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Chevalier sans terre et sans nom, Dunk a choisi la voie de l'errance. Lui et son écuyer, un certain Aegon Targaryen, qui cache son illustre ascendance sous le sobriquet de l'Oeuf, louent leur épée aux causes les plus justes au hasard de leurs peregrinations. Leurs pas les conduisent cette fois aux noces de Lord Beurpuits, ou doit avoir lieu un tournoi rassemblant la fine fleur de la chevalerie, et dont le vainqueur se verra attribuer un trophee sans prix : un oeuf de dragon ! Mais les des sont pipes, et les deux hommes vont se retrouver malgre eux au coeur d'une conspiration visant les plus hautes instances du royaume.

In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived, mutated into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin (called the American Tolkien by Time), is the tale of the history of the world since thenand of the heroes among the one percent.Now, in the latest Wild Cards mosaic novel, we get to know the hard-bitten world of Manhattans Fifth Precinctor Fort Freak, as cops and malefactors alike call the cop-shop where every other desk sergeant, detective, and patrol officer is more than human.Featuring original work by writers such as Cherie Priest, author of the bestselling Boneshaker; Paul Cornell, Hugonominated comic book and Doctor Who writer; David Anthony Durham, winner of 2009s John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; and many others, Fort Freak is one of the strongest offerings yet in the ongoing Wild Cards project.

Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in three-volume paperback.George R.R. Martin is the bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBOs hit series GAME OF THRONES.This third volume features an original short story by Joe Abercrombie. ''Some Desperado'' centres on Shy South, the protagonist of Abercrombies novel RED COUNTRY. Having robbed a bank, Shy is carrying 2,000 silver pieces, and she''s on the run when her horse catches an arrow. Marooned in a dusty ghost town, she faces up to a trio of murderous, flea-bitten criminalsThis volume of stories about hard-living bad girls, killers and superheroes also includes contributions from worldwide bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Melinda Snodgrass and Pat Cadigan.DANGEROUS WOMEN 3Gardner Dozoiss introductionJoe Abercrombie, Some DesperadoDiana Rowland, City LazarusSherlynn Kenyon, Hell Hath No FuryMelinda Snodgrass, The Hands That Are Not TherePat Cadigan, CaretakersCecelia Holland, Noras SongJim Butcher, Bombshells

From the #1 New York Times bestseller, the third of a new generation of Wild Cards talesIn 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin (The American TolkienTime magazine) along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since thenand of the heroes among the one percent.Ranging from New York and New England to ravaged Africa and New Orleans, encompassing war, devastation, and stubborn hope, Suicide Kings advances the story of the Wild Cards, and their struggle to be fully human in a world that fears and mistrusts them.

Une fois Stannis Baratheon parti reprendre Winterfell aux Bolton, Jon Snow peut enfin redevenir le maître du Mur. Il doit cependant composer avec Mélisandre, la prêtresse rouge, qui semble décidée à

Decades after an alien virus changed the course of history, the surviving population of Manhattan still struggles to understand the new world left in its wake. Natural humans share the rough city with those given extraordinaryand sometimes terrifyingtraits. While most manage to coexist in an uneasy peace, not everyone is willing to adapt. Down in the seedy underbelly of Jokertown, residents are going missing. The authorities are unwilling to investigate, except for a fresh lieutenant looking to prove himself and a collection of unlikely jokers forced to take matters into their own handsor tentacles. The deeper into the kidnapping case these misfits and miscreants get, the higher the stakes are raised.Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and acclaimed author Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lowball is the latest mosaic novel in the acclaimed Wild Cards universe, featuring original fiction by Carrie Vaughn, Ian Tregillis, David Anthony Durham, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Mary Anne Mohanraj, David D. Levine, Michael Cassutt, and Walter John Williams. Perfect for old fans and new readers alike, Lowball delves deeper into the world of aces, jokers, and the hard-boiled men and women of the Fort Freak police precinct in a pulpy, page-turning novel of superheroics and mystery. At the publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad book four of the original Wild Cards series now in trade paperbackfeaturing two brand-new stories.Forty years after the Wild Card Viruss release, the World Health Organization decides its time to take a delegation of Aces, Jokers, politicians, and journalists on a fact-finding mission to learn how other countries are dealing with the virus that reshaped humanity. Leading the team is Gregg Hartmann, a senator with presidential aspirations and a dangerous ace up his sleeve. Joining him is a menagerie of some of the series best and most popular Wild Cards, including Dr. Tachyon, aces Peregrine and Golden Boy, and jokers Chrysalis, Troll, and Father Squid.From the jungles of Haiti and Peru to the tumultuous political climate of Egypt, from a monastery in Japan to the streets of the most glamorous cities of Europe, the Wild Cards are in for an eye-opening trip. While some are worshiped as actual gods, those possessing the most extreme mutations are treated with a contempt that''s all too familiar to the delegates from Jokertown. New alliances will be formed, new enemies will be made, and some actions will fulfill centuries-old prophecies that make ripples throughout the future of the Wild Cards universe.The action-packed alternate fantasy returns for a new generation, featuring fiction from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin, Michael Cassutt, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Lewis Shiner, and moreplus two completely new stories from Kevin Andrew Murphy and bestselling author Carrie Vaughn.

Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three-volume paperback.

HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A CLASH OF KINGS is the second volume in the series. A beautifully presented slipcased edition of A CLASH OF KINGS. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving brothers are set on a path of war amongst themselves. At King's Landing, the head of Lord Eddard Stark rots on a spike for all to see. His daughter Sansa is betrothed still to his killer's son Joffrey - Queen Cersei's son, though not the son of her late husband Robert. Even so, Joffrey is now a boy-king, Cersei is his regent, and war is inevitable. In Dragonstone, Robert's brother Stannis has declared himself king, while his other brother Renly proclaims himself king at Storm's End - and Eddard Stark's fifteen year old son Robb wears the crown of the north at Winterfell. A comet in the night sky, red and malevolent, the colour of blood and flame, can only be an omen of murder and war. Stannis's child Princess Shireen dreams of dragons waking from stone. And a white raven has brought word from the Citadel itself, foretelling summer's end. It has been the longest summer in living memory, lasting ten years, and the smallfolk say it means an even longer winter to come...The first rule of war is never give the enemy his wish. But winter will be the biggest enemy. From beyond the Wall the undead and Others clamour for freedom, and from beyond the sea the long-dead Dragon King's daughter hatches her revenge. Robb Stark will be exceedingly lucky to reach adulthood.

Perfect for old fans and new readers alike, High Stakes delves deeper into the world of aces, jokers, and the hard-boiled men and women of the Fort Freak police precinct in a pulpy, page-turning novel of superheroics and Lovecraftian horror.

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Aliens meets Psycho with a chilling mystery set on a haunted spaceship in this illustrated edition of a classic novella, soon to be an original series on Syfy, by the #1 bestselling author of A Game of Thrones When a scientific expedition is launched t

The return of the famous shared-world superhero books created and edited by George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and FirePerfect for current fans and new readers alike, Mississippi Roll is an all-new, adventurous jaunt along one of Americas greatest rivers, featuring many beloved characters from the Wild Cards universe

Daenerys règne sur une cité de mort, entourée d''ennemis, tandis que Jon Snow doit affronter ses adversaires des deux côtés du Mur.

Un cautivador canto a la amistad El vapor más majestuoso del Misisipi surca un río de sangre... En 1857, la cuenca del Misisipi bulle de actividad: los vapores señorean sus aguas en feroz competencia. Cuando Joshua York le ofrece sacar a flote sus naviera a cambio de unas pocas condiciones, sencillas aunque misteriosas, el capitan Marsh ve realizado su sueño: ser el patron del vapor mas rapido del rio. Pero los sueños de ambos se veran infiltrados por una pesadilla que anegara de sangre los fondeaderos. Para su segunda novela en solitario, Martin eligio el Misisipi de Mark Twain como escenario historico de la que ha llegado a consagrarse como una de las novelas de vampiros mas celebradas de todos los tiempos. Una atmosfera sobrecogedora construida con maestria, la recreacion impecable del marco historico y un tratamiento del monstruo cercano a la ciencia ficcion que remite al mismisimo Stoker han convertido _Sueño del Fevre_ en otra novela de referencia de un escritor tan rotundo como polivalente

La novela más romántica y cautivadora que ha dado la ciencia ficción Una historia de amor con las estrellas como telón de fondo Worlorn, durante su esplendor, albergó el fastuoso Festival de los Mundos Exteriores; ahora es un planeta moribundo que se aleja irremediablemente de la Rueda de Fuego para sumirse en una noche sin fin. A el viaja Dirk tLarien con la esperanza de reencontrar el amor de Gwen Delvano y expiar errores del pasado; pero en su lugar hallara a Gwen unida por jade-y-plata a Jann Vikary y a su teyn Garse Janacek, en un vinculo incomprensible de amor y de odio, tan terrible y a la vez tan grandioso como el fin inevitable de Worlorn. Muerte de la luz es una de las historias de amor mas hermosas jamas contadas. Su protagonista se debate entre el amor egoista, que reclama el ser amado para si, y la lealtad a un grupo, ese otro tipo de amor que es a la vez instinto de supervivencia en un entorno hostil como el de Worlorn. Martin, con su prosa delicada y sincera, hechiza al lector y lo conduce a traves de ciudades y paisajes de ensueño hasta lo mas profundo del alma humana.

Set 300 years before the events in A Song of Ice and Fire, FIRE AND BLOOD is the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros as told by Archmaester Gyldayn, and chronicles the conquest that united the Seven Kingdoms under Targaryen rule through to the Dance of the Dragons: the Targaryen civil war that nearly ended their dynasty forever. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work by the author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the inspiration for HBO''''s Game of Thrones. With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R.R. Martin, this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros. Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel''''s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel, and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley. With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon''''s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.

Journey across the cosmos in George R. R. Martin's beloved sci-fi universe, the Thousand Worlds, as a ragtag group of conspirators embark on a mysterious mission to gain unfathomable fame and fortuneif only they can survive.On the distant planet Hro Brana, the last words of a dying man echo through the halls of a run-down trading station.Nearly three hundred years later, a group of fortune seekers embark on a mission to unravel the mystery of the fabled Plague Star aboard a rickety trade ship called The Cornucopia of Excellent Goods at Low Prices. But their journey will be far more perilous than any of them could have imaginedwho will survive this deadly quest and battle it out for the final prize?A darkly comic meditation on our future as a species, Voyaging, Volume 1: The Plague Star is a sci-fi adventure story of intrigue, greed, deception, and of course cats.Adapted and vividly illustrated by Hugo Awardnominated artist Raya Golden, this thrilling and action-packed graphic novel brings the first story from #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author George R. R. Martins classic collection Tuf Voyaging to life.

First volume of a brilliant new fantasy trilogy: the most powerful, original and absorbing new epic since Stephen Donaldson's Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. The first volume of George R R Martin's glorious high fantasy tells the tragic story of treachery, greed and war that threatens the unity of the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. Martin unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dimensions, thronged with memorable characters, a story of treachery and ambition, love and magic. Set in a fabulous world scarred by battle and catastrophe over 8000 years of recorded history, it tells of the deeds of men and women locked in the deadliest of conflicts and the terrible legacy they will leave their children. In the game of thrones, you win or you die. And in the bitter-cold, unliving lands beyond the Wall, a terrible winter gathers and the others -- the undead, the neverborn, wildlings to whom the threat of the sword is nothing -- make ready to descend on the realms of men. A Game of Thrones begins the most imaginative, ambitious and compelling fantasy epic since The Lord of the Rings. Thronged with memorable characters, it unfolds with astonishing skill a tale of truly epic dim