At the end of her bestselling "Coldfire" trilogy, C.S. Friedman challenged readers to imagine what a world would be like if sorcery required the ultimate sacrifice-that of life itself. Now, in "Feast of Souls," she introduces us to a terrifying world in which the cost of magic is just that...in which the fuel for sorcery is the very fire of the human spirit, and those who hunge...(展开全部)

A new trilogy of epic adventure from one of the finest writers in modern fantasy C.S. Friedman, acclaimed author of The Coldfire Trilogy, returns to the epic style which has made her one of the most popular fantasy writers in the genre. In this first book of the trilogy, Friedman introduces readers to a world of high fantasy, replete with vampire-like magical powers, erotic int...(展开全部)

Follow Lois McMaster Bujold, one of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, to a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons -- as a royal dowager, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.</p>

In this founding work in the literature of black protest, first published in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963) eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. He also charges that the strategy of accommodation to white supremacy would only serve to perpetuate black oppression. Essential reading for...(展开全部)

路易丝·麦克马斯特·比约德是世界顶级的科幻和奇幻文学作家，1949年11月2日出生于美国俄亥俄州。1986年她以《荣誉的碎片》一书杀入文坛，这是红极一时的科幻小说“迈尔斯系列”的第一部。2002年开始，主要从事奇幻文学的创造，著有《精神指环》、《查里昂的诅咒》、《灵魂骑士》、《圣猎》等。 她是名副其实的“获奖专业户”，曾五次获得“雨果奖”、两次获得“星云奖”——两项被视为世界最高级别的科幻奇幻文学奖，创造了一个奇迹。 《灵魂骑士》是比约德奇幻文学的代表作之一，斩获了2004年度“雨果最佳长篇小说奖”。

埃马纽埃尔•勒华拉杜里，1973年起担任法兰西学院近代文明史讲席教授，出版过《蒙塔尤》、《朗格多克史》、《历史学家的领地》和《巴黎-蒙彼利埃》等著作。

美国著名科幻作家，曾获西海岸图书评论金奖、汉米尔顿-布拉克特纪念奖及坎贝尔奖和雨果奖多次提名。除此之外，他还是著名的科幻活动组织者、评论家和编辑。 乔克的作品大都场面宏大，纵横宇宙，以阐述各种文明的起源、变化和发展见长，显示出奔放不羁的想象力。与之相应，其情节也常常打破一般科幻小说的俗套，别出机杼，却又合情合理。在人物塑造方面，乔克创造了一种极有特点的手法：让笔下人物的身体发生巨大变异，以凸显其性格中的某个侧面。这一创作手法启发和影响了许多科幻、奇幻作家。 本书是乔克最著名的作品，甫一出版，即大获成功。之后，作者以同样的设定为背景，又陆续创作了多部小说，构成一个完整的《灵魂之井》系列。

Entered by a thousand unsuspected gateways -- built by a race lost in the clouds of time -- the planet its dwellers called the Well World turned beings of every kind into something else. There spacefarer Nathan Brazil found himself companioned by a batman, an amorous female centaur and a mermaid -- all once as human as he. Yet Nathan Brazil's metamorphosis was more terrifying ...(展开全部)