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Born with forbidden, nature-infused magic in an occupied land, anxious apothecary Meilyr survives by keeping his head down. Until he ends up engaged to invading prince Osian in order to save his brother's life. Now, he is in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to hide his true self. When nobles in Osian's court are gruesomely murdered by the same magic that flows through his veins, Meilyr realises someone is seeking revenge for his homeland. As suspicion towards him grows, he and the prince work together to uncover the killer or risk losing the crown – or their lives.

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.

When Jess Morgan arrives in Northumberland to research the history of a crumbling chapel, she's drawn to the legend of the Brinkburn Witch – a woman said to appear when blood is spilled near an ancient standing stone. Over a century earlier, Eliza Stratford turned to the witch for help after a violent betrayal – and sealed her fate with a terrible bargain. Now her story, and the secrets she died to protect, are surfacing again.

What if reality is only a fragile surface… and with one curious step, everything you trust begins to slip away? Enter a world where clocks argue, riddles whisper secrets, and logic unravels into beautiful, bewildering wonder. In this spellbinding 2-in-1 audiobook, wander through the strange, dreamlike landscapes of "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", then pass beyond the mirror into the eerie, enchanting chessboard realm of "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There".

Die Kämpfe toben. Kann die Wahrheit in den Seelen meiner Gefährten den Schleier aus Lügen durchbrechen? Ich bewege mich auf Messers Schneide. Bei Nacht bringe ich die dunklen Kreaturen zur Strecke, die in die Welt der Sterblichen eindringen. Bei Tag werde ich wieder zur Schülerin, versage im Unterricht und weiche den Blicken der Männer aus, die sich nicht mehr daran erinnern, dass ich deren Gefährtin bin. Die Auseinandersetzungen mit River und Cole gleichen einem Kampf an zwei Fronten. Doch nun nähert sich Ostara, die Nacht, in der die Magie am stärksten ist, und Anspannung erfüllt die Luft.

Co-editors Eugen Bacon, Stephen Embleton and Cheryl S. Ntumy bring us a powerful and haunting collection of short stories from the groundbreaking Sauútiverse, following the success of Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology. Sauúti Terrors tells of the doomed, the damned, the shunned, the...

Una viajera en el tiempo cautiva. Un jarl vikingo con una misión. ¿Será el matrimonio el precio de la libertad?

The year is 1949, the city London. Amidst the smog of the capital is Dennis Knuckleyard, a hapless eighteen-year-old employed by a second-hand bookshop. One day, on an errand to acquire books for sale, Dennis discovers a novel that simply does not exist. It is a fictitious book, a figment from another novel. Yet it is physically there in his hands. How?

Merlin finds himself in a marvelous bar drinking with Luke, the Cheshire Cat, and the Mad Hatter. He can’t help but feel that perhaps this isn’t . . . Normal. When the Jabberwock appears Merlin’s head clears just enough to realize that he’s caught in Luke’s LSD-inspired hallucination. When a Fire Angel, one of the most powerful, magical killing beasts in existence, arrives to kill him he realizes that he has to do something quick or both he and Luke are finished.

When last we saw Merlin, Luke had imprisoned him in the blue crystal cave. After more than a month of durance Merlin manages an escape. But he’s not content with just gaining his freedom. Merlin journeys to the Keep of Four Worlds and does battle with the upstart wizard Mask. As the duel ends merlin kidnaps the paralyzed Jasra (Luke’s Mother) to give him leverage over Luke. Merlin’s adventures only get stranger from there.

Hastings Creigh is a rake, gambler, and spendthrift. He’s also the best dragoon in the Muirwood military, and with mounting tensions between kingdoms, he’s appointed as bodyguard to a princess on an off-world journey. Princess Maia Fitzempress’s duty has always been to her people and maintaining peace between the worlds. Now, she must venture to Kingfountain, where her aunt reigns as queen and her cursed cousins have fallen ill. If Maia can reestablish the royal line, she can secure its longevity.

Several years have passed since the incidents surrounding the Coin of the Sun. Having received a letter from Holo, Norah the former shepherdess and Eve the merchant woman travel north--and on the way, they end up in the same wagon as Diana the alchemist! Were Lawrence and Holo able to find...

I'm Cat, and I've officially hit the third act of my fantasy nightmare. There's famine sweeping the land, war brewing like a badly-timed sequel, and—plot twist!—Damien Drakonar, the infuriatingly hot dragon prince I may or may not love, is now facing off against his own brother, Crown Prince Thorne. Yeah. Family dinners are awkward. Oh, and did I mention the whole "I've been promised to another" situation? Because nothing says "happily ever after" like a surprise royal engagement and a kingdom on the verge of collapse.

An electrifying dark academic fantasy set in an alternate Britain, from an exciting new voice in fantasy. Oxford, 1830. London is a smouldering ruin. Tension is rising between humans and fae. And a red star burns overhead. War has left the British empire broken and bleeding. The Industrial...

Prussia, 1841. Abraham only ever wanted to play violin. Hiding his Jewish status so he can study at the prestigious Berlin Academy of Music, the eager young man is delighted to find a patron who believes in him. But he’s mortified when his new friend turns him into a vampire… and Abraham earns the fury of an ancient antisemite who vows to see him permanently dead. Fleeing the hate-mongering fiend across the decades, the sensitive violinist at last settles in twenty-first-century New Jersey with a mortal woman.

In Sparta: The Warrior Experiment, Earth has been reshaped into a single arena of empires. Caesar commands Rome’s iron legions. Alexander dreams of uniting the world. Charlemagne rallies his knights, whilst Saladin works on unifying the Arabian Peninsula. Greece lies shattered—its proud city-states reduced to Roman provinces beneath Governor Flamininus’ rule. The once-mighty Spartans now fight as Rome’s enslaved warriors against the northern Germanic tribes and the rising Ottoman power.

Torn between faith and forbidden romance, a beautiful descendant of Adam and Eve must overcome her troubled past to gain the respect she deserves. Winner of the 2019 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal for Christian Fantasy, Ashes Like Bread is the intense first book in the Chronicles of Genesis Christian fantasy series.

In den düsteren Gassen von Truehaven, beherrscht von Hunger und Hoffnungslosigkeit, kämpfen die Zwillinge Aster und Ira Tag für Tag ums Überleben. Doch als die Stadt in Flammen aufgeht und Verrat und Gewalt alles verschlingen, geraten die Geschwister mitten hinein in ein tödliches Spiel aus Macht und Intrigen. Über ihren Köpfen ziehen die gewaltigen Drachen der Krone ihre Kreise – majestätische Bestien, die gleichermaßen Symbole der Herrschaft und Waffen der Vernichtung sind.