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Der selbsternannte Berufsmagier Aillard Blackwood arbeitet seit etwa einem Jahr für das New Scotland Yard, das er durch seine besonderen Fähigkeiten bereits im letzten Sommer als Berater unterstützt hat. Nun stößt Blackwood durch seinen Magie-Schwund auf unverhofft menschliche Probleme. Nachdem in der Silvesternacht mehrere Tote am Ufer der Themse gefunden werden, klingelt wieder einmal das Telefon in der kleinen Kellerwohnung in Finsbury. Blackwood ermittelt an der Seite seiner Partnerin, Sergeant Paxton, die sich immer noch weigert, an das Übernatürliche zu glauben.

The Great Zog of Manus Wu gazed down at it and decided it was a sign. The time of the gathering of the avians was almost nigh. Of course it could have been because he was molting, but what would be poetic or prophetic about that? And the Great Zog was convinced he was a prophet, a wielder of magic. He decided they would come here. And he would announce their arrival. Birds from around the globe would flock and glory in their feathered beauty and his, of course.

All my life I’ve lived under lock and key, always following the strict rules my mother set for me. A week before my sixteenth birthday I sneak out of my house and discover why. Turns out I am not just a normal teenager. I’m a witch blessed with a gift someone wants to steal from me. And not just anyone…the evil King Alataris.

In six hundred years, one thing hasn't changed . . . Crooked politicians still exist. But Gen Beaufont hasn't changed either—she still fights for justice, no matter what. Although Gen is from the medieval era, she understands the politics of the modern world. When the Rogue Riders become divided by their own principles, things really get dangerous. If those meant to protect are at odds with each other, is there any hope for the citizens they are meant to protect?

The war against drugs wasn't won. The devious dealers and drug lords simply went underground. Gen Beaufont is about to drive them all to the surface and eradicate them for good. The new leader of the Rogue Riders may not understand much about the modern world. However, she knows that peddling dangerous drugs to the young, innocent, and disadvantaged is a surefire way to destroy the future generations. When Gen and Emperor uncover a huge illegal drug ring, they realize they've got their work cut out for them. Their first jobs as leaders isn't going to be easy.

Joanna hitchhiked to Cloverville to meet her pen pal at the Buttinger Farm. She vanished somewhere along the way. The police have no leads, and Joanna's family is frantic. Annie can't stop thinking about the poor girl. Would someone have grabbed her? Hurt her? The Buttinger family isn't offering any clues. They act as if they've never heard of Joanna and don't know why she would pretend to be pen pals with one of the Buttinger children.

Kate Rickman seems just like any other 19-year-old girl. She goes to university, she dates nice, normal boys and she works in her local tourist office at the weekend. But Kate's not really normal at all. 'Kate' is in fact a carefully constructed facade for a girl called Jennifer Jones ‒ and it's a facade that's crumbling fast. Jennifer has spent the last nine years frantically trying to escape from her horrifying past. Increasingly desperate, Jennifer decides to do something drastic.

Lizzie Bennet’s beloved sister Jane has just married Darcy’s best friend, Bingley, and the Bennet family and Darcy are paying the newlyweds a visit at Bingley’s family home, Netherfield Park. It doesn’t take long for their country retreat to turn into an investigation, though, when a long-dead body is discovered stuffed up the parlor chimney. The locals are convinced that Netherfield is cursed, but Lizzie and Darcy know better than to believe in such nonsense and are determined to uncover the truth about what happened to the mysterious man in the chimney.

With both her mother and grandmother gone, Maray is left with the prospect of the crown—and a marriage she doesn’t want. As if that wasn’t enough, Gan Krai slowly tightens the sling around her neck, setting loose the nightmares of Allinan history. Now, Maray has to decide what type of ruler she wants to become—and what she is willing to sacrifice for it.

Bly won the Revenant Games, but she lost everything else. In her desperation to resurrect her sister, Bly betrayed Kerrigan, the vampire who she’d planned to sacrifice to the witches before she fell in love with him—only to find out that Elise was never dead. With nothing left, Bly will do whatever it takes to locate her sister. Her only lead on Elise lies with Kerrigan’s brother, Donovan, who she turned over to the witches in place of Kerrigan. She spends her nights tracking down witch prisons to rescue him.

Nothing ever happens in Harding Springs. No tragic fires on Regent Avenue. No boating disaster on the lake. No runaway carriage ever flattened the Harding Springs Auxiliary Marching Band. It’s a quiet town filled with peaceful and pleasant days. That’s because no one knows about the incredible secret that lies behind the door at 55 Main Street or that the fates of the town residents rest in the vest pocket of a single, solitary stranger.

Nightworld Academy 5. Der vorletzte Band der Bestseller Serie. Maeve wurde von den Blackwoods entführt. Die dunkle Magierfamilie will Maeves wahres Potential nutzen und Maeve auf die dunkle Seite ziehen. Um sie zu retten, müssen Maeves Freunde ihre Differenzen begraben und zusammenarbeiten. Eine Aufgabe, die leichter gesagt als getan ist.

Ein gewisser Mister Salacca reist 1961 nach Srinagar, um sich mit Lady Frieda Harris über deren Arbeit mit dem Magier Aleister Crowley zu unterhalten, doch das ist nicht alles ... Arthur versinkt in Derbyshire immer mehr in einer stillen Verzweiflung, während Lucille vergeblich versucht, ihm nahe zu sein. Und eine Gruppe deutscher SS-Mitglieder befindet sich auf einer wichtigen Expedition durch Tibet. Inmitten des Gebirges begegnen sie überraschend einem geheimnisvollen Fremden ...

Spirit Keeper 2: Exoneration is Mary Diggs' second installment of a coming-of-age story that speaks to two extraordinary young people and their struggles to help each other stay alive while helping the living as well as the dead. Because this is a story about the power of love intwined with the impossible, Abby, now eighteen years old, a sensitive, beautiful woman of color whose full name is Abby Je Louange Verite Manning, which speaks to her rich French legacy of a secret order of gifted truth seekers.

I’m a worrier on my best days, but with a psycho tracking my every move because he’s obsessed with killing me, I’ve graduated to the level of paranoid lunatic. Even if I could forget about the tracker—not happening since he’s figured out the fastest way to get to me is to attack my adopted family—my regular life is also anxiety-inducing as the city of Magiford is brewing with trouble.

Ever since Lucy Smith’s father died five years ago; “home” has been more of an idea than a place. She knows being on the run is better than anything waiting for her as a “ward of the state”. But when the sharp-eyed and kind Mr. Jameson with an interest in her case comes looking for her; Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will ever truly keep her safe. Five years in the foster system has taught her to be cautious and smart. But she wants to believe Mr. Jameson and his “friend-not-friend”; a tall and fierce-looking woman who say they want to look after her.

È un paese pieno di meraviglie, misteri e sussurri, quello in cui vive Albertina. Si dice che durante la Prima guerra mondiale, dodici soldati preferirono...

The week before Luna’s twin sister Solina was supposed to head back for her final semester at Kingswood Academy, an elite boarding school in the Washington mountains, she told Luna she was dropping out. When Luna refused to let her throw away her future, Solina disappeared. Twelve hours later, she was dead.

When Sariyah's birthday celebrations at a music festival turn sour with the disappearance of one of her friends, she knows she can't rely on the police to find her. The authorities are no more help than they were when her friend's twin sister, another young woman of colour, went missing five years earlier. Sariyah feels guilty that her uncanny ability to predict people's needs didn't help to keep her friends safe. She is determined to find out what's happened to Deja. But the more she cracks the clues leading to her, the closer she gets to home …

Beatrice Fletcher is obsessed with unsolved murders in her small town of Cabot Cove, Maine like her great-aunt Jessica, the famous mystery writer. But when her best friend Jackson goes missing, this time the mystery is personal. Then Jackson fails to show up for a late night meet-up, and instead, Bea stumbles upon three students from the elite Broadmoor Academy: overly-friendly and slightly vicious Leisl, her aloof twin brother, Leif, and Carlos, who knows more about, well, everything than he's letting on.

Don't miss this bold new reinvention of the classic animated Winx Club series! This is the first YA novel based on the new Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga. It is a retelling of the first season packed with bonus scenes and character backstory not seen on the show. At the Alfea International School, students come from all over the Otherworld to train. To learn magic. To discover how to control their powers. Inside the school's castle, five students - complete strangers - are assigned as roommates.

In The Kadir Legacy: Book One - The Last Days of Glory, a crumbling kingdom teeters on the edge of chaos as ancient prophecies resurface, foretelling both doom and salvation. Amid the turmoil, a reluctant hero emerges, drawn into a journey that challenges everything they thought they knew about their world and themselves. As alliances are tested and secrets unveiled, the protagonist must navigate treacherous terrain, confront shadowy adversaries, and unlock the power of imagination and courage hidden within.

An academy cloaked in supernatural secrets awaits one girl with the power to destroy or unite them all... In a world where magic whispers beneath the surface, Aria Brightmoore's life shatters on her 16th birthday when her latent powers roar to life, thrusting her into a captivating and dangerous new reality. Aria's awakening magic marks her as a force to be reckoned with, drawing her into the alluring halls of the Aurelian Academy of Magic.

Karena ibunya masuk rehabilitasi, Ellery harus tinggal bersama sang nenek di Echo Ridge. Kota kelahiran ibunya. Tempat saudara kembar ibunya menghilang pada usia tujuh belas tahun. Tempat seorang ratu homecoming ditemukan tewas setelah beberapa hari menghilang, lima tahun lalu. Ellery datang tepat saat Echo Ridge tengah menyambut tahun ajaran baru. Tepat ketika seseorang menjanjikan pesta homecoming akan berbahaya bagi ketiga kandidat ratu mereka. Seakan tidak cukup menegangkan, salah satu kandidat benar-benar menghilang tidak lama kemudian.

Anthropes are regular people with a disease, one that makes them transform once each lunar cycle into animals. Wolves, dogs, horses, elephants, and more, each presents a threat to public safety. So the government requires them to report to containment facilities for each transformation.

Penny Zale's secret is out, and it's only the beginning. When friends Aarya and Dawn head to Jamaica to escape the fall-out from Penny's disappearance, the plan backfires once they're contacted by a mysterious whistleblower known only as Dagger. He's being hunted for the secrets he holds, and he needs their help. But as Aarya falls into a steamy off-limits romance with mega pop-star Jett John, and Dawn battles temptation when she meets adventurous islander Keenan King, each of them must come to terms with their culture and faith, even if it means risking everything they've always wanted.

Toys will be toys! Thirteen-year-old Jonathan Foster is a dedicated miniature model-maker, specializing in fantasy and comic book characters. While his down-to-earth father wishes his son would find a less solitary interest, Jonathan resists. Out on a walk after an altercation with his father, Jon finds a deposit of unusual sparkling mud in a stream. Feeling it might be of use, he uses it to mold a goblin. He finds that the model has an unusually brilliant finish and looks uncannily realistic. Though, there’s definitely a vague air of menace about it when it comes to life.

Someone is trying to control the population using the simplest means—drugs. To manipulate law abiding people, one uses legal ways. Dangerous prescription drugs are everywhere, eroding the minds of innocent citizens. Gen Beaufont thought she eradicated the drug problem when she went after the dealers on the streets. She had no idea that the problem was so widespread and going after the youth was only the beginning. Now the power-hungry criminals are using their drugs to take over the middle class.

"The Paragon Conspiracy: Cloud of Cyberlies" follows Sonia Nowak, a brilliant young coder whose award-winning app hides a dangerous secret—one she never intended to create. When she stumbles upon a web of digital sabotage during an international tech summit, Sonia must team up with her friends to uncover the truth behind the mysterious Paragon Circle, a secretive organization manipulating young innovators. As the pressure mounts and betrayal lurks in unexpected places, Sonia races against time to expose the corruption while balancing friendship, courage, and the thrill of discovery.

Ein deutscher Unternehmer reist 1860 gemeinsam mit zwei Ingenieuren nach Kairo und macht dort eine unfassbare Entdeckung. Arthur schwelgt in Erinnerungen an seine schönste Zeit in Lesser Hill. Doch er muss auch an die große Flut in Derby und deren Ursprung denken. Im IQIK hält Jack einen Vortrag über ein System der Zeit, bis er plötzlich jäh unterbrochen wird. Und nachdem sich Nikola Tesla einem sehr ernsten Gespräch mit dem Investor J. P. Morgan stellen musste, drängt Adam ihn zu einem riskanten Experiment.