“ANCIENT” на російській мові

The monsters of Ancient Greece and the atrocities of World War II, heroes and villains with their seers and sidekicks, and the stories of a thousand lifetimes all threaten to break free.

35Palaces of Ancient KingsAs the landing fields beside the Visonda Palace of Vespinarr drew close, Red Lin Feyn closed the blinds on each window.

Stephen DeasGOLLANCZLONDONTo alchemists and enchanters everywhereContentsCoverTitle PageDedicationThe Soap MakerBaros Tsen T’Varr1 Dhar Thosis2 Baros Tsen3 Hiding in Waiting4 The Writing Room5 The Godspike6 SilenceThe Lords of Vespinarr7 The Dark of Night8 Silence and the Dragon-queen9 Fire and Lightning10 The Regrettable Man11 The Spire of the WorldCrazy Mad12 The Desert13 The Elemental Men14 A Memory of Flames15 Things Lost and Things Found16 Shouting in the Wind17 Someone Always Dies18 Warlocks and Other Things Best Forgotten19 The Gold Dragon20 The Abyss21 In the BloodThe Arbiter22 The Arbiter23 A Matter of Blood24 The Collar of the Moon25 A Holy Trust26 Abyssal Powders27 Orders28 Dark Little Secrets29 ConsequencesBaros Tsen T’Varr30 Shifter Skin31 A Half-Remembered Place32 The Lair of Samim33 The Lords of Vespinarr34 The Queverra35 Palaces of Ancient Kings36 The Azahl Pillar37 The Gates of Xibaiya38 The Konsidar39 Best Not to Ask40 No Escape, Not Even for You41 Bronzehand42 The White-Faced Men43 DragonthiefChay-Liang44 Not the Quietest Night45 The Enemy of My Enemy46 Or Not, as the Case May Be47 A Hanging48 Hatchling Disease49 The Easy Way50 A Distant Sound of ThunderThe Dragon-queen and the Unmade God51 Blood and Dragons52 Silver King53 Old Wounds54 Stowaway55 The Secrets of the Queverra56 Fire and Lightning57 The Storm-Dark58 The Silence That Comes AfterEpilogueAcknowledgementsAlso by Stephen Deas from Gollancz:CopyrightCover his face so that he may not see the lightA half-god came to my realms centuries before I was born.

People used to use human-shaped caskets adorned with masks to preserve the body for all eternityPeter had read all about it in an old book called The Wisdom of Ancient Egypt.

And when the fire began to die she fed it her lecture notes, her painstakingly careful handwriting on the subject of Ancient Greece, she gave those to the fire too, and felt better, and better, with each lick of heat along the sharp white edges, curling them over, twisting them to ash.