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Na de strijd die het koninkrijk Tir Tanagiri verenigd heft onder het banier van koning Urdo, is Sulien ap Gwien verheven tot Vrouwe van haar eigen gebied, terwijl haar heldendaden worden bezongen in het hele koninkrijk. Maar de vrede die zij en Urdo bevochten lijkt van korte duur en een burgeroorlog is onvermijdelijk. Sulien wordt wederom gedwongen het zwaard om te gorden. maar ditmaal komt ze tegenover vrienden en familie te staan in een grimmige strijd om Urdo's droom te kunnen behouden.

Sulien ap Gwien is zeventien als een groep plunderaars haar dorp overvalt, waarbij haar broer om het leven komt. Ze zweert dat ze zich op de daders zal wreken en gaat op pad om koning Urdo te zoeken. Urdo is druk doende alle opstandige edelen te herenigen door ze onder zijn banier te scharen, om zo zijn land te kunnen bevrijden van de plunderaars. Zo begint het verhaal van Sulien ap Gwien, die zich langzaam omhoog vecht in de rangen van de koning, tot ze naast hem staat in de strijd voor de Koningsvrede en haar naam bekend is in het hele land.

Featuring new editions of acclaimed science fiction and fantasy works, this collection highlights titles recognized for their enduring significance. Each volume is introduced by a notable literary figure, providing insights and context that enhance the reader's experience. These carefully curated selections celebrate the genre's rich history and its influential narratives.

Twenty years have passed since the goddess Athene founded the Just City. The god Apollo is still living there, albeit in human form. Now married and the father of several children, the man/god struggles to cope when tragedy befalls his family. On the surface he handles his feelings in his stride; but it's evident that deep down he is unhinged with raw, human grief. Fuelled by a bloodthirsty desire for revenge, Pythias sets sail for the mysterious Eastern Mediterranean to find the man he believes may have caused him such great pain. What his expedition actually discovers, however, will change everything. From acclaimed, award-winning author Jo Walton: Philosopher Kings, a tale of gods and humans, and the surprising things they have to learn from one another. The follow up to The Just City [insert thumbnail]

From Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author Jo Walton comes Lent, a magical re-imagining of the man who remade fifteenth-century Florence—in all its astonishing strangeness Young Girolamo’s life is a series of miracles. It’s a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It’s a miracle that he’s friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It’s a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo “the Magnificent,” the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It’s a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it. It’s a miracle than whenever Girolamo preaches, crowds swoon. It’s a miracle that, despite the Pope’s determination to bring young Girolamo to heel, he’s still on the loose...and, now, running Florence in all but name. That’s only the beginning. Because Girolamo Savanarola is not who—or what—he thinks he is. He will discover the truth about himself at the most startling possible time. And this will be only the beginning of his many lives. "Rendered with Walton's usual power and beauty...It's this haunting character complexity that ultimately holds the reader captive to the tale." —N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, on My Real Children

DARK, ADDICTIVE, AWARD-WINNING ALT-HISTORY: THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION TO JO WALTON'S SMALL CHANGE TRILOGY

World Fantasy Award winner Jo Walton continues her alternate history of resistance in an England darkened by triumphant Fascism

Oichi Angelis, along with her fellow insurgents, head for the planet called Graveyard. Ancient, sentient, alien starships wait for them--three A.I.'s so powerful they remain aware even in self-imposed sleep. The race that made them are dead, but Oichi's people were engineered with this ancient DNA. A delegation must journey to the heart of Graveyard and be judged by the Three. Before they're done, they will discover that weapons are the least of what the ships have to offer

Raised by a half-mad mother who dabbled in magic, Morwenna Phelps found refuge in two worlds. As a child growing up in Wales, she played among the spirits who made their homes in industrial ruins. But her mind found freedom and promise in the science fiction novels that were her closests companions. Then her mother tried to bend the spirits to dark ends, and Mori was forced to confront her in a magical battle that left her crippled--and her twin sister dead.

What if you could remember two versions of your life?My Real Children is an alternate history, in which a woman with dementia struggles to remember her two contradictory lives. It's a book about life and love and choices and moonbases. The new novel from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of Among Others.