La danse des ombres

Night is falling, and shadows are gathering in crowds across the city, bronze and sable, flickering, or still as stone. There is always an audience here, for anything - human, beast or object - that comes close to tell its story, or betray its deadly secret... What now? Heartless unkindness - lust for riches - suppressed hatred and rage honed to a razor-? Or some epic sorrow passed into a silver scream. Above everything, the drifting and unavoidable webs of the spinning City gods. So, will you listen in the shadows, or become yourself a story-teller in the bronze half-light?Or do you have another mission here, in Marcheval?A new triumphant trio of dark fantasy stories, in the vein of Tanith Lee's previous imaginary city novels of Paradys and Venus.

A Different City

Although she leads an overprotected life with the two old hags, Lilune knows she possesses a special gift. When she 'calls' the musician, Lir, to her prison-like castle, she knows she must avail herself of the opportunity to escape and explore the world. But travelling south of the castle, Lilune and Lir realize that they aren't alone - for an ancient, infectious evil accompanies them, which instills terror in everyone they meet. Lir dislikes arrogant Lilune, but finds himself intrigued by her and the source of the evil. Is it within Lilune, or does it come from a deeper source? When the pair become separated, he carries on searching for her. Finally, Lilune returns to her castle in despair, believing that she must be imprisoned to protect the world from the evil within her. But Lir follows her, and discovers that the root of the evil lies deep beneath the castle...

The Castle of Dark

A haunting tale of strange shadows and weird evils which features three travellers, Parl Dro, Myal Lemayal and Ciddey Soban, who are drawn together on a quest for Ghyste Mortua, city of the dead.

Tuer les morts

From World Fantasy Award winner Tanith Lee comes a new volume of Tales from the Flat Earth.

Les sortilèges de la nuit (Le dit de la terre plate, #5)

La quête de la Sorcière Blanche

Hesta Web, with her hot red hair and her tough, guarded coldness, is trapped with a mother who hates her and a father who is mostly away earning money on an oil rig. When Hesta discovers that her mother and her mother's lover have had rampant sex in Hesta's bed, she absconds with her friend Janey to the seaside.
It is the last day of the season, sun bright and sea sparkling. The bars and shops are open, the funfair spins round with shrieks and shouts. As night falls, the illuminations go on. But when Janey catches the last train to London, Hesta stays behind. She falls in with the gothic-looking, unpleasantly attractive Skilt and his subject colony of junkies and beggars. In a rotting hotel on the front, among the broken marble balustrades, the mouse-eaten rooms and the bonfire in the ballroom, Hesta takes up her new life. She hears drugged legends told beside the fire, the rumours of ghosts and the strangeness of the sea.
For now the season has ended, the seaside is deserted, the illuminations are switched off, this place is very strange. Does Skilt know its secret? Should Hesta be wary of the blond man who watches her from the pier? And what happens when the lights go out?
It's dark.

When the Lights Go Out

Ciel rouge à la nuit, les vampires sont de sortie... Une enfant innocente, au teint laiteux... Un enfant qui tue : Ruth sillonne au hasard le sud de l'Angleterre pour assouvir sa soif de sang et de destruction. Est-il possible de l'arracher non seulement à sa propre folie, mais aussi aux pièges du monde extérieur ? C'est ce qu'espère sa mère Rachaela. Venus des quatre coins de la planète, les membres de la famille Scarabae sont bien décidés à reprendre les choses en main. Mais peut-être n'est-ce pas là le seul but des mystérieux visiteurs. Et Rachaela va bientôt se retrouver au cœur de leurs jeux de sang et de séduction... Née en 1947, Tanith Lee est l'une des meilleures romancières anglaises contemporaines. Surtout connue pour « Le dit de la terre plate », cycle de variations aussi brillantes que subtiles sur « Les mille et une nuits », elle nous offre ici le second volet de son « Opéra de sang » amorcé avec « La danse des ombres ».

Le festin des ténèbres (L'Opéra de sang, #2)

He came to the Honey Garden looking for Cyrion. He was a man in grave danger, convinced only one man alive could help him. A man he had heard about in song and story. A man practically everyone knew something about. A man he had never met.CYRIONSome said he was the stolen son of a western king, raised by nomads in the desert. A freelance swordsman, a sorcerer, a master of disguise, some said he attracted bizarre, uncanny events as some persons attract misfortune.He with hair like the sky of earnest sunrise, his fair complexion, his whiplash reactions and quicksilver elegance was like a being from another world. A legend. A myth.But was he real?And was he for hire?

La danse des ombres

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