Стелла Геммел — новинки

Город — государство без имени, просто Город, но стоит кому-нибудь из смертных упомянуть его название вслух, как людей охватывает страх. Уже много десятилетий правит городом Ареон, император-воитель, который, кроме войны и смерти, в этом мире не признает ничего. Бесконечные сражения с «синекожими» — так презрительно называют приспешники Ареона своих соседей — довели жителей города до последней степени нищеты. Многие из них ушли в подземелья, в народе именуемые Чертогами, издревле располагавшимися под Городом. Фелл, сын соседнего короля, и воительница Индаро в союзе с «синекожими» строят план свергнуть жестокого императора. Но вся сложность состоит в том, что Ареон и Высшие, его приближенные, не люди — они бессмертны и способны подчинять волю каждого, кто покусится на их власть в Городе…

The emperor is dead…long live the emperor!

The fervent hope of the victorious rebels and the survivors of the uprising that liberated the City from tyranny is that the accession of Archange to the imperial throne will usher in a new era of freedom, peace and stability. If only that were so...
As the the City struggles to return to something resembling normal life after the devastation brought on by the rebellion, word arises of a massive army gathering to the north. No one knows where it has come from or who leads it, but it soon becomes apparent that its sole purpose is to destroy the City and annihilate all - man, woman and child - who live within its battered walls. And while warriors go forth to fight and die on the battlefield in defence of their homeland and all that they believe in, bitter family feuds and ancient rivalries, political and personal betrayals, and mindless murder surface within the palaces and corridors of power: it seems the City is under siege - from both without and within . . .
With this new novel, Stella Gemmell brings the astonishing story of the City to a spectacular climax and confirms her place as a master of the genre.

The City is ancient and vast and has been waging almost constant war for centuries. At its heart resides the emperor. Few have ever seen him. Those who have remember a man in his prime - and yet he should be very old. Some speculate that he is no longer human, others wonder if indeed he ever truly was. And a few have come to a desperate conclusion: that the only way to halt the emperor's unslakebale thirst for war is to end his unnaturally long life.

From the crumbling catacombs beneath the City where the poor struggle to stay alive to the blood-soaked fields of battle where so few heroes survive, these rebels emerge. Their hopes rest on one man. A man who was once the emperor’s foremost general - a revered soldier who could lead an uprising and iliberate a city, a man who was betrayed, imprisoned, tortured and is now believed to be dead...

Город — государство без имени, просто Город, но стоит кому-нибудь из смертных упомянуть его название вслух, как людей охватывает страх. Уже много десятилетий правит городом Ареон, император-воитель, который, кроме войны и смерти, в этом мире не признает ничего. Бесконечные сражения с «синекожими» — так презрительно называют приспешники Ареона своих соседей — довели жителей города до последней степени нищеты. Многие из них ушли в подземелья, в народе именуемые Чертогами, издревле располагавшимися под Городом. Фелл, сын соседнего короля, и воительница Индаро в союзе с «синекожими» строят план свергнуть жестокого императора. Но вся сложность…

In her debut solo novel, Stella Gemmell, coauthor of the "powerful" (Booklist) conclusion to David Gemmell’s Troy series, weaves a dark epic fantasy about a war-torn civilization and the immortal emperor who has it clutched in his evil grasp.

The City is ancient, layers upon layers. Once a thriving metropolis, it has sprawled beyond its bounds, inciting endless wars with neighboring tribes and creating a barren wasteland of what was once green and productive.

In the center of the City lives the emperor. Few have ever seen him, but those who have recall a man in his prime, though he should be very old. Some grimly speculate that he is no longer human, if he ever was. A small number have come to the desperate conclusion that the only way to stop the war is to end the emperor’s unnaturally long life.

From the mazelike sewers below the City, where the poor struggle to stay alive in the dark, to the blood-soaked fields of battle, where few heroes manage to endure the never-ending siege, the rebels pin their hopes on one man—Shuskara. The emperor’s former general, he was betrayed long ago and is believed to be dead. But, under different aliases, he has survived, forsaking his City and hiding from his immortal foe. Now the time has come for him to engage in one final battle to free the City from the creature who dwells at its heart, pulling the strings that keep the land drenched in gore.

Darkness falls on the Great Green, and the Ancient World is fiercely divided.

On the killing fields outside the golden city of Troy, forces loyal to the Mykene King mass. Among them is Odysseus, fabled storyteller and reluctant ally to the Mykene, who knows that he must soon face his former friends in deadly combat.

Within the city, the Trojan king waits. Ailing and bitter, his hope is pinned on two heroes: his favourite son Hektor, and the dread Helikaon who will wreak terrible vengeance for the death of his wife at Mykene hands.

War has been declared.

As enemies, who are also kinsmen, are filled with bloodlust, they know that many of them will die, and that some will become heroes: heroes who will live for ever in a story that will echo down the centuries.

Все мы с детства знаем историю Гектора и Андромахи, Ахилла и Патрокла, Париса и Елены. Однако под пером Дэвида и Стеллы Геммел миф обращается в реальность!
Их эпическая трилогия "Троя" оживляет мир неистовых воителей и прекрасных жриц, кровавых сражений и придворных интриг, богов и героев.
Недавние друзья стали безжалостными врагами.
Завоеватели-ахейцы встали под крепкими стенами Трои.
Под их знаменами собрался истинный цвет воинства Эллады - непобедимый Ахилл, могущественный Агамемнон, хитроумный Одиссей...
Царь Трои Приам понимает: надеяться можно лишь на мужество и отвагу Гектора, величайшего из героев Трои, единственного, кто может сравниться на поле брани с Ахиллом...