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In the mist-shrouded marshlands of northern England, something ancient awakens with clockwork precision. By day, Patience Worth appears merely a meticulous London librarian, but as dusk falls, she transforms into something else entirely—a relentless investigator with an attic sanctuary where newspaper clippings form a tapestry of mysterious disappearances spanning generations. With forensic precision and a mind that catalogs the smallest details, she ventures to Bolam Village, where whispers of "the cycle" hang in the air like the bog's perpetual fog. The village holds its secrets close.

London, 1942: The threat of German invasion has abated, and the war has entered a new chapter, famously summed up by Winston Churchill as "the end of the beginning." While Churchill faces mounting pressure and calls for his resignation, a dark new horror is unfolding across the channel, as the Nazis move forward with their plan to murder Europe's Jews.

England, 1069. King William's iron rule grips the land, his Frankish lords dominating with towering castles. In the east, an outlaw builds an island fortress, rallying common folk against Norman oppression. Edgar the Aetheling remains defiant, seeking the throne that is rightfully his. Alongside him sails Styrkar, the legendary Danish warrior, to forge a fragile alliance in Denmark.

When Oscar Wilde answers an urgent summons to the British Museum Reading Room, he finds his friend, Arthur Conan Doyle, in a state of profound agitation. The Scots author has discovered a mysterious Casebook #5 entitled: The Faerie Vortex. The Casebook contains a highly fantastical story about a trip the two authors made to the seaside town of Darvington in response to a letter from a woman who claims her daughters had been abducted by faeries.

A volte il passato ritorna e racconta. Un libro nato da un fatto realmente accaduto nel 2010 a Forlì, quando alcune persone raccontarono nelle cronache locali di aver visto un fantasma nel vecchio palazzo del municipio che girava con una parte della testa fracassata lamentandosi. Ma chi era costui e chi l’aveva ridotto in quel modo?

In Nazi-occupied Normandy, Resistance fighter Marie Leclerc and American OSS operative Jack Davis risk everything to undermine German defenses. Through clandestine operations, coded messages carried by pigeons, and daring sabotage, they navigate a landscape of betrayal and danger. As their bond deepens amidst the chaos, they confront the brutal Gestapo officer known as the Bavarian Butcher, whose shadow looms over their mission. With Allied forces closing in, their courage and love become a beacon of hope in a world on the brink of liberation.

Under the leaden skies of the Midwest, a gusty wind whips across the grasses, bringing the turning of the season to a small hilltop overlooking a desolate valley. Something rustles in the dry grasses… whispers from a scrap of humanity... not alive and not quite dead. Hollow and empty, it has lain on these plains for decades, held captive by a life it isn't quite able to remember... until kindness and compassion in the form of a boy and a baseball stumbles upon him.

Marcus Tullius Cicéron n'est alors qu'un jeune avocat, sans fortune ni famille affluente, amis avec des rêves de grandeur. Il ne vise pas moins que l'Imperium, la plus haute fonction de l'état. Mais, doté uniquement de ses talents d'orateur, comment avancer dans le monde ?

Cicéron est sur le point de devenir consul. Mais sa tâche ne s'annonce pas de tout repos. Rome est en proie à des tensions croissantes et un jeune Jules César cherche à s'accaparer du pouvoir de gré ou de force.

Cicéron avait touché le sommet du pouvoir, mais César a eu raison de lui. Le plus grand orateur de son temps est désormais contraint à l'exil, loin des sept collines de Rome.

Betrayed by his kinsmen, his forces overrun by Danes, King Alfred of Wessex has retreated deep into the marshes of his homeland, lying in wait for his chance at redemption. The scourge of the heathen horde that has ravaged the kingdom for decades is at its peak. Led by the fearsome Viking warlord Guthrum, the fate of the men, women, and children at their mercy appears all but sealed. But underestimate the great king at your peril . . .

Il tempo per alcuni è una corsa incessante, per altri un passo lento e incerto. Per qualcuno, invece, si è arrestato per sempre. E la storia d’Italia è un filo spezzato: un orologio fermo alla stagione del piombo e del sangue. In questo silenzio immobile sono immersi Vera Coen e Andrea Malchiodi. Ha il destino scritto nel nome, Vera. Lavora come giornalista per un quotidiano locale e considera la ricerca della verità una missione. Ma a quarant’anni si ritrova con un lavoro insoddisfacente e precario, i dubbi di aver sbagliato tutto ad affollarle la mente e una scoperta sconvolgente.

Lasciate Parigi, Verne è giunto tra le alture della Vandea, in un clima di rivolta imminente, per indagare su due morti misteriose. Molte sono le voci sui presunti assassini: spie di Luigi Filippo, oppure sostenitori della duchessa di Berry, aspirante al trono di Francia; messaggeri del diavolo che solcherebbero i mari su imbarcazioni avvolte nella nebbia, oppure adoratori di culti arcani che lanciano maledizioni.

Three novellas to expand and enrich the world of Victorian Gothic: A Spurned Woman follows a reclusive old woman, tired of life. When she is surprised by a young mother, begging help for her stricken child, the old woman reluctantly agrees to return to the village which once wanted to burn her for witchcraft. Bedlam is set between Victorian Gothic Volumes 2 and 3.

It’s 1971, the Cold War is still chilly, and ex-Detective Sergeant Cameron Kyle returns from an aborted trip abroad to discover that his solo rescue of a coach load of tourists from a terrorist attack has been closely monitored by MI6. Not only are the spooks fully aware of his Giza heroics, his dire medical condition, his Welsh misadventures and his involvement in disposing of a high-profile Italian extortionist, but they also break the news that his partner-in-crime, the rather attractive ex-copper Jude Bates, has been released from prison following her successful appeal and retrial.

Nell'atmosfera misteriosa e inquietante di un monastero, adagiato sulle colline toscane e in prossimità del fiume Mugnone, un giallo ambientato nella seconda metà degli anni Ottanta. Dal fiume Mugnone, infatti, riaffiorano a pochi giorni di distanza i cadaveri di due adolescenti, orrendamente sfigurati. Il richiamo ad altri due identici delitti irrisolti di tre anni prima porterà Riccardo Rosco a richiedere l'aiuto della sua ex ispettrice Porzi.

Howard Lenormand, libraire spécialisé dans la vente de livres rares, met la main sur un poème inconnu de Victor Hugo. Aidé par Alice Lanvin, une universitaire passionnée, il comprend qu'il s'agit d'un texte codé. Tous deux se retrouvent dès lors embarqués dans une aventure aussi inattendue que dangereuse.

À la veille de la première croisade, une mission diplomatique tourne mal et plonge un novice bénédictin de 17 ans dans un périple vertigineux autour de la Méditerranée du XIe siècle. Mare Nostrum est un roman d’aventures à la croisée des genres entre histoire, fantastique, romance et quête existentielle.

En los albores del siglo XVII, Juan de Mesa, uno de los más grandes escultores e imagineros del Barroco, está concluyendo la que será, con el paso de las centurias, su obra culmen: la imagen del Jesús del Gran Poder. La personalidad de Juan es totalmente contrapuesta a la de su insigne maestro, Martínez Montañés, que observa con recelo cómo su discípulo más dilecto le ha sobrepasado.

El reportaje que María, una joven periodista, realiza sobre el Homo antecessor, la pondrá tras la pista del robo de huesos fósiles en Peña Laja, un yacimiento arqueológico con importantes restos de homínidos. Seguirá el rastro de una trama que llegará mucho más lejos de lo que nunca hubiera podido imaginar; que la guiará desde la oscuridad que habita en las entrañas de la Tierra, hasta la cegadora luz de la última tecnología científica. Un apasionante viaje a la sima de los tiempos donde se reencontrará, gracias a los misterios del ADN, con el corazón de la Humanidad.