Some stories are hidden for a reason. All tales have a price. And every debt must be paid. I killed three men as a child and earned myself the name Bloodletter. Then I set fire to the fabled Ashram. I've been a bird and robbed a merchant king of a ransom of gold. And I have crossed desert sands and cutthroat alleys to repay my debt. I've stood before the eyes of god, faced his judgement, and cast aside the thousand arrows that came with it. And I have passed through the Doors of Midnight and lived to tell the tale. I have traded one hundred and one stories with a creature as old as time, and survived with only my cleverness, a candle, and a broken promise. And most recently of...

Перед вами эпическая сага о таинственном сказителе, который сплетает ложь и магию в историю, ставшей легендой. «Все легенды рождаются из истины. И полны лжи. Данная легенда моя. Вы можете судить меня по ней как хотите. Но сначала послушайте мою историю. Я похоронил деревню Ампур под горой льда и снега. Потом убил их бога. Я освоил древнюю магию и был проклят за это. Я развязал войну с теми, кто существовал до появления людей, и потерял принцессу, которую любил и хотел спасти. Я вызыватель молний и связующий огонь. Я – легенда. И я – чудовище. Меня зовут Ари. И это рассказ о том, как я выпустил на свободу первородное зло». Так начинается история сказителя и певицы, которые находятся в бегах...

Danger. Evil. Death. Heroes can face it all, but they cannot do it alone. Throughout history, creatures both big and small have stood alongside heroes and helped them through trying times, whether on the battlefield or in their laps. In these brand-new stories, seventeen bestselling authors regale us with adventures of animal companions and how they often are the ones rescuing the rescuer. New stories by / in the world of * Jim Butcher — from The Dresden Files * Faith Hunter — from Jane Yellowrock * Patricia Briggs — from Mercy Thompson * Seanan McGuire — standalone * L. E. Modesitt — from Archform: Beauty and Flash * Kelley Armstrong — from...

All legends are born of truths. And just as much lies. These are mine. Judge me for what you will. But you will hear my story first. I buried the village of Ampur under a mountain of ice and snow. Then I killed their god. I've stolen old magics and been cursed for it. I started a war with those that walked before mankind and lost the princess I loved, and wanted to save. I've called lightning and bound fire. I am legend. And I am a monster. My name is Ari. And this is the story of how I let loose the first evil.

Indian mechs meet Lovecraftian cosmological horrors. Steel and mind meet monstrous flesh and doom. “Messenger”by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne and R.R. Virdi Nominated for Nebula Award's Best Novelette in 2018.

[b]To earn a second chance at life, Devrim Bains must die and enter a virtual world of monsters and mayhem. Let's just hope one death is all it will take, because he can't afford another.[/b] When Devrim Bains reaches his twenty–first birthday, he's finally punished for a crime that was never his fault–being born. In a world of strict population control, his life's been decided for him, and it's about to end. But a stroke of luck gives him opportunity to have his consciousness uploaded into a simulated-reality game world with the promise of paradise. Except paradise always comes with a cost. Monsters of legend and myths of old come to life in Lorian, needing to be slain or tamed...