W świecie przyszłości modyfikacja genetyczna umożliwia stworzenie człowieka o niebywałych umiejętnościach. Metamorfoza ciała ludzkiego osiąga punkt kulminacyjny w piętnastym roku życia. By ocalić dziewczynkę, która przechodzi właśnie najtrudniejszy etap przemiany mającej z niej uczynić specbojownika, Alex Romanow, specpilot, musi stawić czoło wyzwaniom, których rozstrzygnięcie zadecyduje o losie jego i całego świata…<

Siergiej Łukjanienko – rosyjski kultowy autor powieści fantasy i science fiction. Najlepiej sprzedający się pisarz w Rosji. Łączne nakłady jego książek już dawno przekroczyły milion egzemplarzy. Laureat licznych nagród, jego książki przetłumaczono na wiele języków. "Nocny patrol" (również wydany przez naszą oficynę) został już sfilmowany, kilka innych tytułów także zostanie przeniesionych na ekran.

"Irina westchnęła. Uśmiechnęła się lekko, patrząc na Martina, i w jej spojrzeniu Martin dostrzegł znacznie więcej zrozumienia sytuacji, niż można by się spodziewać po nastolatce. Powiedziała:

– Ja…

I wtedy w kanale obok plusnęła woda. Martin odwrócił się i zobaczył wynurzonego do połowy fokoida. Czarna mokra skóra zalśniła w słońcu. Gwałtowny wymach silnej płetwy, coś małego świsnęło w powietrzu…

Irina Połuszkina drgnęła, wyprężyła się jak od uderzenia prądem i umilkła. Z otwartych ust popłynął cienki strumyczek krwi, dziewczyna, nadal wyprostowana, upadła na wznak. Martin drgnął, widząc zakrwawiony grot, wbity w jej szyję (…)

(…)

Nie śpię – odezwała się zza zasłony Irina.

A gdy wszedł, dodała:

– Czekałam na ciebie.

Dziewczyna siedziała na materacu, zawinięta w kołdrę. (…) patrzyła na niego bez słowa i Martin nagle zrozumiał, że pod kołdrą dziewczyna jest zupełnie naga. (…) Kołdra zsunęła się i przez kilka chwil Martina prześladowało natrętne wspomnienie pierwszej Iriny Połuszkinej – nagiego ciała zanurzającego się w wody kanału, i obraz czwartej Iriny – klęczącej nago przed kapłanami TajGeddara…

Ale to ciało było żywe i pragnęło życia – nie mniej niż Martin".

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Były żołnierz wyrusza w galaktyczną wyprawę w nieznany świat. I staje do pojedynku o władzę nad planetą, na której nikt nie wie o istnieniu Ziemi – dobrze ukrytej przed wzrokiem innych przez wszechpotężną rasę. Żeby wrócić na Ziemię, Siergiej musi ją najpierw odnaleźć. Ale naszej planety szuka także ktoś, kto chce ją zniszczyć…<

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.

A dazzling new short story featuring Darth Maul, merciless apprentice of evil . . .

On the distant planet Dorvalla, precious ore is mined by two competing companies: InterGalactic Ore and Lommite Limited. Neither rival suspects that they are central to a sinister plot masterminded by Darth Sidious, Lord of the Sith, himself.

Dispatched by Sidious on his very first solo mission, Darth Maul infiltrates Lommite Limited. There, his unique gifts of deception and subterfuge will set off an explosive chain of events that could destroy both companies, leaving them ripe for takeover by the Trade Federation. But a vengeful Lommite Limited Manager with his own thirst for retaliation against InterGal could blow Maul's cover--and all of Sidious's fiendishly layed plans . . .

SUMMARY:
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Star Wars: Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter.A dazzling new short story featuring Darth Maul, merciless apprentice of evil . . . On the distant planet Dorvalla, precious ore is mined by two competing companies: InterGalactic Ore and Lommite Limited. Neither rival suspects that they are central to a sinister plot masterminded by Darth Sidious, Lord of the Sith, himself. Dispatched by Sidious on his very first solo mission, Darth Maul infiltrates Lommite Limited. There, his unique gifts of deception and subterfuge will set off an explosive chain of events that could destroy both companies, leaving them ripe for takeover by the Trade Federation. But a vengeful Lommite Limited Manager with his own thirst for retaliation against InterGal could blow Maul's cover--and all of Sidious's fiendishly layed plans . . .

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Debiut ksiżkowy Waldemara Łysiaka, młodego wówczas 26-letniego pisarza. Jest to ksiżka szczególna – powieć historyczna z epoki napoleońskiej, przedstawiajca losy dwóch braci. Jest tu i epopeja wojenna, dramat wielkiej miłoci i dzieje spisku uknutego na życie Napoleona, a także galeria wielkich postaci historycznych Rok<

From New York Times bestselling author James Luceno comes an all-new Star Wars adventure that reveals the action and intrigue unfolding directly before Episode I: The Phantom Menace.

Mired in greed and corruption, tangled in bureaucracy, the Galactic Republic is crumbling. In the outlying systems, where the Trade Federation maintains a stranglehold on shipping routes, tensions are boiling over?while back in the comfort of Coruscant, the hub of civilized space and seat of the Republic government, few senators seem inclined to investigate the problem. And those who suspect Supreme Chancellor Valorum of having a hand in the machinations are baffled?especially when Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi foil an assassination attempt on the Chancellor.

With the crisis escalating, Valorum calls for an emergency trade summit. As humans and aliens gather, conspiracies sealed with large sums of money run rampant, and...

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Autor pragnie rozprawić się z tzw. 'wyborem mniejszego zła', a więc z problemem etycznym, dyskutowanym od stuleci przez wszelkich mędrców i demagogów, i ze zjawiskiem psychospołecznym, realizowanym od stuleci przez jednostki i każdą władzę, tak autokratyczną, jak demokratyczną. Cała akcja rozgrywa się w trakcie długiej i dramatycznej wieczerzy, w jednym pomieszczeniu, które staje się klatką bez wyjścia dla biesiadników. Cokolwiek nie zrobią zostaną skażeni grzechem. W tej powieści dominują kwestie uniwersalne, ale nie brak również analizy ściśle polskich problemów.<

Miał prostą dewizę: "Człowiek umiera, kiedy przyjdzie jego pora, lub kiedy się doigra!" Kochał giganta, jako lidera nowego imperium i hodował mikrusa, jako lidera nowej partii. Że nie zawsze wszystko idzie według planu – zrozumiał, kiedy pułkownik Heldbaum mu rzekł: – Umrzesz jak każdy, na tym polega demokracja…<

Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies. But he got much more than he bargained for....

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

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Merciless attacks by an invincible alien force have left the New Republic reeling. Dozens of worlds have succumbed to occupation or annihilation, and even the Jedi Knights have tasted defeat. In these darkest of times, the noble Chewbacca is laid to rest, having died as heroically as he lived--and a grief-stricken Han Solo is left to fit the pieces of his shattered soul back together before he loses everything: friends, family, and faith.

Refusing help from Leia or Luke, Han becomes the loner he once was, seeking to escape the pain of his partner's death in adventure . . . and revenge. When he learns that an old friend from his smuggling days is operating as a mercenary for the enemy, he sets out to expose the traitor. But Han's investigation uncovers an even greater evil: a sinister conspiracy aimed at the very heart of the New Republic's will and ability to fight--the Jedi.

Now Han must face down his inner demons and, with the help of a new and unexpected ally,...

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A string of smashing victories by the forces of the sinister aliens known as the Yuuzhan Vong has left New Republic resources and morale stretched to the breaking point. Leia Organa Solo, estranged from her husband, Han, oversees the evacuation of refugees on planets in the path of the merciless invaders. Luke Skywalker struggles to hold the fractious Jedi Knights together, even while one of them undertakes a bold but reckless undercover mission.

Manipulating their alliance with the amoral Hutts, the Yuuzhan Vong leave a cunning trail of vital information where New Republic agents are sure to find it--information the desperate defenders cannot afford to ignore: the location of the aliens' next target.

Then Han Solo stumbles into the dark heart of raging battle, thus beginning a furious race against time that will require every skill and trick in his arsenal to win...

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At long last, the New York Times bestselling series that launched the Star Wars saga into the next generation and into thrilling new territory reaches its spectacular finale. Side by side, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Leia Organa Solo, their children, and their comrades in the Galactic Alliance rally for their last stand against the enemy that threatens not only the galaxy, but the Force itself.

The Galactic Alliance's hard-won success in countering the Yuuzhan Vong onslaught has proven all too brief--and the tide has turned once more to the invaders' advantage. Having overcome the sabotage strategies of the Jedi and their allies, the marauding aliens have pushed deeper into the galaxy and subjugated more worlds in their ruthless quest for domination. Coruscant has been remade into a Yuuzhan Vong stronghold. The remnants of the resistance are struggling to form a united front. Luke, Mara, and Jacen are missing in action. Clearly the stage is set for...

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Product Description

Two years have passed since Jacen Solo, seduced by the dark side and reanointed as the brutal Sith Lord Darth Caedus, died at the hands of his twin sister, Jaina, Sword of the Jedi. For a grieving Han and Leia, the shadow of their son’s tragic downfall still looms large. But Jacen’s own bright and loving daughter, Allana, offers a ray of hope for the future as she thrives in her grandparents’ care. And when the eager, inquisitive girl, in whom the Force grows ever stronger, makes a curious discovery aboard her grandfather’s beloved spacecraft–the much-overhauled but ever-dependable Millennium Falcon–the Solo family finds itself at a new turning point, about to set out on an odyssey into uncertain territory, untold adventure, and unexpected rewards.
To Han, who knows every bolt, weld, and sensor of the Falcon as if they were parts of himself, the strange device Allana shows him is utterly alien. But its confounding presence–and Allana’s infectious desire to unravel its mystery–are impossible to dismiss. The only answer lies in backtracking into the past on a fact-finding expedition to retrace the people, places, and events in the checkered history of the vessel that’s done everything from making the Kessel Run “in less than twelve parsecs” to helping topple an evil empire.

From the moment the Falcon broke loose from a Corellian assembly line like an untamed creature with a will of its own, it seemed destined to seek out trouble. It wasn’t long before the feisty YT-1300 freighter went from shuttling cargo to smuggling contraband. But it‘s a fateful rendezvous on Coruscant, at the explosive height of the Republic/Separatist uprising, that launches a galaxywide cat-and-mouse game whose newest players are Han, Leia, Allana, and C-3PO. And they’ re not alone: Crime lords, galactic pirates, rogue politicians, and fortune hunters alike loom at every turn of the quest–each with his or her own desperate stake in the Millennium Falcon’s most momentous mission. Through the years and across the stars, from the Rim worlds to unknown points beyond, the race will lead them all to a final standoff for a prize some will risk everything to find–and pay any cost to possess.

Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

About the Author

James Luceno is the New York Times bestselling author of the Star Wars novels Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader, Cloak of Deception, Labyrinth of Evil, as well as the New Jedi Order novels Agents of Chaos I: Hero’s Trial and Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse, The Unifying Force, and the eBook Darth Maul: Saboteur. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland, with his wife and youngest child.

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Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! is a fun, illustrated guide to learning Haskell, a functional programming language that’s growing in popularity.

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Sometimes love just needs a little luck!

Jackson committed an unforgivable crime: he offended the supreme witch of all witches. Sentenced to ten years as a mortal - no warlock power, no magical metabolism, and no cash - Jackson can't believe his rotten luck. With no other choice, he gives mortal life a try. And then he meets Livy...

Jackson's the nice guy down the street. He rescues Livy's lost computer files, saves her crashed website, and regularly acts as her very own tech hero. He hasn't a clue she's been keeping secrets. Big secrets. Magical secrets. But then she's forced to grant him three wishes...

When their magical backgrounds collide, will their friendship survive — or become something better?

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Maybe more than any other generation, growing up in the 60s marked its progeny. Even if we didn’t participate in all the drugs, sex, and rock & roll, we knew it was happening. With our long hair, beards, beads, music, and braless tits we went out to change the world. Maybe we weren’t as successful as we wanted to be, but maybe we just didn’t use all the right methods. When we were standing on the pavement holding, maybe we should have been chanting spells around a fire as we did a naked spiral dance. That’s the world Wayne lives in. Your typical, everyday theatre student, he is drawn deeper into the pagan cult that draws its power from the earth and uses it to repair and heal. Of course, where there are good witches there are wicked witches. The whole thing just changes the battlefield.

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