Toutes les séries de Jon Sprunk
Dans la ville sainte d'Othir, traîtrise et corruption rôdent à tous les coins de rue. L'endroit rêvé pour un assassin dénué de scrupules et sans allégeance. Caim gagne sa vie à la pointe de l'épée, jusqu'au jour où un contrat le projette en pleine machination. Confronté à des hommes de loi véreux, à des tueurs rivaux et à la sorcellerie venue de l'Au-delà, il peut compter sur Joséphine, la fille de sa dernière victime, et sur Kit, un fantôme qui lui veut du bien. Caim ne se fie qu'à ses couteaux, mais pour déjouer cette conspiration qui prend sa source au coeur de l'empire, il doit s'approprier son héritage, celui du Fils de l'Ombre...
Not bound, as a book. Free.
Like Unfettered before it, the contributing writers of Unbound were allowed to submit the tales they wished fans of genre to read—without the constraints of a shackling theme.
The result is magical. Twenty-three all-original stories are sure to captivate you—some will move you to tears while others will keep you turning the pages long into the night. The power of Unbound lies in its variety of tales and the voices behind them. If you are a fan of discovering new writers or reading the works of beloved authors, Unbound is for you.
Return to Landover with Terry Brooks. Go to trial with Harry Dresden and Jim Butcher. Enter the Citadel and become remade with Rachel Caine. Survive a plague with John Marco and his robot companion Echo. Be painted among the stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. These tales and the others that comprise the anthology are only bound by how enchanting and enthralling they are.
Unbound is filled with spectacularly wonderful stories, each one as diverse as its creator.
You will be changed upon finishing it.
And that is the point.
Like Unfettered before it, the contributing writers of Unbound were allowed to submit the tales they wished fans of genre to read—without the constraints of a theme. It is an anthology filled some spectacularly wonderful stories, each one as diverse as its creator.
Here is the Unbound line-up: Terry Brooks (intro) | Kristen Britain | Jim Butcher | Rachel Caine | Harry Connolly | Delilah S. Dawson | David Anthony Durham | Jason M. Hough | Mary Robinette Kowal | Mark Lawrence | John Marco | Tim Marquitz | Seanan McGuire | Peter Orullian | Kat Richardson | Anthony Ryan | Shawn Speakman | Brian Staveley | Michael J. Sullivan | Sam Sykes | Mazarkis Williams
Set in a richly-imagined world, this action-heavy fantasy epic and series opener is like a sword-and-sorcery Spartacus.
It starts with a shipwreck following a magical storm at sea. Horace, a soldier from the west, had joined the Great Crusade against the heathens of Akeshia after the deaths of his wife and son from plague. When he washes ashore, he finds himself at the mercy of the very people he was sent to kill, who speak a language and have a culture and customs he doesn't even begin to understand.
Not long after, Horace is pressed into service as a house slave. But this doesn't last. The Akeshians discover that Horace was a latent sorcerer, and he is catapulted from the chains of a slave to the halls of power in the queen's court. Together with Jirom, an ex-mercenary and gladiator, and Alyra, a spy in the court, he will seek a path to free himself and the empire's caste of slaves from a system where every man and woman must pay the price of blood or iron. Before the end, Horace will have paid dearly in both.
Tous les livres de Jon Sprunk
Cet ouvrage comporte les titres suivants :
Le Fils de l’Ombre
L’Emprise de l’Ombre
Le Maître de l’Ombre
« L’auteur mêle brillamment des scènes d’action et des révélations plus fracassantes les unes que les autres... des personnages énigmatiques et une intrigue sans temps morts. » Booklist
La ville sainte d’Othir est l’endroit rêvé pour un assassin sans scrupules. Dans ce sombre univers de traîtrise et de corruption, Caim gagne sa vie à la pointe de sa lame, jusqu’au jour où un contrat banal le jette au beau milieu d’une inquiétante machination. Confronté à des hommes de loi véreux, des tueurs rivaux et une terrifiante sorcellerie, Caim ne peut se fier qu’à ses couteaux et à son instinct. Le destin mouvementé qui l’attend le mènera loin dans les Terres Perdues, jusqu’à son ennemi ultime, le Maître de l’Ombre...
