Zapraszamy do zapoznania się z najbardziej interesującymi bestsellerami z kategorii fantastyka i horror. Oto najciekawsi autorzy, najlepszych bestsellerów z literatury fantastycznej i horroru: Stephen King, Harlan Coben, Herbert George Wells, Brandon Sanderson, Wojciech Siudmak, Siri Pettersen,
J.R.R. Tolkien, Anna Karnicka, Andrzej Sapkowski i wiele innych. Zapraszamy do mrożącej krew w żyłach literatury.
Łódź. Początek grudnia 2020 roku był wyjątkowo udany dla Wydziału Kryminalnego Komendy Miejskiej. Podkomisarz Adrian Perg wraz z partnerami - nieokiełznanym aspirantem Iwanem Brzostkiem oraz analityczką starszą sierżant Natalią Merc - rozwiązali sprawę tajemniczych morderstw bezdomnych mężczyzn. Wydawało się, że limit zbrodni w mieście wyczerpał się do końca roku. Nic bardziej mylnego. Zwłaszcza że Perg znajduje za szybą swojego samochodu kartkę z drastyczną dziecięcą rymowanką. Głupi żart miejscowej młodzieży? Szybko okazuje się, że nie, gdyż taka sama treść została wyryta na ciele zamordowanego chłopca, a okaleczenia i sposób odebrania życia przyprawiają wszystkich o ciarki. Podkomisarz Perg w mig orientuje się, że zabójca rzucił mu wyzwanie, informując o rozpoczęciu krwawego dzieła. Policjanci rozpoczynają żmudne śledztwo, które od początku napotyka na wiele problemów oraz zawiłości. Kto mógłby być takim zwyrodnialcem, aby na ciele dziecka pozostawić liczne sznyty??Odkrywane ślady tworzą całkowity zamęt w głowach łódzkich funkcjonariuszy. Główni podejrzani zmieniają się jak w kalejdoskopie. A może rozwiązanie jest na wyciągnięcie ręki?Kim tak naprawdę jest zabójca? Czy rzeczywiście popełnił zbrodnie doskonałe?Niecodzienne, mrożące krew w żyłach zdarzenia, trzymająca w napięciu akcja i precyzyjnie nakreślone postacie. W tle nieprzyjazna Łódź, której ulice skrywają wiele krwawych tajemnic. Widerski w znakomity sposób je przed nami odkrywa i nie pozwala się od nich oderwać. - Maciej KaźmierczakAdam WiderskiZ wykształcenia jestem historykiem. Pracuję jako nauczyciel w jednej z łódzkich szkół podstawowych. Moją pasją jest sport, a najbardziej piłka nożna. Uwielbiam czytać, szczególnie kryminały, thrillery czy horrory. Właśnie w nich znalazłem inspirację do napisania debiutanckiej powieści kryminalnej Odwyk, której akcję osadziłem w swoim rodzinnym mieście. Książka zebrała bardzo dobre recenzje od czytelników. W grudniu 2020 roku audiobook znajdował się w TOP 10 bestsellerów Empiku w kategorii kryminał, sensacja, thriller. W maju 2021 roku ukazała się druga powieść - Proroctwo, polecana przez takich autorów jak: Krzysztof Bochus, Anna Klejzerowicz, Kinga Wójcik, Michał Śmielak, Anna Rozenberg czy Edyta Świętek.
Journey into space with Polish scifi master Stanislaw Lem. The whimsical time-loops of Ijon Tichy’s cosmic adventure ‘The Seventh Voyage’ are reminiscent of Douglas Adams, while the spectral whispers haunting Pirx the Pilot as he navigates his spaceship to Mars in ‘Terminus’, echo the author’s masterpiece Solaris. Then ‘The Mask’ introduces a perfect robot assassin and asks, can AI fall in love or refuse its programming? What if the target of its affections is also its prey?
And this is fantasy, the flutter, the rapture of fantasy!’
A bashful dragon, a lost wood-sprite, the prophet Elijah and the Devil disguised as a middle-aged woman appear in these playful, exuberant stories by Vladimir Nabokov. So do a vengeful husband, a barber confronting his torturer and the author himself, as he recalls his first love. Each of the thirteen tales here enchants and enraptures us, only to gleefully confound our expectations.
PRZEZNACZENIE SITHÓW WISI NA WŁOSKU W EPICKIM FINALE TRYLOGII DARTHA BANE’A.
Minęło dwadzieścia lat, odkąd Sithowie i ich niekończąca się rywalizacja zostały wymazane z kart historii, a w ich miejsce wprowadzono Zasadę Dwóch. Darth Bane rządzi teraz wraz ze swoją młodą akolitką, Zannah, która zgłębia tajniki ciemnej strony Mocy i doskonali swoje umiejętności, aż nadejdzie chwila, gdy podniesie ostrze przeciwko swemu mistrzowi i przejmie jego dziedzictwo. Jednak brutalny nowy reżim Bane’a skrywa potencjalnie śmiertelną słabość – czy spuścizna Mrocznego Lorda przetrwa, jeśli uczeń nie odważy się podjąć wyzwania i zadać ostatecznego ciosu? Jedyne rozwiązanie to odkrycie dawno zapomnianego sekretu zakonu – klucza do nieśmiertelności. Wątpliwości Bane’a pobudzają młodą Zannah do działania, a ona przysięga zgładzić swojego mistrza za wszelką cenę. Gdy Bane tajemniczo znika, Zannah wyrusza jego śladem przez galaktykę aż do opuszczonej pustynnej placówki, gdzie los ciemnej strony zostanie przesądzony w ostatecznej walce na śmierć i życie.
Od ponad czterdziestu lat powieści osadzone w odległej galaktyce wzbogacają świat Star Wars, oferując fanom możliwość kontynuowania przygody poza ekranem. George Lucas, tworząc Gwiezdne Wojny, wykreował uniwersum rozpalające wyobraźnię i inspirujące wielu autorów. Uczynił je przestrzenią, w której inni mogli opowiadać swoje historie. Tak narodził się rozszerzony wszechświat, czyli Expanded Universe (EU), obejmujący książki, komiksy, gry wideo i wiele innych dzieł. Expanded Universe do dziś stanowi natchnienie dla twórców Star Wars i funkcjonuje pod nazwą Legendy. Współczesne opowieści gwiezdnowojenne czerpią pomysły, postaci i wątki fabularne z tego bogatego dziedzictwa. Kolekcja Legend przybliża jedne z najważniejszych i najbardziej ukochanych historii rozgrywających się dawno, dawno temu w odległej galaktyce.
Życie Emily Wilde wypełniały badania nad faerie. Jako słynna driadolożka udokumentowała istnienie setek ich gatunków w swojej "Encyklopedii wróżek i elfów". Teraz zamierza rozpocząć swój najbardziej niebezpieczny projekt naukowy: studiowanie codzienności królestwa Faerie jako jego królowa. Razem ze swoim byłym uczelnianym rywalem, a obecnie narzeczonym, atrakcyjnym i zmiennym Wendellem Bamblebym, Emiily trafia w sam środek sieci groźnych intryg i piękny koszmar pełen naukowych skarbów, kiedy oboje przejmują władzę w niegdyś utraconym królestwie Wendella. Emily przez całe życie miała obsesję na punkcie legend faerie, ale z początku czuje się w tej krainie nie na swoim miejscu, podobnie jak wcześniej w świecie śmiertelników: jak taka skromna uczona mogłaby uchodzić za królową? Ma jednak niewiele czasu, żeby się przystosować, bo zanim mordercza macocha Wendella zniknęła bez śladu, rzuciła na królestwo straszliwą klątwę. Rozwikłanie tajemnicy będzie wymagało całej magii Wendella i wiedzy Emily, zanim stracą wszystko, co jest im drogie.
Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons.
London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules, get an internship studying dragon languages, and make sure her little sister never has to risk growing up Third Class. By midnight, Viv has started a civil war.
With her parents arrested and her sister missing, all the safety Viv has worked for is collapsing around her. So when a lifeline is offered in the form of a mysterious ‘job’, she grabs it. Arriving at Bletchley Park, Viv discovers that she has been recruited as a codebreaker helping the war effort – if she succeeds, she and her family can all go home again. If she doesn’t, they’ll all die.
At first Viv believes that her challenge, of discovering the secrets of a hidden dragon language, is doable. But the more she learns, the more she realises that the bubble she’s grown up in isn’t as safe as she thought, and eventually Viv must decide: What war is she really fighting?
An epic, sweeping fantasy with an incredible Dark Academia setting, a clandestine, slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance, and an unputdownable story, filled with twists and turns, betrayals and secret identities, A Language of Dragons is the unmissable debut of 2025, from an extraordinary new voice.
Lost to time, space, and legend, Wakanda’s rightful king must answer the call of rebellion…
On Earth, Wakanda is a beacon of prosperity and a bastion of freedom. But across the expanse of space, thousands of lightyears away, lies another Wakanda. One that has grown to hold five galaxies in its iron grip. One that steals the memories of those it enslaves. One that has abandoned the values of its forbearers and seeks only the glory and power of Empire.
Lost amongst unfamiliar stars, a man finds himself trapped in an imperial mining camp – one of the countless Nameless violated by the Empire. He knows not how he got there, who he is, or even his name. Only a haunting vision of a woman who he must have known once, imploring him to “Come back to me.” The only thing he does know, in his bones, is that he must fight the oppression that binds him and the others around him. It is that will to fight that leads him to the Maroons, a band of rebels, determined to shatter the Empire and restore the memories of the Nameless. Quickly, the man proves his worth with an unparalleled skill for battle, and the Maroons bestow on the man a title of hope, promise, and responsibility: T’Challa.
As T’Challa’s reputation amongst the rebels and ordinary citizens spreads, whispers of hope begin to swirl. Could this be the true T’Challa of old, the Avenger? The one Who Puts the Knife Where it Belongs? As all eyes turn to him, T’Challa must decide if he will embrace a future of responsibility as their savior or pursue the mystery of his true past.
A definitive annotated edition of one of the greatest of Terry Pratchett’s multi-million-bestselling Discworld novels
Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is in hot pursuit of a serial killer. The trouble is, a well-timed lightning strike has thrown both policeman and pursued into the city’s past. Now Vimes must relive the history that made him: a cruel regime, a bloody revolution, a corrupt police force, and, most unnerving of all, a keen young recruit named Sam Vimes… Night Watch, which draws on inspirations as far ranging as Victor Hugo and M*A*S*H, is a keen satire about the true nature of political power, and the sacrifices made in the name of the greater good; but also a profoundly empathetic novel about community, connection and the tenacity of the human spirit.
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels are among the most successful and influential fantasy titles of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This edition of Night Watch – written at the height of Pratchett’s imaginative powers – includes a new foreword by Rob Wilkins and an introduction and annotations by Dr David Lloyd and Dr Darryl Jones, contextualising the novel and Pratchett’s far-reaching legacy for new readers and current fans alike.
The Stormlight Archive saga continues in Rhythm of War, the eagerly awaited sequel to Brandon Sanderson's #1 New York Times bestselling Oathbringer, from an epic fantasy writer at the top of his game.
After forming a coalition of human resistance against the enemy invasion, Dalinar Kholin and his Knights Radiant have spent a year fighting a protracted, brutal war. Neither side has gained an advantage, and the threat of a betrayal by Dalinar’s crafty ally Taravangian looms over every strategic move.
Now, as new technological discoveries by Navani Kholin’s scholars begin to change the face of the war, the enemy prepares a bold and dangerous operation. The arms race that follows will challenge the very core of the Radiant ideals, and potentially reveal the secrets of the ancient tower that was once the heart of their strength.
At the same time that Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with his changing role within the Knights Radiant, his Windrunners face their own problem: As more and more deadly enemy Fused awaken to wage war, no more honorspren are willing to bond with humans to increase the number of Radiants. Adolin and Shallan must lead the coalition’s envoy to the honorspren stronghold of Lasting Integrity and either convince the spren to join the cause against the evil god Odium, or personally face the storm of failure.
Roshar is a world of stone and storms. Uncanny tempests of incredible power sweep across the rocky terrain so frequently that they have shaped ecology and civilization alike. Animals hide in shells, trees pull in branches, and grass retracts into the soilless ground. Cities are built only where the topography offers shelter.
It has been centuries since the fall of the ten consecrated orders known as the Knights Radiant, but their Shardblades and Shardplate remain: mystical swords and suits of armor that transform ordinary men into near-invincible warriors. Men trade kingdoms for Shardblades. Wars were fought for them, and won by them.
One such war rages on a ruined landscape called the Shattered Plains. There, Kaladin, who traded his medical apprenticeship for a spear to protect his little brother, has been reduced to slavery. In a war that makes no sense, where ten armies fight separately against a single foe, he struggles to save his men and to fathom the leaders who consider them expendable.
Brightlord Dalinar Kholin commands one of those other armies. Like his brother, the late king, he is fascinated by an ancient text called The Way of Kings. Troubled by over-powering visions of ancient times and the Knights Radiant, he has begun to doubt his own sanity.
Across the ocean, an untried young woman named Shallan seeks to train under an eminent scholar and notorious heretic, Dalinar's niece, Jasnah. Though she genuinely loves learning, Shallan's motives are less than pure. As she plans a daring theft, her research for Jasnah hints at secrets of the Knights Radiant and the true cause of the war.
The result of over ten years of planning, writing, and world-building, The Way of Kings is but the opening movement of the Stormlight Archive, a bold masterpiece in the making.
Speak again the ancient oaths:
Life before death.
Strength before weakness.
Journey before Destination.
and return to men the Shards they once bore.
The Knights Radiant must stand again.
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
In Oathbringer, the third volume of the New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive, humanity faces a new Desolation with the return of the Voidbringers, a foe with numbers as great as their thirst for vengeance.
Dalinar Kholin’s Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost: The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction, and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.
Nestled in the mountains high above the storms, in the tower city of Urithiru, Shallan Davar investigates the wonders of the ancient stronghold of the Knights Radiant and unearths dark secrets lurking in its depths. And Dalinar realizes that his holy mission to unite his homeland of Alethkar was too narrow in scope. Unless all the nations of Roshar can put aside Dalinar’s blood-soaked past and stand together—and unless Dalinar himself can confront that past—even the restoration of the Knights Radiant will not prevent the end of civilization.
They did the impossible, ending the thousand-year reign of the godlike Lord Ruler. Now Vin, the former street urchin turned powerful Mistborn, and Elend Venture, the idealistic young nobleman who loves her, must build a healthy new society in the ashes of an empire.
As tensions grow in the wake of the uprising, an ancient legend seems to offer a glimmer of hope. But even if it really exists, no one knows where to find the Well of Ascension or what manner of power it bestows.
It may just be that killing the Lord Ruler was the easy part. Surviving the aftermath of his fall is going to be the real challenge.
This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled cloth slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, is a perfect addition to any Harry Potter fan's collection.
The fourth book in the global phenomenon series that changed the world of books forever
'There will be three tasks, spaced throughout the school year, and they will test the champions in many different ways … their magical prowess – their daring – their powers of deduction – and, of course, their ability to cope with danger.'
The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out.
He will face death-defying tasks, dragons and Dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through – alive!
This gift edition hardback, presented in a beautiful foiled slipcase decorated with brand new line art by Jonny Duddle, will delight readers as they cheer Harry on through his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Mam na imię Tessa i ostatnio odnoszę wrażenie, że działam jak magnes na wszystkie zjawiska nadprzyrodzone. Na okrągło coś próbuje mnie dopaść. Wypełza z piekła i spada z nieba. Jak nie duchy, to demony, czarownicy, wilkołaki, starożytne potwory, słowiańskie bóstwa No ludzie, kto jeszcze?! Czy naprawdę trafiam na nie przypadkiem, czy jakaś nieznana siła w kółko je przyciąga? Na szczęście nie jestem z tym sama pomaga mi garstka najbliższych przyjaciół. Bez nich już dawno bym zwariowała. Albo oni beze mnie. Mam też trochę nadnaturalnej mocy, odrobinę magii, mnóstwo sarkazmu oraz absolutny brak planu. Ale to wystarcza, żeby przetrwać. Przynajmniej na razie Opowiadania to część cyklu Tessa Brown paranormalnego romansu urban fantasy.
Welcome to Buenos Aires, a place of nightmares and twisted imaginings, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses.
Thrumming with murderous intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires, these stories shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness; giving voice to the lost, the oppressed and the forgotten. Lucid and darkly poetic, unsettling and otherworldly, these tales of revenge, witchcraft and fetishes are a masterpiece of contemporary Gothic and a bewitching exploration of the dark inclinations that threaten to lead us over the edge.
‘I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security’
In 1666, Margaret Cavendish had a vision: there was a crack in reality at the North Pole leading to a utopian parallel universe, where gender roles, scientific orthodoxy and political norms had been razed to the ground. She slipped through the portal and returned with the first science fiction novel in English – an explosive account of the Blazing World.
The bones were still warm; but they were picked clean. They had even eaten their own dead
This spine-chilling collection from Dracula creator Bram Stoker showcases five haunting tales, including the newly discovered ‘Gibbet Hill’. From ‘Dracula’s Guest’, thought by many to be the original excised opening of Dracula itself, to the sinister ‘The Judge’s House,’ each gripping story will leave you breathless, perhaps afraid to turn out the lights. Dare you explore the darkness?
When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus, helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams of ruling at his side.
As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed.
She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a better world?
Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to be but also compassionate and most importantly, an all-powerful queen to the gods.
This deluxe edition of David Day’s hugely popular A Dictionary of Tolkien is a handsome hardback with an embossed and foiled cover, gilt edges and ribbon marker.
Published in a larger format, this edition features some all-new artwork in full colour alongside the familiar illustrations, sketches and paintings from a host of brilliant artists.
Arranged in a handy A-Z format, A Dictionary of Tolkien explores and explains the creatures, plants, events and places that make up these strange and spellbinding lands.
Packed with stunning artwork, it is essential reading for anyone who loves Tolkien’s works, Tolkien’s world and the imaginative brilliance his vision inspired.It is the perfect companion to A Dictionary of Tolkien, and the perfect gift for fans of Tolkien’s world.
Also available in the series: An Atlas of Tolkien.
This book has not been prepared, authorized, licensed or endorsed by J. R. R. Tolkien’s heirs or estate, nor by any of the publishers or distributors of the book The Lord of the Rings or any other work written by J. R. R. Tolkien, nor anyone involved in the creation, production or distribution of the films based on the book.
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