The malevolent seven: "terry pratchett meets deadpool" in this darkly funny fantasy - sebastien de castell

From the bestselling author of THE GREATCOATS: seven war mages with dark pasts and special powers must come together to fight an unknown enemy - but the stakes are higher than anyone can imagine . . . and someone's setting the seven up for a fall. Picture a wizard. Go ahead, close your eyes. There he is, see? Skinny old guy with a long straggly beard. No doubt he's wearing iridescent silk robes that couldn't protect his frail body from a light breeze. The hat's a must, too, right? Big, floppy thing, covered in esoteric symbols that would instantly show every other mage where this gets his magic? Wouldn't want a simple steel helmet or something that might, you know, protect the part of him most needed for conjuring magical forces from being bashed in with a mace (or pretty much any household object). Yep. Behold the mighty wizard. Now open your eyes and let me show you what a real war mage looks like . . . but be warned: you're probably not going to like it, because we're violent, angry, dangerously broken people who sell our skills to the highest bidder and be damned to any moral or ethical considerations. At least, until such irritating concepts as friendship and the end of the world get in the way. My name is Cade Ombra, and though I currently make my living as a mercenary wonderist, I used to have a far more noble-sounding job title - until I discovered the people I worked for weren't quite as noble as I'd believed. Now I'm on the run and my only friend, a homicidal thunder mage, has invited me to join him on a suicide mission against the seven deadliest mages on the continent. Time to recruit some very bad people to help us on this job . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ferius je ochotna dát v sázku vše, jen aby se pomstila fanatickému mladému mágovi, který ji pronásleduje každou bdělou hodinu. Ale pak se setká s neuvěřitelným Durralem Hnědým, potulným filozofem, který místo násilím zdolává své protivníky chytrostí a soucitem. Drží tento rozčilující muž klíč k porážce jejích nepřátel, nebo ji povede po cestě, která zničí její duši? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Rudý jekot: děsivá nákaza šířená sedmi mystickými verši, které udělají ze svých obětí nestvůrné, nemyslící ničitele. Ferius, na útěku před svým vlastním neodpustitelným zločinem, na vlastní kůži pozná, co dokáže způsobit. Poté, co ji v poslední chvíli zachrání svérázná argosanská poutnice, zahájí Ferius napínavé pátrání po tajemné Cestovatelce, pravděpodobné šiřitelce Rudého jekotu, které ji zavede na podivná místa, o jejichž existenci předtím neměla ani tušení. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kellen opustil lid Jan'Tepu a v šestnácti letech se stal psancem. Teď se musí víc než kdy jindy spoléhat na svůj důvtip, aby přežil v zemi Sedmi písků. Chybí mu domov, rodina a Nephenie, kterou nepřestal milovat. Pak se ale potká se Seneirou, dívkou se zavázanýma očima ukrývající velké tajemství. Společně s Ferius se rozhodnou pomoct, jenže v sázce je víc, než oba tuší. Moc černého stínu sílí a Kellen má podezření, že za vším stojí jeho vlastní lid. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Divotvůrce Magie je zrádná hra. Kellen je pouze několik okamžiků od svého prvního magického souboje a čtyř zkoušek, které z něj mají udělat divotvůrce. Je tu však jeden problém: jeho magie je slabá. Jste-li zavěcenci Jan’Tepu a blíží se vaše šestnácté narozeniny, měli byste být připraveni prokázat své magické schopnosti. Buď to, nebo mít v záloze nějaký zázrak. Jenže Kellen nemůže spoléhat ani na jedno z toho. Nezdědil totiž žádné magické nadání a nemá tedy výjimečné schopnosti jako ostatní. Ví, že bude muset použít pár triků, aby nezneuctil svou rodinu a nestal se sha’tepským sluhou. A tak, když do městečka přibyde rázná a přímočará cizinka, Kellen je samé ucho. Ferius Parfax je ostřílená světačka, vyhnankyně, kterou musí uživit bystrý rozum a tři balíčky karet. A s kartami, které mu rozdal nemilosrdný osud, se Kellenovi bude hodit každá pomoc. První svazek napínavé série nabité triky, pastmi a neuvěřitelnými průpovídkami mluvícího kočkoveverčáka. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kellen a Reichis si zvykají na život ochránců mladé královny. Tisíce kilometrů daleko se však chystá zničující válka, před kterou varovali Argosané. Z nečekaného zdroje přichází zpráva, že existuje způsob, jak by Kellen mohl zabránit staletím krveprolití na kontinentu. Musel by však být ochotný pro to zabíjet… Kellen a jeho sestra Shalla se nyní ocitají každý na jiné straně a láska ani věrnost je nemohou ochránit před volbami, které musejí učinit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Po souboji na poušti Kellen nechtěně potřísní daromanskou vlajku svou krví. Strážcům zákona nyní nezbývá než ho za takový čin zatknout. Několik dní předtím, než je Kellen postaven před královnu, aby byl odsouzen k smrti, dostane od spoluvězně podivnou radu: když zabije královnu, vyslouží si za to shovívavost od těch, kdo jsou u moci. Tváří v tvář jedenáctileté vládkyni však Kellen zjistí, že královna je mnohem bystřejší, než čekal, a navíc v nesmírném nebezpečí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'One hell of a good book' Conn Iggulden The Greatcoats have found the heir to the throne . . . but now they must keep her alive, against all the odds. Falcio Val Mond has completed the final task given to him by the late King Paelis: he has found the King's Charoites (well, one at least). But his task isn't over, and now he, Kest and Brasti must protect the girl from those her want her dead. That would be simple enough, if it weren't for the renegade Knights and legendary Dashini assassins, getting in their way, not to mention the Dukes, who are desperate to hold on to their power at any cost, or Trin, the merciless daughter of the ruthless Duke of Rijou and the cruel Duchess of Hervor, who is determined to be Queen of Tristia. Of course, the fact that the heir to the throne is thirteen years old doesn't help, nor the fact that every day brings Falcio closer to dying from the poison running through his veins. And then there is the Greatcoats Lament . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Prequel k oblíbené sérii Divotvůrce Ferius žije ze dne na den, krade, podvádí a hazarduje se svým životem. Zároveň je ochotna dát v sázku vše, jen aby se pomstila fanatickému mladému mágovi, který ji pronásleduje každou bdělou hodinu. Ale pak se setká s jedinečným Durralem Hnědým, potulným filozofem, který místo násilím zdolává své protivníky chytrostí a soucitem. Drží tento rozčilující muž klíč k porážce jejích nepřátel, nebo ji povede po cestě, která zničí její duši? Následujte Ferius prostřednictvím tohoto výjimečného příběhu plného dobrodružné akce, magických intrik a oslnivého důvtipu po cestě Argosanů a vstupte do světa magie a tajemství, tolik odlišného od všech ostatních. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Prequel k oblíbené sérii Divotvůrce Rudý jekot: děsivá nákaza šířená sedmi mystickými verši, které udělají ze svých obětí nestvůrné, nemyslící ničitele. Ferius, na útěku před svým vlastním neodpustitelným zločinem, na vlastní kůži pozná, co dokáže způsobit. Poté, co ji v poslední chvíli zachrání svérázná argosanská poutnice, zahájí Ferius napínavé pátrání po tajemné Cestovatelce, pravděpodobné šiřitelce Rudého jekotu, které ji zavede na podivná místa, o jejichž existenci předtím neměla ani tušení. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Kellen a jeho vražedný kočkoveverčák Reichis jsou sami na cestě a pátrají po tajemném mnišském klášteře známém jako Ebenové opatství. Je to místo, které nezasvěcenci nikdy nemohou najít, a Kellen začíná být zoufalý. Mniši v Ebenovém opatství totiž údajně vědí o černém stínu víc než kdo jiný, a dokonce ho prý umějí i léčit. Potom se však stane něco, co Kellena a Reichise rozdělí. Kellen poprvé čelí světu sám a pronikne do stínové magie mnohem hlouběji, než se kdy odvažoval tušit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Vydejte se potřetí do magického světa fantasy série Divotvůrce Kellen, Reichis a Ferius cestují do Gitabrie, země proslulé úžasnými vynálezy. Když se k nim zvláštními argosanskými cestami dostane zpráva o mechanickém ptáčkovi oživeném magií, uvědomí si, co všechno je v sázce. Co když Gitabriánci dokážou oživit i něco mnohem nebezpečnějšího? Mezitím jim cestu zkříží neznámý rudý mág a také nečekaný jan’tepský spojenec. Čas nemilosrdně ubíhá a karty ve Feriusině balíčku varují před blížící se válkou. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Po souboji na poušti Kellen nechtěně potřísní daromanskou vlajku svou krví. Strážcům zákona nyní nezbývá než ho za takový čin zatknout. Několik dní předtím, než je Kellen postaven před královnu, aby byl odsouzen k smrti, dostane od spoluvězně podivnou radu: když zabije královnu, vyslouží si za to shovívavost od těch, kdo jsou u moci. Tváří v tvář jedenáctileté vládkyni však Kellen zjistí, že královna je mnohem bystřejší, než čekal, a navíc v nesmírném nebezpečí. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Kellen a Reichis si zvykají na život ochránců mladé královny. Kellen poprvé v životě cítí, že se stává mužem, jakého z něj chtěla mít jeho mentorka Ferius. Dokonce i Reichis oceňuje, že má vznešený cíl – pokud mu nikdo nevyčítá příležitostné krádeže z královské pokladnice. Tisíce kilometrů daleko se však chystá zničující válka, před kterou varovali Argosané. Z nečekaného zdroje přichází zpráva, že existuje způsob, jak by Kellen mohl zabránit staletím krveprolití na kontinentu. Musel by však být ochotný pro to zabíjet… Kellen a jeho sestra Shalla se nyní ocitají každý na jiné straně a láska ani věrnost je nemohou ochránit před volbami, které musejí učinit. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook:,Kellen opustil lid Jan'Tepu a v šestnácti letech se stal psancem. Teď se musí víc než kdy jindy spoléhat na svůj důvtip, aby přežil v zemi Sedmi písků. Chybí mu domov, rodina a Nephenie, kterou nepřestal milovat. Pak se ale potká se Seneirou, dívkou se zavázanýma očima ukrývající velké tajemství. Společně s Ferius se rozhodnou pomoct, jenže v sázce je víc, než oba tuší. Moc černého stínu sílí a Kellen má podezření, že za vším stojí jeho vlastní lid. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Po souboji na poušti Kellen nechtěně potřísní daromanskou vlajku svou krví. Strážcům zákona nyní nezbývá než ho za takový čin zatknout. Několik dní předtím, než je Kellen postaven před královnu, aby byl odsouzen k smrti, dostane od spoluvězně podivnou radu: když zabije královnu, vyslouží si za to shovívavost od těch, kdo jsou u moci. Tváří v tvář jedenáctileté vládkyni však Kellen zjistí, že královna je mnohem bystřejší, než čekal, a navíc v nesmírném nebezpečí. (patro.cz)

Kellen opustil lid Jan'Tepu a v šestnácti letech se stal psancem. Teď se musí víc než kdy jindy spoléhat na svůj důvtip, aby přežil v zemi Sedmi písků. Chybí mu domov, rodina a Nephenie, kterou nepřestal milovat. Pak se ale potká se Seneirou, dívkou se zavázanýma očima ukrývající velké tajemství. Společně s Ferius se rozhodnou pomoct, jenže v sázce je víc, než oba tuší. Moc černého stínu sílí a Kellen má podezření, že za vším stojí jeho vlastní lid. (patro.cz)

'I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.' The most quotable writer of our time, Terry Pratchett's brand of wit made him a bestseller and an endearing source of modern w (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From bestselling author Terry Pratchett, everything you need to know to identify the real, unadulterated cat. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Darkness isn't the opposite of light, it is simply its absence . . . what was radiating from the book was the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic.'The Discworld is in danger, heading towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, its magic fading. It needs a hero, and fast.What it doesn't need is Rincewind, an inept and cowardly wizard who is still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Or Twoflower, the well-meaning tourist whose luggage has a mind (and legs) of its own.Which is a shame, because that's all there is . . .'His spectacular inventiveness makes the Discworld series one of the perennial joys of modern fiction' Mail on Sunday'Incredibly funny, compulsively readable' The TimesThe Light Fantastic is the second book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In this latest accessory to the Discworld phenomenon, Terry Pratchett joins forces with Bernard Pearson to produce the definitive Almanak to the Common Year of the Prawn, for the city of Ankh-Morpork and Surrounding Areas & Benefices. Here you will find a Compendium to all Knowledge, and a sure means of ensuring fertility of crops & livestock, also a boon companion in affairs of the HEART & HEALTH, with notes on Husbandry, Physic, Fairs & Marts, and other such information as will render this Publication a staunch companion to Townsman & Tiller of Soil alike. Including homemade remedies for common ailments, recipes, horoscopes, scientific discoveries, a calendar, strange tales and many valuable facts about the cabbage. With witty illustrations from Paul Kidby, this is an artistically presented package guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of all Pratchett fans. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Pratchett's perceptive and laugh-out-loud Discworld series is a literary phenomenon. And in The Last Hero, one aging hero with a grudge decides enough is enough. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby.A brand-new paperback edition of The Last Hero, featuring a new text design, glorious illustrations by Paul Kidby, and a brand-new cover by artist Leo Nicholls. 'An enduring, endearing presence in comic literature' GuardianIt stars the legendary Cohen the Barbarian, a legend in his own lifetime. Cohen can remember when a hero didn't have to worry about fences and lawyers and civilisation, and when people didn't tell you off for killing dragons.But he can't always remember, these days, where he put his teeth... So now, with his ancient sword and his new walking stick and his old friends - and they're very old friends - Cohen the Barbarian is going on one final quest. He's going to climb the highest mountain in the Discworld and meet his gods.The last hero in the world is going to return what the first hero stole. With a vengeance. That'll mean the end of the world, if no one stops him in time. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The Discworld is very much like our own – if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . . 'Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.' The Discworld's most inept wizard has found himself on the Discworld’s last continent, a completely separate creation. It's hot. It's dry . . . very dry.There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, all right?And in a few days, it will be except . . . Who is this hero striding across the red desert? Champion sheep shearer, horse rider, road warrior, beer drinker, bush ranger, and someone who'll even eat a Meat Pie Floater when he's sober? A man in a hat whose luggage follows him on little legs, who's about to change history by preventing a swagman stealing a jumbuck by a billabong?Yes . . . all this place has between itself and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, the inept wizard who can't even spell wizard.Still . . . no worries, eh? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

This is the final disc world novel. A shivering of worlds...Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength. This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad. As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land. There will be a reckoning... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THIS TIME . . . IT'S WAR.Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy, walking through an ordinary alley . . . until he stumbles across a shopping trolley that can travel back in time.A trip on this time travelling shopping trolley takes Johnny and his friends back to 1941, in the middle of the Second World War. More specifically, on the day the German bombs will fall on their town.What if Johnny and his friends could stop it? But tampering with history could have disastrous consequences... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

NAMED AS ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 MOST INSPIRING NOVELS'It was octarine, the colour of magic. It was alive and glowing and vibrant and it was the undisputed pigment of the imagination . . .'Somewhere between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a magical world not totally unlike our own. Except for the fact that it travels through space on the shoulders of four giant elephants who in turn stand on the shell of an astronomically huge star turtle, of course.Rincewind is the world's worst wizard who has just been handed a very important job: to look after the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land. Unfortunately, their journey across the Disc includes facing robbers, monsters, mercenaries, and Death himself.And the whole thing's just a game of the gods that might send them over the edge . . .'If you've never read a Discworld novel, what's the matter with you?' Guardian'Pratchett uses his other world to hold up a distorting mirror to our own' The TimesThe Colour of Magic is the first book in the Wizards series, but you can read the Discworld novels in any order. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Deep in the Chalk, something is stirring. The owls and the foxes can sense it, and Tiffany Aching feels it in her boots. An old enemy is gathering strength.This is a time of endings and beginnings, old friends and new, a blurring of edges and a shifting of power. Now Tiffany stands between the light and the dark, the good and the bad.As the fairy horde prepares for invasion, Tiffany must summon all the witches to stand with her. To protect the land. Her land.There will be a reckoning . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

In the beginning there was...a turtle.Somewhere on the frontier between thought and reality exists the Discworld, a parallel time and place which might sound and smell very much like our own, but which looks completely different.Particularly as it's carried though space on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown). It plays by different rules.But then, some things are the same everywhere. The Disc's very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight: the world's first tourist, upon whose survival rests the peace and prosperity of the land.Unfortunately, the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers, mercenaries and, well, Death, is a spectacularly inept wizard... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Sell the cemetery?Over their dead bodies . . .Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down . . . especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were . . . well . . . alive. Particularly if they break a few rules . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

When you're four inches high in a world full of giant people, things never go very well for long.After running into trouble at the quarry, the nomes want to go home. The problem is, 'home' is somewhere up in the stars, in some sort of Ship.Masklin must find a way to get to the 'launch' of a 'communications satellite' (whatever that is).And so begins an incredible journey, filled with peril, planes, honking geese . . . and a walking sandwich.The fantastically funny third book of the nomes, from the author of the bestselling Discworld series. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld's first newspaper. Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist's life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes. William just wants to get at THE TRUTH. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition...The Truth is Terry Pratchett's 25th Discworld novel. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.' (knihydobrovsky.cz)

On a world supported on the back of a giant turtle (sex unknown), a gleeful, explosive, wickedly eccentric expedition sets out. There's an avaricious but inept wizard, a naive tourist whose luggage moves on hundreds of dear little legs, dragons who only exist if you believe in them, and of course THE EDGE of the planet... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Far away and long ago, when dragons still existed and the only arcade game was ping-pong in black and white, a wizard cautiously entered a smoky tavern in the evil, ancient, foggy city of Morpork... A truly unmissable, beautifully illustrated collection of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett: award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, each accompanied by exquisite original woodcut illustrations.These are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Ministry of Nuisances with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and go on a dangerous quest through time and space with hero Kron, which begins in the ancient city of Morpork... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A truly unmissable set of unearthed stories from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett: award-winning and bestselling author, and creator of the phenomenally successful Discworld series.An exclusive collection of twenty early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors, these are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s.Whilst none of the stories are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create in his award-winning and globally bestselling series, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. These are tales which entertain, enlighten and, most importantly, make you laugh.Meet Og the inventor, the first caveman to cultivate fire, as he discovers the highs and lows of progress; haunt the Council with the defiant evicted ghosts of Pilgarlic Towers; visit Blackbury, a small market town with weird weather and an otherworldly visitor; and travel millions of years back in time to The Old Red Sandstone Lion pub.The final ever 'new' writing to be published from the late, great Sir Terry Pratchett, A STROKE OF THE PEN is a must-have collection of fantastic short stories for fans, old and new. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It's the Discworld's last continent and it's going to die in a few days, except... Who is this hero striding across the red desert? A man in a hat whose luggage follows him on little legs. Yes, it's Rincewind, the inept wizard who can't even spell wizard. He's the only hero left. Still...no worries, eh? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Panic?' said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival. When the very fabric of time and space are about to be put through the wringer - in this instance by the imminent arrival of a very large and determinedly oncoming meteorite - circumstances require a very particular type of hero. Sadly what the situation does not need is a singularly inept wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world. Equally it does not need one well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind of its own. Which is a shame because that's all there is... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact.So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling.Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They've lived amongst Humanity for millennia, and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle.So if Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the AntiChrist (which is a shame, really, as he's a nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. This edition features a new revised text, approved by Neil Gaiman and the Pratchett Estate, which clears up many typos and errors from previous editions.It also features twelve full colour illustrations from Paul Kidby - Terry Pratchett's artist of choice - and further pencil drawings. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And there are monsters on his trail . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

'Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don't let you go around again until you get it right' According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Judgement Day is almost upon us and the world's going to end in a week . . . Now people have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it's only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement Day. But what if, for once, the predictions are right, and the apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea? You could spend the time left drowning your sorrows, giving away all your possessions in preparation for the rapture, or laughing it off as (hopefully) just another hoax. Or you could just try to do something about it. It's a predicament that Aziraphale, a somewhat fussy angel, and Crowley, a fast-living demon now finds themselves in. They've been living amongst Earth's mortals since The Beginning and, truth be told, have grown rather fond of the lifestyle and, in all honesty, are not actually looking forward to the coming Apocalypse. And then there's the small matter that someone appears to have misplaced the Antichrist . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

2045-2059. After the cataclysmic upheavals of Step Day and the Yellowstone eruption humanity is spreading further into the Long Earth, and society, on a battered Datum Earth and beyond, continues to evolve. Now an elderly and cantankerous AI, Lobsang lives in disguise with Agnes in an exotic, far-distant world. He’s convinced they’re leading a normal life in New Springfield – they even adopt a child – but it seems they have been guided there for a reason. As rumours of strange sightings and hauntings proliferate, it becomes clear that something is very awry with this particular world. Millions of steps away, Joshua is on a personal journey of discovery: learning about the father he never knew and a secret family history. But then he receives a summons from New Springfield. Lobsang now understands the enormity of what’s taking place beneath the surface of his earth – a threat to all the worlds of the Long Earth.To counter this threat will require the combined efforts of humankind, machine and the super-intelligent Next. And some must make the ultimate sacrifice . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

This classic Discworld novel now has a brand-new cover look to celebrate 50 years of Terry Pratchett!Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind's Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain.Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more - this time, quite fervently, that he'd never been born. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact.So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling.Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They've lived amongst Humanity for millennia, and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle.So if Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the AntiChrist (which is a shame, really, as he's a nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. This edition features a new revised text, approved by Neil Gaiman and the Pratchett Estate, which clears up many typos and errors from previous editions.It also features twelve full colour illustrations from Paul Kidby - Terry Pratchett's artist of choice - and further pencil drawings. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

There is a hint of Armageddon in the air. According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (recorded, thankfully, in 1655, before she blew up her entire village and all its inhabitants, who had gathered to watch her burn), the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact.So the Armies of Good and Evil are massing, the four Bikers of the Apocalypse are revving up their mighty hogs and hitting the road, and the world's last two remaining witchfinders are getting ready to Fight the Good Fight. Atlantis is rising. Frogs are falling.Tempers are flaring, and everything appears to be going to Divine Plan. Except that a somewhat fussy angel and a fast-living demon are not particularly looking forward to the coming Rapture. They've lived amongst Humanity for millennia, and have grown rather fond of the lifestyle.So if Crowley and Aziraphale are going to stop it from happening, they've got to find and kill the AntiChrist (which is a shame, really, as he's a nice kid). There's just one glitch: someone seems to have misplaced him. This edition features a new revised text, approved by Neil Gaiman and the Pratchett Estate, which clears up many typos and errors from previous editions.It also features twelve full colour illustrations from Paul Kidby - Terry Pratchett's artist of choice - and further pencil drawings. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From the combined talents of the UK's bestselling novelist and a giant of British science fiction comes the sequel to the phenomenal No.1 bestseller The Long Earth... A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth - but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind...A new 'America', called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum Earth, with core American values restated in the plentiful environment of the Long Earth - and Valhalla is growing restless under the control of the Datum government...Meanwhile the Long Earth is suffused by the song of the trolls, graceful hive-mind humanoids. But the trolls are beginning to react to humanity's thoughtless exploitation...Joshua, now a married man, is summoned by Lobsang to deal with a gathering multiple crisis that threatens to plunge the Long Earth into a war unlike any mankind has waged before. Author of the Discworld series, Terry Pratchett is one of the UK's most popular - and bestselling - writers. His books have sold over 65 million copies worldwide and been translated in to nearly 40 languages. Awarded an OBE in 1998 and knighted in 2009 for his services to literature, he lives in Wiltshire. Stephen Baxter is one of the UK's most acclaimed writers of science fiction and a multi-award winner. His many books include the classic Xeelee sequence, the Time's Odyssey novels (written with Arthur C. Clarke) and Time Ships, a sequel to H G Wells' The Time Machine. He lives in Northumberland. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Do you believe in magic?Can you imagine a war between wizards, a rebellious ant called 4179003, or a time-travelling television?Can you imagine that poor old Mr Swimble could see a mysterious vacuum cleaner in the morning, and make cheese sandwiches and yellow elephants magically appear by the afternoon?Welcome to the wonderful world of Sir Terry Pratchett, and fourteen fantastically funny tales from the master storyteller. Bursting from these pages are food fights, pirates, bouncing rabbits and magical pigeons.And a witch riding a vacuum cleaner, of course. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish. She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that's for certain, but a witch nonetheless.Help is at hand though. In the form of young Geoffrey and his goat. Geoffrey wants to be a witch too, and thinks he can save the world by building sheds.Well, everyone has to start somewhere. But as new friends are made, and old ones return, enemies are stirring. With her beloved chalk in jeopardy, Tiffany will face the toughest challenge of her life.There will be a reckoning . . . (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Pošťáci si schovávají nedoručenou poštu, nikdy ji jen tak nevyhodí nebo nezničí, to by bylo špatně. Když tedy vyšetřovatelé navštíví jejich dům, najdou místnosti plné poštovních pytlů s nedoručenými dopisy. Moist von Lipwig je podvodník a muž postavený před jasnou volbu: viset nebo vzít na svá bedra ankh-morporský poštovní úřad. To je těžké rozhodování. A zjišťuje, že poštu nezastaví déšť, krupobití, plískanice, psi, Pošťácká přátelská a benevolentní společnost, předseda Semaforové společnosti ani půlnoční vrah. Možná ale bude zapotřebí zločinu, aby se uspělo tam, kde čestní muži zklamali a neuspěl. (patro.cz)

When a giant wave destroys his entire Nation - his family and everyone he has ever known - Mau finds himself totally alone. Until he meets Daphne, daughter of a colonial Governor and the sole survivor from a shipwreck. They have no common language, no common culture - but together they discover some remarkable things - like how to milk a pig and why spitting in beer is a good idea - and must try and forge a new kind of Nation. Then other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island, and not all of them are friendly...As can be expected from Terry Pratchett, the master story-teller, this new children's novel is both witty and wise, encompassing themes of death and nationhood, while being extremely funny. Mau's ancestors have something to teach us all. Mau just wishes they would shut up about it and let him get on with saving everyone's lives! (knihydobrovsky.cz)