New Releases by Max Gladstone

The gorgeous, enthralling hardcover deluxe edition of the bestselling Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award–winning sci-fi novella spanning time and space about two time-traveling rivals who fall in love and must change the past to ensure their future. Including new cover art, sprayed edges, colored endpapers, and a foil stamped three-piece case. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandment finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, becomes something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future. Except the discovery of their bond would mean the death of each of them. There’s still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win. That’s how war works, right? Cowritten by two beloved and award-winning sci-fi writers, This Is How You Lost the Time War is an “exquisitely crafted tale” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that spans time and space. Now fans can rejoice with the beautiful new design, which perfectly complements the novella’s breathtaking exploration of time travel, heart-pounding romance, and the intense rivalry that spans across the ages.

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War.... Great powers clash and epic action unfolds in book three of the Craft Wars series. The time until the endtimes is ticking away. If the world has any hope to survive, it must come together now. The foundations of the world are quaking. Markets crash and cities burn as a new god struggles to be born. Ancient hunters skitter across space, eager and hungry. Dark forces conspire to undermine that could stand in their way. Divided, the world of the craft is certain to fall. In Alt Coulomb, the great powers of the world gather in conference. Empires, divinities, and corporate concerns take seats at the table. Untold wealth and inexhaustible might is on offer, but coalition will not come easily. Can these forces come together to save the world? And if they do, what parts of it will they choose to save, and for whom? Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. Three Parts Dead 2. Two Serpents Rise 3. Full Fathom Five 4. Last First Snow 5. Four Roads Cross 6. Ruin of Angels The Craft Wars 1. Dead Country 2. Wicked Problems Last Exit Empress of Forever This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Die Götterkriege haben die Stadt Alikand in Trümmer gelegt. Heute, anderthalb Jahrhunderte und viele Bauaufträge später, erhebt sich an ihrer Stelle Agdel Lex. Tote Gottheiten übersäen die umliegende Wüste, Gassen verschieben sich, wenn die Menschen gerade mal nicht hinsehen, ein krakenähnlicher Turm dominiert die Skyline, und die mysteriöse Iskari-Gleichrichtungsbehörde sorgt für strenge Ordnung in der einst unabhängigen Stadt – während sich in den ständig wechselnden Gassen Schatzsucher, Kriminelle, Kampfbibliothekare, Albtraumkünstler, Engel, Dämonen, enteignete Ritter, Studenten und andere Verrückte auf der Suche nach dem nächsten großen Coup tummeln. Priesterin und Investmentbankerin Kai Pohala (zuletzt gesichtet in Fünf Faden Tief) kommt in die Stadt, um sich den Löwenanteil an der aufkeimenden Albtraum-Startup-Szene von Agdel Lex zu sichern und ihre Schwester Ley zu besuchen. Dabei erfährt sie, dass Ley in einen dubiosen und brandgefährlichen Deal verwickelt ist und sie alles daran setzen muss, ihre Schwester zu finden, bevor es die Behörden tun. Doch Ley hat ihre eigenen Pläne, die ihre Ex-Freundin, einen waghalsigen Raubüberfall in der von herumspukenden Göttern befallenen Wüste und vielleicht die Freiheit einer besetzten Stadt einschließen. Denn es ist nicht ausgeschlossen, dass Alikand doch nicht völlig tot ist – und es gibt Kräfte, die genau das um jeden Preis erreichen wollen ...

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War. Gods and lawyers battle for the soul of the world in the action-packed second volume of Max Gladstone''s Craft Wars, an epic fantasy like no other. A deadly force has been unleashed into the world. With apocalypse on the horizon, a girl and a god have joined in order to turn back the coming end. Young, brash, and desperate, they are willing to destroy anything and everything that stands between them and their goals. The structures of the Craft are theirs to overturn, with billions of lives in the balance. And it is all Tara Abernathy’s fault. The battle for the world of the Craft is heating up. A dead god will rise. A mountain will fall. Ancient fire will be stolen. And while Tara races to stop Dawn’s plans, the end draws ever closer, skittering across the stars to swallow the world. The Craft Wars enter their second stage in Wicked Problems. Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. Three Parts Dead 2. Two Serpents Rise 3. Full Fathom Five 4. Last First Snow 5. Four Roads Cross 6. Ruin of Angels The Craft Wars 1. Dead Country 2. Wicked Problems Last Exit Empress of Forever This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

An original collection of interwoven short stories set in the Wild Cards universe, where an alien virus mutates some and grants superpowers to others, created by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones An alien virus ravages the world, with effects as random as a hand of cards. Those infected either draw the black queen and die, draw an ace and receive superpowers, or draw the joker and are bizarrely mutated. Croyd Crenson is the Wild Card’s greatest failure—and its greatest success. Dubbed “The Sleeper,” he randomly undergoes hibernations that can span days, weeks, or even months. After each hibernation, he awakens with a new appearance and set of powers—sometimes a joker, sometimes an ace, and sometimes a combination of both—until exhaustion claims him and his next inevitable sleep shuffles the cards anew. Ever since his initial infection in 1946, he’s awoken in a singular body—until now. His latest awakening has left him split into six different incarnations, each of them a self-contained piece of the original and each with a unique look and ability. One of them, at least, recognizes this for the disaster that it is, and tasks the clever and elusive Tesla—a joker with ace powers—to locate and gather the remaining five versions of himself before sleep claims them again and leaves Croyd permanently fractured. What follows is a journey through Croyd’s long and colorful life, through the lens of some who have encountered the world’s most unusual wild carder. And as Tesla delves deeper into the investigation, he’ll have to work fast, because not every Croyd is as amiable as the first—and they’ll do whatever it takes to survive. Featuring stories from: Christopher Rowe • Carrie Vaughn • Cherie Priest • William F. Wu • Walter Jon Williams • Stephen Leigh • Mary Anne Mohanraj • Max Gladstone • Edited by George R. R. Martin • Assisted by Melinda M. Snodgrass

Teil 5 des ungewöhnlichen Genremixes von Ausnahmeautor Max Gladstone. Die so ungewöhnliche wie großartige Stadt Alt Coulumb steckt in einer echten Glaubenskrise. Die längst für tot gehaltene Mondgöttin Seril ist zurück - und die Menschen in Alt Coulumb sind nicht besonders glücklich über diese göttliche Wiederkehr.

Vierzig Jahre nach den Götterkriegen trägt die Stadt Dresediel Lex weiterhin die Narben der Befreiung - vor allem in einem Armenviertel, das noch immer unter den maroden Edikten der gefallenen Götter steht. Solange die göttlichen Schutzwälle bestehen, wird jede Entwicklung im Keim erstickt - sollten sie hingegen versagen, werden Dämonen auf die Stadt losgelassen.

Epistolarna opowieść SF. Red i Blue podróżują tam i z powrotem w czasie, zmieniając historię wielu wszechświatów w imieniu swoich, walczących ze sobą, imperiów. Wiedząc o sobie nawzajem, zostawiają sobie tajne wiadomości – początkowo szydercze, ale stopniowo rozwijające się we flirt, a następnie w miłość. Kiedy dowódca Red wykrywa interakcję między Red i Blue, zmusza Red do wysłania Blue wiadomości, która ją zabije. Po śmierci Blue Red podróżuje w czasie do dzieciństwa Blue, aby zapewnić jej odporność na zatrutą wiadomość, by pozwolić jej przeżyć.

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War. Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point to Max Gladstone''s beloved fantasy epic. BOOK ONE OF THE CRAFT WARS SERIES Since her village chased her out with pitchforks, Tara Abernathy has resurrected gods, pulled down monsters, averted wars, and saved a city, twice. She thought she''d left her dusty little hometown forever. But that was before her father died. As she makes her way home to bury him, she finds a girl, as powerful and vulnerable and lost as she once was. Saving her from raiders twisted by the God Wars, Tara changes the course of the world. Dead Country is the first book in the Craft Wars Series, a tight sequence of novels that will bring the sprawling saga of the Craft to its end, and the perfect entry point to this incomparable world. Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. Three Parts Dead 2. Two Serpents Rise 3. Full Fathom Five 4. Last First Snow 5. Four Roads Cross 6. Ruin of Angels The Craft Wars 1. Dead Country 2. Wicked Problems Last Exit Empress of Forever This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Bleu et Rouge, deux combattants ennemis d''une étrange guerre temporelle, s''engagent dans une correspondance interdite, à travers les époques et les champs de bataille. Ces lettres, ne pouvant être lues qu''une seule fois, deviennent peu à peu le refuge de leurs doutes et de leurs rêves. De leurs échanges naît peu à peu un amour fragile et dangereux, qu''il leur faudra préserver envers et contre tout.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Hugo-, Nebula- und Locus-Award - und jetzt ein globales Twitter-Phänomen! Zwei Feindinnen in einer Zeit des Krieges. Verbotene Nachrichten, heimlich ausgetauscht auf den verlassenen Schlachtfeldern. Und eine ganz große Liebe, die Raum und Zeit überwindet. Amal El-Mohtar und Max Gladstone verbinden in diesem Kurzroman in wunderbar poetischer Sprache eine weltumspannende Zeitreisegeschichte mit einem Liebesroman in Briefform. »Dieses Buch hat einfach alles – ein wahres Feuerwerk!« Madeline Miller, Autorin von »Ich bin Circe« und »Das Lied des Achill«

Band 2 der Kunstwirker-Chronik. Schattendämonen verpesten das Wasserreservoir der Stadt, und Caleb Altemoc - Gelegenheitsspieler und professioneller Risikomanager – erhält den Auftrag, den Schaden zu beseitigen. Am Tatort trifft er dabei auf die so verführerische wie clevere Crazy Mal, die ihm behände den Rang abläuft. Doch Dämonen und hübsche Frauen sind nicht die einzigen Herausforderungen, denen sich Caleb stellen muss.

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War. In Last Exit, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Max Gladstone weaves American myths—the muscle car, the open road, the white-hatted cowboy—into a deeply emotional tale. When Zelda and her friends first met, in college, they believed they had all the answers. They had figured out a big secret about how the world worked and they thought that meant they could change things. They failed. One of their own fell, to darkness and rot. Ten years later, they''ve drifted apart, building lives for themselves, families, fortunes. All but Zelda. She''s still wandering the backroads of the nation. She''s still fighting monsters. She knows: the past isn''t over. It''s not even past. The road''s still there. The rot''s still waiting. They can''t hide from it any more. Because, at long last, their friend is coming home. And hell is coming with her. “A novel carved by hand out of salt and rock and bone. This is what the Great American Novel wishes it could be: honest, furious, in love.”—Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Amal El-Mohtar “[A] deliriously strange novel of alternate universes and dysfunctional explorers. This gloriously metaphysical adventure will stick with you long after you return to the so-called real world.”—Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. Three Parts Dead 2. Two Serpents Rise 3. Full Fathom Five 4. Last First Snow 5. Four Roads Cross 6. Ruin of Angels The Craft Wars 1. Dead Country 2. Wicked Problems Last Exit Empress of Forever This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Die Götterkriege sind vorüber - und das ist, was uns bleibt. Ein Gott ist gestorben, und nun muss ihn Tara, frischgebackene Mitarbeiterin der Kunstwirkerfirma Kelethres, Albrecht und Ao, wieder zum Leben erwecken, bevor seine Stadt untergeht. Ihr Klient ist kein geringerer als Kos persönlich, der kürzlich verstorbene Feuergott der Stadt Alt Coulumb. Ohne ihn würden die Dampfgeneratoren der Metropole ausfallen, die Züge nicht mehr fahren und die vier Millionen Bürger beginnen zu randalieren. Taras muss Kos wieder auferstehen lassen, bevor das Chaos ausbricht. Ihre einzige Hilfe ist Abelard, ein kettenrauchender Priester des toten Gottes, der verständlicherweise gerade mitten in einer Glaubenskrise steckt. Als Tara und Abelard entdecken, dass Kos ermordet wurde, begeben sie sich auf eine brandgefährliche Suche nach der Wahrheit, die alles und jeden in tödliche Gefahr bringt. Cyberpunk-Fantasy im allerbesten Sinne!

El dios de fuego Kos ha muerto. La llama perpetua que daba calor y electricidad a la ciudad Alt Coulumb —una enorme metrópoli de imponentes pirámides y torres de vidrio negro que arañan el cielo— se ha extinguido. Sin su protección, los generadores de energía colapsarán y cuatro millones de personas se amotinarán. Sus sacerdotes llaman entonces a Kelethras, Albrecht y Ao, una de las firmas de hechicería más prestigiosas del mundo, para que resuelva los posibles litigios que se deriven de los múltiples contratos de poder que la Iglesia ha firmado en nombre del dios. A la ciudad llega Elayne, una de las más famosas socias de la firma, junto con Tara, una joven bruja con un enorme potencial. Cuando Tara y Elayne descubran que Kos en realidad fue asesinado, ¿serán capaces de presentar un caso convincente ante las cortes de Alt Coulumb y resucitar al dios antes de que el caos se imponga? Situada en un mundo espectacularmente fantástico donde los abogados son también hechiceros, las almas son moneda de cambio y los dioses gobiernan ciudades, The Craft Sequence presenta una fantasía urbana en la que tiene lugar una lucha épica por la construcción de una sociedad más justa.

Vencedor dos prêmios Hugo, Nebula e Locus. Uma história que atravessa tempo e espaço para narrar o destino de duas viajantes do tempo rivais que se apaixonam e precisam mudar o passado para garantir um futuro juntas. Entre as cinzas de um mundo em ruínas, uma soldada encontra uma carta que diz: Queime antes de ler. E assim tem início uma correspondência improvável entre duas agentes de facções rivais travando uma guerra através do tempo e espaço para assegurar o melhor futuro para seus respectivos times. E então, o que começa como uma provocação se transforma em algo mais. Um romance épico que põe em jogo o passado e o futuro. Se elas forem descobertas, o destino será a morte. Ainda há uma guerra sendo travada, afinal. E alguém precisa vencer. “Uma mistura de romance epistolar com uma genial aventura de ficção científica, essa história é deslumbrante, cheia de significados, causas e efeitos, tecnologias imaginativas e intrincados jogos de palavras. Extraordinário.” — Publishers Weekly

HUGO AWARD WINNER: BEST NOVELLA NEBULA AND LOCUS AWARDS WINNER: BEST NOVELLA ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. In the ashes of a dying world, Red finds a letter marked “Burn before reading. Signed, Blue.” So begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents in a war that stretches through the vast reaches of time and space. Red belongs to the Agency, a post-singularity technotopia. Blue belongs to Garden, a single vast consciousness embedded in all organic matter. Their pasts are bloody and their futures mutually exclusive. They have nothing in common—save that they’re the best, and they’re alone. Now what began as a battlefield boast grows into a dangerous game, one both Red and Blue are determined to win. Because winning’s what you do in war. Isn’t it? A tour de force collaboration from two powerhouse writers that spans the whole of time and space.

A covert mission in Shanghai reunites Kusanagi with a wartime rival amid shifting loyalties. The infiltration of an anti-cyberization cult calls for Section 9’s most “human” members to do things the old-fashioned way. A deep dive into the mind of a criminal forces Kusanagi to question the nature of imagination – and her own identity. The stories in Global Neural Network bring a 21st-century perspective to its questions of human identity and the border between mind and machine that made The Ghost in the Shell one of the most revered manga of all time, and unleash top Western comics artists on eye-popping action scenes starring Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Aramaki, and all the members of Section 9! Original stories by: * Alex de Campi (Twisted Romance) & Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet) * Brenden Fletcher (Gotham Academy, Motor Crush) & LRNZ (Golem) * Genevieve Valentine (Mechanique, Icon), & Brent Schoonover (The Astonishing Ant-Man) * Max Gladstone (the Craft Sequence) & David López (All-New Wolverine)

Han pasado setenta años desde que Kopil derrotó a los dioses y estableció la Corporación Rey de Rojo para administrar la ciudad de Dresediel Lex. Durante todo ese tiempo las deidades dejaron de tener poder sobre los humanos... pero ahora una plaga de demonios ha contaminado las reservas de agua de la ciudad y amenaza con terminar con el orden establecido. Nadie sabe de dónde han venido... Ante esta situación, el Rey de Rojo envía a Caleb Altemoc a descubrir a los responsables del ataque que ha puesto en peligro a diecisiete millones de personas. En su camino se encontrará con su padre, Temoc, el último de los sacerdotes y jefe de los verdaderos quechales, grupo terrorista que anhela el regreso de los dioses. Sin embargo, la mayor preocupación para Caleb serán las dos serpientes gemelas, seres míticos que han permanecido dormidos por mucho tiempo, pero que pueden despertar en cualquier momento y arrasar con todo a su paso... ¿Podrán Caleb y su padre detenerlas sin recurrir a la que parece la única solución posible: el sacrificio humano?

From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How Your Lose the Time War. “A classic space opera...a universe we’ve never seen before.” —Delilah S. Dawson, New York Times bestselling author From Hugo Award finalist Max Gladstone comes a smart, swashbuckling, wildly imaginative adventure; the saga of a rag-tag team of brilliant misfits, dangerous renegades, and enhanced outlaws in a war-torn future. A wildly successful innovator to rival Steve Jobs or Elon Musk, Vivian Liao is prone to radical thinking, quick decision-making, and reckless action. On the eve of her greatest achievement, she tries to outrun people who are trying to steal her success. In the chilly darkness of a Boston server farm, Viv sets her ultimate plan into motion. A terrifying instant later, Vivian Liao is catapulted through space and time to a far future where she confronts a destiny stranger and more deadly than she could ever imagine. The end of time is ruled by an ancient, powerful Empress who blesses or blasts entire planets with a single thought. Rebellion is literally impossible to consider--until Vivian Liao arrives. Trapped between the Pride—a ravening horde of sentient machines—and a fanatical sect of warrior monks who call themselves the Mirrorfaith, Viv must rally a strange group of allies to confront the Empress and find a way back to the world and life she left behind. A magnificent work of vivid imagination and universe-spanning action, Empress of Forever is a feminist Guardians of the Galaxy crossed with Star Wars and spiced with the sensibility and spirit of Iain M. Banks and William Gibson. “Empress of Forever is tense and vast, complex and twisty, a space opera epic that’s a lot faster on the draw than Star Wars or Star Trek ever dreamed of being. But at its core, it’s an epic about the value of empathy and the importance of compassion. It’s amazingly good.”—Locus “With Empress of Forever, Max Gladstone’s remarkable talent is operating at full stretch, demonstrating the strength, power, and originality at his command. This unique and propulsive novel yields a deep, cellular-level enchantment filled at every turn with curiosity and delight.”—Peter Straub “Empress of Forever is a story that will make you weep with wonder. The whole book is filled with the kind of snark that I love and an endless majesty of stars. It broke me to pieces and then stitched me back together with golden thread. Simply glorious.”—K.B. Wagers, author of Behind the Throne “Galaxy-saving space opera with cool original settings and a unique band of adventurers that change each other for the better. It was a wild ride and I really enjoyed it.”—Martha Wells, Hugo Award-winning author of The Murderbot Diaries “Incorporates wonder and wit to create a feminist, humanist playground. Introduces one mind-blowing concept after another, capitalizing on the concept of personal power while candidly addressing personal failure. This feast for the imagination intelligently captures the complexities of a variety of relationships in an adrenaline-fueled series of escapades and will leave readers both exhausted and elated.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review “A fantastic tale of adventure on the grandest scale of epic space opera, spanning galaxies full of battles and traps as well as trade and negotiation, all told with humor as the crew seeks allies, weapons, and ships to fight back against The Empress to save the galaxy—and so Viv can find her way home.”—Booklist, starred review “Vivian is an amazing woman: with no more than her sharp wit in a universe of AIs and enhanced beings, she still ends up being the key to the truth. Gladstone''s epic space opera and fast-paced adventure will thrill readers.”—Library Journal, starred review Also Available by Max Gladstone: The Craft Sequence 1. Three Parts Dead 2. Two Serpents Rise 3. Full Fathom Five 4. Last First Snow 5. Four Roads Cross 6. Ruin of Angels The Craft Wars 1. Dead Country 2. Wicked Problems Last Exit Empress of Forever This is How You Lose the Time War (with Amal El-Mohtar) At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

For over 25 years, the Wild Cards universe has been entertaining readers with stories of superpowered people in an alternate history. "Fitting In" by Max Gladstone shows how everyday people can step up to become extraordinary. Robin Ruttiger tries—he really does—but his lot in life falls way shorter than his expectations. A failed contestant of the superhero reality TV show, American Hero, he now works as a high school guidance counselor to reluctant students. Things change, however, when a favorite bakery in Jokertown becomes a target of vandalism, and Robin realizes he can play the hero after all. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in a fast-paced, kickass character driven novel chock-full of magic, mystery, and mayhem, written collaboratively by a team of some of the best writers working in fantasy. Magic is real . . . and hungry. Everything in the Bookburners’ lives falls into two categories: Before London and After London. Before London, things were strange, sure, but After London . . . “strange” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Magic is everywhere—and the Bookburners can only be in one place at a time. Having cut ties with the Vatican, the members of the former Team Three are a little at a loss. Their old roles don’t feel right anymore; their old job seems almost quaint, considering how much magic flourishes in plain sight. But with the return of an old enemy, they find a renewed purpose. And this time, they know that the only thing they can depend on in this world is each other. Fans of Supernatural, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Da Vinci Code will love this epic urban fantasy. Originally presented serially in 10 episodes, this edition contains all installments of Bookburners Season 4. This is a novel co-written by Max Gladstone, Brain Francis Slattery, Mur Lafferty, and Andrea Phillips. Praise for the Bookburners series: “Sheer enormous fun!” —Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times-bestselling Temeraire series "Bookburners is worth getting hooked on!" —Pop. Edit. Lit. blog “Recommended for those looking for a breezy, entertaining and exciting fantasy read.” —Booklist "As much fun as binge-watching a full season of a Showtime series." —Publishers Weekly “Highly recommended for urban fantasy fans (think: Cassandra Clare''s City of Bones combined with the Indiana Jones movies).” —School Library Journal

I 1970’erne raser Den Kolde Krig i Prags mørke gyder. Samtidig udspiller der sig en gammel konflikt mellem to okkulte samfund: Isen og Flammen. Engang havde den amerikanske CIA-agent Gabe Pritchard troet, at den eneste hemmelige verden, der fandtes, var den, som han levede og arbejdede i. Det ændrede sig under en udsending til Kairo, hvor et magisk væsen trængte ind og bosatte sig i hans hoved. På den modsatte side står heksen Tanya Morozova, som viste loyalitet over for Isen, længe før hun blev agent hos det russiske statspoliti, KBG. Begge agenter får nu sat loyaliteten over for deres land på prøve, når de indser, at de må arbejde sammen for at forhindre Flammen i at ødelægge verden. SLX

I 1970’erne raser Den Kolde Krig i Prags mørke gyder. Samtidig udspiller der sig en gammel konflikt mellem to okkulte samfund: Isen og Flammen. Engang havde den amerikanske CIA-agent Gabe Pritchard troet, at den eneste hemmelige verden, der fandtes, var den, som han levede og arbejdede i. Det ændrede sig under en udsending til Kairo, hvor et magisk væsen trængte ind og bosatte sig i hans hoved. På den modsatte side står heksen Tanya Morozova, som viste loyalitet over for Isen, længe før hun blev agent hos det russiske statspoliti, KBG. Begge agenter får nu sat loyaliteten over for deres land på prøve, når de indser, at de må arbejde sammen for at forhindre Flammen i at ødelægge verden. SLX