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A Belletrist Book Club Pick A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick A Most Anticipated Book from the Boston Globe, Barnes & Noble, Literary Hub, BookRiot, Goodreads, and Town & Country “Casey Scieszka’s debut novel is absolutely delicious, like Tuck Everlasting for grown-ups. The premise...

Nel 1893 non esistono streghe. Non più. Le tre sorelle Eastwood si chiedono se, recuperando antiche parole dimenticate, non sia possibile trasformare le suffragette in streghe. Perseguitate da forze che vogliono impedire a una strega di votare - e forse persino di vivere -, le sorelle dovranno immergersi nell'antica magia, tessere nuove alleanze e recuperare il legame che le unisce. Perché le streghe non esistono, ma esisteranno.

West African-inspired historical fantasy fiction.

More than two hundred and fifty years after the infamous Pendle Witch Trials, the spirits of rival witches Demdike and Chattox remain tethered to their bloodlines—watching, waiting, and bound by unfinished business. Now, in the late eighteen hundreds, a pragmatic midwife and a troubled young psychic—descendants of the two witches—are drawn into a haunting legacy. An ancient being is stirring—an angry god of the old world, hungry for vengeance and ready to consume the future.

Kann man zu einem mächtigen Krieger werden, obwohl man von der Göttin gezeichnet wurde? Kann man sein Herz an einen Fremden verlieren, obwohl man dem Tempel seine Treue schwor? Raven wurde als Prinz geboren, doch statt auf edlen Pferden durch Wälder zu jagen und in Schlachten zu kämpfen, arbeitet er als Knecht in einer Silbermine. Von seiner wahren Abstammung ahnt er nichts und sein einziger Freund ist ein Rabe. Kara hat sich für ein Leben im Tempel entschieden, weit weg von allem, was sie einst binden sollte.

Ancien capitaine de mercenaires, assassin et espion, Pierre Cordwain, bâtard de la maison bourguignonne de Kosigan, est un homme redouté et insaisissable. En pleine guerre de Cent Ans, alors que Français et Anglais se déchirent, il s’introduit dans le comté dont il s’est enfui à la mort de son père. Pour « d’agréables retrouvailles en famille », sans doute… Au même moment, une délégation française négocie un accord avec le duc de Bourgogne, et Dùnevia Illavaëlle, une aventurière italienne aux pouvoirs de polymorphe, écume le comté d’Albret, alors que le feu d’un dragon en déchire le ciel.

A captivating volume of over forty short stories full of love, hope, and fear, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. Barbara Erskine is a born storyteller. The tales in 'Encounters' illustrate her extraordinary talent for capturing the spirit of a place and drawing us into the...

Jamie n’a qu’un but : venger les siens. Pour cela, il convainc Léo de repartir à ses côtés pour traquer le coupable, abandonnant une Atlantide dont l’équilibre est plus que jamais menacé par les Abysses. Mais lorsqu’Éléonore découvre que son frère, Léandre, a disparu, la pirate est submergée par la terreur et la rage. De retour en France, elle devra affronter des ennemis plus dangereux que jamais pour espérer le sauver.

Brought to you by Penguin. THE HEART STOPPING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, DAUGHTER OF CHAOS . . . LIFE THREATENING ODDS. DANGEROUS GODS. AND A PROPHECY ONLY SHE CAN FULFIL . . . Danae has fought monsters, crossed oceans and stared into the face of death. It is the price of the...

A missing heart. A magical deal. A sprinkling of fate. Prague, 1769. In the Magic Quarter of the jewel-box city of Prague, Thea runs Stiltskin's Apothecary. There, she brews potions to chase away nightmares and soothe heartache - and strikes bargains to change her customers' fates. The only fate...

Sie wurde aus einer Prophezeiung geboren, von Magie gezeichnet und für eine Liebe bestimmt, die ein Königreich erschaffen – oder zerstören – konnte. In einem Zeitalter, in dem Stämme um die Vorherrschaft kämpften und Legenden noch geboren wurden, wurde Gwendolyn von Cornwall bei ihrer Geburt mit drei Gaben – oder Flüchen – der Fae gezeichnet: einer Prophezeiung, der sie nicht entkommen kann, einem Antlitz, das die Wahrheit in den Herzen der Menschen enthüllt, und Haar, das sich nur dann in Gold verwandeln wird, wenn es von wahrer Liebe geschoren wird.

A Life Spent Alone. A thousand years have passed since Sinha evolved into an asura with the ability to transform into a lion and a man. Left to live in the mortal realm—knowledge alone will not suffice for experience—he seeks out his reincarnates from his ancient past, who serve as guides.

A fictional Greek mythology of a feisty Goddess and her misguided anger towards humanity as well as how she copes in a world she is mere myth after decades of being worshipped.

When the last Templar Knight dies screaming in the papal square, his execution should have ended the Church's war against forbidden knowledge. Instead, it draws the attention of something far older and more dangerous than any medieval conspiracy. Brother Marcus of Prague arrives in Avignon as a simple scholar, seeking rare manuscripts for his monastery. But beneath his scholarly robes lies an immortal predator who has hunted cosmic horrors for ten thousand years. And in the papal palace, Cardinal Arnaud de Gasques is trafficking with forces that predate Christianity itself.

In the tribe of Israel, she is known as Serrah, daughter of Asher, but to those who love her, she has always been Blue. As a girl raised by her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunties, she carries with her the teachings of matriarchs that emphasize love, kindness, and compassion. As time passes, and generations, also, Blue holds the history and the memory of her tribe's past. With her wisdom, she's prepared to lead her people out of Egypt and into the future. But can a woman hold that role? Will the nation follow her?

After being killed in Syria and awakening in the body of a dead aristocrat, Igor has found a way to survive in this parallel world. He's lost his country, his home, and his family, but he's still got his surgical skills and his honor as an officer.

In this great science fiction novel, Andre Norton brings to new life the legendary King Arthur and the wizard Merlin in the light of modern knowledge of a lost period of history and today's understanding of science and interplanetary communication. Yet, as in all Norton's wonder novels, this is a fabulous adventure in fantasy. Here is Merlin, half star-born, gifted with the advice of an alien intelligence, given the task of renewing civilization and starting humanity again up the ladder to the stars. Here is Arthur, unaware of his stellar heritage. 

This world resembles our own, the difference being that aristocratic clans with magical abilities hold all power here. Those without magic are called "nulls" and seen as nothing more than failures. Ivan, our hero, had been marked for death—until an old warrior saved him, and the spirit of his mighty ancestor gave him magical talents. And now Ivan has inherited a princely title. However, being a young head of a noble house, he is a prime target for the empire's ambitious aristocrats. One wrong step could lead to conflict.

An obsession with an immortal serial killer entangles a vampire hunter’s daughter in a sapphic romance in this enthralling gothic fantasy from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lucy Undying. “Grisly and electrifying, innovating and moving . . . Kiersten White never misses...

Ottilie Rushforth hides from the mighty Sorcerer’s Guild as secretary to a has-been detective. But Ottilie is also Entwined—threads of magic run beneath her skin, and the Guild would trap her in service. Working on a plan to escape the Guild forever with her estranged fiancé, the enigmatic poet, soldier and smuggler Lewis Illing, Ottilie must track down a mysterious artifact, claim the bounty, and leave the city forever.