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<p><b>Meet Geralt of Rivia - the Witcher - who holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in the bestselling series that inspired the Witcher video games and a major Netflix show.</b><br/><br/>The Witcher's magic powers and lifelong training have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin.<br/><br/>Yet he is no ordinary killer: he hunts the vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent.<br/><br/>But not everything monstrous-looking is evil; not everything fair is good . . . and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.<br/><br/>Translated by Danusia Stok and David French.<br/><br/><b>Andrzej Sapkowski, winner of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement award, started an international phenomenon with his Witcher series. This boxed set contains all eight books: THE LAST WISH, SWORD OF DESTINY, BLOOD OF ELVES, TIME OF CONTEMPT, BAPTISM OF FIRE, THE TOWER OF THE SWALLOW, THE LADY OF THE LAKE, SEASON OF STORMS.</b></p>

<p>From the bestselling author who completed Robert Jordan's epic WHEEL OF TIME series comes a new, original creation that matches anything else in modern fantasy for epic scope, thrilling imagination, superb characters and sheer addictiveness.<br/><br/>Return to a planet swept by apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient artifacts from a past civilisation that can win wars.<br/><br/>As the world tips into a war for control of the mythical artifacts of power made from Shard, characters are swept up into new dangers which will threaten their integrity and their lives.<br/><br/>Huge, ideas-filled, world-spanning fantasy from a master of the genre.</p>

<p><b>A phenomenon across all formats, this paperback omnibus</b><b> contains the complete <i>Hitchhikers Guide </i>trilogy in five parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dents odyssey through space and time. <i>Share and enjoy.</i></b><br/><br/><b>Collected together in this omnibus are the five titles that comprise Douglas Adams wildly popular and wholly remarkable comedy science fiction trilogy, plus a bonus short story, <i>Young Zaphod Plays It Safe</i>, and a special undeleted scene . . .</b><br/><br/><i><b>The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy</b></i><br/><br/>One Thursday lunchtime the Earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass. For Arthur Dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope with. Sadly, however, the weekend has only just begun. The Galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and/or insulted, but its very hard to get a cup of tea.<br/><br/><b><i>The Restaurant at the End of the Universe</i></b><br/><br/>When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - Where shall we have dinner? The Restaurant at the End of the Universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about.<br/><br/><i><b>Life, the Universe and Everything</b></i><br/><br/>Following a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lords, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown.<br/><br/><i><b>So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish</b></i><br/><br/>There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Its not an easy thing to do, and Arthur Dent thinks hes the only human whos been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets Fenchurch, the woman of his dreams. Fenchurch once realised how the world could be made a good and happy place. Unfortunately, shes forgotten. Convinced that the secret lies within Gods Final Message to His Creation, they go in search of it. And, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find it . . .<br/><br/><i><b>Mostly Harmless</b></i><br/><br/>Arthur Dent has settled down on the small planet Lamuella and has embraced his role as a Sandwich Maker. However, his plans for a quiet life are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. Theres nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of the <i>Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy</i> in their hands. When she runs away, Arthur goes after her determined to save her from the horrors of the universe. After all - hes encountered most of them before.<br/><br/><b>This publishing phenomenon began as a radio drama and now exists in a number of wildly contradictory versions (including a TV series, a movie and a towel) - this version, produced by Douglas Adams original publisher, is, at least, <i>definitively </i>inaccurate.</b></p>

<p></p><b> Return to #1 New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn world of Scadrial as its second era, which began with THE ALLOY OF LAW, comes to its earth-shattering conclusion in THE LOST METAL. </b><br/><br/>For years, frontier lawman turned big-city senator Waxillium Ladrian has hunted the shadowy organization the Set - with his late uncle and his sister among their leaders - since they started kidnapping people with the power of Allomancy in their bloodlines. When Detective Marasi Colms and her partner, Wayne, find stockpiled weapons bound for the Outer City of Bilming, this opens a new lead. Conflict between the capital, Elendel, and the Outer Cities only favors the Set, and their tendrils now reach to the Elendel Senate - whose corruption Wax and his wife, Steris, have sought to expose - and Bilming is even more entangled.<br/><br/>After Wax discovers a new type of explosive that can unleash unprecedented destruction and realizes that the Set must already have it, an immortal kandra serving Scadrial's god, Harmony, reveals that Bilming has fallen under the influence of another god: Trell, worshipped by the Set. And Trell isn't the only factor at play from the larger Cosmere - Marasi is recruited by offworlders with strange abilities who claim their goal is to protect Scadrial...at any cost.<br/><br/>Wax must choose whether to set aside his rocky relationship with God and once again become the Sword that Harmony has groomed him to be. If no one steps forward to be the hero Scadrial needs, the planet and its millions of people will come to a sudden and calamitous ruin.

<p>Begin your journey into Middle-earth.A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.</p><p>Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins.In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the Ring is entrusted to his care. He must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of Middle-earth to the Crack of Doom, deep inside the territories of the Dark Lord.</p><p>There he must destroy the Ring forever and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.This shrinkwrap-free box set is one of many new initiatives that form part of HarperCollins' ongoing sustainability policy, aimed mainly at reducing carbon production and plastic waste. The tie-in boxes have a closed top flap and are sealed with a paper sticker, saving plastic which might otherwise have been destined for landfiil.</p>

<p><b>The <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.</b> </p><p>With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire's <i>Wicked</i> is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. <i>Wicked</i> relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.</p><p>Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin--no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz's most promising young citizens.</p><p>But Elphaba's Oz is no utopia. The Wizard's secret police are everywhere. Animals--those creatures with voices, souls, and minds--are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals--even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas. </p><p>Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name--one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel's distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire's Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch.</p>

<p>A man awakes in a clearing in what appears to be medieval England with no memory of who he is, where he came from, or why he is there. Chased by a group from his own time, his sole hope for survival lies in regaining his missing memories, making allies among the locals, and perhaps even trusting in their superstitious boasts. His only help from the "real world" should have been a guidebook entitled <i>The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England</i>, except his copy exploded during transit. The few fragments he managed to save provide clues to his situation, but can he figure them out in time to survive?<br/><br/>******<br/><br/><b>Praise for Brandon Sanderson</b><br/><br/>"Epic in every sense." -<b><i>The Guardian</i></b> on <i>The Way of Kings</i><br/><br/>"Brandon Sanderson's reputation is finally as big as his novels." -<b><i>The New York Times</i></b> on <i>Words of Radiance</i><br/><br/>"If you're a fan of fantasy and haven't read the Mistborn trilogy yet, you have no excuses." -<b><i>Forbes</i></b> on <i>Mistborn</i><br/><br/>"A fresh view of how a world can grow, building new dimensions into the best of the old. Sanderson continues to show that he is one of the best authors in the genre." -<b><i>Library Journal</i></b> (starred review) on <i>The Alloy of Law</i><br/><br/>"Sanderson's fresh ideas on the source and employment of magic are both arresting and original [...] Think brisk. Think fun. Enjoy." -<b><i>Kirkus</i></b>, on <i>The Alloy of Law</i><br/><br/>"Mystery, magic, romance, political wrangling, religious conflict, fights for equality, sharp writing and wonderful, robust characters...Sanderson is a writer to watch." -<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>, starred review, on <i>Elantris</i></p>