David C. Smith Livres

“This Will Be a Quick War”Twenty years ago, Hanlin and Thorem fought side by side as mercenaries in the Border Wars, hired by rich landowners and the settled business interests to push the western frontier farther into lands held by the westlings—the kirangee, the People, who have lived there for untold generations.Now the business interests intend to encroach still farther on the territory held by the People. Hired by the wealthy Lady Sil of Tidon to assist in this enterprise, Thorem cannot convince Hanlin to join him on another campaign. Following the earlier battles, Hanlin had gone to live with the kirangee, learned some of their ways, married a kirangia woman—and has no interest in making war against them again.But Hanlin’s and Thorem’s destinies will nevertheless become entangled once more as both are drawn back to the frontier that saw their earlier glories—and failures.David C. Smith, recognized for a career spent writing sword-and-sorcery and weird fiction, here offers an insightful, often brutal modern novel that vividly brings to life the ferocious wills and dark hearts of the skilled mercenaries and the redoubtable kirangee. The People will raise the sorcery of their ancestors to defend their land at all costs, but Lady Sil will not be deterred, for as Thorem tells his old friend, “As mothers breed sons, the sons breed war.”

"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of dying in Coven House."It has stood outside a rural village in northwest Illinois for a century, a cursed farmhouse that seems as old as Time and as evil as icy Hell itself.Brought to life by a coven of flappers and fanatics, it has remained on earth as a haven for anyone who walks or crawls into it-fools, adventurers, lost souls all.Wealthy Curt Peterson disregards the stories surrounding Coven House as he seeks to communicate with his dead wife and daughter. He blames himself for their deaths and hopes that Coven House will allow him to be with them once more.With him are his new wife, Jill, a model, and her photographer, Eric Cullen, who is himself determined to document the ghosts and memories that still inhabit the old mansion.They will succeed.Coven House allows all who enter it to discover its secrets.Haunted horror in the tradition of Shirley Jackson and Richard Matheson."A compact, chillingly cerebral narrative. One of the scariest haunted houses ever."-Ken W. Faig, Jr.

Fascinating Tales from a Forgotten Era of Fantasy Fiction A resurrected sorcerer grants the wishes of the desperate men who have returned him to life-but in ways none of them anticipates. A prince makes a bargain with a barbarian criminal to travel into a lost world of violence and sorcery to save the life of a woman who may already be dead. Marauders who attack a city devoted to a great goddess suffer her strange curse when she answers the pleas of her dying priestess. The last survivors of an ancient continent confront evil at every step as they march beneath skies of endless darkness to reach the haven they hope will lead them to safety. These tales and a dozen more by fantasy and adventure author David C. Smith appear in this unique collection. Out of print for more than 40 years, these stories were first published in the days of limited-circulation fanzines-the only avenue for new work created by the generation of writers who grew up in the shadow of the pulp magazines. The paperback reprints of those pulp stories in the late 1960s and early 1970s encouraged an entire generation of young writers to enlarge on that tradition of popular American storytelling. Now they are in print once more for a new generation of fantasy fiction enthusiasts.

For the past five hundred years, the human Kingdom of Paks has been forged upon the ruins of a magical age of Magi. Bishop Kaiser is thrust onto the throne following the horrific murder of his parents. After years of its own wars, the Kingdom returns to peace, until a near fatal attack changes Bishop in a way that nobody can understand or explain. Bishop's new and aggressive persona sends the kingdom into turmoil and reignites war between the sects. The young Prince Farren finds himself caught between the love for his brother, and war. Farren is quickly forced out of his rambunctious, adolescent ways and struggles to gain strength to save his friends. The danger is far greater than everyone realizes, and it will take help from some very unexpected sources for Farren and Commander Coal Lucer to avert war, and worse; the coming of a new and dark age. Just as it was beginning to be thought of as legend, magic starts to flow once again in the land of Paks.

Nutrition in the Lower Metazoa contains the proceedings of a meeting held at the University of Caen, France on September 11-13, 1979. Organized into 14 chapters, this book begins with a discussion of the phagocytosis in Polycelis tenuis and adaptational aspects in feeding in freshwater triclads. Subsequent chapters explore selection in sponge feeding processes; nutrition in symbiotic Turbellaria; some effects of diet on the biology of the rotifers; and the role of nutrition in the establishment of the green hydra symbiosis. The phosphorus economy of the green hydra symbiosis and the nutrition of marine sponges are also explained.

Obávaná rudovlasá bojovnice tentokrát čelí temným kouzlům, jakož i temnotě ve své duši. Na vězeňském ostrově Os Harku existuje temná síla, živící se zlem lidí kolem. Démon z ostrova utíká a hledá cestu do pekel. Jeho lodi se během bouře zmocní vězňové z Os Harku. je zde také RudáSonja, která se pokusí postavit se mezi démona a peklenou bránu.

Obávaná rudovlasá bojovnice tentokrát čelí temným kouzlům, jakož i temnotě ve své duši. Na vězeňském ostrově Os Harku existuje temná síla, živící se zlem lidí kolem. Démon z ostrova utíká a hledá cestu do pekel. Jeho lodi se během bouře zmocní vězňové z Os Harku. je zde také Rudá Sonja, která se pokusí postavit se mezi démona a peklenou bránu.

Nevgan kráčel mezi umírajícími spolubojovníky, milosrdně přeřezával jejich sípající hrdla a rozbíjel vyhřezlé mozky. Byl ještě velmi mladý, ale již zažil stovky podobných obrovských bitev. Jeho chlapecká tvář byla plná šrámů a předčasných vrásek a jeho plnovous byl hrubý a neupravený. V mozolnatých, sukovitých rukou držel dlouhý meč a zamračenýma očima obhlížel pole, které bylo plné mrtvých, jejichž krev se vpíjela do mazlavého bláta.

Nach einem heimtückischen Angriff durch Kreaturen eines mächtigen Hexenmeisters liegt die einst blühende Stadt Suthad in Schutt und Asche. Die Überlebenden unter ihnen die Rote Sonja und an ihrer Seite ihr Kampfgefährte Lord Olin, ziehen aus, um den Gegner zu stellen, doch dieser meidet den offenen Kampf und lichtet ihre Reihen durch Magie, Wahnsinn und Tod, bis es Sonja gelingt, das Geheimnis des Rings von Ikribu zu lüften.

Sonja při obraně své cti zabije velitele zamorského vojenského oddílu. Rozzuření vojáci Sonju pronásledují a ona prchá do pouště. Nalézá útočiště v neznámém městě, které se však ukáže být pastí. Město terorizují démoni a pro Sonju začíná boj o život.