New Releases by Robert Holdstock

The unthinkable has occurred. The wall of thoughts, barrier against the unknown, had been breached, unleashing a dark force into the world - the Ghost Lords of Uthganaar. These evil creatures had united the northern tribes of the world heart behind them and were set to conquer the world. Only Raven could stop them. Together with Warlock Spellbinder and the valiant tribesman Silver, she undertook an arduous and perilous journey - to the mysterious obsidian tower to learn the secret of the Ghost Lords and their invincible yellow sword - and beyond the Lost Lands to the worlds end itself.

From out of the bonds of slavery there arose a warrior...a warrior feared across all lands, a warrior whose blade was stained with the blood of thousands - man and beast - who smiled as she killed, with hair as gold as summer sun, eyes as blue as the heavens, and a body which invited only love yet dealt bloody, merciless death to her enemies. This was Raven, Swordsmistress of Chaos. And so she was chosen; a simple girl plucked from the slavepens of Lyand by the sorcerer-priests and schooled in every art of weaponry until no mere man could defeat her - in any form of physical combat. Together with her mysterious companion, Spellbinder, and the great black bird which watched over them, RAVEN set forth to meet her destiny. Her first quest, to find the Skull of Quez and return it to its rightful owner, for only by so doing could she gain the chance to slaughter Karl ir Donwayne - the depraved monster whose tortures she could never forget...

A slave that became a warrior, the flamboyant Raven is back. And the dreaded mage Belthis stands again in her way. Along with the mercenary Spellbinder, the young woman will try everything to make his plans fail - until an old shadow, which she believed to be gone, resurfaces ...

From the vaults of the SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes this republication of a trilogy of early, pseudonymous adventure tales by Robert Holdstock, WORLD FANTASY AWARD-winning author of MYTHAGO WOOD. The Berserker books are raw, primeval stories of a young Norse warrior, cursed by the gods to a life of savage warfare. Possessed by an animal, ferocious rage - implacable, invincible - Harald Swiftaxe fights his way across the Celtic world in search of release from his curse and, finally, peace. The Berserker omnibus contains SHADOW OF THE WOLF, THE BULL CHIEF and THE HORNED WARRIOR.

In those days Broceliande was a terrible place, an ancient gloomy forest growing over misty dells, forgotten stones, a place of hidden lakes and strangling thickets. Though the true heart of Broceliande could never be found, the stink of its corruption oozed from the edgewood, shedding ghosts like autumn leaves. This was the forest of legend, where Merlin had come to dream his magic and the enchantress Vivien had come to beguile that magic from him. Martin and Rebecca have long since fled the forest, but when they are forced to return years later for their mother''s funeral, they are at once ensnared in the forest''s net of enchantment, an evil that has held the local villages in a root-strong grip. And when Rebecca gives birth to Daniel, a beautiful child who is deaf, dumb and blind, she finds herself sucked into a twilight world where she can see only strange, mysterious shadows.

On the planet Aeran, the original colonists have undergone a drastic change: under the influence of some strange psychic force they have forgotten their identity and created a new culture - an exact reconstruction of the Stone Age society that flourished in Ireland 6,000 years ago. Has some strange racial memory been awakened? Or are both cultures the product of a social blueprint implanted throughout the cosmos by a long-vanished race?

Deep in the sounds, scents and shifting rhythms of the Amazon forest, a family have lost their seven-year-old child, stolen by the mysterious 'Invisible People', the tribe which has never been seen. Through ten years their agonised search for him takes them beyond the world's last great natural frontier into the cruel beauty of the Brazilian jungle. When at last father and son do meet - in a dramatic and terrifying encounter - it is in the emerald forest, a place where the mythical and magical powers of primal existence must clash with the cold-hearted greed of modern man.

The Fear - mysterious, unstoppable, this deadly plague is slowly wiping out humanity. And only one world seems to offer hope of sanctuary - Ree''hdworld, home of the only other intelligent beings in the universe. But Ree''hdworld is not as safe as it seems. For something has been happening to the natives - both the friendly Ree''hd and their more primitive kinsmen, the Rundii. And only three people stand any chance of discovering and surviving the danger that the humans of Ree''hdworld will soon face: Kristina, an Earthwoman who is slowly "going Ree''hd"; Maguire, a blind man who should have died centuries ago and who, living, has seen all the secrets of the universe; and Zeitman, a brilliant scientist who holds the key to salvation on Ree''hdworld in his mind - if only he can discover it in time¿

At the heart of Ryhope Wood, Steven and the mythago Guiwenneth live in the ruins of a Roman villa close to a haunted fortress from the Iron Age, from which Guiwenneth''s myth arose. She is comfortable here, almost tied to the place, and Steven has long since abandoned all thought of returning to his own world. They have animals, protection and crops. But this idyll cannot last. The hunters who protected Guiwenneth as a child have come to warn her she is in danger. Yssobel is dreaming increasingly of her Uncle Christian, Steven''s brother, who disappeared into Lavondyss, and Jack wants to see ''the outer world'' more than anything. Events are about to overtake them.

The sequel to the acclaimed trilogy that joins the myths and legends of ancient Britain and ancient Greece

Malgré le poids d'un lourd secret d'enfance, Martin et Rebecca sont retournés vivre dans leur village natal, à l'orée de la forêt de Brocéliande. Très vite, Rebecca a un fils, Daniel. Mais celui-ci est infirme, aveugle et sourd. Cependant, les sens de l'enfant semblent se développer peu à peu, tandis que ceux de sa mère s'amenuisent... Désespéré, Martin comprend alors que sa famille est la proie d'un sortilège qui prend sa source au cœur même de son enfance dans la forêt de Brocéliande : là où passé et présent s'entrecroisent, où la fée Viviane a jadis enfermé Merlin... Un roman enchanteur, par l'auteur de La Forêt des Mythagos et du Codex Merlin.

Merlin est de retour à Alba - l'Angleterre -, où il est accueilli par de nouvelles menaces. La forteresse de Taurovinda a été prise par les troupes du Pays Fantôme. Urtha, Haut roi des Cornovides, est bien décidé à reconquérir sa place forte. La guerre contre le Pays Fantôme semble inévitable. Merlin est hanté par la certitude que Jason, s'il a survécu à sa blessure, reviendra à Alba pour y chercher son second fils, Kinos, caché par Médée. Mais qui peut dire quel rôle jouera Médée dans ces différentes quêtes qui, toutes, impliquent Merlin, son amour de jeunesse ? Robert Holdstock, dans ce deuxième volet du Codex de Merlin, mêle avec bonheur mythologies grecque et celte autour d'un personnage immortel et universel.

Des siècles avant sa rencontre avec Arthur, Merlin voyage à travers le monde, immortel et éternellement jeune, à la recherche du savoir. Il se lie d'amitié avec le héros grec Jason et l'accompagne dans sa quête de la Toison d'or. Une décision qui lui coûtera cher... Quelques centaines d'années plus tard, Merlin entend parler d'un navire perdu dans un lac gelé du Nord et d'où jaillit une longue plainte. Il découvre qu'il s'agit de l'Argo, le vaisseau de Jason, où gît l'âme du héros pleurant ses fils volés par l'enchanteresse Médée. Merlin décide de retrouver les fils de Jason. C'est ainsi qu'il aborde pour la première fois l'île qui deviendra l'Angleterre. Un roman mêlant la mythologie grecque et l'univers médiéval fantastique, où le célèbre Merlin traverse les siècles et les légendes.

A NOVEL IN THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD-WINNING MYTHAGO CYCLE Ryhope Wood, Mythago Wood, is the great forest steeped in mystery, whose heart contains secrets that change all who come there. Alex Bradley is a damaged and visionary child. Little does he know that the distorted creations of his mind are alive inside nearby Ryhope Wood. When the forest claims him, his father goes in pursuit, along with a scientific expedition looking for the secret of "mythago-genesis"... But inside Ryhope, Alex has created a hundred forms of the Trickster-all of them seeking their maker, and all of them deadly. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Book Two of the Merlin Codex

Un homme occupé à sculpter une effigie païenne dans une église en construction ; une vallée étrange, peuplée de statues, magnifiques, dangereuses ; un enfant capable de franchir les rapides en utilisant l'invisible magie du monde ; une forêt enrichie avec des gènes humains ; Merlin, confronté à un chef de guerre désireux de se venger d'une femme trop belle... Dans ce recueil ont été rassemblés par l'auteur des textes publiés entre 1974 (" Cendres ") et 1995 (" Enfantasme "). Dix-sept récits qui permettent de voir littéralement naître et monter en puissance l'un des plus grands conteurs des XXe et XXIe siècles.

Lavondyss - the ultimate realm, the source of all myths. In this novel of Mythago Wood, Tallis Keeton journeys into the strange realm of Ryhope Wood. Younger sister of Harry Keeton, who disappeared into Ryhope in the World Fantasy Award-winning novel, Mythago Wood, Tallis is obsessed with finding him, and learns the way into the otherworld that surrounds the primitive forest and its secrets. Through masks, magic and clues left by her fey grandfather, Tallis eventually comes to Lavondyss itself - a realm unlike anything she could have foreseen...

From an award-winning fantasist comes a magical novel linking the Arthur cycle to the mysteries of ancient Greece.

This novel tells the story that precedes MYTHAGO WOOD. Steven Huxley''s father, George, and brother, Christian, elusive, shadowy figures in MYTHAGO WOOD, are the protagonists. This book tells of the beginning of the strange hold that Ryhope Wood will develop over the Huxley family, and George''s discovery of the primeval woodland that holds the ''mythagos'' - figures from myth, legend or dream - is wonderfully detailed. Mirroring the fate of his brother in MYTHAGO WOOD, Christian is drawn into Ryhope in an attempt to find Guiwenneth, the mythago who has held a special allure for all the men of the Huxley family. His quest, though, is more complex as he is also searching for his mother and, although he would deny it, the father who''s obsession has cost the family so much. Christian''s introduction to the wood is fascinatingly drawn and in many ways this is the most fantastical of the entire series, replete with mythic archetypes and the dark, mysterious atmosphere that marks the MYTHAGO books as the very best in the field.

Fantasy-roman.

A father uses virtual reality to travel to another world to save his daughter. The girl, who was kidnaped, is being held by a shaman.