Debra Doyle, titulaire d'un doctorat en littérature anglaise, écrit en collaboration avec James Macdonald de nombreux romans de science-fiction et de fantasy. Leurs œuvres communes plongent dans des mondes complexes, explorant des thèmes qui résonnent profondément chez les lecteurs. La formation académique de Doyle apporte une profondeur et une précision savantes à leur narration, créant des intrigues complexes au sein d'univers richement imaginés.
Pour sauver le royaume de Carnouguel, Randal, Lys et Walter doivent faire vite. Le sorcier Madoc les guide jusqu'au pays des elfes, d'où ils libèrent Diamante, dernière héritière du trône. Randal revient au château de Doun avec la princesse, qui disparaît bientôt mystérieusement. La résistance contre Hugo de Rocourt, près d'usurper le pouvoir, s'intensifie. Le puissant sorcier Vamart et sa horde de démons sont aussi de la partie la survie de Carnouguel ne tient plus qu'à un fil...
Doyle's important book reveals why the war was more than a domestic quarrel it was also a geopolitical event that shook the global balance of power. - Foreign Affairs
Where On Earth? is the perfect learning companion to help all school children get to grips with discovering the world around them.
Previously published as: Circle of Magic: Danger in the palace.
Ahead of its time on its original publication, an award-winning dark medieval fantasy perfect for contemporary tastes.
The Fifth Book of Mageworlds:Welcome to Khesat, glittering jewel of the Central Worlds. Khesat, where decadence is an art form and intrigue is a way of life--and where, more than twenty years after the end of the Second Magewar, power struggles within the ruling family threaten both the Mageworlds and the Republic.The Khesatan crisis has broken the spaceways apart, reviving old alliances and buried rivalries. Warring factions, criminal guilds, and supranormal forces all have their eyes turned toward Jens Metadi-Jessan D'Rosselin, only child to the scapegrace brother of the current--and childless--Highest of Khesat. Whoever controls the heir controls Khesat, and whoever controls Khesat controls the galaxy.Jens doesn't know that he's the first item on a long roll-call of agendas. He's off to see the galaxy in company with his cousin Faral. They're looking for excitement and adventure. Before the dust settles, they'll get more of both than they bargained for...And the civilized galaxy may never be the same again.
Arekhon sus-Khalgath, a young member of one of the most powerful starship building clans, joins the quest of the strongest Mage-circle to rediscover the lost human worlds.
The purpose of this book is to demonstrate viable alternatives to the current US plan to modernise or replace its full triad of air-, land- and sea-based nuclear weapons.
This book features 20 exciting activities to help you develop your superhero powers. Choose your superhero name, discover your superpower, make your own superhero costume and gadgets, and much more!
Elizabeth Anscombe's Modern Moral Philosophy and The First Person have become touchstones of analytic philosophy but their significance remains controversial or misunderstood. James Doyle offers a fresh interpretation of Anscombe's theses about ethical reasoning and individual identity that reconciles seemingly incompatible points of view.