Deze serie dompelt lezers onder in een wereld die geavanceerde technologie combineert met unieke magie en ingewikkelde politieke landschappen. Volg de reizen van boeiende personages terwijl ze navigeren door plicht, verlangen en de geheimen van een grote beschaving. Ervaar spannende avonturen vol luchtgevechten, verboden romantiek en oude mysteries. Het is een boeiende saga die klassenverschillen en de strijd voor vrijheid onderzoekt.
Od niepamiętnych czas�w kasztele, piętrzące się na wiele mil nad spowitą
mgłami powierzchnią świata, były schronieniem ludzkości. Arystokratyczne rody,
władające nimi od pokoleń, tworzyły cuda nauki, zawierały sojusze handlowe
oraz budowały floty sterowc�w mające utrzymać pok�j.Kapitan Grimm, dow�dca
statku handlowego 'Drapieżca', głęboko wierny Kasztelowi Albion, opowiedział
się po jego stronie w zimnej wojnie z Kasztelem Aurora i atakuje frachtowce
nieprzyjaciela, by zdezorganizować jego szlaki handlowe.
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, towering for miles over the mist-shrouded surface of the world. Within their halls, aristocratic houses have ruled for generations, developing scientific marvels, fostering trade alliances, and building fleets of airships to keep the peace. Captain Grimm commands the merchant ship, Predator. Fiercely 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 severely damaged in combat, leaving captain and crew grounded, Grimm is offered a proposition from the Spirearch of Albion--to join a team of agents on a vital mission in exchange for fully restoring Predator to its fighting glory. And even as Grimm undertakes this dangerous task, he will learn 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...
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.
