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Bloomsbury presents Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, read by Richard Armitage with Neil Gaiman and an introduction by V E Schwab. The 20th anniversary edition of the fantasy classic. ‘The book I wish I'd written’ R F Kuang ‘Susanna Clarke writes with an intelligence and...

1632: Zwischen den herrschenden Häusern in Europa brodelt es. Doch nicht nur Menschen, sondern auch Vampire und Werwölfe lenken das politische Geschehen. Als ein Teil der spanischen Königsfamilie einem heimtückischen Mordanschlag zum Opfer fällt, gibt es nur eine Überlebende: die junge spanische Infantin. In den kargen Gemäuern der Schwarzen Wacht , einer mysteriösen Assassinen-Gilde, lässt sie sich zur Kriegerin ausbilden.

The gods favor the bold, they say, and Vahldan believed it. His boldness had led him to victory against the Spali, earned him the futhark sword, and made him the Lion Lord of the Amalus. Now he sought the power to lead his clan back to glory, and to bring those who oppressed his people to justice. He was well on his way to fulfilling the oath he’d made to his dying father. But his father had never seen the wealth of the stone cities that lined Pontea’s shores… The seeress had prophesied that Vahldan was the Bringer of Urrinan, and many believed.

The Sixth Book in the Historical Collection A cursed desert, a stolen dowry, and a love that refuses to break. For five years, Tuffer and Sariyah have exchanged letters across the desert—bound by an arranged betrothal neither of them expected to welcome. But when Tuffer finally arrives with a...

Strasbourg, 1518. A city strangled by drought, fear, and a plague that forces its victims to dance without end. When Evelina del Valle, a brilliant medical student with a dangerous secret, is sent to investigate, she finds a city teetering on the brink of ruin, and a sickness that defies every...

War. Rebellion. Magic. Celka’s innovative magic let her assassinate the Stormhawk—Bourshkanya’s unkillable dictator. Alongside Filip, a State-trained mage and Army officer, she now joins the resistance, fighting to turn that single victory into a revolution. Gerrit, Celka’s...

Shogun meets Game of Thrones in the blockbuster epic fantasy event of the year. A. S. Tamaki weaves a powerful tale of ambition, vengeance and sacrifice in this masterful fantasy retelling of an ancient Samurai saga, packed with memorable characters, stunning worldbuilding and epic adventure...

There is no happily-ever-after . . . Kilmara, Scotland. 1725. For fifty years, Iris has accepted the curse that blighted her life. By night, she is a heartbroken woman, destined to walk the misty shores of Kilmara without growing older. By day, she is Moireach, a terrifying monster imprisoned in...

Amina al-Sirafi has survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands, and one actual demon to retire peacefully with her family to a life of piety, motherhood, and absolutely nothing that hints of the supernatural. But when she’s offered a job no bandit could refuse, she jumps at the chance for one final adventure with her old crew that will make her a legend and offers a fortune that will secure her and her family’s future forever. Yet the deeper Amina dives the higher the stakes. For there’s always risk in wanting to become a legend.

Maria Lunurin has been living a double life for as long as she can remember. To the world, she is Sister Maria, dutiful nun and devoted servant of Aynila's Codicían colonizers. But behind closed doors, she is a stormcaller, chosen daughter of the Aynilan goddess Anitun Tabu. In hiding not only from the Codicíans and their witch hunts, but also from the vengeful eye of her slighted goddess, Lunurin does what she can to protect her fellow Aynilans and the small family she has created in the convent: her lover Catalina, and her younger sister Inez.

It's 1877, and both the Meiji era and Jinya's daughter, Nomari, are coming into adolescence—and all the growing pains that entails. Meanwhile, Somegorou brings Jinya a rumor of a nightly procession of demons parading the streets of Kyoto, and it seems that they are being led by the chain-manipulating demon that gave Jinya and Kaneomi so much grief in the past. To make a bad situation worse, Magatsume, the harbinger of calamity, has something in store for them as well...

È un mercenario delle Highland. Lei è la nobile donna che ha abbandonato. Il figlio di cui non era a conoscenza e la donna che non ha mai dimenticato potranno salvarlo da un oscuro destino questo Natale? Le Highlands scozzesi, 1308. L'infame mercenario Hamish Dunn ha tradito un potente capo clan ed è ora inseguito da assassini quasi altrettanto spietati di lui. Dopo un duello mortale, una fata delle Highland lo convince a recarsi a Carlisle per un incarico che gli fornirà abbastanza oro per fuggire e vivere in pace. Deidre Maxwell ha un segreto pericoloso.

The Mists of Time, a new HQ book, full description to follow when available...

When Jack Solomon, a struggling American musician who works in London's West End, is killed, he awakens to a new reality in which light and music are used to create magic and where living eras of the past sprawl beneath modern London, layer upon layer, all the way back to recorded history. Jack soon discovers that many of those who reside in the stratums of London's past have grown angry with the present world, and that their anger is being channelled by a powerful society of magic wielders who can cross the realms between life and death, between the present and the past.

Set in a fractured United States, in the southwestern country now known as Texoma. A world where magic is acknowledged but mistrusted, especially by a young gunslinger named Lizbeth Rose. Battered by a run across the border to Mexico Lizbeth Rose takes a job offer from a pair of Russian wizards to be their local guide and gunnie. For the wizards, Gunnie Rose has already acquired a fearsome reputation and they’re at a desperate crossroad, even if they won’t admit it. 

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and convey the true expanse of the Cosmere. Telling the exciting tales of adventure...

Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they’re jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government’s automaton soldiers. But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government’s horrifying crimes - and the awful source of the magical pigments they use - they find they can no longer stay out of politics.  

Growing up on the fringes of a 12th century English manor, Robin is the only child of the village wise woman, and an outcast. When tragedy strikes, leaving him at the mercy of his superstitious neighbors, he must use his wits and his magic to survive.

Tourmaline Larou lives an idyllic life of learning by day and partying by night. An aspiring poet, her future promises nothing less than brilliance. Then, Vignette Stonemoss walks through the door, and Tourmaline’s world is upended. As she struggles to understand the effect this stranger has on her, Tourmaline and her fellow fae face a looming threat from the human world. War is on the horizon, and their very existence is at stake. And Tourmaline will discover whether love will save her - or destroy her.

On Stranger Tides follows the exploits of John Chandagnac, who travels to the new world after the death of his puppeteer father to confront his uncle, who has apparently made off with the family fortune. During the voyage, he befriends Beth Hurwood and her father, Benjamin Hurwood, an Oxford professor. Before they arrive at their destination, their ship is waylaid by Blackbeard and his band of pirates.