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The Tales of Alvin Maker concludes in Master Alvin, the final book in the historical fantasy series from the Hugo and Nebula award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Ender's Game. This program features multicast narration. Inspired by the lore and the folk-magic of the men and...

Off the windswept shores of Scotland, unnatural and deadly secrets lurk beneath the waves. Isa McQuiston is caught between two worlds. Strange creatures are attacking her people, the injuries inflicted beyond her medical expertise. Men tossed ashore by the waves, drained of blood, a severed tentacle piercing their flesh. Any hope of finding answers involves forging a cautious alliance with a handsome outsider. Dr. Alec McCullough, recovering naval officer, is investigating a rash of inexplicable octopus attacks, but his every effort is met with resistance.

Alle Hoffnung scheint verloren, als sich Gwendolyns lang ersehnter Prinz als alles andere als ihre wahre Liebe erweist. Nachdem sie die Drachenbanner vereint hat, erkennt sie zu spät, dass Loc nichts weiter ist als Ehrgeiz, der sich in einen Mantel aus Charme hüllt.

Aurelia Danby always loved fairy tales and heroes. But fanciful books made her ridiculous, so they were taken away, leaving her shackled to sensibility and high society. She would have been hopelessly resigned to being a rich man’s wife were it not for William Kingswood, her handsome and very unavailable neighbor who once saved her life as a child. He's spent the last ten years writing to her of his adventures in exchange for keeping his secret—that while he’s a gentleman, he also rules the Atlantic as the infamous pirate, Captain Copson.

The year is Showa 34 (1959 AD). Rising from the ashes of the great war, Tokyo is rebuilding and changing rapidly all around Jinya. As the demon hunter searches for his place in this new world, a rumor reaches his ear--a prostitute with a flower name reminiscent of Magatsume's daughters is working in the Dove District, a flourishing red-light district of downtown Tokyo. But when Jinya goes to investigate, he gets caught up in a strange case that is more than he bargained for.

Welcome to the Grand Masquerade Ball for the Wyrde…and Wondrous! It’s time to party like it’s 1820, and you know what that means. Rout cakes and punch, satins and silks, and flirting on the balcony under a star-washed sky. Decorous. Genteel. Lovely. Nobody knows who’s throwing this bash, but who cares? It’s the party of the century, and everyone who’s anyone is going to be there. Including, astonishingly, the Werths. Famous recluses they may be, but who can resist a mystery and a waltz? Not that everyone’s on their best behaviour.

Ein grausamer Mord im alten Ägypten, ein Fluch ohne Verfallsdatum – und ein Junge, der ungewollt zum Schlüssel einer uralten Macht wird: Aton ist fünfzehn, hochbegabt, Einzelgänger. Doch als bei einem Museumsbesuch eine jahrtausendealte Mumie erwacht, beginnt etwas, das weit größer ist als er selbst. Schatten bewegen sich, Götter scheinen nicht vergessen zu haben – und der Tod ist näher, als irgendjemand ahnt. Was als Jugendgeschichte beginnt, entfaltet sich schnell zu einem atmosphärisch dichten Thriller, der existenzielle Fragen stellt: Schuld und Verantwortung.

Skadi steht mit beiden Beinen mitten im Leben. Auf die Forschungen ihrer besten Freundin, die an fremde Welten glaubt, gibt sie nicht viel – bis sie selbst in einer solchen landet: in der Baumstadt Urudan. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt, denn das Portal wird sich bald für immer schließen. Doch Skadis Ankunft hat die Magie, das Sýl, in Urudan zerstört. Wie soll sie den Schlüssel zum Portal finden, wenn sie als Verbrecherin gejagt wird? Nur der attraktive Lebemann Ley ist bereit, ihr zu helfen.

Instagram sensation Max Francis makes his highly anticipated debut with this atmospheric, gothic, dark academic fantasy of two scholars racing each other to find answers to an invasion in a haunted library, perfect for fans of Katabasis and A Study in Drowning. 'A stunning debut with all the...

Brought to you by Penguin. FAERIES DISAPPEARED OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, AS SUDDENLY AS SLIPPING THROUGH A DOORWAY. IT WAS ONLY THE VERY FOOLISH, OR THE VERY DETERMINED, WHO HELD OUT HOPE FOR THEIR RETURN... In the wake of World War I, the world is a decidedly unmagical place. Mouse Dunne once...

When Julia Marston stumbles upon her estranged husband’s lifeless body in a cemetery at dawn, she trips and falls into a fairy ring of softly glowing mushrooms. In the eerie silence, a glinting clockwork scarab takes flight. Has her husband’s dark past as an antiquities smuggler finally caught up to him? Will it shatter her present? Enter Graham Leyton, a man on a mission to retrieve stolen technology. Equally shocked at her husband’s death, he can’t help but ponder the possibility of a second chance with the woman.

Matt und India werden angeheuert, um einen vermissten Lehrling der Kartenzeichnergilde zu finden. Sie ermitteln im Geheimen und treten als verheiratetes Paar auf. Bald erfahren sie, dass nicht jeder in der Gilde ist, was er zu sein scheint, und die überirdisch schönen Karten des Jungen neidische Blicke, Argwohn und Angst auf sich zogen.

Horden von Orks und Untoten bedrängen die zivilisierten Reiche Mirandors, getrieben von dem Wunsch, diese in dauerhaftes Chaos zu stürzen. Während Lombar und Nerindil an der Seite Ras-Talaars die Grenze Ischklats gegen plündernde Ork-Truppen verteidigen, erwehren sich die Zwerge der Festung Eisaxt im hohen Norden einer Invasion aus den wilden, östlichen Landstrichen Mirandors. Eine fremde Macht scheint die Kreaturen zu lenken, ihren Mut zu erwecken. Um der Bedrohung Herr zu werden, suchen die Zwerge Unterstützung bei den Nord von Estgard.

Ling Qi's time in the Argent Peak Sect has come to an end. She is the Baroness Ling, retainer to the heiress of the Emerald Seas, and her duty is to oversee and mediate the Summit, which she and Cai Renxiang have struggled to make take place. On it rides the chance to weave a fragile peace with the strange people who live beyond the high southern mountains and the tribesmen of the Cloud who align with them. War is already at the Empire's doorstep; this will be their chance to limit the number of foes they must face.

Abbakka Chowta never expected to be queen. The Porcugi—giant half-men, half-snakes who attack from the sea—haven't been seen in Ullal since their failed invasion more than fifty years ago. But now, they're back with vengeance and a choice: pay their tithes or suffer total devastation. Soon, Abbakka's definitions of strength, subterfuge, and statecraft are put to the test. Will marriage to a neighboring king give her the resources she needs to protect her people... or will she watch her homeland be crushed beneath the waves of would-be colonizers?

Dark clouds continue to gather over the small principality of Liechtenstein. Or, more precisely, over its citizens, the common people. The aristocrats and authorities have been weaving their little schemes, and the rebels are still pursuing their own ends. All of them hide behind eloquent...

This beguiling historical romantasy debut blends dark academia with the glamour of Bridgerton, as a scholar of magic investigates her sister’s murder—perfect for fans of Heather Fawcett and H. G. Parry. In an alternate London alive with botanical magic, Elswyth Elderwood is a thorn among...

In a powerfully imagined Russia at the height of the pogroms, a grief-stricken family turn to ancient magic to bring their daughter back from the grave. “A triumph ... Count me in for whatever Sher writes next.” ―Nat Cassidy, author of Mary and When the Wolf Comes Home Yetta is a bright...

Experience the myth and magic of antiquity's most alluring—and provocative—goddess as never witnessed before, in this gorgeously rendered, unflinching, and deeply vulnerable retelling from the author of Mother of Rome and Medusa's Sisters. Two hundred years before the common era, Aphrodite...

When two history professors and best friends are forced to fake hate to protect their reputations, chaos ensues, in the next rollicking historical-fantasy rom-com from beloved author India Holton. Magical-antique experts Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have been best friends forever, although...