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En Atlantide, Léo est face à un dilemme : si elle veut fuir l’île avec ses cadets, elle doit aider le prince à prendre la place de son père. De son côté, Jamie plonge au cœur des mystères de la Cité Perdue. Entre les secrets millénaires des Astronomas et son propre pouvoir qui ne cesse de grandir, chaque découverte pourrait changer à jamais le cours de leur destinée.

Remy Dauphin is ready to start over. But starting over isn't as easy as he thought. When he returns home from working abroad, problems abound. His older brother, Claude, is a drunk lech. His parents are aging rapidly, and there's a question of inheritance, employment, and old wounds. Not to mention the insistent grimoire hounding him for attention. Disaster strikes, and Remy's world grinds to a halt. He's left standing in the ashes with one thing: a magical manor. New love, new family, and new life await Remy. Wildrose is the answer, but no good magic stands alone.

It is 1460 and England’s peace is torn apart by the rivalry of the houses of York and Lancaster. In the murky half-world between superstition and reality, young Rose Cooper waits to find love. Born into a family whose women are gifted with the Sight, an ability to foresee the future, Rose longs to know who she will marry. Unable to use her gift, she she turns to her mother for help. Together they awaken the slumbering forces of an ancient power, unknowingly setting off a chain of events that will change their lives forever.

Lukas und Martin haben die schützenden Mauern der Akademie hinter sich gelassen und sich mitten ins Herz des Kriegs gewagt. Während Martin unter Söldnerführer Mansfeld lernt, führt Lukas der Auftrag des Abts auf die Seite der Katholiken – direkt ins Lager des gefürchteten Heerführers Tilly. Bald erkennt Lukas: Hayo hat ein düsteres Vermächtnis hinterlassen, das die Grundfesten der Welt erschüttern könnte. Um ihn aufzuhalten, muss Lukas seinen verschwundenen Meister stellen – einen Feind, der ihm in allem überlegen scheint.

In the cemetery of Drake’s Bend, a most unusual flower unfurls its bloom. The spectral orchid signals that a restless soul has returned—and it has unfinished business. Fern must piece together clues to settle a soul who lived an unremarkable life, before villagers are gathered in spectral arms to join it in death. But as Fern unravels the spirit’s final days, she discovers that person’s fate was bound to a far greater secret—one tied to her father’s murder. When another orchid flowers, the truth she has tried to discover for five years might finally be within her grasp…

Valena lebt ein einfaches Leben in einem abgelegenen Dorf – bis ein unerklärliches Ereignis an ihrem achtzehnten Geburtstag alles verändert. Plötzlich erwacht in ihr eine Kraft, die nicht nur ihr eigenes Leben auf den Kopf stellt, sondern das Gleichgewicht eines ganzen Reiches bedrohen könnte. Gemeinsam mit ihren zwei engsten Freunden und einem mysteriösen Händler begibt sie sich auf eine gefahrvolle Reise durch Velmora – ein Land, das von einer Übergangsregierung geführt wird, während es auf seine rechtmäßige Thronfolge wartet.

Ein Asteroid von der Größe des Mondes rast auf die Erde zu und der Menschheit fehlen die Mittel, ihn aufzuhalten. Sechs Auserwählte sollen in der Zeit zurückreisen, um die Vergangenheit zu ändern und den technologischen Fortschritt zu beschleunigen. Eine der Zeitreisenden ist Mia, die in die Rolle der antiken Göttin Diana schlüpft. Gemeinsam mit ihren Mitstreitern muss sie die Herrschaft im Römischen Reich übernehmen. Humor, Hightech und Haltung bewahren Mia und ihr Götterteam in vielen brenzligen Situationen vor dem Verzweifeln.

Герои этой книги связаны между собой, но каждый проживает отдельную жизнь. Вот Сурганов отказывается приносить человеческую жертву божеству новых времён — Ктулху. Вот мальчишки Большой Минин и Маленький Ляпунов хотят посмотреть на новую станцию метро, но проваливаются в Москву совсем другой эпохи (будьте осторожны, новые станции не то, чем кажутся!). Вот придуманные героем женщины русской революции вдруг оживают и становятся частью реальности.

Three years have passed since the war-weary mercenary Hadrian and the cynical ex-assassin Royce joined forces to start life as thieves for hire. Things have gone well enough until they receive the odd assignment to prevent a murder. Now they must venture into a forgotten corner of southern Avryn—a place whose history predates the empire. As usual, challenges abound as they try to anticipate the moves of an unknown assassin before it's too late.

I took control of the Shadow Clan, giving the district's residents something they hadn't had in years—a chance to breathe freely. Independence, protection, and a shot at a normal life. But to the rest of society, the Shadow Clan was still nothing more than a den of killers, criminals, and thieves. They despised us. They refused to leave us alone. And worst of all? They underestimated us.

Kristel Hamilton intenta resistirse a la atracción que siente por el juez Richards, un vampiro poderoso y enigmático. Unos pergaminos perdidos, un viaje a Cork y un encuentro con Kirby, el juez vampiro, la arrastrarán a un mundo de secretos ancestrales, pasiones prohibidas y peligros inimaginables. ¿Podrá Kristel proteger su corazón y su vida? Sumérgete en "Los Vampiros de Channing", una saga romántica y paranormal donde el amor y el peligro se entrelazan en la oscuridad.

HARRY NOLAN is an expatriate American, making a meager living as an illustrator for a low-paying magazine, but his life is upended when he is assigned to illustrate an anonymous article about the death of a god—because a centuries-old French brotherhood, the sauteurs, are determined to suppress the story the article tells. The sauteurs have burned the magazine’s office and killed the editor, and Nolan has the only surviving copy of the article. The author turns out to be a local writer named ERNEST HEMINGWAY, who—at first—tries to distance himself from the article and its lethal consequences.

Indiana Jones meets Hidden Figures in this brand-new stand-alone historical fantasy set in the world of The Conductors, in which the space race of the mid-20th century will be determined by magic...if not murder. In the 1960s, the world was caught up in reaching beyond our planet and into the...

The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile—and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through her iron will and a compassionate heart. The arrogant Fhrey are barely held in check by their leader, Nyphron, who seeks to advance his own nefarious agenda through a loveless marriage that will result in the betrayal of the person Persephone loves most: Raithe, the God Killer.

Was Bjorn of Bromme one of the greatest explorers of the Viking Age or just a simple-minded, lice-infested Barbarian with a passion for beach volleyball? Could Soong Mei Ying really have discovered every Asiatic Dragon known to Serpentology, or was she just a thirteenth-century teenager who wanted to travel and meet people? Did Dr E.F. Liebermann perish after discovering the Common Green Draak, also known as the ‘Awful Gurgler’, or was he suffering from a severe bout of jungle madness?

Cornwall, 1854. The people of Roche have always whispered about the recluse in the black granite tower that looms above the moorland. But one young woman is driven to discover the truth behind the old tales. Her life overshadowed by family tragedy, Mina Penrose escapes her lonely days by working at The Magpie, a cozy tearoom on the village’s edge. Lately she’s been seeing shapes in the sodden leaves that hint at the future. After one such omen, Mina stumbles upon a murdered man on the heath.

Cavalli, tende, highlander — fervono i preparativi della rievocazione storica della battaglia di Bannockburn, quando l'agente dell'intelligence britannica Danielle Field visita il castello di Stirling. Poi una pietra coperta di rune la fa cadere attraverso il tempo in un campo di battaglia dall'aria fin troppo reale. Il guerriero delle Highlands Colum MacDonald ha tradito il suo clan per salvare la sua regina. Solo aiutare Robert Bruce a vincere la battaglia imminente lo potrà redimere.

Au cœur d'un manoir isolé sur une île mystérieuse, les derniers faes du Royaume-Uni attendent une chance de briser leur malédiction. Cette année, Everly Quinn reçoit l'invitation tant convoitée. Dix ans après la disparition de son frère pendant les jeux, elle est déterminée à comprendre ce qu'il lui est arrivé. Mais dans un monde où la magie est une arme, la séduction un piège et la vérité une illusion, chaque révélation pourrait la conduire plus près du danger.

Zinnia Gray, di professione riparatrice di fiabe, ha finito di correre in aiuto di principesse addormentate. Dopo aver salvato decine di donzelle in pericolo, arso una cinquantina di arcolai, e dopo essersi ubriacata con decine di fatine buone e aver limonato con membri di famiglie reali di ogni ordine e grado, comincia a desiderare che tutte quelle fanciulle si diano una mossa e inizino a occuparsi da sole dei loro problemi di trama. Ma proprio quando pensa di non voler soccorrere nessun'altra principessa, si guarda in uno specchio e vede di rimando un volto che la fissa: è il viso del Male che la chiama.

Strappata al presente da un furioso tifone, Isla MacKenzie si risveglia in un'epoca che non le appartiene: il Giappone del 1877, alla vigilia della ribellione di Satsuma, l'ultima battaglia dei samurai contro un mondo in trasformazione. Catapultata in una realtà di antichi codici d'onore, legami di sangue e segreti sepolti dal tempo, Isla trova una guida nel misterioso samurai Keiichiro Maeda. Tra loro nasce un legame profondo, un'ancora nel mare incerto di un futuro che non appartiene a nessuno dei due. Ma l'amore ha un prezzo.