Barbara Hambly Livres

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here . At the turn of the twentieth century, a former spy is called into service to hunt down a vampire killer... Once a spy for Queen Victoria, James Asher has fought for Britain on every continent, using his quick wits to protect the Empire at all costs. After years of grueling service, he marries and retires to a simple academic’s life at Oxford. But his peace is shattered one night with the arrival of a Spanish vampire named Don Simon. Don Simon can disappear into fog, move faster than the eye can see, and immobilize Asher—and his young bride—with a wave of his hand. Asher is at his mercy, and has no choice but to give his help. Because someone is killing the vampires of London, and James Asher must find out who—before he becomes a victim himself. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Barbara Hambly, including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Sa liberté, Benjamin Janvier n'y aurait pas renoncé pour un empire. Même si, dans la Louisiane de ce début du XIXe siècle, il reste à la merci des Blancs, ses papiers lui donnent droit à une existence décente. Un luxe aux yeux des Créoles de La Nouvelle-Orléans, pour qui l'esclavage n'est que l'ordre des choses... Et si Simon Fourchet, son ancien maître, lui offre cinq cents dollars, c'est uniquement pour qu'il découvre qui cherche à l'assassiner. Qui, parmi les centaines d'âmes que possède ce riche propriétaire cruel et sans scrupules, a multiplié sabotages et attentats à Mon Triomphe ? Pour démasquer le coupable, mais surtout pour éviter le massacre de ses frères de couleur, Benjamin va devoir replonger dans l'enfer de la plantation...

" L'été à La Nouvelle-Orléans, au début du siècle dernier. Comme chaque année, la fièvre jaune attaque. Benjamin Janvier, chirurgien noir, parcourt la ville secouée par les spasmes mortels de la maladie. Mais les barrières entre les races ne sont pas pour autant abolies. Au contraire. Tous les diables sont lâchés. La disparition d'une esclave noire, Cora Chouteau, provoque l'effervescence dans ce monde étouffant. Elle servait la riche madame Redfern, une Blanche. Et Benjamin Janvier a osé aider Cora... L'Américaine Barbara Hambly nous plonge dans l'univers torride de la Louisiane des années 1830. La culture et la langue françaises y étaient encore dominantes. Le dénouement est terrifiant: l'épidémie de fièvre dans l'été n'est rien à côté des raffinements cruels d'une société raciste. " Yves Viollier, La Vie

When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands to find John Aversin, Dragonsbane -- the only living man ever to slay a dragon. In return for the promise of the King to send help to the Winterlands, Aversin agreed to attempt the nearly impossible feat again. With them, to guard them on the haunted trip south, went Jenny Waynest, a half-taught sorceress and mother of Aversin's sons. But at the decadent Court, nothing was as expected. Rebellion threatened the land. Zyerne, a sorceress of seemingly unlimited power, held the King under an evil spell, and he refused to see them. Meantime, the dragon fed well on the knights who had challenged him. In the end, Aversin, Jenny, and Gareth had to steal away at night to challenge Morkeleb, largest and wisest of dragons. But that was only the beginning of the perils they must face.

3000 years before, the monstrous Dark had sprung from loathsome underground lairs to destroy most of humanity. Now they were again ravening and ruining in their blood-hunger. To defeat the savage horror, they must gain help from the Hidden City of Quo, to which all other wizards had been summoned.

After a year of magical combat, the world is in ruins, and the few surviving wizards, including two stranded Californians, must take to the offensive Since the Dark Ones returned, the world has been laid to waste. The land’s wizards have been slaughtered, its cities destroyed, and its people scattered in terror, and few have witnessed more of the destruction than Rudy and Gil—two ordinary Californians who found their way across the Void, and took up arms in defense of a strange and magical world. She learned the ways of war, while he found within himself the powers of a great wizard. Both of them will need all their strength to survive this final challenge. Ingold, the master wizard, has devised a spell to hide the user from the deathly stare of the Dark, and he intends to use it to strike at their very heart. Finally, Rudy, Gil, and the rest of mankind’s survivors will take the offensive, bringing an end to this terrible war, for better or for worse.

The thundering conclusion to Barbara Hambly's landmark quartet, The Winterlands, Dragonstar is a riot of magic, demons and dragons that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.

1840. When Eve Russell vanishes into thin air, her frantic parents call on free man of color Benjamin January for help. Did the teenager run away - or was she kidnapped? The answer lies in distant New York, a hotbed of new religions, of human circuses . and of dangerous slave traders. If January uncovers the truth, will he ever get home to tell it?

Entering Texas, the "Slaveholders' Republic", in 1840 as a black man is a risky business. They are putting their life at risk, which is exactly what Benjamin January needs to do when he is tasked with locating a kidnapped girl. During his search he is saved from the noose by the wife of a wealthy ranch owner, who soon needs January's help herself.

New Orleans, 1840. Benjamin January has little use for politicians, but when a giant rally is planned to stir up support for the Whig presidential candidate, he finds himself intrigued. Trouble is brewing though, both political and romantic, and soon January finds himself investigating a murder ... with an innocent woman's life on the line.