Bøger af Greg McLeod

Everybody's on the run: Laurin the dwarf, sent on an improbable errand by a dead king, ends up with an assassin on his tail. Bryn of Bailon, heir to a dark and troubling secret, discovers there's no escaping the impossible burden that's about to be placed on his shoulders. And Rhea Redbreast, apprentice Headhunter, makes it onto her own guild's hit-list when she seeks justice for her parents' killers. But the real trouble is just beginning: shipwrecked on the frozen shores of the Ice Wastes, eternal victim Nudd Wiggin stumbles onto an ancient weapon and is turned into something more - and less - than human. As the cruel and devious King of Dunmark unleashes a war that quickly spreads to the neighboring kingdoms, a weaponized Nudd raises terror after terror, driving wave upon wave of desperate, battle-hardened Nordsmen south towards the war-torn kingdoms' borders.

On Vereld, the dark god's plans to bring the entire world to its knees are inexorably heading towards fruition. Vereld's only hope are the Redeemers: Anili, princess of a dead land and a lost people; Jon, fugitive from another world; and Orrin, heir to a stolen throne. The Redeemers, singled out by an autistic savant's prophecy to protect the world from ultimate destruction: desperately searching for possible allies in the coming battle, they are faced with ever mounting odds.Meanwhile, on Earth a cabal of powerful men have discovered a link to Vereld and sent an elite team to reconnoitre in preparation for conquering and subjugating a whole world to replace the one their greed is well on the way to destroying.But worse is yet to come, as an aeons-old, infinitely dangerous entity struggles to break free of its prison in the darkness between the stars.

On Vereld, a dark god rises from the grave to plunge the world into chaos and ruin. Named Redeemers by an autistic savant's prophecy, Anili, Jon, and Orrin soon discover that - apart from an ancient mage and a five year-old girl - they are all that stands between the world's continued existence and its ultimate destruction. On Earth, a cabal of powerful men have discovered a link to Vereld in secret Nazi archives. Now, they are preparing to take over a whole new world and suck it dry. But worse is yet to come, as an aeons-old, infinitely dangerous entity struggles to break free of its prison in the darkness beyond the stars.

Did you know that an ostrich can run faster than a horse and roar like a lion? Or that a narwhal's tusk is in fact a large front tooth? With charming and humourous illustrations from BAFTA-award-winning artist Greg McLeod, The Little Book of Amazing Animal Facts is an essential compendium of mind-blowing tales from the wild side.