Military

Syl, an archmage who tirelessly fought the monsters spilling from the magical Gates and Towers, yearns for a life free from the chaos of battle. When he is assigned to an Aurian magic academy to guard an undercover princess, he is happy to be no more than an unremarkable class three student with dismal practical scores. Right up until people start trying to kill them both.

For three long years, the militant Chleuh have occupied the Kingdom of Quimper and its great capital, Lutesse. Times are hard since they won the war. There’s not much food or fuel—the Chleuh take anything that isn’t nailed down. People in Lutesse have terrible choices to make. Do they go along with the Chleuh and try to make the best of a bad situation? Or do they try to fight back, hoping the occupation can’t last forever?

Marak is a sixteen-year-old farmer's son, innocent and ignorant—he spends his days working in the fields, dreaming of ruling the world. When Sir Renatir, a wandering knight, agrees to take Marak on as his squire, Marak is thrust into a world of shadow and violence. He soon finds himself in an unfamiliar city, where a mysterious figure known as the exarch is gathering power.

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Kulisse eines fiktiven Dritten Weltkriegs: Juli 1985 – die Truppen des Warschauer Pakts rollen über die innerdeutsche Grenze und lösen damit den Dritten Weltkrieg aus. Fortan tobt auf den Schlachtfeldern Europas ein erbitterter Kampf um die Vorherrschaft über den Kontinent. Von den vordersten Frontlinien bis zu den letzten Verteidigungsstellungen: Schlachtfeld Deutschland erzählt die Geschichte mutiger NATO-Soldaten, die sich der unaufhaltsamen sowjetischen Kriegsmaschinerie entgegenstellen.

War looms over Sanctuary in the fifth Thieves' World® anthology compiled by the New York Times–bestselling author of the Phule's Company series. The invasion by the Beysibs, an amphibious humanoid race, brings unusual prosperity to the city of Sanctuary. But underneath the glittering façade lies a ticking time bomb, for the nefarious residents of Sanctuary don't take kindly to an invasion—well-meaning or otherwise.