Лучшие книги Брайана Макклеллана

Когда в королевстве Ардо фельдмаршал Тамас сверг монарха, прогнившая знать отправилась на эшафот, а голодающему народу достался хлеб. Но вскоре вспыхнули войны между странами Девятиземья, фанатики-роялисты подняли восстания, а церковь, рабочие союзы и армии наемников — все те, на кого рассчитывали заговорщики — отказали в помощи. И вдобавок по королевству поползли…

Лихо закрученное продолжение «Кровавого завета» из фэнтези-цикла «пороха и магии». Попытка обойти с тыла и разгромить захватчиков закончилась катастрофой — фельдмаршал Тамас с двумя пехотными бригадами отрезан от основной армии. Без припасов, без малейшей надежды на помощь он вынужден вести своих солдат через опасные земли, а по пятам идут отборные, намного…

Фельдмаршал Тамас, которого считали погибшим в далеком походе, возвращается на родину и узнает о разразившейся катастрофе. Впервые в истории столица республики Адро досталась захватчикам, лишенная управления армия бунтует и разлагается, а союзники теперь неотличимы от врагов. Тем временем в далеких горах отряд изменников преследует порохового мага Таниэля и его…

Taniel is a powder mage; a flintlock marksman with the ability to imbibe common black powder to strengthen his mind, body, and senses, as well as shoot over long distances. Sent into short-term exile by his father, he's supposed to see some of the world and cool his head, to learn something besides life in the Adran army. His arrival in exile, however, coincides with the eruption of a bloody new conflict as the colony of Fatrasta rises up against its Kez suppressers.

Taniel has certain talents that the Fatrastan militia could very well use, and he just can't help but get involved...

Erika ja Leora is a powder mage in northern Kez, a place where that particular sorcery is punishable by death. She is only protected by her family name and her position as heir to a duchy.

When she decides to help a young commoner—a powder mage marked for death, fugitive from the law—she puts her life and family reputation at risk and sets off to deliver her new ward to the safety of Adro while playing cat and mouse with the king's own mage hunters and their captain, Duke Nikslaus.

Special Detective Constable Adamat may be the most capable young investigator in all of Adopest. He's sharp, thoughtful, and his particular sorcery gives him a flawless memory. A transfer to the First Precinct seems like the perfect opportunity to showcase his abilities and advance his career.

But things work differently in the First Precinct. The murder of a businessman's mistress quickly pulls Adamat into an unexpected world of conspiracy and politics where he's forced to use all his wits to stay one step ahead of unseen enemies and keep his friends—and himself—from the guillotine.

Occurs twenty-two years before the events in Promise of Blood.

Первый роман и повесть из цикла «Glass Immortals». Демир Граппо — добровольный изгнанник. Столкнувшись с предательством на войне и получив тяжелую моральную травму, он расстался с богатством и властью, отказался от обязанностей полководца, правителя и сына и удалился в провинцию, где рискует бесславно окончить свои дни. Все меняет жестокое убийство его матери,…

Taniel Two-Shot is a powder mage with the Tristan Ghost Irregulars, a band of volunteers who have made a name for themselves fighting in the Fatrastan Revolution. They range through the swamps of the frontier, cutting off enemy supplies and raiding towns while Taniel hunts the Privileged sorcerers that make the Kez armies so powerful.

When a desperate call for help comes from the nearby city of Planth, the Irregulars aren't the only ones to answer and Taniel must deal with another hero of the revolution: Mad Colonel Styke. But not all is well within the young Fatrastan government, and more hangs on the defense of Planth than Taniel and his companions could possibly know.

Occurs eight months before the events of Promise of Blood.

Captain Tamas is an ambitious young officer in the Adran army. As a commoner, he is one of very few without noble blood to hold a rank. When he challenges the son of a duke over an insult, the subsequent duel lands him in hot water with the nobility and the royal cabal of Privileged sorcerers. Tamas is soon drawn into a conflict that goes to the very highest office in the land, and his only ally is the most unlikely of people; a young noblewoman named Erika, who needs Tamas to teach her how to wield her powers as a powder mage.

Captain Verundish has two problems. On campaign with the Adran army and far from her homeland, she is helpless when the young daughter she left at home is threatened. To make matters worse, General Tamas has put her lover in command of a Hope's End—the first charge through a breach straight into the teeth of enemy cannon and sorcery. To save the people she loves, Verundish will have to come up with a deadly solution...