Five Nights: Magic

01. George R. R. Martin — A Night at the House by the Lake
George R. R. Martin invites us into the lands of the Falling Wall; through a forest visited by ghosts, across a grim and deserted fishpond. In that dangerous and so surprising “hospitality night” at “the House by the Lake,” the inn famed for its sizzling eels. In the company of incredibly colorful characters, diverse and unimaginably strange…
Time: 1 hour 33 minutes 47 seconds

02. Michael Moorcock — The Dweller in Time
A half-dim sun and a salt-soaked land. Space becomes more and more dangerous for a person and soon will no longer sustain his existence. The journey of the Thinker-with-a-scar—from his hometown to the Palm Country—leads him to an opening…
Time: 0 hours 47 minutes 57 seconds

03. China Miéville — Familiar
On our third evening, the British writer China Miéville will tell a story about how one wizard became the victim of his own magic. His creation begins to live its own life out in the wild, without supervision…
Time: 0 hours 46 minutes 21 seconds

04. Tim Lebbon — Eternity
On the fourth evening, we will visit the icy island of DanaMan—home to runaway magicians and their servants. Everything the magicians think about is directed toward preparing for a war that will return them their former power. The warrior Nox tries to escape this island to a normal life. For that, he has devised a clever trick. But will it work?
Time: 1 hour 10 minutes 53 seconds

05. Yaroslav Gzhendovych — The Fortress of Three Wells
The concluding, fifth evening is devoted to a story of enemies faced by many tribes of the planet Veranger, armed with swords, bows, and axes. But the might of the hated outsiders is immeasurably stronger. One single object may change the situation—Aerskel, the enchanted sword—but it has long disappeared…
Time: 0 hours 43 minutes 36 seconds