New Releases by Naomi Novik

從魔幻大海、詛咒之土、飛龍戰場、神話迷宮到無垠宇宙， 勒瑰恩幻想精神的接班人、勇奪各項大獎的暢銷奇幻名家── 《盤根之森》人氣奇幻作家娜歐蜜‧諾維克首部短篇小說集 ★2025年軌跡獎最佳合集決選入圍 ★英國水石書店、美國亞馬遜網路書店科、奇幻類選書 ★雨果獎最佳職業藝術家艾莉莎‧溫南斯（Alyssa Winans）特別繪製書封及內文插畫 Esc│伊椰史西的閱讀書單（IG閱讀帳）、推書手L（IG說書人）、邱常婷（小說家）、趙恬儀（國立臺灣大學外國語文學系教授）──讚嘆推薦 ▲內容簡介： ──貴族之女要被送去嫁給陌生的聯姻對象，在渡海旅程中遭到劫掠，一只魔法護身符竟然幫助她利用機會女扮男裝、藏身海盜船上展開航海歷險。 ──一座盛產陶土的城市裡，只有陶匠公會推選出的大師能夠使用最高級的陶土來創作，然而陶土蘊藏著謎樣的詛咒，讓每一位大師都在獲選後不久罹病凋亡…… ──騎士家族盼望已久的一名女嬰出生時，五位仙子來到宴會上給予祝福，卻因為喝醉而賦予她超凡的體魄與醜陋的外貌，待她成年之後，闖禍的仙子要如何為她尷尬的命運負起責任？ ──分別身為航海家與造船匠的兩姊弟，偕同一位巫師航向極遠之地，發現一片杳無人煙卻聳立著眾多高聳塔樓的大陸，這些遺跡因魔法而生，但似乎也敗亡於魔法帶來的衰頹與毀滅…… 本書收錄的十三則短篇小說，發表時間橫跨娜歐蜜‧諾維克在奇幻文類迭獲大獎的近二十年創作生涯，有史實中穿插幻想元素的歷史奇幻、童話與神話的現代重述、對經典文學作品的致敬與顛覆；有她過去著名系列（如《戰龍無畏》）的衍生作，也有後續發展為長篇（如《霜雪之銀，焰火之金》）的雛型故事，還有更多她筆下全新的幻想國度。 每則短篇都是一個值得在其中探索冒險、體驗生活的時空，〈庫赫利俄堡〉裡有藏身中世紀城堡的命運女神、〈征服者芬奇〉裡有浪蕩貴族在無意中孵育了龍蛋、〈宵禁時刻〉有一對吵架的魔法學院宿舍室友、〈六福臨門〉有一群貪吃嗜酒且失言不斷的仙子、〈埋藏的迷宮〉裡有暗中利用神蹟反抗殘暴君父的古希臘公主……有的故事發生在原創的世界架構下，有的則展現了豐富多樣的靈感取材來源──包括神話傳說、歷史人物、文學經典──與巧妙的詮釋角度。 在這些風貌多變的幻想世界裡，登場的角色對抗著他們原先被魔法、詛咒或身世所註定的命運，不論身在〈離家七年〉的異星、〈虛海迷航〉的汪洋或〈點銀成金〉的雪國，不論是勇往直前或徬徨迷失，他們都冒險為自己追尋未知的人生道路，用足跡寫下的篇章是給大人的另類童話、是女性突破傳統的探險壯遊、是恢宏史詩的幽微插曲，也是關於想像與創作本身的深沉寓言。 「其實奇幻小說並不是小說的子集合，而是母集合。我之所以喜歡奇幻，是因為我能全權控制舞臺，場景高興建構多少就建多少，而且我愈來愈想用這種能力，建構非常龐大的場景、一個有著豐富歷史的完整世界，然後述說那設定下的故事……希望你不介意和我一起踏上探索的旅程，只是如果路徑迂迴，請多包涵。」──摘自作者序言 ▲收錄篇章： 〈阿拉敏塔小姐：雙龍號沉沒記〉 「要說阿拉敏塔不想要什麼，比較簡單──她不想回家、被關進修道院，或去殖民地結婚。不想當囚犯，或高貴的淑女，或船長的愛人……雖然不論當時或現在，那都滿有趣的。但她真正想要的是自己當船長，掌握自己的人生；她想要的是自由。」 〈宵禁時刻〉 「她知道大部分巫師會嗤之以鼻，說世上沒有咒語或魔法能讓凡人變成巫師，但她很清楚，在夠年輕還真心相信的時候找到魔法、找到附有魔法之物，可能開啟一扇門，然後如果你也有一點天賦，強大的魔法就可能喚醒你的天賦，使之開花結果。」 〈征服者芬奇〉 「安東尼瞪著牠。牠的頭大約和他一樣高，綠色大眼有著細裂的瞳孔，朝他眨呀眨。蛋殼在庭院碎裂一地，而獅子……『獅子死哪去了？』安東尼說。 『我餓了。』龍毫無悔意地說。」 〈埋藏的迷宮〉 「謊言會跟著她從地底浮現，化為真實。而人們會看到她在第一道曙光中從地裡爬出來，他們會朝她下跪。她父王也會跪下；他會封她為大祭司，克里特島將不會有女人像她這麼有聲望，終其一生安穩而強大。」 〈點銀成金〉 「我跪下來打開箱子。我看著箱裡那堆銀幣，數量足以做個寶冠，鑲上月亮和星星，同時妖精貴族說話了，聲音有如歌唱：『這次給妳七天，讓妳把我的白銀變成金還給我。』」 〈乏味人生〉 「『我希望我不會離不開他，於是說服自己，他沒那麼不可或缺；我孤伶伶的比較好。』他微笑了，又是那種諷刺的神情。『從此以後，我有很多閒暇可以思考，成功騙過自己是多麼諷刺的一件事，倫敦所有罪犯絞盡腦汁都很難誤導我呢。』」 〈七城〉 「製陶師必須不斷處理他們拿到的一桶桶材料，像徒手揉捏一把把麵粉和水，燒陶之後，黏土表面有層微微乳白的光澤。成品充滿生命力，因此也充滿死亡。把手伸進其中的製陶師，都不願再用其他陶土，而他們撐不了五年就會因此喪命。」 〈六福臨門〉 「闇仙子走向嬰兒，全場安靜下來。她的腳步聲響亮得令人發毛，她在搖籃上伸出灰暗枯瘦的手，說道：『願她對力量招之即來，存於她掌握之中，凌駕在男人之上！』」 〈鄧薩尼勳爵的茶壺〉 「不論坑坑窪窪的鐵壺有什麼功效，都不會比他們壕溝外荒蕪的風景更令人難以相信。一圈圈飢渴的帶刺黑鐵絲在地上蜿蜒而來，低伏蔓延的毒煙籠罩遍野屍骸。」 〈離家七年〉 「我只想離開那裡。翅膀很容易弄掉。迅速而疼痛地切除突出肉體的薄翼和骨架，其餘就讓身體慢慢吸收。這世界奇異而朦朧的特質和麻木的感覺，最終都消散。我背上的疤形成兩道平行線，那兩道疤我留了一輩子。」 〈傲慢與偏見與龍〉 「伊莉莎白完全沒意識到達西先生想到哪裡去了。她惟恐有損他家族的體面，因此逃離他的陪伴，從沒思考過暴風雨中伴著嘶叫龍隻的短暫交談，可能讓達西先生徹底準確地理解她的處境和她在空軍的角色。」 〈庫赫利俄堡〉 「她的手還在發抖，因為她拿起那手牌，發現每張牌上都是她認得的面孔──錢幣九是壞脾氣的老廚子，聖杯十是戴十字架的神父，黑桃四是一個愛唱歌的馬伕。她沒辦法拿掉任何一張牌。」 〈虛海迷航〉 「從來沒有人航行過虛海。沒有海圖可以參考，我們也不知道虛海有多大。如果我們的補給即將耗盡，仍然不知道自己身在何處，就只能返航。但如果看起來不是完全無望，我們會再嘗試。」 ▲佳評讚譽： 「原來我早就拜讀過作者在AO3（Archive of Our Own） 作品庫上面的作品，而且很喜歡；而作者作為AO3核心人物之一的身份，更讓我對他的敬仰有如滔滔江水，連綿不絕。 知道作者在AO3上面的分身，就想衝動推薦的我，還是冷靜了下來，慢慢的花費十數個睡前時間，讀完這本商業出版的短篇小說集。就算不是一千零一夜，我也被書中各種不同奇幻類型的故事和人物吸引，尤其是〈傲慢與偏見與龍〉那一篇。只是睡前不能夠太興奮影響睡眠，只好強自鎮定的打開筆記app，冷靜的記錄下『嗷嗷嗷』。 這本《埋藏的迷宮》，就像是奇幻小說的光譜，每一篇故事都落在不同的頻率位置，而且很有作者的風格。也許不一定會喜歡每一種類型的奇幻小說的設定，但是相信喜歡奇幻的朋友，能夠在光譜的某處，讀到你的共鳴頻率。 祝福你也能夠讀到你的那一篇『嗷嗷嗷』。」──Esc│伊椰史西的閱讀書單 「奇幻短篇要寫得好看並不是件容易的事，但諾維克的迷人之處，就在於她總能信手拈來，巧手一揮就帶來各種奇想。希臘神話、海盜傳說、魔法學院甚至是經典改編，書中藉由十三則風格迥異的短篇，巧妙將民間傳說、奇幻故事和童話給融為一體。筆法俐落精準，每個故事都迅速地把讀者帶往一個鮮活的世界，沉浸其中，並在令人滿足的結尾中抽身而出，翻篇繼續下一場新的冒險。對於喜愛奇幻小說的讀者而言，會是一場體驗很特別的閱讀旅程，非常精彩！」──推書手L 「大部分的短篇小說集都是有好有壞，但是這本裡收錄的我全都喜歡，還有幾篇尤其愛不釋手。已經讀過諾維克一些作品的人會特別享受這本書，因為有好幾篇是設定在和舊作相同的世界觀，但即使完全沒有看過她的書也還是能掌握這些故事。」──海瑟‧佛賽特（《艾蜜莉的精靈百科》作者） 「每個故事都讓我想要沉浸其中、慢慢享受，希望能在開始讀下一篇之前多花點時間在故事的世界裡遨遊（雖然只能神遊）。娜歐蜜‧諾維克能成為如此廣受喜愛的作家果然有其理由，這些短篇故事展現了她的機智、創意，還有刻劃令人難忘的角色與世界的能力。」──Strange Horizon（科、奇幻小說週刊） 「整本短篇集都展示了娜歐蜜‧諾維克創造奇幻與神話世界的大師級手筆......她靈活運用各種文句風格的技巧顯而易見，不論是古文明的四平八穩語調、維多利亞人的拘禮、水手的爆笑粗口，都能毫不費力地轉換。」──PopMatters（流行文化線上雜誌） 「這本短篇集不僅帶舊讀者回到他們熱愛的系列小說世界，更有許多其他獨立短篇故事將不同的歷史年代改編為奇幻版本，各自開闢了細節豐富、魅力迷人的小世界，考據詳實又充滿趣味。」──Polygon（電玩暨流行文化新聞網站） 「本書有許多令人驚奇的亮點，收錄的短篇故事充滿創意，也常有沉靜深思的一面，除了帶給讀者愉悅，也添上一絲苦甜參半的滋味。許多則故事都讓我很樂意一再回訪。」──The AU Review（澳洲獨立娛樂新聞網站）

Scholomance bukan sekadar sekolah sihir—tempat itu adalah labirin kematian yang menelan siapa pun yang lengah. Tidak ada guru atau aturan yang jelas, hanya insting, sihir, dan keberuntungan yang menentukan siapa yang masih hidup sampai akhir tahun pelajaran. Galadriel “El” Higgins sudah terbiasa dicurigai. Kekuatannya besar, gelap, dan mudah disalahpahami. Dia berusaha menjaga jarak dari semua orang, karena di Scholomance, memiliki sekutu sama berbahayanya dengan memiliki musuh. Namun, bertahan sendirian juga bukan pilihan. Ketika Orion Lake—pahlawan yang selalu muncul di waktu yang tepat—terus menyelamatkannya, hidup El berubah menjadi lebih rumit. Popularitas membawa perhatian dan perhatian berarti ancaman. Perlahan, El mulai menyadari bahwa ada sesuatu yang jauh lebih berbahaya daripada para monster yang mengintai di setiap sudut, yakni masa depan yang mungkin menuntutnya memilih siapa dirinya sebenarnya #Scholomance #GaladrielHiggins #OrionLake #NovelFantasi #SekolahSihir #LabirinKematian #SihirGelap #BertahanHidup #BukuNovel #FiksiFantasi #NovelTerjemahan #KisahRemaja #MonsterDanSihir #PahlawanSekolah #DuniaSihir #TekaTekiMasaDepan #PersahabatanDanAliansi #CeritaMendebarkan #PlotTwist #BacaanRemaja #FiksiPopuler #BukuFavorit #PetualanganMisteri #HobiMembaca #SastraFiksi #Ketegangan #KisahSeru #KekuatanGelap

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her spell. A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Celia discovered her talent for magic on the day her beloved oldest brother, Argent, left home. Furious at him for abandoning her in a war-torn land, she lashed out, not realizing her childish, angry words would become imbued with the power of prophecy, dooming him to a life without love. While Argent wanders the world, forced to seek only fame and glory instead of the love and belonging he truly desires, Celia attempts to undo the curse she placed on him. Yet even as she grows from a girl to a woman, she cannot find the solution—until she learns the truth about the centuries-old war between her own people and the summerlings, immortal beings who hold a relentless grudge against their mortal neighbors. Now, with the aid of her unwanted middle brother, Celia may be able to both undo her eldest brother’s curse and heal the lands so long torn apart by the Summer War.

LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a sneak peek at the land where her next novel will be set. From the dragon-filled Temeraire series and the gothic magical halls of the Scholomance trilogy, through the realms next door to Spinning Silver and Uprooted, this stunning collection takes us from fairy tale to fantasy, myth to history, and mystery to science fiction as we travel through Naomi Novik’s most beloved stories. Here, among many others, we encounter: • A mushroom witch who learns that sometimes the worst thing in the Scholomance can be your roommate. • The start of the Dragon Corps in ancient Rome, after Mark Antony hatches a dragon’s egg and bonds with the hatchling. • A young bride in the Middle Ages who finds herself gambling with Death for the highest of stakes. • A delightful reimagining of Pride & Prejudice, in which Elizabeth Bennet captains a Longwing dragon. • The first glimpse of the world of Abandon, the setting of Novik’s upcoming epic fantasy series—a deserted continent populated only by silent and enigmatic architectural mysteries. Though the stories are vastly different, there is a unifying theme: wrestling with destiny, and the lengths some will go to find their own and fulfill its promise.

Saving the world is a test that no magic school can prepare you for. With almost no help from anyone (though backed by an ever-growing group of friends), the protagonist has changed the nature of the Escolomance forever. But now that he''s back in the real world, how will he apply the lessons he''s learned at school? Will his grandmother''s prophecies come true? And is he really going to spell doom for the enclaves forever? As the mission to save his true love intensifies, he is about to learn the most important lesson of all: the truth upon which the enclaves and the stability of the entire wizarding world have been founded. And, being him, he''s unlikely to let it slide... The triumphant conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate.

Agnieszka è una contadina diciassettenne goffa e sgraziata che vive insieme alla famiglia in un piccolo villaggio del regno di Polnya. Su tutti loro incombe la presenza maligna del Bosco. Per sfuggire alle minacciose creature del Bosco e ai sortilegi mortali che lì si compiono, tutti gli abitanti della valle si affidano a un misterioso e solitario mago noto con il nome di Drago, al quale va pagato un tributo: ogni dieci anni l''uomo sceglie una ragazza tra le diciassettenni della valle e la porta con sé nella sua torre. E quando il Drago comunica la sua decisione, lo sgomento è generale. Curato dalle seguitissime blogger Alessia Merlo e Rossella Pinto, il volume comprende i romanzi Uprooted, già uscito in Italia, e l''inedito Spinning Silver: una saga fantasy ispirata al folclore dell''Europa orientale destinata al pubblico YA.

La seule chose dont on ne parle jamais quand on a est à Scholomance, c’est de ce qu’on fera quand on en sortira. Même le plus riche des enclavés ne tenterait pas le destin de cette façon. Mais c’est tout ce dont nous rêvons : franchir les portes en vie. Le rêve impossible est devenu réalité. Je suis sortie, et je n’ai même pas eu à me transformer en une monstrueuse sorcière des ténèbres pour y parvenir. Nous avons sauvé la promotion, rendu la terre sûre pour tous les sorciers et apporté la paix et l’harmonie dans toutes les enclaves. Ha, je plaisante ! En fait, tout a mal tourné...

Agnieszka ama su pueblo, situado en un tranquilo y profundo valle. Pero el cercano bosque encantado proyecta una sombra sobre su hogar. Son muchos los que se han perdido en el Bosque y nadie regresa igual que se fue. Los aldeanos dependen de un mago eterno, el Dragón, para protegerlos de la magia oscura del bosque. Sin embargo, para obtener su ayuda hay que pagar un precio terrible: una joven del pueblo debe servirle durante diez años, dejando todo atrás. Agnieszka teme que su querida amiga Kasia sea la próxima elegida, porque ella es todo cuanto Agnieszka no es: hermosa, elegante y valiente. Sin embargo, cuando llega el Dragón, no es a Kasia a quien se lleva.

A Solomancia harmadik leckéje: A világ megmentésére semmiféle varázslóiskola nem tud felkészíteni. El barátainak egyre növekvő csapatával mindörökre megváltoztatta a Solomanciát. Most a valódi világba visszatérve meg kell birkóznia mindazzal, amit az iskolában megtudott. Dédanyja sötét próféciája Damoklész kardjaként függ a feje fölött. Valóban El lesz az, aki a világ összes enklávéjára a pusztulást hozza? Miközben El megpróbálja megmenteni igaz szerelmét, fontos leckét tanul meg: a hátborzongató titkot, amelyre az enklávék és a mágikus világ is épülnek. De nem is ő lenne, ha ezt annyiban hagyná…

Saving the world is a test no school of magic can prepare you for in the triumphant conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling trilogy that began with A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate. The one thing you never talk about while you''re in the Scholomance is what you''ll do when you get out - not even the richest enclaver would tempt fate that way. But that impossible dream has somehow come true for El and her classmates. And what''s more, she didn''t even have to become the monstrous dark witch she''s prophesised to become to make it happen. Instead of killing enclavers, she saved them, and now the world is safe for all wizards. Peace and harmony have enveloped all the enclaves of the world. Just kidding. Instead, someone else has picked up the project of destroying enclaves in El''s stead, and everyone she saved is at risk again with a full-scale enclave war on the horizon. And so, the first thing El needs to do after miraculously escaping the Scholomance, is to turn straight around and find a way back in. A Deadly Education, Sunday Times bestseller - October 2020

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the sixth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire are exiled to Australia in the ever expanding war between Napoleon and Britain. “Temeraire and his fellow dragons are surely Novik’s finest accomplishment.”—BookPage Convicted of treason despite their heroic defense against Napoleon’s invasion of England, Temeraire and Captain Will Laurence have been transported to a prison colony in distant Australia—and into a hornet’s nest of fresh complications. The colony is in turmoil after the overthrow of military governor William Bligh—aka Captain Bligh, late of HMS Bounty. And when Bligh tries to enlist them in his bid to regain office, the dragon and his captain are caught in the middle of a political power struggle. Their only chance to escape the fray is accepting a mission to blaze a route through the forbidding Blue Mountains and into the interior of Australia. But the theft of a precious dragon egg turns their expedition into a desperate recovery operation—leading to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new complication in the global war between Britain and Napoleon. Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

Eine Magierschule, in der Versagen den sicheren Tod bedeutet ... Scholomance ist eine Magierschule, wie es sie noch nie gegeben hat: keine Lehrer, keine Ferien, Freundschaft nur als Mittel zum Zweck und sehr ungleiche Überlebenschancen. Es gibt nur zwei Wege heraus aus der Schule – die Abschlussprüfung oder den Tod. Galadriel, genannt El, ist bestens vorbereitet auf die Gefahren der Schule: Sie hat zwar niemanden, der ihr hilft, aber eine starke dunkle Gabe, mit der sie problemlos auf einen Schlag die Monster auslöschen könnte, die überall in der Schule lauern. Aber das würde auch ihre Mitschüler treffen. Anders als der unerträgliche Schulstar Orion, der ständig Leben rettet, tut El deshalb alles, um diese Gabe nicht zu nutzen – es sei denn, sie hat keine andere Wahl ... Unzählige Fans sind von den bildgewaltigen und genial erzählten Geschichten der Bestsellerautorin Naomi Novik begeistert. Ihre starken Heldinnen widersetzen sich Konventionen und zeichnen sich durch Komplexität aus. »Scholomance« bietet dunkle und gewitzte Abenteuer voller unerwarteter Wendungen. Alle Bände der »Scholomance«-Trilogie: Scholomance – Tödliche Lektion (Band 1) Scholomance – Der letzte Absolvent (Band 2) Scholomance – Die goldenen Enklaven (Band 3)

PREMIUL LOCUS 2019 FINALIST NEBULA ȘI HUGO În topul celor mai bune cărți ale anului pentru: The New York Times • NPR • Time • Vulture • Library Journal • The New York Public Library Miryem provine dintr-o familie de cămătari, dar incapacitatea tatălui ei de a recupera datoriile îi aduce familia în pragul sărăciei. Așa că Miryem trebuie să preia inițiativa și devine imună la încercările sătenilor de a o îmbuna. Când bunicul ei îi împrumută o pungă cu bănuți de argint, Miryem se întoarce cu ea plină de aur. Dar reputația că poate transforma argintul în aur îi aduce mai multe necazuri decât bucurii, mai ales când destinul ei se leagă de cel al creaturilor de gheață care bântuie pădurile și al căror rege vrea s-o exploateze din motive ce-i rămân lui Miryem necunoscute. „Un basm perfect, un roman plin de substanță, de idei și de personaje, cu vastitatea tolkiană și cu empatia față de bucuria vieții pe care o găsim la Ursula K. Le Guin.“ The New York Times Book Review „Superbă, complexă și magică. Genul de carte în care vrei să trăiești pentru totdeauna.“ Publishers Weekly „…urmează tradiția poveștilor populate de personaje de basm descrise ca persoane reale, de prințese puternice care iau decizii autentice. Dar cartea nu numai că păstrează tradiția, ci o și duce mai departe.“ Vox

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Uprooted and Spinning Silver comes the first book of the Scholomance trilogy, the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. FINALIST FOR THE LODESTAR AWARD • “The dark school of magic I’ve been waiting for.”—Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight Trilogy I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts, I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, make myself the dark queen of the world. At least, that’s what the world expects. Most of the other students in here would be delighted if Orion killed me like one more evil thing that’s crawled out of the drains. Sometimes I think they want me to turn into the evil witch they assume I am. The school certainly does. But the Scholomance isn’t getting what it wants from me. And neither is Orion Lake. I may not be anyone’s idea of the shining hero, but I’m going to make it out of this place alive, and I’m not going to slaughter thousands to do it, either. Although I’m giving serious consideration to just one. With flawless mastery, Naomi Novik creates a school bursting with magic like you’ve never seen before, and a heroine for the ages—a character so sharply realized and so richly nuanced that she will live on in hearts and minds for generations to come. The magic of the Scholomance trilogy continues in The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves “The can’t-miss fantasy of fall 2020, a brutal coming-of-power story steeped in the aesthetics of dark academia. . . . A Deadly Education will cement Naomi Novik’s place as one of the greatest and most versatile fantasy writers of our time.”—BookPage (starred review) “A must-read . . . Novik puts a refreshingly dark, adult spin on the magical boarding school. . . . Readers will delight in the push-and-pull of El and Orion’s relationship, the fantastically detailed world, the clever magic system, and the matter-of-fact diversity of the student body.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

An all-new anthology of eighteen classic myth retellings featuring an all-star lineup of award-winning and critically acclaimed writers. Madeleine L’Engle once said, “When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.” The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations. Featuring award-winning and critically acclaimed writers such as Seanan McGuire, Naomi Novik, Rebecca Roanhorse, JY Yang, Alyssa Wong, Indrapramit Das, Carlos Hernandez, Sarah Gailey, Ann Leckie, John Chu, Urusla Vernon, Carmen Maria Machado, Stephen Graham Jones, Arkady Martine, Amal El-Mohtar, Jeffrey Ford, and more, The Mythic Dream is sure to become a new classic.

From the editor of the award-winning anthology Unfettered comes the newest installment in the science fiction and fantasy series, Unfettered III. Be haunted by the chilling ghost story of Megan Lindholm. Revisit the Magicians world with Lev Grossman. Return to Osten Ard in an epic first look at Tad Williams''s Empire of Grass. Share a heartfelt story of loss and gain with Callie Bates. Cross the sands of the desert planet Dune with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Travel the Ways in a new Wheel of Time novella with Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson. Enter the amazing potter city of Seven with Naomi Novik. And many more stories, all wondrous alongside beautiful art by Todd Lockwood! More than 700 pages of stellar SF&F from the likes of: Callie Bates Terry Brooks Delilah S. Dawson Jason Denzel David Anthony Durham Lev Grossman John Gwynne Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson Mark Lawrence Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) Seanan McGuire Naomi Novik Peter Orullian Cat Rambo Robert V.S. Redick Ken Scholes Scott Sigler Anna Smith Spark Shawn Speakman Anna Stephens Patrick Swenson Ramon Terrell Marc Turner Carrie Vaughn Tad Williams Deborah A. Wolf Lacking health insurance when he was diagnosed with cancer, Shawn Speakman asked friends in the science fiction and fantasy writing community to donate short stories he could use to counter mounting medical debt. The result was Unfettered, an anthology offering tales from some of the best authors working today. Now, in Unfettered III, Speakman continues to pay forward the aid he received, raising money to combat medical debt for SF&F artists and authors. He has gathered together a great mix of new and favorite writers_free to write what they like_the result a powerful new anthology perfect for all readers. Unfettered III is sure to astound with the magic bound within its pages. All the while raising money for a charitable cause. Because protecting our artists and authors is as important as the stories they tell.

Zilvergaren is de nieuwe roman van Ontworteld auteur Naomi Novik. Een sprookjesachtige hervertelling van de klassieker Repelsteeltje. Miryem stamt af van een lange lijn van geldschieters... Helaas is haar vader daar niet zo goed in. Hij heeft het familiefortuin, waaronder de bruidsschat van Miryems moeder, bijna volledig uitgeleend. Bovendien heeft haar vader er moeite mee om het geld weer te innen, waardoor het gezin in bittere armoede leeft. Miryem besluit zelf de touwtjes in handen te nemen en gaat op pad om het geld op te halen dat de dorpelingen haar familie verschuldigd zijn. Als haar grootvader haar vervolgens een zak met stuivers leent, brengt ze die gevuld met zilvergeld terug, om het in te wisselen voor gouden munten. Maar haar talent om van zilver goud te maken levert Miryem meer problemen op dan haar lief is – zeker als ze te maken krijgt met de kwaadaardige wezens die rondspoken in het woud. Hun koning heeft kennis genomen van haar reputatie, en die reputatie wil hij uitbuiten om redenen die Miryem een raadsel zijn.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “One of the year’s strongest fantasy novels” (NPR), an imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale from the bestselling author of Uprooted. NEBULA AND HUGO AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST FANTASY BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Public Library With the Nebula Award–winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the magic of fairy tales to craft a love story that was both timeless and utterly of the now. Spinning Silver draws readers deeper into this glittering realm of fantasy, where the boundary between wonder and terror is thinner than a breath, and safety can be stolen as quickly as a kiss. Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty—until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold. When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk—grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh—Miryem’s fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. She will face an impossible challenge and, along with two unlikely allies, uncover a secret that threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk alike. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Tordotcom, Popsugar, Vox, Vulture, Paste, Bustle, Library Journal “A perfect tale . . . A big and meaty novel, rich in both ideas and people, with the vastness of Tolkien and the empathy and joy in daily life of Le Guin.”—The New York Times Book Review “Gorgeous, complex, and magical . . . This is the kind of book that one might wish to inhabit forever.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Cool and clever and . . . dire and wonderful.”—Laini Taylor, author of Strange the Dreamer “The Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale has never been as captivating. . . . Spinning Silver further cements [Novik’s] place as one of the genre greats.”—Paste

The May/June 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Naomi Novik, Katharine Duckett, Marina J. Lostetter, Kelly Robson, A. Merc Rustad, and C.L. Clark, reprinted fiction by Aliette de Bodard, essays by Greg Pak, Briana Lawrence, Kelly McCullough, and Elsa Sjunneson-Henry, and poetry by Theodora Goss, Ali Trotta, Sarah Gailey, and Betsy Aoki, interviews with Katharine Duckett and A. Merc Rustad by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Julie Dillon, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

2nd Edition Trade Paperback of Unfettered

A collection of Temeraire-themed short stories, including "Planting Season," "Dragons and Decorum," and "Golden Age."

"Nosso Dragão não come as meninas que captura, não importam as histórias que contem fora do vale. Nós às vezes as ouvimos por conta dos viajantes que passam por aqui. Eles falam como se estivéssemos sacrificando um ser humano e ele fosse um dragão de verdade. Claro que não é assim: ele pode ser um mago imortal, mas continua sendo um homem, e nossos pais se uniriam e o matariam se a cada dez anos ele quisesse usar uma de nós como comida. Ele nos protege contra a Floresta, e somos gratos; mas não tanto assim." Contos de fadas revisitados Naomi Novik introduz um mundo novo e ousado, com raízes fincadas no folclore eslavo, tão cativante e encantador quanto uma fábula dos irmãos Grimm. Agnieszka ama seu lar no vale, sua vila tranquila, as florestas e o rio cintilante. Mas a Floresta corrompida fica à espreita na fronteira, cheia de um poder maligno desconhecido. Seu povo depende de um mago frio e ambicioso conhecido apenas como Dragão para apaziguar a ira da Floresta e impedi-la de avançar sobre o vilarejo. Mas ele exige um preço em troca da proteção: a cada dez anos, uma jovem é entregue para servi-lo; um destino quase tão indesejado quanto cair nas garras da Floresta. A próxima escolha está se aproximando rapidamente, e Agnieszka está com medo. Ela sabe — todo mundo sabe — que o Dragão vai levar Kasia: a bela, graciosa e corajosa Kasia, sua melhor amiga no mundo. E não há como salvá-la. Mas Agnieszka teme as coisas erradas. Porque, quando o Dragão chegar, não é Kasia que ele vai escolher. Vencedor do Nebula Award de 2016.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the ninth and final volume of the Temeraire series, as the Napoleonic Wars draw to a close and the final battles play out. “An extremely satisfying resolution.” —Booklist (starred review) The deadly campaign in Russia has cost both Napoleon and those allied against him. Napoleon has been denied his victory . . . but at a terrible price. Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the fleeing French army west but are demoralized when Napoleon makes it back to Paris unscathed. Worse, they soon learn that the French have stolen Temeraire and Iskierka’s egg. Now it is do or die, as our heroes need not only to save Temeraire’s offspring but also to stop Napoleon for good. Don’t miss any of Naomi Novik’s magical Temeraire series HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON • THRONE OF JADE • BLACK POWDER WAR • EMPIRE OF IVORY • VICTORY OF EAGLES • TONGUES OF SERPENTS • CRUCIBLE OF GOLD • BLOOD OF TYRANTS • LEAGUE OF DRAGONS

NEBULA AWARD WINNER • HUGO AWARD FINALIST • “If you want a fantasy with strong characters and brilliantly original variations on ancient stories, try Uprooted!”—Rick Riordan “Breathtaking . . . a tale that is both elegantly grand and earthily humble, familiar as a Grimm fairy tale yet fresh, original, and totally irresistible.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, BuzzFeed, Tordotcom, BookPage, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose. Includes the new bonus short story “The Lake Witch” Praise for Uprooted “Uprooted has leapt forward to claim the title of Best Book I’ve Read Yet This Year. . . . Moving, heartbreaking, and thoroughly satisfying, Uprooted is the fantasy novel I feel I’ve been waiting a lifetime for. Clear your schedule before picking it up, because you won’t want to put it down.”—NPR

A collection of the first three novels in Naomi Novik’s stunning Temeraire series, following the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.