Russian Epic

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is clearly seen in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle, all of them fully realized and equally memorable.

Izdanie soderzhit znamenituju skazku-bylinu pro Il'ju Muromca, kotoraja uchit detej smelosti, smekalke, nahodchivosti, pomoshhi popavshim v bedu, ljubvi k Rodine. Il'ja Muromec odin iz glavnyh geroev drevnerusskogo bylinnogo jeposa, bogatyr', voploshhajushhij obshhij narodnyj ideal geroja-voina.

The Winternight Trilogy introduced an unforgettable heroine, Vasilisa Petrovna, a girl determined to forge her own path in a world that would rather lock her away. Her gifts and her courage have drawn the attention of Morozko, the winter-king, but it is too soon to know if this connection will prove a blessing or a curse. Now, Moscow has been struck by disaster. Its people are searching for answers - and for someone to blame.

The year is 1917. Ten years after leaving his home on bad terms, Klim Rogov returns to Russia to claim his inheritance after his wealthy father's death. Relive the Bolshevik Revolution as a free-spirited man who refuses to desert the woman he loves and decides to remain in the Land of the Soviets, fighting for their lives throughout the bloody struggles of the Russian civil war.

It is the late 15th century and a village healer in Russia called Laurus is powerless to help his beloved as she dies in childbirth, unwed and without having received communion. Devastated and desperate, he sets out on a journey in search of redemption. But this is no ordinary journey: it is one that spans ages and countries, and which brings him face-to-face with a host of unforgettable, eccentric characters and legendary creatures from the strangest medieval bestiaries.

After battling the hyenas, Eric gets a notification that something called a Place of Power has been found. That is the only clue that might help him get back to his native world. But there's a problem. The system needs mana to calculate a route. Eric simply doesn't have any, and he doesn't know when he will. That is because, due to the strange laws this world lives by, Eric's mana supply isn't filling up. But the Great System also exists here, though its laws are only partially functioning.

A young Russian woman comes into her own in the midst of revolution and civil war in this "brilliant" novel set in "a world of furious beauty" (Los Angeles Review of Books). After the loves and betrayals of The Revolution of Marina M., young poet Marina Makarova finds herself alone amid the...

Instead of enjoying the game, I found myself trapped inside my character's dead body. Now the only way I can save myself is by procuring the Scroll of Rebirth. The problem is my chances of getting it are slim. I'm an undead: an outlaw with no friends, only fickle allies and plenty of enemies. Who are only waiting for their chance to strike. My undead hangman character has to tread a razor's edge, with only the support of his fellow players preventing his imminent plunge into the abyss. But are they who they claim they are?

In Mercedes Lackey's Firebird, Ilya, son of a Russian prince, is largely ignored by his father and tormented by his larger, older brothers. His only friends are three old people: a priest, a magician, and a woman who toils in the palace dairy. From them Ilya learns faith, a smattering of magic, and the power of love - all of which he will need desperately, for his life is about to be turned upside down.

On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. In the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost only three destroyers but the Russians lost twenty-two ships and thousands of sailors. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction.

In the late nineteenth century, close diplomatic relations existed between the United States and Russia. All that changed when George Kennan went to Siberia in 1885 to investigate the exile system and his eyes were opened to the brutality Russia was wielding to suppress dissent. Over ten months Kennan traveled eight thousand miles, mostly in horse-drawn carriages, sleighs, or on horseback. He endured suffocating sandstorms in the summer and blizzards in the winter. His interviews with convicts and political exiles revealed how Russia ran on the fuel of inflicted pain and fear.

Scyth and the followers of the Sleeping Gods have lost the Holy War. The new gods, who call themselves the True Gods, celebrate, unaware that the Sleepers have one more temple left. But how long until they find out? After all, Scyth's enemy Mogwai, once the strongest player on the planet, knows about Kharinza. The Supreme Legate of the Destroying Plague thirsts for vengeance and is eager to regain his former positions, becoming stronger every day, while Scyth, deprived of his invulnerability, has lost his former advantages.

Его творчество уникально настолько, что произведения Лавкрафта выделяются в отдельный поджанр - так называемые лавкрафтовские ужасы. Творчество Лавкрафта, повлиявшее на массовую культуру Запада, оставило неизгладимый след на творчестве бесчисленного числа писателей, работавших и работающих в жанре мистики и ужасов.

To make a clan does not necessarily mean to make it successful. First you have to walk the hard path from the foundations of your castle to victory in interclan conflicts. Only then will you be recognized. Only then can you be listed among the location's top clans. Your adversaries, however, will not be sitting around twiddling their thumbs. No dominant clan needs yet another wannabe competitor. Or its two founders. Which is why Kvalen and Eradani are being hunted down. Bugles sound as players sharpen swords and draw arrows. Bring on the show!

Врата пряностей — чудесный портал, соединяющий восемь королевств. В каждом из них выращивают только одну специю, но не могут обойтись без остальных. Поэтому в торговле пряностями заинтересованы все — воины, жрецы, убийцы, блюстители престолов... Однако пройти через Врата могут только люди с врожденной меткой, и это вовсе не является привилегией. Их называют носителями, они принадлежат к низшей касте, презираемой и живущей в нищете. Проход через Врата всегда причиняет страдания, но неужели плата за неведомые грехи прошлых воплощений так высока?..

Открыл серию роман «Подземелья Кривых гор». Перед нами мир, управляемый Великой Системой. Главный герой Эрик — подросток, родившийся «обнулённым», то есть с низкими показателями «Жизни» и «Энергии». Этот недуг приписывают проделкам злого духа Бага. Перспективы ужасны: мальчик рискует оказаться навсегда прикованным к постели. Родители, которые приобретали для сына редкие артефакты, поддерживавшие его жизнь, погибают. Эрик остаётся один на один с этим миром. О том, как он выжил там, где погибали куда более сильные, повествует вторая книга серии — роман «Пустоши».

Коты-воители - это серия увлекательных романов о приключениях диких котов. Мир этих котов поделен на племена, они борются за выживание, делят территорию, интригуют, дружат и любят. Критики не раз отмечали сложность персонажей в этих книгах и важность поднимаемых в них тем, а многие романы в серии были номинированы на литературные премии. Огонегрив присоединился к клану диких котов, и теперь его жизнь уже не будет прежней.

"Властелин огня" - фантастический роман Алексея Вязовского, первая книга цикла "Война князей", жанр боевое фэнтези, попаданцы. Огонь - жестокая стихия, забирающая порой людские жизни. Кому, как не Артему Федорову, пожарному со стажем, знать об этом. Ведь он сам погиб в пламени, спасая чужие жизни.

Герцог - фантастический роман Ирины Успенской, вторая книга цикл "Практическая психология", жанр героическое фэнтези, попаданцы.

Alaska, 1989. In a world where Alaska is still a Russian possession, charter captain Grigorivich Plesnett has a stained past - as a major in the Czar's Troika Guard, he was cashiered for disobeying a direct order. Now, 10 years later, Grig charters out to a cossack and discovers his past has not only caught up with him but is about to violently change his future, and the future of all nine of the nations of North America as well. Spanning Alaska from the Southeastern Inside Passage to the frozen Yukon, this is an epic tale of one man's journey of redemption and courage.