu korol kriminalnogo mira, Garret vstupit v borbu s dochkoj "korolja" - i obnaruzhit, chto ne tolko eta "printsessa" zhelaet emu smerti. V romane "Zhestokie tsinkovye melodii" Garret, uzhe gotovyj pokonchit s chastnym syskom, vynuzhden razbiratsja s paranormalnym sabotazhem. Blagoe namerenie bogatogo pivovara otkryt v Tanfere novyj teatr oborachivaetsja koshmarom: v strojaschemsja zdanii pojavilis gigantskikh razmerov zhuki i roj prividenij. I esli by tolko oni ugrozhali spokojstviju i zhizni gorozhan! V zlachnom kvartale orudujut podrostkovye shajki, a vykhodtsy iz semej, prozhivajuschikh v samom respektabelnom rajone, okazyvajutsja daleko ne painkami v svoikh intellektualnykh i magicheskikh razvlechenijakh.

The world grows colder with each passing year, the longer winters and ever-deepening snows awaking ancient fears within the Dengan Packstead, fears of invasion by armed and desperate nomads, attack by the witchlike and mysterious Silth, able to kill with their minds alone, and of the Grauken, that desperate time when intellect gives way to buried cannibalistic instinct, when meth feeds upon meth. For Marika, a young pup of the Packstead, loyal to pack and family, times are dark indeed, for against these foes, the Packstead cannot prevail. But awakening within Marika is a power unmatched in all the world, a legendary power that may not just save her world, but allow her to grasp the stars themselves. From Glen Cook, author of the "Black Company" and "Dread Empire" novels, comes "Darkwar", collecting for the first time, the stunning science fantasy epic that originally appeared as "Doomstalker", "Warlock", and "Ceremony".

An omnibus edition of the final three Dread Empire novels (Reap the East Wind, An Ill Fate Marshalling, and A Path to Coldness of Heart) from a pioneer of gritty and realistic epic fantasy, Glen Cook. The Dread Empire spans a continent: from the highest peaks of the Dragon's Teeth to the endless desert lands of Hammad al Nakir; from besieged Kavelin to mighty Shinsan . . . The time of the wrath of kings is close at hand. Bragi Ragnarson, now the king of Kavelin, has decided to join forces with Chatelain Mist, the exiled princess of Shinshan looking to usurp her throne. But in the deserts on the outskirts of the empire, a young victim of the Great Eastern Wars becomes the Deliverer of an eons-forgotten god, chosen to lead the legions of the dead. Wrath of Kings collects the final Dread Empire trilogy into a single volume. This epic narrative had been put on hold when the original manuscript to the final volume was stolen. Glen returned to the Dread Empire twenty years later, completely rewriting the concluding novel, A Path to Coldness of Heart. From the author of The Black Company comes an elaborate tale of nation-shattering conflict, maddening magic, strange creatures, and raw, flawed heroes, all shown through the filter of the author's inimitable war-correspondent prose.