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Il gruppo si è diviso dopo l'apparente tradimento di Séverin. Per ritrovarlo, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos e Zofia devono farsi strada attraverso gli spettrali canali di Venezia, a guidarli solo una manciata di labili indizi. Nel frattempo, Séverin deve fronteggiare i capricci del folle patriarca della Casa Decaduta e scoprire l'ubicazione del tempio sotto l'isola della peste, l'unico luogo in cui può essere suonata la lira divina capace di realizzare ogni desiderio.

Il giorno di Ferragosto cadono le bombe sulle città italiane: bombe atomiche. In un angolo di Toscana stretto tra il mare e la campagna qualcuno è sopravvissuto: Lucky, per esempio, un cane lupo dalla mole impressionante ma dall'indole amichevole, e il professor Ferruccio Fila, suo padrone, un uomo irrequieto e solitario. È dal loro punto di vista che la catastrofe viene raccontata nei primi due romanzi qui raccolti, Il superstite e Ferragosto di morte, mentre Il mondo senza nessuno descrive una realtà in cui ogni forma di vita animale è ormai scomparsa.

After the defeat of the Ogre King, all is well in Varglade. More elves join our settlement by the day, and it’s quickly becoming a town worthy of its people. But when the strange elf woman I had seen in the crystal ball appears in my dreams, I realize that this peace can only go on for so long.

would rather die in the sunlight than live in the dark. When a daring rescue thrusts Arlen Wyth into a desperate mission to save the captured Eddwen, he finds himself stranded in Eadburga, shackled, and facing the wrath of a king known for unspeakable cruelty. As Eddwen escapes on the wings of a mighty wyvern, Wyth is left to grapple with his faith, his fear, and the impossible choice Argyle laid before him. Can a cursed left-hander truly become the hero the archipelago needs?

Sarà proprio lei, la più piccola della famiglia, a proteggere la casata e difendere la loro terra dai nemici britanni: il padre, infatti, è stato stregato da Lady Oonagh e i fratelli sono stati colpiti da un incantesimo che solo la ragazza potrà sciogliere. Per riuscirci, dovrà sostenere un lungo esilio da Sevenwaters e affrontare imprese durissime, che la feriranno nel corpo e nell'anima. Sorha conoscerà la paura, il tradimento, ma anche l'onore, la lealtà. E soprattutto l'amore.

Londoners whisper that Mary Bennet is a great wyfe able to command fire-breathing draca. Mary knows better; she’s just a bookworm with lank hair. But she hopes to save a great wyfe—her sister Elizabeth, the great wyfe of war, who vanished into the depths of Pemberley lake with her blinded scarlet dragon. But when Mary encounters la Demoiselle des Parfums, Napoleon’s lethal lieutenant, her quest becomes a race. The lost artifact of music is the key. It might save Elizabeth. It might even heal the broken dragon song spreading blight across England.

From the award-winning author of Herc, an enrapturing feminist tale that brilliantly reimagines the story of Aphrodite and how she transformed herself from a lowly outsider to the darling goddess of love, for readers of Madeline Miller and Jennifer Saint. Aphrodite saw the gods on Mount Olympus...

Hundreds of years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe. . . Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl is...

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp...

With more at stake than ever before, The Red Knight faces an uncertain future and is forced to team up with old enemies to defeat a greater evil in the fourth book in the Traitor Son Cycle. One enemy has fallen. But a greater one still remains. Now, it's war. With one army defeated in a victory...

Two years have passed since the Spirit King's Curse shook the world. In this time, Souma and the Kingdom of Friedonia have been preparing for an impending period of unprecedented chaos. However, the Kingdom was not the only country to burgeon over the two years. Fuuga has been expanding the border of his Great Tiger Kingdom of Haan as well. Following the acquisition of the Lunarian Orthodox Papal State, Fuuga sought to bring the Mercenary State Zem under his control. Now, having gained such powerful forces, he declares war on mankind's greatest nation—the Gran Chaos Empire.

As with the first Side Colors volume, Side Colors II departs once more from Lawrence and Holo's travels north, taking the reader off the beaten path to explore three exquisite side stories. Remember, it's not so much about the destination, as it is the journey...

After the turmoil in Kerube, Lawrence and his companions make for the Kingdom of Winfiel across the sea. Their destination is the great abbey of Brondel, said to hold the wolf bones they seek. Arriving in the kingdom, they hear tell that the abbey, normally prosperous due to its great wool trade...

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.

A girl, a badger, and a pair of dwarves… In T. L. Brechin’s debut novel, Marta is snatched violently from her peaceful rural life into a world of soothsayers, goblins, gnomes and elves. She and her motley band of companions must restore the mystical gemstones to the Pentark and save the Isle Of Spheres from Lord Mortimer and the Prince of Darkness. Aided by the Knights of Power and the mysterious sage Ikoseer, the companions must journey across the World of The Soul to find the gems and bring the Pentark back to life.

Bran has discovered more about himself than he could have ever thought possible. Not only is he a summoner who can use multiple classes, but he’s also not of the human realm. This knowledge, however, comes with a price: a target on his back and enemies around every corner.

I thought the last thing I would have expected while working at the mall during the holiday season was to meet a real elf woman. Then the blue-skinned ogre tore through the mall. The elf and I made a quick escape and ended up in a strange fantasy world.

After a decisive victory against the forces of Darkness, I made a terrible discovery. The capital of the Empire has fallen to Kraelkor, and his foul monsters and traitor mages dwarf us in number. With this knowledge, I must turn my sights across the seas to the strange realm known as Kanjen. There, I hope to find allies who will join me against Kraelkor and his evil multitudes.

Now that the wild elves have joined Varglade, it's a veritable elven party inside the village. In fact, it might actually be a town with our most recent additions. We're all working together to make Varglade a haven for elves of all kinds, but there are still others who need our help.

I have been separated by my companions, left far to the north of civilization. My quest is a simple one: find a dragon and bond with it. However simple this quest may seem, it is exceedingly difficult. Not only that, but my companions have been called to the goblin city of Geriarc to do battle with the undead, led by shadowlords.