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Martin Dench's 18th novel finds him charting exciting new territory, exploring Korean mythology and reincarnation to create a remarkable, timeless story in which love truly proves stronger than death. It is the year 647. Princess Jeonghwa of the Korean kingdom of Silla is married into the powerful Tang dynasty of Imperial China. Unwanted by her husband and valued only as a political bargaining tool, she finds herself at the centre of a terrible, brutal tragedy that will change her life forever.

Der Kampf um Freiheit eines in Sklaverei lebenden Geschwisterpaares entfesselt Ereignisse, die das Schicksal zweier Weltreiche bewegen. Das Reich der Hethiter im Jahr 1275 v. Chr. Die Familie der Geschwister Iyalanda und Paiawon lebt in Sklaverei, seit Troja im großen Krieg vor zwei Generationen gefallen ist. An Iyalandas 15. Geburtstag überschlagen sich die Ereignisse und die Familie wird grausam auseinandergerissen.

Bisclavret est maudit : il doit vivre en exil, prendre involontairement la forme d'un loup et mentir à tous ceux qu'il rencontre. Et pourtant, il a toujours rêvé de devenir chevalier et de faire partie d'une confrérie. Lorsque le vieux roi meurt subitement, Bisclavret se rend à la cour pour...

Magische Elfen-Fantasy im alten Schottland: Machtspiele, Verrat und eine verbotene Liebe! Die Halbfae Alyth ist Leibwächterin am schottischen Hof. Mit ihren magischen Fähigkeiten schützt sie Mary Stuart vor Bedrohungen. Der Londoner Straßenkämpfer Samson ringt mit einem dunklen Fluch und...

An eccentric detective turns to the fantastical to solve a cold case in a short story by the Hugo Award–winning author of The Tainted Cup. On a long carriage journey with her assistant Din, brilliant investigator Ana Dolabra ponders a solution to an impossible crime that has remained unsolved...

This spellbinding short story from the award-winning author of The Reformatory reimagines the Wild West through the eyes of a young Black girl with a gift. 1871: Ten-year-old Lucy Freeman and her family flee threats in Kentucky for a new life in the post–Civil War frontier. Their refuge is...

A world-weary detective and a mysterious young boy hunt an unspeakable terror in a haunting short story by the internationally bestselling author of Ordinary Monsters. Horror is loose in the gaslit streets of London. David Pye, an urchin who barely escaped an orphanage fire, saw something...

"My name is not Kim, it's Kiamling. It means Sword Spirit. I was forged to cut down the undead. Demons and monsters aren't just in your storybooks, they walk among us." The Au family serve the people of Hong Kong: blessing shrines, honouring the dead and dealing with dangerous monster incursions...

En Guerra de jade, la segunda parte de la novela ganadora del World Fantasy Award Ciudad de jade, los hermanos Kaul luchan contra clanes rivales por el honor y el control de una metrópolis de inspiración asiática. En la isla de Kekon, la familia Kaul libra una violenta lucha por el control de...

The end has come. The final reckoning begins. A weapon of ancient power now lies within reach—a force capable of ending the War Eternal at last. Yet it remains beyond them, for the one who can wield it is nowhere to be found. Across a world left shattered by war, the last survivors gather...

Every book in the Society of Scandalous Witches can be read as a standalone. Secrets. Scandal. Hexes. And a desire that refuses to be tamed. In gaslit Victorian England, reputation is everything—and Lady Cynthia Burrows has perfected hers. A flawless hostess. A dutiful wife. A paragon of the...

Cliopher Mdang has been appointed Viceroy of Zunidh by his beloved Radiancy, the Last Emperor, who has now left him behind in the Palace to safeguard the world during his absence on a quest to find an appropriately magical heir. When he returns, he will abdicate, and Cliopher will at last retire...

"My name is not Kim, it's Kiamling. It means Sword Spirit. I was forged to cut down the undead. Demons and monsters aren't just in your storybooks, they walk among us." The Au family serve the people of Hong Kong: blessing shrines, honouring the dead and dealing with dangerous monster incursions...

'Occasionally, a book comes along that feels like real magic' Perfect for fans of TJ Klune and Erin Morgenstern, Theodora's Tea Shop by Christy Anne Jones is a fantasy novel brimming with witchy magic, found family, self-love and lots of warm cups of tea. Nothing is more dangerous than a witch...

A god stilled the hands of time for Anna in These Immortal Truths. Now, those stolen hours come due in These Godly Lies, the stunning and sweeping conclusion to the Peaches & Honey duology. “She assumed they had forever. She knows better now.” After spending eight centuries witnessing the...

Si eres fan de Outlander amarás esta historia. Helen acepta una cita a ciegas después de mucho tiempo, pero no está muy segura de que sea una buena idea. Luke le está diciendo que la conoce desde hace años, siglos incluso. Pero eso es imposible, su vida es la misma que la de cualquier otra...

The People That Time Forgot is a direct sequel to The Land That Time Forgot and continues the lost world saga begun in the earlier story. After discovering Bowen Tyler's manuscript in a thermos flask off the coast of Greenland, his family immediately fund and mount a rescue operation to succour...

After moving into a house in kent, five children go exploring and in a gravel pit, find a Sand Fairy, known as a "Psammead" who says he will give them one wish each day. What follows are eleven misadventures where it is discovered that making a good wish is actually much harder than it first...

On Halloween night in Louisiana, a college student launches on what should be a routine training flight in a Cessna 172. But somewhere over the dark bayous, the radios fall silent and the airplane begins to fail. With nowhere safe to land, he's forced down near a cluster of distant campfires deep in the wilderness. Bruised and disoriented, he expects to find help waiting for him. Instead, the men who emerge from the darkness speak, dress, and behave as though they belong to another century.

Brought to you by Penguin. One queen exiled. Another headed for the gallows. Both hungry for revenge. England’s most infamous queens unite in vengeance against Henry VIII. Anne Boleyn is going to die, and neither her cleverness nor her witchery can save her. So when her late rival, Catalina de...