" Lowic et sa soeur Iseult sont deux jeunes serfs évadés dans une Bretagne médiévale fantastique. Ils ont un an et un jour, du mois de Duir de leur évasion à celui de l'année suivante, pour être libres et découvrir le secret du chêne qui aurait pu sauver leur mère et que détient une certaine Bloddued la Borgne. "

" La déesse Aditi, mère du monde, et le dieu Loki, seigneur du chaos, jouent aux cartes le destin du monde de Tyrst, un jeune forgeron dont dépend l'issue de la guerre entre le roi blanc et la reine des tours de cristal. Tyrst et ses amis se battent pour la paix et la cohabitation pacifique des différentes races peuplant leur terre sans savoir que tout sera vain si Aditi perd la partie. "

Une âme pour se libérer, une âme pour se venger... Elver est la gardienne de la forêt des Jihs, un territoire dangereux, peuplé de monstres. Sauvée de la mort par la Reine Serpent lorsqu'elle était plus jeune, sa peau empoisonne désormais quiconque la touche. Artaïr vit reclus depuis des années dans un monastère lorsqu'une mission terrible l'oblige à affronter Elver au coeur de la forêt. Mais leur confrontation prend un tour inattendu, car Elver découvre qu'Artaïr est insensible à son don mortel. Et pour cause, Artaïr n'est pas un humain comme les autres : il est un Sans-Sommeil, condamné, la nuit, à partager son âme avec un autre esprit que le sien, un esprit maléfique. C'est Lucian qui prend possession de son corps pendant qu'Artaïr dort, et cet esprit est déterminé à manipuler Elver pour servir ses sombres desseins. Mais Elver a elle-même ses secrets et ses propres raisons de feindre une alliance avec les deux âmes du jeune homme.

Une âme pour se libérer, une âme pour se venger... Elver est la gardienne de la forêt des Jihs, un territoire dangereux, peuplé de monstres. Sauvée de la mort par la Reine Serpent lorsqu'elle était plus jeune, sa peau empoisonne désormais quiconque la touche. Artaïr vit reclus depuis des années dans un monastère lorsqu'une mission terrible l'oblige à affronter Elver au coeur de la forêt. Mais leur confrontation prend un tour inattendu, car Elver découvre qu'Artaïr est insensible à son don mortel. Et pour cause, Artaïr n'est pas un humain comme les autres : il est un Sans-Sommeil, condamné, la nuit, à partager son âme avec un autre esprit que le sien, un esprit maléfique. C'est Lucian qui prend possession de son corps pendant qu'Artaïr dort, et cet esprit est déterminé à manipuler Elver pour servir ses sombres desseins. Mais Elver a elle-même ses secrets et ses propres raisons de feindre une alliance avec les deux âmes du jeune homme.

The third quarter of 'War and Peace' is where the rubber really hits the road (or the cannonballs hit the walls). The story centres on one of history's most famous periods, Napoleon's March on Moscow. The leading characters are involved in plotting Russia's tactics, fighting on the front - or guarding their estates against the expected overrunning by French soldiers. Tolstoy evocatively describes the futile slaughter of war, in some of literature's most dramatic chapters ever written. He also brings Napoleon to life as he arrows in on the famous general. At the end of the Battle of Borodino, two of the main characters are missing, presumed dead. It is a real cliffhanger for 'War and Peace IV'. Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece is a complete semester of Russian and French history, using the zoom button to focus on its impact on families from the aristocracy to the peasants. It paints a picture of petty jealousy, pride and forbidden love in the Russian stately homes. If you like costume dramas and the novels of Jane Austen ('Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility'), this is the granddaddy of them all. The same goes for fans of Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' novels and TV series', starring Sean Bean. 'War and Peace' was made into a BBC TV series in 2016, written by Andrew Davies and starring Lily James and James Norton. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian author, a master of realistic fiction and one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy's major works include 'War and Peace' (1865-69) and 'Anna Karenina' (1875-77), two of the greatest novels of all time and pinnacles of realist fiction. Beyond novels, he wrote many short stories and later in life also essays and plays. In the years following the publication of 'War and Peace' Tolstoy - who was born to a Russian aristocratic family - had a spiritual awakening that made him a committed Christian anarchist and pacifist. His philosophy inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Moscow is lost, occupied by Napoleon's French hordes. Is Russia lost? Is all lost? Students of history will already know the answer. But whether or not you do, Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace IV' is an extraordinary and epic telling of what happened next. Through the eyes of the Russian soldier-aristocrat Pierre, we see mercy and inhumanity behind the lines. He even embarks on a plot to assassinate Napoleon. Spoiler alert: he failed. On the home front, the strands are tied together with death, marriage and hope. But will there be a happy ending after 15 years and 1,000 pages? Leo Tolstoy's masterpiece is a complete semester of Russian and French history, using the zoom button to focus on its impact on families from the aristocracy to the peasants. It paints a picture of petty jealousy, pride and forbidden love in the Russian stately homes. If you like costume dramas and the novels of Jane Austen ('Pride and Prejudice', 'Sense and Sensibility'), this is the granddaddy of them all. The same goes for fans of Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe' novels and TV series', starring Sean Bean. 'War and Peace' was made into a BBC TV series in 2016, written by Andrew Davies and starring Lily James and James Norton. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian author, a master of realistic fiction and one of the world's greatest novelists. Tolstoy's major works include 'War and Peace' (1865-69) and 'Anna Karenina' (1875-77), two of the greatest novels of all time and pinnacles of realist fiction. Beyond novels, he wrote many short stories and later in life also essays and plays. In the years following the publication of 'War and Peace' Tolstoy - who was born to a Russian aristocratic family - had a spiritual awakening that made him a committed Christian anarchist and pacifist. His philosophy inspired Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

First published in 1920 `When the King Loses His Head & Other Stories' is a short story collection form the renowned Russian author Leonid Andreyev. Some of the best-known stories in the collection include `Lazarus', an exploration of how Lazarus really felt upon returning from the grave, an interpretation of Judas's personality and motives in `Judas Escariot' and the evocative `Dies Irae'. With prominent religious themes and inspiration, this is a collection which explores the human condition and relationship with fate. A fascinating introduction to the Russian author. Leonid Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. Born in the city of Oryol, Andreyev studied law in Moscow and St Petersburg. He went on to become a police court-reporter but continued to write poetry in his spare time. His first short story was published in 1898, and Andreyev's literary fame quickly grew after the 1901 publication of his first short story collection. Widely regarded as the father of Russian expressionism, Andreyev's works are often haunting, dark, pessimistic, and controversial. His body of work includes two novels, five novellas and a number of short stories and plays. The most well-known of them include the story `The Seven Who Were Hanged', ghost story, `Lazarus', the play `Tsar Hunger', and his novel `Sashka Zhegulev'. He died in Finland in 1919.