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Shadow hat es bisher nicht leicht gehabt im Leben. Kaum hat er seine unverdiente Haftstrafe abgesessen und will gerade zu seiner geliebten Frau Laura zurückkehren, erfährt er, dass sie einen tödlichen Unfall hatte – und das wird nicht der letzte Schicksalsschlag für Shadow gewesen sein. Darum hält ihn nichts davon ab, auf das Jobangebot des jovialen Mr. Wednesday einzugehen und dessen Leibwächter zu werden. Über Mr. Wednesdays Motive wird Shadow im Dunkeln gelassen, und die Personen, die er auf seinen Reisen quer durch die USA besucht, sind ebenso undurchschaubar. Der trink- und rauffreudige Mad Sweeney, das Bestatterduo Mr. Ibis und Mr. Jaquel und der grimmige Tschernobog sind noch die angenehmeren Bekanntschaften – andere Begegnungen wie die mit einem hochnäsigen Typen, der sich selbst den Technischen Jungen nennt, verlaufen deutlich bedrohlicher. Zur gleichen Zeit häufen sich in Shadows Umfeld merkwürdige Ereignisse, und es dauert nicht lang, bis Shadow mittendrin ist in einem uralten Konflikt von wahrhaft göttlichem Ausmaß. »American Gods«, der Urban-Fantasy-Bestseller von Neil Gaiman (»Coraline«, »The Sandman «), feierte vor Kurzem seine Premiere als Serie auf Amazon Prime – und jetzt ist er auch in Comicform erhältlich!

Stína Moona právě pustili z vězení – jen proto, aby zjistil, že je jeho žena mrtvá. Bez práce a bez budoucnosti přijímá nabídku záhadného pana Středy, jenž si ho najme jako svého ochránce, a pomalu ho vtahuje do smrtícího nadpřirozeného světa. Stín se ocitá uprostřed války mezi novými a starými bohy. Legendární kniha Neila Gaimana inspirovala nejen úspěšný televizní seriál, ale i luxusní komiksovou řadu! Obsahuje sešity série American Gods: Shadows #1-9.

It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family.

Shadow Moon is a convict in prison; he is released from prison the day after his wife and best friend are killed together in a car accident. When he is informed of the death of his wife and friend by the Warden of the prison, Shadow seems numb, unable to process the information. He merely nods. The warden informs him he will be released from prison a few days early to see to his wife's affairs. Through a series of odd circumstances, Shadow finds himself sitting on a plane next to a man who seems to know a lot about him. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, but implies that is not entirely his real name. Mr. Wednesday offers Shadow a job working for him. Life as Wednesday's bodyguard, driver and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined. Soon Shadow learns that the past never dies ... and that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing - an epic war for the very soul of America - and that he is standing squarely in its path

A special hardback edition of Neil Gaiman's internationally bestselling novel with stunning new contemporary artwork by Monet Alyssa. **Highly anticipated television adaptation of Anansi Boys coming soon to Amazon Prime Video** 'Neil could never have known that he was writing for a confused Jamaican kid who, without even knowing it, was still staggering from centuries of erasure of his own gods and monsters' MARLON JAMES --- Fat Charlie Nancy never knew his dead dad was a god - Anansi the trickster. He never knew he had a brother either. Now brother Spider is on his doorstep, about to make life more interesting . . . and a lot more dangerous. It's a meeting that will take Fat Charlie from his London home to Florida, the Caribbean, and the very beginning of the world itself. Or the end of the world, depending on which way you're looking. **Includes black and white chapter artwork, foiled and designed boards and beautiful full-colour illustrated endpapers by Monet Alyssa** --- 'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER 'A warm, funny, immensely entertaining story about the impossibility of putting up with your relations - especially if they happen to be Gods' SUSANNA CLARKE

An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary adoptive family from unimaginable evil. A young couple receives a wedding gift that reveals a chilling alternative history of their marriage. These tales and much more await in this extraordinary book, revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers.

Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author Neil Gaiman's collection of extraordinary short stories featuring How to Talk to Girls at Parties, soon to be a major film release starring Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Alex Sharp. From the author American Gods, now a major TV series for Amazon Prime Video, Fragile Things shows one of the world's most gifted storytellers at the height of his powers. Let me tell you stories of the months of the year, of ghosts and heartbreak, of dread and desire. Or after-hours drinking and unanswered phones, of good deeds and bad days, of trusting wolves and how to talk to girls at parties. There are stories within stories, whispered in the quiet of the night, shouted above the roar of the day, and played out between lovers and enemies, strangers and friends. But all, all are fragile things made of just 26 letters arranged and rearranged to form tales and imaginings which will dazzle your senses, haunt your imagination and move you to the very depths of your soul.

"When Coraline explores her new home, she steps through a door and into another house just like her own - except that things aren't quite as they seem. There's another mother and another father in this house and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. Coraline must use all of her wits and every ounce of courage in order to save herself and return home … but will she escape and will life ever be the same again? Elsewhere in this collection, a sinister jack-in-the-box haunts the lives of the children who ever owned it, a stray cat does nightly battle to protect his adopted family, and a boy raised in a graveyard confronts the much more troubled world of the living. From the scary to the whimsical, the fantastical to the humorous, Coraline & Other Stories is a journey into the dark, magical world of Neil Gaiman."--Cover

Het is een plek waarvan de meeste mensen niet eens zouden dromen. Een wereld vol monsters en heiligen, moordenaars en sjacheraars, geharnaste ridders en bleke meisjes in fluweel. Het Londen van degenen die ten onder zijn gegaan. Er is een meisje genaamd Door, en mensen die haar proberen te doden. Er is een engel in een duistere zaal vol kaarsen. Er zijn ratten en mensen die tegen ze praten. Er zijn zetten en tegenzetten, ondergrondse markten, een Beest in een labyrint, ijselijke gevaren en ongekende verrukkingen. En er is Richard Mayhew, die zich laat verleiden tot een daad van barmhartigheid. Een jonge Londenaar die al snel zal ontdekken dat er geen weg terug is. Een held tegen wil en dank, met een vreemde bestemming, in het andere Londen: Niemandsland.

Living in a Victorian countryside town overshadowed by a imposing stone barrier, Tristran is compelled to retrieve a fallen star for the woman he loves and crosses to the wondrous other side of the barrier, where he encounters dangerous rivals for the star. 80,000 first printing.