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Motorizovaná pěchota Wehrmachtu, která v letech 1939–1941 dobyla Evropu. Ruku v ruce s rozvojem tankových sil v meziválečném Německu šly také snahy zajistit obrněncům na bojišti náležitou podporu. Bez doprovodné pěchoty by ani nová ocelová monstra nedokázala zajistit dobyté území nebo odrazit protiútok nepřítele. Problém ale představovala volba vhodného dopravního prostředku. Klasické nákladní automobily sice byly dostatečně rychlé, aby udržely krok s tanky, jenže postrádaly pancéřování, takže z nich vojáci stejně museli vystupovat daleko od probíhajících bojů. Řešení přinesl nástup většího počtu polopásových transportérů, které granátníky ochránily alespoň před palbou z ručních zbraní. Němcům se tak povedlo namíchat smrtící koktejl obrněných panzerů a dostatečně mobilní, agresivní i odhodlané pěchoty. A právě panzergrenadiery vám přiblíží tato publikace. Dočtete se o jejich organizaci a výcviku, najdete v ní podrobné informace o používaných vozidlech i zbraních a samozřejmě jsme nezapomněli ani na nejvýznamnější svedené bitvy. Tato publikace dává možnost nahlédnout na druhou světovou válku z korby legendárního „haklu“.

PASSENGERS AND PERILS continues the story of the two central characters from my Jack Vance-influenced 2008 novel, TEMPLATE (PS Publishing and Paizo). (SPOILERS if you haven't read TEMPLATE) Conn Labro is a manufactured human, created as the template for a legion of vat-grown super soldiers, but raised to be a professional duelist in a gaming house on one of the planets of the Ten Thousand Worlds. Jenore Mordene is a former showgirl who helps him navigate the strange ways of "normal" people. After surviving many perils in TEMPLATE, the couple acquired a space yacht and are now hiring out for charters and small cargoes. This brings them into contact (and conflict) with cultists, thieves, organized criminals, various constabularies, and the deeply inbred aristocrats of Old Earth. They'll also meet up with a confidential operative from the world Novo Bantry as well as the foremost freelance discriminator of Old Earth and a corpulent master criminal.

The Compleat Guth Bandar In Old Earth's penultimate age, humanity's collective unconscious has long since been fully explored and mapped by the noönaut scholars of the Institute for Historical Inquiry. But something is threatening the integrity - perhaps even the very existence - of the noösphere, and aspiring academic Guth Bandar finds his career plans diverted by a collective unconscious that appears to be waking up. The Compleat Guth Bandar brings together the full series of Bandar stories originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and later assembled into a "fix-up" novel: The Commons.

"Twenty years ago, five master criminals known as the Demon Princes raided Mount Pleasant to enslave thousands of inhabitants in the lawless Beyond. Now Morwen Sabine, a daughter of captives, has escaped her cruel master and returns to Mount Pleasant to recover the hidden treasure she hopes will buy her parents' freedom. But Mount Pleasant has changed. Morwen must cope with mystic cultists, murderous drug-smugglers, undercover "weasels" of the Interplanetary Police Coordinating Company, and the henchmen of the vicious pirate lord who owns her parents and wants Morwen returned. So he can kill her slowly"-- Amazon

More than just a military history of Britain's suppression of the Arab revolt in Palestine, this is a dissection of how the British empire worked to supress dissent and how subject peoples resisted colonial rule. číst celé

From the award-winning author of "Majestrum, Template," and "The Other," this collection of short stories ranges from the thoughtful to the whimsical. Most of them appeared first in "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction" and "Asimov's." Others were written for bespoke anthologies, including "Songs of the Dying Earth, Old Mars," and "Welcome to the Greenhouse"; one is published here for the first time.

Set in the universe of The Archonate, this collection features nine stories centered around Henghis Hapthorn, a premier freelance discriminator who navigates mysteries within a science fantasy realm. The narratives blend elements of intrigue and humor, drawing comparisons to the works of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance. Additionally, four non-series stories expand the thematic scope, showcasing Matthew Hughes's unique storytelling style and imaginative world-building.

The Actionary: To Be or Not To Be? The epic conclusion to the brilliant To Hell and Back series – a trilogy that does for autism what Flowers for Algernon did for intellectual disability